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Long-context large language models (LLMs) face a memory bottleneck that has nothing to do with model weights. During decoding, transformers cache the key and value (KV) vectors for every token at every layer so they don’t have to recompute attention. This cache grows linearly with sequence length and batch size, and at long context with […]
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As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commenceIn 2024, the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announced that it would cut hundreds of customer service roles and begin using an artificial intelligence chatbot instead. The move was expected to save the company millions. But a year later, after customers complained
Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate Read More »
Directive aimed at government workers, but reports of wider implementation spark warnings of future Afghanistan-wide prohibitionThe Taliban have ordered a sweeping ban on the use of smartphones by government officials – in what some analysts say could foreshadow broader, population-level restrictions.In a directive issued by the Taliban’s military courts and reviewed by the Guardian, the
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As the pornography platform has exploded in popularity, a side industry has emerged: middlemen who encourage young women into the industry, then take a large cut of their earningsMarkuss Hussle wants his online students to understand one thing: he knows how to make money. There is no subtlety involved. He gives an hour-long presentation in
Ordinary Taiwanese, young and old, are joining courses to learn how to fly drones amid looming China military threatIn a small, crowded room in Taipei, Pan Chien-chin is trying to keep a drone hovering steadily. Imagining himself flying a plane, he gently nudges controller joysticks to guide the insect-like device as it hums through the
Inspired by Ukraine, and worried by China: Taiwan teaches its citizens how to fly drones Read More »
Vercel has released eve, an open-source framework for building, running, and scaling agents. The project is published as the npm package eve, licensed under Apache-2.0. Building an agent should mean defining what it does. It should not mean assembling all the plumbing that an agent needs to run in production. eve is the framework Vercel
If you’ve ever faced the challenge of extracting Exchange mailboxes data from an offline EDB file, you know how painful the process can be. PowerShell cmdlets fail, native tools have limitations, and the risk of data loss is always looming. That’s exactly where Stellar Converter for EDB steps in and after testing it hands-on, I
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Forever running out of juice? Top up your battery-powered devices with our expert picks, from tiny smartphone chargers to super speedy models• The best iPhones: which Apple smartphone is right for youIt’s disempowering when your smartphone, laptop or other important gadget runs out of battery. With the flash of a graphic or a plaintive bleep,
The best power banks and battery packs in the UK for reliable charging on the go, tested Read More »
Head of National Cyber Security Centre says UK in ‘ongoing contest with capable adversaries’ and AI could add to threat The UK’s critical national infrastructure has been hit by more than 200 cyber incidents over the past year and state-linked assailants were behind three-quarters of the attacks, according to the state cybersecurity body.Richard Horne, the
UK critical infrastructure hit by 200 cyber incidents in a year, agency says Read More »
After the billion-dollar company’s leaders sent staff a memo saying the brand had ‘over-extended’, game studios may be in the firing lineDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn March 2000, Bill Gates stood onstage at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and, to a packed crowd, officially announced the company’s
Fears for Xbox as it puts its developers on the chopping block once again Read More »
