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Microsoft introduces open-source multimodal Phi-4 reasoning model
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (271+ words) Microsoft has released a new multimodal reasoning model: Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B. The model combines two existing algorithms using a mid-fusion approach and can analyze images, scientific graphs, and screen interfaces. Despite its smaller size, it outperforms comparable models on mathematical and…...
51 AI agents book your next trip to Australia
7+ hour, 59+ min ago (772+ words) Oh, is the first quarter already over?" It sounds like an almost impossible question in the travel industry, where the first quarter is traditionally the busiest season. Yet this was exactly the reaction of TravelEssence employees in their third year…...
Databricks launches Zerobus Ingest for faster streaming
1+ week, 2+ day ago (293+ words) Databricks has launched Zerobus Ingest, a serverless service that streams data directly to the lakehouse. The solution is designed to eliminate the complexity of traditional message buses, such as Kafka, and drastically reduce costs. Zerobus Ingest is a fully managed…...
ThoughtSpot aims to make data AI-ready with Analyst Studio update
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (375+ words) With a new version of Analyst Studio, ThoughtSpot hopes to make company data ready for AI projects via agents. Data from widely different sources can be brought together within a single workflow. ThoughtSpot also promises that cloud costs will remain…...
Datadog prevents rollout chaos with Feature Flags
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (260+ words) When rolling out new features, problems can arise that did not occur in test environments. Datadog cannot put an end to that problem, but it can make it more manageable. To provide development and production environments with unambiguous observability, Datadog…...
Cisco launches agentic security tools for autonomous AI security
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (164+ words) Cisco Foundation AI is getting new agentic security tools to help companies secure autonomous AI systems. These include Foundation-sec-8B-Reasoning, a cybersecurity reasoning model; an adaptive AI search framework; and the open-source threat-hunting assistant PEAK. The tools offer transparency and…...
4 steps to create a future-proof data infrastructure
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (375+ words) Start by asking fundamental questions: "What do we want to achieve in six, twelve, or twenty-four months?" and "What are our biggest challenges right now?" When the answers to these questions are clear, you can determine which technologies are appropriate....
Check Point launches AI-driven Exposure Management
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (270+ words) Check Point Exposure Management is designed to help organizations defend against attacks from the AI era by transforming fragmented exposure data into prioritized, actionable, and secure remediation. The solution combines threat intelligence, dark web insights, attack surface visibility, and automated…...
Sumo Logic launches data pipeline apps for Snowflake and Databricks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (212+ words) Sumo Logic announces two new apps for Snowflake and Databricks. The Snowflake Logs App and Databricks Audit App are designed to give teams better insight into their data pipelines. This will enable them to resolve issues and detect security incidents…...
ClickHouse, the open-source challenger to Snowflake and Databricks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (625+ words) ClickHouse, the open-source challenger to Snowflake and Databricks'Techzine Global At the end of last week, ClickHouse made two major announcements. It has now reached a valuation of $15 billion after a new investment round and has acquired Langfuse, which provides observability…...