Articles for category: Software (Tech & Development)

March 13, 2025

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Microsoft Previews GPT-4o Copilot Code Completion and .NET AI Template in Visual Studio — Visual Studio Magazine

News Microsoft Previews GPT-4o Copilot Code Completion and .NET AI Template in Visual Studio Things are happening quickly in the Microsoft-centric AI dev space, with the company previewing new AI features in Visual Studio 2022 ranging from a new .NET AI template to GPT-4o Copilot Code Completion. Here’s a look at each. AI Chat Web App TemplateMicrosoft last week introduced a preview of the .NET AI Chat Web App template, aiming to streamline AI development within the .NET ecosystem. This template simplifies the creation of AI-powered chat applications that can interact with custom data, using the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

March 13, 2025

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How AI-enabled ‘bossware’ is being used to track and evaluate your work – Computerworld

Imagine, for example, that a large organization gathers data on employee sentiment, tone, and interactions in an anonymous, aggregated way to track overall mood over time. Or, after announcing a major corporate change that could create uncertainty, anxiety, or mistrust, business leaders can analyze the data to see how employees are reacting — what they’re worried about or where confusion exists, Brodeur-Johnson said. “This insight helps leadership adjust messaging, clarify priorities, and offer more support,” he said. “However, there’s a risk this data could also be used in unethical ways.” Several prominent companies, Brodeur-Johnson said, use AI-enhanced tools to evaluate

March 13, 2025

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Speeding up .NET application development with Uno Studio

Developer productivity is one of those topics that never goes away. How can we not only make it easier to deliver code but also make that code more reliable and resilient? As a result, we’re seeing something of a renaissance in developer tools, from AI-based pair programming to low-level refactoring services, and even better ways of highlighting both syntax and errors before we’ve even started to run a compiler or a debugger. We’ve seen a lot of new tools from advances in compilers and languages; .NET’s Roslyn compiler allows editors to examine what code will do, line by line, as

March 13, 2025

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JavaScript Essentials

JavaScript is the backbone of modern web development, powering everything from interactive websites to complex web applications. Object-oriented programming (OOP), prototypical inheritance, ES6 classes, Node.js, and asynchronous programming are all key areas that can take your JavaScript skills to the next level. We just published a course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you all about JavaScript essentials, from the fundamentals of OOP to advanced asynchronous techniques. Taught by Steven Garcia, this comprehensive course covers a wide range of JavaScript topics, including object creation, inheritance, ES6 features, Node.js, and handling asynchronous code effectively. Whether you’re interested in learning

March 13, 2025

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Handling Concurrent Data Loads in Delta Tables

Ensuring Reliable Concurrent Writes With Retrying Options Delta Lake is a resilient storage layer that offers ACID transactions, schema enforcement, and data versioning. However, concurrent writes generate contention since different processes are attempting to write, update, or delete at the same time. This process offers a structured retry mechanism with exponential backoff to handle concurrency in Delta tables. Delta Table Concurrent Writes Issues Concurrency failures occur when multiple processes simultaneously attempt to write to the same Delta table. The common failure scenarios are as follows: ConcurrentAppendException – When concurrent jobs append records simultaneously, with conflicting appends. ConcurrentDeleteReadException – If a

March 13, 2025

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DeepSeek is unsafe for enterprise use, tests reveal

The birth of China’s DeepSeek AI technology clearly sent shockwaves throughout the industry, with many lauding it as a faster, smarter and cheaper alternative to well-established LLMs. However, similar to the hype train we saw (and continue to see) for the likes of OpenAI and ChatGPT’s current and future capabilities, the reality of its prowess lies somewhere between the dazzling controlled demonstrations and significant dysfunction, especially from a security perspective. Recent research by AppSOC revealed critical failures in multiple areas, including susceptibility to jailbreaking, prompt injection, and other security toxicity, with researchers particularly disturbed by the ease with which malware

March 13, 2025

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Mercedes Unveils Semi-Solid-State EV Batteries

Solid-state batteries remain several years from auto showrooms. The auto industry is pursuing the batteries, which replace liquid electrolytes with a solid ceramic or glass material, because of their potential to carry decisively more energy, charge faster and improve vehicle safety by reducing flammability over other types of lithium-ion batteries. Now, Mercedes-Benz and solid-state battery manufacturer Factorial Energy have reached a hopeful halfway point, strapping semi-solid-state cells to the German automaker’s flagship electric sedan. Mercedes announced it has begun road-testing the prototype cells in its EQS full-size sedan. Woburn, Massachusetts-based Factorial Energy supplies the pouch-format cells, and co-developed the pack

March 12, 2025

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SUSE Unveils Cloud Native Innovations at SUSECON 2025

ORLANDO — At SUSECON 2025, SUSE announced a series of cloud native innovations to solidify its position as a leader in enterprise container management. These advancements are designed to enhance SUSE Rancher Prime, making it a comprehensive platform for managing cloud native workloads securely and at scale. As Peter Smails, SUSE’s general manager of enterprise container management, said in a press panel, “Our goal remains pretty simple to understand, we want SUSE to be the cloud native platform for every organization. Doesn’t every cloud native company? But, how exactly does SUSE plan to do this? Smalls explained, “It’s all about

March 12, 2025

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A look under the hood: How (and why) we built Question Assistant

Last year we released Staging Ground to help new question-askers get feedback on their drafts from experienced users in a dedicated space before their question is posted publicly on Stack Overflow. We’ve since seen measurable improvements in the quality of questions posted; however, it still takes time for a question to get human feedback and make it through the full Staging Ground process. Reviewers also noticed that they were repeating the same comments over and over: this post doesn’t belong here, there’s context missing, it’s a duplicate, etc. In classic Stack Overflow fashion, there are even comment templates they can

March 12, 2025

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Why Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise development

Here’s a true story: I learned Java after pretending to be an Android developer when I first started out in software development. While doing that, I quickly learned something important: Java isn’t just a convenient entry point into tech, it’s a strategic career choice. That’s why I want to examine what makes Java so interesting—and how you can either get started or brush up on your skills. After all, when you are trying to break into tech, especially when you’re coming from a non-traditional background like me (I began my career as an Army soldier and construction manager), you need