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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Modifies Pricing Model for Cloud Deployments
Red Hat has recently announced a revised pricing tied to vCPU count for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) deployments across major cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. The updated pricing will be effective on April 1st and has sparked concerns among certain users.
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iOS Developers Can Now Use Non-Apple App Stores in the EU, for a Fee
Responding to the European Commission Digital Markets Act (DMA), which aims to regulate the "gatekeeper power" of digital companies, Apple has opened up the possibility for developers to distribute their iPhone apps through alternative marketplaces in EU countries. Developers, though, will be required to pay a new Core Technology Fee if they do.
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Google Project IDX Integrates iOS and Android Emulator, Extends Templates Library, and More
Six months after its launch, Google has extended its experimental AI-powered, Cloud-based, shared workspace Project IDX with the introduction of integrated iOS simulator and Android emulator, new project templates, better integration with the Nix package manager, and more.
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How Continuous Mobile Development Can Benefit from Test Automation
Test automation can support continuous mobile software development by reducing manual testing efforts, minimizing human errors, and accelerating the release cycle. Burak Ergören shared his experiences from automating their mobile testing at QA Challenge Accepted 2023.
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Jetpack Compose 1.6 Brings Improved Performance and Extends Supported APIs
The latest release of Android UI toolkit Jetpack Compose aims to improve overall performance and extends supported APIs, including drag and drop, selection by mouse, spline-based keyframe animations, and more.
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Apple Allows US App Store Apps to Link to External Purchase Methods
A recent decision by the US Supreme Court forces Apple to make it possible for iOS and iPad apps to link to alternative payment systems. The decision only applies to apps published in the US App Store and raised some debate since Apple still wants to collect a commission on external purchases.
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OpenTofu 1.6.0 Now Generally Available: New Module Testing, Enhanced S3 Backend, and Many More
OpenTofu 1.6.0 is now generally available. A community-driven open-source fork of Terraform under the Linux Foundation, now offers a stable release with many features, including advanced testing features for configurations and modules, enhanced S3 state backend with new authentication methods, a new provider and module registry, and many more improvements and bug fixes.
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Arc-Enabled Servers Run Command Public Preview Feature: Remote Management for Various Environments
Microsoft has recently announced a significant preview feature related to Arc-enabled servers, introducing the Run Command. This feature allows customers to manage Azure Arc-enabled servers remotely and securely.
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KSP2 Aims to Improve Kotlin Meta-Programming, Adds Support for the K2 Kotlin Compiler
Currently available in preview, KSP 2.0, the evolution of Kotlin Symbol Processing (KSP), introduces a new architecture aimed at resolving some limitations in KSP 1.0 and adds support for the new K2 Kotlin compiler, explain Google software engineers Ting-Yuan Huang and Jiaxiang Chen.
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Using Gemini AI in Android Apps with the New Google AI SDK
Google introduced its new Google AI SDK to simplify integrating Gemini Pro, its best-performing model to date, in Android apps. Using this SDK, developers need not build and manage their own backend infrastructure.
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Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 2: .NET MAUI, C++, Remote Linux Unit Testing, Teams Toolkit and More
Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 2, the last release concluding development efforts for 2023. This update builds upon the foundation provided by Preview 1 in November. Preview 2 brings improvements and new features regarding C++, .NET MAUI, Remote Linux Unit Testing, Teams Toolkit and many more.
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Apple Open-sources Apple Silicon-Optimized Machine Learning Framework MLX
Apple's MLX combines familiar APIs, composable function transformations, and lazy computation to create a machine learning framework inspired by NumPy and PyTorch that is optimized for Apple Silicon. Implemented in Python and C++, the framework aims to provide a user-friendly and efficient solution to train and deploy machine learning models on Apple Silicon.
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Android Studio Hedgehog Upgrades to IntelliJ 2023.1, Improves Developer Experience, and More
The latest release of Android Studio, dubbed Hedgehog, is now stable. It includes IntelliJ 2023.1, new features for improving app performance, boosting developer productivity, and creating UI using Jetpack Compose.
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Microsoft Open-Sources ThreadX and the Azure RTOS Development Suite
Microsoft contributed Azure RTOS, including real-time OS ThreadX, to the Eclipse Foundation and made it available under the MIT license.
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AWS Announces Finch 1.0, an Open Source Client for Container Development
Recently, AWS announced the general availability of Finch, an open-source tool that aims to simplify container development on macOS. Finch allows users to build, run, and publish Linux containers on their macOS, and interact with container registries such as Amazon ECR.