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One of the world’s leading environmental philanthropists, Hansjörg Wyss, is supporting the Foundation Conservation Carpathia in purchasing land in Romania to create “the European Yellowstone” – a massive protected area similar to North Cascades National Park. The Fagaras Mountains are home to diverse wildlife, including wolves, brown bears, and the reintroduced bison. The project aims […]
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Recent works on extreme low-bit quantization have been gaining attention in the machine learning community, with the potential for matrix multiplication without actual multiplications to improve compute efficiency. The blog explores quantizing pre-trained models with extreme settings, including binary weights, using HQQ+. Surprisingly, fine-tuning just a fraction of the weights on top of an HQQ-quantized […]
Béla Bartók was an enigmatic figure, described as sullen, puritanical, and weak, yet transforming into a terrifying presence on stage. His obsession with tempo and unique music compositions left audiences horrified. Bartók’s peasant-hunting expeditions in Transylvania, although bizarre, led to a deep fascination with folk music that inspired his greatest works. His use of a […]
Andres Freund detected odd symptoms around liblzma in Debian sid installations, leading to the discovery that the upstream xz repository and tarballs were backdoored. The injected code modifies the build process and impacts openssh servers, causing slowdowns in logins. The exploit targets x86-64 Linux systems with glibc, and the backdoor involves obfuscated code, dynamic linker […]
Introducing OpenVoice, a cutting-edge voice cloning technology that can replicate a person’s voice with just a short audio clip and generate speech in various languages. This innovative approach allows for precise control over voice styles, including emotion, accent, rhythm, and intonation, while accurately preserving the tone color of the original speaker. Surprisingly, OpenVoice can even […]
Andres Freund discovered a backdoor in the upstream xz/liblzma package that compromised ssh servers after observing odd symptoms on Debian sid installations. The backdoor was found in the distributed tarballs, injecting an obfuscated script that modified certain files. The backdoor affected systems targeted x86-64 Linux and glibc-based systems. The impact was observed in slowed logins […]
The author discusses their transition from an agency-client relationship to becoming the VP of Technology at Matter, a startup focused on improving happiness through an app that allows users to log positive memories. They emphasize the importance of privacy, revealing that Matter never has access to users’ private data, ensuring their data stays on their […]
In the 1980s, Apple explored potential computing platforms beyond the Apple II, Apple III, Lisa, and Macintosh, including a concept called the Jonathan. Led by engineer Jonathan Fitch, this model featured modular components for easy upgrades, aiming to cover multiple markets without the need for multiple devices. The design looked sleek and futuristic, anticipated to […]
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Facebook Watch shut down its original shows last year, including popular series like Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk, due to Meta’s cost-cutting measures. An ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Meta alleges that Facebook’s decision to end their streaming business was influenced by their lucrative relationship with Netflix. Shockingly, court documents claim that Facebook gave Netflix […]