Driver launches an AI-powered platform for creating technical documentation
The technical documentation for chips in the semiconductor industry is often thousands of pages long. Keeping those documents updated with every revision is a massive lift, as is generating the manuals and tutorials for engineers who then implement those chips in their own products. And to make matters even more
Read moreLucas numbers
Lucas numbers [1] are sometimes called the companions to the Fibonacci numbers. This sequence of numbers satisfies the same recurrence relation as the Fibonacci numbers, Ln+2 = Ln + Ln+1 but with different initial conditions: L0 = 2 and L1 = 1. Lucas numbers are analogous to Fibonacci numbers in
Read moreTensorWave thinks it can break Nvidia’s grip on AI compute with an AMD-powered cloud
Chipmaker Nvidia notched $30 billion in revenue last fiscal quarter, driven in large part by the AI industry’s insatiable demand for GPUs. GPUs are essential for training and running AI models; they contain thousands of cores that work in parallel to quickly perform the linear algebra equations scaffolding the models.
Read moreUber to launch OpenAI-powered AI assistant to answer driver EV questions
Uber is continuing its push to bring more electric vehicles onto the ride-hail and delivery platform, and it thinks giving drivers a chatbot to answer all their EV questions will help. Starting early 2025, Uber will launch an AI assistant for drivers in the U.S. powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o. At launch,
Read moreXiaomi 14T Launch in Berlin Sparks Anticipation for SA Fans!
Xiaomi is proud to announce the global launch of the highly anticipated Xiaomi 14T, recently unveiled in Berlin. As anticipation builds for the South African debut, Xiaomi continues to solidify its position as a global leader in technology and innovation, following a remarkable Q2 2024 performance. Xiaomi Berlin 14T Launch
Read moreOpen source BI platform Lightdash gets Accel’s backing to bring AI to business intelligence
Lightdash, a business intelligence (BI) platform and open source alternative to Google’s Looker, is lifting the lid on a new product that allows companies to train “AI analysts” specific to individual teams’ use-cases, enabling anyone in a company to query aggregate business data. To help, the 4-year-old startup also on
Read moreSolarWinds Roadshow 2024: Unveiling the Future of Hybrid Cloud Observability
The SolarWinds Observability Roadshow 2024 held on September 4th at the Marriott Hotel Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, was a key event for IT experts and enthusiasts. Organized in collaboration with ATS Network Management the African distributor, the roadshow provided in-depth insights into the latest developments in IT monitoring and observability.
Read moreThink you don’t need observability? Think again
Ben and Ryan chat with Daniela Miao, cofounder and CTO of Momento, a real-time data platform. They discuss the advantages of real-time observability, the challenges of multi-tenancy in databases and caching, the use of WebAssembly in UI development, and the benefits of Rust. Daniela also shares her experiences working at
Read moreRevyze, a ‘TikTok for education’ startup, draws on Duolingo to add bite-sized learning too
Middle and high schoolers are both the easiest and most difficult audience. If you’re developing a neat little video game, chances are they’re willing to download it right away. But if, like the team behind Revyze, you’re working on a learning app, good luck pitching them. And yet, the French
Read moreFrench biotech Generare speeds up hunt for new drugs by cloning natural molecules
French biotech startup Generare has closed a €5 million seed round (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) to step up development of what it touts as a highly scalable approach to identifying promising compounds for drug discovery that already exist in nature. It’s focused on sifting for molecules that
Read more