JetBrains debuts free AI tier and Junie coding agent in IDEs

A digital being helping a human developer as JetBrains announces the integration of its AI tools – including the upgraded AI Assistant and new coding agent Junie – into its IDEs under a single subscription model, complete with a free tier.

JetBrains has announced the integration of its AI tools – including the upgraded AI Assistant and new coding agent Junie – into its IDEs under a single subscription model, complete with a free tier.

Love it or loathe it, there’s no denying that AI is disrupting the software development industry. JetBrains, for its part, views it as an opportunity to redefine developers’ roles.

“AI is taking care of basic coding tasks,” JetBrains states, enabling developers to...

16 April 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

Google enhances Android Studio with enterprise Gemini AI tools

Google logo as the company unveils new enterprise Gemini AI tools in Android Studio, tailored to meet their privacy, security, and management demands.

Google has unveiled new enterprise Gemini AI tools in Android Studio, tailored to meet their privacy, security, and management demands.

The update aims to empower organisations by integrating AI-powered coding assistance while addressing concerns around data protection and intellectual property (IP).

Sandhya Mohan, Product Manager for Android at Google, explained: “We’ve heard that some people at businesses have additional needs that require more sensitive data...

9 April 2025 | Analytics

Eclipse Foundation unveils open-source AI development tools

Photo of an eclipse as the Eclipse Foundation announces two advancements in open source AI development tools and IDEs that aim to give developers greater control over their integrations.

The Eclipse Foundation has announced two advancements in open-source AI development tools and IDEs. Spearheaded by AI-native tool development firm EclipseSource, these latest releases aim to give developers greater control over their AI integration.

The new offerings include:

Theia AI (public release): An open framework enabling tool builders to seamlessly integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) of their choice into bespoke tools and IDEs. This allows for agentic workflows,...

14 March 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

Google unveils free Gemini AI coding tools for developers  

Mobile displaying the Gemini AI icon as Google Cloud rolls out out free Gemini-powered artificial intelligence coding and code review tools to software developers across the globe.

Google Cloud is rolling out free Gemini AI coding and code review tools to software developers across the globe.

The tech giant has announced the public preview of Gemini Code Assist for individuals and Gemini Code Assist for GitHub.

According to Google, this launch aims to enable anyone – from students working on academic projects to startup developers testing new ideas – to enhance productivity and code quality without worrying about cost or restrictive usage...

25 February 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

Your guide to OCR APIs: Unlocking text extraction

Ever wanted to extract text from an image or scan? Thanks to advancements in optical character recognition (OCR) and AI, this is no longer a distant dream. But while OCR has been around for decades, integrating it into applications can still feel like a challenge.

The good news? You don't have to reinvent the wheel. OCR APIs offer a straightforward, reliable way to automate text extraction from virtually any image or document.

In this article, we'll explore how OCR...

21 February 2025 | Databases

JetBrains Junie: An AI coding agent to enhance developer productivity

Digital being helping a human developer as JetBrains announces Junie, an agentic AI virtual assistant solution that integrates into IDEs to improve developer productivity.

JetBrains has announced the launch of Junie, an AI-powered coding agent designed to redefine how software developers interact with code.

Dubbed as a step towards the future of co-creation in integrated development environments (IDEs), Junie promises to improve productivity, code quality, and task execution for millions of developers worldwide.

JetBrains says the introduction of Junie is a testament of its mission to "enable and scale the next generation of technologies...

23 January 2025 | Artificial Intelligence

Operation Digital Eye: Chinese hackers exploit Visual Studio Code

A digital eye illustrating cybersecurity researchers unveiling the "Operation Digital Eye" cyberespionage operation linked to a suspected Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group that exploits the Remote Tunnels feature of Visual Studio Code (VS Code).

A sophisticated cyberespionage operation dubbed "Operation Digital Eye" has been attributed to a suspected Chinese Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group. 

According to Aleksandar Milenkoski, Senior Threat Researcher at SentinelLabs, and Luigi Martire, Senior Malware Analyst at Tinexta Cyber, the campaign targeted large business-to-business (B2B) IT service providers in southern Europe between late June and mid-July 2024.

Visual Studio Code hijacked

In what...

10 December 2024 | Developer

JetBrains 2024.3 release elevates the developer experience

Brain with a jet illustrating the release of JetBrains 2024.3 that elevates the developer experience with a range of updates to its IDEs and development tools, including a range of AI enhancements.

JetBrains has a series of enhancements across its product offerings with the 2024.3 release, providing developers with a more refined experience.

The company's IDEs are now equipped with the ability to reveal the logical structure of code, thereby aiding developers in grasping projects comprehensively. This update streamlines the debugging of Kubernetes applications and offers extensive cluster-wide access to Kubernetes logs. In addition, the official release of the K2 mode –...

12 November 2024 | Artificial Intelligence

Unity exceeds profit expectations despite revenue slide

Person holding a controller as game development platform Unity announces its financial results amid ongoing strategic changes following backlash.

Unity has reported financial results for Q3 2024, which surpassed adjusted profit expectations despite a modest decline in revenue.

The company recorded a 2% drop in revenue compared to last year, totalling $429 million, yet this remained above Unity's guidance of $415 million to $420 million.

In a letter to shareholders, Unity expressed optimism about its current trajectory, emphasising a period of "meaningful and productive change” after a period of...

8 November 2024 | Developer

JetBrains launches AI model for software development tasks

Image of a brain illustrating the launch of the new Mellum LLM by JetBrains that enhances its AI assistant for developers that specialises in software development tasks.

JetBrains has announced the launch of Mellum, its own AI model specifically engineered for software development tasks.

Mellum has been integrated exclusively into JetBrains’ AI Assistant, reporting dramatic improvements in both speed and accuracy of code completions compared to previous implementations.

Unlike more extensive language models, Mellum has been purposefully designed with a smaller footprint to deliver near-instantaneous coding suggestions. The model...

23 October 2024 | Artificial Intelligence