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It has been one year since Anthropic first open sourced Model Context Protocol (MCP), and to celebrate this anniversary a new version of the specification is being released.

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Several new updates make their way into the MCP specification
It has been one year since Anthropic first open sourced MCP, and to celebrate a new version of the specification is being released.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Claude Opus 4.5 is better at handling complex reasoning than previous Claude models and makes improvements across agentic tool use, computer use, novel problem solving, and more.

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Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.5 with improvements to complex reasoning
Claude Opus 4.5 is better at handling complex reasoning than previous Claude models and makes improvements across several areas.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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A new malicious campaign linked to the Shai-Hulud worm is making its way throughout the npm ecosystem. According to findings from Wiz, over 25,000 npm packages have been compromised and over 350 users have been impacted.

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Shai-Hulud is back with a new campaign infecting more npm packages
According to findings from Wiz, over 25,000 npm packages have been compromised and over 350 users have been impacted.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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The latest version of the web framework Angular is now available, and it includes Signal Forms, an experimental library that allows developers to manage form state using signals.

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Angular v21 released with experimental Signal Forms
Signal Forms is an experimental library introduced in Angular v21 that allows developers to manage form state using signals.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Honeycomb announced that it is adding native support for standard OpenTelemetry metrics. The company explained that this data will give developers a better sense of how what is happening in their infrastructure relates to what is happening in their applications.

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Honeycomb announces native support for OpenTelemetry metrics
According to the company, engineers can now use gauges, counters, and histograms to track trends, monitor system health, and detect performance changes over time.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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From a new agent control plane called Agent 365 to new pre-built agents to a new intelligence layer for Microsoft 365 Copilot, read about the announcements from Microsoft Ignite here.

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Microsoft unveils Agent 365, a unified control plane for agents
Agent 365 is a control plane for managing agents, whether they are created in Microsoft’s ecosystem or from third-party partners.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Learn how Progress Autonomous REST Connector offers an easy way for non-technical users to build and deploy data connectors to REST API sources without relying on IT.

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How Progress Autonomous REST Connector Bridges the Gap Between BI Tools and Internal Applications
Progress’ Autonomous REST Connector (ARC) provides an easy way for companies to build and deploy data connectors to any REST API source.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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📢 New podcast! Listen in now to our conversation with Justin Moon from QNX about the development skills gap in the automotive industry, and what the way forward is.

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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Coinciding with its announcement of Gemini 3 today, Google announced the launch of a new agentic development platform, Google Antigravity, with capabilities like browser control and asynchronous interaction patterns.

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Google announces agentic development platform, Google Antigravity
Coinciding with its announcement of Gemini 3 today, Google announced the launch of a new agentic development platform, Google Antigravity.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Cloudflare today announced its intention to acquire Replicate, an AI platform that allows developers to deploy and run AI models.

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Cloudflare announces acquisition of AI platform Replicate
Cloudflare today announced its intention to acquire Replicate, which is an AI platform that allows developers to deploy and run AI models.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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AWS has announced that Lambda is getting a new capability that will help improve the throughput of event-driven applications.

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AWS announces enhanced event processing in Lambda
Provisioned mode for Amazon SQS Event Source Mapping (ESM) allows users to configure dedicated polling resources.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Developers ought to be following a Hippocratic Oath, promising to do no harm to their codebase when implementing new features or making changes, but AI-assisted coding is making it more difficult.

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A developer’s Hippocratic Oath: Prioritizing quality and security with the fast pace of AI-generated coding
Developers ought to be following their own Hippocratic oath, promising to do no harm to their codebase when making changes.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Catch up on this week's AI-related news here ⬇️

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This week in AI updates: GPT-5.1, Cloudsmith MCP Server, and more (November 14, 2025)
GPT-5.1 Instant is warmer and more conversational than its GPT-5 counterpart, and is also better at following instructions.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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OpenAI has announced new ChatGPT capabilities and new models in the GPT-5 family: GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking.

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OpenAI’s latest update delivers GPT-5.1 models and capabilities to give users more control over ChatGPT’s personality
OpenAI has announced new ChatGPT capabilities and new models in the GPT-5 family: GPT-5.1 Instant and GPT-5.1 Thinking.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The OWASP Foundation has revealed the first Release Candidate for the 2025 OWASP Top 10 list, which ranks the most critical security concerns developers should be thinking about.

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OWASP Top 10 updated after four years, with many of the same concerns still impacting applications
The OWASP Foundation has revealed the first Release Candidate for the 2025 OWASP Top 10, ranking critical security concern for developers.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The web design platform Webflow today announced App Gen, a vibe coding feature that leverages a site’s existing design system, content, and structure so that each new creation aligns with their brand and can scale up using Webflow’s cloud infrastructure.

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Webflow launches new vibe coding capability called App Gen
Webflow's new capability, App Gen, enables users to move from creating websites into creating web experiences.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Microsoft has announced the release of .NET 10, the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release of .NET that will receive support for the next three years.

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Microsoft announces release of .NET 10 (LTS)
Microsoft has announced the release of .NET 10, the latest Long Term Support (LTS) release of .NET that will receive support for the next three years.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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According to a report from GitLab, an “AI Paradox” has emerged. “While AI accelerates coding, fragmented toolchains and new compliance complexities are creating bottlenecks that cost teams nearly a full workday per team member each week,” the company wrote.

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Report: AI may lead to faster coding, but introduces new bottlenecks that slow down delivery
According to a report from GitLab, an “AI Paradox” has emerged. “While AI accelerates coding, fragmented toolchains and new compliance complexities are creating bottlenecks that cost teams nearly a fu...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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📢 New podcast!

Listen in to our latest conversation with Mitchell Johnson, chief product development officer at Sonatype, where we talk about the notion of a Hippocratic Oath for developers, where you do no harm to the codebase, and how AI is impacting it.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The value of tools integration and model-based integration was the subject of a recent SD Times Live! webinar with Planview.

Don't have time to watch? Read the abridged transcript for the important takeaways.

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The Value of Software Integration with Planview Hub
By consolidating important information from various applications into one system, you enable stakeholders to see progress in their preferred tools.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Catch up on the latest AI updates for software developers from the past week here ⬇️

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This week in AI updates: Syncfusion Code Studio, MCP support in Linkerd, and more (November 7, 2025)
Code Studio is an AI-powered IDE that offers capabilities like autocompletion, code generation and explanations, refactoring of selected code blocks, and multistep agent automation for large-scale tas...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Earlier this week, Google came to a settlement in its five-year lawsuit with Epic Games. It is proposing a number of changes, including that Android developers will be able to offer users alternative payment methods in their apps or through external web links.

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Google’s settlement with Epic Games may lead to changes for Android devs
Earlier this week, Google came to a settlement in its five-year lawsuit with Epic Games, creator of the popular video game, Fortnite.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Jason English, principal analyst at Intellyx, wants everyone to stop saying AI. Then all the things that were AI-something, and the companies that were going to rebrand and put .AI at the end of their names, we can just call them whatever they were before.

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Who’ll stop saying AI with me?
If all of us made up our minds to stop saying AI, stop mentioning it, stop typing it, I think we could actually get out of this mess we’ve allowed ourselves to put ourselves in.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Microsoft has announced that Aspire is now polyglot and can be used across multiple languages, frameworks, and services.

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Microsoft ushers in a new era for Aspire
Microsoft is continuing its efforts to transform Aspire into a platform for streamlining development and deployment of cloud apps.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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OpenAI is building new benchmarks for different languages and regions of the world, starting with India, its second largest market.

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OpenAI starts creating new benchmarks that more accurately evaluate AI models across different languages and cultures
OpenAI is building new benchmarks for different languages and regions of the world, starting with India, its second largest market.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM