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A new fine-tuning technique aims to solve “ catastrophic forgetting ,” a limitation that often complicates repeated model updates in enterprise deployments. Researchers at MIT, the Improbable AI Lab, and ETH Zurich have introduced a fine-tuning method designed to let models learn new tasks while preserving previously acquired capabilities. To prevent degrading existing capabilities, many organiza…

Go 1.26 has been released. The latest version of the Google-built programming language enables the higher performing Green Tea garbage collector (GC) by default. It also introduces a change to generic types that simplifies the implementation of complex data structures. Introduced February 10 , Go 1.26 can be downloaded from go.dev . The Green Tea GC, included as an experimental feature in last ye…

Neoclouds are specialized clouds devoted to the wildly dynamic world of artificial intelligence , currently experiencing explosive 35.9% annual growth . Built from the ground up to meet AI’s significant computational demands, neoclouds first emerged several years ago. Dozens of providers have arrived since then, with CoreWeave, Crusoe, Llambda, Nebius, and Vultr among the neocloud leaders. The ”n…

Signals is a simple idea with massive power. In one fell swoop, Signals provides reactivity while keeping state simple, even in large applications. That’s why the Signals pattern has been adopted for inclusion in Solid , Svelte , and Angular . This article introduces Signals and demonstrates its fresh approach to state management, bringing new life to the JavaScript front end. Introducing the Sig…

Microsoft has released .NET 11 Preview 1, a planned update to the cross-platform software development platform that features JIT performance improvements, faster compression, CoreCLR support on WebAssembly , and a host of other capabilities. Unveiled February 10 , the preview can be downloaded from dotnet.microsoft.com . Improvements cover areas ranging from the runtime and libraries to the SDK, …

As enterprises shift from experimenting with AI agents to deploying them in production environments, Google is rolling out a structured skills program aimed at helping developers build, test, and operationalize AI agents using Google Cloud tools, specifically its Agent Development Kit (ADK). Named the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready ( GEAR ) program, the initiative packages hands-on labs, 35 free m…

For more than two decades, IT operations has been dominated by a reactive culture. Engineers monitor dashboards, wait for alerts to fire and respond once systems have already begun to degrade. Even modern observability platforms equipped with distributed tracing, real-time metrics and sophisticated logging pipelines still operate within the same fundamental paradigm: something breaks, then we fin…

Dedicated desktop applications for agentic AI make it easier for relatively non-technical users to work with large language models . Instead of writing Python programs and wrangling models manually, users open an IDE-like interface and have logged, inspectable interactions with one or more LLMs. Amazon and Google have released such products with a focus on AI-assisted code development— Kiro and A…

There’s a palpable tension in IT today. Teams are stretched to their limits with a growing backlog of initiatives, while executives expect IT to lead the charge on transforming an organization into an AI-driven one. And the numbers paint a somber picture. IT teams are drowning in work as digital transformation projects have not slowed down but rather accelerated. In fact, IT project requests in 2…

In the immortal words of Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” This could also be said of the world of AI. No, it could really be said about the world of AI. Things are moving at the speed of a stock tip on Wall Street. And things spread on Wall Street pretty fast last week. The S&P 500 Software and Services Index lost abou…

Java is becoming more popular for building AI applications, with 62% of respondents in Azul’s just-released 2026 State of Java Survey and Report relying on Java for AI development. Last year’s report had 50% of participants using Java for AI functionality. Released February 10, the report featured findings from a survey of more than 2,000 Java users from September 2025 to November 2025. The repor…

GitHub is adding support for the Anthropic Claude and OpenAI Codex coding agents, via its Agent HQ AI platform. The capability is in public preview. Copilot Pro+ and Copilot Enterprise users now can run multiple coding agents directly inside GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, GitHub announced on February 4 . GitHub said that Copilot CLI support was coming soon. With Claude, Codex, and…

A single benign-sounding prompt can systematically strip safety guardrails from major language and image models, raising fresh questions about the durability of AI alignment when models are customized for enterprise use, according to Microsoft research. The technique, dubbed GRP-Obliteration, weaponizes a common AI training method called Group Relative Policy Optimization, normally used to make m…

NASA’s launch-a-rocket activity includes 490 launch-readiness criteria to ensure that all ground and flight systems are prepared for launch. Having a launch-readiness checklist ensures that all operational and safety systems are ready, and validations begin long before the countdown on the launchpad. The most advanced devops teams automate their release-readiness checklists in advanced CI/CD pipe…

Technical mastery once guaranteed advancement. For engineers, data scientists, designers, and other experts, the career ladder used to be clear: learn deeply, deliver reliably, and get promoted. But at some point, progress begins to feel less like learning new tools and more like learning new ways to influence. Every senior individual contributor eventually faces the same quiet question, “Do I ha…