Threat actors are spreading malicious extensions via VS marketplaces
The discovery, only now being revealed by Wiz after remediation work by Microsoft and OpenVSX, is another example of why developers need to take more care in sanitizing their code before dropping it into open marketplaces, and why CSOs need to ensure extensions used by their developers are scrutinized closely. Developers are prime targets Developers […]
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A mini-CrowdStrike moment? Windows 11 update cripples dev environments
Just as Windows 10 has reached its end of life (EOL), issues with Windows 11 abound, the most recent an update that broke localhost for some developers, preventing them from accessing web apps running locally on their machines. The October 2025 cumulative update, (KB5066835), addressed security issues in Windows operating systems (OSes), but also appears […]
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Using Valkey on Azure and in .NET Aspire
Using RESP to link Valkey to code .NET Aspire’s existing Redis client will work with Valkey; all you need to do is ensure that you’re using the correct connectionName. Microsoft provides Aspire implementation details for three different Valkey scenarios: standard cache, distributed cache, and output cache. The documentation isn’t quite complete, as it often refers […]
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Selective retraining helps AI learn new skills without forgetting, study finds
To test whether this problem holds for today’s large multimodal models, the team conducted a controlled evaluation. They trained the selected models on five target tasks, including fine-grained bird classification, counting, medical visual question answering, OCR reading, and time reading. They then measured how much performance dropped across eight standard benchmarks that were not part […]
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Oracle targets agentic use cases with AI Database 26ai
“It’s about making AI Agents first-class citizens inside the database,” said Tony Baer, chief analyst at dbInsight. Baer was specifically hinting at the Select AI Agent added to the database, which builds on Select AI — a feature inside Oracle Database introduced in 2023 that allowed users to query data in natural language. Despite its […]
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How to run RAG projects for better data analytics results
A vector database, which stores document embeddings, scales quickly and supports distributed storage for advanced indexing and vector querying. A vector library, which is a faster, lighter way to hold vector embeddings. Vector support integrated into the existing database to store vector embeddings and support querying. The best choice depends on your specific circumstances. For […]
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Google’s Jules coding agent adds CLI, API
Google Labs has introduced Jules Tools and the Jules API, a command-line interface and API respectively for the Jules coding agent. Jules Tools and the Jules API were announced October 2. Jules Tools is a new CLI that brings Jules directly into the developer’s terminal, where they can start, stop, and verify Jules tasks next […]
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OpenAI Codex adds SDK, admin tools, Slack integration
With the new admin tools, which include environment controls, monitoring, and analytics dashboards, ChatGPT admins gain more visibility and control to manage Codex at scale, OpenAI said. For example, admins now can edit or delete Codex cloud environments in their workspace, monitor actions taken by Codex, monitor the quality of code reviews by Codex, and […]
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Lessons from the Salesforce breach
The chilling reality of a Salesforce.com data breach is a jarring wake-up call, not just for its customers, but for the entire cloud computing industry. In recent months, a wave of cyberattacks has targeted cloud-based platforms that house and process massive amounts of personal and corporate data. The latest extortion attempt is from Scattered LAPSUS$ […]
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Starburst pushes lakehouse boundaries with multi-agent AI and unified vector search
However, Starburst rivals, such as Databricks and Snowflake, offer agent governance features with Unity Catalog and Horizon, respectively. Analysts point out that the agent usage tracking features added to Startburst are not only important for controlling over-expenditure but are also becoming table stakes across data lakehouses. While Databricks’ Mosaic AI Gateway offers rate limits, usage […]
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