This week's updates include a rebuilt GPU compiler in TornadoVM 8.0, vector database support in JNoSQL 1.2.0, and a release comparison tool from Quarkus. The JDK 28 early-access build, Endive 1.2.0, ...

AI agents are being given the ability to optimize their own components, such as prompts, context management, workflows, and code. However, current self-evolving harness optimizers usually draw on the ...

Azul Prime can stream previously optimized code to new JVM instances at startup, reducing repeated compilation work. Azul claims two to five times faster warm-up than standard OpenJDK, with potential ...

Players who install Gears of War: E-Day on Windows 11 can avoid the multi-minute shader compile at first launch, Microsoft said on the DirectX Developer Blog. Advanced Shader Delivery (ASD) was ...

Drake and Don Toliver have officially released their highly anticipated collaboration “Solar Eclipse,” and listeners might recognize exactly where they’ve heard part of the song before. The new track ...

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | EarthSky’s Raúl Cortés in Mexico created this composite of the lunar eclipse of August 27-28, 2026. Raúl wrote: “I took one over-exposed photo and one with proper ...

Look up Thursday night: A near-total lunar eclipse will be visible in the sky. After being shut out of this month’s total solar eclipse, the Americas will have the best seats in the celestial house ...

Get pointers on viewing the August 27-28 nearly total lunar eclipse from EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd. Watch in the player above, or on YouTube. Lunar eclipses are a whole-Earth event. But you must be in ...

If you missed the eerie darkness of the total solar eclipse earlier this month, fret not—eclipse season isn’t over yet. Eclipses often arrive in pairs, and now it’s the Moon’s turn to put on a show as ...

The last eclipse and full moon of the summer occur on August 28 in the water sign Pisces. The partial lunar eclipse will offer flashes of inspiration and motivation, and also bring hidden matters into ...

Eclipses frequently come in pairs, and this month is no exception. Following the stunning total solar eclipse on August 12, it’s the Moon’s turn to line up for some time in — or, rather, out of — the ...

Sky-gazers who were disappointed not to catch the total solar eclipse this month have a consolation prize. This week people in the Americas, Africa and Europe can expect to see a near-total lunar ...