Minecraft developer Mojang is switching the Java Edition's graphics API from OpenGL to Vulkan ahead of its Vibrant Visuals update.

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A new generation of JVM technologies is reshaping how businesses build, deploy, and scale mission-critical Java applications.

ScopedValue is an alternative to ThreadLocal, and works in tandem with VirtualThreads and the new StructuredTaskScope. Find out what scoped values can do for your multithreaded programs in Java. As ...

Java on Visual Studio Code gets a new tool to its extension pack, while Java on Azure upgraded the Azure Toolkit for IntelliJ and more in new regular updates for both properties. [Click on image for ...

Java runtime solutions provider Azul has relaunched its Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program to bring more collaboration ...

I’m sick of Java, as you probably are too. That said, there have been a number of changes to Java lately that may have flown under the radar. So, here is what you need to know about where things stand ...

New features like var, auto-compile, text blocks, record classes, and more are shifting Java in subtle but powerful ways—toward a more flexible, dynamic future. Java has made some big shifts over the ...

This tooling comes in the Extension Pack for Java. Microsoft's January 2024 update post says the dev team has almost completed its integration of support for JDK 21, which shipped September 2023. The ...