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The second major cloud outage in less than two weeks, Azure’s downtime highlights the “brittleness” of a digital ecosystem that depends on a few companies never making mistakes. Microsoft's problems ...

SQL Bulk copy fails on SQL Server 2016. It may need to utilize dynamic sql instead of the IF statement because the query won't compile on older versions. Invalid column name 'graph_type'. To reproduce ...

When Georgia State University professor G. Sue Kasun taught a new course this summer, she used generative artificial intelligence to help her brainstorm. Kasun, a professor of language, culture and ...

Editor's take: Vapes aren't what they were a few years ago. Some now sport screens ranging from the basic – displaying charge and approximate puffs left – to elaborate LEDs showing brand logos with ...

Starting in October, Microsoft will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Azure resource management actions to protect Azure clients from unauthorized access attempts. This change is part ...

The SSA says the data is being stored in a "long-standing environment." A whistleblower complaint filed on Tuesday alleges that the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of all federal ...

DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency’s chief data officer. By Nicholas Nehamas ...

Two good Samaritans are being hailed as heroes after they jumped into a creek at a South Carolina marina and rescued a ride-share driver who accidentally drove into the water during a rainstorm, ...

This video features a trap constructed using 4,464 crafting tables in Minecraft. The structure is designed to deceive and contain another player during active gameplay. The video includes planning, ...