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

Microsoft has confirmed that a hacker who successfully exploits a zero-day SQL vulnerability could gain system administrator privileges. Here’s how to fix it.
InfoQ

From Minutes to Seconds: Uber Boosts MySQL Cluster Uptime with Consensus Architecture

Uber redesigned its MySQL fleet using a consensus-driven architecture based on MySQL Group Replication, reducing cluster failover time from minutes to seconds. By moving leader election and failure ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

Google Cloud has recently announced the preview of a global queries feature for BigQuery. The new option lets developers run ...
GitHub

SQL Server MCP Client

See Configuring Claude Desktop / Claude Code for examples. A comprehensive Microsoft SQL Server client implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server provides extensive SQL Server ...
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'Nightmare' DWP work scheme leaves disabled people waiting 18 months for cash

The Government’s disability employment scheme has become a “nightmare” bedevilled with funding cuts and delays of up to 18 months for support, The i Paper has been told. Disabled people who rely on ...
Slate

All the Women in My Life Tell Me to Kick My Jobless Boyfriend to the Curb. That’s Not Going to Happen.

My amazing boyfriend of seven years has a degree in computer science and has now been unemployed for 18 months. He worked for small tech companies for 12 years, since right out of college, and is no ...
Slate

Rescued Castaway

On this day in 1709, Alexander Selkirk was found by an English vessel and brought aboard, ending more than four years spent as a castaway. A sailor, Selkirk had been marooned after quarreling with his ...