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AI impact on data centres will be ‘massive,’ OCP says

Open Compute Project expects the hardware requirements of AI to usher in a new era of larger data centres, liquid-cooled hardware, and greater power consumption.

JetBrains unveils documentation authoring tool

Writerside provides a Git UI, an integrated build tool, automated tests, and live previews to help create technical docs, API references, and developer guides.

Latest Node.js boosts stream performance

Memory management to improve leaks is also addressed in the new version.

Visual Studio Code bolsters command search

A new section in VS Code’s Command Palette search results lists similar commands. September release also introduces support for DWARF debugging of WebAssembly.

Microsoft .NET 8 nears the finish line

Microsoft unveiled the second and final release candidate for the next version of its development platform. The production release is due in November.

Report finds few open source projects actively maintained

Sonatype’s annual software supply chain analysis finds open source project maintenance in decline, while 1 in 8 open source downloads have a known risk.

C# challenges Java in language popularity

Microsoft’s object-oriented language for .NET has closed the gap with Java in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity.

Microsoft ships Java 21 builds

Microsoft made Microsoft Build for OpenJDK 21 binaries available for free download and announced that JDK 21 will soon be available in Azure PaaS services.

TypeScript 5.3 adds support for import attributes

ECMAScript import attributes will support additional types of modules in a common way across JavaScript environments, starting with JSON modules.

Java 22 begins to take shape

The foreign function and memory API, for interoperability with native code, would be finalised in the JDK 22 release due in March 2024.

Azul cloud service spots dead code in Java apps

A new feature of the Azul Vulnerability Protection service identifies unused code in production Java applications, aiming to ease maintenance for developers.

Microsoft’s C# Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code reaches GA

C# Dev Kit extension includes core C# language services, IntelliCode assistance, testing, debugging, and project management capabilities. .NET MAUI and Unity support are still in preview.

The Python developers clinging to Python 2

Python Software Foundation survey finds that a significant number of Python developers are still using Python 2 for data analysis, computer graphics, and devops.

Amazon Bedrock generative AI service reaches GA

Serverless managed service offers foundation models for building generative AI applications from several leading AI companies including Anthropic, Cohere, and Meta.

Microsoft’s F# gets computation expressions enhancement

The 'while!' keyword is geared for clarity and expressiveness and will appear in F# 8.

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