Docker has made its full catalog of over 200 Docker Hardened Images free to download. The goal is to set a new security standard by providing pre-patched, SBOM-documented containers with 96% fewer vulnerabilities than traditional base images, writes TNS Senior Editor Joab Jackson. Find out about this and the new paid enterprise features unveiled by Docker.

In other technology news we’re covering today:

• The year 2025 has been defined as the Agentic Era, and we’ve seen a shift from simple IDE chatbots to sophisticated “agentic loops” that can autonomously iterate, self-correct and use local tools via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). David Eastman looks at how this evolution has empowered developers to move beyond code completion.
• Google’s new Gemini 3 Flash is a high-speed model that bridges the gap between efficiency and intelligence, rivaling the performance of top-tier models like GPT-5.2 and Claude 4.5 in several key benchmarks, according to TNS Senior Editor for AI Frederic Lardinois. There’s a slight increase in API pricing, but Frederic writes that the model remains economical for developers.

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