DNA databases unite to create a fully open resource for transposable element research

For more than three decades, researchers studying genomes have relied on foundational resources such as Repbase and, more ...
Fast Company

Influencers are peddling ‘the library hack’ as a way to score cheaper flights. Whether it works is beside the point

Online creators are giving their followers some unusual advice to help lower ticket prices for flights: head to the public library. Over the past few days, multiple viral posts have sprung up wherein ...
Wired

A Library Dedicated Solely to the Epstein Files Is Opening in New York

The Institute for Primary Facts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files for public display at the newly opened Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. In the ...
Bleeping Computer

Critical flaw in Protobuf library enables JavaScript code execution

Proof-of-concept exploit code has been published for a critical remote code execution flaw in protobuf.js, a widely used JavaScript implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers. The tool is highly ...
InfoQ

Lakehouse Tower of Babel: Handling Identifier Resolution Rules across Database Engines

Open table formats such as Apache Iceberg standardize data and metadata semantics across engines, but they do not provide SQL dialect interoperability, leaving identifier resolution to each engine. In ...
Wired

He Built the Definitive Epstein Database—and It Consumed His Life

In February, a user named EricKeller2 posted on Reddit. “I mapped every connection in the Epstein files,” he wrote. He had built a website and database of more than 1.5 million files related to the ...
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 ...
The New York Times

Where Censored Words Find a Safe Haven: Inside Minecraft

The Uncensored Library, a digital project that chronicles attacks on journalistic liberty, is adding a U.S. wing alongside those dedicated to Russia, Saudi Arabia and others. By Will Bahr I’m standing ...
WTOL

Toledo Library pivots strategy for new Whitehouse branch

WHITEHOUSE, Ohio — The Toledo Lucas County Public Library is shifting its strategy for bringing a new branch to the Whitehouse community, confirming to WTOL 11 on Tuesday that the facility will no ...
InfoQ

Databricks Introduces Lakebase, a PostgreSQL Database for AI Workloads

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East Bay Times

Library Lines: Four Contra Costa branches to close doors for renovations

Over the next two years, the Contra Costa County Library system will tackle large-scale infrastructure projects at four county-owned library buildings. Library Lines: Contra Costa branches’ 2025 ...