Author: Vidya Saras

Meta Connect, the big developer event and hardware showcase from the company that runs Facebook and Instagram, is kicking off next week. Meta is likely to show off its new VR and mixed-reality technology, put a shiny polish on its meandering metaverse ambitions, and delve into all the fresh ways it plans to squeeze artificial intelligence into every crevice of its devices and services.The event takes place on Wednesday September 25, starting at 10 am Pacific time. The keynote address, where most of the new stuff will be announced, will be livestreamed. The host for the event will be Meta…

According to sources, the couple is “super in love,” with de Ramon said to bring out the best in the “Bullet Train” star.Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon have been living together since February and making appearances at high-profile events, the most recent of which was the premiere of Pitt’s new movie, “Wolfs,” at the Venice International Film Festival.Article continues below advertisementBrad Pitt’s Romance With Ines De Ramon Is BlossomingMEGAFollowing Pitt and de Ramon’s official red carpet appearance at the Venice International Film Festival premiere of Pitt’s new film, “Wolfs,” sources have provided an update about the duo’s relationship.An insider…

Mondelez International’s women leaders on being active in life and work In today’s fast-paced corporate world, achieving a balance between professional obligations and personal wellness is essential. At Mondelēz International, this balance is not only encouraged but exemplified by leaders such as Aleli Arcilla, Managing Director; and Mae Corona, Senior Legal Counsel. Their stories reveal how a commitment to fitness and mindful snacking can support both work and life excellence. Aleli Arcilla, Mondelēz International’s first woman Country Leader in over 15 years, began her journey into sports with running, driven initially by a personal goal to regain fitness after having…

Reviewed by Denise Asafu-Adjei, M.D., MPH A few years back, PN co-founder John Berardi, PhD, posted a shirtless photo of himself on his 47th birthday. He called it his “anti-regress pic” and thanked 30 years of squats, deadlifts, presses, and chin-ups—among other exercises—for his chiseled six-pack, pumped chest, and bulging biceps. The question many commenters posed: “Are you on testosterone?” Dr. Berardi explained in a follow-up post that while he wasn’t against testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for people who needed it, he himself was not on this therapy, and his testosterone levels were boringly “normal.” He also offered some thought-provoking…

During the morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 22, skywatchers across much of the western US will be able to watch as a waning gibbous moon — 75 percent illuminated by the sun — crosses in front of probably the most noteworthy and popular of all the star clusters in the sky: the Pleiades. The Pleiades cluster (also known as Messier 45 or M45) can be found low in the east-northeast part of the sky this week around 10 p.m. local daylight time. By 4:30 a.m., they are literally soaring nearly overhead, high in the south.Sunday’s event, known to astronomers as an…

Efficient optimization of large-scale deep learning models remains a significant challenge as the cost of training large language models (LLMs) continues to escalate. As models grow larger, the computational burden and time required for training increase substantially, creating a demand for more efficient optimizers that can reduce both training time and resources. This challenge is particularly important for reducing the overhead in real-world AI applications and making large-scale model training more feasible. Current optimization methods include first-order optimizers like Adam and second-order methods like Shampoo. While Adam is widely used for its computational efficiency, it often converges more slowly, especially…

ML artifact collection Data from information repositories Data from local systems ML staging attack Now that information has been collected, bad actors start to stage the attack with knowledge of the target systems. They may be training proxy models, poisoning the target model, or crafting adversarial data to feed into the target model. The four techniques identified include: Create proxy ML model Backdoor ML model Verify attack Craft adversarial data Proxy ML Models can be used to simulate attacks and do so offline while the attackers hone their technique and desired outcomes. They can also use offline copies of target…

Columnist David Marcus talks to rank and file union members and finds more of them trust Trump with the economy.

Solana, a modern blockchain and one of the top smart contract platforms, looking at a screen grab shared by one observer on X, has achieved a remarkable milestone. Over the past seven months, the platform has maintained an unusually high uptime of 100%, shaking off criticism that has plagued the network over the years since launching. Solana Has Been Online For 7 Straight Months Accordingly, with this milestone, Solana is now close to achieving the longest streak of uninterrupted periods in a row. Overall, this highlights the progress made by the platform to ensure stability and reliability. Theoretically, Solana, like…

19 September 2024 The EEA today released version 1 of its new DLT Interoperability Specification. About the specification This specification provides a standard framework to enable interactions across different blockchains and distributed ledgers. Using this standard reduces development time and the likelihood of errors by providing software teams with a well-known set of interfaces, rather than having to build a bespoke solution for each pair of networks a developer wants to connect. The specification was developed by the EEA’s Crosschain Interoperability Working Group. This Working Group grew out of earlier work on interoperability, when in 2019 EEA members recognised that…