Oracle is doubling down its focus on agentic use cases for enterprises with new features added to its latest long-term support version of its database offering — AI Database 26ai. The new database includes Select AI Agent, Agent Factory, and integration with Oracle’s MCP servers. AI Database 26ai, which has been made generally available, replaces

If you’re a software developer and you don’t already know of Paul Graham and his wonderful essays, then you’re in for a treat. Graham writes about programming, running startups, and, well, life. As one of the original dotcom success stories and the founder of Y Combinator, Graham knows of what he writes. My personal favorite essay

Oracle has unveiled a new data lakehouse offering that supports Apache Iceberg to help enterprises streamline analytics and enhance data interoperability across cloud and on-premises environments. Enterprises focused on leveraging data for AI and analytics use cases have lately been turning to data lakehouses as they blend the affordability and scalability of data lakes with

Java microframeworks are generally lightweight and minimalistic, characterized by their emphasis on performance, cloud-native capabilities, and developer experience. They are designed for building lightweight web applications, and they’re particularly well-suited to microservices architectures. Although Spring Boot is the most common choice in this arena, different frameworks cater to different needs. This article is a quick

Python’s rich ecosystem of data science tools is a big draw for users. The only downside of such a broad and deep collection is that sometimes the best tools can get overlooked. Here’s a rundown of some of the best newer or less-known data science projects available for Python. Some, like Polars, are getting more

Generative AI has gone from curiosity to core capability in less than two years. Companies across sectors now face an urgent skills shortage — not just of AI specialists, but of employees who can use generative AI tools in everyday work. In industries ranging from IT services and software development to staffing, travel, and industrial

The launch of a major Windows 10 update isn’t the end of a process — it’s really just the beginning. As soon as one of Microsoft’s feature updates (such as Windows 10 version 22H2) is released, the company quickly gets to work on improving it by fixing bugs, releasing security patches, and occasionally adding new

In what may become another strategically positive moat around its business, Apple has announced a huge 650MW European energy investment to ensure the energy required to use its devices and services is offset with renewable power. The move forms  part of a global commitment as the company moves to build a circular business by 2030.

Windows 10 on Tuesday reached its end-of-support deadline, meaning businesses will no longer receive free security patches or technical support from Microsoft for devices running the operating system.  Those that continue with Windows 10 past the deadline must pay $61 per device for the first year of additional support via Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program.

Generative AI (genAI) agents are changing language translation, with actions, emotions and diagrams now driving communication across languages. Translation agents from a few companies go beyond text and use voice, image, and video to communicate across languages in real time and with high accuracy. “You need to be able to deal with multimodality. It’s not