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[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server: Indonesia Central
Now you can deploy Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server in the Indonesia Central region. Learn more.
AWS looks to cut storage costs for LLM embeddings with Amazon S3 Vectors
AWS is previewing a specialized storage offering, Amazon S3 Vectors, that it claims can cut the cost of uploading,...
[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Backup standard policies support for Trusted Launch virtual Machines
Trusted Launch support with standard backup policies enables seamless backup configuration for secure VMs, aligning...
4 tips for getting started with free-threaded Python
Until recently, Python threads ran without true parallelism, as threads yielded to each other for CPU-bound...
Oracle’s Java licensing shift sparks mass migration to open source
Nearly 8 in 10 organizations are moving away from Oracle Java, driven by rising costs and frustration over the...
Database design tips for developers
It is a universal truth that everything in software eventually rots. Things slowly get worse. What starts out as cool...
ECMAScript 2025: The best new features in JavaScript
This year’s update to the JavaScript specification covers a lot of ground. The headline addition is the new built-in...
Cognition agrees to buy what’s left of Windsurf
AI builders are starving for agentic integrated development environments (IDEs), which help developers code more...
Firebase Studio adds autonomous Agent mode, MCP support, Gemini CLI
Google’s Firebase Studio, an AI-powered development workspace hosted in the Google Cloud, has added new AI-assisted...
Retirement: Azure HDInsight – Enterprise Security Package
On July 31, 2026, Support for Enterprise Security Package on Azure HDInsight will end, clusters running ESP on...
Akka releases platform for agentic AI
Akka, provider of a popular framework for building reactive, distributed applications on the JVM, has introduced the...
JavaScript, MacOS lead usage in worldwide developer survey
JavaScript was the most-used language and MacOS the most-used desktop OS in a recent survey of nearly 9,000 developers...
[Launched] Generally Available: Mirroring Azure Databricks Unity Catalog to Microsoft OneLake in Fabric
Announcing the general availability of Mirroring for Azure Databricks Unity Catalog in Microsoft Fabric—a secure,...
[Launched] Generally Available: Microsoft Azure Cloud HSM
Azure Cloud HSM is a FIPS 140-3 Level 3, highly available, single-tenant Hardware Security Module (HSM) service built...
Retirement: Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKU ending CNAME based domain validation and new domain/profile creations by August 15, 2025
Starting August 15, 2025, Azure Front Door (classic) and Azure CDN from Microsoft Classic SKUs will no longer support...
How agentic AI will transform mobile apps and field operations
Many first-generation mobile applications were direct adaptations of their web equivalents. Poor user experiences,...
Does public cloud AI cost too much?
In today’s rapidly changing digital landscape, artificial intelligence remains the most transformative technology on...
[Launched] Generally Available: Hosted-On-Behald-Of (HOBO) Public IP model for ExpressRoute Gateways
All newly deployed ExpressRoute Virtual Network Gateways will use the Hosted-On-Behalf-Of (HOBO) Public IP model. This...
[In preview] Public Preview: Cosmos DB in Microsoft Fabric
Take advantage of the innovations in Fabric to unify your operational data and analytics in OneLake using real-time...
Can System Initiative fix devops?
Let’s face it. Devops hasn’t seen much innovation in recent years, particularly in infrastructure automation. Despite...