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Meta's Research SuperCluster for Real-Time Voice Translation AI Systems
A recent article from Engineering at Meta reveals how the company is building Research SuperCluster (RSC) infrastructure that is used for advancements in real-time voice translations, language processing, computer vision, and augmented reality (AR).
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University Researchers Create New Type of Interpretable Neural Network
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, and Northeastern University created a new type of neural network: Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks (KAN). KAN models outperform larger perceptron-based models on physics modeling tasks and provide a more interpretable visualization.
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Inside Lyft’s Glow: How IoT Architecture Is Driving Smarter Ride Experiences
Lyft recently published how it built the Glow emblem, its newest Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. The Glow is actively rolling out in markets across the US, with over 30,000 live devices. Its architecture addresses many challenges in previous iterations, including a unified IoT middleware framework, robust provisioning and authentication mechanisms and advanced device control.
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Java News Roundup: Spring 6.2-M7, Project Loom, Payara Platform, Gradle 8.10, Helidon 4.1
This week's Java roundup for August 12th, 2024, features news highlighting: the release of Spring Framework 6.2.0-M7; Project Loom Build 24-loom+4-42, the August 2024 Payara Platform, Open Liberty and Piranha Cloud releases; Gradle 8.10.0; Helidon 4.1.0; and Eclipse JKube 1.17.0.
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Pinterest Modernises Machine Learning Infrastructure with Ray
Pinterest, the visual discovery platform, has revealed details about its journey to modernise its machine learning infrastructure using Ray, an open-source distributed computing framework. In a recent blog post, the company shared insights into the challenges faced and solutions implemented as they integrated Ray into their large-scale production environment.
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The Swift Composable Architecture Brings the Redux Model to iOS App Development
The Composable Architecture (TCA), which recently reached version 1.13, is an "ergonomic" Swift library that provides a general framework to address commonplace problems when you build an app, including state management, feature composition, side effect management, and testing.
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MariaDB Introduces Open-Source Vector Preview, Aiming to Become Default MySQL Option
With the release of MariaDB 11.6, the MariaDB Foundation has announced the public preview of Vector search for the open-source fork of the MySQL engine. Database experts and open-source advocates see vector support as an opportunity for MariaDB to lead the MySQL ecosystem, especially since Oracle reserves most new features for its enterprise editions only.
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.NET Aspire 8.1: Enhanced Container Image Building and Python Orchestrating Support
Microsoft released the .NET Aspire 8.1 version at the end of July. The latest version introduces a series of enhancements and new features aimed at improving the experience of developers using the platform in production environments. The most notable addition in this release is support for building container images and the capability to orchestrate Python code.
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Es-Toolkit, a Modern Lodash Alternative
Es-toolkit is a modern JavaScript utility library that offers a preformant, type-safe alternative to Lodash.
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Android 15 Beta 4 Now Available for Developers to Bring their Apps Up to Date
Google released the last scheduled Android 15 beta, which brings stable developer APIs and allows developers to update their apps and publish them on Google Play before non-beta users get access to the official Android version.
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Experiences from Doing DORA Surveys Internally in Software Companies
Doing DORA surveys in your company can help you reflect on how you are doing software delivery and operation. The way you design and run the surveys, and how you analyze the results, largely impact the benefits that you can get out of them. Carlo Beschi shared his experiences from doing DORA surveys at Agile Cambridge.
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AWS Graviton-Based EC2 Instance Hibernation: Cost Efficiency and Faster Operations
AWS recently announced that customers can hibernate their EC2 instances (M3, M4, M5, C3, C4, C5, R3, R4, and R5) powered by AWS Graviton processors. According to the company EC2 instance, hibernation helps customers achieve significant cost savings and faster startup times by enabling them to pause and resume their running instances at scale.
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Uber Drives Apache Kafka's Tiered Storage Feature; Sparks Efficiency Debate
Apache Kafka, the popular distributed event streaming platform, has introduced a new tiered storage feature in version 3.6.0, initially proposed by Uber engineers. This feature, currently in early access, aims to address the scalability and efficiency challenges faced by organizations running large Kafka clusters.
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University of Pennsylvania Researchers Develop Processorless Learning Circuitry
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have designed an electrical circuit, similar to a neural network, that can learn tasks such as nonlinear regression. The circuit operates at low power levels and can be trained without a computer.
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Support for Microsoft .NET 6 Ends in November 2024
The long-term-support (LTS) version 6 of Microsoft .NET Framework is slated to go out of support on November 12, 2022. Microsoft recommends upgrading .NET 6 applications to .NET 8 to stay supported for the future.