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Apache Spark 4.3 brings stateful streaming with millisecond-scale latency, history-preserving Auto CDC, and faster data and ...

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Simon Willison’s SQLite parse_number() experiment initially put Rust ahead of C, until a targeted parser rewrite reversed the ...

A new reinforcement learning optimizer called LIGHT uses dynamic graph attention and logarithmic reward shaping to cut query ...

Microsoft .NET 11 launched Nov. 10 as a standard-term support release supported through Nov. 14, 2028, the same end date as .NET 10 long-term support. Support for .NET 8 and .NET 9 ended the same day.

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WP2Shell exploits two WordPress flaws to bypass authentication, create admin accounts, and execute malicious code on vulnerable servers.

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Couchbase, the Operational Data Platform for AI®, today announced a major expansion of its AI Data Plane with new capabilities including native Amazon Bedrock integration with semantic caching, ...