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 ...

The discourse around AI often focuses on those who entirely embrace — or deeply despise — the tech. For engineers, the truth ...

VCs remain thirsty to fund AI coding startups. This one, founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, is no exception.

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

Whether you’re learning to code for work or you just want to pick up a new hobby and start automating your tasks or building ...

As enterprises embrace agentic AI and vibe coding, Secure Code Warrior CEO and co-founder Pieter Danhieux warns that ...

The terminal's not so scary anymore ...

OpenAI announced it will acquire Ona, a startup that provides cloud environments for AI agents. Ona's technology will allow OpenAI's coding assistant, Codex, to take on longer-running tasks, OpenAI ...

The fight between OpenAI and Anthropic for control of AI-assisted coding has turned into open commercial warfare. OpenAI is offering enterprises two months of free Codex usage to switch off rival ...

OpenAI expanded Codex from a coding tool into an enterprise work platform with Sites (hosted web apps), Annotations, and role-specific plugins connecting 62 business apps. Non-developers now make up ...

Three days after OpenRouter raised a $113 million Series B and disclosed that weekly traffic on its platform had reached 25 trillion tokens — five times higher than six months earlier — the most ...