Google has announced its “largest expansion ever” of Google Translate today, adding 110 new languages to the platform. This expansion was made possible by Google’s Palm 2 large language model, which helped Translate more efficiently learn languages closely related to each other. Some of the new additions cover more than 614 million speakers, which will … Read more
has long been dedicated to supporting the LGBTQ+ community, and their commitment goes beyond just Pride month. Throughout the year, Oracle actively works to promote diversity, inclusion, and equality for all employees, customers, and partners. Oracle’s efforts to support the LGBTQ+ community include providing benefits for same-sex partners, offering gender-neutral restrooms at their offices, and … Read more
CME Group and Google Cloud have announced a partnership to construct a new network and cloud-based facility in the Chicago suburbs, allowing the exchange operator to move its futures and options trading to the cloud. The companies will build cloud and colocation facilities near CME’s existing data center in Aurora, Illinois, with construction beginning later … Read more
Cybersecurity is crucial for democratic campaigns and elections, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working with Defend Digital Campaigns (DDC) to provide over 20 cybersecurity services at low or no cost to national party committees and federal candidate campaigns. The collaboration began in 2020 and has expanded to include more services for the 2024 cycle. … Read more
Intel has recently released two updates for its open source driver, Compute Runtime version 24.22.29735.20 and an updated Intel graphics compiler, IGC 1.0.16900.23. These updates aim to provide OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero capabilities on both Windows and Linux systems. The Intel Compute Runtime version has been optimized to better support the upcoming Intel Arc … Read more
Intel’s open-source Linux graphics driver developers are working on integrating support for cooperative array types on the Xe2 platform, which will be featured in the upcoming Lunar Lake processors and Battlemage discrete graphics cards. Ian Romanick’s work on this feature was recently merged into Mesa 24.2-devel, with support for Vulkan VK_KHR_cooperative_matrix extension. This support is … Read more
Intel has released new wireless drivers in version 23.60.1 with support for the upcoming Windows 11 version 24H2. This update is essential for Wi-Fi 7 users, as per an official Microsoft document. The driver also includes regulatory updates for Wi-Fi 7 in certain countries. The new features of the Intel Wireless Wi-Fi driver for Windows … Read more
California legislators are making progress on a bill that would require big tech companies like Google to pay news outlets for the articles they distribute. Assembly Bill 886, also known as the California Journalism Preservation Act, cleared a critical hurdle when it was approved by the state Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation aims to address … Read more
Early reviews of Copilot+ indicate that it may be wise to hold off on purchasing this product until Intel and AMD release their own versions. The Copilot+ is a device that aims to enhance the performance of laptops by providing additional computing power. However, some reviewers have noted that the current version may not offer … Read more
On July 8, 2023, Microsoft announced the end of support for Azure Apache Spark 3.2. It is advisable to upgrade your Apache Spark 3.2 workloads to version 3.3 (GA) or 3.4 (GA planned for the first and second quarter of 2024). The Azure Synapse runtime for Apache Spark 3.2 will be retired and disabled from … Read more