Kotlin 2.3.0 is now generally available, with the language update offering capabilities such as an unused return value checker and support for Java 25. The release has a variety of experimental-stage features including the value checker, Swift interoperability, and a new syntax for explicit backing fields. JetBrains released the language update on December 16. Installation instructions

As 2025 comes to an end, it seems fitting to look at how Microsoft’s Azure hyperscale cloud is planning to address the second half of the decade. As has become traditional, Azure CTO Mark Russinovich gave his usual look at that future in his presentations at Ignite, this time split into two separate talks on

My recent Java Stream API tutorial introduced Java streams, including how to create your first Java stream and how to build declarative stream pipelines with filtering, mapping, and sorting. I also demonstrated how to combine streams, collectors, and optionals, and I provided examples of functional programming with Java streams. If you are just getting started

Executives increasingly believe AI will reshape their businesses, but many large organizations are still stuck at proofs of concept. McKinsey’s 2025 State of AI report shows widespread experimentation, but real business value is being seen by only a small set of “high performers.” 23% of respondents report their organizations are scaling an agentic AI system

Google is testing a new AI-powered productivity agent that operates through the inbox, signaling a potential shift in how enterprise workers may interact with calendars, documents, and daily tasks. The experimental tool, called CC, delivers a daily briefing to users’ inboxes and can draft emails and suggest next actions by pulling information from Gmail, Google

I’m always on the lookout for interesting organizational upgrades. (That’s just how cool of a fella I am, y’see.) And when it comes to jotting down notes and reminders, there’s always room for a new and improved — or sometimes even just deliberately different — approach. That’s exactly what I encountered with a new Android

The US economy added 64,000 jobs in November, but the slide in tech jobs continued, with the telecom sector and computer systems design seeing declines. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics said the number of people employed in November totaled 163.7 million, while the number of unemployed was 7.1 million. The overall unemployment rate rose

The server market hit a record in the third quarter of 2025 with revenues of $ 112.4 billion, according to IDC. That’s a whopping 61 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024. Sales of x86 servers grew 32.8 percent to $76.3 billion, while sales of non-x86 servers rose 192.7 percent to $36.2 billion.

Merriam-Webster, the US publisher of some of the world’s best-known dictionaries, has named “slop” the word of the year for 2025. “We define slop as digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English

Artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up a new can of worms for the tech industry, with memory prices increasing rapidly as demand grows. In response to these increased costs, manufacturers will be forced to raise prices on their products, making for more expensive smartphones, computers, and more. It’s a bigger problem than you think. Because while AI means