Java's Project Valhalla finally lands a preview in JDK 28

Don't hold your breath, though – architect Brian Goetz warns devs it will likely still be preview in next LTS release ...
The Next Web

Java’s biggest language change in a decade is finally landing. It took 197,000 lines of code.

Project Valhalla's JEP 401 will bring value classes to JDK 28, removing object identity from Java types in a 197,000-line change twelve years in the making ...
InfoQ

Oracle's OpenJDK Bans Generative AI Contributions While Oracle's GraalVM Allows Them

Two related, Oracle-backed projects published opposing policies on open-source contributions created with generative AI: the ...
NPR

In Black America

June 14, 2026 • On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Donald Cravins, Jr. president and CEO of The National Minority Supplier Development ...