Microsoft acquires data analytics startup Osmos to fuel push into ‘autonomous data engineering’

Microsoft announced Monday that it acquired Osmos, a Seattle startup that helps companies automate data engineering work.
InfoQ

DuckDB's WebAssembly Client Allows Querying Iceberg Datasets in the Browser

DuckDB has recently introduced end-to-end interaction with Iceberg REST Catalogs directly within a browser tab, requiring no ...
The New York Times

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google build out its infrastructure for artificial intelligence. By Eli Tan Reporting from Seattle Google has agreed to buy ...
The Verge

Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning

Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. Local fights against new data centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US. is a senior science reporter ...
The Hill

Sanders pushes for moratorium on AI data center construction

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday he will push for a moratorium on AI data center construction in an effort to “give democracy a chance to catch up” amid concerns about the “unregulated sprint” ...
Game Rant

Deciphering The Data Quest In ARC Raiders (Use Magnetic Decryptors)

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...
The Daily News Online

STREAM U.S. submits SEQR application for 2.2 million-square-foot data center at STAMP

ALABAMA — STREAM U.S. Data Centers wants more than a million additional square feet of space for its data center at Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park in the Town of ...
NBC4 Columbus

Report links data center to rare cancers, raising questions about central Ohioans’ safety

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A report linked Amazon data centers to miscarriages and rare cancers, drawing concerns about data centers’ presence in central Ohio. According to a report from Rolling Stone, ...
Forbes

IBM’s $11 Billion Bet On A Data Streaming Infrastructure Company

IBM is betting $11 billion that real-time data infrastructure will become as critical to AI deployments as databases were to enterprise applications. The company's just-announced acquisition of ...
Seeking Alpha

Confluent surges after IBM reveals plan to acquire data streaming pioneer for $11B

IBM (IBM) revealed today it plans to acquire Confluent (CFLT), a pioneer in data streaming, for about $11B, prompting Confluent shares to surge more than 25% during early Monday trading. Confluent ...
Inc

IBM Is Buying This Data Streaming Platform for $11 Billion

IBM said Monday it’s buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help bolster the technology company’s artificial intelligence strategy. The two companies said they ...
Bleeping Computer

University of Pennsylvania confirms new data breach after Oracle hack

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has announced a new data breach after attackers stole documents containing personal information from its Oracle E-Business Suite servers in August. The private ...