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Linux filesystems: Ext4, Btrfs, XFS, ZFS and more

Network World

Metadata handling, journaling, and data integrity mechanisms are central factors in determining their suitability for various workloads. First developed in 1992, Ext has slowly evolved into Ext4. Ext4s journaling mechanism logs metadata changes, enhancing recovery from crashes.

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Researchers develop a new set of genetic tools designed to treat brain diseases

GeekWire

This color-coded graphic shows different populations of cells in the mouse brain, each one targeted by one of the genetic tools developed by scientists at the Allen Institute and other institutions. Researchers laid out their findings in a set of eight studies published today in the Cell Press family of journals.

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British Medical Journal CDO on using Amazon and Alibaba for its multi-cloud strategy

Computer Weekly

A year on from embracing DevOps and private cloud to help speed up its software development lifecycle, British Medical Journal CDO Sharon Cooper shares an update on how its multi-cloud move is going

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D-Wave uses quantum to solve real-world problem

Network World

It takes a lot of expensive research and development to create new materials. D-Wave published its results today , peer-reviewed in the journal Science. Magnetic materials are used to make MRI machines, hard drives, wireless chargers, and phone speakers. We have shown quantum supremacy on complex material simulation problems.

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Can AI live up to its promise?

CIO Business Intelligence

Ethics as a cornerstone: Shaping AIs development To assess whether AI really does represent a turning point for our civilization, we must raise our perspective, otherwise, we run the risk of treating it as just another technology, losing the vision that current circumstances demand. AlphaFold, LucaProt, the AI Scientists, etc.).

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From data to impact: How the right technology drives generative AI excellence

CIO Business Intelligence

Its conceptually similar to how enterprises developed digital value chains that enabled data to infuse digital experiences, at pace and scale, in order to increase their value. You want your genAI app developers to be able to build access to the right data sources into tailored enterprise apps, which we represent with the diagram below.

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Apple brings the iPhone Journal app to iPad and Mac

The Verge

Being able to personalize Journal entries with doodles on iPad is a nice touch. After two years as an iPhone exclusive, Apple’s Journal app will soon be available on Mac and iPad. Users can keep multiple journals for various aspects of life, which are all synced across Apple devices.”

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