The Cloud Native Computing Foundation launched the Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to set standards for AI workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring reliability and consistency.

OpenAI announces GPT-5.1, enhancing ChatGPT and OpenAI APIs with improved intelligence and conversational abilities, offering two models for better reasoning and personalization, initially for paid users.

Debian 13.2 Trixie, released on November 25th, 2025, offers significant updates, new software packages, and supports multiple architectures, emphasizing versatility for desktops and servers.

GitHub introduces Raptor mini for Copilot in VS Code, expanding AI capabilities for Pro and Free users.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud enhances Kubernetes security with new features, updates container vulnerability re-scan policies, and expands support for Jfrog Artifactory and Docker Hub.

As of Q3 2025, 56% of backend developers qualify as cloud native, driven by strong adoption of API gateways and microservices, alongside growing use of hybrid (30%) and multi-cloud (23%) deployments across the developer ecosystem.

Kubernetes releases Gateway API 1.4.0, enhancing service networking with new features like secure TLS connections and improved configuration options.

Grafana Mimir 3.0 debuts with a new query engine and architecture, boosting performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Redis addresses a critical remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2025-49844, by releasing fixed versions and recommending best practices to protect instances.

AI-powered remediation rolls out across Pulumi Cloud, bringing automated fixes, approval workflows, and cross-cloud compliance without requiring full migration to Pulumi IaC.