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MicroProfile 6.0 Delivers Alignment with Jakarta EE 10 and a New Specification
In a major move for the Java community, the MicroProfile Working Group has officially released MicroProfile 6.0. This anticipated release brings a host of new features and improvements, including alignment with the Jakarta 10 Core Profile and updates to several key specifications, such as Metrics, JWT Authentication, Open API, Reactive Messaging, and Reactive Streams Operators.
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BigCode Project Releases Permissively Licensed Code Generation AI Model and Dataset
The BigCode Project recently released The Stack, a 6.4TB dataset containing de-duplicated source code from permissively licensed GitHub repositories which can be used to train code generation AI models. BigCode also released SantaCoder, a 1.1B parameter code generation model trained on The Stack. SantaCoder outperforms similar open-source code generation models.
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AWS Releases SimSpace Weaver for Real-Time Spatial Simulations
AWS recently released SimSpace Weaver, a managed option to run real-time spatial simulations across multiple EC2 instances. Distributing simulation workloads, the service can handle large real-world environments, crowd simulations, and immersive interactive experiences.
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Java News Roundup: MicroProfile 6.0, Kotlin 1.8, Spring Framework Updates
This week's Java roundup for January 9th, 2023, features news from JDK 20, JDK 21, Spring Framework 6.0.4 and 5.3.25, Spring Data 2022.0.1 and 2021.2.7, Spring Shell 2.1.5 and 3.0.0-RC1, MicroProfile 6.0, Quarkus 2.15.3, Micronaut 3.8.1, Micrometer Metrics 1.10.3, Micrometer Tracing 1.0.1, Project Reactor 2022.0.2, Piranha 23.1.0, Apache Tomcat 9.0.71, JHipster Lite 0.26.0 and Kotlin 1.8.0.
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.NET 7 Brings Networking Improvements
The .NET 7 launch has brought many improvements around the whole API surface of the .NET Framework. In networking operations, .NET 7 improves the capabilities and performance of the existing HTTP and WebSockets protocols. It exposed a new protocol called QUIC and has many performance improvements compared to .NET 6.
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Prometheus Adds Long Term Support Model and Improved Remote Write Mode
Prometheus, the open-source monitoring tool, has added a number of new features including a reduced functionality remote write mode. Additional improvements include a new HTTP service discovery mechanism, native histogram support, additional integrations for Alertmanager, and a new long-term support model.
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3D Point Cloud Object from Text Prompts Using Diffusion Models
OpenAI recently released an alternative method called Point-E for 3D object generation from text prompts that takes less than two minutes on a single GPU, versus the other methods that could take a few GPU hours. This new model is based on diffusion models, which are generative models like GLIDE and StableDiffusion.
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Unskilled Cybercriminals May Be Leveraging ChatGPT to Create Malware
In a recent report, Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point warned that cybercriminals are already using ChatGPT to develop malicious programs on the Dark Web. According to Check Point, ChatGPT makes it possible for even unskilled threat actors to create functioning malware.
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Google AI Unveils Muse, a New Text-to-Image Transformer Model
Google AI released a research paper about Muse, a new Text-To-Image Generation via Masked Generative Transformers that can produce photos of a high quality comparable to those produced by rival models like the DALL-E 2 and Imagen at a rate that is far faster.
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Micronaut 3.8.0: Build Scalable Applications with the Updated CRaC Feature
Just one week after the release of version 3.7.5, the Micronaut Foundation released Micronaut 3.8.0. This new version brings several exciting features, including support for GraalVM 22.3.0, the ability to use @RequestBean annotations with Java records, and a new command that guides users in creating a Micronaut AWS Lambda project.
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SourceBuddy Compiles Dynamically Created Java Source Code
SourceBuddy compiles dynamically created Java source code defined by a String or a file to a class file. SourceBuddy, requiring Java 17, is a simplified facade for the javac compiler, which delivers the same functionality.
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Android Extension SDK Aims to Simplify the Use of Modular System Components
Introduced with Android 10, Modular System Components enable updating end-user devices outside of the normal Android release cycles. The new Extension SDK framework, now public, aims to make their integration simpler for developers.
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Waymo Developed Collision Avoid Test to Evaluate Its Autonomous Driver
Waymo developed a testing framework called Collision Avoidance Test (CAT) to evaluate the ability to avoid crush or potential hazard situations of its Waymo Driver, compared to a human driver.
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Six Essential Tracks at QCon London, March 27-29, 2023: Architecture, FinTech, ML, and More!
QCon London international software conference returns this March 27-29 with its 17th edition. Technical leaders who are driving innovation and change in software will share the latest trends and techniques from their real-world projects to help you solve common challenges. Learn about emerging trends in 2023, how to adopt them, how to avoid pitfalls, and how to embrace the best practices.
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Just, a New CLI for Spring Boot Applications
Just, a command line tool requiring zero configuration, increases the Java development experience while building Spring Boot applications. Just automatically reloads the application when there is a change in source code, build files or Docker compose files. The project also supports the creation of (native) applications and (native) Docker images.