For March, Patch Tuesday delivers fixes for 83 vulnerabilities

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Microsoft Launches Azure Skills Plugin to Give AI Coding Agents Real Azure Expertise

Microsoft's new Azure Skills Plugin bundles curated Azure skills, the Azure MCP Server, and the Foundry MCP Server into a single install that gives AI coding agents both the expertise and execution ...
Computer Weekly

Microsoft patches zero-days in .NET and SQL Server

Zero-days in .NET and SQL Server, and a handful of critical RCE bugs, form the nucleus of Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday update.
IEEE

Data-Driven Phase Synchronization of Harmony’s Ocean Surface Topography Product

Abstract: The Harmony mission features two bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) companions of Sentinel-1. As with any multistatic system, frequency deviations ...
Search Engine Land

Google previews WebMCP, a new protocol for AI agent interactions

Google today announced an early preview of WebMCP, a new protocol that defines how AI agents interact with websites. WebMCP lets developers tell large language models exactly what each button or link ...
Reuters

Anthropic's new AI tools deepen selloff in data analytics and software stocks, investors say

NEW YORK/LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A significant selloff among U.S. and European data analytics, professional services and software companies deepened on Tuesday, with some investors pointing to a ...
Business Wire

Snowflake Unveils Cortex Code, An AI Coding Agent That Drastically Increases Productivity by Understanding Your Enterprise Data Context

Cortex Code, Snowflake’s AI coding agent, helps customers like Braze, Decile, dentsu, FYUL, LendingTree, Shelter Mutual Insurance, TextNow, United Rentals, and WHOOP perform complex data engineering, ...
InfoQ

Autonomous Big Data Optimization: Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning to Achieve Self-Tuning Apache Spark

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
Business Wire

Medable Introduces AI Agent to Reduce Burden at Research Sites By Assisting Principal Investigators with Oversight of eCOA Data

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medable Inc., the leading technology platform for AI-powered clinical development, today launched Agentic AI for research sites to reduce burden and assist ...
Windows Report

Azure Monitor Alert: Microsoft Halts Legacy Agent Data Uploads Ahead of March Shutdown

Microsoft continues its push toward Azure Monitor Agent adoption, and the company is now entering the final phase before retiring legacy monitoring infrastructure. According to Neowin, Microsoft will ...
GitHub

Agent Framework C# Quick-Start

Microsoft Agent Framework Quick-start is a enterprise-ready starter kit for building modern, agentic applications with C#, Blazor (Fluent UI), and ASP.NET Core Web API. This solution demonstrates how ...