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NVIDIA GPU Cloud available to AI researchers

NVIDIA GPU Cloud available to AI researchers

Posted by | Dec 4, 2017 | , |

NVIDIA has announced that “hundreds of thousands” of AI researchers using desktop GPUs can now tap into the power of NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC) as the company has extended NGC support to NVIDIA TITAN.

NVIDIA also announced expanded NGC capabilities — adding new software and other key updates to the NGC container registry — to provide researchers a broader, more powerful set of tools to advance their AI and high performance computing research and development efforts.

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The Northern Spy: Spam, power, and the pot

The Northern Spy: Spam, power, and the pot

Posted by | Dec 4, 2017 | , |

By Rick Sutcliffe

Under his hat as a sometimes web hosting and domain name provider (Webnamehost.com and WebNameSource.com) the Spy must monitor the spam arriving at his server. Numerous filters and subscriptions to spam services cut the volume of mail by forty percent in a slack month and as much as ninety-five precent during time when the BlackHats think they’re on to something new.

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Strategy Analytics: 5G smartphone shipments will reach 1.5 billion in 2025

Posted by | Dec 4, 2017 | , |

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global 5G smartphone shipments will grow from two million units in 2019 to reach an impressive 1.5 billion in 2025. The 5G category will be the fastest-growing sector of the global smartphone industry for the next decade. Growth opportunities are huge for companies such as Qualcomm, Intel and Apple, according to the research group.

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Apple has released iOS 11.2 with support for Apple Pay Cash

Apple has released iOS 11.2 with support for Apple Pay Cash

Posted by | Dec 2, 2017 | , |

Apple has released iOS 11.2 with support for Apple Pay Cash,7.5-watt charging on compatible devices, and various bug fixes and improvements.

With Apple Pay Cash, Apple Pay users will be able to make and receive payments with friends and family quickly and securely. They can send money and get paid right in Messages, or tell Siri to pay someone, using the credit and debit cards they already have in Wallet. 

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