A raw, captivating moment recently cut through the noise: when talk of Xania Monet – an AI-driven music artist – made it to the mainstream. As the Guardian article pointed out, Xania is not simply a tech demo. She has real-world streaming numbers, a burgeoning fanbase and already demonstrates how the music world could be changing. Xania is

The promise of static application security testing (SAST) has always been the “shift-left” dream, catching vulnerabilities before they ever hit production. But for too long, that promise has been undermined by a frustrating reality with an overwhelming volume of alerts and high false-positive rates. This noise can lead to alert fatigue, wasted developer time and

The newest version of Microsoft’s multi-paradigm language features a much-sought ability to suppress warnings in specified code sections. With the scoped warning suppression capability, the compiler now supports the #warnon directive, which is paired with #nowarn to disable or enable warnings within a specific code span. The F# 10 update was introduced along with .NET

PHP 8.5 has been released, adding an extension for securely parsing URIs and URLs to the now-30-year-old server-side scripting language. Described as a major update, PHP 8.5 was released November 20 and can be accessed at PHP.net. The URI extension featured in the update is always available and provides APIs to securely parse and modify

In the early days of generative AI, AI-driven programming seemed to promise endless possibility, or at least a free pass to vibe code your way into quick wins. But now that era of freewheeling experimentation is coming to an end. As AI works its way deeper into the enterprise, a more mature architecture is taking

Zoho is revamping the user interface for its flagship suite, Zoho One, moving from an app-based model to a unified, context-aware system in which users can easily access any of the 50-plus apps included in the suite. Of course, the company’s AI assistant, Zia, features prominently, providing contextual intelligence across the suite. The new UI

The AI gold rush these days is littered with abandoned enterprise projects, with humans — not the technology itself — being blamed for high failure rates of AI projects. Recent data indicates that stagnant AI projects were often the result of poor vision, mismanagement, and a lack of resources. Eagerness from the top to become “AI-first”

Microsoft has unveiled a new type of Windows 365 cloud PC that provides a secure environment for running “computer use” AI agents. Windows 365 for Agents, announced at the company’s Ignite conference this week, is built on the same foundations as existing W365 products, but “optimized” for agentic workloads.  Windows 365 for Agents lets customers create

Microsoft Ignite 2025  runs November 18-21, 2025, in San Francisco, with an optional pre-day on November 17. Can’t make it to the Moscone Center in San Francisco? No problem. It’s a hybrid event, and you can register to attend Ignite (for free) virtually here. You can expect to learn more about AI, cloud computing, security, productivity

IT purchasers must brace themselves for potential price hikes on new equipment as memory price increases percolate across supply chains. That’s a double-whammy cost crisis, of course, as they must also get set for energy price increases as demand rises to serve electricity-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) farms.  AI also means that even Apple is increasing the amount