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Datorios, a developer of data observability and data quality technology for real-time business operations, has made new observability innovations available for the open source Apache Flink stream processing system. Announced at Ververica’s Flink Forward 2024 underway in Berlin Germany, the new technology from Datorios equips businesses with the observability required to ensure that Flink-powered real-time AI applications drive accurate,… …

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JetBrains has announced the launch of Mellum, its own AI model specifically engineered for software development tasks. Mellum has been integrated exclusively into JetBrains’ AI Assistant, reporting dramatic improvements in both speed and accuracy of code completions compared to previous implementations. Unlike more extensive language models, Mellum has been purposefully designed with a smaller footprint… …

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Holistic has unveiled an open-source library to help counter AI development risks and build fairer and more responsible systems. The library – dubbed Holistic AI OSL – arrives at a crucial moment when organisations are increasingly deploying AI systems across sensitive domains including recruitment, healthcare, and financial services. Recent studies suggest that 65% of AI… …

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Android developers are set to benefit from an update to the CameraX library that improves its Dual Concurrent Camera feature. The enhancement, introduced in the 1.5.0-alpha01 release, simplifies the implementation of simultaneous streaming from two different cameras. Donovan McMurray, Developer Relations Engineer at Google, wrote in a blog post: “CameraX will now handle the composition… …

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Unity 6 has launched and is being touted as the most stable and high-performing version of the game development platform to date. Matt Bromberg, President and CEO of Unity, revealed the launch in a blog post, emphasising the company’s commitment to developer-centric improvements and long-term support. Bromberg, who recently took the helm from John Riccitiello… …

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Zscaler has released its annual ThreatLabz report, highlighting security challenges that should be on every developer’s radar. The 2024 Mobile, IoT, and OT Threat Report – covering June 2023 to May 2024 – highlights critical vulnerabilities in mobile applications, IoT devices, and operational technology (OT) systems that demand immediate attention from the development community. One… …

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2024 is here and as we move into 2025 many businesses face critical decisions when choosing software solutions that can enhance their operations, streamline processes, and support growth. One such choice is between custom-built apps and off-the-shelf apps. Choosing a App development partner or hiring software developer and going solo is a difficult decision. The… …

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While current tools have improved at detecting common tactics for exploiting open-source packages, a feature remains largely overlooked: entry points. Security researchers at Checkmarx uncovered how attackers can leverage entry points across multiple programming ecosystems, with a particular focus on PyPI, to trick victims into running malicious code. This method – while not allowing for… …

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GitLab has released a new round of critical security patches for its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) products. The company strongly recommends that all self-managed GitLab installations be upgraded immediately to one of the latest versions: 17.4.2, 17.3.5, or 17.2.9. These patch releases address several critical and high-severity vulnerabilities, including a critical flaw… …

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Anthropic has launched its Message Batches API, which offers developers a cost-effective solution for processing large volumes of Claude queries asynchronously.  Through the Message Batches API, developers can now send batches of up to 10,000 queries. These batches are processed in less than 24 hours and come at a 50% reduction in cost compared to… …

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