Why your cloud database performance sucks
“My cloud application is slow,” is a common complaint. However, nine times out of ten the cause does not lie with the application processing or the database’s inability to serve the application at the...
The Best Online Gift Cards and Digital Gift Ideas (2023)
Trawling through busy retail stores seeking gifts is a daunting task. Shopping online can be just as time-consuming, and you may run into delivery delays. Even if you successfully secure a haul of presents,...
Microsoft Copilot AI to flex more muscle
After launching the unified Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio two weeks ago, Microsoft is now preparing more advanced capabilities for Copilot that will be available early next year.Setting sights on 2024, Microsoft on December...
How carbon removal technology is like a time machine
Imagine all carbon removal technology as one big time machine, winding the clock back on emissions. If the world is emitting just under 40 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in a year, how...
Women Buy More Cars, So Why Are the Designs So Macho?
Building design elements into cars that make sense for dogs and kids and groceries isn’t sexist, or buying into a stereotype—it’s a nod to the invisible labor women do every day, regardless of whether...
How AI assistants are already changing the way code gets made
The key idea behind Copilot and other programs like it, sometimes called code assistants, is to put the information that programmers need right next to the code they are writing. The tool tracks the...
The best new features in Angular 17: A kinder, faster Angular
Angular is one of the most storied front-end web frameworks, and it has gone through significant changes since its initial release—including the complete rewrite that transformed it into a reactive framework in the vein...
9 Best Password Managers (2023): Features, Pricing, and Tips
1Password does have a few extras that might make it better for some though. If you frequently travel across national borders, you’ll appreciate my favorite 1Password feature: Travel Mode. This mode lets you delete...
AI’s carbon footprint is bigger than you think
But there’s one thing people aren’t talking enough about, and that’s the carbon footprint of AI. One part of the reason is that big tech companies don’t share the carbon footprint of training and...
Can cloud computing be truly federated?
Reporters often call me about whatever newfangled buzzword is out there and what it means to the typical enterprise. Recently, I’ve been questioned about the fediverse.The fediverse is a decentralized social network of independent...
