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Microsoft has announced the private preview of jaz, a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) launcher tailored for cloud deployments on Azure. The tool aims to address long-standing challenges developers face when tuning JVM parameters for containerized and virtual machine environments.
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Software toolmaker JetBrains and the Spring team at VMware have announced a strategic collaboration to enhance support for the Kotlin programming language in Spring-based backend development. The initiative aims to streamline Kotlin’s use in production-grade server-side applications, aligning ongoing work with rising industry adoption.
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June 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of Java, the language that helped define modern enterprise computing. If you had told me in 1995 that devs would still be writing and shipping production code in this language three decades later--honestly, I would’ve raised an eyebrow.
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Azul, known for its Java-focused software platforms, and JetBrains, creator of the Kotlin programming language, are leveraging their respective strengths to address JVM performance bottlenecks. The companies aim to streamline the execution stack for Kotlin applications by combining Azul's runtime optimization expertise with Kotlin’s fine-grained bytecode control.
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You might’ve missed it amid the spectacle of Gemini demos and AI ethics panels, but Google quietly rewired the front end of the web at its annual I/O conference—and it’s worth your attention. Not just because they streamlined carousels or snuck multimodal prompts into Chrome Canary. No, this is Google laying the groundwork for the next decade of web-native AI.
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At its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft announced a significant update to its AI agent platform, adding support for low-code customization, multi-agent coordination, and new security standards for inter-agent communication in Windows 11.
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CodeRabbit has released a new integration that brings its AI-based code review system directly into Visual Studio Code, along with support for the Cursor and Windsurf IDEs. The extension allows developers to access real-time, in-editor code reviews at no cost, offering a secondary review layer alongside existing Git-based workflows.
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The Citizen Developer
Our columnist envisions a future where citizen developers will be able to create their own "head count" of AI agents performing all manner of tasks for them.
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Microsoft marked the inaugural World Passkey Day (formerly World Password Day) by reaffirming its push toward a passwordless future—signing the FIDO Alliance’s Passkey Pledge and joining other major tech players in accelerating adoption of modern, developer-friendly authentication standards. For engineers, it’s a signal that passkeys are moving from optional to inevitable—and it’s time to start building with them in mind.
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Application delivery platform Harness, in collaboration with recently acquired API security company Traceable, has unveiled Traceable Cloud WAAP, a next-generation Web Application and API Protection platform. The product, launched Tuesday, aims to provide full-stack, context-aware security for cloud-native environments and microservices architectures.
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OpenAI's acquisition of Windsurf—formerly known as Codeium—is the company's largest acquisition to date and places the maker of ChatGPT squarely in the heart of the code editor. For developers, this isn’t just news. It’s a direct shift in the tools and platforms that shape their daily workflow.
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Oracle Corp on Tuesday announced the release of Oracle Jipher, a Java Cryptographic Service Provider designed to enable secure deployments of Java applications in U.S. government and enterprise environments that require FIPS 140-2 compliance.
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WatersWorks
Microsoft has announced the private preview of jaz, a new Java Virtual Machine (JVM) launcher tailored for cloud deployments on Azure. The tool aims to address long-standing challenges developers face when tuning JVM parameters for containerized and virtual machine environments.
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The OpenJDK community elevated eight new JEPs (JDK Enhancement Proposals) to Candidate status during the week of April 14, signaling notable momentum ahead of the upcoming JDK 25 feature freeze. Four of these proposals are slated to be finalized following their respective preview phases.
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The JRuby team has released JRuby 10, a major upgrade of the Ruby implementation on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), introducing compatibility with Ruby 3.4, full support for Java 21, and several performance and startup-time improvements enabled by recent developments in the Java platform.
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OpenAI has made its gpt-image-1 image generation model available through its public API, giving software developers direct access to the same system that powers image creation in ChatGPT. The release allows developers to embed high-quality image generation into their applications, workflows, and tools using a simple API call.
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Our columnist throws a spotlight on the Outsystems Platform because, as he sees it, the introduction of its Mentor AI application generator late last year demonstrates the inevitable intersection of LCAP and Generative AI.
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Google Cloud unveils AI-first developer tools, multi-agent systems, and hyperscale infrastructure to accelerate enterprise app development.