Database vendors pitch themselves as the cure for runaway AI costs

Tech leaders are under pressure to satisfy growing demand for AI while keeping a lid on costs. That is becoming harder as ...
Microsoft

SQL Server 2022 pricing and licensing

Introducing a new cloud billing option for SQL Server customers, providing pay-as-you-go flexibility across on-premises and cloud environments. License by vCore [4]New Allows customers to elect to ...
IEEE

Towards Privacy-Preserving Range Queries with Secure Learned Spatial Index over Encrypted Data

Abstract: With the growing reliance on cloud services for large-scale data management, preserving the security and privacy of outsourced datasets has become increasingly critical. While encrypting ...
The Verge

Microsoft restricts Claude Fable for employees over data retention concerns

Microsoft’s legal teams are evaluating Anthropic’s new data retention changes. Microsoft’s legal teams are evaluating Anthropic’s new data retention changes. is a senior correspondent and author of ...
MLive

‘We don’t want you!’ Lowell residents protest Microsoft’s data center plan

KENT COUNTY, MI — Microsoft received a harsh reception Monday night as it continues to court Lowell Township for a $1 billion data center campus. The Lowell Township Planning Commission on Monday, ...
Microsoft

Dataverse MCP Server: Understanding the New Tool Shape

The Dataverse MCP server continues to evolve. The latest Dataverse MCP updates help agents achieve more with business data through a clearer and more capable tool surface. With these changes, agents ...
IEEE

Data Sourcing Random Access Using Semantic Queries for Massive IoT Scenarios

Abstract: Efficiently retrieving relevant data from massive Internet of Things (IoT) networks is essential for downstream tasks such as machine learning. This paper addresses this challenge by ...