Azure SQL vs SQL Server: Which One Should You Choose for Your Next Project?

SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same underlying engine, so code and queries work the same way. The ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS 2026 Joins VS Code with Integrated Cloud Agent: Assign a Task, Close the IDE, Get a PR

Visual Studio 2026 has further integrated GitHub Copilot's cloud agent to its Copilot Chat picker -- catching up to VS Code -- and the async workflow it enables, where a task runs on GitHub Actions ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...
Security Boulevard

Why Financial Services Leaders Are Re-Evaluating Open Source for Database Change Management

OSS can be too risky for banks and FinTechs working to meet security, governance, and compliance demands. Know the risks.