Google removes waitlist for Bard, highlights recent and upcoming improvements
Earlier this year, Google announced Bard, a generative AI solution meant to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Previously the only way to use Bard was to get on the waitlist, but now the company is announcing that it is removing that waitlist and opening Bard up to all. With this announcement, Bard will be available in … continue reading
Open Source Summit: AWS open sources Cedar, SPDX Release Candidate 3.0, and OpenSSF updates
Open Source Summit North America is taking place this week in Vancouver. The event, hosted by the Linux Foundation, is a celebration of the open source community. It has the support of many major players in the industry, with news announced during the event coming from AWS, Meta, and more. Here are highlights of the … continue reading
Report: Adoption of DevOps practices increasing, while code velocity remains the same
According to the latest State of Continuous Delivery report from the Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF), the adoption of DevOps is continuing to increase, with 84% of developers participating in DevOps activities in the first quarter of the year. However, the report also found that code velocity has remained steady for the past two years, with … continue reading
Google begins its passwordless future with support for passkeys
Last year, Google announced it was starting to work on adding support for passkeys, which is an authentication method that allows users to sign in with a fingerprint, facial recognition, or PIN code, similar to how you unlock your phone. Today the company is announcing that passkeys can now be used to sign into your … continue reading
GitLab and Google Cloud partner to add generative AI to DevSecOps workflows
GitLab and Google Cloud have announced a new partnership to deliver greater value to their customers. The result is that GitLab’s DevSecOps platform will gain the generative AI capabilities that Google Cloud has to offer. “GitLab’s vision for generative AI is grounded in privacy, security, and transparency. Our partnership with Google Cloud enables GitLab to … continue reading
Microsoft’s new open-source project makes it easy to build generative AI into your applications
Over the past several months, companies have been feeling the pressure to incorporate generative AI into their applications, as users come to expect this sort of functionality in their tools. Now, Microsoft is making it easier for companies to do so with the release of Semantic Kernel’s Copilot Chat sample app. Developers can use the … continue reading
How the RESTRICT Act could impact the software ecosystem
Last month, legislation was proposed in the United States that could have potential impacts on the software ecosystem. Sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), the RESTRICT Act is a bipartisan piece of legislation with the goal of “Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology,” thus the … continue reading
Node.js 20 released with new experimental permission model
The new permission model was designed to provide better security. It allows developers to restrict access to certain resources during program execution. This can include restricting access to the file system and spawn process and restricting the ability to create worker_threads. According to the feature roadmap, upcoming additions to the permission model will include adoption … continue reading
How does blockchain fit into today’s enterprise?
Web3. Cryptocurrency. Non-fungible tokens. Those are the words many think of when they hear the word blockchain. These are the areas where this emerging technology has garnered the most popularity over the years, but blockchain as a technical concept can be applied in many different ways, and it has uses in the enterprise, particularly when … continue reading
Android 14 Beta 1 shows new back arrow for gesture navigation
The Android development team at Google is ready with the first beta version of Android 14. Beta 1 is available for developers enrolled in the Android Beta program. In this release, developers can expect updates to the system UI, additional graphics capabilities, and privacy and security features. The UI has been updated with a more … continue reading
Report: 4 key benchmarks that successful development teams meet
The most successful development teams have these four key benchmarks in common, revealed CircleCI’s 2023 State of Software Delivery Report. Successful teams have workflow durations less than 10 minutes, recovery from failed runs in under an hour, success rates above 90% in the default branch of their application, and deployments at least once per day, … continue reading
Syncfusion Essential Studio 2023 Volume 1 adds three new .NET MAUI controls
Syncfusion has announced the latest release of its UI component suite, Essential Studio 2023 Volume 1. According to the company, the main highlights in this release are new controls for .NET MAUI, promotion of 10 MAUI components to production status, improvements to the PDF Viewer, and more accessibility features in the PDF Library. The new … continue reading
