With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...

In the meantime, the big question for data leaders is where to implement this logic. The market has split into two ...

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Microsoft’s agent factory vision now comes with some data and security controls. Microsoft’s agent factory vision now comes with some data and security controls. is a senior editor and author of ...

The new markdown-based format aims to provide structured, natural language workflows for AI agents, addressing unpredictability and maintenance issues seen in earlier approaches. AWS is open-sourcing ...

Each agent will be assigned an Entra ID, as Microsoft vies for position as the central management tool for agents at work. As businesses begin deploying AI agents in greater numbers, IT teams will ...

Eric Jing is on a mission to shift people from just talking with chatbots to using AI as an everyday companion to get work done, all from one platform. That platform is Genspark Super Agent from ...

Google today is introducing new features for the Gemini app, led by Gemini Agent, made possible by Gemini 3 Pro. For starters, responses in the Gemini app are “more helpful, better formatted, and more ...

The past is never the past is never the past — especially if you lived in Brazil in 1977, “a period of great mischief.” That’s the scene-setting intertitle that opens The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça ...

Employers across the U.S. added 119,000 jobs in September, marking a pickup after previous employment data had shown a slowdown in hiring. The report marks the first official job tally since the ...

The unemployment rate rose in September as more people looked for jobs, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. +400,000 The average job gain over the last three months +119,000 jobs in ...

The fresh data arrives about six weeks after its initially scheduled release. Employers hired far more workers than expected in September, defying a sharp slowdown over the summer that appeared to ...