InfoQ

Microsoft Agent Framework RC Simplifies Agentic Development in .NET and Python

Microsoft has announced that the Microsoft Agent Framework has reached Release Candidate status for both .NET and Python. This milestone indicates that the API surface is stable and feature-complete ...
NPR

Millions of student loan borrowers aren't repaying their loans — and defaults are up

Roughly a million borrowers defaulted on their federal student loans late last year, with millions delinquent on their payments and sliding toward the same fate. That's according to federal data and ...
WDBJ

Virginia lawmakers look to address data center water use

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia lawmakers are considering legislation to limit water consumption by data centers. It comes as Google plans to draw an estimated 8 million gallons per day from Carvins ...
IEEE

Fed-DPSDG-WGAN: Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation for Loan Default Prediction via Federated Wasserstein GAN

Abstract: Lenders typically conduct thorough credit checks to mitigate credit default risk before lending money. Proactively predicting loan defaulters has become increasingly important. However, ...
IEEE

PyTond: Efficient Python Data Science on the Shoulders of Databases

Abstract: Python data science libraries such as Pandas and NumPy have recently gained immense popularity. Although these libraries are feature-rich and easy to use, their scalability limitations ...