Redmondmag.com

From Fabcon to MVP Summit: The Biggest SQL Server and Fabric Updates

Recent SQL Server 2025, Azure SQL, SSMS 22 and Fabric announcements highlight new event streaming and vector search capabilities, plus expanding monitoring and ontology tooling -- with tradeoffs in ...
IEEE

Analysis of Electroencephalogram Data Activity During Reading Using Scanning and Survey Question Read Recite Review Techniques

Abstract: Effective reading techniques are crucial for enhancing comprehension and training the brain to process information efficiently, motivating students to succeed academically. This quantitative ...
EurekAlert!

A cost-effective text-to-SQL approach based on adaptive refinement

The purpose of the Text-to-SQL task is to bridge the gap between natural language and SQL queries. Current approaches mainly rely on large language models (LLMs), but employing them for Text-to-SQL ha ...
GitHub

reading-xml-data-using-xpathdocument-and-xmldocument.md

There are two ways to read an XML document in the xref:System.Xml.XPath?displayProperty=fullName namespace. One is to read an XML document using the read-only xref ...
GitHub

remove-xml-data-using-xpathnavigator.md

Remove XML Data using XPathNavigator The xref:System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator class provides a set of methods used to remove nodes and values from an XML document. In order to use these methods, the ...
NPR

Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use that data to target ads. The same industry ...
Wired

New Bernie Sanders AI Safety Bill Would Halt Data Center Construction

The US senator said on Tuesday that a moratorium would give lawmakers time to "ensure that AI is safe." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will introduce a similar bill in the House in the weeks ahead. US ...
The Washington Post

A movement to ban data centers gains steam across the U.S.

Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce legislation Wednesday to block the construction of new data centers until lawmakers enact regulations on artificial intelligence, laying down a marker on the ...
Chicago Reader

The fight over Illinois’s data center boom is coming to a head

At a packed and contentious Joliet City Council meeting on Tuesday night, opponents outnumbered supporters of a proposed data center at the edge of the city, not far from a large warehouse development ...
Microsoft

Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...
Fast Company

Why the industry that feeds 8 billion people still can’t read its own data

Agricultural data is “fragmented, distributed, heterogeneous, and incompatible.” That’s the verdict from a major Council for Agricultural Science and Technology report published barely a year ago, and ...