The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has labelled a critical vulnerability affecting the popular Git-based repository manager GitLab as a Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV). The move comes in response to active exploitation attempts detected in the wild, underscoring the urgency for organisations to promptly apply security updates. Tracked as CVE-2023-7028, the severe flaw... Read more » The post CISA sounds alarm on critical GitLab flaw under active exploit appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

According to New Relic’s fourth annual State of the Java Ecosystem report released today, Java remains one of the most popular languages among developers nearly three decades on due to its “scalability and portability, allowing users to run on any device with a Java virtual machine.” The report, based on data from hundreds of thousands... Read more » The post New Relic: Developers swiftly embracing newer Java releases appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Google blocked 2.28 million policy-violating apps from being published on the Play Store in 2023, thanks to improved security measures and tighter developer vetting processes. The company rejected or had developers remediate almost 200,000 app submissions to prevent abuse of sensitive permissions like location tracking and SMS access.   The company says providing a safe and... Read more » The post Google blocked 2M malicious apps from the Play Store in 2023 appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

The European Commission has classified Apple’s iPadOS as a “gatekeeper” under the EU’s new tech competition rules, subjecting it to strict requirements aimed at promoting fairness and expanding consumer choice. “The Digital Markets Act is a dynamic tool which allows us to tackle the realities of digital markets,” said Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s competition chief... Read more » The post EU classifies iPadOS as a ‘gatekeeper’ subject to DMA rules appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

In a celebration of innovation and preserving computing history, Microsoft has released the source code for MS-DOS 4.00 in partnership with IBM. The release – available under the permissive MIT license – includes the operating system’s source code, binary files, and original documentation. The decision to open source MS-DOS 4.00 stems from recent correspondence between... Read more » The post Microsoft and IBM release MS-DOS 4.00 source code appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

In a push to enhance the security of the software supply chain, GitHub has successfully rolled out mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) for code contributors on its platform. GitHub’s 2FA rollout – announced in May 2022 – aimed to address the critical first link in the software supply chain by securing the developers responsible for designing,... Read more » The post GitHub’s 2FA rollout boosts supply chain security appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.4, packed with new features and improvements aimed at benefiting game developers and creators across industries. The latest version delivers toolsets used internally by Epic to build high-profile releases like Fortnite Chapter 5, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival, and LEGO Fortnite. “Unreal Engine 5.4 is here, and it’s packed with... Read more » The post Unreal Engine 5.4 brings animation, rendering, and AI upgrades appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

This past October, Google Cloud disclosed that it had successfully mitigated the largest Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in history – and that this DDoS attack had been hitting businesses since August. What made it the worst DDoS to date? It was the volume. At its peak, the attack counted over 398 million requests... Read more » The post What developers can learn from the largest DDoS attack in history appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

Stability AI is providing the next iteration of its powerful text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion 3, to developers through its API and an innovative new creation platform. Stable Diffusion 3 was unveiled in February alongside an early preview for a limited group of developers. Today’s announcement will help it to compete with major industry players such... Read more » The post Stable Diffusion 3 API delivers powerful image generation appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more

SAS has added expanded capabilities to its SAS Viya flagship data and AI platform, including the general availability of SAS Viya Workbench.  Targeted to developers and modellers, Viya Workbench is a self-service, on-demand compute environment for conducting data preparation, exploratory data analysis, and developing analytical and machine learning models. Kathy Lange, Research Director for AI... Read more » The post SAS unveils SAS Viya Workbench developer environment for building AI models appeared first on Developer Tech News ..read more