Graphcore joins SoftBank Group to build next generation of AI compute

today announced that the company has been acquired by SoftBank Group Corp (“SoftBank”). Under the deal, Graphcore becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank and will continue to operate under the Graphcore name. “This is a tremendous endorsement of our team and their ability to build truly transformative AI technologies at scale, as well as a great outcome for our company,” said Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon. “Demand for AI compute is vast and continues to grow. There remains much to do to improve efficiency, resilience, and computational power to…

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Technical SEO Strategy: Expert Tips To Maximize Website Performance

Wondering why your carefully crafted content isn’t climbing the search rankings? You might be overlooking a crucial piece of the puzzle: technical SEO. It’s easy to get lost in content optimization and on-page SEO, but the real game-changer lies behind the scenes. Technical SEO is basically the backbone of your website’s performance, ensuring that search engines can find, crawl, and index your pages effectively. So if your site’s technical foundation hasn’t been a top priority, you could be missing out on major ranking opportunities. But it’s never too late to…

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NASA Awards Support STEM Research at Minority Serving Institutions

NASA has selected 23 minority-serving institutions to receive $1.2 million to grow their research and technology capabilities, collaborate on research projects, and contribute to the agency’s missions for the benefit of humanity. Through NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Partnership Learning Annual Notification (MPLAN) award, selected institutions will receive up to $50,000 each for a six-month period to work directly on STEM projects with subject matter experts in NASA’s mission directorates. A photo of MPLAN principal investigator awardees from various minority-serving institutions at the 2023 NASA Better Together conference in San Jose,…

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Google Translate adds 110 new languages in largest expansion ever: Awadhi and Marwadi among others

American tech giant Google has significantly expanded its Google Translate service, adding support for 110 new languages. This major upgrade, announced on Thursday, marks the largest expansion in the history of the translation tool, which now includes a total of 243 languages. The latest additions were made possible through the use of Google’s in-house PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), which utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to learn new languages, particularly those that are related or regional dialects. Among the newly supported languages are Indian regional dialects Awadhi and Marwadi. This expansion is…

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Falcon Technoprojects IPO to open on June 19; check price band, issue size, key dates

Falcon Technoprojects IPO is set to debut on June 19 with a price band of ₹92 per share, 9.2 times the face value. The firm provides MEP services to diverse industries. Its IPO consists of fresh issuance of 14,88,000 equity shares to meet working capital needs and other purposes. The initial public offering of Falcon Technoprojects India Ltd is set to hit the D-Street on Wednesday, June 19. The issue’s price band is fixed at ₹92 apiece with a face value of ₹10 each. The issue price is 9.2 times of the…

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BackBack WWDC 2024: iOS 18 may bring ‘Apple Intelligence’ to iPhones. What is it and how will it work?

Apple’s WWDC 2024 to focus on AI features in latest software versions. Reports suggest ‘Apple Intelligenc’ label for AI features. iOS 18 may include opt-in AI capabilities like ChatGPT chatbot, revamped Siri, and Passwords app. Apple is likely you brand its latest AI features on iOS 18 as ‘Apple Intelligence’Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 10 at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California. As with every year, WWDC 2024 is likely to see Apple unveil the latest software versions of MacOS, iPadOS, iOS and VisionOS.…

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MozCon 2024 Announcements: AI SEO Tools & Affordable API Plans

Highlights Moz announced AI-driven features and product updates at MozCon. Moz AI streamlines workflows and enhances enterprise-grade data. New affordable Moz API plans make data more accessible. Today, at its MozCon 2024 conference, Moz announced a range of AI-driven features and product updates. The announcements focused on modernizing tools to address the changing needs of SEO professionals. Ethan Hays, Moz’s General Manager, acknowledges that “the search landscape has seen more turbulence this last year than at almost any point in Moz’s 20-year history. Our goal is to help our customers face that head-on.” Modern…

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3 trends from Programmatic I/O: MFA, commerce media, and ad buying

Programmatic advertising will account for 91.3% of US digital display ad spend this year, or a total of $157.35 billion, per our December 2023 forecast. Last week, advertisers at Programmatic I/O discussed where those ad dollars are headed and how programmatic advertising is changing. From ad spend waste to the expansion of retail media, here are three big trends discussed at the event. 1. Made-for-advertising websites are the new pariahs “It’s a viscerally engaging and scandalizing idea that money is going into these dirty little pits,” said our analyst Max Willens, referring to made-for-advertising…

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NEC Leverages RISE with SAP and AI to Build Business AI in Move to the Cloud

SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701 “NEC”) has selected SAP S/4HANA Cloud through the RISE with SAP solution, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Together with implementation partner ABeam Consulting, the migration will leverage NEC’s generative AI technology and SAP’s natural language, generative AI Joule copilot. NEC, a Japan-based multinational leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, was seeking to optimize costs and streamline data systems to increase integration across its lines of business. As part of advancing its digital transformation, NEC will migrate from on-premise SAP…

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5 reasons why you should get a ChatGPT subscription as GPT-4o kicks in

OpenAI’s release of GPT-4o is expected to change the game for artificial intelligence tools, offering unprecedented access to advanced features for free users. However, there are many reasons to consider subscribing to ChatGPT Plus. Why you should get a ChatGPT subscription Unlimited access Although GPT-4o is available to everyone, free users are allowed only a limited number of interactions. ChatGPT Plus subscribers can send five times as many queries, ensuring that heavy users do not face restrictions during peak usage times. Also Read | Apple and OpenAI finalizing terms for bringing…

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