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Tesla Introduces D1 Dojo Chip to Train AI Models
Tesla introduced the Tesla D1, a new chip designed specifically for artificial intelligence that is capable of delivering a power of 362 TFLOPs in BF16 / CFP8.
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Java News Roundup: Jakarta EE 10 Core Profile, OpenJDK, Open Liberty, Payara, Groovy and Quarkus
This week's Java roundup for September 6th, 2021, features news from Jakarta EE 10 introducing a new core profile, JEP 417, JDK 18, Open Liberty 21.0.0.10-beta, Payara August 2021 Roadmap Update webinar, Quarkus 2.2.2.Final, a new Micronaut Java library, Hibernate Search 6.1.0.Alpha1, GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.9.5, updates to versions of Groovy, and the JakartaOne Livestream 2021 conference.
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Erlang-Inspired Language Gleam Now Compiles to JavaScript
Gleam, which self-describes as a language for building type-safe, scalable systems for the Erlang virtual machine, now also compiles to JavaScript.
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Deno Improves Support for Web APIs: Cryptography, Messaging, Networking, and More
The recent versions of Deno improved web API support in the cryptography, networking, and messaging areas. Deno 1.11 introduced support for the Web Crypto APIs and BroadcastChannel APIs. Deno 1.12 added support for the MessageChannel and MessagePort portions of the Channel Messaging API. Deno 1.13 implements the navigator.hardwareConcurrency API.
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New Template DSL Tempura Focuses on Parsing Speed and Size
Luke Edwards recently released Tempura, a lightweight template DSL with fast parsing speeds. Like other static site generators’ templating languages, Tempura also features custom blocks for user-defined template directives. While Tempura’s primary use case is to generate HTML for web applications, it can be used in any context where a template DSL adds value vs. using JavaScript.
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ReScript, a Fully-Typed Javascript Alternative
ReScript is one of several emerging programming languages that helps web developers build complex web applications that can be transpiled into JavaScript and run in the browser.
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OpenAI Releases Triton, Python-Based Programming Language for AI Workload Optimization
OpenAI released their newest language, Triton, an open-source programming language that enables researchers to write highly efficient GPU code for AI workloads. Triton is Python-compatible and allows new users to achieve expert-quality results in only 25 lines of code. The code is written in Python using Triton’s libraries, which are then JIT-compiled to run on the GPU.
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AWS Announces Python 3.9 Runtime Support for Lambda Functions
Recently AWS announced the support for Python 3.9 as both a managed runtime and a container base image for its Function as a Services (FaaS) offering Lambda. As a result, developers can now author AWS Lambda functions in Python 3.9 and use its new features, such as support for TLS 1.3, new string and dictionary operations, and improved time zone support.
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WebContainers, Running Node.JS in the Browser
Stackblitz recently released a new product called WebContainers that enables developers to create full stack Node.js environments within the browser which loads instantly and comes bundled with VS Code, a full terminal, NPM, and more.
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Performance-Focused Reactive UI Framework Solid.JS Releases First Major Version
Solid.js, a reactive JavaScript UI library, released its first major iteration. Solid replicates many capabilities (e.g., server-side rendering, concurrent rendering) and APIs (e.g., stores, context, directives) present in other frameworks. Developers map the appearance and behavior of user interfaces to a set of reactive dependencies. Solid compiles the statements to imperative DOM operations.
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AWS Introduces AWS Bugbust - a Global Competition to Fix One Million Bugs
Recently, AWS announced a global challenge to fix one million bugs and reduce technical debt by over $100 million with AWS BugBust. The solution utilizes ML-powered developer tools - Amazon CodeGuru Reviewer and Amazon CodeGuru Profiler - to automatically scan code to weed out bugs, and gamifies fixing and eliminating them.
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Piral, a Modern React-Based Microfrontends Library
Piral is a JavaScript library for creating modular microfrontends application based on React.
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LinkedIn Open Sources Greykite, a Python-based Forecasting Library
LinkedIn open sourced Greykite, a Python library that promises to provide accurate future forecasts in an interpretable, allowing visualizations of the trend, seasonality, and other effects. Built to be flexible, intuitive and fast, it performed 4 times better than FB’s prophet, providing more accurate results for 1-day and 7-day forecasts.
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Sonatype Lift Integrates Facebook Infer, Google ErrorProne, and Other Code Analyzers
Recently launched Sonatype Lift provides a unified code analysis platform that includes over 25 tools to help developers identify a wide range of bugs in their development pipelines as soon as possible, says Sonatype. InfoQ has spoken with Stephen Magill, VP of product innovation at Sonatype, to learn more.
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Next.js 11 Released with New Script and Image Loading Strategies
The Next.js team recently released Next.js 11. The new version strives to improve actual and perceived performance for developers and end-users (start-up time, third-party scripts loading, image and placeholder loading). Next.js v11 also provides an experimental codemod that migrates a Create React App application to Next.js.