Creative industries are undergoing a 0 to 1 moment. If you didn’t know, now you do. The impact that AI will have and is already having on creativity cannot be understated. The whole “but AI can’t draw hands right” argument … Read more
In the beginning, there was a single computer on a desk in a basement in Switzerland. It had a red-inked label: 32 years later, there are hundreds of millions of versions of that computer all around the world. Some are … Read more
In a cluster spanning multiple geographical regions, Global Tables let database clients in any region read data with region-local latencies. Imagine a table with data that is read from all over the world: say, for example, a table of exchange … Read more
It may come as a surprise to find that some supposedly “open“ standards – including those ratified by standards development organizations (SDOs) like ISO, CEN and ETSI – can’t be implemented without going cap-in-hand to the world’s largest companies to … Read more
Way back in April 2018, GitLab 10.7 introduced the Web IDE to the world and brought a delightful multi-file editor to the heart of the GitLab experience. Our goal was to make it easier for anyone and everyone to contribute, … Read more
This is an edited version of a post that originally ran here. For most queries, Google search is pretty underwhelming these days. Google is great at answering questions with an objective answer, like “# of billionaires in the world” or … Read more
Published on Sunday, January 22, 02006 • 16 years, 3 months agoWritten by Michael Chabon for Details I was reading, in a recent issue of Discover, about the Clock of the Long Now. Have you heard of this thing? It is going … Read more
The biggest challenge for any Open Source project is finding the resources needed to support development – and the BeeWare project is no exception. To date, BeeWare has been primarily driven by the efforts of volunteers. We’ve been able to … Read more
The Future Combat Air System is a key instrument in ensuring future European autonomy and sovereignty in defence & security. Furthermore, it strengthens Europe as an industry and technology hotspot, not just in the defence sector, but with important spill-overs into the … Read more
1.5 million years remaining: If Homo sapiens survives as long as Homo erectus How long has Homo Erectus existed? Homo erectus is an extinct species of archaic humans. It is among the first recognizable members of the genus Homo. It … Read more