Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 4.0, Google ADK for Java 1.0, Grails, Tomcat, Log4j, Gradle
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Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 4.0, Google ADK for Java 1.0, Grails, Tomcat, Log4j, Gradle
"The GA release of TornadoVM 4.0.0 delivers bug fixes, dependency upgrades and notable changes such as: a new hardware backend that supports Apple Silicon and the Apple Metal API."
"In his weekly Hashtag Jakarta EE blog, Ivar Grimstad provided an update on Jakarta EE 12, mentioning discussions on how the three security specifications relate to each other."
"Several specifications are in progress for a milestone 2 release for Jakarta EE 12, including Jakarta Connectors 3.0; Jakarta Faces 5.0; Jakarta Transactions 2.1; and Jakarta JSON Processing 2.2."
The Java roundup for March 30th, 2026, highlights the GA release of TornadoVM 4.0 and Google ADK for Java 1.0. JDK 27 Build 16 is available with various fixes. TornadoVM 4.0.0 introduces a new hardware backend for Apple Silicon and updates to CUDA graph operations. Jakarta EE 12 is progressing with discussions on merging security specifications. Several specifications are in development for a milestone 2 release, including Jakarta Connectors 3.0 and Jakarta Transactions 2.1.
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