Google has announced that it is open sourcing a transpiler for Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). According to the company, FHE will allow developers to work on encrypted data without being able to access personally identifiable information. FHE allows encrypted data to be transported across the Internet to a server and get processed without being decrypted. … continue reading
PyTorch 1.9 was released with major improvements to support scientific computing including torch.linalg, torch.special and Complex Autograd. The Complex Autograd feature improves testing for complex operators by adding more OpInfos and adding a greater validation through a TorchAudio migration to native complex tensors. The new version also includes major improvements to on-device binary size with … continue reading
Vercel, the company behind the React and JavaScript framework Next.js, announced the release of Next.js 11 at its Next.js Conf. New improvements include faster starts and changes, real-time feedback, live collaboration, and image optimizations. Vercel announced a preview of Next.js Live, which enables developers to develop in their web browsers. According to the company, this … continue reading
In an effort to bring Kubernetes to more users, Red Hat is providing free online Kubernetes-focused tutorials. The company announced improvements to its Kubernetes by Example site at its Red Hat Summit today. In addition to tutorials, the company will provide news, community interaction and a hands-on approach to learning. “Safe to say, Kubernetes plays … continue reading
In an attempt to bring the concept of value stream beyond DevOps operations roles, Broadcom today announced an update to its ValueOps software that brings investment management and Agile management into its solution. Broadcom is integrating its Clarity investment planning software and its Rally Agile management software to provide visibility and metrics to all stakeholders … continue reading
AppSearch in Jetpack, the on-device search library to create high performance and feature-rich full-text search functionality, is now available in alpha. With AppSearch, developers have access to offline search capabilities, lower latency for indexing and querying over large data sets, relevant search results and multi-language support. Users add an item by typing in the name … continue reading
Google has announced that Google Workspace is now accessible by anyone with a Google account. Google Workspace is a collection of Google’s apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and more — available through a single integrated experience. It was first announced last October and since then the company has released a … continue reading
SmartBear released new test management capabilities for regulated and critical industries in Zephyr Enterprise. The updates include specialized testing performance for complex environments, tighter integration with Atlassian Jira and an enhanced dashboard. Additionally, SmartBear will also now offer a white glove treatment option in which a senior-level technical account manager will advocate customers on various … continue reading
Getting a computer science degree is no longer the only path to a software engineering role. Several of tech’s most sought-after companies to work for don’t require a college degree to land a job, and accept coding bootcamp graduates or candidates who have completed some other forms of instruction. A new report from the tech … continue reading
NVIDIA announced that it is acquiring DeepMap, a startup that builds HD maps for autonomous vehicles to navigate. DeepMap’s technology will bolster the mapping and localization capabilities of NVIDIA DRIVE after the acquisition is expected to close in third calendar quarter of 2021. “The acquisition is an endorsement of DeepMap’s unique vision, technology and people,” … continue reading
Page-fetch is a new open-source tool created by the Detectify Security Research team that helps hunt for prototype pollution issues. One of the most common places for prototype pollution — the ability to inject properties into existing JavaScript language construct prototypes — is in processing the query string. Detectify’s solution can already find issues that … continue reading
One of the most powerful tools in helping people understand the value of changing the way they build and deploy systems is to quantify the benefit of making the change. While the math of quantification can be intimidating to many, we use calculators as a matter of course for many of the economics-based decisions in … continue reading
It’s been a few weeks since the first beta of Android 12 was released, and the Android development team is ready with the second beta. Android 12 Beta 2 adds new privacy features and continues to refine the release. The Privacy Dashboard is a new tool that will provide users with more insight into what … continue reading
Lightbend has announced the launch of Akka Serverless, a cloud-native development platform-as-a-service that enables the creation of cloud-native apps using any programming language and eliminates the need for databases in deploying business-critical apps. Akka has a simple, API-driven programming model that makes it easy for developers to define the data that they need so that … continue reading
