New TLS protocol advances web security
Facebook, Cloudflare and the Mozilla Foundation have been collaborating to advance Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Strengthening web security
Individually, the companies released updates regarding security protocol Delegated Credentials. The new TLS protocol aims to strengthen web security an... Read more
Microsoft signs agreement with Oracle to contribute to OpenJDK
Microsoft has officially signed the Oracle Contributor Agreement in order to contribute to OpenJDK, the open source implementation of the Java Platform.
Contributing to Java development
According to a message to the OpenJDK mailing list from Bruno Borges, product management for Java in Micros... Read more
Red Hat adds AI-capabilities to Process Automation offering
Red Hat has updated its Process Automation offering, adding predictive decision modeling and support for micro-frontend development.
In addition to these new applied artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, Red Hat has brought in features to improve user experience.
Applied AI
Applied AI... Read more
Google introduces Site Kit plugin for WordPress
At the end of last week, Google officially introduced the WordPress plugin for Site Kit, which aims to give website administrators as well as marketing and advertising agencies more insight into the behaviour of their website visitors.
The open-source plugin Site Kit combines all kinds of visito... Read more
DeepMind AI defeats top players in StarCraft II video game
Google sister company DeepMind has trained a self-learning computer that is very good at the real-time strategy video game StarCraft II. The Artificial intelligence (AI) defeated 99.8 percent of human players.
StarCraft is a real-time strategy game, in which gamers have to collect resources, dep... Read more
AWS continues investment in Spain with new data centers
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to open data centers in Spain, enabling AWS users to run workloads and store data in Spain with lower latency.
According to the company, initially the new AWS Europe (Spain) Region will consist of three Availability Zones.
It will open late 2022 or early 2023 ... Read more
Tech Data to acquire DLT Solutions, sets sights on public sector
Tech Data has finalised an agreement to acquire DLT Solutions, the software and cloud solutions company serving the US public sector.
According to a statement by Tech Data, the acquisition is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the fourth fiscal quarter. O... Read more
Microsoft adds new features to Azure Stream Analytics
Microsoft's Azure Stream Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) supports mission-critical customer applications with real-time insights. The new features announced by Microsoft focus on key tenets including ease of use, developer productivity and enterprise readiness.
The rollout of previe... Read more
Python 3.8 introduces Walrus Operator and more
Python 3.8 has been released this October, bringing with it new capabilities designed to help developers produce their code effectively and efficiently.
Known for being open source, Python continues to be a popular, general-purpose programming language used for server-side web development, softw... Read more
Dassault Systèmes completes acquisition of Medidata
Dassault Systèmes takes a big step in the medical market. The company has completed its acquisition of Medidata Solutions worth 5.8 billion dollars (5.2 billion euros).
Dassault Systemès is a supplier of software for the digitisation of transport, aviation and life science companies. For examp... Read more