insurancebusinessmag

Federal Court keeps Greensill trade credit database copy confidential in privilege ruling

A federal judge has ruled that a copied policy database used in BCC’s trade credit business stays confidential in Greensill-related insurance proceedings. On December 8, 2025, the Federal Court of ...
TechSpot

2008's Spore was among the games that sold a single physical copy in the US last month

WTF?! Remember Spore, the PC game that released in 2008 to rave reviews? Last month, just over 17 years since it launched, somebody in the US bought a physical copy of Maxis' genre-blending title. It ...
Kotaku

Someone Might Have Just Bought The Last Brand-New Physical Copy Of 2008’s Spore

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Wall Street Journal

Germany’s Answer to Its Conscription Dilemma: a Database of Young Men Fit for War

BERLIN—Germany will build a database of young people detailing their fitness, aptitude and outlook to help it pick whom to draft should the country be attacked. The proposed move, a step toward ...
dbta

SAP Expands Partnership with Google Cloud with Zero-Copy Data for Google BigQuery

SAP and Google Cloud are expanding their long-standing data and analytics partnership with the launch of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Google BigQuery. By connecting Google BigQuery, the ...
techtimes

Whistleblower Claims DOGE Uploaded Live Social Security Database Copy to 'Vulnerable' Cloud Server

A whistleblower has claimed that the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under the Trump administration has uploaded a live copy of the Social Security database to a vulnerable cloud server.
TechCrunch

DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower

A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions of Social ...
The New York Times

DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says

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 ...
Marketplace

As NOAA shutters its database of expensive weather-related disasters, who will fill the gap?

The insurance industry used the public database to estimate future costs, while local governments turned to it for lessons on building resilient infrastructure. The federal government is going to stop ...
Redmond Magazine

Why SQL Server Is Still Worth It

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...
dbta

After 50 Years, What’s Next for SQL?

Even after 50 years, Structured Query Language, or SQL, remains the native tongue for those who speak data. It’s had impressive staying power since it was first coined the Structured Query English ...