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SONiC, the Leading Open Source Network Operating System, Sees Unparalleled Growth With 10 New Members and Expansion into Enterprise Edge

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月曜日, 4月 29, 2024

Unprecedented membership growth, coupled with the availability of new deployment case studies, showcases SONiC's powerful impact within the network operating space.

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Unprecedented membership growth, coupled with the availability of new deployment case studies, showcases SONiC's powerful impact within the network operating space.
Spanning hardware manufacturers and software developers, these member organizations illustrate the broad industry support for SONiC's mission to enhance data center networking through open source solutions.
"SONiC's growth showcases its unique position in pioneering open source networking solutions, and fosters broad industry collaboration," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT, the Linux Foundation.
These examples underscore SONiC's role in advancing network technology and its capability to support complex, high-demand environments across the globe.

El Diario Honors Exceptional Latinas Inspiring Future Generations

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木曜日, 4月 18, 2024

El Diario receives nominations from colleagues, peers and friends to recognize the work of these activists, artists, leaders, entrepreneurs, doctors, teachers, scientists, journalists, and more.

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El Diario receives nominations from colleagues, peers and friends to recognize the work of these activists, artists, leaders, entrepreneurs, doctors, teachers, scientists, journalists, and more.
This annual awards ceremony highlights notable Latinas inspiring new generations of women in their respective communities.
We have put together a list of truly outstanding Latina that are paving the way for new generations,” said Carmen Villavicencio, Executive Editor of El Diario.
In 1963, it merged with El Diario de Nueva York, forming El Diario/La Prensa, as it is known nowadays.

D-Wave Introduces New Fast Anneal Feature, Extending Quantum Computing Performance Gains

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木曜日, 4月 18, 2024

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D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today launched the fast-anneal feature, available on all of D-Wave’s quantum processing units (QPUs) in the Leap™ real-time quantum cloud service.

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D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today launched the fast-anneal feature, available on all of D-Wave’s quantum processing units (QPUs) in the Leap™ real-time quantum cloud service.
With this feature now widely accessible, users can perform quantum computations at unprecedented speeds, greatly reducing the impact of external disturbances such as thermal fluctuations and noise that often hinder quantum calculations.
Heightened coherence and reduced environmental interference will open avenues in quantum sciences,” said Alejandro Lopez-Bezanilla with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
With increased quantum coherence, we can finally achieve precise observations of quantum phenomena, previously only accessible in theory but now within reach of experimental validation.”

D-Wave’s Qubits 2024 Quantum Computing Conference Announced for June 17-18 in Boston

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火曜日, 4月 9, 2024

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D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced that its Qubits 2024 quantum computing conference will take place in Boston on June 17 and 18, 2024.

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D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced that its Qubits 2024 quantum computing conference will take place in Boston on June 17 and 18, 2024.
Themed “Success, Powered by Quantum,” the conference will demonstrate how D-Wave, partners, and customers such as Momentum Worldwide (part of Interpublic Group), Los Alamos National Lab, Zapata AI and others are achieving tangible outcomes with D-Wave’s innovative annealing quantum computing technology.
It will be packed with demonstrations of new quantum solutions, product updates, the company’s latest scientific accomplishments, and customer applications, both in development and in production.
The latest advancements in D-Wave’s quantum technology and software, with expert guidance on how to quickly adopt quantum computing in the enterprise.

White Rock, NM Named “Happiest Small Town in America”

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月曜日, 3月 11, 2024

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Los Alamos, NM, March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Travel —an online travel journal—recently named White Rock, New Mexico, the “Happiest Small Town in America” in their 2024 rankings.

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Los Alamos, NM, March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Travel —an online travel journal—recently named White Rock, New Mexico, the “Happiest Small Town in America” in their 2024 rankings.
“With a friendly atmosphere, tons of trails through and around town, beautiful dark skies, and unique local businesses, White Rock is a gem among small towns across America.”
For those visiting White Rock, be sure to start your visit at the White Rock Visitor Center for maps and an overview of local activities.
White Rock Overlook Park – Grab your camera and prepare for stunning shots at White Rock Overlook.
To plan your visit or explore all there is to see and do in White Rock and Los Alamos, go to www.visitlosalamos.org .

Advent Technologies Participates in $12.4 Million Project to Reduce GHG Emissions in the Maritime Sector

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火曜日, 3月 5, 2024

This project aims to develop a maritime fuel cell system resulting in an auxiliary power unit with a total capacity exceeding 500kW.

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This project aims to develop a maritime fuel cell system resulting in an auxiliary power unit with a total capacity exceeding 500kW.
The RiverCell 3 project has a total budget of approximately $12.4 million, from which Advent’s budgeted portion is approximately $6.1 million.
The project commenced in January 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on December 31, 2026.
This strategy aims to mitigate greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions for international shipping, with a reinforced commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Hammerspace Unveils the Fastest File System in the World for Training Enterprise AI Models at Scale

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木曜日, 2月 22, 2024

A Hyperscale NAS architecture provides the best architecture for training effective models, speeding time-to-market and time-to-insight, and ultimately deriving business value from data.

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A Hyperscale NAS architecture provides the best architecture for training effective models, speeding time-to-market and time-to-insight, and ultimately deriving business value from data.
“These organizations require the performance and cost-effective scale of HPC parallel file systems and must meet enterprise requirements for ease of use and data security.
Hyperscale NAS is a fundamentally different NAS architecture that allows organizations to use the best of HPC technology without compromising enterprise standards.”
The Hyperscale NAS architecture has now been proven to be the fastest file system in the world for enterprise and web-scale AI training.
It's the system used for training large language models (LLMs) and is now being used in businesses for computing with GPUs and training generative AI models.

Haslam Receives National Award for Accessibility, Connectivity, Inclusivity

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木曜日, 2月 29, 2024

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Founded in 1974, Insight Into Diversity magazine is the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.

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Founded in 1974, Insight Into Diversity magazine is the largest and oldest diversity and inclusion publication in higher education.
Haslam will be featured, along with 27 other recipients, in its April 2024 issue.
"To be honored by Insight Into Diversity with this award means Clarence and his staff's efforts are having a meaningful effect in Haslam and the community the college serves.
Vaughn said the award validates his staff's hard work and the positive impact it has on campus and beyond.

Sunshine Health Offers $200,000 in Grants to 53 Florida Nonprofits

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火曜日, 2月 20, 2024

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Sunshine Health awarded two levels of Storm Relief and Preparation grants to 17 nonprofit organizations providing storm-related assistance to people impacted by recent storms.

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Sunshine Health awarded two levels of Storm Relief and Preparation grants to 17 nonprofit organizations providing storm-related assistance to people impacted by recent storms.
Sunshine Health also awarded $100,000 to 36 nonprofit organizations to address social and environmental factors that can impact health outcomes in underserved areas.
"Youths Left Behind, Corp. is grateful for the grant from Sunshine Health," said Hassan Hill, Director of the nonprofit in Tallahassee.
Since 2021, Sunshine Health has invested nearly $800,000 through its Community Connections grant program and continues to support local organizations that are committed to building healthy communities across Florida.

Underground nuclear tests are hard to detect. A new method can spot them 99% of the time

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水曜日, 2月 7, 2024

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Groups such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization are constantly on the lookout for new tests.

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Groups such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization are constantly on the lookout for new tests.
However, for reasons of safety and secrecy, modern nuclear tests are carried out underground – which makes them difficult to detect.

Fallout

For example, the US’s 1954 Castle Bravo test, conducted in secret at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, delivered large volumes of radioactive fallout to several nearby islands and their inhabitants.
In 1963, the US, the UK and the USSR agreed to carry out future tests underground to limit fallout.

How to spot an atom bomb

During this period there were substantial international efforts to figure out how to monitor nuclear testing. The competitive nature of weapons development means much research and testing is conducted in secret. Groups such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization today run global networks of instruments specifically designed to identify any potential tests. These include:

A needle in a haystack

First are body waves, which travel outwards in all directions, including down into the deep Earth, before returning to the surface.
As a result, monitoring underground tests is like searching for a potentially non-existent needle in a haystack the size of a planet.

Nukes vs quakes

If an event occurs far from volcanoes and plate tectonic boundaries, it might be considered more suspicious.
Alternatively, if it occurs at a depth greater than say three kilometres, it is unlikely to have been a nuclear test.
This outcome underlines the importance of using multiple independent discrimination techniques during monitoring – no single method is likely to prove reliable for all events.

An alternative method

As a result, we were able to take advantage of fundamental differences between the sources of explosions and earthquakes to develop an improved method of classifying these events.
We tested our approach on catalogues of known explosions and earthquakes from the western United States, and found that the method gets it right around 99% of the time.

Mark Hoggard works for the Australian National University. He receives funding from Geoscience Australia and the Australian Research Council.