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Microsoft Expands AI Capabilities with Autonomous Agents at Ignite Conference

Microsoft plans to let more of its users spin up autonomous AI agents within Copilot Studio, its AI orchestration platform.

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CrowdStrike Apologizes, Blames Flaw in Testing Software for Faulty Update that Took Down Millions of Windows Systems

Security firm CrowdStrike has revealed that a flaw in its testing software led to a faulty update, causing more than 8.5 million Windows systems to crash last week. In a blog post published today, the Austin-based company provided more details on the incident, which resulted in flight cancellations and disruptions to public services, including 911 systems.

Docker's 2024 State of Application Development Report Highlights Key Trends for Developers

Docker, Inc., just publishes its '2024 State of Application Development Report.' This year's edition paints a vivid picture of current trends and challenges derived from the experiences and insights of more than 1,300 developers.

Red Hat Updates OpenShift AI Platform

Red Hat announces updates to its OpenShift AI hybrid AI and machine learning platform built on Red Hat OpenShift.

Red Hat OpenShift Now Available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Red Hat OpenShift is now generally available on Oracle Cloud. This new service is a continuation of the partnership between Red Hat and Oracle, which started with Red Hat Enterprise Linux being certified to run on OCI bare metal and Oracle VMware Cloud Solution workloads.

Microsoft Enhances Java Tooling in VS Code and Azure

Microsoft announces updates of its Java tooling in its Visual Studio Code extension and the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, showcasing a host of new features.

Salesforce Unveils Einstein-based AI Dev Assistant

Salesforce expands the reach of its Einstein AI tech with a new developer assistant embedded within its ecosystem. Calling it Einstein Copilot all but standardizes nomenclature originated with GitHub's Copilot

AWS Requires KDP Authors to Disclose AI Generated Content

AWS is now requiring self-publishers on its Kindle platform to disclose whether their uploads are AI-generated. This new requirement unveiled as AWS’s "Addition of AI Questions to KDP Publishing Process."

Will Microsoft's RWA Pattern for Java Lure Devs to Azure?

Microsoft recently announced the availability of its Reliable Web App Pattern for Java Tomcat--a potentially powerful move to attract more Java developers to its Azure cloud platform.

Oracle Releases JDK 20 First Under New License

Oracle's latest release of its reference implementation of the Java SE platform, Oracle JDK 20, includes seven JEPs comprising thousands of performance, stability, and security improvements.

Red Hat-Oracle Collaboration Brings Red Hat Enterprise Linux to OCI

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now certified to run on Oracle's cloud services platform as a supported operating system. The move is part of a multi-stage alliance to offer customers a greater choice of operating systems to run on OCI.

AWS Introduces Lambda SnapStart for Java

AWS unveils a new performance optimization feature called Lambda SnapStart, designed to improve startup times for latency-sensitive applications, and initially aimed at Java developers.

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BlackBerry's QNX Tech Now Available to Embedded Devs in the Cloud

BlackBerry announces that it's extending its use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to make its QNX techn available to mission-critical embedded systems developers in the cloud.

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Neo4j Announces GA of its Next-Gen Graph Database

Graph database pioneer Neo4j announces the general availability of the latest update of its namesake offering this week: Neo4j 5.

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Oracle Joins the Micronaut Foundation

Oracle has joined the Micronaut Foundation, the not-for-profit organization established to advance innovation and adoption of a popular open-source, JVM-based framework for building microservices and serverless applications.

Fedora 37 Now in Beta

The Fedora Project has announced the beta release of Fedora Linux 37, the latest version of the free and open source Fedora Linux operating system.

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Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ Now Supports Kubernetes

Microsoft's Java team has introduced new support in the Java on Azure Tooling package for Azure Kubernetes Service in the IntelliJ toolkit, along with new support of Azure VMs.

Microsoft's New Dev Box Service Lets Developers Create 'Workstations in the Cloud'

Microsoft made the preview of its new Dev Box workstation-in-the-cloud service available to the public this week. The new service is designed to llow developers to create "on-demand, high-performance, secure, ready-to-code, project-specific workstations in the cloud," the company said.

New Getting Started Experience for Azure Java Tooling on IntelliJ

The team behind Microsoft's Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ, available in the JetBrains Marketplace, announced a new "getting started" experience that promises to get devs ups and running with their first deployment within a few minutes.

Microsoft Updates Azure Toolkit for Java IntelliJ IDE

Microsoft announces an update to it's Java on Azure Tooling that introduces a new application-centric view for the Azure toolkit for the popular IntelliJ IDE.