Transactional Databases

Microsoft brings transactional databases to Fabric to boost AI agents

At its Ignite 2024 conference today, Microsoft announced a major step toward breaking down data silos separating transactional databases and analytical tools. The tech giant revealed that Azure ...

Tech - VentureBeat - 15 hours ago

Exposed United Nations Database Left Sensitive Information Accessible Online

The 115,000-plus files related to UN Women included detailed financial disclosures from organizations around the world—and personal details and testimonials from vulnerable individuals.

Tech - Wired - October 22

Apple, Goldman Sachs Ordered to Pay $89 Millions Over Transaction Disputes

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau ordered the two to pay out over Apple Card disputes.

Business - Inc. - October 23

Timescale expands open source vector database capabilities for PostgreSQL

Timescale debuts open source pgai Vectorizer for AI embeddings as it looks to push vector database beyond RAG.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 29

Visa says spending trends are stable, and this time Wall Street agrees

Visa’s CFO expects the “stable and resilient consumer” to keep up such spending trends into the company’s new fiscal year.

Business - MarketWatch - October 29

Adyen shares slide as payments giant's transaction volume growth slows

Adyen shares sank Thursday after the company reported a slowdown in the growth of its transaction volumes in the third quarter.

Business - CNBC - November 7

Interpol Tightens Oversight After Autocrats Target Its Databases

The changes are intended to stop governments from using the world’s largest police organization to harass and monitor political dissidents.

World - The New York Times - November 7

Our brains are vector databases — here’s why that’s helpful when using AI

Parallels between our brains and vector databases go deeper than retrieval. Both excel at compression, organizing and identifying patterns.

Tech - VentureBeat - 3 days ago

The graph database arms race: How Microsoft and rivals are revolutionizing cybersecurity

The fast-rising pace of attacks is driving a graph database arms race across leading cybersecurity providers.

Tech - VentureBeat - 4 hours ago

Apple and Goldman Sachs must pay $89 million for mishandling Apple Card transactions, CFPB orders

A federal regulator has ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a combined $89 million for deceiving consumers and mishandled Apple Card customers' transaction

Tech - ABC News - October 23

USDA to ban online transaction fees on school lunch payments for low-income families

A federal policy will prohibit schools from charging transaction fees to low-income families when they make electronic deposits into their lunch accounts.

Open source vector database vendor targets enterprise AI costs with cloud update

The vendor behind the open source Milvus vector database has a big cloud update designed to improve performance and reduce enterprise AI costs.