Harnessing Satellite Data for Sustainable Agriculture
As the global population continues to grow, the issue of food security becomes more pressing. Increasing agricultural production is a crucial challenge, especially considering its vulnerability to factors like extreme weather events, deforestation, resource scarcity, and urbanization, which further diminish the available workforce. This is where sustainable agriculture comes in. Unfortunately, agriculture also adds to […]
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Shiny for Python adds chat component for generative AI chatbots
Shiny for Python 1.0 launched this week with built-in chatbot functionality. The Chat() component is aimed at making it “easy to implement generative AI chatbots, powered by any large language model (LLM) of your choosing,” according to today’s announcement. “The ai_model can be anything, but Chat makes it especially easy to use interfaces from OpenAI, […]
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Join Us for the mioty Global Summit 2024 in Stockholm!
We’re thrilled to announce that the mioty Global Summit is returning for its second edition on 10 October 2024, in the vibrant city of Stockholm, Sweden. This is your chance to connect with our members and global mioty experts and discover why the future is orange! Dive into the latest developments, engage in meaningful discussions, […]
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Python pick: Shiny for Python—now with chat
As we wrap up the month in Python and elsewhere: Make generative AI chatbots in Python the Shiny way; use Streamlit to create web-based Python apps without getting dirty with HTML, CSS, or JavaScript; discover Extism, the lib that lets you build universal software components in WebAssembly; and get tips for speeding things up when […]
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Connecting EV Charge Points with Cellular
The increasing demand for clean energy and the ambitious 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by all 193 U.N. Member States are driving rapid growth in the EV charging and smart grid market. Eseye‘s research indicates that 80% of respondents in the EV charging industry expect a significant increase in the number of devices in […]
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Focusing open source on security, not ideology
Yet even here, the process only works if people follow it. There’s a reason supply chain attacks succeed: Even when a fix for a bug is available, we stink at applying the patches. It’s been 10 years since Heartbleed hit, and there are still tens of thousands of systems that remain vulnerable. Why? Well, it’s […]
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What Are the Benefits of Integrating Nanotechnology into IoT?
Despite its small size, nanotechnology has an enormous impact on the Internet of Things (IoT). Engineers are experimenting with everything from a nanoscale battery for IoT devices to a nanomaterial-based display screen. Despite this technology’s potential, its implementation raises questions — what’s the point of nanoscale internet-connected objects? Nanotechnology’s Role in IoT Nanotechnology is a […]
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Google Cloud Spanner gets dual-region configuration option
Each region runs two read/write replicas and a witness replica to maintain availability, Sagar explained, adding that when a zonal outage occurs affecting any one replica in a region, Spanner, due to the dual-region configuration setup, would be able to maintain availability as at least two replicas would be functional. However, the product manager pointed […]
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The Power of Scaling Computer Vision Applications
AI is coming to the edge, especially for enterprises seeking scalable solutions. Why? Businesses are starting to realize that general-purpose foundation models are too difficult to run, too expensive, or aren’t addressing their real business needs. They have begun looking past these massive scaling models to more practical and use case-specific computer vision models. As […]
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Agentic AI drives enterprises away from public clouds
AI agents are nothing new. AI itself was old but is new again, and AI agents and agentic AI are another chapter. Agentic AI, known for its autonomous decision-making and complex goal management, radically transforms enterprise operations. The significant change is that public cloud providers are often not the desired platform of choice. Companies big […]
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