How Smart Lighting Shapes Efficient, Safe, and Sustainable Cities
Smart lighting – adaptive, automated lighting technology – has emerged as a critical tool for creating more efficient, resilient, and liveable urban environments. The history of smart lighting traces back to the early 2000s. Advancements in LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology presented significant advantages over traditional lighting sources. This includes lower energy consumption, longer lifespan, and […]
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Red Hat’s Podman AI Lab supports developer adoption of genAI
Red Hat has unveiled Podman AI Lab, an extension to the Podman Desktop graphical interface that lets developers build generative AI-powered applications in containers. Announced May 7, Podman AI Lab is intended to make it easier to develop with AI in a local environment. The Podman AI Lab extension supports the adoption of generative AI […]
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How Technology is Driving Sustainability: A Look at IoT for Good
In a world facing pressing environmental challenges, the role of technology in driving positive change has never been more critical. From devices that can measure water usage, smart vehicles that make transporting goods more efficient, or even waste containers that are smarter than your average trash bin, IoT is being applied for good in new and surprising […]
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Microsoft working on an LLM to take on Gemini, GPT-4
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new large language model (LLM) to take on Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s GPT-4. Codenamed MAI-1, the new LLM is currently in the development phase and is being led by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind and Inflection AI, The Information reported citing two sources. Suleyman joined Microsoft in March […]
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printed circuit board (PCB)
What is a printed circuit board (PCB)? A printed circuit board (PCB) is a structure for assembling electronic components and their connections into a unified circuit that allows electrical current to pass between components. The PCB baseboard is typically made of a rigid nonconductive material, although it can also be built on a flexible base […]
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Combining Satellite and Cellular IoT
In this episode of the IoT For All Podcast, Alex Kotler, SVP of Sales and Partnerships at POND IoT, joins Ryan Chacon to discuss combining satellite and cellular IoT. The conversation covers the concept of multi-IMSI SIM cards that provide seamless connectivity across multiple networks in various countries, beneficial for devices like billboards, ATM machines, […]
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OpenAI unveils specs for desired AI model behavior
In a bid to “deepen the public conversation about how AI models should behave,” AI company OpenAI has introduced Model Spec, a document that shares the company’s approach to shaping desired model behavior. Model Spec, now in a first draft, was introduced May 8. The document specifies OpenAI’s approach to shaping desired model behavior and […]
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Industry 5.0: The Future of Maintenance
The outlook for industrial maintenance can seem daunting. Maintenance teams are increasingly plagued by severe labor shortages – particularly a lack of experienced technicians and a steady draining of institutional memory as the older generation reaches retirement age. Industry 5.0 may be able to provide solutions. At the same time, just about every sector is operating under greater pressure than ever […]
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Oracle renames Database 23c to 23ai, makes it generally available
Oracle is making the latest long-term support release version of its database offering — Database 23c — generally available for enterprises under the name Oracle Database 23ai. The change in nomenclature can be attributed to the addition of new features to the database that are expected to help with AI-based application development among other tasks, […]
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Understanding Microsoft’s Trusted Signing service
How do we ensure that the code we’re installing is, at the very least, the code that a vendor shipped? The generally accepted solution is code signing, adding a digital signature to binaries that can be used to ensure authorship. At the same time, the signature includes a hash that can be used to show […]
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