The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) announced the launch of OWASP CycloneDX version 1.5, a new standard in the Bill of Materials (BOM) domain that specifically targets issues of transparency and compliance within the software industry. CycloneDX v1.5 goes beyond established standards, by introducing ML transparency (ML-BOM), Formulation (MBOM), and enhanced support for SBOM … continue reading
The confidential cloud computing company Fortanix unveiled Fortanix Confidential Data Search. This high-performance solution allows for secure, scalable searches within encrypted databases holding sensitive data, without jeopardizing the data’s security or violating privacy regulations. According to the company, presently, the market predominantly offers encrypted data search solutions that rely on intricate and costly cryptographic methods, … continue reading
The Eclipse Foundation revealed the establishment of the Open VSX Working Group. This new group’s mandate is to supervise and expedite the adoption of the Open VSX Registry, a vendor-neutral, community-backed alternative to Microsoft’s Visual Studio Marketplace. Derived from the Eclipse Open VSX open-source initiative, the Open VSX Registry presently houses close to 3,000 extensions … continue reading
Snowflake revealed an expanded partnership with Microsoft. The collaboration will facilitate the integration of new products in areas such as AI, low code/no code application development, and data governance. The partnership aims to enhance joint go-to-market strategies and improve field collaboration, enabling both companies to offer their joint solutions directly to customers. As part of … continue reading
Data privacy automation company Integral introduced its inaugural open-source project, Robin AI. This tool scrutinizes code modifications and offers recommendations for improvement, thereby bolstering the quality of the code. Initially, Robin AI was an internal utility designed to provide feedback on code resembling that which a human would give, in order to aid Integral’s developers … continue reading
Application performance monitoring (APM) company New Relic has announced the release of New Relic APM 360, which is a new comprehensive monitoring tool that helps developers understand the upstream and downstream impacts of issues, discover emerging trends, and prevent issues. According to the company, traditional APM tools often have to deal with siloed data, no … continue reading
MongoDB yesterday added new capabilities to its MongoDB Atlas developer data platform, including generative AI, stream processing and more. The details were announced at the company’s developer conference in New York City. MongoDB Atlas Vector Search now uses generative AI to create highly relevant data retrieval and personalization into applications for improved customer experiences, the … continue reading
Diversity and inclusion initiatives have helped support the growth of women in tech, but more work is needed to achieve equality in the workplace; According to the Women in Tech Network, “at the current pace of change it will take 132 years until the economic gender gap is closed.” So what can be done to … continue reading
The maintainers of the web development language Svelte have announced the stable release of Svelte 4. It has been over four years since Svelte 3 came out, and since then there have been a number of updates to Node.js and browser APIs, and Svelte 4 includes updates to take advantage of those capabilities. First off, … continue reading
Build Your Own X is an open-source collection of blog posts, tutorials, and resources that teach you how to recreate popular technologies using different programming languages. The idea is that you will become a better programmer or work on mastering a language through the exercise of building an existing technology. According to Stack Overflow’s 2023 … continue reading
Shop Pay is a feature that helps save time during checkout by allowing customers to save their email address, credit card info, and shipping and billing information so that they don’t have to re-enter it the next time they make a purchase. This is being made possible through the company’s Commerce Components by Shopify, which … continue reading
AWS unveiled the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center program to support customers in the successful development and implementation of generative AI solutions. With a significant investment of $100 million, AWS will facilitate collaboration between its AI and ML experts and customers worldwide, providing assistance in conceptualizing, designing, and launching innovative generative AI products, services, and … continue reading
Apple announced the release of new software tools and technologies that empower developers to create apps for Apple Vision Pro, the company’s first AR headset. The introduction of visionOS, a spatial operating system, within Vision Pro allows users to interact with digital content in their physical environment using the most natural and intuitive inputs available: … continue reading
Everyone, it seems, wants to shift all the steps required to produce and deliver quality, performant software to the left. The assumption is that by asking developers to take on a greater role in quality assurance and security, the cost to remediate problems is lowered by discovering those issues earlier. The downside of this is … continue reading
