JetBrains seeks to unify fragmented AI-based software development with governance suite
AI promised to make software development faster, but for many enterprises, it has also created a new management challenge: developers increasingly rely on a mix of coding assistants, AI agents, and models that operate in isolation, making it harder for…
What’s new in cloud security
However, the defensive side of the AI equation is equally powerful and rapidly maturing. AI-powered security tools enable early detection of anomalies, dramatically reduce incident response times, and eliminate the false-positive fatigue that has plagued security operations teams for years….
AI token prices are cooling — but why?
A measure of daily spending on AI usage has fallen since its peak in May — although interpreting what the decline means is challenging. The Silicon Data LLM Token Expenditure Index (SDLLMTK) is a daily snapshot of the state of…
TypeScript 7.0 reaches release candidate stage
Microsoft has announced a release candidate (RC) of TypeScript 7.0. A port of JavaScript-based TypeScript that is based on the Go language, TypeScript 7.0 is often about 10 times faster than TypeScript 6.0, Microsoft said, thanks to native code speed and…
A better way to control AI costs
As an old Delphi guy, I remember well the “language wars” we had with the Visual Basic guys. An early codename for Delphi was “VBK” — VB Killer — and the VB community took exception. They’d come to our Delphi forums…
AWS aims to lower log analytics costs with new analytics engine for managed OpenSearch
This means that enterprises with existing OpenSearch deployments built around DSL queries or workloads that need frequent updates may need to rewrite dashboards, alerts and automation workflows before moving to the optimized engine, potentially extending migration timelines, Chaturvedi said. Those…
SnapLogic MCP Builder eases creation of MCP servers
SnapLogic has released MCP Builder, a template-based tool designed to help organizations operationalize AI faster by turning existing integration pipelines into agent-ready Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Announced July 1 and generally available in the MCP Server workflow of the…
End of support looms for .NET 8 and .NET 9
Microsoft will end support for its .NET 8 and .NET 9 platforms on November 10, 2026. The company advises current users of those platforms to upgrade to .NET 10. After November 10, Microsoft will no longer provide servicing updates, security…
How to improve the memory of AI agents
Semantic memory: facts and things Semantic memory stores structured data “about the world and [the agent] itself”, as the paper puts it. This could be as simple as using a basic key/value store for user preferences, or could involve a…
Preventing agent-generated infrastructure bloat through spec-driven governance
3 steps to start this week Most engineering organizations already have everything they need to begin. The static analysis toolchain is there: Checkov, tfsec, KICS, Trivy and OPA Conftest all support configurable sustainability policies against Terraform, Kubernetes YAML and Dockerfile…
