Oracle warns Java users not to upgrade to macOS Sonoma 14.4 on Apple silicon, JetBrains IDEs impacted

Apple is under fire for making a change to the Sonoma 14.4 update to macOS that broke some Java applications, causing Oracle to warn...

Fermyon promises over 5000 WebAssembly applications on one Kubernetes node via new platform

Fermyon has introduced SpinKube, for developing and deploying WebAssembly applications to Kubernetes, and Fermyon Platform for Kubernetes, including a specialized runtime which enables high...

Secret leakage in public GitHub repositories increasing, claims new report

A report on secret leakage in source code claims that the problem is worse than ever, with 12.8 million new secrets leaked in GitHub...

Python progresses towards faster concurrency: option to disable GIL merged into main code

Code to disable Python’s Golal Interpreter Lock (GIL) was this week merged into python:main, progressing a major change to CPython, the reference implementation of...

JetBrains bows to user pressure and unbundles AI Assistant in new IntelliJ IDEA beta

JetBrains has unbundled its AI Assistant from the IDE, in a new beta of IntelliJ IDEA, which is also the basis for many other...

Hands On: Netlify AI-assisted deployment aims to reduce log-diving

Netlify has introduced AI-assisted deployment to its hosting platform. The feature analyzes deployment failures and suggests fixes, the idea being to reduce the time...

Modernizing legacy code at LinkedIn: how big bang versus gradual approach caused conflict

Former LinkedIn senior staff engineer Chris Krycho has spoken about the complexities of modernizing legacy code and how conflicts over the best approach ended...

Google has released Android Studio Iguana – but Studio Bot AI assistant remains in preview

Google has released Android Studio “Iguana”, based on the 2023.2 IntelliJ platform, with crash reports linked to specific versions of an application alongside new...

Test launch of TEA open source reward project clouded by repository spam attack 

A project set up to reward open source developers has stumbled after scammers that targeted GitHub repositories in search of crypto rewards made meaningless...

Stack Overflow turns to Google for hosting and AI features, trusts in Gemini for tech answers

Developer question and answer site Stack Overflow has signed a deal with Google Cloud, through which Stack Overflow users will get AI assistance driven...