Vibe coding is groovy
Vibe coding is most definitely having a moment. Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of it—the Wikipedia page for it just went up on March 15 of this year. Vibe coding is a new way of working with AI, where you guide the code through natural lang...
Oracle releases ML-optimized GraalVM for JDK 24
Oracle has released GraalVM for JDK 24, an alternative Java Development Kit tuned to just-released JDK 24 that uses ML (machine learning)-based profile inference to boost peak performance by about 7.9% on average on microservices benchmarks, the compa...
Fauna to shut down FaunaDB service in May
Fauna, the provider of the NoSQL database FaunaDB, has said that it will shut down the service by the end of May due to the unavailability of capital required to support the database service and market it. “…after careful consideration, we have ma...
GenAI tools for R: New tools to make R programming easier
My previous article focused on some of the best tools for incorporating LLMs into your R scripts and workflows. We’ll expand on that theme here, offering up a collection of generative AI tools you can use to get help with your R programming or to ru...
Cosmonic uses WebAssembly to manage apps
Leveraging the WebAssembly binary instruction format, Cosmonic has launched wasmCloud-based Cosmonic Control, an enterprise control plane for managing distributed applications. Introduced March 24, this control plane can be used across any cloud, Kube...
Google acquires Wiz: A win for multicloud security
Google’s recent acquisition of Wiz positions the tech giant as a leader ready to tackle today’s multicloud challenges, potentially outperforming competitors such as Microsoft Azure and AWS. The collaboration aims to simplify complex security archi...
Learning AI governance lessons from SaaS and Web2
The experimental phase of generative AI is over. Enterprises now face mounting pressure — from boardrooms to the front lines — to move AI into production to streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive innovation. Yet, as AI depl...
OpenTofu becomes the real deal
In open source, forks often struggle to break free from the shadow of their progenitors. But OpenTofu, the community-driven Terraform fork born from HashiCorp’s licensing upheaval, is writing a different story. Since January 2024, OpenTofu has trans...
CVE-2025-29927
Next.js version 15.2.3 has been released to address a security vulnerability CVE-2025-29927.
OpenSilver extends to iOS and Android
Userware has updated its OpenSilver open source UI framework for .NET, expanding the reach of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to mobile apps. OpenSilver is best known as a replacement for Microsoft Silverlight, a rich internet application frame...
Nvidia launches AgentIQ toolkit to connect disparate AI agents
As enterprises look to adopt agents and agentic AI to boost the efficiency of their applications, Nvidia this week introduced a new open-source software library — AgentIQ toolkit — to help developers connect disparate agents and agent frameworks. ...
Everyone needs a genAI strategy now
Does your company have an AI strategy yet? Our top stories this month point to the perils of not having one—including but not limited to the rising threat of shadow IT. We’re also looking ahead to the future of highly adaptive UIs, the rise of cit...
Bridging the digital skills gap
A recent McKinsey study highlights that 87% of executives now view skill shortages as a critical barrier to their digital transformation efforts. The digital skills gap hinders a company’s ability to fully leverage advanced technologies such as arti...
Microsoft .NET 10 Preview 2 shines on C#, runtime, encryption
Microsoft has unveiled a second preview of its planned .NET 10 developer platform, featuring enhancements related to encryption, the .NET runtime, and the C# language. Published March 18, .NET 10 Preview 2 follows the February 25 debut of Preview 1. P...
Ex-Sun CEO Scott McNealy reflects on Java’s founding
Languages such as Python and Rust get a lot of new attention these days, but Java is still going strong after three decades. With Java’s 30th birthday two months away, Scott McNealy, former CEO of Java founding company Sun Microsystems, and Oracle o...
