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Optimizing Oracle Database Queries Using Execution Plans: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Optimizing Oracle Database Queries Using Execution Plans: A Step-by-Step Guide Abstract: Execution plans are indispensable tools for diagnosing and improving SQL query performance in Oracle databases. This guide provides a comprehensive workflow to generate, interpret, and optimize execution plans, with practical examples, actionable insights, and advanced tuning strategies for large-scale datasets. Table of Contents Introduction … Read more

TypeScript 5.8 Beta Is Here, WebAssembly Tips, and New Developer Tools – This Week in JS

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Hello JavaScript Enthusiasts! Welcome to another edition of “This Week in JavaScript!“ Today, we’re talking about TypeScript 5.8 Beta’s precision updates, Phaser’s visual boost, WebAssembly magic, and some handy tools to make your life faster and smoother. Let’s get right into it! TypeScript 5.8 Beta: Precision Just Got Better The latest TypeScript 5.8 Beta has … Read more

DeepSeek vs ChatGPT vs Perplexity vs Qwen vs Claude vs DeepMind: More AI Agents and New AI Tools

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Hello AI Enthusiasts! Welcome to the fourth edition of “This Week in AI Engineering”! n n Ever since the DeepSeek boom, all the leading AI companies have been updating their models and releasing their own AI agents left, right, and center. n n We’ll be getting into all these updates along with some must-know tools … Read more

Real-World Asset Tokens Lead Crypto Rebound as Tokenization Narrative Gathers Steam

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Cryptocurrencies in the real-world asset (RWA) sector led the recovery of the broader digital asset market from the overnight bloodbath, underscoring the strength of the tokenization investment narrative. Decentralized finance (DeFi) tokenized asset platform Ondo Finance’s governance token was 16% higher on the day, surging almost 40% from the overnight lows. The protocol today unveiled … Read more

AI Diagnosed Her With Breast Cancer – So She Decied to See How Accurate It Was

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Meredith Broussard is not your usual AI scholar. Sure, the data journalist and associate professor at New York University has written about the dangers of AI in the academic realm for years and has been a staunch critic of “technochauvinism,” a term she coined in her 2018 book, “Artificial Unintelligence,” for the seemingly blind belief … Read more

DeepSeek: The countries and agencies that have banned the AI company’s tech

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DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company, is raising the ire of regulators around the world. DeepSeek’s viral AI models and chatbot apps have been banned by a growing number of countries and government bodies, which have expressed concerns over DeepSeek’s ethics, privacy, and security practices. Corporations have banned DeepSeek, too — by the hundreds. The biggest … Read more

The AI Agents Are Coming

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The integration of AI and blockchain is creating a groundbreaking new category of technology: AI agents. They’re autonomous, digital entities capable of commerce, collaboration, and creativity — all without human intervention. By 2026, they’ll be everywhere, handling tasks most businesses haven’t even begun to think about automating. And when paired with blockchain technology, they’re poised … Read more

AI Shows Why Data Portability Matters

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Data portability is a commonly-repeated promise of crypto. “Take your followers and social graph across the internet.” “Bring your video game items across games and platforms.” “Log into any site with a single, unified identity.” These claims have excited builders and developers, but haven’t yet gone mainstream. Recent platform shifts have highlighted the fragility of … Read more