January 20, 2025

AI

Building a Data Dashboard

Image by Author With source data from a Postgres database Using the streamlit Python library Thomas Reid · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 12 min read · 8 hours ago — As a Python data engineer for many years, one area I was not very involved in was the production of data dashboards. That all changed when Python-based libraries such as Streamlit, Gradio and Taipy came along. With their introduction, python programmers had

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AI

Why Generative-AI Apps’ Quality Often Sucks and What to Do About It

How to get from PoCs to tested high-quality applications in production Dr. Marcel Müller · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 19 min read · 8 hours ago — Image licensed from elements.envato.com, edit by Marcel Müller, 2025 The generative AI hype has rolled through the business world in the past two years. This technology can make business process executions more efficient, reduce wait time, and reduce process defects. Some interfaces like ChatGPT make

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AR/VR

Open-source DeepSeek-R1 uses pure reinforcement learning to match OpenAI o1 — at 95% less cost

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, known for challenging leading AI vendors with open-source technologies, just dropped another bombshell: a new open reasoning LLM called DeepSeek-R1. Based on the recently introduced DeepSeek V3 mixture-of-experts model, DeepSeek-R1 matches the performance of o1, OpenAI’s frontier reasoning LLM, across math, coding and reasoning tasks. The best part? It does this at

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Hardware

AMD Announces Radeon RX 9000 Series Graphics Card Launch Timing

As we’ve discussed before, AMD didn’t really talk about its RDNA 4-based graphics cards at CES 2025, despite briefing the press on the topic. The company gave a vague “Q1 2025” release window for the cards, but given that product has already started showing up at retailers, many have expected that the GPUs would be released this month. Not so, apparently. AMD’s Corporate Vice President and General Manager, David McAfee, just announced on Xwitter that

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Hardware

Instagram Adds A Video Editing App And More Tricks Borrowed From TikTok

With the future of TikTok in the US remaining uncertain, Instagram is positioning itself to fill the potential gap in the market. To this end, it has extended the maximum length of Reels on the app to 3 minutes. Additionally, the platform has introduced “Edits,” a video editing app offering an alternative to CapCut, which is affiliated with TikTok. Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, made these announcements in a series of posts on Threads. While

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Hardware

Instagram moves to capitalize on TikTok ban with release of new app

TL;DR: A short-term ban on TikTok and other ByteDance-owned apps has been implemented. In response, Meta has announced the launch of a new competing app. The United States government briefly banned the popular video-sharing app TikTok after the deadline given to TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, was reached. The banning of TikTok dates back to April last year when the US Senate enacted a new law that categorized TikTok as a national security threat. US lawmakers found

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Hardware

Sony is suffering from shell shock after $400 million failure, cancels two new games

TL;DR: Sony canceled two live-service games from Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games due to the failure of Concord, which cost the company a rumored $400 million. Concord’s poor performance has led Sony to reevaluate its focus on live-service projects, shifting back to traditional games. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier recently reported Sony canceled two live-service games that were in development by developed by Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, and now industry insiders have given the main reason

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Hardware

Microsoft to bring six staple Xbox games to the Nintendo Switch 2, says insider

TL;DR: An insider revealed that several Microsoft-owned games, such as Call of Duty, Fallout, and Diablo IV, are set to be released on the Nintendo Switch 2. Microsoft is rumored to bring six of its games over to the Nintendo Switch 2, according to an insider that outlined each of the rumored titles in a new YouTube video. The insider is eXtas1s, which InsiderGaming has sourced, and according to the YouTube video, Microsoft is planning

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Robotics

Primech AI improves HYTRON cleaning robot performance with NVIDIA tech – The Robot Report

The latest version of the HYTRON cleaning robot uses NVIDIA hardware and software. Source: Primech AI Primech AI Pte. Ltd. last week said it has integrated an NVIDIA system on module, or SoM, in its latest HYTRON bathroom cleaning robot. The Singapore-based company said this enhancement demonstrates its commitment to using cutting-edge technology to refine and advance its robotics offerings. “By integrating NVIDIA’s advanced technology into our HYTRON robot, we are setting a new standard

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Hardware

Resident Evil 6 Is Headed To Xbox And PS5 If This ESRB Rating Is Any Indication

Capcom has had a lot of success revisiting titles in its back catalog, which the company announced will continue to be a part of its strategy late last year. This is especially true of one of its most popular franchises, Resident Evil. This series has already seen several ports throughout the years, while the second and fourth installments got impressive remakes. Now it seems as if Resident Evil 6 will be making its way to current gen

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