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• So long, JCP: Eclipse has a new Java spec process in mind

  The Eclipse Foundation seeks an open source, lightweight, code-first approach to evolving enterprise Java

• WebAssembly, JavaScript links get faster in Firefox

  The Firefox Nightly beta makes these calls run faster than non-in-lined JavaScript-to-JavaScript function calls

• How 2400 sensors and machine learning models keep Sydney Harbour Bridge spanning the decades

  The crew that maintains the Sydney Harbour Bridge speaks about the 52,800 tonne steel structure with deep affection.

• Open Banking a catalyst for innovation to the brave in banking

  The Australian financial services sector is in the midst of the most dramatic period of change since the deregulation of banking in the 1980s.

• PyTorch 1.0 accelerates Python machine learning with native code

  The PyTorch 1.0 release candidate introduces Torch Script, a Python subset that can be JIT-compiled into C++ or other high-speed code

• Nuitka Python-to-C compiler readies big performance gains

  Nuitka 0.6 lays the groundwork for major code optimizations — and faster and more portable Python applications

• Eclipse takes over all Java EE reference components

  Oracle has contributed 100 percent of Java EE and GlassFish application server components to the foundation

• Meet Wasmjit, your future embeddable WebAssembly runtime

  Wasmjit, now a proof of concept in beta, is intended to be a Linux kernel module

• Getting the most out of Kubernetes

  Seventy-three percent of companies now have at least one application, or a portion of their computing infrastructure already in the cloud. With multi-cloud environments on the rise, containers have become a major driving force for businesses and developers because of their portability between cloud providers.

• Next.js 7 framework compiles faster, supports WebAssembly

  Better error reporting and support for the React context API are also added

• Removed from JDK 11, JavaFX 11 arrives as a standalone module

  Developers must now explicitly include JavaFX modules in applications

• LLVM 7 improves performance analysis, linking

  The compiler framework that powers Rust, Swift, and Clang offers new and revised tools for optimization, linking, and debugging

• Oracle forges a Java microservices framework

  The Helidon framework supports the MicroProfile technology and is intended to make it easier to develop microservices

• New Python app profiler uses Rust for speed and safety

  The Py-Spy profiler can profile Python applications without modifying source code, and it installs using Python’s native package management

• Breakthrough: Python reaches Tiobe index Top 3

  Python displaces C++ in the popularity ranking, and places high in the PyPL and RedMonk rankings too

• New blockchain ledger will let US residents sell personal healthcare data

  Most people don't know it but there is a multi-billion dollar industry that collects healthcare information, strips it of basic personal identifiers such as name, address and Social Security Number, and then sells it off to researchers, drug developers, marketers and others.

• How open source is helping to drive the AI industry

  Artificial intelligence (AI) might seem futuristic but the truth is, AI isn’t a topic for tomorrow — it’s here today, happening all around us, and quickly growing into a force for change in business and society.

• Tibco Software unveils ‘Tibco Labs’

  Tibco Software has made a swag of announcements at Tibco Now 2018, its annual conference in Las Vegas.

• Faster Babel 7 compiler debuts for JavaScript, TypeScript

  But TypeScript is not fully supported, and Babel 7 does break some existing code

• JDK 12 roadmap: Java 12 gets first targeted feature

  Switch expressions capability would improve coding, allow pattern matching

Will the new Surface Go impress?

​With the success of Microsoft’s Surface Pro, it’s easy to assume the new Surface Go will be just as big a hit.