Last month, I met with a mid-sized law firm facing a common dilemma. Their Windows 10 laptops were nearing the end of support and needed to be replaced. Typically, this meant buying new hardware and software—predictable and straightforward. But this time, Microsoft suggested a different approach: move to Windows 365 Cloud PCs, a PC that…
How does Python’s new native JIT stack up against PyPy? Is there life for machine learning applications outside of Python? And can we run our Python apps in WebAssembly yet? Keep reading for answers to these and other burning questions from the Python develop-o-sphere. Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld CPython vs. PyPy: Which…
Google is previewing the Developer Knowledge API and an associated Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, which together offer a machine-readable gateway to the company’s official developer documentation. Announced February 4, the Developer Knowledge API is designed to be the programmatic source of truth for Google’s public documentation. Developers can access documentation from firebase.google.com, developer.android.com, docs.cloud.google.com,…
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.109, the latest update of the company’s popular code editor. The new release brings multiple enhancements for agents, including improvements for optimization, extensibility, security, and session management. Released February 4 and also known as the January 2026 release, VS Code 1.109 can be downloaded for Windows, Linux, and macOS…
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Researchers from the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and the University of Washington have developed a new open-source AI model named OpenScholar that they claim can synthesize scientific literature and verifiable citations at a level comparable to a human expert. With millions of scientific papers published every year, it’s challenging to keep up with the…
Databricks’ Mosaic AI Research team has added a new framework, MemAlign, to MLflow, its managed machine learning and generative AI lifecycle development service. MemAlign is designed to help enterprises lower the cost and latency of training LLM-based judges, in turn making AI evaluation scalable and trustworthy enough for production deployments. The new framework, according to…
In the world of streaming, the “Super Bowl” isn’t just a game. It is a distributed systems stress test that happens in real-time before tens of millions of people. When I manage infrastructure for major events (whether it is the Olympics, a Premier League match or a season finale) I am dealing with a “thundering…
Vibe coding is the latest tech accelerator, and yes, it kind of rocks. New AI-assisted coding practices are helping developers ship new applications faster, and they’re even allowing other business professionals to prototype workflows and tools without waiting for a full engineering cycle. Using a chatbot and tailored prompts, vibe coders can build applications in…
NPM, the Node Package Manager, hosts millions of packages and serves billions of downloads annually. It has served well over the years but has its shortcomings, including with TypeScript build complexity and package provenance. Recently, NPM’s provenance issues have resulted in prominent security breaches, leading more developers to seek alternatives. The JavaScript Registry (JSR), brought…
