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How Nvidia beat everyone else in the AI race

Vox

Nvidia was founded to design a specific kind of chip called a graphics card — also commonly called a GPU (graphics processing unit) — that enables the output of fancy 3D visuals on the computer screen. That acquisition was pretty clearly intended to get control over a software architecture that most of the industry relied on,” says Peinert.

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5 tips for building your innovation ecosystem

CIO Business Intelligence

As an example, this is happening right now in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. For decades, work has been performed on a project-by-project basis using CAD and BIM software to create specific 2D and 3D deliverables for clients. Validate your vision.

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Bad news game developers, Google Genie is after your jobs

Dataconomy

We introduce Genie , a foundation world model trained exclusively from Internet videos that can generate an endless variety of action-controllable 2D worlds given image prompts. Since videos from the internet don’t come with action labels, the LAM has to learn to figure these things out on its own.

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9 Biggest Myths About Digital Publishing Finally Debunked!

Kitaboo

Like printed books, eBook readers or mobile devices cannot be used to read offline without internet connectivity. It lets the reader enjoy the eBook even in the absence of internet connectivity. It lets the reader enjoy the eBook even in the absence of internet connectivity. Myth #4 Digital Publications Lack Aesthetic Appeal.

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Physical security of digital systems When most IT people think of computer security, they think of clever hackers who infiltrate their systems through the internet. Some of the newer architectures such as microservices and serverless designs offer better protections but often come with troubles of their own.

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Rainway’s Andrew Sampson on powering xCloud, challenging Google, and reimagining desktop apps

GeekWire

We are building Rainway App Services and a product called Instant Apps that allows you to take your desktop applications — video games, 3D architecture software, whatever sort of traditional desktop app can be used — and push them to our data center infrastructure and start using them immediately inside of your web browser.

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

Maybe you’ve read that the metaverse is going to replace the internet. It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Maybe we’re all supposed to live there. But let’s get to the fun part.

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