Google confirms next Android version will use Oracle’s open-source OpenJDK for Java APIs Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news first came by a “mysterious Android codebase commit” from last month submitted to Hacker News. Google confirmed to Ventu

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More LinkedIn today is making its Pinot real-time analytics software available under an open-source license. It’s the latest major release of open-source software from LinkedIn, a company known for using large quantities of data to enrich its own applications. The Pinot softwar

Google introduced a brand new standalone app called YouTube Kids today, initially available in the U.S. only, which is its first product “built from the ground up with little ones in mind,” according to the Internet giant. From Maps and Gmail to Translate and YouTube, Google already offers a myriad of digital services that are useful and generally well-liked. But what about all those other ones th

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