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  • Cloud Blog: ScaNN for AlloyDB: The first PostgreSQL vector search index that works well from millions to billion of vectors

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/how-scann-for-alloydb-vector-search-compares-to-pgvector-hnsw/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: ScaNN for AlloyDB: The first PostgreSQL vector search index that works well from millions to billion of vectors Feedly Summary: Executive Summary – ScaNN for AlloyDB is the first Postgres-based vector search extension that supports vector indexes of all sizes, while providing fast index builds, fast transactional updates,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: llm-openrouter 0.4

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/10/llm-openrouter-04/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: llm-openrouter 0.4 Feedly Summary: llm-openrouter 0.4 I found out this morning that OpenRouter include support for a number of (rate-limited) free API models. I occasionally workshops on top of LLMs (like this one) and being able to provide students with a quick way to obtain an API…

  • AWS News Blog: DeepSeek-R1 now available as a fully managed serverless model in Amazon Bedrock

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/deepseek-r1-now-available-as-a-fully-managed-serverless-model-in-amazon-bedrock/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: DeepSeek-R1 now available as a fully managed serverless model in Amazon Bedrock Feedly Summary: DeepSeek-R1 is now available as a fully managed model in Amazon Bedrock, freeing up your teams to focus on strategic initiatives instead of managing infrastructure complexities. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Hacker News: Apple rearranged its XNU kernel with exclaves

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/08/kernel_sanders_apple_rearranges_xnu/ Source: Hacker News Title: Apple rearranged its XNU kernel with exclaves Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Apple is enhancing the security of its XNU kernel through the introduction of “exclaves,” which create isolated domains that enhance protection against kernel compromises. This architectural shift aims to combine the advantages…

  • Hacker News: Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/07/dare_europe_risc_v_project/ Source: Hacker News Title: Do you DARE? Europe bets once again on RISC-V for supercomputing sovereignty Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the formation of the Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe (DARE) project aimed at developing processor units for high-performance computing, particularly supercomputers. This initiative…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/7/gemini-embeddings/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API Feedly Summary: State-of-the-art text embedding via the Gemini API Gemini just released their new text embedding model, with the snappy name gemini-embedding-exp-03-07. It supports 8,000 input tokens – up from 3,000 – and outputs vectors that are a lot larger…

  • Hacker News: Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI

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    Source URL: https://techstartups.com/2025/03/07/microsoft-is-plotting-a-future-without-openai/ Source: Hacker News Title: Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Microsoft’s ambitions to reduce its reliance on OpenAI by developing in-house AI models under Mustafa Suleyman’s leadership. This shift aims to lower costs and regain control over AI technologies,…

  • Cloud Blog: Meet Kubernetes History Inspector, a log visualization tool for Kubernetes clusters

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/kubernetes-history-inspector-visualizes-cluster-logs/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Meet Kubernetes History Inspector, a log visualization tool for Kubernetes clusters Feedly Summary: Kubernetes, the container orchestration platform, is inherently a complex, distributed system. While it provides resilience and scalability, it can also introduce operational complexities, particularly when troubleshooting. Even with Kubernetes’ self-healing capabilities, identifying the root cause…