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There’s a difference, of course, between “putting some music on” and “listening to music.” The first is just a nice way of disturbing the silence while you get on with some task or other, while the second is a way of transporting you into a world of emotion and expression. And so it follows that while the first doesn’t require an exceptional level of quality to be effective, the second benefits no end from sounding as close to the artist’s original intentions as is possible. For digital music, that’s lossless audio.You may have heard more about lossless audio recently, thanks…

  Hello AR friends! I’m sure you’re all busy with year-end deadlines and planning, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. My personal Analyst Relations key takeaway from 2025 is that AR is now more important than ever! AI has not made AR redundant or replaceable – it’s quite the opposite. The proof points I see are the growing number of AR advisory firms and the expanding interest in these from providers with both large and small in-house AR teams. AR professional organizations are attracting new members and growing their own activities. And, more importantly, we’re seeing technology and tech…

Even networks long considered “untrainable” can learn effectively with a bit of a helping hand. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have shown that a brief period of alignment between neural networks, a method they call guidance, can dramatically improve the performance of architectures previously thought unsuitable for modern tasks.Their findings suggest that many so-called “ineffective” networks may simply start from less-than-ideal starting points, and that short-term guidance can place them in a spot that makes learning easier for the network. The team’s guidance method works by encouraging a target network to match the internal representations of…

Today, we are thrilled to welcome the Stately Cloud team to Databricks. This transaction continues to build on our deep investment in the foundation of the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.Operating Mission-Critical Systems at ScaleThe Stately Cloud team brings deep experience building and operating some of the world’s largest distributed systems, including at Amazon and Snapchat. Founders Alex Strand and Ben Hollis led reliability efforts at Amazon that were critical to maintaining uptime and performance during peak events like Black Friday, and delivered the global rewrite of Snapchat’s core Messaging product that modernized Snap’s services infrastructure. They continued that focus at…

For years, sovereign cloud discussions have focused on geography. Data had to stay inside a country, infrastructure had to sit in defined borders, and control was assumed to follow location. But that model is starting to break down.AI workloads, distributed applications, and stricter oversight rules are pushing organisations to rethink what sovereignty actually means in practice. Data is copied, restored, and analysed in multiple locations. Applications no longer live in one place, and many organisations now operate environments that mix private infrastructure, public cloud services, edge systems, and fully disconnected sites.In that context, sovereignty is shifting from where systems run…

Direct navigation — the act of visiting a website by manually typing a domain name in a web browser — has never been riskier: A new study finds the vast majority of “parked” domains — mostly expired or dormant domain names, or common misspellings of popular websites — are now configured to redirect visitors to sites that foist scams and malware. A lookalike domain to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center website, returned a non-threatening parking page (left) whereas a mobile user was instantly directed to deceptive content in October 2025 (right). Image: Infoblox. When Internet users try to visit…

Photo by: Kris Krüg (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), via Flickr TORONTO — Rachel Doran, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s updated methane regulations. “Implementing strong but flexible methane regulations on oil and gas producers and landfills is a no-brainer. Methane is a potent, climate-change-causing greenhouse gas, and such regulations represent a highly targeted and cost-effective tool for bringing down these critical emissions.“Today’s announcement from the federal government of updated methane regulations is an important and common sense step to begin actioning Canada’s carbon competitiveness strategy. “In addition to enhancing Canadian economic…

Get started with server-side Swift using the Vapor 4 framework. Learn how to build a really simple HTTP/2 backend server. What is HTTP/2?In short, it’s the second major version of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), but obviously you’re not here for the short version. HTTP/2 is a huge upgrade, it was derived from the experimental SPDY protocol, nowadays it’s widely used by about 40% of all the websites. Yes it’s time to upgrade your infrastructure (soon). 😉HTTPThe HTTP protocol is basically a client-server (request-response) communication protocol where the client asks for a resource and the server returns a response (a HTML…

You know those big metal tins that your grandma uses to store sewing needles and random unidentified screws? Some of them actually contain cookies. But opening the tin to get at the sugary morsels is a pain in the hands. To make his holiday gingerbread feasting more accessible, The Skjegg built this cookie launcher.This is exactly what it sounds like: a contraption for launching cookies skyward, where hungry people can snatch them without prying the lid off the tin. The launch triggers with a voice command for effortless cookie consumption. And in a pinch, it could probably be used to…

I have an AirTag on my keychain to keep track of my keys, but obviously an AirTag is too big and bulky to fit inside a wallet. That’s what the SwitchBot Wallet Finder is for. Disguised inside a thin, credit-card form factor, the SwitchBot Wallet Finder connects to the Find My app on your iPhone, so you can follow its location, and it even houses a speaker so you can make it beep to help you find your wallet when it inevitably gets lost somewhere in your home. Read on for my review … Setup Setup is super simple. Although it…