AWS adds database features and license options aimed at simplifying agent deployment

The announcements add built-in durability for Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey and a new bring-your-own-media option for Amazon ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Extends Rust-Influenced Memory-Safety Push to C#

Microsoft is applying lessons from Rust to C# in a planned redesign of the unsafe code model, continuing a years-long company focus on reducing memory-safety risks historically associated with C and C ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Massive New Database Will Connect Billions of Historic Records to Tell the Full Story of American Slavery

In 1834, a 22-year-old Yoruba man who would come to be known as Manuel Vidau was captured as a prisoner of war and sold to slave traders in Lagos, today the largest city in Nigeria. A Spanish ship ...
Computerworld

Industry

EU sets out plans to reduce reliance on US cloud providers The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a package of measures to boost competitiveness around the development of AI, cloud and chips.