Linux Foundation debuts division to investigate impact open source
The Linux Foundation has announced the Linux Foundation Research Division. The division will investigate the extent to which open source contributes to solving important problems in the world.
Areas that the division will specifically focus on are open source projects, ecosystem dynamics and the...
Google wants to add Rust programming language to Linux kernel
Google has made its first moves to add support for Rust to the Linux kernel. The company sees the programming language as an opportunity to write better and more secure code for the kernel.
Kernels have been written primarily in C for almost half a century. This programming language provides the...
Google makes no-code platform AppSheet Automation generally available
Google has released AppSheet Automation. The software allows users to automate certain business processes without having to learn to program.
AppSheet Automation should help companies reduce their IT backlogs and give employees more time to focus on work that matters. Time-consuming and mind-num...
Third .NET 6 preview makes MAUI work for Windows applications
Microsoft has released the third preview version of .NET 6. This version enables developers to create classic Windows applications with .NET MAUI.
All changes in .NET 6 Preview 3 can be found in a blog post. The most important change is the introduction of Project Reunion 0.5. This makes it poss...
Amazon announces its own Elasticsearch fork
Amazon has announced that it will be working on its own open-source fork of Elasticsearch, called OpenSearch. The company is doing this after Elasticsearch itself abandoned its Apache licensing model.
Amazon informed us that they started a new search engine project called OpenSearch. Besides Ope...
Wormhole app enables safe, encrypted file transfer
The new app seems to have completed what Mozilla was trying to do with Firefox Send.
Socket, Inc., a software startup, launched a product called Wormhole earlier this month, according to a report in The Register. The web app is for encrypting files and making them available to those who receive...
NativeScript 8.0 gets a best practices guide
NativeScript version 8.0 is now available. The new version of the development framework for mobile apps has received further streamlining, and a guide to best practices has been released.
NativeScript developer Progress Software has outlined the changes in version 8.0 in a blog post. The develop...
AWS adds Python to CodeGuru and aggressively slashes prices
Amazon Web Services has announced that Python support in CodeGuru, its automated code review system, is production-ready, with a reduction in the price of up to 90%. When CodeGuru came out in late 2019, it was a bit of a disappointment.
It did not offer recommendations and the price was excessiv...
Prometheus releases version 2.26.0, built with Go 1.16
The Prometheus team has released version 2.26.0 of the open-source monitoring and alerting tool. One of the major changes in this release is that the new version is built with Go 1.16, which solves the problem of memory allocation in the previous version.
With v2.26.0 being built with Go 1.16, u...
Google’s Lyra delivers high quality calls with low bandwidth
The new open sources codec from Google leverages AI to deliver superior quality voice communications with low bandwidth.
Google LLC said today it has open-sourced a codec called Lyra that relies on machine learning to enable high-quality voice calls in low bandwidth situations.
Lyra, which is...
Google integrates Rust programming language into Android
Google has given the Android platform support for the Rust programming language. By doing so, the company hopes to prevent future bugs that lead to security problems.
In a blog post, Google explains that the company wants to use Rust mainly for the code of the deeper layers of the operating syst...
Google did not violate copyright with Java code in Android
The US Supreme Court has ruled on a lawsuit filed by Oracle against Google. This brings an end to the more than ten-year-long legal battle about whether Google infringed Oracle's copyright by incorporating Java code into Android.
According to the Supreme Court, Google did not violate copyright, ...