The RAG era is ending for agentic AI — a new compilation-stage knowledge layer is what comes next

Vector database pioneer Pinecone recognizes this and is pivoting to meet the specific needs of agentic AI. The company today ...
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SQL Server gains local AI and secure RAG integration options

SQL Server 2025 is introducing AI-native capabilities alongside new approaches for secure integration with large language models. Enterprises can now run local AI models such as Llama 3 via Ollama for ...
SDxCentral

IBM and Nvidia tout content-aware storage on 100-billion vector database

IBM worked with Nvidia and Samsung to demonstrate a content-aware storage (CAS) system that can hold a 100-billion-vector database on a single server, work targeted at making retrieval-augmented ...
Forbes

Angry Hacker Drops Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit, 1 Billion Users Warned

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
dbta

Supporting MySQL Workflows with Semantic Search with Google Cloud

Modern semantic search does not have to require a separate vector database. Data architects, database engineers, developers, or platform leaders can integrate Vertex AI and Cloud SQL vector indexes ...
Interesting Engineering

Microsoft, NVIDIA unite to create digital ecosystem for accelerating nuclear reactor deployment

The partnership aims to speed up the deployment of nuclear reactors by addressing the reactor lifecycle bottlenecks.Microsoft Microsoft and NVIDIA have announced a collaboration to build an ecosystem ...
Microsoft

Advancing agentic AI with Microsoft databases across a unified data estate

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...
marktechpost

How to Build an Elastic Vector Database with Consistent Hashing, Sharding, and Live Ring Visualization for RAG Systems

In this tutorial, we build an elastic vector database simulator that mirrors how modern RAG systems shard embeddings across distributed storage nodes. We implement consistent hashing with virtual ...
Bleeping Computer

CISA flags critical Microsoft SCCM flaw as exploited in attacks

CISA ordered U.S. government agencies on Thursday to secure their systems against a critical Microsoft Configuration Manager vulnerability patched in October 2024 and now exploited in attacks.
Redmond Magazine

Restoring a Database to an Older Version of SQL Server

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...
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Alibaba Open-Sources Zvec: An Embedded Vector Database Bringing SQLite-like Simplicity and High-Performance On-Device RAG to Edge Applications

Alibaba Tongyi Lab research team released ‘Zvec’, an open source, in-process vector database that targets edge and on-device retrieval workloads. It is positioned as ‘the SQLite of vector databases’ ...
Fox News

Three Mile Island nuclear plant makes comeback with $1B in federal backing to meet increasing energy demands

Microsoft and Constellation Energy are teaming up to restart the long-dormant Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania. The companies are backed by a $1 billion federal energy loan, part of ...