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Turbovec, an Open-Source Rust Implementation of Google's TurboQuant, Claims to Outperform FAISS in Vector Search Benchmarks
An open-source Rust vector index built on Google Research's TurboQuant algorithm reports beating FAISS on speed, memory and insertion latency in benchmarks published alongside its 1.0.0 release.
AWS Launches Native Vector Search for DynamoDB, Scaling to Trillions of Embeddings Without a Separate Database
AWS added native vector search to DynamoDB on August 5, letting developers store embeddings alongside operational data and query up to 4,096 dimensions without a separate vector database.
QuestDB 10.0 Ships QWP, a Binary Protocol Unifying Writes and Arrow Reads Over a Single Connection
QuestDB 10.0 introduces QWP, a binary columnar protocol that replaces separate ILP and PostgreSQL wire connections, cutting ingestion overhead and streaming query results into Apache Arrow at over 200 million rows a second.
Turso Builds a Postgres-Compatible Database Engine on Its Rust Rewrite of SQLite
Turso, which rewrote SQLite from scratch in Rust, is now building a Postgres-speaking frontend on the same engine, aiming to be what its CEO calls 'the LLVM of databases.'
etcd Ships Final v3.4 Patch, Ending Support for a Release That Has Anchored Kubernetes Since 2019
SIG-etcd released v3.4.45 alongside v3.5.31 and v3.6.12, marking the end of support for the v3.4 series and pushing remaining users to upgrade.
Weaviate 1.38 Promotes Its Disk-Based HFresh Vector Index to GA, Cutting Memory Use for Billion-Scale Search
Weaviate's June release moves HFresh, an SPFresh-inspired disk index, to general availability and adds preview multi-tenant namespaces and a built-in MCP server.
Valkey 9.1 Adds Database-Level ACLs, JSON Logging, and a Redesigned I/O Threading Model for the Redis Fork
The Linux Foundation's Redis fork ships multi-tenant access control, native JSON logs, and throughput gains, cutting per-key memory by up to 10 percent.
Postgres Managed by ClickHouse Enters Public Beta, Free Until Metering Begins June 15
ClickHouse moved its NVMe-backed managed Postgres service to public beta at Open House 2026, pairing transactional Postgres with native CDC into ClickHouse. It stays free until metering starts June 15.
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1 Lands With Parallel Autovacuum, Self-Scaling Async I/O, and a Planner-Hint Extension
PostgreSQL 19 Beta 1, released June 4, brings parallel autovacuum, self-scaling async I/O workers, a new pg_plan_advice planner extension, SQL/PGQ graph queries, and turns JIT off by default. GA is targeted for September/October 2026.
AWS Open-Sources ExtendDB, a DynamoDB-Compatible Adapter That Runs on PostgreSQL and Cassandra
AWS released ExtendDB v0.1 on May 20, an Apache 2.0 adapter implementing the DynamoDB wire protocol on pluggable backends including PostgreSQL and Apache Cassandra, targeting local dev, CI/CD, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Google Puts Spanner Omni in Preview, Letting Enterprises Run Its Distributed Database Outside Its Own Cloud
Google announced a downloadable edition of Cloud Spanner that runs on-premises, on rival clouds, or on a laptop, dismantling a dependency on proprietary infrastructure that its engineers once thought impossible to remove.
ClickHouse 26.5 Ships 38 New Features and 51 Performance Optimizations in Its Spring Release
ClickHouse 26.5 arrives on May 21 with 38 new features, 51 performance optimizations, a 27x Merge table speedup, Iceberg V3 geometry support, and new SQL compatibility aliases for PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and BigQuery.