IN THIS ISSUE: Google's Novice Coding Tool Goes Web; IBM, Google Battle or Quantum Supremacy; Tech Predictions for 2020; Report Card: 2019 Predictions; Python Creator Retires; Apple Emphasizes Swift Over Objective-C

Zebra has released a new customer downloadable utility tool to test SmartCard module functionality and calibrate ZC printer offsets for SmartCard.

Google's stranglehold on internet search has for years been under intense legal scrutiny. The US Justice Department has now ruled to thwart its monopoly power.

This web-browser hosted applet will allow XML exported from StageNow Desktop to be easily loaded, optionally combined and/or modified and deployed for testing on a Zebra device using ADB to push the XML file to the device in the path /sdcard/myxml.xml. After deployment, the XML can be processed using either the XML or JS barcodes included in the UI of the webpage.

Google researchers say they've identified a stack buffer overflow in SQLite using LLM-based tools in time to repair the defect before the software was released

This blog demonstrates the use of the Enterprise Browser DataWedge support to easily add RFID and barcode support to any existing web application. It also shows how a GenAI tool such as ChatGPT can be used to quickly and easily create the basis of an application before manually adding the DataWedge support.

Despite numerous fines, penalties and court orders, Google's anti-competitive behavior has continued. A forced break-up might now be the only effective remedy.