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This week in technology news contains links to articles of interest to software developers, UI/UX designers, hardware developers, devops team members, product owners, project leaders, engineering managers, software architects, QA engineers, business managers, business analysts, company executives and anyone interested in technology and programming.

IDEs/Editors

Java on Visual Studio Code Update – February 2022 Read the Article

Exploring the Salesforce Mobile SDK Using Android Studio Read the Article

Paul Buck: Coder on Why They Chose the Open VSX Registry Read the Article

Using PWA Studio in Visual Studio Code Read the Article

Microsoft ends support for older Visual Studio versions Read the Article

Programming Languages

Twenty Years of C# with Anders Hejlsberg Read the Article

What Is The Anatomy Of A Great Windows Compiler? Read the Article

Back-end languages are coming to the front-end Read the Article

Java Concurrency and Multi-Threading Read the Article

6 Books About Delphi You Should Read Read the Article

Developing for Android 11 & 12 with Delphi 11 Alexandria Read the Article

What Fortran does better than C-like languages Read the Article

8 new JavaScript features you might have missed Read the Article

Import, Export, and Require in JavaScript Read the Article

Cloud-Native Compilation: Bringing JVMs Into the Modern Cloud World Read the Article

Python remains atop the TIOBE programming language index Read the Article

Easily handle CLI operation via Python instead of regular Bash programs Read the Article

10 Must-Know Patterns for Writing Clean Code With React and Typescript Read the Article

TypeScript and the Power of a Statically-Typed Language Read the Article

Rust started as a personal project in 2006 Read the Article

Libraries

Spring vs. Jakarta EE: Defining Injectable Beans Read the Article

10 Popular Augmented Reality APIs Read the Article

Google Releases V10 of the Google Ads API as Legacy AdWords API Deprecation Looms Read the Article

Window App SDK Ecosystem Update Read the Article

Library to send and receive using infra-red signals on an Arduino Read the Article

Frameworks

Migration From .NET 5 to .NET 6: Performance Benchmarks Read the Article

Angular 14 to add strictly typed reactive forms Read the Article

A Guide to the Next JS Framework Read the Article

Node.js adds support for direct registry-less HTTPS imports Read the Article

How To Build Web Service Using Spring Boot 2.x Read the Article

Creating Your First Vue App Read the Article

Software Development

Companies plan to spend an average of $23.6 million on APIs and related infrastructure in 2022 Read the Article

How Much does it cost to build your own API? Read the Article

Rapid Application Modernization Using Kong Read the Article

Dual-screen app design walkthrough Read the Article

10 steps to successfully implement citizen development Read the Article

My Thirty Years of Dodging Repetitive Work with Automation Tools Read the Article

Harness the Power of Digital Transformation With the Help of Citizen Development Read the Article

5 Tools Every Windows Developer Should Be Using Right Now Read the Article

RPA: Handling mundane tasks, freeing up developers Read the Article

What CTOs Say vs. What Their Developers Hear Read the Article

Does Low Code Mean More Work or More Freedom for Developers? Read the Article

From Digital Marketer to Developer | How Raden Mantuano Reinvented Himself and His Career Read the Article

Who really benefits from digital development? Read the Article

4 steps to a smarter digital transformation for your company Read the Article

How to Develop Event-Driven Architectures Read the Article

Why Sustainability in Software Engineering Matters Read the Article

Tech Highlights: Best Software For Dev Teams Read the Article

Teach your kids to code without spending a fortune Read the Article

How To Internationalize Your App’s Product Notifications Read the Article

UI/UX

Website Accessibility Testing Checklist Read the Article

Web accessibility is good for your soul-and for business Read the Article

Eye tracking reveals where people look during Zoom, Webex Read the Article

Change Management

How to Trigger GitHub Actions on Submodule Updates Read the Article

Deploy Into Azure Using Pulumi and GitHub Actions Read the Article

OS Platform

Could Unix Happen Today? Brian Kernighan Looks Back and Forward Read the Article

Apple needs to start guaranteeing iOS upgrades like Samsung Read the Article

How iOS Malware May Snoop on Our Devices Read the Article

A deep dive into Android 13’s new features and changes, including a photo picker, per-app language preferences, Quick Settings tiles, a Hub mode, and UI changes Read the Article

Android is finally gonna ask you about notifs before bugging you with them Read the Article

A Linux expert tells why she thinks the kernel is so important Read the Article

20 tips and tricks for Windows 11 Read the Article

macOS vs Windows security: a detailed analysis Read the Article

New PowerToys collection include a variety of tools to tune up your Windows experience Read the Article

Running macOS in a Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon Macs Read the Article

Cloud Computing

How We Built Preview Environments on Kubernetes and AWS Read the Article

Edge computing vs. cloud computing? Nope! Read the Article

Make cloud VMs your own with Azure Image Builder Read the Article

Genomic analysis on Galaxy using Azure CycleCloud Read the Article

Report: Cloud spending will soon outpace IT due to COVID-19 Read the Article

How to Share Data Between Docker Containers Read the Article

The top edge computing providers are the public clouds Read the Article

Run Your Apps on Kubernetes One Pull Request at a Time Read the Article

Multicloud Strategy: How to Get Started? Read the Article

5 tips for creating a captivating SAP Analytics Cloud dashboard Read the Article

Data and Databases

BigQuery vs Snowflake: The Definitive Guide Read the Article

Simplifying CockroachDB Kerberos Architecture With a Load Balancer Read the Article

Tools for Querying Logs With SQL Read the Article

How To Build a Data Culture: What Leaders Need To Know Read the Article

What Is Master Data Management? Why You Should Care, and What You Need to Know Read the Article

3 data privacy trends to watch in 2022 and beyond Read the Article

Changing how we approach data privacy to unlock economic opportunities Read the Article

Garage, our self-hosted distributed object storage solution Read the Article

When Postgres blocks: tips for dealing with locks Read the Article

DevOps

How Monitoring and AIOps Delivers the Ultimate DevOps Platform Read the Article

As DevSecOps tools coalesce, IT pros ponder role overlaps Read the Article

Managing Multiple Environments With Weave GitOps Read the Article

8 Penetration Testing Trends You Should Know in 2022 Read the Article

Use synthetic data for continuous testing and machine learning Read the Article

When to Choose Manual over Automated Testing: Podcast Transcript Read the Article

Artificial Intelligence

Can GPT-3 AI write comedy? Read the Article

Darktrace on where security AI goes next: Turning the tables on attackers Read the Article

Teaching AI and robotics concepts in business courses Read the Article

The future of AI copywriting is revolutionary, not rubbish Read the Article

Hyper-Automation – New Age Automation With AI Read the Article

How AI is enhancing aerial imagery to help identify items usually recognized by humans Read the Article

Symbolic AI: The key to the thinking machine Read the Article

Workplace AI will get hella boring before it becomes life-changing Read the Article

Continuous Feedback Is Key To Taking Your AI From Good to Great Read the Article

How values-driven artificial intelligence can reshape the way we communicate Read the Article

Autonomous Black Hawk helicopter makes first flight with no crew onboard Read the Article

Quantum Complexity Tamed by Machine Learning Read the Article

Computer Scientists Prove Why Bigger Neural Networks Do Better Read the Article

Robotics Likely the Future of Interventional Cardiology, Says R-Evolution Clinical Study Investigator Read the Article

Pegasystems aims for better customer service through AI Read the Article

Hardware

Doomed from the start? Why Nvidia failed to buy Arm from SoftBank Read the Article

How IoT Connectivity Models Are Changing Read the Article

5G is finally ready for business Read the Article

An update on AirTag and unwanted tracking Read the Article

Alienware announces x14 – the world’s thinnest gaming laptop Read the Article

Augmented reality finds a foothold in cars via safety features Read the Article

Beyond lithium: A systematic search for candidate materials for calcium-ion batteries Read the Article

AMD Finishes 2021 With Record CPU Market Share Read the Article

IBM Targets Ransomware, Other Cyberattacks with Next-Generation Flash Storage Offerings Read the Article

GeForce RTX 3050 vs. Radeon RX 6500 XT: Which budget GPU should you buy? Read the Article

Which Samsung Galaxy S22 phone is right for you? Read the Article

Researchers discover security vulnerabilities in virtual reality headsets Read the Article

Security

4 alternatives to encryption backdoors, but no silver bullet Read the Article

CISOs are burned out and falling behind Read the Article

Client Secret expiration now limited to a maximum of two years Read the Article

8 Ways To Protect Your Small Business From Cyberattacks Read the Article

Why are cybersecurity asset management startups so hot right now? Read the Article

How to Secure Your Digital Wallet Read the Article

CISA warns about 15 actively exploited vulnerabilities Read the Article

Identifying, Exploiting, and Preventing Host Header Attacks on Web Servers Read the Article

How to Secure a Previously Insecure Cluster in Production Read the Article

A sign of ransomware growth: Gangs now arbitrate disputes Read the Article

AI Biometric Authentication for Enterprise Security Read the Article

Internet of Things or Machine-To-Machine Connectivity? Read the Article

A Step-By-Step Guide to IP By Location Read the Article

How We Can All Work Together For a Better Internet Read the Article

Interoperability must be a priority for building Web3 in 2022 Read the Article

Teach yourself Web Sockets in 5 minutes Read the Article

Web3 and Decentralization: What it Means for Data Storage Read the Article

To rival TikTok and Instagram, YouTube plans to double down on more creator tools, including NFTs, live shopping, and more video effects Read the Article

Workers are actually far more obsessed with Slack than Microsoft Teams Read the Article

What is Social CRM, and why should it be on your radar? Read the Article

Twitter complaint-tracking bot reveals most griped about tech products Read the Article

Business

Microsoft vows app store fairness with Activision merger Read the Article

What does the new era of location intelligence hold for businesses? Read the Article

How a Diverse Culture Drives Employee Engagement and Business Growth Read the Article

How to build and maintain a high-performing team Read the Article

Eight years into his tenure, Satya Nadella looks to diversify Read the Article

Learn the marketing skills to back up your products Read the Article

Here are a few technology news stories that I’ve read in the past week or so.

News Headlines

Code Partners Acquires SmartInspect from Idera/Gurock

SmartInspect is an advanced .NET logging, Java logging, and Delphi logging tool for debugging and monitoring software applications. It helps customers identify bugs, find solutions to user-reported issues, and gives a precise picture of how software performs in different environments. Read the article by Code Partners. Read the official announcement by Idera/Gurock.

Bill Gates says tech companies ‘deserve rude, unfair, tough questions’

Bill Gates believes tech firms “deserve” the kind of scrutiny they got during Congressional hearings last month. “If you’re as successful as I am or any of those people are, you deserve rude, unfair, tough questions,” the Microsoft founder told host Dax Shepard. “The government deserves to have shots at you,” Gates said. “That type of grilling comes with the super successful territory. It’s fine.” Read the Verge Article.

Scientists use artificial intelligence in new way to strengthen power grid resiliency

At the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory a research team has developed a novel approach to help system operators understand how to better control power systems with the help of artificial intelligence. Their new approach could help operators control power systems in a more effective way, which could enhance the resilience of America’s power grid, according to a recent article in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. Read the TechXplore Article.

FBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ Threat

“The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a mass shift to working from home, resulting in increased use of corporate virtual private networks (VPNs) and elimination of in-person verification,” the alert reads. “In mid-July 2020, cybercriminals started a vishing campaign—gaining access to employee tools at multiple companies with indiscriminate targeting — with the end goal of monetizing the access.” Read the Krebs on Security Article.

How Shopify Reduced Storefront Response Times with a Rewrite

In January 2019, Shopify set out to rewrite the critical software that powers all online storefronts on Shopify’s platform to offer the fastest online shopping experience possible, entirely from scratch and without downtime. Read the Shopify Engineering Blog Article.

Blockchain pet adoptions

Blockchain technology is not limited to cryptocurrencies. There are many other applications that might benefit from such as secure information system. Writing in the International Journal of Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies, a team from India explain how a blockchain might be used in pet adoption. Read the TechXplore Article.

Open source has a people problem

Open source sustainability is really a people problem. Or, as Langel highlights, “In open source, the maintainers working on the source code are the scarce resource that needs to be protected and nurtured.” Read the InfoWorld Article.

Fortnite battle escalates: Apple to terminate developer program membership, Epic files injunction

Epic attempted to lure users to use the new payment system by offering discounts of up to 20% on virtual purchases including the in-game currency V-Bucks on both iOS and Android. Both Google and Apple demand a 30% cut, and once the bypass was introduced, Fornite was removed from both Google Play and Apple’s App Store. Lawsuits have been launched against both tech giants. Epic deems the commission rate as “oppressive” and despite trying to use the massive Fortnite customer base as leverage — alongside some rather intense public mockery — the row now has the potential to severely impact iOS developers. Read the ZDNet Article.

How to disagree with your boss without losing your cool… or job

It doesn’t have to be this way though. You can totally express your opinion to your boss or manager without losing your cool. This post contains some of the scenarios where speaking up would be justified. Read the TNW Article.

Engineers set new world record internet speed

Working with two companies, Xtera and KDDI Research, the research team led by Dr. Lidia Galdino (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering), achieved a data transmission rate of 178 terabits a second (178,000,000 megabits a second) – a speed at which it would be possible to download the entire Netflix library in less than a second. Read the TechXplore Article.