Science Daily

Scientists create robots smaller than a grain of salt that can think

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Previews Azure HorizonDB as Cloud Native PostgreSQL Engine

Azure HorizonDB introduces cloud-native PostgreSQL with disaggregated compute and storage for faster scaling and failover. HorizonDB’s Rust-based storage engine improves security, reliability, and ...
The Verge

Copilot on Windows can now create Office documents and connect to Gmail

You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. You can create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files from the Copilot chat interface. is a senior editor and author of ...
InfoWorld

PostgreSQL 18 to boost OLTP performance, but misses AI readiness

The upcoming release adds asynchronous I/O and UUID v7 for faster transactions, yet lacks features to support HTAP and agentic AI workloads. The upcoming version of PostgreSQL 18, the latest release ...
Science Daily

Scientists create living building material that captures CO₂ from the air

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an astonishing new material: a printable gel that’s alive. Infused with ancient cyanobacteria, this "photosynthetic living material" not only grows but also ...
VentureBeat

Enterprise alert: PostgreSQL just became the database you can't ignore for AI applications

The open-source PostgreSQL (sometimes also referred to as Postgres) is apparently a very hot commodity for big enterprise data platform vendors. Unlike Neon, which was only a three-year-old company, ...
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft's MCP Server Preview for Azure PostgreSQL To Streamline AI Integration

Microsoft on Thursday introduced a public preview of its new Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Azure Database for PostgreSQL, aimed at simplifying the process for AI models to interact with ...
The Hacker News

Over 1,500 PostgreSQL Servers Compromised in Fileless Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign

Exposed PostgreSQL instances are the target of an ongoing campaign designed to gain unauthorized access and deploy cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said the activity is a variant of an ...
The New York Times

OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator for ChatGPT

The company’s chatbot can now create elaborate and unusual images. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco Chatbots were originally designed to chat. But they can generate images, too. On Tuesday, ...
The Hacker News

PostgreSQL Vulnerability Exploited Alongside BeyondTrust Zero-Day in Targeted Attacks

Threat actors who were behind the exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA) and Remote Support (RS) products in December 2024 likely also exploited a ...
CSOonline

PostgreSQL patches SQLi vulnerability likely exploited in BeyondTrust attacks

Attackers who exploited a zero-day vulnerability in BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access and Remote Support products in December likely also exploited a previously unknown SQL injection flaw in ...