Private Repository Secures the AI-driven Development Boom
Friday, March 27, 2026 by Austin Harris
ActiveState has launched ActiveState Curated Catalog. This new offering provides organizations with a private, secure repository of open source components from the ActiveState Library, giving developers and AI code generators access to vetted packages from a trusted internal source instead of pulling them directly from the open internet.
Directly pulling open source ...
QAD ignites a new era of operational AI in manufacturing
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by Brittany Hainzinger
QAD has reached a moment that feels less like a product release and more like a change in posture. The company’s latest announcements point away from manufacturing systems that primarily document what has already happened and toward platforms designed to participate in what comes next. At first glance, the updates fit naturally into QAD’s long-standing focus...
Decoupled Observability stacks Free Teams
Tuesday, January 6, 2026 by Austin Harris
In 2026, Eric Tschetter, chief architect at Imply, predicts the end of the all-in-one observability black box. AI is driving massive growth in logs, metrics, and traces, pushing tightly coupled, monolithic observability platforms past their architectural limits. Organizations are hitting a breaking point. They can't scale their current observability stacks without t...
EagleView expands developer ecosystem with free trial access
Wednesday, December 3, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
Eagleview announced a major expansion of its developer ecosystem, introducing early access to a free, limited trial for its Imagery API that gives developers unprecedented access to Eagleview’s vast catalog of more than 3.5 billion oblique and orthogonal aerial images.
Developers already have free access to seamlessly integrate Eagleview’s premium aerial ...
tldraw sdk 4.0 release new starter kits and licensing model
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 by Richard Harris
The team behind tldraw, a London-based startup, has announced the fourth major version of its software development kit. The tldraw SDK is a TypeScript library designed for developers building web-based applications with infinite canvas capabilities. This significant update introduces a suite of new resources for developers, important changes to the product's licensi...
Cloudbrink adds Identity and CrowdStrike support to its SASE solution
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 by Brittany Hainzinger
Cloudbrink, a leader in high-performance secure connectivity, introduced a suite of identity management services and an integration with Crowdstrike to its Personal SASE platform. Combined, these services allow customers to manage both the authentication and authorization of users from one single console with a unified policy engine. With this update Cloudbrink simplifi...
Java 25 focus on developers and AI in new Oracle release
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 by Austin Harris
The latest release of Oracle’s long-standing programming platform, designed to support both traditional and AI-enhanced applications. The update includes thousands of improvements, emphasizing productivity, performance, stability, and security, while providing long-term support for enterprises.
Enhanced support for AI integration
Java 25 includes updates aim...
AI uncovers notification for new blood pressure feature in Apple Watch
Monday, October 6, 2025 by Russ Scritchfield
Apple has introduced a new feature on its Apple Watch that alerts users to potential high blood pressure. The feature, initially rolled out for the Apple Watch Series 11 and supported on Series 9, relies on artificial intelligence to analyze existing sensor data rather than requiring a traditional blood pressure cuff.
Machine learning decodes signals from the wrist
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Salesforce breach let hackers steal Google customer data
Monday, August 25, 2025 by Richard Harris
In June, one of Google’s corporate Salesforce instances was affected by activity consistent with the UNC6040 campaign described in the post. Google responded by conducting an impact analysis and implementing mitigation steps. The affected instance stored contact information and related notes for small and medium-sized businesses. Investigators confirmed that data ...
Modeling natural conversational dynamics
Friday, July 25, 2025 by Austin Harris
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team has introduced a family of audiovisual behavioral motion models designed to advance human connection technology. These models generate facial expressions and body gestures based on audio-visual inputs from two people, aiming to create more natural and interactive virtual agents. The models enable fully embodied avatars in...
Jack Dorsey unveils Sun Day
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 by Austin Harris
Jack Dorsey, known globally as the co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Block, has been on a creative tear lately, launching back-to-back experimental apps. The latest addition to his portfolio is Sun Day, a simple yet intriguing app aimed at helping users track their sun exposure, monitor UV levels, and estimate vitamin D synthesis, all from their smartphones.
Available...
Red Hat Generative AI
Friday, July 18, 2025 by Richard Harris
Red Hat, the provider of open source solutions, recently announced Red Hat AI Inference Server, a significant step towards democratizing generative AI (gen AI) across the hybrid cloud. A new offering within Red Hat AI, the enterprise-grade inference server is born from the powerful vLLM community project and enhanced by Red Hat’s integration of Neural Magic techno...
Mobile Casual Benchmarks Report 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025 by Austin Harris
Appodeal Publishing, part of Appodeal Ad Mediation Solution for Mobile Apps and Games that helps developers and studios launch and scale their games, released its latest report, which takes a deep dive into the casual mobile games category, sharing a wealth of data on the best and worst performing casual game genres and subgenres. The report found that, while the best-p...
European enterprises rapidly deploying AI technology
Monday, December 30, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
European enterprises are rapidly deploying artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies, with 92% of organizations having implemented these solutions over the last two years, according to new research from Digitate, a leading provider of AI-powered software for IT and business operations. However, the report, titled ‘The Race to Outpace: How AI and Aut...
Double your app engagement steal these 10 story ideas
Thursday, December 5, 2024 by Vlad Lastovsky
Let’s be honest - how many apps do you still have on your phone that you never use? It’s a common scenario. You download one, try it out, and within weeks, you uninstall it. You’re not alone - nearly 70% of users stop using an app within 30 days.
Steal these 10 story ideas to double your app engagement
What keeps users around? Engagemen...
Google AdSense updates revealed for new US state privacy laws
Friday, October 18, 2024 by Austin Harris
Google AdSense has released an important update addressing upcoming privacy laws in five US states. With new privacy regulations taking effect in Iowa, Delaware, New Jersey, Nebraska, and New Hampshire in early 2025, AdSense users and publishers will see key changes designed to ensure compliance and transparency.
Google AdSense updates announced for the new US state ...
Cloud lifecycle optimization solution lands from CloudBolt
Monday, October 7, 2024 by Richard Harris
CloudBolt, the Cloud ROI Company, recently unveiled its CloudBolt Platform built to deliver Augmented FinOps - what some analysts refer to as a "3rd-generation FinOps solution." Ultimately leveraging AI/ML-informed insights and intelligent automation, the CloudBolt Platform is designed to drive complete cloud lifecycle optimization, enabling organizations...
Android 15 releases to AOSP
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Richard Harris
Android has officially unveiled Android 15, the latest iteration of its mobile operating system, now available through the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). This new version will be rolling out to supported Pixel devices over the coming weeks and will also be available on select devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, Nothing, OneP...
Garmin Satellite SOS on Google Pixel smartphones
Friday, September 6, 2024 by Austin Harris
Garmin recently announced the integration of its satellite SOS emergency response coordination service into Google’s Android smartphone ecosystem, beginning with the latest Pixel 9 smartphones in the U.S. Under the agreement, Pixel users in the U.S. may be able to connect with Garmin ResponseSM emergency response coordination services when cellular and Wi-Fi ...
OpenAI model safety improved with rule-based rewards
Thursday, August 15, 2024 by Austin Harris
OpenAI has developed a new method, Rule-Based Rewards (RBRs), to align AI models with safe behaviors, reducing the need for extensive human data collection. This method enhances the reliability and safety of AI systems, making them more dependable for both everyday use and development purposes.
OpenAI model safety improved with rule-based rewards
Traditionally, en...
Paris 2024 Olympic apps ask for dangerous permissions
Monday, August 12, 2024 by Austin Harris
As Paris city attracted a large number of sports tourists, the apps for the Olympic Games 2024 are tracking them, extracting private data, and peddling it to advertisers and big tech.
According to a report from the Cybernews research team, which selected 12 Android apps relevant to the Olympic Games attendees in Paris and tested their permissions, the apps designed t...
Geospatial mapping system TrueView GO lands from GeoCue
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 by Austin Harris
GeoCue, a provider of geospatial solutions, recently announced the addition of the TrueView GO to its innovative product lineup, which includes TrueView drone and mobile mapping systems as well as LP360 3D point cloud software. This latest release marks GeoCue's entry into the handheld mapping arena, setting a new standard for portable, high-precision geos...
Apps with highest install rates (CPI) revealed in latest report
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 by Richard Harris
SplitMetrics, an app growth solutions company, has released its latest report, ASO Benchmarks & Mobile Trends Report 2024, offering a comprehensive analysis of App Store Optimization (ASO) benchmarks and mobile trends for 2024. The report delves into three key app categories: finance, shopping, and utilities.
Apps with highest install rates (CPI) revealed from
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Engage SDK and collections launched for Android developers
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 by Richard Harris
Android has unveiled a new on-device surface called Collections, designed to showcase personalized content and enhance user engagement beyond the Play Store. This feature, first teased at this year's Google I/O, is powered by the Engage SDK and aims to extend app discovery by offering a seamless user experience.
Engage SDK and collections for Android developers e...
Tilting Point lawsuit settles for 500K after violating COPPA and CCPA
Monday, July 22, 2024 by Richard Harris
On June 18, 2024, the California Attorney General and Los Angeles City Attorney settled a case against Tilting Point Media LLC for violating privacy laws related to children's data. The video game developer allegedly breached the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) through their mobile app, &q...
Rise in cyberattacks is alarming folks
Friday, June 28, 2024 by Austin Harris
A recent study has uncovered a startling rise in cyberattacks from 2022 to 2023. Throughout 2023, the United States experienced an alarming 3,205 data breaches, marking a dramatic 78% surge from the 1,801 incidents reported in 2022.
The study conducted by data collection experts SOAX utilized data from the Identity Theft Resource Center on the number of data vi...
Otomi Kubernetes engineering platform from Red Kubes
Thursday, March 21, 2024 by Austin Harris
A prototype constructed as part of a recent platform engineering adoption research showcases an unprecedented deployment time for a completely new app - just 22 minutes. This commendable feat is in stark contrast to other modern cloud deployments, which usually take 7 to 8 hours to deploy a new app. In traditional deployments, the delivery time will typically take much ...
Bluebird Network seeking bids to complete fiber project
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 by Richard Harris
Bluebird Network, a communications infrastructure provider and operator of more than 11,000 miles of fiber and two data centers, is seeking bids from vendors to complete the Engineering Design and/or Environmental Assessments associated with the project.
Vendors are invited to visit the Bluebird RFP submission website to submit a proposal associated with the fi...
Tom Brady NFT sale sparks warning to consumers from experts
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 by Austin Harris
An expert has warned those considering purchasing an NFT off the back of the Tom Brady $40.7k sale, as NFT marketplaces saw $38 million stolen by scammers last year.
The findings, pulled together by Smart Betting Guide, analyzed a database recording crypto scams and exploits to identify the most vulnerable platforms and blockchains over the last year - with NFT marke...
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