Tag: pro
‘Mil-Tech Valley’: How Ukraine is turning into a living AI war lab — with the help of a global armada of tech companies
The war in Ukraine continues to rumble on, and while we often hear of military actions, behind the scenes, it seems the nation is evolving into the world’s tech R&D lab. A report from Time claims Palantir Technologies has integrated its software into the daily operations of the Ukrainian government,…
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World’s largest private cloud computing platform promises to slash your hyperperscaler costs by up to 90% — and adds a CDN service to its offering
Conventional content delivery networks (CDN) are notoriously complex, often leaving businesses and web developers in need of assistance to configure, manage, and optimize infrastructure cost-effectively and efficiently. Private cloud computing platform Vultr has introduced a new CDN service that is designed to push content closer to the edge without sacrificing…
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Geeks, look away: Philips PDS unveils outdoor LED display with 10,000 nits brightness and 7680Hz refresh rate — and yes, I’ve asked and there’s no typo in these numbers
Philips Professional Display Solutions (PPDS) has unveiled its cutting-edge Philips Urban LED 6000 Series, marking the company’s official debut in the outdoor LED display market, which is projected to be worth $29.87 billion by 2032. The Philips Urban LED 6000 Series was unveiled at ISE 2024 in Barcelona and is…
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‘Fall behind its predecessors’: Nvidia’s latest budget AI GPU reportedly reaches China — but faces uphill battle against its own peers and Huawei’s hidden weapon
The US’s trade sanctions have restricted Nvidia from exporting its advanced GPUs like the A100 and H100 to China. As a workaround, Nvidia developed the A800 and H800 GPUs specifically for Chinese clients, but these were also blocked by updated US controls last October, leading to the creation of the…
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The world’s most controversial domain registrar has a new owner — and apparently it is “forging a new path”
Controversial domain registrar Epik has been acquired by Registered Agents Inc. (RAI) to enhance its offerings of services to small businesses and entrepreneurs. However, Epik is widely known for hosting far-right and neo-Nazi websites such as 8chan and self-labelled ‘free-speech’ social network alternative, Parler. A statement released by the company…
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Meta’s new Code Llama 70B takes aim at Github’s Copilot — it’s far better than the original 5-month old Code Llama but I can’t help but wonder if devs will love it
Meta AI has released a new version of its advanced code generation model, Code Llama 70B. One of the largest open-source AI models for code generation, the new platform is a significant upgrade from its predecessor, making it both significantly faster and more accurate. Code Llama 70B has been trained…
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