This week's roundup includes news from OpenAI with new speed capabilities, Functionalize's MCP and Java SE pricing.

OpenAI’s Decisions API enters public beta, returning typed answers about 10x faster at $0.10 per 1M input tokens.

I gave an AI agent one prompt and scored the codebase after every commit. Health 50 to 61, 10,000 lines gone, and a hard stop ...

Near-Astra intelligence at up to 8x faster speeds than Sol Standard, so you can build as fast as the ideas come. API pricing ...

AI agents are transforming legacy application modernization, but they still fail at three things. A grounded 2026 guide to ...

Spread the loveWhen you’re diving into the world of software development, few tools are as essential as API development apps. They streamline communication between different software applications, ...

Google released MCP Toolbox Java SDK v1.0 on October 7, 2026, providing a Java client for loading Toolbox-defined tools into ...

This wasn't the expected result, but perhaps something changed in Claude's models since Spotify wrote up its findings ...

Six years in production, the ZIP code and geographic boundary API now powers service-area pages, territory maps and market analysis for marketing agencies, SEO firms, real estate platforms and ...

OpenAI announced a series of product and developer updates at DevDay 2026, including GPT-6.1 Sol, computer use for the Agents ...

Ransomware attack could have crippled South Africa's air traffic operations; US sanctions Venezuelan ATM hackers; Chinese APT ...

TRON has released GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.3, a mandatory upgrade for network nodes that improves smart contract storage access, ...