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Flutter 3.27 Promotes New Rendering Engine Impeller, Improves iOS and Material Widgets, and More
Flutter 3.27, brings a wealth of changes, including better adherence to Apple's UI Guidelines thanks to a number of improved Cupertino widgets, new features for CarouselView, list rows and columns, ModalRoutes transitions, and so on. Furthermore, the new release makes the Impeller rendering engine the default, with improved performance, instrumentation support, concurrency support, and more.
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Java News Roundup: Spring AI 1.0-M5, LangChain4j 1.0-Alpha1, Grails 7.0-M1, JHipster 8.8
This week's Java roundup for December 23rd, 2024 features news highlighting: the fifth milestone release of Spring AI 1.0; the first milestone release of Grails 7.0; the first alpha release of LangChain4j 1.0; and the release of JHipster 8.8.
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Kubernetes 1.32 Released with Dynamic Resource Allocation and Graceful Shutdown of Windows Nodes
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) released Kubernetes 1.32, named Penelope a few weeks ago. The new release introduced support for the Graceful Shutdown of Windows Nodes, new status endpoints for core components, and asynchronous preemptions in the Kubernetes scheduler.
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Gitpod Flex, Cloud Development after Kubernetes
Gitpod, a cloud development environment platform, recently decided to move away from Kubernetes after six years of use and experimentation. This decision emerged from their experience of managing development environments for 1.5 million users, while handling numerous environments daily.
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After Rome Failure, VoidZero is the Newest Attempt to Create Unified JavaScript Toolchain
Evan You, creator of the Vue web framework, announced VoidZero, a company dedicated to building a unified development toolchain for the JavaScript ecosystem. You posits that VoidZero may succeed where Rome, a project with similar goals, failed as it inherits the large user base from the popular Vite toolchain. While VoidZero would release open-source software, the company itself is VC-funded.
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How Meta Ported Million Lines of Android Code from Java to Kotlin
In order to maximize the benefits brought by Kotlin in terms of productivity and safety, Meta engineers have been hard at work to translate their 10 million line Android codebase from Java into Kotlin. One year into this process, they have ported approximately half of their codebase and developed a specific tool, Kotlinator, to automate the process as much as possible.
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Google Cloud Launches Sixth Generation Trillium TPUs: More Performance, Scalability and Efficiency
Google Cloud's Trillium, its sixth-generation TPU, is now available. It enhances AI workloads with unmatched performance and 67% better energy efficiency. Integral to the AI Hypercomputer, Trillium boasts training speeds over 4x faster and triples inference throughput. This leap positions Google as a contender against Nvidia in the AI data center market.
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EuroLLM-9B Aims to Improve State of the Art LLM Support for European Languages
EuroLLM-9B is an open-source large language model built in Europe and tailored to European languages, including all the official EU languages as well as 11 other non-official albeit commercially important languages. According to the team behind it, its performance makes it one of the best European-made LLM of this size.
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.NET Community Toolkit 8.4: New MVVM Features, Enhanced Analyzers and Bug Fixes
The .NET Community Toolkit has officially released version 8.4, introducing significant updates and improvements. The latest release includes support for partial properties in the MVVM Toolkit generators, new diagnostic analyzers, bug fixes, and other enhancements to facilitate development workflows.
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Dive Deep into Merge Requests with GitLab Duo Chat
GitLab recently discussed Duo Chat, a new chat assistant designed to make code reviews easier for developers and reviewers. This feature, available with GitLab Duo Ultimate and Enterprise, helps engineers understand code changes, follow discussions, and track dependencies, while ensuring high-quality code.
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How to Do National Language Adaptation in C++
As customers take on a more active role in national language adaptation, the process should be simple, using tools they are familiar with, Daniela Engert stated in her talk at NDC TechTown. They decided to use GetText in C++ where they provide tools and procedures for their customers to provide translations.
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Google Launches Android XR, Its New AI-Powered Extended Reality Platform
Android XR is Google's new operating system aimed at powering devices like headsets and glasses and making possible new experiences, a.k.a. apps, running on them. Android XR will integrate Gemini, Google's AI assistant, to enable understanding user intent, defining a plan, guiding through tasks, and more.
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OpenAI Announces ‘o3’ Reasoning Model
OpenAI has launched the O3 and O3 Mini models, setting a new standard in AI with enhanced reasoning capabilities. Notable achievements include 71.7% accuracy on SWE-Bench and 96.7% on the AIME benchmark. While these models excel in coding and mathematics, challenges remain. O3 Mini offers scalable options for developers, prioritizing safety and adaptability.
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Azure Boost DPU: Microsoft's New Silicon Solution for Enhanced Cloud Performance
At Ignite 2024, Microsoft unveiled the Azure Boost DPU, its first in-house solution for low-power, data-centric workloads. This innovative chip optimizes cloud performance and security, offering triple the efficiency of CPUs. With a robust hardware-software design, Microsoft’s advancements position it to redefine AI and cloud infrastructure.
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AWS Outlines Its Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Plan
In a recent article on its security blog, AWS detailed its plan for migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The article addresses the challenges posed by PQC, outlines AWS's current progress in the migration process, and explains the impact on customers within the traditional shared responsibility model.