Open Source

PostgreSQL 16 Beta 1 is now accessible, featuring improvements in query execution, logical replication, and developer experience.

EPUB 3.3, an interchange format for digital documents, is now recognized as a web standard by the W3C.

Elasticsearch introduces the Elasticsearch Relevance Engine (ESRE), an AI-driven solution designed for the development of custom generative AI applications. The powerful new tool enhances data security and simplifies generative AI deployment for businesses.

Microsoft is set to enhance the developer experience on Windows with the introduction of new features like the GitHub Copilot X integration, Dev Home, and Dev Drive.

Yugabyte has released an update for its open-source distributed SQL database, YugabyteDB 2.18, with new features including multiregion Kubernetes support and an intelligent performance advisor for YugabyteDB Anywhere.

Red Hat introduces Podman Desktop 1.0, a user-friendly, open-source graphical desktop client for managing containers locally and remotely on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

Meta is transitioning to MySQL Raft in its data centers, replacing its current MySQL semisynchronous databases.

Azul Systems unveils Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK with Coordinated Restore at Checkpoint (CRaC) support.

The Ruby 3.3.0 update showcases an experimental pure-Ruby JIT compiler, RJIT, which stands as an alternative to the YJIT compiler.

Cockroach Labs announced that its open-source, fault-tolerant distributed SQL database, CockroachDB Dedicated, now supports Microsoft Azure and multiregion deployments.

With the addition of generics to the Go programming language, Golang developers are now facing new challenges, including error handling and learning best practices.

Google rolls out passkeys for Google Account users, providing an added layer of security by leveraging cryptographic key pairs that sync across devices. This collaboration between Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the FIDO Alliance aims to make passwordless logins frictionless.

Nvidia has introduced NeMo Guardrails, an open-source toolkit designed to improve the safety of AI-powered applications that generate text and speech. The toolkit aims to make these apps more accurate, appropriate, on-topic, and secure by allowing developers to create rules using a few lines of code.

Deno 1.33 debuts Deno KV, a built-in key-value database for the open-source runtime, designed for JavaScript. This release comes with improvements to pave the way for the ambitious Deno 2.0, set to release in the coming months.

An anonymous developer has managed to exploit an API vulnerability to provide public access to OpenAI’s GPT-4 models, attracting immense attention on GitHub. The GPT4Free project may raise significant legal concerns while setting off a cat-and-mouse game between the developer and OpenAI.

AI startup Hugging Face launches HuggingChat, an open source alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Auto-GPT utilizes OpenAI's AI models to autonomously perform tasks, interact with software and online services, and streamline multi-step projects. While offering numerous benefits, this powerful tool also has limitations and risks surrounding its implementation.

Code Intelligence has uncovered a new DoS vulnerability (CVE-2023-20863) in the Spring Framework, marking the second such issue the company has found recently. With a CVSS score of 7.5, the vulnerability is more severe than the previous one (CVE-2023-20861).

Oracle announces the public availability of the Java 8 Enterprise Performance Pack, a drop-in replacement designed to bring Java 17 levels of performance to Java 8 workloads.

The 2023 State of the Java Ecosystem Report by New Relic reveals that Amazon Corretto has surpassed Oracle as the leading JDK vendor and the adoption of Java 17 has increased four-fold within the past year.

The Linux Foundation forms the TLA+ Foundation to boost the adoption and development of TLA+, a programming language for specifying, modeling, and verifying software programs. Tech giants like AWS, Oracle, and Microsoft are among the first members. The foundation will provide education, training, research funding, and tool development.

Berlin-based startup Qdrant has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to support the growth of its open-source vector search engine and database.

Stability AI has released a collection of open-source AI text-generating models called StableLM, designed to compete with OpenAI's GPT-4.

Capital One has leveraged Python and its rich ecosystem to build powerful and scalable serverless applications, emphasizing customer experience and business value.