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Daft: A High-Performance Distributed Dataframe Library for Multimodal Data
Discover how Daft accelerates multimodal data processing with a high-performance distributed dataframe engine built for modern AI and analytics tasks.
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Ancient Carthaginians did sacrifice their children (2014)
Shocking new research confirms the ancient Carthaginians ritually sacrificed children as offerings to the gods, overturning decades of denial. Uncover the dark secrets of this long-forgotten civilisation.
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Is AI killing the stock photo industry? A data perspective
When Stock Performer started in 2010, there were a lot of complaints that the stock industry was dying. The rush of the agencies to implement subscription models, triggered mostly by Shutterstock’s success, led to a lot of uncertainty about photographers’ income. After all, customers were able to buy images for mere…
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From SVG to Canvas – A new way of building interactions
Felt’s transition from SVG to Canvas streamlined our interaction code and empowered us to tackle long-standing wishlist items we couldn’t with React.
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Modern Image Processing Algorithms Implementation in C
Learn how modern image analysis and processing algorithms works under the hood with their C/C++ implementation on PixLab's APIs & FACEIO, facial recognition framework using the SOD Embedded Computer Vision Library.
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OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
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How to Grow a Three Sisters Garden (2016)
By Melissa Kruse-Peeples For many Native American communities, three seeds - corn, beans, and squash represent the most important crops. When planted together, the Three Sisters, work together to help one another thrive and survive. Utilizing corn, beans, and squash together in your garden draws upon centuries of…
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Is React Having an Angular.js Moment?
React Server Components, while innovative, risk causing division in the React community due to their potential to undermine Single-Page App architecture.
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Why SQLite is so great for the edge
Everyone already knows that SQLite is great. This article makes the praise much more specific though — it explains why we, the developers of libSQL, think that SQLite is a great choice for bringing your data to the edge.
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The growing pains of database architecture
How the Figma infrastructure team reduced potential instability by scaling to multiple databases
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Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
Apple today unveiled Apple Vision Pro, a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world.
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iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive
Apple today announced iOS 17, a major release that upgrades the communications experience across Phone, FaceTime, and Messages.
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How Photoshop solved working with files larger than can fit into memory
Learn how Adobe managed to let users edit even the biggest files on the web version of its iconic Photoshop app.
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Why does MPEG Transport Stream still exist?
MPEG-TS is still used extensively, even in “modern” transport mechanisms such as SRT, RIST and Zixi. Why though?
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Open-Source Data Collection Platform for LLM Fine-Tuning and RLHF
We are thrilled to introduce Argilla Feedback, completely open-source and designed to enhance the performance, safety and reliability of Large Language Models.
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Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple Silicon to Mac Pro
Apple today introduced the new Mac Studio and Mac Pro, the two most powerful Macs ever made.
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Apple Introduces M2 Ultra
Apple today announced M2 Ultra, a new system on a chip (SoC) that delivers huge performance increases to the Mac and completes the M2 family.
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Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat
The U.S. Patent Office has proposed new rules about who can challenge wrongly granted patents. If the rules become official, they will offer new protections to patent trolls. Challenging patents will become far more onerous, and impossible for some. The new rules could stop organizations like EFF,...
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Over 70% of US household Covid spread started with a child
A study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open suggests that 70.4% of nearly 850,000 US household COVID-19 transmissions originated with a child.
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WFH – Watched from Home: Office 365 and workplace surveillance creep (2022)
Imagine your performance at work was assessed directly from the amount of e-mails sent, the amount of time consumed editing a document, or the time spent in meetings or even moving your mouse. This may sound ludicrous but your boss might be doing exactly that.
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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?
Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons
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OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's request
Last week I had the privilege to sit down with Sam Altman and 20 other developers to discuss OpenAI’s product plans. Sam was remarkably open. The discussion touched on practical developer issues as well as bigger-picture questions related to OpenAI’s mission and the societal impact of AI. Here are the key takeaways.
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Connect to your Raspberry Pi over USB using gadget mode
We’ve written previously about how to configure WiFi and SSH on your Raspberry Pi without having to connect any peripheral devices (headless). As long as you’re comfortable on the command line, this makes it much easier to work with your Pi.
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Sleight-of-hand magic trick only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs
Illusion involving a hidden thumb confounds capuchin and squirrel monkeys for the same reason as humans – it misdirects the expected outcomes of actions they can carry out.
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Intelligent Brains Take Longer to Solve Difficult Problems
Do intelligent people think faster? Researchers at the BIH and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, together with a colleague from Barcelona, made the surprising finding that participants with higher intelligence scores were only quicker when tackling simple tasks, while they took longer to solve difficult problems…
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He made linear algebra fun
Mathematics Professor Gilbert “Gil” Strang taught his last class to thousands after teaching calculus, analysis, and linear algebra for more than 60 years at MIT and online. He reflects on his life at the Institute and as an instructor with MIT OpenCourseWare.
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System76's coreboot open firmware manages to disable Intel ME for Raptor Lake
Read about the latest performance boosts, disabling Intel ME, Windows 11 support, and more!