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Visual Studio Code: Unity Extension Now Generally Available
Last month, Microsoft announced the general availability of the Unity extension for Visual Studio Code. This extension, built upon the C# Dev Kit and C# extensions, offers a toolkit tailored for Unity development within Visual Studio Code, accessible on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems.
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Google Cloud Run Volume Mounts in Preview: Easier Access to Files in Containers
Google recently announced a new feature called volume mounts in preview. This feature aims to streamline the integration of cloud-native applications with shared data storage solutions, such as Cloud Storage buckets and NFS shares, directly within Cloud Run instances.
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta Data and Jakarta NoSQL Milestones, Class-File API Targeted for JDK 23
This week's Java roundup for March 25th, 2024, features news highlighting: JEP 466, Class-File API (Second Preview), targeted for JDK 23; milestone releases of Jakarta Data and Jakarta NoSQL specifications; the second release candidate for JobRunr 7.0.0; and point releases for Spring projects, Quarkus, Helidon and LangChain4j.
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Microsoft Issues Reminder: End of Support for .NET 7 in May
Last week, Microsoft officially stated that .NET 7 will stop to receive support as of May 14, 2024. This means that beyond this date, Microsoft will discontinue issuing any further servicing updates, including critical security fixes or technical assistance for .NET 7. Developers are advised to transition to .NET 8 before the specified end-of-support date to ensure continued support.
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Netflix Launches bpftop Aimed at Enhancing eBPF Performance Efficiency
Netflix has recently announced bpftop, a command-line utility aimed at enhancing the optimization and monitoring of eBPF programs. bpftop provides a real-time snapshot of eBPF programs in operation. It shows metrics such as the average duration of program execution, the number of events processed every second, and an approximation of the total CPU usage percentage for each program.
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HashiCorp Released Version 2.3 of Terraform Cloud Operator for Kubernetes
Hashicorp recently released the version 2.3 of Terraform Cloud Operator for Kubernetes with a new feature: the ability to initiate workspace runs declaratively. The Terraform Cloud Operator for Kubernetes was introduced in November 2023 with the goal to provide a Kubernetes-native experience while leveraging Terraform workflows
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xAI Releases Grok as an Open-Source Large Language Model
Elon Musk announced that xAI would make its AI chatbot Grok open source, and now the release is accessible on GitHub and Hugging Face. This move enables researchers and developers to expand upon the model, influencing how xAI evolves Grok in the face of competition from tech giants like OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others.
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Netflix Uses Metaflow to Manage Hundreds of AI/ML Applications at Scale
Netflix recently published how its Machine Learning Platform (MLP) team provides an ecosystem around Metaflow, an open-source machine learning infrastructure framework. By creating various integrations for Metaflow, Netflix already has hundreds of Metaflow projects maintained by multiple engineering teams.
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.NET Aspire Preview 4: Database Managament Tools, Podman and More Cloud APIs Support Added
This month, Microsoft revealed the availability of the .NET Aspire - fourth preview. Preview 4 brings improvements across various aspects of its framework, addressing key community requests. Key areas of focus include enhancements to Entity Framework components, support for Podman, more Cloud APIs support and adjustments to the application model for easier resource management.
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Copilot in Azure SQL Database in Private Preview
Microsoft has announced a private preview of Copilot for SQL Azure, which offers a natural language for SQL conversion and self-help for database administration.
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Enhancing Engineering Design and Collaboration with Azure’s New Secure Simulation Workbench
Microsoft recently launched the public preview of Azure Modeling and Simulation Workbench (MSWB). This fully-managed engineering environment enables secure user collaboration while protecting data and IP via multi-layered security and access control solutions.
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ASP.NET Core Updates in .NET 9 Preview 2: Blazor, OIDC, OAuth and Configuring HTTP.sys
Microsoft released .NET 9 Preview 2 which contains some updates regarding ASP.NET Core: Blazor component constructor injection, and WebSocket compression for Blazor interactive server components. Furthermore, developers can streamline authentication integration by customising OIDC and OAuth parameters and configuring HTTP.sys extended authentication flags.
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Oracle Announces Oracle Cloud Native 1.8, Supports ARM and Kubernetes 1.28
The Oracle Linux team recently announced the release of Oracle Cloud Native Environment 1.8, a scalable Kubernetes distribution designed for deploying containerized applications in both public cloud environments and on-premise setups. This release includes Kubernetes 1.28 and introduces support for the latest Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 9 releases on x86_64 and aarch64 architectures.
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Microsoft Introduces .NET Smart Components: AI-Powered UI Controls
Microsoft recently introduced .NET Smart Components, UI controls which offer AI-powered features to boost development productivity within .NET applications. According to Microsoft, these components are designed to simplify the integration of AI capabilities into existing .NET applications, requiring as stated, minimal effort from developers.
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Google Cloud Launches Security Command Center Enterprise
Google Cloud has launched Security Command Center (SSC) Enterprise, a cloud risk management solution that offers proactive cloud security with enterprise security operations. The solution helps customers manage and mitigate risk across multi-cloud environments and is enhanced by Mandiant expertise.