Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (July 3, 2026).

Hardwood, the project Gunnar Morling kick-started handling of Parquet files in Java, reached version 1. Its multi-threaded approach and zero mandatory external dependencies promise a simpler, more ...

Indonesians are taking legal action against a major German cement producer under a new supply chain law. Legal experts say ...

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has released the ISC Computer Science (Subject Code - 868) for the Year 2027 evaluation cycle. It is designed specifically to make ...

Microsoft's Xbox has canceled its deal with IO Interactive to develop the "Project Fantasy" game. Hideo Kojima’s "OD" is still in the works.

New benchmarks show semantic code graphs helping coding agents find change locations faster and complete updates more ...

Spring AI 2.0 advances the Java framework for generative AI apps with a Spring Boot 4 baseline, cleaner agentic tooling, Model Context Protocol support and vendor-backed integrations including Azure ...

VS Code 1.26 prevents automatic code execution for new project folders, lets users configure whether code can be executed ...

Open-source Java projects advance Jakarta EE compatibility, persistence capabilities, and developer tooling as enterprise teams prepare for the next generation of Java applications.

The release includes an embedded MCP server that exposes Spring project analytics to AI coding assistants, along with first-class support for Spring AI and automated property refactoring.