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Oracle simplifies migrating legacy databases off IBM mainframes with support for EBCDIC

Oracle on Tuesday described new EBCDIC character set compatibility features in Oracle AI Database for customers transitioning from legacy databases on IBM mainframes.

New Databricks tool uses AI agents to rewrite legacy SQL at scale

Databricks is adding an agentic code conversion capability to its Lakebridge toolkit, using Genie Code to provide its new customers another way to move from rival data warehouses to its lakehouse built atop Databricks SQL.

AI data centers in the US may face power cuts under PJM reliability proposal

The largest US power grid operator has proposed curtailing electricity supply to certain new large power users, including AI data centers, during grid emergencies beginning in June 2027, as surging demand threatens to outpace available generation capacity.

Exclusive: Yelp’s AI phone service for restaurants can now take food orders, too

When Alyssa Gangeri was running restaurants in New York more than a decade ago, Yelp was the bane of her existence, she says. She would regularly go down a rabbit hole, reading her restaurant’s reviews and scouring them for clues about when the diners had visited or who had served them.

Ukrainian hackers claim to have shot down a $50m SU-57 fighter using Russia's own air defense

InformNapalm claims cyber specialists manipulated Russian air defenses into destroying a Su-57, although Moscow insists the aircraft suffered a technical failure.

AMD's Venice is the first 2nm x86 server chip, but the stack doesn't fully ship until 2027

AMD's Zen 6 Venice EPYC is a 2nm, 256-core, 512-thread juggernaut which comes into play at the same time as Nvidia is gunning for the data center CPU market.

Why enterprises should care about Nokia’s AI-RAN platform

Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity.

The great scramble to build AI compute you can actually own

In May 2025, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, opened his laptop in The Hague and found himself locked out of his Microsoft email account.

Model Context Protocol is going stateless to make scaling simpler

Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.

Oracle simplifies migrating legacy databases off IBM mainframes with support for EBCDIC

Oracle on Tuesday described new EBCDIC character set compatibility features in Oracle AI Database for customers transitioning from legacy databases on IBM mainframes.

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New Databricks tool uses AI agents to rewrite legacy SQL at scale

Databricks is adding an agentic code conversion capability to its Lakebridge toolkit, using Genie Code to provide its new customers another way to move from rival data warehouses to its lakehouse built atop Databricks SQL.

AI data centers in the US may face power cuts under PJM reliability proposal

The largest US power grid operator has proposed curtailing electricity supply to certain new large power users, including AI data centers, during grid emergencies beginning in June 2027, as surging demand threatens to outpace available generation capacity.

Exclusive: Yelp’s AI phone service for restaurants can now take food orders, too

When Alyssa Gangeri was running restaurants in New York more than a decade ago, Yelp was the bane of her existence, she says. She would regularly go down a rabbit hole, reading her restaurant’s reviews and scouring them for clues about when the diners had visited or who had served them.

Ukrainian hackers claim to have shot down a $50m SU-57 fighter using Russia's own air defense

InformNapalm claims cyber specialists manipulated Russian air defenses into destroying a Su-57, although Moscow insists the aircraft suffered a technical failure.

AMD's Venice is the first 2nm x86 server chip, but the stack doesn't fully ship until 2027

AMD's Zen 6 Venice EPYC is a 2nm, 256-core, 512-thread juggernaut which comes into play at the same time as Nvidia is gunning for the data center CPU market.

Why enterprises should care about Nokia’s AI-RAN platform

Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity.

The great scramble to build AI compute you can actually own

In May 2025, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, opened his laptop in The Hague and found himself locked out of his Microsoft email account.

Model Context Protocol is going stateless to make scaling simpler

Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.

Oracle simplifies migrating legacy databases off IBM mainframes with support for EBCDIC

Oracle on Tuesday described new EBCDIC character set compatibility features in Oracle AI Database for customers transitioning from legacy databases on IBM mainframes.

New Databricks tool uses AI agents to rewrite legacy SQL at scale

Databricks is adding an agentic code conversion capability to its Lakebridge toolkit, using Genie Code to provide its new customers another way to move from rival data warehouses to its lakehouse built atop Databricks SQL.

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AI data centers in the US may face power cuts under PJM reliability proposal

The largest US power grid operator has proposed curtailing electricity supply to certain new large power users, including AI data centers, during grid emergencies beginning in June 2027, as surging demand threatens to outpace available generation capacity.

Exclusive: Yelp’s AI phone service for restaurants can now take food orders, too

When Alyssa Gangeri was running restaurants in New York more than a decade ago, Yelp was the bane of her existence, she says. She would regularly go down a rabbit hole, reading her restaurant’s reviews and scouring them for clues about when the diners had visited or who had served them.

Ukrainian hackers claim to have shot down a $50m SU-57 fighter using Russia's own air defense

InformNapalm claims cyber specialists manipulated Russian air defenses into destroying a Su-57, although Moscow insists the aircraft suffered a technical failure.

AMD's Venice is the first 2nm x86 server chip, but the stack doesn't fully ship until 2027

AMD's Zen 6 Venice EPYC is a 2nm, 256-core, 512-thread juggernaut which comes into play at the same time as Nvidia is gunning for the data center CPU market.

Why enterprises should care about Nokia’s AI-RAN platform

Earlier this month, Nokia provided an AI-RAN platform update that brings an AI-native and programmable compute which is projected to double spectral efficiency by 2028. This increases speed, but more importantly, it can allow mobile operators to create some actual monetization beyond connectivity.

The great scramble to build AI compute you can actually own

In May 2025, Karim Khan, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, opened his laptop in The Hague and found himself locked out of his Microsoft email account.

Model Context Protocol is going stateless to make scaling simpler

Model Context Protocol (MCP), the emerging standard for connecting AI models to external tools and enterprise data, is undergoing its biggest architectural overhaul yet.

Oracle simplifies migrating legacy databases off IBM mainframes with support for EBCDIC

Oracle on Tuesday described new EBCDIC character set compatibility features in Oracle AI Database for customers transitioning from legacy databases on IBM mainframes.

New Databricks tool uses AI agents to rewrite legacy SQL at scale

Databricks is adding an agentic code conversion capability to its Lakebridge toolkit, using Genie Code to provide its new customers another way to move from rival data warehouses to its lakehouse built atop Databricks SQL.

AI data centers in the US may face power cuts under PJM reliability proposal

The largest US power grid operator has proposed curtailing electricity supply to certain new large power users, including AI data centers, during grid emergencies beginning in June 2027, as surging demand threatens to outpace available generation capacity.