Arm Launches Next-Gen Big-Core: Cortex-A725

Arm Launches Next-Gen Big-Core: Cortex-A725

• Arm unveils Cortex‑A725, the next‑gen big core succeeding the A720 in the 2024 CSS. • A725 doubles L2 cache to 1 MiB, making it the widest and deepest big core yet. • Built on 3

Arm Unveils 2024 Compute Platform: 3nm, Cortex-X925, Cortex-A725, Immortalis-G925

Arm Unveils 2024 Compute Platform: 3nm, Cortex-X925, Cortex-A725, Immortalis-G925

• Arm launches 2024 Client Compute Subsystem (CSS) featuring 3nm process and new Cortex cores. • Cortex-X925 delivers highest single‑thread performance for demanding workloads. • C

Scaling PayPal's AI Capabilities with PayPal Cosmos.AI Platform

• PayPal has invested over a decade in AI/ML, leveraging it for fraud detection, ops, personalization, compliance. • The company aims to democratize AI, empowering employees across

Engineering Blogs · May 2, 2024 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 198 words

Leveraging Spark 3 and NVIDIA's GPUs to Reduce Cloud Cost by up to 70% for Big Data Pipelines

• PayPal runs hundreds of thousands of Spark jobs hourly, processing petabytes of data. • Upgrading to Spark 3 and adopting NVIDIA RAPIDS GPUs cuts cloud costs up to 70%. • GPUs of

Engineering Blogs · February 21, 2024 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 178 words

Declarative Feature Engineering at PayPal

• PayPal uses declarative, config‑based feature engineering to streamline ML workflows. • Data scientists declare feature specs, leaving construction to engineering teams. • Approa

Engineering Blogs · December 11, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 171 words
New Video Podcast: fAQ

New Video Podcast: fAQ

• Launch of new video podcast ‘fAQ’ featuring casual chats on quantum physics and AI. • Co-hosts: author and Adam Green, a biologist and former Khan Academy academic director. • Ta

Mathematics · March 28, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 169 words
What is Superposition, Really?

What is Superposition, Really?

• Superposition is simply a linear combination of states, like adding vectors in linear algebra. • The concept can be visualized without math using everyday analogies, such as over

Mathematics · March 28, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 191 words
What is Quantum Technology?

What is Quantum Technology?

• SandboxAQ spun out of Alphabet, focusing on AI and quantum technologies. • Founder Jack Hidary explains what quantum technology means in new YouTube videos. • The team emphasizes

Mathematics · March 16, 2023 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 177 words
A Look At AMD's 3D-Stacked V-Cache

A Look At AMD's 3D-Stacked V-Cache

• AMD’s 3D-Stacked V-Cache adds extra L3 cache via vertical stacking. • Improves gaming and compute performance by reducing memory latency. • Uses HBM2e-like interposer to connect

A conversation with Kevin Scott: What's next in AI

A conversation with Kevin Scott: What's next in AI

• Large AI models will keep boosting productivity, creativity, and job satisfaction. • Generative AI will drive scientific breakthroughs and tackle global challenges. • Microsoft’s

From Hot Wheels to handling content: How brands are using Microsoft AI to be more productive and imaginative

From Hot Wheels to handling content: How brands are using Microsoft AI to be more productive and imaginative

• Mattel designers use DALL·E 2 to generate Hot Wheels concepts via text prompts. • AI lets them iterate quickly, turning models into convertibles, color variants, and more. • DALL

Microsoft open sources its 'farm of the future' toolkit

Microsoft open sources its 'farm of the future' toolkit

• Microsoft Research opens Project FarmVibes, releasing FarmVibes.AI toolkit for data‑driven farming. • Andrew Nelson, a fifth‑generation farmer and software engineer, uses the too

How data and AI will transform contact centres for financial services

How data and AI will transform contact centres for financial services

• Shift from cost‑driven KPIs to experience‑centric metrics boosts loyalty. • AI powers 24/7, empathetic support, replacing rigid 9‑5 scripts. • Unified digital, mobile, and physic

AI-equipped drones study dolphins on the edge of extinction

AI-equipped drones study dolphins on the edge of extinction

• AI-powered drones monitor endangered Māui dolphins, aiding conservation efforts in New Zealand. • Only 54 known individuals, making them one of the world’s most threatened marine

Online math tutoring service uses AI to help boost students' skills and confidence

• Eedi offers AI‑driven online math tutoring to address learning gaps post‑COVID. • Students start with a 10‑question dynamic quiz that maps their strengths and weaknesses. • Micro

AI-Mimi is building inclusive TV experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing user in Japan

AI-Mimi is building inclusive TV experiences for Deaf and Hard of Hearing user in Japan

• AI-Mimi delivers real‑time subtitles for Deaf/Hard‑of‑Hearing viewers in Japan. • Uses Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services combined with human input for live TV. • Addresses high

Microsoft's framework for building AI systems responsibly

Microsoft's framework for building AI systems responsibly

• Microsoft releases Responsible AI Standard to guide ethical AI system development. • Framework emphasizes fairness, reliability, safety, privacy, inclusiveness, transparency, acc

Singapore develops Asia's first AI-based mobile app for shark and ray fin identification to combat illegal wildlife trade

• Singapore’s NParks, Microsoft, Conservation International launch Fin Finder, AI-powered shark and ray fin ID app. • First mobile app in Asia to visually identify illegal shark an

The opportunity at home - can AI drive innovation in personal assistant devices and sign language?

The opportunity at home - can AI drive innovation in personal assistant devices and sign language?

• Microsoft AI for Accessibility launched sign language workshop, attracting top researchers. • PhD student Abraham Glasser received 3‑year grant to enhance ASL interaction with sm

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 3

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 3

• Introduces enriched category theory framework for modeling language expressions and their relationships. • Builds on Part 2’s set assignment to words, extending to statistical co

Mathematics · September 27, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 192 words
Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 2

Language, Statistics, & Category Theory, Part 2

• Language modeled as category L: objects are English expressions, morphisms are substring inclusions. • Category L captures syntax but lacks semantic depth, prompting richer categ

Mathematics · July 21, 2021 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 184 words

The next Nuance to the platform wars

• Microsoft’s $16B Nuance acquisition positions it as a leader in AI-driven medical transcription and speech recognition. • The deal marks the largest digital health merger since T