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Articles Posted Week of June 2nd, 2025 — June 8th, 2025 (327/1/6)
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Security
Industry Standards Groups Advance Security with SPDM Standard
Love And Hate: Tech Pros Overwhelmingly Like AI Agents But View Them As A Growing Security Risk
Future-Ready Cybersecurity: Lessons From The Mitre CVE Crisis
StormWall Reveals India, China and US Faced Most DDoS Attacks in Q1 2025
AI
The Hidden Identity Challenges Of Deploying AI Agents Across Hybrid Environments
Building Smarter AI Agents: The Role Of Model Context Protocol In Dynamic Tool Integration
Basics To Advanced: Best Books On Machine Learning For Every Learner
Database
Careers
Java
Google News
Notebooklm Is Adding A New Way To Share Your Own Notebooks Publicly.
Our Latest Scams Survey Sees Changing Online Security Habits
Commvault News
Microsoft News
Check Point News
6 Key Insights From Check Point'S Cloud Security Report 2025
Global Survey Finds Gaps Leave Cloud Security Dangerously Exposed
Security
Industry Standards Groups Advance Security with SPDM Standard
And post-quantum cryptography support, and alignment with CNSA 2.0...more
Love And Hate: Tech Pros Overwhelmingly Like AI Agents But View Them As A Growing Security Risk
AI agents need to be monitored just like regular employees, report warns...more
Future-Ready Cybersecurity: Lessons From The Mitre CVE Crisis
The domino effect of CVE disruption is something all cybersecurity practitioners must be aware of, a Morphisec executive argues....more
StormWall Reveals India, China and US Faced Most DDoS Attacks in Q1 2025
India, China and the US were the top DDoS attacks targets in Q1 2025, with APAC facing over half of global attacks, according to new data from cybersecurity firm StormWall....more
AI
The Hidden Identity Challenges Of Deploying AI Agents Across Hybrid Environments
As AI agents rapidly move from proof-of-concept to production, enterprises are running headfirst into a new set of challenges - ones that traditional identity and access management (IAM) systems simply weren't built to solve....more
Enterprise AI: Key Requirements And Why It Matters
Enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly evolved from experimental projects to mission-critical business drivers. Organizations across industries are now recognizing that AI is no longer a futuristic technology, but a foundational capability, required NOW, to enable innovation, efficiency, and competitive differentiation....more
Building Smarter AI Agents: The Role Of Model Context Protocol In Dynamic Tool Integration
The demand for intelligent agents that can operate in real time with real-world data and tools is increasing dramatically, as is the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence. They are handling end-to-end workflows spanning enterprise automation and customer support from finance to legal to software development....more
Basics To Advanced: Best Books On Machine Learning For Every Learner
Mastering Machine Learning: Must-Read Books for Every Skill Level...more
Database
Best Database Diagram Tools - Free And Paid
Scalable systems thrive on schema clarity-without it, you pay in rework. That's why 96% of engineers now use visual tools, particularly database diagram tools, to map and manage their databases....more
CockroachDB's Distributed Vector Indexing Tackles The Looming AI Data Explosion Enterprises Aren't Ready For
As the scale of enterprise AI operations continues to grow, having access to data is no longer enough. Enterprises now must have reliable, consistent and accurate access to data....more
Careers
Tharun Damera: Engineering Leadership At The Forefront Of Innovation
Tharun Damera stands as a prime example of leadership fused with technical brilliance in the software engineering world. Currently a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn, Tharun Damera has built a career defined by driving innovation, orchestrating high-impact engineering efforts, and cultivating future-ready solutions....more
Java
Java News Roundup: GlassFish, JEPs Targeted for JDK 25, TornadoVM, Hibernate Reactive, Spring Cloud
This week's Java roundup for May 26th, 2025, features news highlighting: the twelfth milestone release of GlassFish 8.0; four JEPs targeted for JDK 25; introducing the GPULlama3.java project powered by TornadoVM; and GA releases of Hibernate Reactive 3.0, Spring Modulith 1.4 and Spring Cloud 2025.0....more
Google News
Advanced Audio Dialog And Generation With Gemini 2.5
Here's a closer look at what's new in Gemini 2.5 for audio dialog and generation....more
Notebooklm Is Adding A New Way To Share Your Own Notebooks Publicly.
Our Latest Scams Survey Sees Changing Online Security Habits
Commvault News
SOCI101: Understanding The Security Of Critical Infrastructure Act
Learn how Commvault can help support compliance with Australian legislation....more
Microsoft News
What's New In Copilot Studio: May 2025
Fine-Tuning Is The Secret To Scaling Expert Knowledge Across Your Company
Leveling Up Your Microsoft Store On Windows Experience
Check Point News
Dangerous Blind Spots Costing Enterprises Time, Trust, And Agility Exposed In Check Point's 2025 Cloud Security Report
6 Key Insights From Check Point'S Cloud Security Report 2025
Global Survey Finds Gaps Leave Cloud Security Dangerously Exposed
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