The database that refused to die: How Postgres survived its own creators

Stonebraker essentially abandoned Postgres in the mid-1990s. But instead of fading into obscurity, the codebase was salvaged ...
InfoQ

PostgreSQL 19 Beta Introduces SQL Graph Queries and Concurrent Table Repacking

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Scientific American

Microsoft’s new quantum computer chip has a fundamental problem

Microsoft’s announcement of a new quantum computing breakthrough with its Majorana 2 chip continues a trend of bold claims followed by scant evidence Microsoft claimed today that it has improved its ...
Computer Weekly

How Australian firms are using graph databases

Neo4j, the graph database from the US-Swedish company of the same name, is used by 76% of the Fortune 100, and its Australian customers include organisations in the healthcare, policing and banking ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of US employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history, per reports from CNBC and Bloomberg. According to an internal memo, employees will be eligible if their ...
The New York Times

Microsoft Targets About 7% of Its U.S. Workers With Buyout Offer

The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early retirements as it continues to invest aggressively in artificial intelligence. The tech giant is offering long-serving employees early ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft traces Universal Print issues to Graph API code change

Microsoft says that an ongoing Universal Print sharing issue that prevents users from creating some printer shares is due to a Microsoft Graph API code change. Universal Print is a cloud-based print ...
Reuters

Microsoft must face $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences

LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab must face a mass lawsuit alleging it overcharged thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on cloud computing ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms SQL Zero-Day Security Vulnerability—Here’s The Fix

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Microsoft Security Response Center has confirmed that a SQL Server elevation of ...
The Verge

Apple quietly acquired the graph database company Kuzu late last year.

The acquisition seems to have occurred in October 2025, as AppleInsider reports. Apple’s motivation for purchasing Kuzu remains a mystery, but graph databases like Kuzu’s could be used in Apple’s ...
CNBC

Microsoft lost $357 billion in market cap as stock plunged most since 2020

The selling frenzy around Microsoft cut $357 billion off the software company's market capitalization, leaving it at $3.22 trillion as of Thursday's close. Analyst Ben Reitzes said Microsoft needs to ...
SiliconANGLE

Microsoft updates database portfolio and adds open-source offerings

Microsoft Corp. today is introducing updates across its database portfolio as part of general availability announcements for Azure DocumentDB and SQL Server 2025. The software and cloud giant is also ...