How Identical Are 'Identical Characters' in Japanese? Measuring MySQL and PostgreSQL Collations and Full-Width Character Handling to Create a Duplicate Insp…

When applying UNIQUE constraints to Japanese names or addresses, or matching them via JOIN, the database collation determines ...

If you swap a MySQL 8.4 volume to 9.7, accounts using mysql_native_password will no longer be able to connect—though it will start. I measured what remains and wh…

MySQL 9.7 is the next LTS after 8.4, and the official stance supports the path from 8.4 LTS to 9.7 LTS. Meanwhile, ...
FT Markets

Teradata Brings Elastic Python Compute to AI Studio, Unifying Data, Governance, and AI at Enterprise Scale

Teradata (NYSE: TDC) today announced the general availability of Elastic Python Compute within AI Studio. The capability gives enterprise data science teams a managed, distributed Python environment ...
ESX Virtualization

ZSvirt.io – Open-Source KVM Virtualization That Actually Feels Enterprise (and Deploys in Minutes)

Another VMware alternative dropped into the open-source world in August 2026, and this one is worth a serious look. In fact, ...
Security Boulevard

CyberXero Uses AI Orchestration Layer to Run Two Cyber Campaigns

CyberXero, a Russian-speaking threat group, is using common hacking tools and AI to run two distinct campaigns: Common IAB ...

Anthropic takes risky AI tests offline after models breach govt sites

Anthropic announced that its internal AI models undergoing "high-risk and cybersecurity evaluations" no longer have internet ...
InfoWorld

Hands-on agentic development with Google’s Antigravity IDE

With Antigravity IDE and its coding agents, it takes no time at all to build a functioning web app with Astro, HTMX, and ...
Cyber Security News

SAP Security Update Patches Critical Code Injection and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

SAP has released its October 2026 security updates, fixing critical code injection, access control and cloud security flaws ...

Control Databases with Java, AI and MCP: Google’s MCP Toolbox

Java developers can use Google’s toolbox to address their databases via AI using MCP – currently with limitations.
IgniteSAP

Python for SAP Consultants: Where It Appears and How Much You Need

In an August 2026 interview on SAP News, Sonja Liénard, SAP’s head of the ABAP platform, described ABAP Cloud as the stable ...
9to5Google

Gemini 4 Argon is now rolling out to Google’s Antigravity for AI Pro subscribers

Google also provided a host of examples of how Argon in Antigravity has been used internally, including: YouTube comment ...
Security Boulevard

Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 1407 CVEs (CVE-2026-96951)

Critical1337Important0Moderate1LowMicrosoft addresses 1407 CVEs in the tenth Patch Tuesday of 2026, marking the second consecutive month to reset the bar as the largest Patch Tuesday release. This ...