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Xero expands developer tools with new webhook events
Physical Security

Xero expands developer tools with new webhook events

Xero rolls out credit notes webhooks and new API pricing for app partners as it tightens permissions, recertification and developer access.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
Aerospike launches LangGraph memory layer for AI agents
Open source

Aerospike launches LangGraph memory layer for AI agents

Aerospike adds durable memory for LangGraph agents to keep context through restarts, failures and concurrent sessions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
Meta AI agent exposes sensitive data in internal leak
Data Protection

Meta AI agent exposes sensitive data in internal leak

Meta says an internal AI agent's bad guidance exposed sensitive staff and user data to workers company-wide for hours, sparking security alarm.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
Cycloid adds versioning for service catalogue stacks
DevOps

Cycloid adds versioning for service catalogue stacks

Cycloid adds Stack Versioning to its service catalogue, letting platform teams test infrastructure changes without forcing immediate upgrades on users.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing
DevOps

UiPath Accelerates AI in Software Development and Testing

UiPath is pushing AI deeper into software testing, promising autonomous agents that transform quality assurance and developers' roles.

By Anthony Caruana • 7 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
GitLab widens AI access & sets flat review pricing
DevOps

GitLab widens AI access & sets flat review pricing

GitLab opens agentic AI to free-tier users, sets USD $0.25 flat fee for automated code reviews and expands security false-positive filtering.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2026
Google AI Studio gets full-stack coding agent Antigravity
Marketing Technologies

Google AI Studio gets full-stack coding agent Antigravity

Google has launched Antigravity, a full-stack coding agent in AI Studio that turns text prompts into collaborative, production-ready web apps.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2026
OpenAI monitors internal coding agents for risky conduct
DevOps

OpenAI monitors internal coding agents for risky conduct

OpenAI unveils a GPT-5.4-powered system that audits its own coding agents for rule-bending behaviour, flagging suspicious sessions to humans.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4 mini & nano for faster coding
Small Language Models

OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4 mini & nano for faster coding

OpenAI launches GPT-5.4 mini and nano, smaller AI models promising faster, cheaper coding help and near-flagship performance on key benchmarks.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
OpenAI buys Astral to bolster Codex developer tools
Data Science

OpenAI buys Astral to bolster Codex developer tools

OpenAI is buying Python tooling specialist Astral to fold its uv, Ruff and ty projects into Codex and deepen ties to developers.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
Persistent appoints Hari Abhyankar to lead private equity
Data Analytics

Persistent appoints Hari Abhyankar to lead private equity

Persistent hires Hari Abhyankar as EVP and global head of private equity, sharpening its push into investor and professional services markets.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026
Datadog's $1bn investment in unifying data silos
DevOps

Datadog's $1bn investment in unifying data silos

Datadog pours USD $1 billion into AI-driven tools to unify data silos, automate incident response and fuse security with observability.

By Adam Zuchetti • 5 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

BlueFlag lifts Series A after rapid revenue growth
Software-as-a-Service

BlueFlag lifts Series A after rapid revenue growth

BlueFlag Security secures USD $28 million Series A to scale its identity-first cyber platform tackling AI and developer risks in software.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026
Why DevOps transparency matters more than speed in cloud-native scale
Virtualisation

Why DevOps transparency matters more than speed in cloud-native scale

In cloud‑native DevOps, transparency-not raw speed-now determines how safely, cheaply and reliably teams can scale complex systems.

By Aman Aggarwal • 5 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Australian finance firms pay top rates for specialists
DevOps

Australian finance firms pay top rates for specialists

Australian banks and insurers are shelling out up to AUD $2,200 a day for specialist contractors to drive critical digital transformation work.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2026
Adactin launches AFIVE AI knowledge platform for firms
Document Management

Adactin launches AFIVE AI knowledge platform for firms

Adactin unveils AFIVE AI platform to unify fragmented corporate data, promising secure natural language search and improved staff productivity.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2026
SwRI backs youth AI transport contest at Detroit summit
Smart Cities

SwRI backs youth AI transport contest at Detroit summit

Southwest Research Institute backs Detroit essay contest inviting young innovators to reimagine US transport with artificial intelligence.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2026
AI drives hiring shift to senior devs at EU startups
Robotics

AI drives hiring shift to senior devs at EU startups

AI-native EU startups are shrinking dev teams and hiring seasoned engineers as AI generates most new code, Notion Capital research shows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Mar 2026