Google previews Gemini 2.5 Flash hybrid reasoning model
Google has introduced an early preview of its Gemini 2.5 Flash hybrid reasoning model. An early version of the model is available through the Gemini API via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, according to an April 17 Google blog post. Gemini 2.5 Flash bu...
Learning how to measure genAI’s impact
Top picks for generative AI readers on InfoWorld AI will require more software developers, not fewerData show AI assistants make it significantly faster and easier to develop software, spurring companies to tackle more software projects—and (surpris...
How U.S. tariffs could impact cloud computing
The cloud computing industry has long been the backbone of digital transformation. In 2022 alone, this sector surpassed $480 billion in global valuation, and its growth trajectory remains strong. However, like any other industry that relies on physica...
JetBrains IDEs now include AI tools by subscription
JetBrains AI tools, including the improved AI Assistant tool and coding agent dubbed Junie, are now available with a single subscription and with a free tier for JetBrains IDEs. Including AI tools under a single subscription makes it easier to access ...
Start building with Gemini 2.5 Flash
Gemini 2.5 Flash is in preview, offering improved reasoning capabilities through a "thinking" process that developers can control for cost and latency tradeoffs. This updated version aims to provide a cost-effective solution for complex tasks, balancin...
Onehouse opens up the lakehouse with Open Engines
Data lake vendor Onehouse on Thursday released Open Engines, a new capability on its platform which it says provides the ability to deploy open source engines on top of open data. Available in private preview, it initially supports Apache Flink for st...
Enter the parallel universe of Java’s Vector API
If there is one thing you can describe as an obsession for both developers and devops, it’s how to improve the performance of applications. Ultimately, better performance leads to lower costs (through reduced utilization of resources) or bigger prof...
Headlamp: A multicluster management UI for Kubernetes
As important as Kubernetes is to the modern cloud-native stack, it’s still not easy to use on your own hardware. That’s surprising, considering how long it’s been around. Sure, you can use managed cloud services such as Azure Kubernetes Service,...
Gleam 1.10 improves compiler, JavaScript codegen
Gleam 1.10, a new release of the type-safe programming language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes, is now available. The update features compiler improvements centering on holding more information and improving exhaustive analysis...
Three MarTech solutions putting generative AI in marketing
Three generative AI-powered MarTech solutions from Google designed to help developers streamline marketing material creation, personalize campaigns, and enhance ad performance. Discover ViGenAiR for video ad creation, Adios for image asset management a...
Headlamp: A multicluster Kubernetes user interface
As important as Kubernetes is to the modern cloud-native stack, it’s still not easy to use on your own hardware. That’s surprising, considering how long it’s been around. Sure, you can use managed cloud services such as Azure Kubernetes Service,...
6 languages you can deploy to WebAssembly right now
WebAssembly, or Wasm, gives developers a way to create programs that run at near-native speed in the browser or anywhere else you can deploy the WebAssembly runtime. But you generally don’t write programs in Wasm directly. Instead, you write program...
The programming language wars
Microsoft recently decided to rewrite the TypeScript tool chain using Go. This has caused a stir as folks wonder why Microsoft chose the Go language instead of their own C# or even TypeScript itself. I have to say that it is a curious choice. The res...
JRuby 10 brings faster startup times
JRuby 10, the latest release of the Ruby language variant built atop the JVM, has arrived, bringing startup time improvements, support for Java 21, and compatibility with Ruby 3.4. Release of JRuby 10 was announced April 14. JRuby 10 can be downloaded...
