InfoQ

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate status for both .NET and Python. This milestone indicates that the API surface is stable and feature-complete ...
ADTmag

Catching Up with GraalVM: When “Faster Java” Turns into Patch Tuesday—and a Clean Break with Intel Macs

The story of GraalVM in early 2026: a project settling into a quarterly cadence, tightening its support matrix, and—thanks to Oracle—being very explicit about what it is no longer going to be.
InfoQ

OpenAI Codex-Spark Achieves Ultra-Fast Coding Speeds on Cerebras Hardware

In a major shift in its hardware strategy, OpenAI launched GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, its first production AI model deployed on ...
pharmaphorum

FDA’s emerging framework to reduce animal testing: Implications for drug development timelines, cost, and clinical strategy

In November 2025, the UK government introduced the national "Government Strategy and Roadmap" for phasing out animal testing.[1] The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also issued a roadmap and ...
InfoWorld

Under the hood with .NET 11 Preview 1

The next major release, .NET 11, should arrive in November 2026, and the project recently unveiled its first public preview. Like earlier first looks, it’s nowhere near feature complete, with several ...