<ul><li>Microsoft released .NET 9 with performance improvements and new AI functionality.</li><li>The Open Source Initiative (OSI) released its open source AI definition version 1.0 in October.</li><li>Anthropic released updated version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet and first release of Claude 3.5 Haiku in October.</li><li>PostgreSQL 17 was announced in September, adding performance gains, storage optimizations and more.</li><li>Swift 6 was released in September, expanding to more platforms and domains beyond just Apple operating systems.</li><li>The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) approved three cryptographic algorithms in August.</li><li>Microsoft announced the general availability of the .NET MAUI extension for Visual Studio Code in June.</li><li>OpenAI rolled out GPT-4o, its newest flagship model that is faster than GPT-4.</li><li>GitHub released a technical preview in April for a new Copilot-based platform designed to help out across all steps of the development life cycle.</li><li>IBM announced in April its intention to acquire HashiCorp in a huge $6.4 billion acquisition.</li></ul>

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