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An orbiting disco ball gave Einstein’s theory its most precise test yet
The Earth may not be that massive, but it still distorts space-time.
Announcing Lambda MicroVMs: serverless compute environments with VM-level isolation and near-instant startup
We recently announced the launch of AWS Lambda MicroVMs, a new serverless compute primitive that provides VM-level isolation, near-instant startup performance, and state retention. You can now give each user or job their own execution environment to securely run just-in-time code – either user or AI generated – without managing virtualization infrastructure or choosing between […]
Your Codename One App, Now A Native Mac App
Codename One has run on the desktop for a long time through the JavaSE target, which is the same engine that powers the simulator. What it did not have was a real native Mac binary, and the desktop output still carried a lot of phone-shaped habits: a drawn toolbar where the OS menu bar belongs, scrollbars you could not grab, no place in the menu for Preferences or Quit. With version 7.0.250, we finally have an actual native macOS application target that doesn't bundle a JVM and is as native as o
Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative
Microsoft’s latest Secure Future Initiative report outlines progress on secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and future-ready cybersecurity. The post Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Frontier and Center: Who evaluates the evaluations?
Editor’s note: Some of the most interesting questions in AI are being asked by information theoreticians, around how to provide context to an emerging class of AI agents. A few weeks ago, we waded into those waters with a blog about the Open Knowledge Format, a specification that formalizes the LLM-wiki pattern into a portable, interoperable format to represent the metadata, context, and curated knowledge that modern AI systems need to operate. That blog generated a ton of interest, so we’ve dec
QuadRF can spot drones and see WiFi through my wall
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Better tools made Copilot code review worse. Here’s how we actually improved it.
How migrating Copilot code review to shared Unix-style code exploration tools reduced review cost by reshaping agent workflows around pull request evidence. The post Better tools made Copilot code review worse. Here’s how we actually improved it. appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
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