A warning from Microsoft that a Windows patch issued last week may cause the Message Queuing (MSMQ) function in the operating system to malfunction could be behind multiple reports of internet of things (IoT) applications failing. David Shipley, head of Canadian security awareness training provider Beauceron Security, says he saw a query on a Microsoft

Enterprise IT execs know well the dangers of relying too much on third-parties, how automated decision systems need to always have a human in the loop, and the dangers of telling customers too much/too little when policy violations require an account shutdown. But a saga that played out Tuesday between Anthropic and the CEO of a Swiss

Roblox is often seen as a games platform, but its day-to-day reality looks closer to a production studio. Small teams release new experiences on a rolling basis and then monetise them at scale. That pace creates two persistent problems: time lost to repeatable production work, and friction when moving outputs between tools. Roblox’s 2025 updates

Verisoul, an Austin-based fraud detection platform, has closed an $8.8 million Series A funding round led by High Alpha. The investment included participation from Lookout Ventures, Bitkraft, Bain Future Back Ventures, and Third Prime, both new and existing backers. The company has grown rapidly since its $3.25 million seed round two years ago. Starting from

Drive Health has closed a $15 million strategic investment led by Vitalis Ventures to expand Avery, its Google-powered AI platform for clinical workflow automation. The funding includes an additional tranche set to close in Q1 2026, with Inside Capital Partners joining as a co-investor. This brings Drive Health’s total capital raised to over $26 million

Winter Release Connects Mechanical and Electrical Design Data to PLM; Propel One Agentic AI Boosts Enterprise Productivity Propel Software today launched DesignHub, a multi-CAD integration solution that connects over 15 mechanical and electrical design tools to Propel’s PLM (product lifecycle management) solution, boosting productivity from design to release. DesignHub is available immediately as part of

Evocative, a global provider of Internet infrastructure, today announces that it has raised debt financing from a large global investment firm. The debt financing complements the continued equity support from the company’s long-term investment partner, Crestline Investors, Inc. This investment will further the company’s continued growth and expansion to support the accelerating demand for data centers and colocation space

Eying its competition with Oracle in the Java space, Azul has acquired Payara, a provider of enterprise solutions for Jakarta EE Java-based applications and microservices for cloud-native and hybrid cloud deployments. Announced December 10, the deal enables Java platform provider Azul to offer faster, more efficient, more secure, and more cost-effective deployments in the Java

Microsoft is officially deprecating the IntelliCode AI-assisted code completion extensions for the Visual Studio Code editor, and is recommending that C# developers use the GitHub Copilot Chat conversational AI assistant instead. A Microsoft post on GitHub lists the following VS Code extensions as being deprecated: IntelliCode, IntelliCode Completions, IntelliCode for C# Dev Kit, and IntelliCode API Usage

Spring’s most popular offering, Spring Boot is a modern, lightweight extension of the original Spring Framework. Spring Boot offers the same power and range as the original Spring, but it’s streamlined with popular conventions and packages. Both agile and comprehensive, Spring Boot gives you the best of both worlds. Dependency injection in Spring Boot Like