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  • Slashdot: Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows Devices

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/2050230/microsoft-brings-native-pytorch-arm-support-to-windows-devices?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Microsoft Brings Native PyTorch Arm Support To Windows Devices Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Microsoft’s release of PyTorch 2.7 with native support for Windows on Arm devices marks a significant development for machine learning practitioners, particularly those focusing on AI tasks. This update enhances the ease…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ellie Huxtable

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/22/ellie-huxtable/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ellie Huxtable Feedly Summary: I was against using AI for programming for a LONG time. It never felt effective. But with the latest models + tools, it finally feels like a real performance boost If you’re still holding out, do yourself a favor: spend a few…

  • AWS News Blog: New Amazon EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storage

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-graviton4-based-instances-with-nvme-ssd-storage/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: New Amazon EC2 Graviton4-based instances with NVMe SSD storage Feedly Summary: AWS introduces new EC2 instance families (C8gd, M8gd, R8gd) powered by Graviton4 processors with NVMe SSD storage, offering up to 30% better performance, 3x more vCPUs and memory, and up to 11.4TB local storage compared to…

  • AWS Open Source Blog: Modernizing Snowflake Corporate’s Kubernetes Infrastructure with Bottlerocket and Karpenter

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/modernizing-snowflake-corporates-kubernetes-infrastructure-with-bottlerocket-and-karpenter/ Source: AWS Open Source Blog Title: Modernizing Snowflake Corporate’s Kubernetes Infrastructure with Bottlerocket and Karpenter Feedly Summary: Snowflake Corporate IT Cloud Operations reached a critical juncture in its cloud infrastructure evolution. Managing large-scale containerized workloads on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) demanded a modern, secure, and efficient operating system. The existing…

  • Cloud Blog: 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recap

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/google-cloud-next-2025-wrap-up/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: 229 things we announced at Google Cloud Next 25 – a recap Feedly Summary: Google Cloud Next 25 took place this week and we’re all still buzzing! It was a jam-packed week in Las Vegas complete with interactive experiences, including more than 10 keynotes and spotlights, 700 sessions,…

  • Cloud Blog: AlloyDB AI drives innovation for application developers

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/alloydb-ai-drives-innovation-from-the-database/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AlloyDB AI drives innovation for application developers Feedly Summary: The transformative power of AI and intelligent agents is driving profound changes, where software can understand natural language questions and commands — and even autonomously act on our behalf. At the heart of this revolution is the “AI-ready” enterprise…

  • Cloud Blog: H4D VMs: Next-generation HPC-optimized VMs

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/new-h4d-vms-optimized-for-hpc/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: H4D VMs: Next-generation HPC-optimized VMs Feedly Summary: At Google Cloud Next, we introduced H4D VMs, our latest machine type for high performance computing (HPC). Building upon existing HPC offerings, H4D VMs are designed to address the evolving needs of demanding workloads in industries such as manufacturing, weather forecasting,…

  • The Cloudflare Blog: Sequential consistency without borders: how D1 implements global read replication

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    Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/d1-read-replication-beta/ Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: Sequential consistency without borders: how D1 implements global read replication Feedly Summary: D1, Cloudflare’s managed SQL database, announces read replication beta. Here’s a deep dive of the read replication implementation and how your queries can remain consistent across all regions. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The…

  • Cloud Blog: Driving enterprise transformation with new compute innovations and offerings

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/delivering-new-compute-innovations-and-offerings/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Driving enterprise transformation with new compute innovations and offerings Feedly Summary: In the last 12 months, we’ve made incredible enhancements to our Compute Engine platform. This is driven most notably by new fourth-generation compute instances and Hyperdisk block storage as well as major customer experience enhancements. Across all…

  • Cloud Blog: Kubernetes, your AI superpower: How Google Kubernetes Engine powers AI innovation

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/how-gke-powers-ai-innovation/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Kubernetes, your AI superpower: How Google Kubernetes Engine powers AI innovation Feedly Summary: The age of AI is now. In fact, the global AI infrastructure market is on track to increase to more than $200 billion by 2028.  However, working with massive data, intricate models, and relentless iterations…