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OpenAI’s Decisions API enters public beta, returning typed answers about 10x faster at $0.10 per 1M input tokens.

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Google Cloud Modernize uses an AI-assisted agent to translate AWS EKS configurations for GKE with human review.

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Google released MCP Toolbox Java SDK v1.0 on October 7, 2026, providing a Java client for loading Toolbox-defined tools into ...

Gemini Skills let you run reusable instructions from any chat and stack them together. Here's how to create, run, and chain ...

Discover MCP Toolbox Java SDK v1.0: secure, type-safe agent orchestration for enterprise Java, with decoupled auth and AlloyDB & Spring Boot support.

Quarkus 4.0.0.Beta1 requires Java 21 or later, ending support for Java 17. Jackson 3 and changes to Hibernate database defaults introduce compatibility checks for existing applications. The beta adds ...

Learn how to use Gemini to install Android apps with voice or text commands: setup steps, what Gemini does, and what you ...

Marit van Dijk is a Java Champion and Developer Advocate at JetBrains with over 20 years of software development experience. She’s passionate about building great software with great people, and ...