7 application security startups at RSAC 2025
The RSAC Early Stage Expo, the innovation hub of RSAC 2025, was created to spotlight emerging players in the information security space. Among the dozens of startups packed into the second-floor booth area, these VC-backed newcomers in API and applica...
Cloud repatriation hits its stride
For the past decade, the cloud was the ultimate destination for forward-thinking IT leaders. Hyperscale providers sold a compelling promise: agility, scalability, and always-on innovation. CIOs pushed cloud-first mandates and for a time, moving worklo...
Python popularity climbs to highest ever – Tiobe
Python continues to soar in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, rising to a 25.35% share in May 2025. It’s the highest Tiobe rating for any language since 2001, when Java topped the chart. Python’s popularity increased roughly 2.2 ...
Comparing the AI code generators
Every developer has now pasted code into ChatGPT or watched GitHub Copilot autocomplete a function. If that’s your only exposure, it’s easy to conclude that coding with large language models (LLMs) isn’t “there yet.” In practice, model quali...
Running PyTorch on an Arm Copilot+ PC
When Microsoft launched its Copilot+ PC range almost a year ago, it announced that it would deliver the Copilot Runtime, a set of tools to help developers take advantage of the devices’ built-in AI accelerators, in the shape of neural processing uni...
Sizing up the AI code generators
Every developer has now pasted code into ChatGPT or watched GitHub Copilot autocomplete a function. If that’s your only exposure, it’s easy to conclude that coding with large language models (LLMs) isn’t “there yet.” In practice, model quali...
Node.js 24 drops MSVC support
Node.js 24 has been released. The latest version of the open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime upgrades the Google V8 JavaScript engine to version 13.6 and the NPM package manager to version 11. Node.js 24 also drops support for MSVC, Microsof...
The best new features and fixes in Python 3.14
The first beta release of Python 3.14 is now available. This article presents a rundown of the most significant new features in the next version of Python and what they mean for Python developers. Major new features in Python 3.14 These are the most s...
Technical debt is just an excuse
We need to stop using the term “technical debt” as an excuse. Ward Cunningham coined the term and gave it a precise meaning. For Cunningham, technical debt was a conscious decision. The development team, while realizing that there is a better, mo...
8 ways to do more with modern JavaScript
JavaScript is an incredibly durable, versatile, and capable language, and often provides everything you need right out of the box. The foundation for success is knowing the full expanse of what JavaScript offers and how to leverage it in your programs...
Google updates Gemini 2.5 Pro model for coders
Google has updated its Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model with stronger coding capabilities, hoping developers would begin building with the model before the Google I/O developer conference later this month. Released May 6, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition) i...
Static analysis proposed for shell programs
Semantics-driven static analysis is being proposed by a group of researchers as way to ensure that Unix, Linux, and macOS shell programs are safe, bug-free, and work as expected. However, the effort faces unique challenges, due to the shell’s “pe...
Static analysis proposed to ‘rehabilitate’ shell programs
Semantics-driven static analysis is being proposed by a group of researchers as way to ensure that Unix, Linux, and macOS shell programs are safe, bug-free, and work as expected. However, the effort faces unique challenges, due to the shell’s “pe...
Public clouds burnish their on-premises options
One of the more notable developments in enterprise IT was public cloud providers offering on-premises services. These appear to be regaining steam, as Amazon Web Services recently unveiled second-generation AWS Outposts racks packed with cutting-edge ...
Why LLM applications need better memory management
You delete a dependency. ChatGPT acknowledges it. Five responses later, it hallucinates that same deprecated library into your code. You correct it again—it nods, apologizes—and does it once more. This isn’t just an annoying bug. It’s a sympto...
JetBrains open-sources Mellum LLM
JetBrains has open-sourced its Mellum large language model (LLM), which was purpose-built for code completion, with the aim to grow Mellum into a family of models specialized for different coding tasks. The Mellum base model was open-sourced and made ...
