AMD ROCm Going Open-Source: Will Include Software Stack & Hardware Document

AMD plans to open-source portions of its ROCm software stack and hardware documentation in a future update to refine its ecosystem.

The Streaming Purge Has Started As Deezer Deletes 26 Million “Useless” Trac

Deezer has deleted 26 million of what it terms as "useless" tracks, which could be an indicator of what's to come from other platforms.

Goodhart's law

Goodhart's law is an adage often stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".[1] It is named after British economist Charles Goodhart, who is credited with expressing the core idea of the adage in a 1975 article on monetary policy in the…

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas target

Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants

CSS Rounded Corners Examples

Introduction Rounded corners on HTML help soften the overall design of a...

A Lotta Love to Give: The Brilliant Voice and Too-Short Life of Nicolette Larson

Friends and family of late singer Nicolette Larson remember her brilliant voice, and the ups and downs of a life that ended far too soon.

Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ Belongs to Everyone

What is it about the once virtually unknown song that inspires so many musicians to make it their own?

Lachlan Cartwright: What I Saw at the National Enquirer During Trump’s Rise

Inside the notorious “catch and kill” campaign that now stands at the heart of the former president’s legal trial.

Kim Jong Un faces annihilation in nearly all Korea war scenarios

Although North Korea has a manpower advantage, the bulk of its forces rely on 'increasingly obsolete equipment” dating back to Soviet era.

What’s new in visual merchandising?

Retailers have been using visual merchandising and props to draw in customers for as long as shops have been open. Of course, things have moved on a little from the early days of simple displays, with retailers now having a whole arsenal of tools at their disposal to not only…

A Practical Guide to Data Normalization in R

Introduction Data normalization is a crucial preprocessing step in data analysis and machine learning workflows. It helps in standardizing the scale of numeric features, ensuring fair treatment to all variables regardless of their magnitude. In ...

The marketplace of good and bad ideas

On why the free exchange of ideas is a complex breeding ground for truth, appealing falsehoods, and self-serving rationalisations.

Modular Open-Sources Mojo: The Programming Language that Turns Python into

In the rapidly evolving world of technology and artificial intelligence, a new development has emerged that promises to impact the Python and AI communities significantly. Modular, a pioneering tech firm, has announced the open-sourcing of Mojo, a programming language designed…

LLaMA Now Goes Faster on CPUs

I wrote 84 new matmul kernels to improve llamafile CPU performance.

4 Fiber Optic Networking Spotlights From the Optical Fiber Conference

Some of the leaders of the networking industry showed up to the Optical Fiber Conference, including Broadcom, MediaTek, Semtech, and MaxLinear.

Large language models use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some

Researchers find large language models use a simple mechanism to retrieve stored knowledge when they respond to a user prompt. These mechanisms can be leveraged to see what the model knows about different subjects and possibly to correct false information it has stored.

Introducing DBRX: A New State-of-the-Art Open LLM

So You Think You’ve Been Gaslit

What happens when a niche clinical concept becomes a ubiquitous cultural diagnosis.

ChatGPT vs Perplexity AI: AI App Comparison

What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is an AI platform renowned for its conversational AI capabilities. Leveraging the power of the Generative Pre-trained Transformer models, ChatGPT generates human-like text responses across various topics, from casual conversations…

The Challenges Of Working With Photonics

From curvilinear designs to thermal vulnerabilities, what engineers need to know about the advantages and disadvantages of photonics.

The Hottest Restaurant in France Is an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet

Les Grands Buffets features a seven-tiered lobster tower, a chocolate fountain, and only what it considers traditional French food. Gourmands are willing to wait months for a table.

10 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2024

This installment of our quarterly rundown includes titles on digital marketing, team development, content marketing, AI, launching a startup, and more.

Introduction to the Full-Bridge Rectifier - Technical Articles

The full-wave bridge rectifier converts an AC input voltage to a DC power supply voltage. Learn about the operation of this essential circuit.

Stunning Photos from Dick Smith’s Do-It-Yourself Monster Make-Up Handbook P

"I wrote this book originally in 1965 to show young people how to have fun doing simple monster make-ups. It was published as a 60s magazine and was sold for many years as a back issue. I’ve been a professional makeup artist now for forty years but I still remember the thrill I…

Thorium: The Fastest Open Source Chromium-based Browser?

Clerking For Judge Aileen Cannon: A Behind-The-Scenes Look

A tale of two clerkships: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

The US doesn’t have universal health care — but these states (almost) do

Ten states have uninsured rates below 5 percent. What are they doing right?

The Definitive History of Private Credit

From the days of Drexel Burnham Lambert to the "Golden Age"

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Bring your pet while riding your bike with trailer and backpack in one

For fur parents that have bikes and need to bring their babies with them outside, having somewhere to place their pet safely and conveniently can sometimes be a challenge. Fortunately, a lot of pet-related brands have been coming up with different products to make life easier…

How the Peace Sign Went From Powerful Protest Symbol to Lifestyle Motif

For a younger generation, the once-powerful protest symbol packs about as much of a punch as a smiley face.

The Great Migration from MongoDB to PostgreSQL

How Infisical migrated from MongoDB to PostgreSQL.

Customers Prefer to Crowdfund Products They Can Improve

Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have not only broadened access to funding to companies that might struggle in the capital markets but have also transformed the way companies connect with consumers during product development, replacing focus groups with real customers…

What is it like to remember all the faces you’ve ever seen?

They’ve been studied by researchers and recruited by police forces, but what’s it actually like to be a super-recogniser?

Half of Russian-Made Chips Are Defective

Anton Shilov reports via Tom's Hardware: About half of the processors packaged in Russia are defective. This has prompted Baikal Electronics, a Russian processor developer, to expand the number of packaging partners in the country, according to a report in Vedomosti, a…

The race to replace Redis

Algorithms can aid price collusion, even if no humans actually talk to each

The DOJ and FTC weighed in on a case about hotel pricing.

A step-by-step guide to building a Ruby gem from scratch

This article was originally written by Julie Kent on the Honeybadger Developer Blog. If you have...

Mamba Explained

Is Attention all you need? Mamba, a novel AI model based on State Space Models (SSMs), emerges as a formidable alternative to the widely used Transformer models, addressing their inefficiency in processing long sequences.

What is AWS Redshift and Why Use It?

Introduction I've been looking into ways to improve our ability to analyze...

Searching for the Cause of a Catastrophic Plane Crash | The New Yorker

On a calm, clear day, USAir Flight 427 suddenly nosedived and smashed into the earth, killing everyone on board. A team of investigators quickly assembled to sift through the rubble.

Lenovo Shows Huge Optimism Towards AMD’s Instinct MI300X AI Accelerators

Lenovo, the firm emerging as a driving force behind AI computing, has expressed tremendous optimism about AMD's Instinct MI300X accelerator.

How Nvidia Blackwell Systems Attack 1 Trillion Parameter AI Models

We like datacenter compute engines here at The Next Platform, but as the name implies, what we really like are platforms – how compute, storage,

How Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Helps Neural Networks Compute

Large language models do better at solving problems when they show their work. Researchers are beginning to understand why.

How to Get Started: Investigating Payment Gateways Online

Investigating the financial transactions of an organisation can reveal details about its connections and funding. Here's a quick guide on how to do it.

Could that tingle down the spine be a way to rediscover joy?

In new research, scientists have looked into the potential benefits of giving people with depression the aesthetic chills

Arc is a browser…

Experience a calmer, more personal internet in this browser designed for you. Let go of the clicks, the clutter, the distractions.

8 CSS Snippets for Creating Bento Grid Layouts

Dive into CSS bento grid layouts. A collection of CSS flexbox and grid code snippets, and examples for enhancing your web development skills.

ARPA-H Awards Columbia Researchers Nearly $39M to Develop a Living Knee Rep

Columbia biomedical engineers are collaborating with orthopedic surgeons to build a living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years.

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