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Java 26, due in March with structured concurrency, lazy constants, AOT object caching, and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, has entered a second rampdown phase for bug fixes. Java ...

From fine-tuning open source models to building agentic frameworks on top of them, the open source world is ripe with ...

Financial Executives International (FEI), a leading organization dedicated to advancing the success of finance leaders, their organizations, and the profession, today announced it has joined the ...

ChatGPT has quietly gained bash support and multi-language capabilities, enabling users to run commands and install packages in containers without official announcements.

If you see This media cannot be saved on WhatsApp when trying to send an image/video or if you fail to send document on ...

Vibe coding allows manufacturing personnel to create software using everyday speech instead of traditional programming, enabling production managers to simply say "build a monitoring dashboard for ...

IRS Direct File, which was offered in 25 states last year, has been discontinued. But one very-much underused, free program remains for 2026.

Depending who you ask, AI-powered coding is either giving software developers an unprecedented productivity boost or churning ...

IRS Direct File, which was offered in 25 states last year, has been discontinued. But one very-much underused, free program ...