InfoWorld

The revenge of SQL: How a 50-year-old language reinvents itself

From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...
KXAN

Texas regulators will ask data centers to begin reporting their water usage

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...
CNN

With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...
Bleeping Computer

Exposed MongoDB instances still targeted in data extortion attacks

A threat actor is targeting exposed MongoDB instances in automated data extortion attacks demanding low ransoms from owners to restore the data. The attacker focuses on the low-hanging fruit, ...
Wired

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...
SiliconANGLE

Data retrieval and embeddings enhancements from MongoDB set the stage for a year of specialized AI

The process of moving an artificial intelligence prototype to production has a lot of moving parts and can get bogged down quickly. To break up this logjam, database services provider MongoDB Inc.
VentureBeat

Why MongoDB thinks better retrieval — not bigger models — is the key to trustworthy enterprise AI

Agentic systems and enterprise search depend on strong data retrieval that works efficiently and accurately. Database provider MongoDB thinks its newest embeddings models help solve falling retrieval ...
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 ...
Phoenix New Times

Chandler data center project will use ‘unknown’ amount of water

Those pushing for a controversial new AI data center in Chandler — a cohort that includes paid not-technically-a-lobbyist Kyrsten Sinema — have made big promises about how it would save the city water ...
E&E

States push to end secrecy over data center water use

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...
WHIO

I-TEAM: Data centers, water, and secrets: Companies using NDAs to hide their names, water usage

MIAMI VALLEY — There are hundreds of data centers operating across Ohio. The facilities power the internet and Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are at least two more of them on the way to the ...