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OpenAI has detailed how it engineered its Habitat storage platform to keep up with more than one billion ChatGPT users. By combining reliable multi-tenancy, global caching, and Azure Cosmos DB, the company achieved read speeds twelve times faster than before — a quiet but critical infrastructure win behind every conversation.
On a more troubling note, Quest Diagnostics has confirmed a significant data breach affecting patient records. A threat actor gained unauthorized access to its Quanum LSM system, exposing personal and health information belonging to an undisclosed number of patients. For a company handling sensitive clinical data, the breach raises serious questions about the security posture of medical laboratory systems nationwide.
Stepping slightly outside pure tech but firmly inside the digital economy, a United States price-fixing case against Canadian frozen potato producers is moving forward. McCain Foods and Cavendish Farms were among five defendants who tried to have the case dismissed and failed. It is a reminder that antitrust scrutiny of large food supply chains carries real consequences on both sides of the border.
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