Mass protest against Reddit’s API policy may be in vain
Online forum Reddit touts itself as the "front page of the Internet" and because its API has been freely available, it has a rich selection of third-party apps. However, this is about to change: as of July 1, it would cost millions to maintain another popular alternative to the official Reddit appl... Read more
Reddit announces exemption to controversial API pricing
The move offers relief to developers of accessibility apps. It is a significant development for developers concerned about the financial burden of expensive fees and the users who rely on these apps to browse Reddit.
If the apps are noncommercial and address accessibility needs, they will be exe... Read more
The state of code security
As the software development life cycle becomes ever more complex and threats in the multi-cloud environment proliferate, security teams feel increasing pressure to tackle application security with more sophisticated tools and practice.
Application programming interfaces (APIs) represent a rapidl... Read more
Datadog Integrates with OpenAI ChatGPT to help monitor AI usage
The new solution allows organisations to better track the costs and performance of their AI utilization.
This week Datadog announced a new integration to help monitor API usage patterns, costs and performance for various OpenAI models, including GPT-4 and other completion models. Datadog’s obs... Read more
Reddit wants AI companies to pay for API
Access to the Reddit API will no longer be free for commercial use. The company wants developers of generative AI to pay a fee if they wish to make use of user data.
The online forum Reddit is known for discussing virtually every topic, organized in one of its so-called subreddits. The website h... Read more
Google introduces API for scanning open-source packages
Google is releasing the deps.dev API. With it, developers can easily scan open-source code for vulnerabilities and other problems.
The API is an extension of the deps.dev program launched by Google in 2021. With this program, Google aims to provide more insight into the security data of more tha... Read more
Twitter shuts down free APIs, many apps and websites in trouble
Twitter has permanently shut down its free APIs. This is now leading to many problems for apps and websites, Engadget notes.
As an alternative, Twitter is offering upgrades to the recent three new API subscriptions. Twitter had announced some time ago that it was changing its strategy for develo... Read more
Noname Security gives API Security Platform more features
Noname Security wants to help companies build better cyber resilience for their API environments. The security specialist's API Security Platform and the underlying solutions and applications are getting new functionality for this purpose.
For companies, APIs are increasingly critical parts of t... Read more
Rapid launches public beta API Hub for Business for SMBs
Rapid announces the public beta of API Hub for Business. The new product supports SMBs in expanding products and services.
API Hub for Business allows SMBs to share APIs externally and monetize them. Components include a customizable API hub, support the payment process and a unique domain. The ... Read more
OpenAI introduces paid APIs for ChatGPT and Whisper
OpenAI is making it easier for developers to integrate ChatGPT and Whisper AI models into their applications. To this end, two paid APIs were recently introduced.
The first API presented focuses on ChatGPT. Until now, this tool was only accessible via a graphical (web) interface, so the technolo... Read more