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Opening Up Java EE

“In a previous post, we announced that Oracle was beginning to explore moving Java EE technologies to an open source foundation in order to make the process of evolving these standards more agile, flexible and open. Since mid-August, we’ve …

CircuitPython 2.0.0!

“2.0.0 is here! 2.0.0 updates CircuitPython to a MicroPython 1.9.2 foundation that we built awesome data storage related functionality on. Now you can write files to the file system and, on some boards, write …

Microchip’s MPLAB® Harmony Software Upgraded to Include More Efficient Code and Enhanced Graphics Development Tools

“MPLAB® Harmony 2.0, the fully featured firmware development framework for PIC32 microcontrollers, is now available as a free download from Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP). The significant update to the award-winning software platform enables customers to create smaller and …

ARCore: Augmented reality at Android scale

“With more than two billion active devices, Android is the largest mobile platform in the world. And for the past nine years, we’ve worked to create a rich set of tools, frameworks and APIs that deliver developers’ creations to …

Happy 26th birthday Linux, Linux turns 26 today.

“The most coolest operating system for geeks, IT professionals, software engineers, hackers turned 26th today. 26 years back on 25th August Linux creator Linux Torvalds posted a message with a sense of seeking help on Google Groups saying he is …

Android Oreo superpowers, coming to a device near you

“Today, we are officially introducing Android 8.0 Oreo, the latest release of the platform–and it’s smarter, faster and more powerful than ever. It comes with new features like picture-in-picture and Autofill to help you navigate tasks seamlessly …

Program that repairs programs: how to achieve 78.3 percent precision in automated program repair

“In February 2017, Microsoft and Cambridge University announced a DeepCoder algorithm that produces programs from problem inputs/outputs. DeepCoder, which operates on a novel yet greatly simplified programming language, cannot handle complex problems—general programming languages are still too hard …

mbed OS 5.5.5 released

“We are pleased to announce the mbed OS 5.5.5 release is now available. This release includes mbedTLS SHA1 and SHA256 hw acceleration for NUCLEO_F756ZG, crypto HW acceleration for UBLOX_EVK_ODIN_W2, an update of mbed-coap to version 4.0.8 …

Raspbian Stretch has arrived for Raspberry PI

“It’s now just under two years since we released the Jessie version of Raspbian. Those of you who know that Debian run their releases on a two-year cycle will therefore have been wondering when we might be releasing the …

Debian turns 24!

“Today is Debian’s 24th anniversary. If you are close to any of the cities celebrating Debian Day 2017, you’re very welcome to join the party! If not, there’s still time for you to organize a little celebration …