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Excel Power Query isn't just for experts or big data—it's an everyday tool you should be using

Power Query replaces risky and time-consuming manual edits with a safe, user-friendly system that speeds up everyday ...
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Are We Entering the Age of Data Nihilism?

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Computer Weekly

Dethawing the data lake, Amazon S3 managed Apache Iceberg Tables

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Among the many news items that surfaced at AWS re: Invent this year were new features in Amazon Simple Storage ...
VentureBeat

Databricks tested a stronger model against its multi-step agent on hybrid queries. The stronger model still lost by 21%.

Data teams building AI agents keep running into the same failure mode. Questions that require joining structured data with unstructured content, sales figures alongside customer reviews or citation ...
Nextgov

FBI queries of Americans’ data under FISA 702 rose 35% in 2025

FBI searches of U.S. person data collected using a controversial spying authority rose some 35% in 2025, according to an FBI letter to Congress that was obtained by Nextgov/FCW. The bureau’s searches ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Erik Steiger discusses the operational pain ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Plug Power sells STAMP property as data center plans advance

Stream Data Centers will acquire another major piece of property at a Genesee County manufacturing park, paving the way for an $11.2 billion data center. The $132.5 million acquisition comes from Plug ...
Searchenginejournal.com

Data Shows AI Overviews Disappears On Certain Kinds Of Finance Queries

New data from BrightEdge shows how finance-related queries perform on AI Overviews, identifying clear areas that continue to show AIO while Google is pulling back from others. The deciding factor is ...
Neowin

Good news for Excel users: You can now import data from CSV files without Power Query

To make it easier to pull a .csv or .txt file directly into Excel without having to deal with Power Query, Microsoft is introducing two new import functions. Microsoft is making two new Import ...
Forbes

The Most Promising Ways To Turn Personal Data Into Real Income

Consumers are increasingly aware that their personal information fuels everything from targeted advertising to AI development, yet they rarely see direct financial returns from that value. And ...
Time

Data Centers are Lousy for the Planet. Should We Move Them to Space?

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