Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Google released a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Data Commons, exposing the project’s interconnected public datasets—census, health, climate, economics—through a standards-based interface ...

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to ...

Abstract: A wide range of applications manage interval data with, e.g., in temporal analytics, statistics, data anonymization etc. In this context, selection queries and overlap joins being the two ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. I live in Los Angeles—a city where, if you are in your 20s, don’t come from money, and are chasing a creative pursuit, you most likely work in a ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss whether and how to pay attention and respond when Trump “jokes” about the possibility of serving a third term as president.

A glitch in Google’s AI Overviews may inadvertently expose how Google’s algorithm understands search queries and chooses answers. Bugs in Google Search are useful to examine because they may expose ...

Natural language interface to databases is a growing focus within artificial intelligence, particularly because it allows users to interact with structured databases using plain human language. This ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...