Android XR SDK Preview Works with Kotlin, OpenXR, WebXR
IN THIS ISSUE: The Android XR SDK Preview Released; The Seedy Underside of Memes; New Year, New Front-ends; Microsoft Simplifies OpenAI Integration; Malware Creates Unwitting Crypto Miners; An Elementary Look at Concurrency
The Android developer community last month released a preview of Android XR SDK, checking many of the important compatibility boxes, including WebXR, OpenXR and Kotlin. It even includes an Android XR emulator and is ready for Android Studio Meerkat.
The Seedy Underside of Internet Memes
You might never look at memes the same way again. For many, spending time with family over the holidays involves at least a little rabbit-holing, bonding and laughing together while looking at internet memes. But there's seedy underside that few realize has been there all along.
New Year, New Front-end Designs
An app's front end is the designer's first and best chance to attract and keep a user. That's why it's critical to make it right and keep it tight. Here's a piece with lots of visuals that makes it easy and interesting to learn.
Redmond Simplifies AI-model Integration
Microsoft has released Azure AI Foundry, claiming to simplify the job of adding customized OpenAI large language models to apps built on its Azure platform.
Malware Creates Unwitting Crypto Miners
Seemingly on queue, yet another exploit made its way into the world at large through PyPI, the popular Python Package Index of libraries. Especially devious, this one not only defied easy detection, but managed also to defy coders on their first attempt to fix it.
An Elementary Look at Concurrency
Let's face it: Apps don't get faster by themselves. As features and capabilities are added to apps, they can become slower and more sluggish over time. One way to fix (and even future-proof) such troubled apps is by teaching them to do more than one thing at a time.
Edward Correia
