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Test scores are down, but experts don’t know exactly why

In sum: Test scores have been trending down for over a decade. There are some signs of recovery in math, but not many in ...

Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...
Daily FT

CBSL maps 2026 reform drive with focus on price stability, financial resilience and data-driven policy

By Charumini de Silva The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday outlined an ambitious and wide-ranging policy agenda for ...

Illinois health department exposed over 700,000 residents’ personal data for years

The health department for the U.S. state of Illinois has confirmed that a years-long security lapse exposed the personal ...

New California tool can stop brokers from selling your personal online data. Here’s how

Californians can now visit one state website to request all data brokers delete their personal information and refrain from ...
IEEE

Toward a Unifying Framework for Biophysical Variable Retrieval From EUMETSAT Sensors: Application to Meteosat Data

Abstract: The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellite (EUMETSAT) Land Surface Analysis Satellite Applications Facility (LSA SAF) generates and disseminates two suites of ...
IEEE

Analysis of the Retrieval Performance of 2-D Ionospheric Irregularity Maps in the Biomass Mission

Abstract: Low-frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images are affected by trans-ionospheric propagation of the radar waves. The 2-D total electron content (TEC) maps can be obtained as a product ...
The Washington Post

Supersized data centers are coming. See how they will transform America.

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...
Rest of World

We mapped the world’s hottest data centers

On paper, Singapore is a terrible location for a data center. With average temperatures hitting 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit) and relative humidity levels of above 80%, the country is ...