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AWS CodeArtifact Now Supports the Swift Package Manager
AWS-based software artifact repository CodeArtifact now supports the Swift Package Manager, in addition to Maven, NuGet, npm, pip, and others. This allows developers to store and retrieve Swift packages using Apple's official package manager just like they do when using other repositories.
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Microsoft Announces Copilot Copyright Commitment to Address IP Infringement Concerns
Microsoft recently published the Copilot Copyright Commitment to address concerns about potential IP infringement claims from content produced by generative AI. Under this commitment, which covers various products, including GitHub Copilot, Microsoft will take responsibility for potential legal risks if a customer faces copyright challenges.
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Node.js Alternative Bun Now Generally Available
The release 1.0 of the JavaScript toolkit Bun has been recently announced. Aiming to be a drop-in replacement for Node.js, Bun is garnering attention from the JavaScript and serverless communities for its speed and ease of use.
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Microsoft AI Researchers Accidentally Exposed 38TB of Sensitive Data
Security researchers at cloud-security company Wiz discovered a data leak affecting Microsoft's AI GitHub repository, including a huge amount of private data and a disk backup of two employees' workstations with sensitive data.
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How to Create a UI That's Both Robust and User Friendly
The key challenge in building UIs is balancing ease of use and maintainability, with scale and complexity. It requires thoughtful component design and an understanding of common usage paths to create a UI that's both robust and user-friendly. Automation can be a game-changer when it comes to improving efficiency and consistency in your codebase.
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Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 2: Productivity, C++ Enhancements, and Debugging Improvements
Microsoft has released the second preview of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8. Preview 2 brings a range of improvements and features aimed at enhancing developer productivity and code debugging as well as some additional C++ and Game Dev enhancements. The latest version is available for download, and developers have the opportunity to explore and utilise its advancements in the preview version.
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Node.js 2023 Edition Available
The Node.js team has recently released version 20.6.0, which brings improvements in environment variable configuration, module resolution, module customization, and experimental support for C++ garbage collection. This update streamlines the management of environment variables.
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GitHub Dependabot Gets Customizable Auto-Triage Rules to Reduce False Positives
After launching Dependabot's auto-dismiss policies a few months ago to reduce the number of false positive alerts, GitHub is now adding custom rules support for developers to define the criteria to auto-dismiss and reopen alerts.
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Java 21, the Next LTS Release, Delivers Virtual Threads, Record Patterns and Pattern Matching
Oracle has released version 21 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first release offering long-term support since JDK 17 in 2021, the final feature set includes 15 JEPs. Three of these - Virtual Threads, Record Patterns and Pattern Matching for switch - have completed their respective rounds of previews and are now finalized.
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SharePoint Framework 1.18 Refreshes Viva Connections Cards and Supports Node 18
Microsoft recently released version 1.18 of SharePoint Framework with several updates, focused on Viva Connections' components feature updates but also bringing updates for some long-standing dependencies.
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Cloudflare One Data Protection Suite for Data Security across Web, Private, and SaaS Applications
Cloudflare recently announced its One Data Protection Suite, a unified set of advanced security solutions designed to protect data across every environment – web, private, and SaaS applications. The company states the suite is powered by Cloudflare’s Security Service Edge (SSE), allowing customers to streamline compliance in the cloud, mitigate data exposure and loss of source code.
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State of Serverless 2023 Report Suggests Increasing Serverless Adoption
Datadog recently published the 'State of Serverless 2023' report, an annual analysis tracking the adoption of serverless technologies in cloud workloads. The major cloud providers are witnessing substantial growth in serverless usage, especially for container-based solutions.
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Java News Roundup: JCP 25th Anniversary, Foreign Function & Memory API, Eclipse Epicyro
This week's Java roundup for September 11th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JCP, JDK 22, JDK 21, Payara Platform, Eclipse Epicyro, Grails Plugin Portal and milestone and point releases for: Spring Framework, Spring Data, Spring Tools, Quarkus, Micronaut, Helidon, MicroProfile Telemetry, Groovy, Camel Quarkus, Micrometer Metrics and Tracing, Piranha, JobRunr, JHipster Lite and Project Reactor.
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Azure Launches Free Playground for WordPress on App Service
One year after introducing WordPress on Azure App Service, Microsoft has started offering a free hosting tier for developers to explore with WordPress on Azure without incurring any costs (almost).
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Reddit Adopts Server-Driven UI for Its New Feed Architecture across Mobile Apps
Reddit reworked its feeds functionality in the iOS mobile app and introduced it to the Android app. In both cases, they used the Server-Driven UI (SDUI) as their communication approach, which allows localized content layout changes without mobile app releases.