What is QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) and how does it work?
QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) is a method of combining two amplitude modulation (AM) signals into a single channel. This modulation scheme helps double the channel’s effective bandwidth. QAM is also used with pulse AM in digital systems, such as wireless communications. How does QAM work? QAM is used to achieve greater spectrum efficiency. This is […]
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Google introduces Gemini 2.5 reasoning models
Google has introduced version 2.5 of its Gemini AI model, which the company said offers a new level of performance by combining an enhanced base model with improved post-training. The Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through their thoughts before responding, thus resulting in better performance and improved accuracy, said Koray Kavukcuoglu, […]
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Are we creating too many AI models?
Too much duplication Some level of competition and parallel development is healthy for innovation, but the current situation appears increasingly wasteful. Multiple organizations are building similar capabilities, with each contributing a massive carbon footprint. This redundancy becomes particularly questionable when many models perform similarly on standard benchmarks and real-world tasks. The differences in capabilities between […]
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What is software-defined networking (SDN)?
Software-defined networking (SDN) is a networking approach in which software is used to easily configure and centrally manage IT networks. SDN abstracts a network’s different, distinguishable layers to make it more agile, flexible and easy to manage. Its main goal is to improve network control and empower enterprises to respond quickly to changing business requirements […]
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How RamaLama helps make AI model testing safer
Here, for context, is what I said: I want to show you how easy it is to test deepseek-r1. It’s a single command. I know nothing about DeepSeek, how to set it up. I don’t want to. But I want to get my hands on it so that I can understand it better. RamaLama can […]
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How AI is transforming IDEs into intelligent development assistants
Traditional IDE features Long before the advent of AI-driven tools, IDEs played a pivotal role in transforming developers’ work. By consolidating essential tools into a single platform, early IDEs helped developers move away from tedious, manual workflows and focus on actual problem-solving. These foundational features laid the groundwork for today’s modern, AI-powered capabilities. Syntax highlighting […]
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Intro to Alpine.js: A JavaScript framework for minimalists
I recently backpacked through Big Sur, and after a few days, the inevitable happened: I looked at everything I carried and demanded it justify its presence in my backpack. Making tech choices during the software development process is similar. Every asset in the system adds complexity, so everything better be pulling its weight. Alpine has […]
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Databricks’ TAO method to allow LLM training with unlabeled data
“Through this adaptive learning process, the model refines its predictions to enhance quality,” the company explained. And finally in the continuous improvement phase, enterprise users create data, which are essentially different LLM inputs, by interacting with the model, which can be used to optimize model performance further. TAO can increase the efficiency of inexpensive models […]
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Microsoft lauds Hyperlight Wasm for WebAssembly workloads
Building Hyperlight with a WebAssembly runtime enables any programming language to execute in a protected Hyperlight micro-VM without any prior knowledge of Hyperlight. Program authors are just compiling for the wasm32-wasip2 target, meaning programs can use runtimes such as Wasmtime or Jco, Microsoft said. Programs also can be run on a server for Nginx Unit, […]
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Oracle releases ML-optimized GraalVM for JDK 24
Oracle has released GraalVM for JDK 24, an alternative Java Development Kit tuned to just-released JDK 24 that uses ML (machine learning)-based profile inference to boost peak performance by about 7.9% on average on microservices benchmarks, the company said. GraalVM for JDK 24 was released on March 18. GraalVM for JDK 24 can be downloaded […]
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