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Google Releases Last Android 16 Beta before Official Launch
With the release of the last Android 16 beta, developers should ensure their apps or libraries are free of any compatibility issues. Google warns of changes—including JobScheduler quotas, stronger intent security, 16KB page size–that might affect apps even if they do not specifically target Android 16.
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Spring News Roundup: RCs of Spring Boot, Data, Security, Auth, Session, Integration, Web Services
There was a flurry of activity in the Spring ecosystem during the week of April 21st, 2025, highlighting first release candidates of Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring Security, Spring Authorization Server, Spring Session, Spring Integration, Spring Modulith and Spring Web Services.
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Google Cloud Announces Firestore with MongoDB Compatibility
During the recent Google Cloud Next 2025, the cloud provider announced the preview of Firestore with MongoDB compatibility. This new option provides MongoDB API and query language to store and query semi-structured JSON data in Google Cloud’s real-time document database.
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Activision Reduces Build Time of Call of Duty by 50% with MSVC Build Insights
Activision has cut build times for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (COD) in half by profiling and optimizing their C++ build system with MSVC Build Insights to uncover bottlenecks in their compilation pipeline. The effort unblocked developers, accelerated delivery, and reduced idle time.
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Microsoft Extends SLNX Solution File Support in .NET CLI
Microsoft has announced experimental support for .slnx files in the .NET CLI v9.0.200, unifying the developer experience among the .NET tooling. This new feature aims to remove clutter in the solution file and to reduce friction when working with large solutions.
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Azure MCP Server Enters Public Preview: Expanding AI Agent Capabilities
Microsoft's Azure MCP Server, now in Public Preview, enhances AI capabilities by enabling seamless interaction with Azure resources. This open-source tool standardizes AI agent access to services like Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Storage, empowering developers to create context-aware applications. Expect rich functionality and support for custom MCP clients to optimize cloud resource management.
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QCon London 2025 Day 2: the Form of AI, Securing AI Assistants, WASM Components in FaaS
The 19th annual QCon London conference took place at the The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, England. This three-day event, organized by C4Media, consists of presentations by expert practitioners. Day Two, scheduled on April 8th, 2025, included a keynote address by Savannah Kunovsky and presentations from five conference tracks.
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Gemini to Arrive On-Premises with Google Distributed Cloud
Google's Gemini models are set to revolutionize on-premises AI with their upcoming launch on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) in Q3 2025. Partnering with NVIDIA, organizations can harness advanced AI while maintaining strict compliance and data residency. With flexible infrastructure and secure environments, Gemini enables real-time insights for data-driven decision-making across industries.
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LittleHorse, a Java Workflow Engine for Distributed Systems Orchestration
LittleHorse is a Java open-source platform designed to orchestrate distributed systems, addressing the challenges related to state management and the coordination of microservices, external APIs, and human tasks. It allows developers to define workflows programmatically using languages such as Java, Go, Python, C#/.NET, eliminating the need for specialized DSLs.
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Fast Eventual Consistency: Inside Corrosion, the Distributed System Powering Fly.io
Innovative cloud solutions expert Somtochi Onyekwere recently presented at QCon London 2025, unveiling Corrosion—Fly.io's advanced open-source distributed system. By leveraging CRDTs and Rust, Corrosion enhances scalability and data synchronization, addressing latency challenges and ensuring rapid, consistent application deployment across a global network of 40+ regions.
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.NET Aspire 9.2 Released with Expanded Deployment Options and Dashboard Improvements
The .NET team has released version 9.2 of .NET Aspire, introducing updates to the dashboard experience, new integration capabilities, and deployment improvements. As stated in the official announcement, this release furthers the platform’s goal of simplifying application development and cloud-native deployment workflows.
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Docker Model Runner Aims to Make it Easier to Run LLM Models Locally
Currently in preview with Docker Desktop 4.40 for macOS on Apple Silicon, Docker Model Runner allows developers to run models locally and iterate on application code using the local models- without disrupting their container-based workflows.
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.NET AI Chat Web App Template Preview 2 Released with Qdrant and .NET Aspire Support
The second preview of the .NET AI Chat Web App template has been released, introducing several enhancements to streamline the development of AI-powered chat applications. This update includes support for .NET Aspire and integration with the Qdrant vector database, facilitating the creation of cloud-native applications.
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Java News Roundup: JDK 25 Schedule, Spring 7.0-M4, Payara Platform, JobRunr 7.5, Jox 1.0, Commonhaus
This week's Java roundup for April 14th, 2025, features news highlighting: the JDK 25 release schedule; the fourth milestone release of Spring Framework 7.0.0; the April 2025 edition of the Payara Platform; the release of JobRunr 7.5.0 and Jox 1.0.0; and Kroxylicious having joined the Commonhaus Foundation.
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OpenJDK News Roundup: Compact Source, Module Import Declarations, Key Derivation, Scoped Values
There was a flurry of activity in the OpenJDK ecosystem during the week of April 14th, 2025, highlighting eight new JEPs having been elevated from their JEP Drafts to Candidate status. Four of these will be finalized after their respective rounds of preview.