Load Balancing: The Intuition Behind the Power of Two Random Choices
Image generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E 2In dynamic resource allocations and load balancing, one of the most well-known and fascinating algorithms is the so-called “power of two random choices,” which proposes a very simple change to the random allocations that yields exponential improvement. I was lucky enough to have implemented this very
Read MoreTwitter rival Mammoth adds a personalized For You feed to make its Mastodon client feel familiar
While Instagram Threads is making headlines for adding a chronological Following feed to its Twitter-like app, another popular Mastodon client is doing the opposite — it’s adding a new algorithmic For You feed instead. Mammoth, one of the apps co-founded by a former Twitter app developer and now backed by
Read MoreYouTube offers new NFL Sunday Ticket deal for Verizon customers
Verizon and YouTube announced Wednesday a new NFL Sunday Ticket offering for new Verizon mobile and home internet customers. Starting July 27, new Verizon customers who sign up for eligible home internet (Fios 1 Gig, Fios 2 Gig, 5G Home Plus and LTE Home Plus) or mobile services will get
Read MoreAWS launches new healthcare-focused services, powered by generative AI
Amazon is expanding its range of health-focused apps and services with a platform that offers AI tools to help clinicians transcribe and analyze their conversations with patients. At its annual AWS Summit conference in New York, Amazon unveiled AWS HealthScribe, an API to create transcripts, extract details and create summaries
Read MoreComposing Accessibility Identifiers for SwiftUI Components
Learn how to compose Accessibility Identifiers with the same ergonomics as modifying View with padding, background or foreground colorsImage created by author using ProcreateWhat Are Accessibility Identifiers, and What Are They For?Accessibility identifiers can be used to reliably distinguish an element (XCUIElement) in UI automated tests (XCUITests). The alternatives either have
Read MoreTextInputLayout Censoring With Password-Like Method
Photo by Anja Bauermann on UnsplashEver wonder, how to make the text inside TextInputLayout censored and/or partially censored? But the plot twist is, how can you censor the text without putting a “password” property on its inputType to accomplish this task?How about setting it as a censored text first, then putting it
Read MorePowerX Appoints Ted Miller as Non-Executive Director
PowerX Technology Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Ted B. Miller Jr. as a Non-Executive Director. Ted Miller, an active investor in infrastructure tech, also advises the US Autonomy Institute, fostering intelligent autonomous infrastructure development. He’s also the Chairman of Visual Intelligence, using advanced aerial drone sensors to
Read MoreEgnyte is bringing generative AI capabilities to its storage platform
Egnyte introduced some new generative AI tools today, and revealed more of what’s coming on the AI roadmap. The company also pointed out that it has been incorporating AI into the platform for over a decade, and is not simply jumping on the bandwagon of the moment. Today, it’s announcing
Read MoreVolkswagen takes stake in Xpeng as part of Chinese EV deal
VW Group announced Wednesday a pair of deals with Chinese automakers aimed at shoring up sales in China. The German automaker said it will invest $700 million into Chinese automaker Xpeng as part of a deal to jointly develop and produce two mid-sized EVs for China. Volkswagen will acquire a
Read MoreHow I Conduct an Accessibility Audit
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