How AI is transforming IDEs into intelligent development assistants
Traditional IDE features Long before the advent of AI-driven tools, IDEs played a pivotal role in transforming developers’ work. By consolidating essential tools into a single platform, early IDEs helped developers move away from tedious, manual workflows and focus on actual problem-solving. These foundational features laid the groundwork for today’s modern, AI-powered capabilities. Syntax highlighting […]
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Intro to Alpine.js: A JavaScript framework for minimalists
I recently backpacked through Big Sur, and after a few days, the inevitable happened: I looked at everything I carried and demanded it justify its presence in my backpack. Making tech choices during the software development process is similar. Every asset in the system adds complexity, so everything better be pulling its weight. Alpine has […]
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Databricks’ TAO method to allow LLM training with unlabeled data
“Through this adaptive learning process, the model refines its predictions to enhance quality,” the company explained. And finally in the continuous improvement phase, enterprise users create data, which are essentially different LLM inputs, by interacting with the model, which can be used to optimize model performance further. TAO can increase the efficiency of inexpensive models […]
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Microsoft lauds Hyperlight Wasm for WebAssembly workloads
Building Hyperlight with a WebAssembly runtime enables any programming language to execute in a protected Hyperlight micro-VM without any prior knowledge of Hyperlight. Program authors are just compiling for the wasm32-wasip2 target, meaning programs can use runtimes such as Wasmtime or Jco, Microsoft said. Programs also can be run on a server for Nginx Unit, […]
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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 company said. GraalVM for JDK 24 was released on March 18. GraalVM for JDK 24 can be downloaded […]
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Nvidia launches AgentIQ toolkit to connect disparate AI agents
While Nvidia’s intention with the toolkit is to help enterprises break down silos between different agent systems, According to Chada, several similar systems can offer similar capabilities. These include LangChain, CrewAI, and Microsoft’s Semantic Kernel. [ Related: Agentic AI – Ongoing news and insights] The Nvidia toolkit also includes a configuration builder that allows developers […]
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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 artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data analytics, and cybersecurity. Although this lack of qualified people is not a new […]
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Oracle, Nvidia partner to add AI software into OCI services
While making software such as the AI Enterprise stack and NIM available through its services increases customer adoption of Oracle’s core compute, and storage offerings, the partnership provides Nvidia first-class citizenship to a major cloud provider, driving additional usage of GPUs and related software, resulting in more stickiness, Alletto explained. Additionally, Moor Insights and Strategy’s […]
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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 citizen developers, and what’s happened to developer communities like Stack […]
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What is a network packet?
A network packet is a basic unit of data that is transferred over a computer network, typically a packet-switched network, such as the internet. Before data like files, images, videos or emails are transmitted over a network, they are first divided into packets. Upon arrival at their destination, the packets are reassembled to form the […]
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