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Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
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openSUSE Leap 16.0 almost ready for full release
openSUSE Leap 16.0 has made the transition from Beta to Release Candidate with Build 148.4. The Linux distrib...
OpenAI seeking valuation of half a billion
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to hold a secondary sale that could raise its valuation to $500 billion. This h...
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With GPT-OSS, OpenAI re-enters the local AI space — was it worth it?
Putting GPT-OSS to the test
Pega turns AI into reliable self-service agents
Pegasystems announces a new series of workflows within self-service channels. The company combines Pega Bluep...
AI-proof work increasingly being taken over
GenAI is increasingly taking over work that was previously considered impossible to automate. Tasks such as a...
Google launches Gemini 2.5 Deep Think for complex AI reasoning tasks
Those who pay $250 per month for the Gemini Ultra subscription can now use Gemini 2.5 Deep Think. The so-call...
Apple wants to invest to catch up on AI
Apple CEO Tim Cook (photo) said Thursday that his company is prepared to spend more to catch up with competit...
Atos is on track with its Genesis plan: is the company recovering?
A drastic course correction under the so-called Genesis plan was meant to allow Atos to recover from years of...
Figma raises $1.2 billion in successful IPO
The American software company Figma raised $1.22 billion in its initial public offering on the New York Stock...
Microsoft’s Q4 impresses shortly after major layoffs
This year, Microsoft laid off roughly 25,000 employees. It clearly did not do so based on its quarterly figur...