PC World

Keep your photos private! Set up your own at-home NAS cloud alternative

PCWorld explains how setting up a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device provides a private alternative to cloud services like Google Photos and iCloud for photo backup. Entry-level 2-bay NAS ...
IEEE

Next-Generation Database Interfaces: A Survey of LLM-Based Text-to-SQL

Abstract: Generating accurate SQL from users’ natural language questions (text-to-SQL) remains a long-standing challenge due to the complexities involved in user question understanding, database ...
IEEE

AID-SQL: Adaptive In-Context Learning of Text-to-SQL with Difficulty-Aware Instruction and Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Abstract: Recent research in Text-to-SQL translation has primarily adopted in-context learning methods leveraging large language models (LLMs), achieving significant progress. However, these methods ...
Geeky Gadgets

Turn a Broken Phone into a Home Server for Automation and More

Have you ever looked at an old, broken phone and thought, “This is just e-waste now”? What if that seemingly useless device could be transformed into something surprisingly powerful—a functional home ...
Microsoft

From code to community: The collective effort behind SQL Server 2025

At Build 2025, SQL Server 2025 officially entered public preview. As one of the world’s most popular databases, this release continues a decades-long history of innovation with features made for ...
VentureBeat

Databricks open-sources declarative ETL framework powering 90% faster pipeline builds

Today, at its annual Data + AI Summit, Databricks announced that it is open-sourcing its core declarative ETL framework as Apache Spark Declarative Pipelines, making it available to the entire Apache ...
InfoWorld

Building a multi-zone and multi-region SQL Server Failover Cluster Instance in Azure

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.
InfoWorld

Microsoft beefs up SQL Server 2025 for AI-driven applications

A public preview of SQL Server 2025 adds new vector capabilities already found in rival databases, along with JSON support and change event streaming. Microsoft is moving SQL Server 2025 into public ...
SiliconANGLE

Fivetran to acquire Census to extend platform with reverse ETL and data activation

Big data integration firm Fivetran Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire universal data platform company Census for an undisclosed price. Founded in 2018 as Sutro Labs Inc., ...
GitHub

ETL Pipeline: SQL Server to PostgreSQL

A robust ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline for migrating data from Azure SQL Server to PostgreSQL, ensuring complete data transfer with proper validation and reporting. python -m src.main ...
GitHub

CSV to SQL Script

CSV to SQL Converter is a simple and intuitive Python GUI application that converts a CSV file into an SQL script compatible with Microsoft SQL Server. The generated ...