Month: August 2024

Sui Sets The Standard For Blockchain Speed With New Mainnet Consensus Mechanism

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GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, August 6th, 2024/Chainwire/–Sui’s new Mysticeti protocol cuts consensus latency to 390 ms, elevating its industry-leading tech and developer stack to new highs. Sui, the pioneering Layer 1 blockchain known for industry-leading performance and infinite horizontal scaling, today announced the successful deployment of Mysticeti on Sui Mainnet after a successful run on … Read more

🌟 Introducing Universal Image Component: The Ultimate React/NextJS Image Solution!

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Are you looking for a flexible solution to handle images in your React projects? Universal Image Component is here to simplify your image management, offering a range of modes to suit your needs. From Base64 conversion to CDN optimization and more, this library is designed to make working with images effortless. 🎯 Key Modes Explained … Read more

The Extreme LLM Compression Evolution: From QuIP to AQLM With PV-Tuning

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We live in the era of large language models (LLMs), with companies increasingly deploying models with billions of parameters. These expansive models unlock new possibilities for users but come with high deployment costs and complexity, especially on personal computers. As a result, researchers and engineers often train these large models first and then compress them … Read more

Rio: WebApps in Pure Python – Technical Description

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We recently launched Rio, our new framework designed to help you create web and local applications using just pure Python. The response from our community has been overwhelmingly positive and incredibly motivating for us. With the praise has come a wave of curiosity. The most common question we’ve encountered is, “How does Rio actually work?” … Read more

Now Logitech says the ‘forever mouse’ was just an idea

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Logitech is dismissing the idea it might charge ongoing fees for a mouse. | Image: Logitech “There are no plans for a subscription mouse,” said Logitech communications head Nicole Kenyon in a statement provided to The Verge and other publications. The statement came in response to immediate backlash over a concept described by Logitech CEO … Read more

What Is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) in LLM and How Does It Work?

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In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, language models have undergone a remarkable evolution. From the early days of simple rule-based systems to the sophisticated neural networks we see today, each step has significantly expanded what AI can do with language. A pivotal development in this journey is the introduction of Retrieval-Augmented Generation or RAG. … Read more

Jumia plans to raise more than $100 million in secondary shares to drive stalled user growth  

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African e-commerce company Jumia is selling 20 million American depositary shares over the next couple of weeks, TechCrunch has learned. The at-the-market transaction is to take advantage of strong results despite a volatile market.  Given Jumia’s share price of around $5.70 when the stock market opened on Tuesday, the e-commerce company could potentially raise approximately … Read more