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The Supreme Court is taking on Google and Oracle one last time

The Verge

Ten years after Oracle first sued Google over the code in the Android platform, the two tech giants are finally facing off in the Supreme Court. For Oracle and Google, the lawsuit is about whether Oracle — which owns Java Standard Edition — is now entitled to a piece of Android, to the tune of billions of dollars. When Google v.

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Oracle and Google’s Supreme Court showdown was a battle of metaphors

The Verge

Oracle , a decade-long war over the future of software, neared its end in the Supreme Court this week as a battle of metaphors. Oracle covers a complex question : what elements of computer code can be copyrighted, and if that code is covered by copyright, when it’s still legal to use pieces of it under fair use. Alex Castro.

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Alternatives to MySQL

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

For those of us that depend on MySQL everyday, the buyout of Sun (which had bought MySQL) by Oracle did not bode well. A decidedly biased survey by the folks behind PostgreSQL suggests that many people worry about the health of MySQL in Oracle’s hands. Switch to PostgreSQL.

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Fast, Low-Cost Inference Offers Key to Profitable AI

NVIDIA AI Blog

For Microsoft, Oracle, Perplexity, Snap and hundreds of other leading companies, using the NVIDIA AI inference platform a full stack comprising world-class silicon, systems and software is the key to delivering high-throughput and low-latency inference and enabling great user experiences while lowering cost.

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Java 22 brings security enhancements

InfoWorld

Java Development Kit (JDK) 22 , released by Oracle March 19 as the latest version of standard Java, offers a number of security enhancements, covering areas ranging from an asymmetric key interface to a new security option for -XshowSettings that allows developers to easily display security-related settings.

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Graal Cloud Native adds Google Cloud Platform support

InfoWorld

Oracle has introduced Graal Cloud Native 4.2.1, a curated, Oracle-supported build of the open source Micronaut framework, which provides a full-stack JVM platform for developing modular microservices and serverless applications. Graal Cloud Native 4.2.1 was unveiled January 30. To read this article in full, please click here

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Java’s Project Leyden arrives in early-access build

InfoWorld

Accessible from java.jdk.net , the initial Project Leyden release focuses on improving application startup time, according to a June 24 bulletin on the Oracle Java team’s Inside Java website. Project Leyden is sponsored by Java’s HotSpot and Core Libraries groups. Other Leyden optimizations will be explored in future releases.

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