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Cloudflare Enhances AI Inference Platform with Powerful GPU Upgrade, Faster Inference, Larger Models, Observability, and Upgraded Vector Database

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Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), a leading connectivity cloud company, announced powerful new capabilities for Workers AI, the serverless AI platform, and its suite of AI application building blocks, to help developers build faster, more powerful and more performant AI applications. Applications built on Workers AI can now benefit from faster inference, bigger models, improved performance analytics, and more.

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Mechanical Magistrates, The Gavel Comes Down On Legal Software

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

While the deployment of big data analytics in the legal business has matured, the encroaching spectre of artificial intelligence hasn’t gone unnoticed.

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Top 6 LLMs that Support Function Calling

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Introduction OpenAI’s latest models, like GPT-o1 and GPT-4o, excel in delivering accurate, context-aware responses across diverse fields. A key factor behind the advancements in these Large Language Models (LLMs) is their enhanced utility and the significant reduction in common issues like hallucinations. Techniques like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) enhance accuracy and reduce hallucinations by allowing models […] The post Top 6 LLMs that Support Function Calling appeared fir

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Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI

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The ABC has found critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Ecovacs devices.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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World-first therapy using donor cells sends autoimmune diseases into remission

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The treatment’s success in three people raises hopes for mass production of cutting-edge CAR T therapies. The treatment’s success in three people raises hopes for mass production of cutting-edge CAR T therapies.

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The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms

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Private equity decimated emergency care in the United States — without you even noticing.

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Starbase: SQLite on the Edge

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SQLite on the edge.

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Potatoes are better than human blood for making space bricks, scientists say

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Engineers have created a superstrong concrete alternative using simulated Martian or lunar soil, potato starch and salt.

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Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars

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The AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act is being deliberated in both houses of Congress.

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Popular gut probiotic craps out in randomized controlled trial

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If you’re familiar with the history of Activia, you may not be surprised.

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Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

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I Stayed

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My insight into corporate legal disputes is as meaningful as my opinion on Quantum Mechanics. What I do know is that, when given the chance this week to leave my job with half a year’s salary paid in advance, I chose to stay at Automattic.

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"Extreme" Broadcom-proposed price hike would up VMware costs 1,050%, AT&T says

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Broadcom “preventing some vendors from selling products to us,” AT&T alleges.

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A Working Turing Machine Hits Lego Ideas

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It now seeks 10K supporters for Expert Review

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Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up

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Networking giant pockets $225K, foe promises to stop suing and abandons IP

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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CERN trains AI models to revolutionize cancer treatment

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The advances developed at the European Organization for Nuclear Research have already been applied to 10,000 stroke patients in hospitals in Germany and Belgium

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Lost 1983 programming language resurrected by retro computing YouTube channel

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Microtext for the Commodore might have been lost forever if not for the sleuthing of Christian Simpson's Retro Recipes.

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Weird Nonfiction

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Clayton Purdom situates nonfictional works designed “with the intention of upsetting, disturbing, or confusing the audience,” in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42, “Gossip.

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What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" in source code examples?

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Why do many code examples, especially tutorials, use the names "Foo" and "Bar" so often? It is almost a standard.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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ISPs ‘Betrayed’ Over Pirate Site-Blocking Threats, The Reckoning Will Be Invisible

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Fresh amendments to Italian law were passed by Senators this week and their effects will soon be felt on the IPTV piracy battlefield. Covered in detail in our earlier report , this advanced legal weaponry is incapable of dealing with distant pirate IPTV services. Instead, it mainly targets communications infrastructure, much of it operated by rightsholders’ supposed allies – ISPs – who were given no say in the matter.

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The deconstructed Standard Model equation

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The Standard Model is far more than elementary particles arranged in a table.

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A closer look at Stephen King's famous critique of "The Shining" movie

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Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” has become nothing short of a cult classic, with the iconic, tilde-shaped eyebrows of Jack Nicholson wormed into the psyches of multiple generations. The movie has become one of the most renowned and culturally significant adaptations of one of Stephen King’s horror novels, an author with over 40 of his books.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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Forage conservation is a neglected nitrous oxide source

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Abstract. Agricultural activities are the major anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide (N2O), an important greenhouse gas and ozone-depleting substance.

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We only learnt of our son's online life after he died at 20

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Adobe Cuts Perpetual License for Elements Down to Just Three Years

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025 and Premiere Elements 2025 have arrived, bringing new AI features and ditching the lifetime license.

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Show HN: Brisa Framework launch is here | The Web Platform Framework

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Brisa is a web platform framework that provides a refreshing development experience.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Whence 'N'?

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Scaling Laws of Optimization

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Compiling and running sqlite3-rsync from a branch

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Today I heard about the sqlite3-rsync command, currently available in a branch in the SQLite code repository. It provides a mechanism for efficiently creating or updating a copy of a SQLite database that is running in WAL mode, either locally or via SSH to another server.

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The Data Visualisation Catalogue: find the right method for your data

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The Data Visualisation Catalogue, helping you find the right data visualization method for your data

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Introducing CDEs to Your Enterprise

Explore how enterprises can enhance developer productivity and onboarding by adopting self-hosted Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). This whitepaper highlights the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-based development over traditional setups, demonstrating how large teams can leverage economies of scale to boost efficiency and developer satisfaction.