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In a customer support environment, it’s easy to lose track of completed tasks due to the high volume. Taking notes on notable cases can help maintain some semblance of cohesion. One instance that stood out was a customer who submitted an “emergency: emergency” ticket with an HTML blink tag to grab our attention. They were […]
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Google recently released a Chrome update that addressed a security issue reported by Apple. The issue, labeled CVE-2023-4863, was a heap buffer overflow in the WebP image library. This means that an exploit for this vulnerability was being used in the wild. A connection was made between this vulnerability and an earlier one found on […]
American schools have long relied on machine-graded bubble sheets for standardized testing, but that era may soon be coming to an end. With the rise of digital technology, tests like the SAT and ACT are transitioning to fully digital formats. Machine grading and multiple-choice testing have fundamentally shaped American education, providing rapid results for millions […]
Matrix 2.0 is now available for users to test and provides significant improvements in usability and performance. The new version includes features such as Sliding Sync for instant login and sync, Native OIDC for industry-standard authentication, Native Group VoIP for end-to-end encrypted voice and video conferencing, and Faster Joins for lazy-loading room state. Element X, […]
In this web content, the authors discuss the challenges of deploying large language models (LLMs) for real-world applications due to their size and computational requirements. They highlight the use of smaller specialized models trained through fine-tuning or distillation methods as a workaround. The authors then introduce their new mechanism called distilling step-by-step, which extracts informative […]
During the COVID era, video conferencing platforms like Zoom and Google Meet became popular, but webcams were often hard to find or too expensive. Many people turned to their smartphone cameras, which offered better image quality than most webcams. With Android 14, users may not need third-party apps to turn their smartphones into webcams for […]
Jupiter’s moon Europa has long been a candidate for hosting life in our solar system due to the presence of a subsurface ocean of liquid water. Now, using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide on Europa’s icy surface, suggesting that the ocean contains the chemicals necessary for life. The […]
Nintendo’s portable gaming console, the Nintendo 3DS, features a unique stereoscopic screen that allows for a sense of depth in games. The upper screen of the console is able to display images with depth, thanks to the use of a parallax barrier and special optics principles. The console also features a CPU called ARM11 MPCore, […]
This year has been exceptional for Kagi, and they want to express their gratitude to their customers for their support. They have listened to their users’ concerns about the cost of search and have made changes to address that. Unlimited search is now included in their Professional, Ultimate, Family, and Duo plans, starting at $10/month. […]
Today, we are excited to present our review of the Intel Xeon MAX 9480, which combines 56 cores with 64GB of HBM2e memory. This memory is not the typical DDR5, but rather the same kind of memory found in GPUs and AI accelerators. Our review became even more interesting when we removed all of the […]