IBM is announcing that it has acquired Pliant, a leading provider of network and IT infrastructure automation products. Pliant adds essential capabilities to automate network and IT infrastructure tasks and abstract these functions to the application layer, enabling applications (and developers) maximum control for simplified provisioning and management of infrastructure directly within applications themselves. These optimizations include infrastructure resource provisioning and management, traffic management and configuration management for both traditional network & IT infrastructure and public clouds. As enterprise network environments become increasingly dynamic, complex, and disparate, IT teams need automation tools to maximize value throughout their technology stack. With…
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Volkswagen presents the new ID. Buzz GTX: The electric Bulli equipped with a powerful performance drive system will in future be available with two wheelbases, two battery sizes and a choice of 5-, 6- or 7-seater. It also comes with standard 4MOTION all-wheel drive for optimum pulling power and traction in every driving situation. In addition, both GTX models share an individualized design. Pre-sales of the ID. Buzz GTX will start in the summer. This year, Volkswagen is once again expanding its range of sporty GTX models alongside the ID.3, ID.4, ID.5 and ID. 7 Tourer . Electric all-wheel drive:…
The public are being encouraged to eat more wild fish, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, which are often used within farmed salmon feeds. These oily fish contain essential nutrients including calcium, B12 and omega-3 but some are lost from our diets when we just eat the salmon fillet. “Making a few small changes to our diet around the type of fish that we eat can go a long way to changing some of these deficiencies and increasing the health of both our population and planet”-Dr.David Willer, Zoology Department. Scientists found that farmed salmon production leads to an overall loss…
Rakuten Releases High-Performance Open Large Language Models Optimized for the Japanese Language Rakuten Group, Inc. has released high performance open Japanese large language models (LLMs): a foundation model Rakuten AI 7B and an instruct model Rakuten AI 7B Instruct to the open source community. Rakuten has also released a chat model Rakuten AI 7B Chat based on a version of the instruct model and fine-tuned on chat data for conversational text generation. Rakuten AI 7B is a 7 billion parameter Japanese language foundation model that has been developed by continually training Mistral-7B-v0.1, an open LLM from France-based AI startup Mistral…
Netflix is a Joke Fest is back from May 1 – May 12, 2024 for a second round of laughs in Los Angeles – and with it comes Outside Joke: The Hub of Netflix is a Joke Fest, an exclusive, fan-fueled mini-fest located outdoors at the famed Hollywood Palladium. With everything from live stand-up and surprise drop-ins from the biggest names in comedy, to games, activations, food and merch, Outside Joke lets fans in on the joke as we celebrate the best moments in Netflix comedy and beyond. Happening the weekends of May 3-5 & May 10-12 during Netflix is…
Upstage Launches Small Language Model on AWS to Help Businesses Around the World Build and Scale Generative AI Applications for the Korean Market Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced that leading South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) startup Upstage has launched its flagship SOLAR MINI Small Language Model (SLM) on the world’s leading cloud. SOLAR MINI is a versatile model that can be easily customized and fine-tuned to perform a wide range of language tasks in both Korean and English (Thai and Japanese will be available soon) such as understanding, summarizing, translating, and predicting new content. The model…
Trust has never been so valuable. Deutsche Telekom (DT) is completing its range of services in the field of digital certificates and identity management. To this end, the company will be working with the globally active DigiCert Inc. from North America in the future. With a strong partner from a single source, DT will be able to meet the most diverse needs and requirements of European customers – both its own and those of its subsidiaries. The portfolio is complete and covers the full range from public key infrastructure, identity and access management to digital certificates. The same can be…
Volkswagen is significantly expanding the range of drive systems that are available for the new Passat: pre-sales of two new plug-in hybrid drives are now starting. The eHybrid models have outputs of 150 kW (204 PS) and 200 kW (272 PS). Electric ranges of up to 120 km mean they become electric cars in everyday life. Two further turbodiesel (TDI) versions are also being launched: the Passat TDI with 90 kW (122 PS) will be the entry-level version in future. The most powerful TDI engine in the Passat will now deliver 142 kW (193 PS) and is coupled to the…
There’s a lot of reasons someone may not have been able to play a popular classic game when it first came out. Luckily, several of these game series have been remade and remastered into collections for the Nintendo Switch system! So, whether you’re looking to revisit a classic franchise or experience one for the first time, Nintendo has gathered a list of revitalized classic game collections that you may enjoy. Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Play the Original Three Tomb Raider Adventures: For the first time ever, play the complete experience with all expansions and secret levels on modern platforms in…
Accenture has acquired Flo Group, a leading European consultancy and Oracle business partner specializing in global supply chain logistics. This acquisition further enhances Accenture’s Oracle capabilities in Europe to help clients build more resilient and agile supply chains that provide end-to-end visibility. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, Flo is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands with additional offices in Argentina and India. Flo’s 280 people join the Accenture Oracle Business Group, bolstering its capabilities to help clients design their digital core to be ready for supply chain transformation. “Accenture is committed to helping organizations reinvent…