Former Datadog executives Gabriel-James Safar and Sébastien Deprez have secured $10 million in seed funding for their new observability startup Tsuga. The Paris-based company is taking on their former employer with a “bring your own cloud” approach to monitoring enterprise software.
The Rust Foundation is launching a $1.3 million annual fund to support key developers. This comes as the ecosystem faces a major security vulnerability in a popular library. But money alone might not solve Rust’s deeper sustainability issues.
AMD is contributing BFloat16 support to LLVM’s SPIR-V compiler target, enabling better AI performance. Meanwhile, Flang-Tidy is bringing automated code cleaning to Fortran. Both developments show how legacy and cutting-edge tech coexist in today’s compiler landscape.
OpenAI has removed the invite requirement for its Sora video app and expanded availability to Android users. The app uses the new Sora 2 AI engine and features social media-style discovery. For now, anyone can try it without restrictions.
Microsoft is testing a new “Ask Copilot anything” search box in Windows 11 Insider builds. The feature requires specific builds and third-party tools to enable, blending traditional search with AI responses. Early testing shows mixed results with inconsistent search performance and a jarring floatin
Apple’s newly launched App Store website had sourcemaps left enabled in production, allowing the complete front-end code to be extracted. The code is now available on GitHub but contains no sensitive information or security risks.
A new marketplace called Microservice Store has launched, promising to let developers publish and vendors integrate embedded software components in weeks instead of years. The platform features built-in security management and compliance automation for major cybersecurity standards.
OpenAI just expanded its Sora video generation app to Android devices after a massively successful iOS launch. The app hit 1 million downloads in less than five days and dominated Apple’s App Store charts. Now it’s available in seven countries with European expansion planned.
Nestlé is upgrading its aging SAP ERP system to set the stage for AI and automation capabilities. The move comes as the company plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs over the next two years, with most cuts hitting corporate roles.
Apple’s long-awaited Siri upgrade will reportedly run on Google’s Gemini AI models hosted on Apple’s private cloud servers. The revamped assistant is built around three core components and could debut as soon as spring 2025 with iOS 26.4.
