This week's updates include a rebuilt GPU compiler in TornadoVM 8.0, vector database support in JNoSQL 1.2.0, and a release comparison tool from Quarkus. The JDK 28 early-access build, Endive 1.2.0, ...

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 ...