Google's recently announced Spanner cloud database is ushering in a wave of so-called NewSQL databases that support traditional schematics but are able to scale to global sizes. Read More ▶ | | | Firebase features a cross-platform SDK with capabilities for cloud data storage and synchronization across devices Read More ▶ | | Temporarily permitting illegal reflective access from code on the class path could support a more relaxed migration to the modular Java platform Read More ▶ | | The recent vote on Java 9's modularity specification failed, leaving the planned July 27 release in question Read More ▶ | | | | | |