The Harvard RoboBee can now make better landings thanks to new legs based on those of a crane-fly.  The researchers who developed the robot say it now no longer needs to crash land, and can instead glide down under control.   

For a few years now, front-end developers have been nibbling with AI to help them streamline repetitive tasks and boost productivity. However, AI is now evolving into more than just an assistance tool, and is slowly starting to take on advanced development tasks.

By using the expressiveness of the SQL language, TailPipe makes querying log files as easy as doing "select * from logs;".

All JetBrains AI tools, including the coding agent Junie and its  improved AI Assistant are now available within its IDEs under a single subscription and come with a free tier.

The latest version of MicroPython has some significant improvements which make it even better as the first choice for a platform-independent language for IoT and embedded computing.

Version 2.18 of the Linkerd service mesh has added features aimed at making the software better at handling problematic situations, along with an experimental build of the proxy for Windows environments. Linkerd can be used to add security, reliability, and observability features to cloud native applications, particularly those that use Kubernetes. 

Despite being tagged as a minor upgrade, NET Aspire 9.2 has additions. Since the last major release, NET Aspire 9 has offered new control over the lifetime of containers on local developer environments. This upgrade has added a preview of publishers, a new way of integration making it easier to package and deploy .NET Aspire apps to Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and Azure.  

Pure Virtual C++ is Micorosft's free, one-day, virtual conference  for the whole C++ community. This year, it is running on April 30th.

JRuby 10 has been released with support for Ruby 3.4 (including 3.2 and 3.3 updates as well). The minimum Java version has also been increased to Java 21, allowing the language to support more modern JVM features. 

The Open Source Project Security Baseline, or OSPS Baseline for short, is a new initiative by OpenSSF in an attempt to bolster the security posture of open source software projects.

Yesterday more than 20 robots raced against thousands of human runners in a half-marathon in Beijing organized to showcase China’s advances in humanoid technology.

This week saw the publication of Harry Fairhead's Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 IoT In C: Using Linux Drivers and Gpio5, the only book on the market dedicated to the CM5, a device specifically for the IoT. It features Gpio5, the new open source library written specifically to let the CM5 and Pi 5 work directly with GPIO hardware. Find out how to get started in an exclusive extract.

It is 20 years since Linus Torvalds wrote Git, regarding it as a tool necessary for building the Linux Kernel. Looking back says that it was never a big thing for him and that the credit for Git should go to Junio Hamano and the others who have been involved in the project.

Google has updated its Play Console to provide developers with a dashboard for workflows and new metrics. Play Console is Google's tool for developers where subscribers can manage the apps and games they've published. 

Kolosal is a new player in the LLM ecosystem, heralded as the lightweight alternative to LM Studio by requiring fewer system resources while offering similar functionality.

Kafka 4.0 has been released, with major changes. This is the first version to operate entirely in KRaft mode by default. It also adds a new consumer group protocol designed to dramatically improve rebalance performance, and includes early access to Queues for Kafka, enabling Kafka to support traditional queue semantics directly. 

Programmers have embraced AI to aid their productivity. But how should they adjust to really benefit? What skills are required for a successful relationship with AI?

April 14th was World Quantum day and the most noticeable thing that happened was that Google presented us with a nice doodle. Should you get excited?