PySpark Optimization: 12 Proven Techniques to Speed Up Your Spark Jobs

Many anti-money laundering (AML) engines underperform or generate excessive false positives because of the scale and complexity of modern financial data. These unsatisfactory results are typically not due to flawed detection logic but rather to insufficient supporting infrastructure. A variety of infrastructure limitations, such as weak data pipelines, limited compute... Read more » The post How the Right Infrastructure Unlocks Better AML Engine Performance appeared first on Big Data Analytics News.

AI is not just getting smarter and faster, it is also getting far more autonomous. With the new Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google has introduced a high-speed execution engine for real-world […] The post Google Pushes Gemini Beyond Chatbots With 3.5 Flash and Spark appeared first on AIwire.

Justin Sun moved 41.99m Spark worth $1.23m from Spark to HTX, adding to roughly 610m SPK in exchange-bound flows since 2025 and renewing sell-pressure and governance worries. Justin Sun has resumed large Spark (SPK) withdrawals from Spark, moving 41.99 million…

Spark has released a comprehensive risk framework for the Sky Agent Network, detailing how losses are absorbed and risk is bounded across Spark Savings, SparkLend, and the Spark Liquidity Layer.

A step-by-step guide to understanding distributed data, lazy logic, and your first DataFrame. The post PySpark for Beginners: Mastering the Basics appeared first on Towards Data Science.

If you are feeding structured data into an LLM, there is a good chance you are paying a JSON tax.

SAP has agreed to acquire Prior Labs, a Freiburg-based startup developing AI foundation models for tabular and structured business data, for an undisclosed sum. SAP will invest more than €1 billion over four years to scale the company globally, while Prior Labs continues to operate independently. Founded in 2024 and backed by Balderton Capital, Atlantic […]

How we replaced Python pipelines with dlt, dbt, and Trino — and cut delivery time from weeks to one day. The post 4 YAML Files Instead of PySpark: How We Let Analysts Build Data Pipelines Without Engineers appeared first on Towards Data Science.