Why high-performance Java is becoming a business imperative

A new generation of JVM technologies is reshaping how businesses build, deploy, and scale mission-critical Java applications.

Minecraft Java is getting a new graphics API for its Vibrant Visuals update

Minecraft developer Mojang is switching the Java Edition's graphics API from OpenGL to Vulkan ahead of its Vibrant Visuals update.
InfoWorld

Android open source move could boost Java and aid in legal battles with Oracle

Google’s planned mobile operating system, which has been referred to as Android N, will leverage OpenJDK APIs rather than Google’s own Java implementation alone. The move has been praised as good for ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Why Meta is moving its Android apps from Java to Kotlin

Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...
Neowin

Minecraft Java Edition players must move to Microsoft accounts by September 19Minecraft Java Edition players must move to Microsoft accounts by September 19Minecraft Java ...

Back in 2020, Minecraft developer Mojang announced that players of the Minecraft Java Edition would need to migrate their old Mojang accounts to Microsoft accounts if they wanted to keep playing that ...