Nepal has decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok, claiming that it is disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting, with Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud stating that the app would be banned immediately. Nepal has requested that social media platforms register and open a liaison […]
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Google Bard recently received powerful updates, one of which includes Extensions. These Extensions allow Bard to access various features such as YouTube, flight and hotel searches, and even a user’s personal documents and emails, including Drive, Docs, and Gmail. However, this newfound access also opens up vulnerabilities to Indirect Prompt Injection. Prompt Injection has been […]
Maxar is a company that operates a fleet of satellites to capture high-resolution imagery of the Earth. They generate significant revenue from selling the imagery produced by these satellites. However, Maxar also runs an Open Data Programme, which provides access to over 100 imagery sets taken in areas before and after natural disasters in exchange […]
Bioengineers at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology have discovered that low voltage generated in the soil around plant roots can stimulate growth in mung bean and chickpea plants. By placing specific electrodes in the soil, the voltage is converted into a low current, which acts as a stimulus for plant growth by enhancing metabolic […]
In this blog post, the author describes their journey of designing a software solution to collect occupancy data across a college campus. They were inspired by their experience with Bluefox occupancy sensors in the dining hall and wanted to explore the design decisions and considerations involved in tracking occupancy metrics using Bluetooth beacons. The author […]
In this web content, the author expresses his belief that coding is an essential skill that every child should learn. However, he begins to question the future of coding when his friend introduces him to an AI language model called GPT-4 that can generate code with little human input. The author shares his experiences with […]
On November 14, 2023, there will be a flight evaluation event taking place in and around the N90 airspace. This event is expected to have minimal impact. Terminal initiatives have been planned for EWR and MSP due to wind, South Florida for thunderstorms, and SFO for low ceilings and visibility, as well as VIP TFR […]
In this article, we delve into the world of dingbat apartment buildings in Los Angeles, which provided affordable and sometimes stylish housing options for generations of dreamers in the city. During the 1950s and ’60s, developers capitalized on the housing shortage by tearing down older buildings and constructing two- or three-story apartment complexes called dingbats. […]
In this article, we learn about the Chain of Density method for text summarization and how to implement it using Instructor. The Chain of Density method involves iteratively refining a summary by adding missing article entities. Salesforce AI Research has found that this method consistently outperforms human-generated summaries. By using Instructor, we can distill a […]
The NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPU is being hailed as the most powerful GPU in the world, capable of supercharging AI and HPC workloads. It features advanced memory capabilities, including 141GB of HBM3e memory and 4.8TB/s memory bandwidth. This enables faster and more efficient generative AI and large language model (LLM) acceleration, as well as […]