Google Cloud Next was this week, and the company unveiled a lot of innovations related to AI, such as two new Gemma models for code generation and inference. Google announced that Gemini 1.5 Pro will be entering public preview for Google Cloud customers, and it’s available through Vertex AI. This version of the model was … continue reading
Supply chain security has been a big topic of conversation over the past several years, and while many of the conversations have revolved around insecure third-party components in codebases, there’s another part of the supply chain that could have a negative impact if not secured properly: secrets. Max Power, product lead for Bitwarden Secrets Manager, … continue reading
At Intel Vision 2024, Intel had a lot to say about AI and what it’s been working on in that area. The company announced a new AI accelerator called Gaudi 3, its plans to collaborate on an open platform for enterprise AI, and next generation processors. Gaudi 3 uses Ethernet to connect tens of thousands … continue reading
Learn how value stream management (VSM) can provide visibility into your processes, help you align them to meet your goals, and gain efficiencies at Broadcom’s VSM Virtual Summit on April 24. Recent research has shown VSM plays a critical role in ensuring that going fast and delivering more frequently also delivers a product that actually … continue reading
Synopsys has released a new solution to help companies manage upstream risks of software supply chains. Black Duck Supply Chain Edition does software composition analysis (SCA) that makes use of a number of security analysis techniques to determine the components in a piece of software, such as package dependency, CodePrint, snippet, binary, and container analysis. … continue reading
Google has announced that it is extending the Gemma family of AI models with two new variants, one for code generation and one for inference. For code generation, it is releasing CodeGemma, which provides intelligent code completion and generation. It is capable of producing entire blocks of code at a time, Google claims. According to … continue reading
At its annual conference, GrafanaCon, Grafana Labs has announced updates to two of its open source projects (Grafana and Loki) and announced a new open source project (Grafana Alloy). “Our goal is to make it easier and faster to get started for anyone – whether they’re landing on the moon or monitoring their daily commute … continue reading
Microsoft has announced it is creating a new location in London for AI research. This follows the company’s announcement that it had created a new division in the company called Microsoft AI that is focused on building out its commercial AI offerings, such as Copilot. The new location will focus on innovating on large language … continue reading
The software testing company Parasoft has announced a new testing solution for C and C++ applications. C/C++test CT was designed specifically to meet the needs of safety and security critical embedded applications. It integrates into existing development and CI/CD workflows, and features a command-line interface for running tests. It also integrates with open source testing … continue reading
Platform engineering — or the practice of internally developing tools for developers to use — will soon become part of most development teams’ strategies, with Gartner estimating that by 2026, 80% of large software engineering companies will have these teams. It’s a relatively new concept, so in order to learn more about it, attend PlatformCon … continue reading
Mojo is a programming language designed to combine the performance of C and the usability of Python, for the purposes of AI related initiatives and tasks, which require a high-performance system. Last week, the company behind Mojo, Modular, announced that it would be open-sourcing the core modules of the language using the Apache 2 license. … continue reading
JetBrains has announced that in the latest release of its IDEs, 2024.1, it has enabled full-line autocompletion. This is powered by AI models that run locally, which keeps data processing on device. “We’ve developed models that run directly on your device, and the IDE verifies each suggestion,” explained Mikhail Kostyukov, product manager on the machine … continue reading
Bitwarden is attempting to help usher in a passwordless future with the release of its magic links API in Passwordless.dev. This new magic link authentication will allow developers to add passwordless authentication into their apps. With the API, developers can have their applications send a one-time link (“magic link”) to users that can be used … continue reading
Netlify has announced the newest version of its Next.js runtime, which allows developers to run Next.js on Netlify with no configuration. “We’ve invested heavily in this new runtime to address any runtime challenges and provide a seamless experience for Next.js developers. The release underscores Netlify’s commitment to keeping pace with evolving framework needs, fostering open … continue reading
