Orchestral replaces LangChain’s complexity with reproducible, provider-agnostic LLM orchestration

A new orchestration approach, called Orchestral, is betting that enterprises and researchers want a more integrated way to ...
CMU School of Computer Science

Databases in 2025: A Year in Review

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.
CNN

Exclusive: Justice Department scrambling to find holiday volunteers to redact the Epstein files, internal DOJ email says

The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida to volunteer over the “next several days” to help redact the Epstein files, in the latest Trump administration push toward ...
The Atlantic

So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files

Nearly two years ago, Donald Trump kicked off the presidential-campaign season with a declaration: “I was never on Epstein’s Plane, or at his ‘stupid’ Island,” he posted on Truth Social in January ...
The Hill

Inside the new batch of Epstein files

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. Happy Tuesday of Christmas week! This should be a quiet week, but we just got another batch of Epstein files. Let’s get into it. The ...
CNN

Justice Department’s heavy-handed redactions leave no one happy in the ‘Epstein files’ saga

The Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files — mandated by Congress to be completed last week — is still a work in progress. Thousands of files still aren’t public. The redactions are ...
CBS News

Lawmakers say the Epstein files release was "flouting" the law and a "slap in the face of survivors"

Washington — Lawmakers who led the push to compel the release of the files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein criticized the Justice Department's release of an initial tranche of files and ...
The Hill

Blanche says all Trump material in Epstein files will be released

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that all material featuring President Trump in files linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be released. “The White House has said ...
The New York Times

Epstein Victims Upset About Lack of Transparency in Newly Released Files

Several victims said they were frustrated by the heavy redactions of photos and documents that the Justice Department released on Friday. By Matthew Goldstein and Mike Baker Disappointed. Frustrated.
The New York Times

Blanche Says Mentions of Trump in Epstein Files Won’t Be Removed

In an interview with NBC, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department denied that officials were protecting the president from what has been disclosed. By Devlin Barrett Reporting from Washington ...
The Guardian

US legislators say justice department is violating law by not releasing all Epstein files

Todd Blanche, deputy attorney general, says release of files won’t include full set, prompting outrage from lawmakers US justice department releases heavily redacted cache of Jeffrey Epstein files ...