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NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs have been recognized for their exceptional AI performance, particularly in the field of generative AI using large language models (LLMs). These GPUs have set new records in the latest MLPerf training benchmarks for generative AI. In one test, a cluster of 3,584 H100 GPUs completed a GPT-3-based training benchmark in […]
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Google Ads’ dominance in the search engine industry creates a conflict of interest, as the platform’s profitability is tied to ad revenue. This results in inflated costs and intense competition for advertisers, making it difficult for small businesses with limited budgets to effectively compete. To address these issues, Google should provide more transparency and cost-effective […]
The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) project is proud to announce the release of TDE R14.1.0 after more than 8 years since R14.0.0. TDE aims to provide a traditional desktop experience for Unix-like operating systems. This lightweight desktop environment is ideal for users who prefer a lean and efficient experience, and it is compatible with various […]
FreeBSD networking and container stacks, such as Jails, have matured and offer many useful features. However, these features are not well advertised or documented by the FreeBSD project. In contrast, when Solaris was still under Sun, networking capabilities and virtual switches were heavily promoted. FreeBSD has technologies like Netgraph and lightweight containers, but they are […]
In recent months, a major air quality monitoring manufacturer has made changes to their free data plan, rendering it essentially useless and forcing customers to upgrade to a paid plan. This trend is not exclusive to this manufacturer, as others in the industry are also employing tactics to increase the costs of owning an air […]
The latest version of tinc, 1.1pre18, has been released with a range of updates and new features. Some of these updates include making more variables safe for use in invitations, preventing large amounts of UDP probes from being sent consecutively, and allowing a tun/tap filedescriptor to be passed through a UNIX socket. Additionally, tinc has […]
Microsoft is providing a new way to use the classic Outlook app on Windows and the Microsoft Edge web browser. If you have a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription, browser links from the Outlook app will open in Microsoft Edge by default, right alongside the email they’re from in the Microsoft Edge sidebar pane. […]
FedEx is facing a lawsuit accusing the delivery firm of carrying out the largest odometer rollback fraud in history. The allegation is that the firm replaced the odometers in many of its retired vans to read zero miles, used the vehicles for a bit longer before selling them at auction with just 100,000 miles or less on the new […]
The Zellij team has introduced a new plugin system that allows developers to build terminal applets that can manage the user’s workspace, handle events, and automate workflows. The Rust-based platform also provides access to background workers for long-running tasks such as large search queries. The Zellij plugin system can render itself programmatically and does not […]
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Northeastern University have unveiled a shape-shifting robot capable of eight distinct types of motion. The robot, named Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4), can turn its wheels into rotors to take off and fly, or perform other tasks, such as walking like a meerkat on two wheels and even tumbling. […]