Organizations need to be less trustful of data given how much of it is AI-generated, according to new research from Gartner. As more enterprises jump on board the generative AI train — a recent Gartner survey found 84% expect to spend more on it this year — the risk grows that future large language models

JetBrains has released Ktor 3.4, an update to its Kotlin-based framework for asynchronous server-side and client-side application development. The release brings duplex streaming to the OkHttp client engine and introduces a new HttpRequestLifecycle plugin that enables the cancellation of in-flight HTTP requests when the client disconnects. Ktor 3.4 was announced January 23. Instructions for getting

Descope has announced Agentic Identity Hub 2.0, an update to its no-code identity platform for AI agents and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. The new release gives developers and security teams a dedicated UI and control plane to manage authorization, access control, credentials, and policies for AI agents and MCP servers, Descope said. Unveiled January

Javascript developers should consider moving away from the npm and yarn platforms for distributing their work because newly-found holes allow threat actors to run malicious worm attacks like Shai-Hulud, says an Israeli researcher. The warning comes from Oren Yomtov of Koi Security, who blogged Monday of discovering six zero day vulnerabilities in several package managers

A North American manufacturer spent most of 2024 and early 2025 doing what many innovative enterprises did: aggressively standardizing on the public cloud by using data lakes, analytics, CI/CD, and even a good chunk of ERP integration. The board liked the narrative because it sounded like simplification, and simplification sounded like savings. Then generative AI

In May of 2025, MySQL celebrated its 30th anniversary. Not many technology projects go strong for three decades, let alone at the level of use that MySQL enjoys. MySQL is listed at #2 on the DB-Engines ranking, and it is listed as the most deployed relational database by technology installation tracker 6sense. Yet for all

I was promoted to CTO in my late twenties, and while it is common to see young CTOs leading startups these days, it was unusual in the ‘90s. I was far less experienced back then, and still developing my business acumen. While I was a strong software developer, it wasn’t my architecture and coding skills

AI assistants and more advanced agent-based tools are gaining visibility in the workplace, even as most organizations remain cautious about deploying them at scale. Analysts say that might change as the technology matures, but only if businesses address persistent challenges around security, governance, and trust. A Gallup poll in November showed that just 18% of

While Apple CEO Tim Cook spent an evening at the movies, Bloomberg reported that his company intends to introduce a much-improved, Google Gemini-boosted AI in February, following this with an even bigger upgrade later this year. We’ve heard much of this before; what’s new is the timing. (The partnership envisions Google Gemini integrated within Apple’s Foundation Models.) Beta testing from February

Outlook users have reported difficulties with Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday updates, forcing Microsoft, once again, to patch some of its patches. Users reported that, after applying the January 13 Windows updates, some applications became unresponsive or encountered unexpected errors when opening files from or saving files to cloud-based storage such as OneDrive or Dropbox. In