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• AWS updates machine learning service SageMaker

  AWS has added new features to its managed machine learning​ service Amazon SageMaker​, designed to improve governance attributes within the service.

• C++ overtakes Java in language popularity index

  Java ranked fourth in the December 2022 Tiobe index of programming language popularity, the lowest Java has ranked in the history of the index.

• Kotlin 1.8.0 beta introduces experimental functions

  Next version of the Kotlin programming language adds support for Java 19 and introduces experimental functions for the JVM to recursively copy or delete directory content.

• How Cisco keeps APIs secure throughout the software development process

  Cisco’s API-for-an-API project is designed to unify API security tools and weave security through all stages of the software process.

• HP to cut up to 6,000 staff in plan to mitigate PC market softness

  HP expects to lay off 4,000 to 6,000 employees by the end of fiscal year 2025, reducing its 51,000-strong global workforce by about 12 per cent.

• Swift language plans for 2023 emphasise concurrency and generics

  Builders of the Apple-developed Swift language intend to also move the language forward in C++ interoperability and add a Swift parser.

• IBM sues Micro Focus for mainframe software copyright infringement

  IBM alleges that software partner Micro Focus copied its proprietary file format and broke a contract with the company, in a suit filed in the Southern District of New York.

• Should we measure developer productivity?

  The strength of the software development team is each individual developer. The strength of each developer is the team.

• Palo Alto targets zero-day threats with new firewall software

  PAN 11.0 Nova, the latest version of Palo Alto's firewall operating system, enables upgraded malware sandboxing and ties into the vendor’s new CASB.

• Why software supply chain is a new CIO security priority

  With so much unknown about what developers and systems rely on to be productive, it’s time to get serious about securing the software supply chain.

• Why developers are the architects of the future

  Steven Grandchamp​ is a longtime software executive, with leadership experience at Microsoft, OpenLogic, and MariaDB, among others.

• OpenSSL project patches two vulnerabilities but downgrades severity

  The OpenSSL project released a patch for two high severity vulnerabilities in the world’s most widely used cryptographic library.

• Oracle aligns GraalVM development with Java development

  Oracle plans to contribute some code from GraalVM​, a high-performance, polyglot version of the Java Development Kit, to OpenJDK.

• Deno runtime backs inlay hints for coding

  The latest Deno runtime automatically pulls in TypeScript types via NPM, and the new release updates to the V8 10.8 JavaScript engine.

• Over 90% of companies overpay for project collaboration software

  SaaS purchasing platform Vertice reports that enterprises are overpaying between an average of 20-30 per cent for collaboration tools.