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Herb Sutter has released a trip report from the March 2026 ISO C++ standards meeting held in Croydon, London, confirming that the C++26 standard is complete. This milestone marks the formal finalization of the next version of the C++ language standard.
Former React core developer Cheng Lou has released Pretext, a browser library designed to calculate the height of line-wrapped text without direct DOM interaction. By using a prepare() function to cache segment measurements and a layout() function to emulate browser-style word wrapping, it achieves significantly faster performance than traditional rendering methods. The library supports various languages, including Chinese, Thai, and Arabic, and enables new text rendering effects in browser applications by avoiding expensive DOM measurements.
US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has entered into a deal worth up to $2.75 billion with AI-driven drug development company Insilico Medicine. This partnership highlights Eli Lilly's significant investment and growing reliance on artificial intelligence technologies to accelerate its pharmaceutical research and development efforts.
A new design workflow utilizing Figma MCP and Claude Code has been highlighted, where users start with basic sketches in Figma and leverage Claude Code to refine designs, apply app-specific styles, and generate additional UI components. This integration streamlines the design-to-development process. Further details on maximizing this workflow will be covered in a scheduled livestream with Figma on March 31st.
Python Vulnerability Lookup is a new HTML-based tool that utilizes the OSV.dev open-source vulnerability database API. By allowing users to input pyproject.toml, requirements.txt files, or GitHub repository names, the tool provides a comprehensive list of reported vulnerabilities, helping developers improve supply-chain security.
Neovim has released version 0.12.0. Users can access the latest update details and source code via the official GitHub repository, marking another milestone in the continued development and optimization of the text editor.
Alibaba.com President Kuo Zhang discussed Accio Work, an agentic system powered by Qwen that deploys digital employee teams to automate complex business tasks. Zhang emphasizes the shift from using AI as assistants to operators, requiring clear guardrails and human oversight. Accio Work enables autonomous workflows, such as e-commerce launches and supplier negotiations. Looking forward, Zhang predicts a future of Agent-to-agent (A2A) B2B operations, where autonomous agents handle execution within defined parameters, allowing human managers to transition from task management to serving as architects who define business logic and provide final sign-offs.