Microsoft joins AI race at last: two models mark its first move
In March 2024, Microsoft set up its own AI team. The goal was clear: to break away from its reliance on OpenA...
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.
Timeline
Microsoft fixes Defender’s zero-day vulnerability on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s latest monthly security patches came out on Patch Tuesday, with the fix for Defender’s zero-d...
Parler sues Amazon for taking down website
Parler has filed a lawsuit against Amazon. AWS was until recently the party that provided the hosting for the...
Alt-right platform Parler removed from app stores
Both Apple and Google have removed the alt-right social media app from their mobile operating systems' stores...
Gerard Sanderink stops as director of Centric after fuss
Gerard Sanderink has retired from his position of director at Centric and several other companies. In recent ...
Hootsuite acquires Belgian company Sparkcentral
Hootsuite will acquire the Belgian company Sparkcentral. Both companies specialise in the development of tool...
Python squeezes its way to the top of the programming languages pile
Tiobe, the software-checking company has called Python the top programming language of 2020 because it became...
81,000 UK-owned .eu domains suspended due to Brexit
The UK has lost its right to host .eu addresses, leaving British domain owners adrift. Tens of thousands o...
Why hasn’t Google updated its iOS apps since early December
Observers believe it is because of Apple's requirement for privacy "nutrition labels". Last month, Apple i...
Microsoft working on new Outlook app for Windows and macOS
Microsoft is developing a new version of the Outlook app for Windows and macOS. The company wants to simplify...
Apache Kafka 2.7 is almost ZooKeeper-free and more efficient
Developers of the Apache Kafka distributed event streaming platform have released version 2.7. The new versio...