HTEC Showcases Lakebase Branching at Databricks’ Data & AI Summit

HTEC, the global technology and AI engineering firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, last week showcased how it used Lakebase data branching to enable faster development, safer operations, and new ...
BizTech Magazine

Databricks Data + AI Summit: Conversational Intelligence Drives Efficiency in Telecom

One of the latest initiatives focuses on enabling AI agents to interact more effectively with telecom data and operational ...
Reuters

Databricks in talks to raise funds at over $165 billion, The Information reports

June 8 (Reuters) - Data analytics software firm Databricks has discussed raising funds in a round that could begin next month and value it ‌at between $165 billion and $175 billion, The Information ...
BizTech Magazine

Databricks AI + Data: AI-Native Development Is Reshaping Software Creation

Founders from several AI startups explain how AI agents are accelerating engineering, boosting worker productivity and ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Databricks CEO Plans to Avoid IPO During Year of Huge Offerings

Databricks, a data software company, plans to sell shares to the public at some point, but won’t tap the public markets this year amid a flurry of planned tech IPOs. The company wants to sell shares ...
Game Rant

Steam Machine Gets Encouraging Update from Unexpected Source

Mohsen Baqery is a Staff Writer at GameRant based in Turkey. He mainly covers video game news and industry features while occasionally publishing guides and listicles. Mohsen started his journey into ...
Town & Country

Have the Culture Wars Come for Standardized Tests? Meet the New Conservative SAT

Starting this upcoming college admissions cycle, students applying to service academies such as West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy will be able to take a standardized test other than the SAT or ACT ...
NPR

Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...
WUSA

Virginia assessment scores show 'notable improvements'

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia leaders and education officials are celebrating following improvements in the Commonwealth's Standards of Learning (SOL) test results in math and reading in the 2024-2025 ...
Wired

We Asked Coffee Pros to Blind Test Coffee Machines. The Results Were Surprising

What do you love about coffee? Is it the caffeine boost in the morning, the creamy sweetness of a cappuccino or latte, the bucket of filter coffee you can sip on all day, or the quick kick of a good ...
KCCI Des Moines

Iowa Board of Regents considering alternative to ACT, SAT for college admission

MADE MULTIPLE VISITS TO IOWA TO CAMPAIGN FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. STUDENTS COULD SOON HAVE A NEW OPTION FOR GETTING INTO IOWA’S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. RIGHT NOW, THE POLICY LISTS THE A, C, T AND THE ...
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Iowa Board of Regents considers adding Classic Learning Test for college admissions

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s Board of Regents is considering a policy change next month to allow a third standardized test at the state’s public universities, a decision that would reverse the ...