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Data science

Reddit Migrates Media Metadata From S3 and Other Systems into AWS Aurora Postgres

Reddit consolidated media metadata storage using AWS Aurora Postgres for better retrieval and handling 100k+ requests at low latency.

Media metadata on Reddit includes two main types: media data on post model and metadata associated with media lifecycle. [ more ]

Coindesk

Data science

Ethereum Hit by 'Blobscriptions' in First Stress Test of Blockchain's New Data System

Ethereum blockchain upgraded to create blob space reducing fees and congestion

New project Ethscriptions caused spike in blob fees, testing the new blob market [ more ]

Entrepreneur

Through March 24th: 1TB of Premium Cloud Storage Is Just $130 with This Code | Entrepreneur

Creating data requires reliable cloud backup.

Koofr offers a discounted lifetime subscription for 1TB cloud storage. [ more ]

InfoQ

Relational Data at the Edge: How Cloudflare Operates Distributed PostgreSQL Clusters

Data storage at the edge reduces latency and improves performance.

Challenges of managing relational data at the edge include CAP constraints and replication lag. [ more ]

DevOps.com

Observe Inc. Adds Tool for Exploring Distributed Traces - DevOps.com

Traces are essential for tracking resources in distributed environments.

Observe Inc. offers a tool to simplify the management of traces at scale. [ more ]

DevOps.com

How to Manage Multi-Cloud Infrastructure and Reduce Costs - DevOps.com

The public cloud has been a game changer for businesses, allowing for more efficient data storage, agile application development, and reduced burdens on data centers.

The shift to the cloud has created both innovation and complexity, with organizations needing to focus on cloud consumption visibility and minimizing cloud waste. [ more ]

WSJ

4 months ago

Snowflake Is on an R&D Spending Tear to Nab Generative AI Clients

Snowflake is increasing its investment in research and development to develop tools for testing generative AI in businesses.

The company offers a platform for data storage, organization, and analysis across multiple cloud providers. [ more ]

Cloud Pro

Google Cloud unveils UK data residency options for Vertex AI customers

Vertex AI customers can now keep their data closer to home

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Realpython

Python

SQLite and SQLAlchemy in Python: Move Your Data Beyond Flat Files - Real Python

Python, SQLite, and SQLAlchemy provide database functionality for storing data in a single file without a database server.

Flat files in formats like CSV, JSON, XML can also be used for storing data in a structured way. [ more ]

AdExchanger

Marketing tech

Apple Tries The PMax Business; The Click Farm Problem Isn't Getting Better | AdExchanger

Apple is adopting the owned-and-operated advertising model similar to Google and Meta.

Click farms manipulate social media algorithms by providing fake engagements. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

In a digital ecosystem that relentlessly creates, extracts and stores, the notion of a disappearing text is very appealing | Samantha Floreani

Digital ephemerality is appealing in a world where data is relentlessly stored and monetized.

Disappearing messages feature in apps like Signal and WhatsApp offer users a sense of freedom and privacy. [ more ]

WIRED

Use WhatsApp on Android? Be Prepared to Pay for Message Backups

Users will soon have to pay for backups of their WhatsApp messages on Android.

The change is due to Google Drive's data storage policy adjustments in 2024. [ more ]

WIRED

The Case for Using AI to Log Your Every Living Moment

CEO of Otter, Sam Liang, believes that capturing and logging every spoken word could allow people to search and reexperience every conversation they've ever had.

Liang believes that this kind of data could be transformative and allow people to retrieve the speech of loved ones who have passed away. [ more ]

Digital Photography School

How to Use Camera Memory Cards: 18 Essential Tips

Carry backup memory cards to avoid missing important shots.

Choose the right size and speed of memory cards for different shooting situations. [ more ]

The Verge

Artificial intelligence

Samsung's new microSD cards could make on-device AI easier

Samsung launches faster microSD cards for on-device AI applications.

New microSD cards offer significantly faster speeds and increased storage capacity. [ more ]

Raymondcamden

Vue

Adding a Guestbook to Your Jamstack Site (Yes, Seriously)

Guestbooks can still be a fun addition to websites, like the one built using Webmentions and Perl CGI.

Using Google Sheets for data storage and retrieval, along with tools like Pipedream, can create a simple guestbook setup. [ more ]

Theregister

Privacy professionals

Europe's GDPR has led to less data storage and processing

GDPR led EU firms to reduce data storage and processing, making them less data-intensive.

Compliance with GDPR increased data costs by an average of 20%, impacting data-intensive industries more. [ more ]

CSS { In Real Life } | Design Patterns that Encourage Junk Data

Web development

CSS { In Real Life } | Design Patterns that Encourage Junk Data

Data in the cloud often includes a large percentage of redundant, obsolete, or trivial information.

The environmental impact of storing unnecessary data can be significant due to the energy and resources required. [ more ]

CodeProject

Business intelligence

A Guide for Optimizing AWS S3 Storage Cost

Storage cost per unit decreases over time, but data stored in S3 increases faster, necessitating optimization.

Understanding S3 charging model helps save costs by focusing on critical factors like storage size. [ more ]

Dataversity

EU data protection

Unveiling the Power of Dark Data in Strategic Decision-Making

Dark data is unstructured, semi-structured, or structured data that businesses collect but don't use.

Dark data presents inefficiency, missed opportunities, and security vulnerabilities due to being overlooked. [ more ]

The Verge

Marketing

TikTok's CEO can't catch a break from xenophobia in Congress

Lawmakers grilled tech CEOs on child safety but got distracted by TikTok's Chinese ownership.

There are concerns about TikTok's data storage policies and Chinese government influence. [ more ]

CreativeApplications.Net

Design

Non-Fungible Plants - NFP.garden

Non-Fungible Plants (NFPs) are living plants with data encoded within their DNA.

NFPs aim to address the carbon footprint of digital infrastructure and explore a more sustainable model for data storage. [ more ]

Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News