Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

Microsoft has confirmed that a hacker who successfully exploits a zero-day SQL vulnerability could gain system administrator privileges. Here’s how to fix it.
InfoQ

From Minutes to Seconds: Uber Boosts MySQL Cluster Uptime with Consensus Architecture

Uber redesigned its MySQL fleet using a consensus-driven architecture based on MySQL Group Replication, reducing cluster failover time from minutes to seconds. By moving leader election and failure ...

Resident Evil Requiem is one of the few games to use GPU data decompression but it's a bit hit and miss as to whether your GPU will ever actually use it

What Compusemble noticed is that with an RTX 5090, RTX 5070, and RTX 5060, Resident Evil Requiem uses the GPU to decompress data. However, with an RTX 4060 laptop, the CPU fallback was used, despite ...
InfoQ

Databricks Introduces Lakebase, a PostgreSQL Database for AI Workloads

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Psychology Today

The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun

An AI recently tried to blackmail its way out of being shut down. In testing by Anthropic, their most advanced model, Claude Opus 4, didn't accept its fate when told it would be replaced. Instead, it ...
Redmond Magazine

Restoring a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...
AOL

Meet a 27-year-old software engineer who turned a 1.0 GPA in high school into a six-figure career at American Express

Angel Juarez was worried. At age 19, he was working part-time at a Michaels crafts store earning less than $15,000 a year and trying to make ends meet. He knew he wanted more in life and was ...
STAT

Pharmalittle: We’re reading about Super Bowl drug ads, an FTC deal with Express Scripts, and more

Ed Silverman, a senior writer and Pharmalot columnist at STAT, has been covering the pharmaceutical industry for nearly three decades. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

AI’s Impact On Engineering Jobs May Be Different Than Expected

AI is expected to eliminate many repetitive, entry-level tasks, but that may allow engineering students trained on the latest tools to start in more senior positions. AI is a force multiplier. It can ...
Futurism

ICE Is Scanning Civilians’ Faces, Telling Them They’re Being Entered Into a Terrorism Database

In case you needed further evidence that we’re living in the worst version of a cyberpunk dystopia, immigration officers are now scanning civilians’ faces to index them in a government database. Don’t ...
Yahoo

ICE Tells Legal Observer, 'We Have a Nice Little Database, and Now You're Considered a Domestic Terrorist'

Video taken this morning in Maine shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer taking pictures of a legal observer's car. When she asks why he's doing that, he says, "Because we have a ...