Microsoft researchers have developed On-Policy Context Distillation (OPCD), a training method that permanently embeds ...

Pinterest launched a next-generation CDC-based database ingestion framework using Kafka, Flink, Spark, and Iceberg. The system reduces data availability latency from 24+ hours to 15 minutes, processes ...

The thick client is making a comeback. Here’s how next-generation local databases like PGlite and RxDB are bringing ...

Under the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation agenda, federal immigration agents have been granted an arsenal of surveillance tools to deploy against migrants and citizens. Immigration and ...

Early last week, FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the bureau is investigating the use of the encrypted Signal messaging platform by "ICE Watch" activists to track and block federal immigration ...

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

Federal immigration officers fanning out across Minnesota and other parts of the country are newly equipped with an array of state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, thanks to a bill passed last ...

American workers have embraced artificial intelligence at a remarkable pace over the past few years, according to a new Gallup poll that highlights how AI tools have become embedded in daily work ...

A deck brush can be a good tool for the right task. Just ask Veronika, the Brown Swiss cow. Veronika uses both ends of a deck brush to scratch various parts of her body, researchers report January 19 ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

A decorated Canadian police sergeant with more than two decades of experience on the force pleaded guilty to using the law enforcement database to pursue intimate relationships with around 30 women, ...