Swift 6.2 Released with Improved Concurrency, Safer Raw-Memory Access, Wasm Support and More
The most significant new feature in Swift 6.2 is approachable concurrency, a default, low-complexity approach to writing safe concurrent applications. Swift 6.2 also introduces new features to simplify low-level programming, including the InlineArray and Span types, and adds support for WebAssembly.
Pixnapping: Side-Channel Vulnerability Allows Android Apps to Capture Sensitive Screen Data
A newly discovered class of attacks targets Android devices, allowing malicious apps to steal on-screen information from other apps using a technique known as pixel stealing. Dubbed Pixnapping, the attack leverages previously known side-channel vulnerabilities and affects virtually all apps, including Signal, Google Authenticator, Venmo, and many others.
Google Research Open-Sources the Coral NPU Platform to Help Build AI into Wearables and Edge Devices
Coral NPU is an open-source full-stack platform designed to help hardware engineers and AI developers overcome the limitations that prevent integrating AI in wearables and edge devices, including performance, fragmentation, and user trust.
Apple Previews SDK for Building Android Apps with Swift
The Swift SDK for Android, recently released as a nightly build, is designed to help developers to port their Swift packages to Android, making it easier to share code across platforms. While the SDK is still in preview, over 25% of packages in the Swift Package Index can already be compiled for Android.
Android GenAI Prompt API Enables Natural Language Requests with Gemini Nano
The ML Kit GenAI Prompt API, now available in alpha, enables Android developers to send natural language and multimodal requests to Gemini Nano running on-device, extending the text summarization and image description capabilities introduced with the initial GenAI release.