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Introducing Apache Spark 4.0

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Apache Spark 4.0 marks a major milestone in the evolution of the Spark analytics engine.

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Groq Named Inference Provider for Bell Canada’s Sovereign AI Network

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Groq announced a partnership with Bell Canada to power Bell AI Fabric, the countrys largest sovereign AI infrastructure project to establish a national AI network at six sites, targeting 500MW of hydro-powered.

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The Art of Writing Readable Python Functions

KDnuggets

If your functions need comments to be understood, its probably time for a rewrite. Learn the key habits that make Python functions readable by design.

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Tokenizers in Language Models

Machine Learning Mastery

This post is divided into five parts; they are: Naive Tokenization Stemming and Lemmatization Byte-Pair Encoding (BPE) WordPiece SentencePiece and Unigram The simplest form of tokenization splits text into tokens based on whitespace.

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What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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5 Reasons Why Azure Databricks is the Best Data + AI Platform on Azure

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As data and AI workloads scale, organizations need a platform that does more than just connect servicesit must unify them.

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Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps

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A dream come true for IT admins

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The Blowtorch Theory: A New Model for Structure Formation in the Universe

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How early, sustained, supermassive black hole jets carved out cosmic voids, shaped filaments, and generated magnetic fields

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Less is more: Meta study shows shorter reasoning improves AI accuracy by 34%

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Researchers from Metas FAIR team and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that forcing large language models to think less actually improves their performance on complex reasoning tasks.

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The Rise Of The Field CTO

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

Because vendors now have to be more engaged, they have to be out in the field more. This has led to the evolution and rise of the field chief technology officer.

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How Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Rewrites the Rules of Search | Andreessen Horowitz

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Its the end of search as we know it, and marketers feel fine. Sort of. For over two decades, SEO was the default playbook for visibility online.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Deepseek R1-0528

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Were on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

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How to Build an AI-Driven Company Culture — Without Overwhelming Employees

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A practical guide for business leaders on how to build a company culture that embraces AI through curiosity, experimentation and hands-on learning. In the early 1900s, as the automotive revolution reshaped industries, blacksmiths and carriage-makers struggled to adapt.

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Japan Post launches 'digital address' system

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Under the system, users can input seven-digit codes on online shopping websites, and their addresses will automatically appear on the sites.

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Shortcuts creators debut Sky, a new Mac app for AI assistance

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Eight years ago, Apple acquired popular automation app Workflow, which later became baked into iOS as Shortcuts. Now, two years removed from their time at Apple, two creators behind Workflow and Shortcuts have a new app coming to macOS: Sky, which brings AI assistance to the Mac.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Texas' annual reading test adjusted difficulty yearly, masking improvement

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A deep dive into the tests framework reveals it was designed to fail about the same share of students every year, even if theyd made actual progress from previous years.

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Should We Bring AI into the Church?

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Its strange to think that artificial intelligence as we now know it has been available to the public for less than three years.

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XAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Wednesday said Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, is investing $300 million worth of cash and equity in the chat app.

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An anomaly detection framework anyone can use

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PhD student Sarah Alnegheimish wants to make machine learning systems accessible.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Prohibition and ice cream in the US Navy

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General Order 99 One hundred and eleven years ago on July 1, 1914, Secretary of the US Navy Josephus Daniels issued General Order 99, banning “the use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, … Continue reading →

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Scammers can exploit your data from just 1 ChatGPT search

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ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) have become amazing helpers for everyday tasks. Whether it's summarizing complex ideas, designing a birthday card or even planning your apartment's layout, you can get impressive results with just a simple prompt.

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CheerpJ 4.1: Java in the browser, now supporting Java 17 (preview)

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The latest release of our state-of-the-art Java runtime that runs completely in the browser via WebAssembly, is now available. Supports up to Java 17.

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From the Creators of Shortcuts, Sky Extends AI Integration and Automation to Your Entire Mac

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Over the course of my career, Ive had three distinct moments in which I saw a brand-new app and immediately felt it was going to change how I used my computer and they were all about empowering people to do more with their devices.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Understanding Base64

Analytics Vidhya

Base64 is a binary-to-text encoding methodology that helps represent binary data in ASCII string format. Its often used to encode data for transmission over media that are mostly text, like emails, JSON-based APIs, etc., so that binary data like images and files don’t get corrupted. The term Base64 comes from the fact that it uses […] The post Understanding Base64 appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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5 Ways To Make Your ChatGPT-Generated Content Undetectable

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People think they know when content is AI-generated. The em dash comes under scrutiny almost daily on LinkedIn, with LinkedIn gurus claiming to have spotted the number one culprit that youre using AI to write. The problem is not em dashes. They have been used in literature for centuries.

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Schools with the most international students

FlowingData

As the administration tries to block international students from attending Harvard University, NYT’s the Upshot charted the schools with the highest percentage of international students. I don’t know anything about Illinois Tech, but whoa, over half of undergraduates and graduate students are from outside the U.S.

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32 MCP Servers You Need To Check Out Now

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Explore list of top MCP servers that enable seamless integration of LLMs with tools like databases, APIs, communication platforms, and more, helping you automate workflows and enhance AI applications.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet

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Cory Doctorow wears many hats: digital activist, science-fiction author, journalist, and more. [.

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Rillet raises $25M from Sequoia to automate general ledger systems using AI

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For accounting departments, no software is more important than the general ledger system. Its the central hub that summarizes all financial transactions, providing the essential data needed to create accurate financial statements.

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Compiler Explorer and the Promise of URLs That Last Forever

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How we're preserving 12,000 legacy links as Google's URL shortener rides into the sunset

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From Hype to Reality: 2025’s Emerging Innovations in DePIN and AI

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The journey from hype to reality in DePIN and AI shows that genuine innovation lies in solving real-world problems with practical and efficient solutions, says Bullish Capital Managements Sylvia To.

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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?