Data news and analysis on Web Pulse: 566 curated articles tracking the latest Data developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
Creation of a blog using OpenAI Codex desktop, highlighting its Markdown session transcript export feature. It provides a link to the session that built the blog and references issue 179. The post is tagged with topics i…
Google AI is being used to build safer and more resilient transportation systems, with a primary focus on achieving "Vision Zero" to reduce fatalities. Key strategies include shifting from reactive to proactive safety me…
Google Cloud has developed a method to significantly accelerate and reduce the cost of LLM-powered SQL functions in databases by using lightweight "proxy models." These proxy models, which are trained on-the-fly and util…
The cost of fiber-optic cable has risen sharply due to increased demand from both the AI-driven data center boom and military use in drone warfare, particularly in Ukraine and Russia. Combatants now use fiber-optic cable…
At the SAP SAPPHIRE 2026 conference, Google Cloud announced a suite of new integrations and infrastructure upgrades to unify enterprise data for AI, including a direct connector between SAP Business Data Cloud and BigQue…
Extreme AI training loads create a "power paradox" where massive GPU clusters generate high-frequency, abrupt power spikes that legacy grid infrastructure and backup systems cannot handle. To solve this, Ampace and Eaton…
The article explains how Chrome's Manifest V3 (MV3) forces developers to completely rethink browser extension architecture, particularly for offline-first apps syncing with Google Drive. Key adaptations include moving fr…
In the mid-2010s, the startup Chartbeat developed a novel analytics feature that tracked real-time user activity on webpages down to the pixel level, primarily targeting major news sites. However, the feature ultimately …
At HumanX, Neo4j CTO Philip Rathle discussed with Ryan how knowledge context enhances AI agents, arguing that a model-only approach is unsuitable for enterprises due to issues like stale training data. He explained that …
Updates to Google Cloud's Database Center, a unified management tool for its database fleet, now enhanced with Gemini-powered AI for observability and optimization. Key features include AI-driven recommendation validatio…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to deploy 1,570 iris scanning devices to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) locations nationwide under a no-bid contract with Bi2 Technologies. The system will allow …
Zero data retention (ZDR) policies are essential for teams using large language models (LLMs), as default provider practices often log prompts and outputs for extended periods, creating security and compliance risks. Wit…
At Google Cloud Next '26, Google announced Cloud Storage Rapid, a new family of object storage capabilities designed for data-intensive AI and analytics workloads. The offering includes Rapid Bucket, a high-performance z…
Shift from AI pilots to full-scale transformation in the public sector, emphasizing the need for a resilient, scalable, and secure infrastructure. Google Cloud highlights key innovations, including its AI Hypercomputer w…
The AI-powered Google Finance has launched across Europe with full local language support, offering features such as AI-driven research, advanced charting tools, real-time data for commodities and cryptocurrencies, and l…
A data extortion attack by the cybercrime group ShinyHunters targeted the education technology platform Canvas, disrupting classes nationwide after the group defaced the login page with a ransom demand threatening to lea…
The Open ASR Leaderboard has added private, high-quality English ASR datasets from Appen Inc. and DataoceanAI to prevent "benchmaxxing" and test-set contamination. While the average Word Error Rate (WER) still defaults t…
Railway, a cloud platform receiving over 10,000 daily signups, replaced its generic, low-engagement onboarding emails with a targeted system to identify high-value business users. By analyzing product usage data and sign…
Counterfactual analysis is a retrospective "what-if" method used to estimate what would have happened if a specific change had not occurred, often applied in social sciences or business settings where controlled experime…
This article is a transcript from the Stack Overflow podcast featuring Brian O'Grady from Qdrant, who discusses the differences between vector databases and Lucene-based architectures like Elasticsearch. The conversation…