ChatGPT Codex Updates & Python 3.15 Profiling & ClickHouse ADBC Driver

OpenAI enhances ChatGPT Codex with richer context and browser improvements, Python 3.15 ships with granular profiling modes, and ClickHouse releases official ADBC driver for Arrow-native access across languages.

AI & ML

OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Codex with improved context awareness, support for longer tasks, and macOS app enhancements including remote lock capabilities. Read more

AI Coding Tools

JetBrains releases dotInsights July 2026, highlighting C# language nuances like the dual meaning of the using keyword for both imports and resource management. Read more
JetBrains launches Junie CLI, enabling integration of AI-assisted development into command-line workflows with authentication options including JetBrains Account login. Read more

Languages & Runtimes

Python 3.15 introduces three new profiling modes: --mode wall for real elapsed time including I/O, --mode cpu for active CPU execution only, and --mode gil to measure Global Interpreter Lock contention in multi-threaded applications. Read more
Python 3.15 improves JIT optimizer performance by tracking unique object references to eliminate unnecessary reference count updates and enables in-place operations on ints and floats. Read more

Browser & Web Platform

Apple releases iOS 26.5.2 with over two dozen security fixes focused on WebKit vulnerabilities; Anthropic's Claude AI model assisted in discovering a memory corruption exploit. Read more
OpenAI discontinues ChatGPT Atlas browser, consolidating AI web features into the desktop app; Perplexity Comet, Dia, and Aside emerge as viable alternatives for AI-augmented browsing. Read more

DevOps & Cloud

Adobe accelerates security patch cadence to twice-monthly releases (second and fourth Tuesdays) in response to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery by threat actors. Read more

Databases & Data

ClickHouse releases an official ADBC driver providing Arrow-native, zero-conversion access to ClickHouse for Ruby, R, C, and other ADBC-aware tools without additional language bindings. Read more
Supabase deprecates supabase-js on versions below TypeScript 5.0, requiring projects to upgrade @supabase/supabase-js and bundled packages (postgrest-js, auth-js, realtime-js) starting January 2027. Read more

Security

Study of 281 free Android VPN apps reveals critical flaws: 89% rely on single authentication, nearly 20% use weak ciphers including outdated Blowfish and triple DES (CVE-2016-6329, CVE-2016-2183), and some disable encryption entirely. Read more
Network of 200 GitHub repositories linked to Operation Muck and Load delivers malware via poisoned Go modules posing as DNS tools; threat actor published 1,200+ versions since January 2026, with payloads including AsyncRAT, Quasar RAT, and infostealers. Read more

Open Source

Chatto chat app open-sources its codebase enabling self-hosting; features include end-to-end encrypted voice/video calls, encrypted message storage with per-user keys, and configurable roles/permissions. Read more