The iPhone Gets a D– for Repairability
It’s a better rating than the company has gotten from repairability experts before, at least. Samsung is second worst with a D.
This new chip survives 1300°F (700°C) and could change AI forever
A team of engineers has created a breakthrough memory device that keeps working at temperatures hotter than molten lava, shattering one of electronics’ biggest limits. Built from an unusual stack of ultra-durable materials, the tiny component can store data and perform calculations even at 700°C (1300°F), far beyond what today’s chips can handle. The discovery …
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Latest Anthropic AI model finds cracks in software defenses
Anthropic on Tuesday said its yet-to-be-released artificial intelligence model called Claude Mythos has proven keenly adept at exposing software weaknesses.
[Release] Video Outpainting – easy, lightweight workflow
Github | CivitAI This is a very simple workflow for fast video outpainting using Wan VACE. Just load your video and select the outpaint area. All of the heavy lifting is done by the VACE Outpaint node, part of my small ComfyUI Wan VACE Prep package of custom nodes intended to make common VACE editing …
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Top 5 Reranking Models to Improve RAG Results
If you have worked with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, you have probably seen this problem.
SQUIRE: Interactive UI Authoring via Slot QUery Intermediate REpresentations
Frontend developers create UI prototypes to evaluate alternatives, which is a time-consuming process of repeated iteration and refinement. Generative AI code assistants enable rapid prototyping simply by prompting through a chat interface rather than writing code. However, while this interaction gives developers flexibility since they can write any prompt they wish, it makes it challenging …
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Frontend Engineering at Palantir: Building a Backend-less Cross-Application API
About this SeriesFrontend engineering at Palantir goes far beyond building standard web apps. Our engineers design interfaces for mission-critical decision-making, build operational applications that translate insight to action, and create systems that handle massive datasets — thinking not just about what the user needs, but what they need when the network is unreliable, the stakes are high, …
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Stop Answering the Same Question Twice: Interval-Aware Caching for Druid at Netflix Scale
By Ben Sykes In a previous post, we described how Netflix uses Apache Druid to ingest millions of events per second and query trillions of rows, providing the real-time insights needed to ensure a high-quality experience for our members. Since that post, our scale has grown considerably. With our database holding over 10 trillion rows and …
Build AI-powered employee onboarding agents with Amazon Quick
Enterprises often struggle to onboard new team members at scale. Human resources (HR) teams spend time on manual tasks that delay productivity, such as processing documents to answering repeated questions about benefits and policies. For organizations with many new hires, these steps make it harder to keep onboarding consistent and compliant. Organizations lose substantial amounts …
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A Single Strike Won’t Shut Off the Gulf’s Desalination System
The Gulf’s water system is built with layers of backup, but it relies on continuous operation to hold.