With the introduction of its EmbeddingGemma, Google is providing a multilingual text embedding model designed to run directly on mobile phones, laptops, and other edge devices for mobile-first generative AI. Unveiled September 4, EmbeddingGemma features a 308 million parameter design that enables developers to build applications using techniques such as RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) and semantic

The Apache Groovy team has announced Groovy 5, an update to the JVM-based programming language that features broader JDK (Java Development Kit) support, along with hundreds of new and improved extension methods including faster arrays. Developers can download Groovy 5 from groovy.apache.org. Unveiled August 24, Groovy 5 brinks full compatibility with JDK versions 11 through

Perl, a once-popular programming language that dates back to 1987, has seen a resurgence in the Tiobe index of language popularity. The language ranked 10th in this month’s Tiobe index, having risen from 27th one year ago. Perl ranked as high as third in its heyday. In a bulletin accompanying the September 2025 edition of

When it comes to evaluating the return on investment for cloud-based artificial intelligence projects, the discussion tends to swing between two extreme viewpoints—either enterprises are raking in big gains or they’re stuck in a never-ending quagmire of false starts and expensive lessons. Google Cloud’s latest study, “The ROI of AI 2025” paints a hopeful picture,

Do a quick search for AI agent development tools, and it won’t take long to build an extensive list of options. How will your organization decide which tools and platforms to integrate into your development workflow? How well does a platform support the full AI agent development lifecycle, and which ones have the most mature

The future of enterprise architecture is increasingly being written by AI, but not the kind you access through a single prompt and wait for an answer. The next wave of AI is agentic: composed of distributed, autonomous processes that perceive, reason, and act across enterprise environments.  New protocols like MCP (Model Context Protocol) and A2A (Agent2Agent) have drawn excitement

What causes AI pilots to fail in production   This week, an exercise in plotting truth from hype.   I am old enough to remember when generative AI was the best thing since sliced bread – destined to solve any and all problems. But CIO.com recently reported that inconsistent results, hallucinations, and a lack of use

In a recent episode of the First Person podcast, we met with Greg Finnigan. Greg is a company founder who has navigated a career through hardware distribution, to security software and on to the cloud, working in both large corporates and startups.   In a wide-ranging and fascinating chat Greg gave us the benefit of

What was Judge Amit Mehta thinking? When he ruled a year ago that Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by stifling search competition, we thought Google was truly in hot water. Boy, were we wrong! After Mehta’s initial ruling, the Department of Justice (DoJ) demanded that Google divest itself of the Chrome web browser and/or

The IT job market is cooling in the US, with new postings down 19% and open roles falling 7% month-over-month from July to August. Year-to-date, however, job openings are down just 2%, according to an analysis of a new jobs report from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While employers are still hiring, they’re