How OpenAI is scaling the PostgreSQL database to 800 million users

For enterprises deploying AI applications with similar read-heavy workloads and unpredictable traffic spikes, OpenAI's ...
InfoQ

Expired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases

A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...
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Google BigQuery Adds SQL-Native Managed Inference for Hugging Face Models

Google has launched SQL-native managed inference for 180,000+ Hugging Face models in BigQuery. The preview release collapses the ML lifecycle into a unified SQL interface, eliminating the need for ...
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Saudi Arabia's sci-fi megacity becomes a very expensive server farm

Saudi Arabia's The Line megacity project pivots from $500B sci-fi vision to practical data centers after construction costs ...
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hardware hacking

Sometimes, security mechanisms can be bypassed if you just do things slightly out of the ordinary. For instance, readout protection on microcontrollers is a given nowadays, to the point where it’s ...