Apple has launched the public beta for iOS 18.2, which introduces new Apple Intelligence features such as Genmoji and Image Playground. However, these image tools come with a waitlist due to concerns over misuse. The waitlist is part of Apple’s ‘Responsible AI’ principles, designed to ensure that its AI tools are working properly and aren’t … Read more
Apple has finally introduced a dedicated password management app in iOS 18, and its new “Shared Groups” feature is a game-changer for users who want to share passwords with others. The app allows you to create groups of passwords, passkeys, and other credentials that can be shared with anyone in your contacts. This feature solves … Read more
OpenAI is rolling out its ChatGPT web search tool to all users, starting with those paying $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus. The new feature uses the familiar ChatGPT interface but scours the web for relevant and timely information before summarizing it in a coherent response. The key difference between this and Google’s search engine … Read more
Bing, once an afterthought in the search landscape, is now getting renewed attention from ChatGPT Search. As this new search engine taps into Bing’s index, it’s essential for SEO managers to re-examine their focus on Bing and make any necessary adjustments. ChatGPT Search relies heavily on Bing’s index, meaning that if a page is not … Read more
Amazon has successfully migrated its large-scale data operations from Apache Spark to Apache Ray, resulting in a significant 82% efficiency gain. The company’s move is expected to save $100 million annually on compute services. In a recent talk at the All Things Open 2024 conference, Patrick Ames, Amazon Principal Engineer, discussed the company’s migration to … Read more
AMD has finally released the long-awaited Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a processor that promises to revolutionize gaming performance with its cutting-edge 3D V-Cache technology. And boy, does it deliver. With its new design tweaks, including moving the 3D V-Cache to the underside of the CCD, AMD has managed to boost performance by 200MHz on peak boost … Read more
AMD’s latest Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor is here, and it lives up to expectations as a powerful gaming CPU with its Zen 5 microarchitecture and 3D V-Cache technology. The new processor boasts 64MB of cache memory, which provides significant performance boosts over the older Ryzen 9000 series. Compared to its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 9700X, … Read more
AMD’s new 8-core Ryzen 7 9800X3D chip delivers exceptional gaming performance, but its productivity workloads are where it truly shines. In single-threaded applications, the chip is only 3% faster than its predecessor, the Ryzen 7 9700X. However, in multi-threaded workloads, the 9800X3D boasts a significant 34% increase in performance compared to the prior-gen 7800X3D. The … Read more
Hugging Face has released its new SmolLM2 initiative, a line of tiny language models designed for fine-tuning on personal computers. The latest model, SmolLM2 1.7B, is trained on 11 tera-token datasets, significantly larger than the original SmolLM. This increase in data size allows for more accurate and informative results. SmolLM2 1.7B comes with three variants: … Read more
The rise of smaller, more efficient language models is transforming the way we approach artificial intelligence. One notable example is SmolLM, a compact language model designed to run on local devices without compromising performance. By leveraging optimized training datasets and a carefully curated corpus, SmolLM achieves an impressive balance between power and efficiency. SmolLM comes … Read more