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Hybrid Cloud Data at Uber: How Engineers Solved Extreme-Scale Replication Challenges

Uber’s HiveSync team optimized Hadoop Distcp to handle multi-petabyte replication across hybrid cloud and on-premise data lakes. Enhancements include task parallelization, Uber jobs for small ...

Intuit TurboTax has invested in AI for nearly a decade. In 2026, that plan includes store expansion.

For nearly a decade, Intuit has used AI for customer service and employee productivity. The company plans to open hundreds of TurboTax stores in 2026.
IEEE

Constrained Semi-MDP Formulation and Perception-Enhanced Safe Policy Learning for Efficient Dynamic Task Scheduling of Data Centers

Abstract: With the exponential growth of global data generation and the energy consumption of data centers (DCs), efficient dynamic task scheduling has become critical to optimize energy costs while ...

Microsoft’s new Copilot Tasks finally does the work for you

Microsoft's Copilot Tasks shifts AI from chat to action, silently handling everything from apartment hunting to canceling subscriptions while you focus on other things.

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude AI to steal Mexican government data

A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and ...
InfoQ

Pinterest’s CDC-Powered Ingestion Slashes Database Latency from 24 Hours to 15 Minutes

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 ...
IEEE

Automating Driving Behavior Anomaly Qualification in Real-Time for Electric Two-Wheelers Using GRU Autoencoder

Abstract: Driving behaviour qualification is a problem of analysis that involves the identification of patterns in vehicle operation mechanisms and their effects on their surroundings. Due to the ...
AZ Central

Americase to Moderate Panel on Automating Operations Beyond the Build at Tech Show London 2026, Data Centre World London

Experts examine how automation closes the gap between rapid data center buildouts & live operations—to reduce risk, protect infrastructure, and maintain uptime Data centers are being built faster than ...
Cape Cod Times

Scientists develop eco‑friendly bricks using desert sand to replace carbon-heavy Portland cement

Scientists have succeeded in transforming desert sand into sustainable, eco-friendly bricks, offering a promising alternative to Portland cement. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF ...
Business Insider

Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says AI will reach "human-level performance" in white-collar work. He predicts most tasks in that field can be automated within the next 12 to 18 months. Several ...
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Smart Bricks closes $5 million pre-seed to automate real estate investing

UAE-based proptech Smart Bricks has raised $5 million in a pre-seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z Speedrun), with participation from global funds and angel investors across the US, Europe, ...