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Claude Code 2.1.0 arrives with smoother workflows and smarter agents
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Demystifying data fabrics – bridging the gap between data sources
The term “data fabric” is used across the tech industry, yet its definition and implementation can vary. I have seen this across The post Demystifying data fabrics – bridging the gap between data sources and workloads appeared first on Gigaom...
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‘Less pitching, more listening’: What Amazon is really doing at
By Seb Joseph • January 5, 2026 • Ivy Liu Keep up to date with Digiday’s annual coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. More from the series → CES has become the ad industry’s first real gut check of the year. For Amazon’s ad team, that means less pitching and more
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Exploited MongoBleed flaw leaks MongoDB secrets, 87K servers exposed
A severe vulnerability affecting multiple MongoDB versions, dubbed MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847), is being actively exploited in the wild, with over 80,000 potentially vulnerable servers exposed on the public web. A public exploit and accompanying technical details are available, showing how attackers can trigger the flaw to remotely extract secrets, credentials, and other sensitive data from an
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Why CIOs must lead AI experimentation, not just govern it
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New York State will require warning labels on social media
The State of New York will now require social media platforms to display warning labels similar to those found on cigarettes. The bill was passed by the New York Legislature in June and signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday. It will apply to any platforms that feature infinite scrolling, auto-play, like counts
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2025 was rough for Target. It could also be the
By Douglas Davis • December 24, 2025 • This story was first published by Digiday sibling ModernRetail Some may call this Target’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Others, sitting in Minneapolis, hope this year was when the retailer started to get back on track. Much of the front half of the year for
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Your subscription fatigue ends here: Lock in lifetime Office for
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 for Windows is just $29.97 (MSRP $229) through December 21 — one payment, no subscription fees, all the essential apps you already use every day. Why keep paying for Microsoft Office on repeat when you can make it a one-and-done purchase instead? For $29.97, you can grab a lifetime
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Google releases FunctionGemma: a tiny edge model that can control
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