Oracle plans to lay off thousands of employees due to AI data center buildout expenses: report

Oracle plans thousands of layoffs as it ramps AI data center spending and targets $45–$50B for cloud capacity.
InfoWorld

The best new features in MariaDB

The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB.
GitHub

PRQL/prql: PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement

Pipelined Relational Query Language, pronounced "Prequel". PRQL is a modern language for transforming data — a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement. Like SQL, it's readable, explicit and ...
GitHub

SQL-R1: Training Natural Language to SQL Reasoning Model By Reinforcement Learning

Natural Language to SQL (NL2SQL) enables intuitive interactions with databases by transforming natural language queries into structured SQL statements. Despite recent advancements in enhancing ...
CNBC

Oracle gains 9%, Microsoft climbs 3% as tech tries to bounce back from $1 trillion sell-off

Big Tech stocks tried to rally Monday after a week that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from their market caps. Oracle led the gains among the tech names. Market concerns came as companies announced ...