One of Python’s most persistent limitations is how unnecessarily difficult it is to take a Python program and give it to another user as a self-contained click-to-run package. The design of the Python language makes this surprisingly difficult to do. Traditionally, the only reliable way to make it happen was to bundle the entire Python

In the late 2000s, I was working at Borland, the formerly high-flying software development tools company. My boss and I would regularly sit around tossing out ideas for new products. The Internet was really hitting its stride, and we saw numerous opportunities.  It seemed everyone was joining an interesting new site called “Facebook,” and we came

The Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) is a specification that defines a standardized framework for data persistence. Persistence is the fundamental mechanism for saving and retrieving data over time. In Java, the data we persist is held in objects. The JPA specification lets you define how your objects will be persisted while leaving the work itself

Oracle is not the first company you think of when it comes to disciplined spending and cash management.  But in recent months, Oracle has surprised some people. (When it was hit with massive contracts that would require huge capacity expansion, top execs refused to move ahead until they knew for certain the contracts were real.) Now,

Generative AI (genAI adoption is transforming entry-level roles in the tech industry, with more than half of workloads now augmented by AI, according to one study. Tasks such as drafting reports, synthesizing research, fixing simple code, and cleaning data, can already be executed by AI tools, according to the study by the World Economic Forum.

OpenAI has launched apps inside ChatGPT, a new feature allowing users to discover and use third-party applications directly within the chat interface. ChatGPT can suggest relevant apps during a conversation, or users can invoke them by name, enabling tasks like browsing data, generating visuals, booking services, or accessing productivity and enterprise tools, without leaving the chat.

Imagine a city hub where a multitude of AI agents can gather, interact, and converse. Office workers are more like sentries — seeing and interacting with the information generated by agents at the hub. Buses move information from various “neighborhoods” to the city hub, where workers can build AI agents and skills, and use productivity

IT services are changing. Their future will be defined by extensibility via APIs and artificial intelligence. It appears we’re moving toward a post-app digital economy, where personalization takes precedence over off-the shelf solutions.  That seemed to be the message from Jamf at its 16th annual Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) in Denver, CO, where the company unveiled

Otter.ai, which began life as a straightforward transcription tool and now integrates with Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google Meet, Tuesday introduced a cross-platform enterprise suite of new features that it said optimize how organizations capture, organize and leverage meeting conversations. The company said in a release, “ central repository for conversations, valuable insights go

AI is reshaping how people plan and experience travel. From curated videos on Instagram Reels to booking engines that build entire itineraries in seconds, AI is becoming a powerful force in how journeys are imagined, booked, and lived. But this shift raises an important question: is AI giving travellers more freedom, or quietly steering their