Agentic workflows are making distributed, always-on databases nonnegotiable

Oracle tackles database infrastructure with its Globally Distributed AI Database, aiming to ensure zero data loss for mission ...
Bleeping Computer

Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks

Data protection company Veeam Software has patched multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication solution, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. VBR is enterprise data ...
ProPublica

DHS Seeks Access to Massive Employment, Salary and Family Database Legally Restricted to Use in Child Support Cases

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement arm is ...
Cleveland.com

Why Ohio gave $4.5M to a data center project that will create just 10 jobs

COLUMBUS, Ohio—State officials’ approval of a $4.5 million tax break for a Northeast Ohio data‑center expansion was met with a chorus of online criticism, given that the project will only create 10 ...
People

Kristi Noem Insists ICE Isn't Creating a Database of Protesters Before Congressman Shows Her Video of Agent Who Said Otherwise

Under the spotlight during a House Judiciary hearing, the DHS secretary denied claims that her department is building a database of anti-ICE protesters Joe Raedle/Getty Kristi Noem denied that the ...
InfoQ

Hybrid Cloud Data at Uber: How Engineers Solved Extreme-Scale Replication Challenges

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Agent workflows make transport a first-order ...
The Washington Post

Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America

At the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi, staff members asked the Trump administration to review an entire exhibit on the Black teen’s brutal 1955 killing by White men ...
Fast Company

Google’s new Minnesota data center comes with the world’s largest battery—and won’t raise electric bills

New data centers can lead to higher electric bills and lock in aging, outdated coal plants. But a Google project in Minnesota takes a different approach: The tech giant is paying to build enough clean ...
Post and Courier

Rural SC residents didn't know about an $800M data center before approval. Now they have questions.

MARION — Construction could begin on an $800 million data center in a rural South Carolina county as soon as this year, but some residents say they’re just learning of the project’s existence. Marion ...
Newsweek

AT&T Settlement Update: Payout for $177M Data Breach

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. AT&T customers who filed claims in the $177 million class-action settlement tied to two 2024 data breaches are a step ...
Reuters

India's Tata signs up OpenAI as customer for data centre business

NEW DELHI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - OpenAI will become the first customer of India's Tata Consultancy Services' data centre business, beginning with 100 megawatts of capacity, part of the global AI ...