GitHub Copilot: Everything you need to know
In 2014, Microsoft Research released an experimental Bing Code Search add-on for Visual Studio and the web. It was a code snippet search tool for C# with a natural language interface, using an index of code from Stack Overflow, MSDN, Dotnetperls, and ...
Speed is the killer app
Why do enterprises so often choose to run applications in the cloud even when it may not be the cheapest option? Why do they turn to open source even if it’s not the most feature-complete choice? And why is generative AI so frothy hot even though, a...
TypeScript 5.7 arrives with improved error reporting
TypeScript 5.7, the latest planned release of Microsoft’s JavaScript variant with syntax for types, is now available in a production release. With version 5.7, the language’s type system is now able to report errors when variables have never been ...
Announcing TypeScript 5.7
Today we excited to announce the availability of TypeScript 5.7! If you’re not familiar with TypeScript, it’s a language that builds on JavaScript by adding syntax for type declarations and annotations. This syntax can be used by the TypeScript com...
Enterprises and cloud providers consider cloud-native AI agents
According to a recent report from SNS Insider, the global AI agents market was valued at $3.7 billion in 2023. The market is expected to grow to $103.6 billion by 2032, with a compound annual growth rate of 44.9% during the forecast period from 2024...
AWS prepares to command an army of AI agents
According to a recent report from SNS Insider, the global AI agents market was valued at $3.7 billion in 2023. The market is expected to grow to $103.6 billion by 2032, with a compound annual growth rate of 44.9% during the forecast period from 2024...
Red Hat Linux to be official WSL distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is set to become an official Linux distribution for Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), a Windows feature that allows users to run Linux environments on Windows without a separate virtual machine. The move ...
Advanced programming with Java generics
Generics in Java enhance the type safety of your code and make it easier to read. In my last article, I introduced the general concepts of generics and showed examples from the Java Collections Framework. You also learned how to use generics to avoid ...
RHEL AI, JBoss EAP 8 coming to Azure cloud
Red Hat will be making Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 8 available on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Both arrangements were announced on November 19. Through a collaboration with Micro...
Azure Container Apps launches Python, JavaScript interpreters
Python code interpreter sessions are generally available for Microsoft’s Azure Container Apps serverless platform for running applications and microservices. The service is also offering custom dynamic sessions, with JavaScript code interpreter ca...
What is Rust? Safe, fast, and easy software development
A programming language can be fast, safe, or easy to write. As developers, we get to choose our priorities but we can only pick two. Programming languages that emphasize convenience and safety tend to be slow (like Python). Languages that emphasize pe...
Kotlin for Java developers: Classes and coroutines
Java is one of the classic object-oriented languages, so classes and objects are of special interest to Java developers. Object-oriented programming gives you considerable power, particularly when it comes to structuring and organizing programs as the...
Azure AI Foundry tools for changes in AI applications
The way we use artificial intelligence is changing. Chatbots aren’t going away. We’ll continue to use them to deliver basic, natural language, self-service applications. But the future belongs to multimodal applications, built on large language mo...
Azure AI Foundry tools up for changes in AI applications
The way we use artificial intelligence is changing. Chatbots aren’t going away. We’ll continue to use them to deliver basic, natural language, self-service applications. But the future belongs to multimodal applications, built on large language mo...
Microsoft unveils imaging APIs for Windows Copilot Runtime
Microsoft’s Windows Copilot Runtime, which allows developers to integrate AI capabilities into Windows, is being fitted with AI-backed APIs for image processing. It will also gain access to Phi 3.5 Silica, a custom-built generative AI model for Copi...
Microsoft extends Entra ID to WSL, WinGet
Microsoft has added new security features to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and the Windows Package Manager (WinGet), including integration with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Active Directory) for identity-based access control. The goal is to enable...
Microsoft rebrands Azure AI Studio to Azure AI Foundry
Microsoft is packaging its Azure AI Studio and other updates into a new service — Azure AI Foundry in response to enterprises’ need to develop, run, and manage generative AI applications. Launched at the company’s annual Ignite conference, Azure...
A GRC framework for securing generative AI
From automating workflows to unlocking new insights, generative AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 are already delivering value in enterprises across every industry. But with this power comes a critical challenge for organizations: How do they secure and...
