AOUSD began ISO certification for OpenUSD Core Spec 1.1 and moved it to GitHub; v26.08 adds Profiles, Multi-LOD and Backplates. What CAD and PLM teams must decide.
IDTA shipped AAS metamodel v3.2 in July 2026. AssetKind gains Batch, AdministrationInformation gains timestamps, plus a new EN 18223 DPP annex. What to migrate.
Newton, MuJoCo Warp and Isaac Lab compared for 2026 sim-to-real: solver choice, contact models, the Warp and OpenUSD dependency, and which layer you actually pick.
Running LLM-generated code safely in 2026: Firecracker, gVisor and Kata compared on isolation boundary, cold start, GPU passthrough and operational cost.
Iceberg v3 adds deletion vectors, row lineage, VARIANT and geospatial types. What each feature changes, engine support, and how to sequence the upgrade.
AP242, JT and QIF compared for model-based definition in 2026: semantic vs graphical PMI, metrology round-trip, archival and which format each job needs.