Spark creator bags computing gong for making big data a little bit smaller

When Zaharia started work on Spark around 2010, analyzing "big data" generally meant using MapReduce, the Java-based ...
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CS Special Seminar: Michael Jungmair "Rethinking Data Processing Systems: A Compiler-Centric Approach for Modern Workloads and Heterogeneous Hardware"

A Compiler-Centric Approach for Modern Workloads and Heterogeneous Hardware. Michael Jungmair Technical University of Munich ...
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PyTorch Foundation adds Helion and Safetensors - and the open AI stack gets a little harder to ignore

Mark Collier briefed me on two updates under embargo at KubeCon Europe 2026 last month: Helion, which opens up GPU kernel ...
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Understanding tokenization and consumption in LLMs

At the core of these advancements lies the concept of tokenization — a fundamental process that dictates how user inputs are interpreted, processed and ultimately billed. Understanding tokenization is ...

What is Claude? Here's everything you need to know about Anthropic's increasingly popular chatbot

Anthropic launched Claude in July 2023. Three years later, the chatbot is garnering lots of attention — and locked in a ...