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The $20 trillion US commercial real estate market has been facing a delayed shakeout due to the difficulty in determining property values. Additionally, lenders have been reluctant to act tough on borrowers facing financial strain due to the pandemic, as they did not want to take on devalued loans. As a result, transactions have come […]
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The Satellaview, a satellite add-on for the Super Famicom, housed ephemeral games, including F-Zero, which was broadcasted to Japanese homes in the 1990s. The memory cartridges used to store game data would report themselves as empty after each broadcast, making it difficult to preserve the content. However, some untouched memory cartridges were found and used […]
OpenAI acknowledges that while their AI tools have the potential to improve lives and tackle complex challenges, there are also malicious actors who may abuse these tools for harmful purposes. State-affiliated groups, in particular, pose unique risks due to their access to advanced technology and skilled personnel. OpenAI, in partnership with Microsoft Threat Intelligence, has […]
OpenLLMetry-JS is an extension built on OpenTelemetry that provides complete observability for your LLM (Low-Level Machine Learning) application. It can be connected to existing observability solutions like Datadog and Honeycomb. The project, maintained by Traceloop, offers standard OpenTelemetry instrumentations for LLM providers and Vector DBs, as well as a Traceloop SDK for easy integration. The […]
Tai chi, a traditional Chinese martial art, has been found to have numerous health benefits. It improves flexibility, reduces stress, and can lower blood pressure. In fact, new research suggests that tai chi is better than more vigorous aerobic exercises for lowering blood pressure in individuals with prehypertension. Prehypertension is when blood pressure is higher […]
This week, Amazon Science announced that it has added automated reasoning to its research areas. The impact of automated reasoning can be seen in Amazon Web Services, where customers have access to features like IAM Access Analyzer and S3 Block Public Access. Amazon development teams are also integrating automated reasoning tools into their processes to […]
The recent cancellation of the queer.af domain registration by the Taliban highlights the fragile and risky nature of country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs). This article explains the difference between ccTLDs and generic TLDs and emphasizes the lack of control and potential abuses associated with ccTLDs. It mentions controversial instances such as the case of Brexit and […]
The US government has issued guidelines on how patent protections will apply to inventions made with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The decision states that a real person must have made a “significant contribution” to the invention, and only a human being can be named as an inventor on a patent. This ruling […]
This book is not a guide on writing code or performance tuning, but it provides detailed information on understanding the performance of your Erlang application. It covers topics like profiling, tracing, and performance tuning in the last few chapters, but its main goal is to give you a thorough understanding of the Erlang Runtime System […]
Xonsh is a versatile shell language and command prompt that runs on multiple platforms and is powered by Python. It includes shell primitives and is designed for both experts and beginners to use in their daily tasks. To get started with xonsh, you can install it using pip and find more information on their website, […]