You would think that Apple would settle for its almost total victory over Epic Games and its right to collect 30% of any earnings on an app, but no. It is appealing the judgment!

Python continues to be the programming language that everyone wants to learn - both complete beginners and those who know another language. We look at a course that is intended for both groups and has been updated to cover the very latest version, Python 3.10.

Today, October 12th 2021 marks the end of support of Microsoft Silverlight. It also sees the launch of OpenSilver 1.0 a modern, plug-in free open-source reimplementation of Silverlight, capable of running large, complex legacy applications, as well as newly written C# and XAML applications. 

Electron 15 has been released with updates to Chromium and Node.js, along with a number of API updates. This release is the first of a new accelerated release cycle that the developers say mean a new main version will appear every eight weeks.

DataStax, mostly known for AstraDB the multi-cloud database based on Apache Cassandra, has announced the addition of new capabilities to its Stargate Gateway product.

GitHub has released a new version of GitHub Enterprise, along with the ability to use centralized user account management. The latest server adds features to improve developer experience and improve security. GitHub Enterprise is designed to give large companies a way to deploy GitHub in their own environments.

Google Arts and Culture has claimed another triumph for Machine Learning. After analyzing Gustav Klimt's use of color in extant artworks it has colorized the three giant canvases, Medicine, Jurisprudence and Philosophy destroyed during the Second World War.

The latest robot dog making its debut on Kickstarter is Mini-Pupper, an open source quadruped robot powered by a Raspberry Pi 4B. Mini Pupper met its funding goal in the first 5 minutes and was 1000% funded within a day. There's still time to claim an Early Bird discount.

We have been anticipating Python reaching the top position in the TIOBE Index for quite a while and this month, October 2021, it has happened and probably marks the beginning of a long reign for a language that has well-deserved popularity.

There's now a second website for Raspberry Pi. The raspberrypi.com site is the new home of Raspberry Pi Trading, while the original site, raspberrypi.org, is where you'll find the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Azure Functions 4 has been announced with the main improvement in the new version being support for .NET 6. The new release is now in public preview.