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API Access with Amazon Verified Permissions and Amazon Cognito
AWS recently announced that Amazon API Gateway requests can now be authorized with Amazon Verified Permissions. With this feature, HTTP requests containing tokens issued by Amazon Cognito can be used to perform authorization decisions against API resources.
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Azure Virtual Network Flow Logs for Enhanced Network Monitoring and Security Analysis
Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Virtual Network flow logs, a new capability of the Network Watcher service in Azure.
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Uno Platform 5.2 Brings .NET Single Project Targeting 9 Platforms
Last week, Uno Platform released its latest update, 5.2, with a flagship feature regarding the Single Project solution. This solution, as reported, empowers developers with a unified approach across 9 platform targets, mobile, web, desktop, and embedded applications.
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AWS Introduces CloudWatch Internet Weather Map
AWS recently announced the availability of the Internet Weather Map, a new feature of CloudWatch that displays a 24-hour global snapshot of internet latency and availability outages. This new map offers a worldwide perspective on Internet conditions, allowing users to zoom in and analyze performance and availability problems in specific cities or with particular service providers.
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Google Text Embedding Model Gecko Distills Large Language Models for Improved Performance
Gecko is a text embedding model that Google created by distilling knowledge from large language models into a general-purpose model. Gecko is trained using a novel approach on a variety of tasks including document retrieval, semantic similarity, and classification, and aims to be as general-purpose as it goes as well as highly performant.
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QCon London: the Dangerous Dichotomies of People Management
In the world of people management, it's not just about ticking off tasks; it's about delving into the nuanced, impactful aspects that truly make a difference. Experienced manager and product director Hannah Foxwell highlighted many critical yet often overlooked elements for fostering a cohesive and productive team environment in a talk at QCon London 2024.
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OpenAI Releases New Fine-Tuning API Features
OpenAI announced the release of new features in their fine-tuning API. The features will give model developers more control over the fine-tuning process and better insight into their model performance.
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Catalyzing Change in Software Organizations: Find Allies, Invite People, and Sustain Engagement
Much of the change we experience in software organizations is coercive. Software engineers, architects, and people in software engineering management roles feel they cannot spark change without formal authority, Eb Ikonne mentioned at QCon London 2024. To catalyze change, he suggested identifying allies, inviting people to participate in the change, and sustaining engagement through storytelling.
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InfoQ Dev Summit Boston & Munich: Actionable Insights on Generative AI, Security, Modern Web Apps
Sharpen your dev skills and stay ahead of the curve with the InfoQ Dev Summit Boston (June 24-25), and InfoQ Dev Summit Munich (September 26-27). Learn the emerging trends, explore the use cases, and implement the best practices directly from leading senior software practitioners.
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New MSTest SDK: Usage of MSTest Runner Extensions, Support Running Tests in Native AOT
Microsoft announced the new MSTest SDK built on top of the MSBuild Project SDK system. This SDK improves the experience of testing with MSTest. There are features such as easier usage of MSTest Runner extensions, support running tests in Native AOT mode, and better default suggestions.
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Microsoft and IBM Release MS-DOS 4.0’s Source Code under the MIT License
Microsoft and IBM have open-sourced on git the 1988 operating system MS-DOS 4.0 under the MIT License. In addition to the source code for MS-DOS 4, the public git repository contains unreleased beta Multitasking DOS binaries, the ibmbio.com source, and the scanned PDFs of the Multitasking MS-DOS 4.0 (MT-DOS) documentation.
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Java News Roundup: WildFly 32, JEPs Proposed to Target for JDK 23, Hibernate 6.5, JobRunr 7.1
This week's Java roundup for April 22nd, 2024, features news highlighting: the release of WildFly 32; JEP 476, Module Import Declarations (Preview), JEP 474, ZGC: Generational Mode by Default, and JEP 467, Markdown Documentation Comments, proposed to target for JDK 23; Hibernate ORM 6.5; and JobRunr 7.1.
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Netflix Uses Elasticsearch Percolate Queries to Implement Reverse Searches Efficiently
Netflix engineers recently published how they use Elasticsearch Percolate Queries to "reverse search" entities in a connected graph. Reverse search means that instead of searching for documents that match a query, they search for queries that match a document, powering dynamic subscription scenarios where there is no direct association between the subscriber and the subscribed entities.
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Meta Shares its Mixed-Reality Meta Horizon OS to Third Parties
Opening up the operating system that powers its Meta Quest devices to third-party hardware makers, Meta aims to create a larger ecosystem and make it easier for developers to create apps for larger audiences.
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Reliable Web App Pattern Now Optimizes Azure Migration with Enhanced Infrastructure and Security
Microsoft has released an updated version of the Reliable Web App (RWA) Pattern for .NET. This update focuses on improving production infrastructure and network security in response to user feedback, making Azure migration easier for .NET web apps.