Abstract: The Linux kernel offers nearly 20,000 configuration options, making it highly customizable but also extremely challenging to manually optimize for performance. The diversity of operating ...

Kehlani has won Best R&B Performance, for “Folded,” at the 2026 Grammy Awards. They won out over songs by Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller (“It Depends”), Justin Bieber (“Yukon”), Leon Thomas (“Mutt ...

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2026 Grammy Awards for their rendition of “Defying Gravity,” from Wicked. The duo claimed the prize ahead of Katseye’s ...

Microsoft is setting about improving the PC gaming experience with renewed vigor. In a blog post published this week, the brand said it will spend the new year focusing on enhancing the features that ...

Existing index tuners typically rely on the “what if” API provided by the query optimizer to estimate the execution cost of a query on top of an index configuration. Such cost estimates can be ...

Abstract: The goal of the Cross-domain Text-to-SQL task is to accurately translate natural language questions into executable SQL queries, even when applied to previously unseen databases. Recently, ...

But there are what he [the artist Terence Koh] calls his “secret performances.” . . . Examples include the time in 2009 when he had the activist and retired actress Bianca Jagger wrap him in bedsheets ...

“Our testing of SQL Server 2025 has delivered quality and performance: two things that are a top priority for Bühler.” Shailesh Panday, Deputy Manager, Infrastructure and Cloud, Buhler (India) Pvt.

Background: Large language model (LLM) fine tuning is the process of adjusting out-of-the-box model weights using a dataset of interest. Fine tuning can be a powerful technique to improve model ...