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Amazon Open Sources Strands Agents SDK for Building AI Agents
Amazon has released Strands Agents, an open source SDK that simplifies AI agent development through a model-driven approach. The framework enables developers to build agents by defining prompts and tool lists with minimal code.
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Java News Roundup: GlassFish, JEPs Targeted for JDK 25, TornadoVM, Hibernate Reactive, Spring Cloud
This week's Java roundup for May 26th, 2025, features news highlighting: the twelfth milestone release of GlassFish 8.0; four JEPs targeted for JDK 25; introducing the GPULlama3.java project powered by TornadoVM; and GA releases of Hibernate Reactive 3.0, Spring Modulith 1.4 and Spring Cloud 2025.0.
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Java 25 Introduces Stable Values API for Deferred Immutability and Improved Application Startup
JEP 502 introduces the Stable Values API in JDK 25, enhancing application startup performance by allowing deferred immutability. This feature enables thread-safe, at-most-once initialization of complex objects, combining the best of final fields with lazy initialization. It empowers developers to improve efficiency and reduce initialization pitfalls while leveraging JVM optimizations.
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Visual Studio 2022 v17.14 Introduces Agent Mode and Advanced Copilot Assistance
Microsoft has announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14, introducing agent mode for GitHub Copilot code assistant, among other enhancements. The agent mode enables Copilot to perform complex, multi-step tasks when editing code.
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Have I Been Pwned 2.0 Adds New Tools for Data Breach Monitoring
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) - the widely used data breach notification service created by security expert Troy Hunt, has launched a major front-end redesign in version 2.0, introducing several new features aimed at improving how individuals and organizations monitor breach exposure.
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Microsoft Open Sources the GitHub Copilot Chat Extension
At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft announced plans to open source over the next few months the code behind the GitHub Copilot Chat extension under the MIT license and refactor core AI capabilities directly into the main VS Code codebase. The move, if completed, may affect the ability of current for-pay AI code editors to compete purely on features.
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Google Releases LMEval, an Open-Source Cross-Provider LLM Evaluation Tool
LMEval aims to help AI researchers and developers compare the performance of different large language models. Designed to be accurate, multimodal, and easy to use, LMEval has already been used to evaluate major models in terms of safety and security.
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Azure AI Search Unveils Agentic Retrieval for Smarter Conversational AI
Microsoft’s Azure AI Search unveils agentic retrieval, a cutting-edge query engine that enhances conversational AI answer relevance by up to 40%. This dynamic system leverages conversation history and parallel subquery execution, paving the way for sophisticated knowledge retrieval. Currently in public preview, it offers adaptive search strategies tailored for evolving enterprise needs.
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OpenSearch 3.0 Now Generally Available, with a Focus on Vector Database Performance and Scalability
The OpenSearch Software Foundation has announced the general availability of OpenSearch 3.0, the first major release in three years and the first since the project joined the Linux Foundation. This version introduces native support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), along with pull-based data ingestion and gRPC support, aimed at improving scalability and integration.
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Google Releases MedGemma: Open AI Models for Medical Text and Image Analysis
Google has released MedGemma, a pair of open-source generative AI models designed to support medical text and image understanding in healthcare applications. Based on the Gemma 3 architecture, the models are available in two configurations: MedGemma 4B, a multimodal model capable of processing both images and text, and MedGemma 27B, a larger model focused solely on medical text.
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Microsoft Announces AI Agent and Platform Updates at Build 2025
At its annual developer conference, Build 2025, Microsoft introduced a set of updates focused on expanding the role of AI agents across Windows, GitHub, Azure, and Microsoft 365.
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Spring Team on AOT Cache Handling, Null Safety with JSpecify, and Support Durations
Broadcom recently launched Spring Boot 3.5 and various projects, and is working on Spring Framework 7.0 and Spring Boot 4.0 for November 2025. Broadcom’s Sébastien Deleuze, Spring Framework Core Committer, and Michael Minella, Director of the Open-Source Support Spring team, answered questions on the Java AOT cache, libraries with JSpecify null safety, and changes to the Spring support policy.
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Gemma 3n Available for On-Device Inference Alongside RAG and Function Calling Libraries
Google has announced that Gemma 3n is now available in preview on the new LiteRT Hugging Face community, alongside many previously released models. Gemma 3n is a multimodal small language model that supports text, image, video, and audio inputs. It also supports finetuning, customization through retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and function calling using new AI Edge SDKs.
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How a Sociotechnical Approach Can Help to Deal with Complexity
Today’s software professionals navigate a maze of technical, business, and social complexity. According to Xin Yao, thriving in this environment requires more than just technical and business expertise. We need fluency in decoupling systems for maintainability, reconnecting them for business value, and working with the messiness of organizational dynamics.
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AWS Launches Centralized Product Lifecycle Page: Transparency and Consolidating Deprecation Info
AWS has launched its Product Lifecycle page, a centralized hub for tracking service availability changes, deprecations, and end-of-support timelines. This initiative streamlines communication, enhances customer confidence, and aligns with other hyperscalers, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. The page offers clear rationales and transition plans, ensuring a smooth process for customers.