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Arc-Enabled Servers Run Command Public Preview Feature: Remote Management for Various Environments
Microsoft has recently announced a significant preview feature related to Arc-enabled servers, introducing the Run Command. This feature allows customers to manage Azure Arc-enabled servers remotely and securely.
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Java News Roundup: Spring Shell, Micronaut, JReleaser, JobRunr
This week's Java roundup for January 1st, 2024, features news highlighting: Spring Shell, Micronaut, JReleaser, JobRunr, Sharat Chander acknowledging the 2023 accomplishments from the Java Community, and 2023 highlights from the Apache Camel projects.
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How LinkedIn Uses Machine Learning to Address Content-Related Threats and Abuse
To help detect and remove content that violates their standard policies, LinkedIn has been using its AutoML framework, which trains classifiers and experiments with multiple model architectures in parallel, explain LinkedIn engineers Shubham Agarwal and Rishi Gupta.
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Microsoft and Oracle Launch Oracle Database@Azure for Azure Customers
Microsoft and Oracle recently announced the general availability of Oracle Database@Azure, allowing Azure customers to procure, deploy, and use Oracle Database@Azure with the Azure portal and APIs.
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OpenSSF Adds Attestations to SBOMs to Validate How Software is Built
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has recently announced SBOMit, a tool designed to bolster Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) with in-toto attestations. This development, announced under the OpenSSF Security Tooling Working Group, increases transparency and security in the software development process.
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Roblox Builds New Cellular Infrastructure to Improve Gaming Experience
The online game platform and creation system Roblox has detailed how they have made their infrastructure more efficient and resilient, to support the demands of more than 70 million active daily users engaged in immersive 3D experiences.
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Java News Roundup: GlassFish 8.0-M1, 2023 Highlights from Spring, BellSoft and WildFly
It was very quiet for the week of December 25th, 2023, but InfoQ found a few news items of interest that include: Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.0-M1, Apache Camel 3.22.0, Gradle 8.6-RC1, an updated draft specification for JEP 455, and retrospectives into the 2023 highlights from Spring, BellSoft and WildFly.
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Styra's Policy as Code Report: Identity and Access Management Drives Adoption
The State of Policy as Code report from Styra, based on a survey of 285 U.S. developers and technical decision-makers, highlighted that 97% of respondents believe policy as code is crucial for efficient software building in cloud environments. The report's key findings highlight policy as the code's role in enhancing development efficiency, security, and simplicity.
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Amazon Route 53 Resolver Introduces DNS over HTTPS Support for Enhanced Security and Compliance
AWS recently announced that Amazon Route 53 Resolver will support using the Domain Name System (DNS) over HTTPS (DoH) protocol for both inbound and outbound Resolver endpoints.
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Bazel 7 Released with New Dependency Management System and More
Recently announced at BazelCon 23, Bazel 7 materializes several new features that have been in development for multiple years, including the new modular external dependency management system Bzlmod, a new optimizing "Build without the Bytes" mode, improved multi-target build performance thanks to Project Skymeld, and more.
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Collecting Git Performance Data Using trace2receiver and OpenTelemetry
GitHub recently introduced trace2receiver, an open-source tool that integrates with OpenTelemetry to analyze Git performance data. This tool allows users to identify performance issues, detect early signs of trouble, and highlight areas where Git itself can be enhanced.
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The Upsides and Downsides of Open Source Adoption
Benefits of open source projects are supporting rapid innovation, the flexibility provided to customize and adapt tools, and transparency of the code which can enhance security efforts. The downsides are that security by obscurity doesn’t apply, open source is potentially prone to abuse, and when open source tools are not backed up by companies, it might result in a lower level of maintainability.
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Google Unveils Duet AI for Developers Offering AI-Powered Coding Assistance and Chat Functionality
Recently, Google announced the general availability (GA) of its Duet AI for Developers, providing developers with IDE coding assistant and chat.
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GitLab Launches Browser-Based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Scan
GitLab has recently introduced a browser-based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) feature in version 16.4 (or DAST 4.0.9). This development is part of GitLab's ongoing efforts to enhance browser-based DAST by integrating passive checks. The release includes active check-in capabilities.
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Zoom Open-sources New Vulnerability Impact Scoring System VISS
Zoom Vulnerability Impact Scoring System, or VISS for short, aims to help organizations enforce security measures based on a new approach to vulnerability scoring that prioritizes actual demonstrated impact over theoretical security impact possibilities.