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Benchmark and optimize endpoint deployment in Amazon SageMaker JumpStart

Kyle Ulrich

When deploying a large language model (LLM), machine learning (ML) practitioners typically care about two measurements for model serving performance: latency, defined by the time it takes to generate a single token, and throughput, defined by the number of tokens generated per second. Although a single request to the deployed endpoint would exhibit a throughput […]

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January 29, 2024
Swiss startup believes this forgotten element is the key to safe nuclear energy

Siôn Geschwindt

Nuclear energy is undergoing a renaissance. Across Europe, governments are pouring huge amounts of money into new power plants while startups are busily working on smaller, modular alternatives. Most of these plants rely on uranium, the radioactive metal that fuelled the atomic age (and contributed to a couple of catastrophic meltdowns). However, Swiss startup Transmutex wants to reinvent nuclear energy using a lesser-known element called thorium. Uranium’s forgotten cousin Thorium is a lead-like metal that is mildly reactive, but four times more abundant than uranium and a lot safer to handle. However, thorium is a fissionable material but not a…

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January 29, 2024
Local dialects can increase trust in robots, study finds

Ioanna Lykiardopoulou

Research has shown that local dialects play an important role in self, in-group, and cultural identity. But can they also impact our interaction with robots? This question is particularly relevant for social robots — the ones designed to interact with humans, such as classroom assistants or even the famous Sophia humanoid. To facilitate their relationship with people, these robots feature many anthropomorphic characteristics, including human-like appearance and voice. However, studies have so far been divided on whether the use of local dialects or standard language has a stronger effect on the perception of their trustworthiness and competence. To further shed…

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January 29, 2024
Apple TV+ workplace thriller ‘Severance’ returns to production

The cast and crew of hit Apple TV+ drama “Severance” are back on set and filming the show’s second season.

Production resumes on sci-fi thriller ‘Severance’

In May 2023, production on the award-winning sci-fi thriller series “Severance” ground to a halt amid the writers union and SAG-AFTRA strokes. Now, after more than eight months of delays, the series is headed back to production.

The announcement, spotted by The Independent, was made on Monday by series creator Ben Stiller on X.

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January 29, 2024
Is Apple’s App Store a monopoly or a solution?

As Apple prepares to extend its apps platform into the intimate world of Spatial Computing with Apple Vision Pro and at the same time into what it’s calling a more socially-connected FaceTime experience, the company is facing two apparent competitive threats that also represent two opposite extremes of influence.

The first threat relates to Artificial Intelligence and the second to Apple’s App Store. They might not seem related, but as media narratives they seem to be.

Both come from the same kind of thinkers who not so long ago imagined Apple would be driven out of business because it wasn’t investing all of its resources into Voice First smart microphones, and then into folding displays that promised to turn a thick iPhone into a creased iPad. Why isn’t Apple chasing all the mistakes of others?

At the same time, these same thinkers were also insisting that world governments should all force the company to manufacture replaceable battery packs like Nokia did back before phones were waterproof, to license Adobe Flash on its mobiles, to adopt mini-USB, and to provide free tech support for any sort of counterfeit components users might install inside their devices. Shouldn’t the bureaucrats who can barely balance their own budgets take over Apple’s engineering?

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January 29, 2024
Apple seeds first developer beta of macOS Sonoma 14.4

The first developer beta of macOS Sonoma 14.4 is out for testing following the release of version 14.3.

macOS Sonoma

Developers taking part in the beta test program can pick up the newest build through the Apple Developer Center or by updating Macs already running the beta. Public beta versions are generally made available via the Apple Beta Software Program not long after the developer versions are released.

The new beta round takes place after the public release of macOS Sonoma 14.3 on January 22, and the release candidate from January 17.

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January 29, 2024
Apple issues first watchOS 10.4 beta to developers

With the release of watchOS 10.3, Apple has shifted generations and has provided its first developer beta test for watchOS 10.4.

Developers can download the new watchOS beta

Developers participating in the beta program can pull the latest version via the Apple Developer Center or simply by updating their devices with the beta software. Public beta releases are usually available a brief period after the developer releases, via the Apple Beta Software Program.

The first watchOS 10.4 developer beta arrives after the public release of watchOS 10.3, which occurred on January 22, and its release candidate from January 17.

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January 29, 2024
Evercore forecasts ‘modest upside’ for Apple Q1 2024

Apple’s first-quarter results should provide modest upside’ for investors, a note from Evercore analysts believes, with continued high Services growth and risk in China at the forefront of investor thoughts for the company.

Apple Park

Apple’s holiday quarter earnings will be announced on February 1, and will detail the finances of the iPhone maker during its typically busy period. In a pre-results note to investors seen by AppleInsider, the results should be the start of an improved outlook for Apple throughout the rest of the year.

The note forecasts that Apple’s revenue will reach $117 billion, the same ballpark as the year-ago quarter, and slightly below its consensus estimate of $118 billion. For Earnings Per Share, Evercore puts the figure at $2.08, up year-on-year from $1.88, and just below the $2.10 consensus.

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January 29, 2024
UK could secretly block security worldwide, says Apple

Apple has attacked what it calls the UK’s “unprecedented overreach” in proposing that it have the power of veto over all Big Tech security features across the globe.

UK Houses of Parliament

The UK’s House of Lords is due to debate an update to the country’s Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 on January 30, 2024. In a much earlier form in 2015, the IPA was slammed by Apple for how it then proposed breaking encryption.

According to BBC News, Apple is now attacking the latest update proposals. Apple is against the UK having a veto over security updates, and also over how if the country were to exercise that veto, no Big Tech firm could even say that it has.

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January 29, 2024
The best NAS devices of 2024

The best NAS storage devices feature user-friendly interfaces, fast performance, and excellent app availability.

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January 29, 2024

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