Veracode acquires Longbow Security
Thursday, April 18, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Veracode announced the acquisition of Longbow Security, a security risk management platform for cloud-native environments. The acquisition marks the next exciting phase of Veracode, underscoring the company’s commitment to help organizations effectively manage and reduce application risk across the growing attack surface.
The integration of Longbow in...
TRON HTX DAO Hong Kong Meetup 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
On April 9, the TRON x HTX DAO: Hong Kong Meetup 2024 event, hosted by TRON and co-organized by HTX DAO, took place in Hong Kong with great success. This bustling event brought together the brightest minds of the HTX DAO ecosystem: project leaders, committee members, and influential KOLs. Their energy was palpable as they delivered speeches delving into the future of HT...
Safer Bitcoin alternative launched from DLC.Link
Monday, April 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
DLC.Link has launched its key offering, dlcBTC. The dlcBTC token is a safer wrapped Bitcoin alternative, utilizing Discreet Log Contracts (DLC), a Bitcoin scaling technology enabled in Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade two years ago. dlcBTC represents a significant advancement in decentralized finance (DeFi), allowing users to seamlessly utilize Bitcoin across the Ethereu...
AlgoKit blockchain toolset adds native Python support
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
The Algorand Foundation announces the launch of AlgoKit 2.0, the latest upgrade to the AlgoKit command line interface (CLI) - a simple, one-stop toolset for developers building on the Algorand protocol. AlgoKit 2.0’s native support for Python empowers developers to write Algorand apps in regular Python. The toolkit has also been internally re-a...
Gaming app insights report from AppLovin and Adjust
Monday, April 1, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Adjust released The Gaming App Insights Report, a first-of-its-kind resource for studios, developers, and mobile marketers, pairing global mobile gaming app data with expert insights from AppLovin and its in-house creative agency SparkLabs. Notable growth in gaming app installs and in-app revenue in 2023 continued into 2024 reveals a resurgence across many subverticals ...
DevOps World Backup Day
Monday, April 1, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
On Friday, March 31, we celebrate World Backup Day. The date is not accidental - it has been assumed that on April Fools’ Day, no one wants to discover that potential data loss wasn't a simple hoax.
World Backup Day - best practices and pledge for DevOps
On this day, cybersecurity specialists from around the world will come together to urge everyone to m...
Crafting modular Angular apps with standalone components
Thursday, March 7, 2024 by Richard Harris
There are major enhancements in server-side rendering, tooling, and reactivity that are available with the latest Angular 16.0.0 release. But one of the biggest improvements is undoubtedly the introduction of Angular Standalone API because it boosts our ability to develop reusable UI elements and libraries while simultaneously reducing boilerplate modules.
Crafting m...
Gecko edge computing from Akamai takes to cloud computing
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Akamai Technologies, the cloud company has unveiled plans to embed cloud computing capabilities into its massive edge network. Akamai’s Generalized Edge Compute (Gecko) advances Akamai’s strategy to be the cloud computing platform for companies that want to deliver better experiences by running workloads closer to users, devices, and sources of data.
Akam...
Low code app development and API webinars from LANSA
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 by Richard Harris
Are your development projects hitting roadblocks due to complexity or cost? The answer could lie in professional low-code!
Build custom applications and solve your most pressing business problems efficiently. Join LANSA’s upcoming webinars to learn how. Hosted in three different timezones, registration is free and you can pick the session that works best for yo...
Secure software development insights from The Linux Foundation
Monday, February 5, 2024 by Richard Harris
The Linux Foundation published a new report, Maintainer Perspectives on Open Source Software Security, based on a survey of OSS maintainers and core contributors, to understand perspectives on OSS security and the uptake and adoption of security best practices by maintainers, core contributors, end users, and other members of the OSS ecosystem.
Maintainer Perspective...
GDCA 2024 nominees and honorable mentions revealed
Friday, January 26, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
The finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed. The winners in all categories will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) ceremony, which takes place at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC) on Wednesday, March 20, and is he...
AI gaming GPU series GeForce RTX 40 SUPER by NVIDIA
Tuesday, January 16, 2024 by Richard Harris
NVIDIA announced the GeForce RTX 40 SUPER Series family of GPUs - including the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER - which supercharge the latest games and form the core of AI-powered PCs.
This latest iteration of NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture-based GPUs delivers up to 52 shader TFLOPS, 121 RT TFLOPS, and 8...
Symbolic AI programming platform Allegro CL releases v11 update
Monday, January 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
Franz Inc. announced the release of Allegro CL v11, which includes key performance enhancements now available within the most effective system for developing and deploying applications to solve complex problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
"The rapid adoption of Generative AI (LLMs) is fueling heightened demand for guided, fact-based applications whi...
AppDirect Capital Program receives 100M in funding
Thursday, January 11, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
AppDirect announced it has secured 100M US in funding from global investment group CDPQ. This new investment will support innovative financing options for technology advisors through the AppDirect Capital Invest program, allowing them to access flexible capital to transform and scale their business. Building upon the initial USD 80 million financing ...
Tech and mobile app predictions from Inflectra for 2024
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
The year 2024 is upon us and, with it, some of the biggest changes technology has ever brought to multiple industries. Technological innovations and mobile applications promise to create seismic shifts across countless sectors, from the healthcare industry and manufacturing to military and defense.
Below are five ways developments in technology and mobile application...
Best investment cryptos revealed by Van Winkle
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 by Richard Harris
A crypto analyst who goes by Ripple Van Winkle on YouTube noted that the Ripple (XRP) crypto will see an influx of institutional money, and this, coupled with its deflationary properties could exponentially increase its price.
Everlodge (ELDG) is also making significant waves among Web3 circles with its presale, as it solves key issues found in the $280 trillion real...
Critical minerals tech hub S&T could land $40M in funding
Tuesday, January 2, 2024 by Richard Harris
As one of the nation's 31 Tech Hubs, the Critical Minerals and Materials for Advanced Energy Tech Hub, led by Missouri University of Science and Technology, will soon be considered for a range of $40 million to $70 million in federal funding.
The university is currently hosting workshops to strategize on how to make the strongest case possible.
"At our re...
Open source AI trends for 2024 according to Eclipse Foundation
Thursday, December 21, 2023 by Richard Harris
Each year I usually like to make a few predictions about where the software industry, open source, and Eclipse Foundation projects are headed. This year is going to be a little broader, as some large trends are going to impact us in ways that should be discussed and understood.
Government regulation will impact the software industry
The first trend is that for the...
Cloud native market predictions from Lightbend
Thursday, December 21, 2023 by Richard Harris
The time has again come to speculate on what we can expect regarding technology trends for 2024. While this exercise is repeated across the technology industry, I enjoy and find this a valuable yearly exercise, as it encourages us to look back on our predictions from the previous year, potentially course correct as needed, examine evolving trends and others we think wil...
Generative AI predictions for 2024 from WinWire
Monday, December 18, 2023 by Richard Harris
As much as it's in the news, AI is by no means a new development. It has been more than three decades since Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess champion. It has been over a decade since Watson outperformed several Jeopardy champions.
That was all AI. It's not a sudden arrival. It has evolved and gone through several iterations. AI-powered recomme...
ASPM 2024 report from Cycode
Friday, December 15, 2023 by Richard Harris
Cycode announced the release of its inaugural State of ASPM 2024 report. The research found that AppSec chaos reigns, with 78% of CISOs responding that today’s AppSec attack surfaces are unmanageable and 90% of responders confirmed relationships between their security and development teams need to improve. Surprisingly, 77% of CISOs believe software supply ch...
Open source AI chatbot privacy issues addressed by Sendbird
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 by Richard Harris
Last month Sendbird became the first communications API platform to integrate Llama2, Meta’s open source LLM. By adding support for Llama2, on top of existing ChatGPT and PaLM-2 integrations, Sendbird became the first platform of its kind to offer organizations greater flexibility for their integration of generative AI chatbots. By doing so, companies can choose t...
PGC London 2024 celebrates 10 year anniversary
Thursday, November 30, 2023 by Brittany Hainzinger
Pocket Gamer Connects will celebrate its 10th anniversary this upcoming January at Pocket Gamer Connects London 2024. Hosted at the city's familiar Brewery venue, this conference will be the ultimate knowledge-sharing and networking event for the games industry.
Starting in the UK in 2014, the Pocket Gamer Connect event series has transformed from its modest...
AI app development assistant lands from NodeSource
Thursday, November 30, 2023 by Richard Harris
NodeSource, the Node.js observability, application management, monitoring, and security platform, announced the launch of the N|Solid Copilot, an AI assistant integrated into the Console of N|Solid Pro. Leveraging the N|Solid Pro platform to capture the most detailed telemetry for applications and paired with the company’s Node.js experts and OpenAI, the...
E bike software Starmatter launches from Verge Motorcycles
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
The Starmatter platform announced by electric superbike manufacturer Verge Motorcycles is shaking up the entire vehicle industry. Starmatter offers automatic over-the-air updates (OTA), allowing Verge customers to access new functions and improvements for their motorcycles. In addition, the platform includes capabilities to utilize artificial intelligence and machine le...
Hybrid quantum computing collaboration from NVIDIA
Friday, November 17, 2023 by Richard Harris
Terra Quantum, a quantum technology company, announced it is collaborating with NVIDIA to enhance the world of data analytics powered by hybrid quantum computing, with the goal of empowering businesses to achieve unparalleled performance and insights. Jointly, Terra Quantum and NVIDIA established a technical collaboration accelerating the integration of hybrid quan...
AI app store optimization services from SplitMetrics and App Radar
Thursday, November 16, 2023 by Richard Harris
SplitMetrics, an American startup specializing in app growth solutions, has acquired App Radar, an Austrian app marketing and analytics platform in a seven-figure all-cash deal.
The agreement creates the industry’s largest platform providing AI-powered services including paid user acquisition (UA), app store optimization (ASO), conversion rate optimization...
Kubernetes data collection feature released from Sumo Logic
Friday, November 10, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
Sumo Logic, the SaaS log analytics platform, announced the availability of its HELM Chart V4 feature to fully unify data collection as part of its continued commitment to OpenTelemetry (OTel). Organizations can now package, configure, and deploy applications and services on Kubernetes clusters with OpenTelemetry as a default to simplify the collection of metrics, events...
Telerik and Kendo UI R3 updates from Progress
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Progress the provider of application development and infrastructure software, recently announced the R3 2023 release of Progress Telerik and Progress Kendo UI, the
most powerful .NET and JavaScript UI libraries and tools for application development. From modernizing legacy projects to building new applications, this new release equips developers with the tool...
Top BAYC NFTs are up for sale at a major price drop
Wednesday, November 1, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), a collection of NFTs found on the Ethereum blockchain, boast some of the most expensive NFTs ever sold. However, with the recent news of NFTs continuing to decline, how much are they valued at now?
The most expensive BAYC NFTs are up for sale: experts reveal how much their price has dropped
Experts at CryptoGambling.tv analyzed Ope...
Standards based operator cloud demonstration at Network X
Friday, October 27, 2023 by Freeman Lightner
The CloudCO demonstration to be led by the Broadband Forum at this year’s Network X will show how network operators can unlock network efficiencies and new service delivery from a disaggregated and virtualized software-defined broadband network.
CloudCO’s service delivery automation focus is fundamental for operators to help reduce their operational costs...
Premium app recommendations delivered to Xiaomi users
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 by Richard Harris
Digital Turbine recently announced the expansion of its partnership with the International Internet Business Department of Xiaomi. Users purchasing new Xiaomi devices in most markets in EMEA, LATAM, APAC, and MENA will enjoy premium app and mobile games recommendations delivered to the palm of their hands. Digital Turbine’s technology is already delivered to over ...
AI that can understand developer code
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 by Richard Harris
Bito has launched AI that can understand a developer’s code. The new super-personalized functionality helps developers write, refactor, and explain their code. It also helps them with debugging and generating test cases.
AI, like ChatGPT, only provides generic answers or answers based on limited information that the user provides. Bito’s AI acts like a pe...
App security threat report results from Digital Ai
Thursday, October 19, 2023 by Richard Harris
Digital.ai announced the results of its 1st annual Application Security Threat Report, illuminating and quantifying the risks to applications in the wild. The results reveal that 57% of all monitored apps are under attack, with gaming (63%) and FinServ (62%) the most likely to be attacked. The study found no correlation between an app’s popularity and likelihood o...
Unity price changes result in developers revolting
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 by Richard Harris
The world of video game creation is always changing, with developers always looking for the best tools to make their games. For a long time, many have chosen Unity because it was easy to use and had clear costs. But recently, Unity changed how they charge, and it's caused a lot of upset. Many developers feel let down and are thinking about using different tools. Thi...
