Android started a multi-quarter program of improvements to make ratings more personalized and indicative of the experience each individual user can expect, and to make them easier to navigate and use for developers. In November 2021, users on phones will start to see ratings specific to their registered country. Also, early in 2022, users on … continue reading
CodeFlare is IBM’s open-source framework that simplifies the integration and scaling of big data and AI workflows onto the hybrid cloud. It drastically reduces the time to set up, run, and scale machine learning tests and expands on the functionality of Ray. Also, CodeFlare pipelines run with ease on IBM’s new serverless platform IBM Cloud … continue reading
Google launched the fourth beta of the Android operating system, Android 12, which has now achieved the Platform Stability milestone. The changes impacting Android app developers are now finalized. One major change is a new dashboard in Settings that lets users see which apps are accessing which type of data and when. Android 12 also … continue reading
IBM has announced the next generation of its operating system for its IBM Z systems, which are a suite of mainframe servers. IBM z/OS V2.5 is designed to accelerate the adoption of hybrid cloud and AI as well as drive modernization initiatives. A recent study conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value revealed that … continue reading
ShiftLeft Educate provides security training for developers right in their developer workflow. It provides contextual training for different skill levels. Key features include analytics, the ability to select appropriate training resources based on language and vulnerability type, and interactive videos, real world examples, and mitigation information from Kontra. There is also a paid version of … continue reading
For the past few decades, we’ve seen the democratization of technology come to life. That’s the idea of making technology more accessible to more people and empowering those people to be able to use that technology, even if they aren’t tech savvy. There are plenty of real-world examples of this taking place every day. Wider … continue reading
Android announced its updateable, fully-integrated ML inference stack for developers to get built-in on-device inference essentials, optimal performance on all devices and a consistent API that spans Android versions. TensorFlow Lite will be available on all devices with Google Play Services and will no longer require developers to include the runtime in their apps. Also, … continue reading
The .NET Object Allocation Tool received new features and a significant performance boost as of the Visual Studio 16.10 release. The tool now has support for Source Link which lets the tool pull down source files, showing where allocations are occurring even when they are not in your code. Search now has auto-complete suggestions to … continue reading
IBM recently announced the open source release of its new toolkit, Uncertainty Quantification 360 (UQ360). This comprehensive toolkit redirects the focus of AI to measuring for levels of uncertainty, which can ultimately save developers and users time and effort. Released at the 2021 IBM Data and AI Digital Developer Conference, Uncertainty Quantification 360 was created … continue reading
IBM is launching a new offering, IBM Cloud Databases powered by IBM Cloud Satellite. The new solution will enable customers to leverage the benefits of cloud databases without needing to manage the systems themselves. Customers will be able to deploy production grade databases on cloud service providers, their own data centers or in edge locations, … continue reading
IBM recently announced the open-source library Text Extensions for Pandas, which features extensions that turn Pandas DataFrames into a universal data structure that can be used in natural language processing (NLP). According to the company, the goal of this project is to make NLP simple. In creating the library, it wanted to avoid creating algorithms … continue reading
The new version of Tricentis TestProject supports both hybrid cloud and offline options, which enables testing teams to securely automate web, Android, and iOS applications, and to deliver products at speed without limitations. Version 2.0 enables users to save tests and reports on TestProject’s secure hybrid cloud and to benefit from zero server maintenance, end-to-end … continue reading
