EDB Postgres(R) AI Delivers Superior Predictability vs. Cloud Data Warehouses in High-Concurrency Benchmark, Unveils Q1 Platform Updates to Power the Agentic AI Era

Independent benchmark by McKnight Consulting Group reveals EDB Postgres AI for WarehousePG delivers up to 58% cost savings and more consistent concurrent performance, while new platform features ...
The Atlantic

Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Soroosh Khodami discusses why we aren't ready ...
CNET

AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
InfoQ

OpenAI Scales Single Primary Postgresql to Millions of Queries per Second for ChatGPT

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Quanta Magazine

Physicists Make Electrons Flow Like Water

If you were asked to picture how electrons move, you could be forgiven for imagining a stream of particles sluicing down a wire like water rushing through a pipe. After all, we often describe ...
Houston Chronicle

How much water do AI data centers use? A new survey could help Texas regulators find out.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...
Inside Higher Ed

Education Dept. Tells Universities Not to Use Student Voting Data

The Education Department sent a message to colleges and universities nationwide Thursday: Any that use data released this year by a massive student voting study risk being labeled violators of a ...
AZ Central

We estimated data centers' water and power use. Here's how

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...
The Washington Post

I let ChatGPT analyze a decade of my Apple Watch data. Then I called my doctor.

Geoff’s column hunts for how tech can make your life better — and advocates for you when tech lets you down. Got a question or topic to investigate? [email protected] and geoffreyfowler.88 ...
Forbes

How Liberty Mutual Insurance Is Using Data And AI To Deliver Value To Its Customers And Employees

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Randy Bean is a noted Senior Advisor, Author, Speaker, Founder, & CEO. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
The Verge

Google brings its AI videomaker to Workspace users

Users across Workspace plans can now use Flow to create videos based on a text prompt or images. Users across Workspace plans can now use Flow to create videos based on a text prompt or images. is a ...