#Data Lake Storage

[rajaniesh]

Unlock Data Governance: Revolutionary Table-Level Access in Modern Platforms

Dive into our latest blog on mastering data governance with Microsoft Fabric & Databricks. Discover key strategies for robust table-level access control and secure your enterprise's data. A must-read for IT pros! #DataGovernance #Security

[jcmarchi]

UltiHash’s Sustainable Data Infrastructure Tackles AI Storage Challenges

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UltiHash’s Sustainable Data Infrastructure Tackles AI Storage Challenges

UltiHash, a provider of high-performance and eco-friendly data storage solutions, has launched its object storage platform to address critical issues in AI data storage. This development aims to resolve mounting challenges in the AI industry related to infrastructure costs and environmental sustainability. The new platform enhances performance for data-heavy applications, including generative AI and advanced analytics, offering scalable and sustainable solutions for data management.

As the AI industry grows, projected to reach $407 billion by 2027 according to Forbes, the demand for data storage has surged. AI model training, which relies on massive datasets, often strains current storage infrastructure due to inefficiency, leading to high costs and a significant environmental footprint. UltiHash’s new platform is designed to solve these issues, providing high-performance storage while reducing both operational expenses and environmental impact.

Key Features of UltiHash’s Platform

UltiHash’s platform introduces several key innovations, including:

Advanced Deduplication: Reducing data volumes by up to 60% by eliminating redundant data at the byte level, minimizing storage needs and bandwidth usage.

Scalability: Built for organizations with rapidly growing data needs, the platform scales easily to petabytes and beyond, supporting continuous data expansion.

Enhanced Performance: With 250% faster read speeds compared to AWS S3, the platform improves data throughput for both read and write operations, essential for high-performance applications.

Interoperability: Fully compatible with S3 APIs and designed for seamless integration with both cloud and on-premises infrastructures, including Kubernetes-native environments.

Data Resiliency: Built-in erasure coding ensures data is protected even during hardware failures, safeguarding against system disruptions.

These features position UltiHash as a critical player in the AI data storage landscape, especially for organizations adopting data lakehouse architectures. By combining the scalability of data lakes with the query efficiency of data warehouses, the platform supports diverse data formats while optimizing performance and resource usage.

Building on Recent Success: $2.5M Pre-Seed Funding

UltiHash’s latest announcement follows its successful $2.5 million pre-seed funding round in December 2023, led by Inventure, alongside investors like PreSeedVentures, Tiny VC, and Sequoia Capital-affiliated angel investors. The funding supports UltiHash’s efforts to enhance its platform and accelerate market entry.

The company’s entry into the market comes as data growth reaches unprecedented levels. IDC projects that global digital data will hit 175 zettabytes by 2025, each zettabyte contributing the carbon footprint of approximately two million people annually. This rapid increase in data generation presents both operational and environmental challenges, with existing storage solutions often requiring significant cost outlays and energy consumption. UltiHash’s platform aims to break this cycle by reducing the overall storage demand while maintaining high performance.

A Future of Sustainable, High-Performance Storage

By reducing the data stored through advanced deduplication, UltiHash enables companies to scale their data operations sustainably. This technology addresses the core issue of balancing scalability with affordability, which has traditionally constrained data-driven industries, including AI, telecom, manufacturing, and automotive.

“The AI revolution is generating data at an unprecedented rate, and traditional storage solutions are struggling to keep pace,” says Tom Lüdersdorf, Co-Founder and CEO of UltiHash. “The future of storage will make it possible to avoid ballooning data costs without compromising on speed.”

As data continues to fuel innovation in AI and other industries, UltiHash‘s platform is poised to play a crucial role in enabling sustainable data growth. Its focus on reducing both the environmental toll and the financial burden of large-scale data storage could reshape how organizations approach data infrastructure.

[pr0ng3ls]

ITS MAY YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

FISH

That's right! I've got bois for this Mermay!! I don't have their faces just yet, but they'll be getting their own sheets very soon with each getting a post. When I have them posted, I'll link them here!

Sun

Moon

Eclipse

Basic info on this AU:

- Semi hibernate? Their burrow is large enough for the three of them to curl up with one another and call it good for few months. Sun on repeat is the first to wake. He likes chewing on the ice for frozen fish

- NONE OF THESE FUCKERS ARE REMOTELY RELATED

- Moon is really the only one with the Crescent motif due to scarring

- these three are not very good with human interactions due to past instances with the older generations

- Our MC is a bit more sensitive things that should hurt or inconvenience them is going to make them upset

- Gonna do my best to keep it ambiguous, tho any smut writing I do will be AFAB cause I'm a baby and still getting comfortable with writing AMAB smut be gentle with me ;u;

MC Information:

- Bought the lake house to continue personal hobby of photography

- works remote from home on data entry

- Will remain mostly ambiguous through story, but is AFAB

- Goes by They/Them

- Vague backstory, allows reader to more seamlessly insert themselves in (Was raised in the area so its not completely alien to them)

Property Information:

- House is a 3 br 2 bth

- rather small. Smaller rooms and bathroom downstairs, master bedroom + bathroom. Separate closet space for storage

- the lake is mostly on a nature preserve, a small private section to MC's lake house + dock

- private area happens to be where the mers took up residence

- The lake isn't small, but it's not massive either, could easily swim from 1 side to the other under an hour

- Lake is mostly clear, the floor made up of natural water grasses and other green growth + logs

- Fishing is allowed, but restricted year round for specific species

- Sun, Moon, and Eclipse are not recorded due to their skittish nature

- House is very much a fixer-upper. Gonna give MC something to do

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Inside Climate News:

Declines of underground water supplies that are vital to cities and farming in the Colorado River Basin are outpacing the losses of the river’s water, according to new research published last week based on NASA satellite data.

It’s the latest warning of the region’s rapidly declining water supplies as the seven basin states—Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming—engage in tense negotiations over the Colorado River’s future and cuts to water supplies, but with losses to groundwater left out of the debate. 

Across the basin, the rate of water storage decline increased by a factor of three between 2015 to 2024 compared to the previous decade because of climate change, said Jay Famiglietti, the study’s senior author and science director for Arizona State University’s Arizona Water Innovation Initiative. 

“That’s pretty scary,” he said. “When we drilled into figuring out what’s going on, of course, it’s groundwater and the disappearance of groundwater. That should grab people’s attention, and I’m not sure that they do.”

The Colorado River Basin has been in a drought for more than two decades, leading to what scientists have called an aridification of the region. The river supplies water to 40 million people across seven states, 30 tribes and Mexico, and generates billions of dollars worth of agricultural outputs, supplying the U.S. with fruits and vegetables in winter. But an overallocation of the river’s resources and climate change have thrown that system into disarray, with the states now racing a 2026 deadline to come to an agreement to cut back use of the river. 

Recent wet years provided a reprieve from the worst case scenarios in the basin, but a recent study looking at the next 24 months on the river from the Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency tasked with managing it, predicts steep declines in the levels of lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, which dictate the availability of water in much of the basin and factor heavily into the negotiations.

One acre foot of water is enough to supply two to three households for a year; the Colorado River supplies somewhere around 13 million acre feet annually. But the century-old compact between Colorado Basin states allocated more water than that—more than the river carries—leading in part to its overuse and decline. 

Using satellite data from NASA that tracks water supplies both below and above ground, the researchers were able to record the declines across the region. Across all sources of water in the basin, a total of 42.3 million acre feet has been lost, the study found. 

[one-of-many-journeys]

Day 6

No Man's Land

Slept a little later than usual after the eventful night, then made some upgrades to my weapons. Fortunately, no Oseram returned in the night to find me sleeping in their camp.

Back on my Charger, I headed south for the lake and its larger encampment of delvers. On the way, I came upon a smaller Utaru settlement, dismounting and walking pass so as not to alarm them and catch an arrow in the back. The only people they're likely to have seen riding machines around these parts are Regalla's rebels.

I tried to greet them as I passed, but the guards at the gates only shouted for me to turn back, saying Stone's Echo was only for Utaru. After Daen's invitation to Plainsong last night I hadn't been expecting blatant hostility. Doesn't matter. It's not like I'm going to need to stop there anyway.

Further south west, I came to the lake with an old Carja fortress on the south side and a bustling camp on the banks.

I took the opportunity to get my weapons touched up by the camp's smith and sell some of the salvage I'd picked up on the journey so far. The camp's residents were almost all Oseram, but my interest was piqued by a pair of Carja noblemen arguing loudly about some artefact they'd found.

One of them, Gendas, was entertainingly fixated on a piece of scrap metal he'd picked up from an Oseram dig site nearby. He'd convinced himself it was a tray that the Old Ones used to serve delicacies. It looked more like data storage hardware to me, so I asked to take a look.

I scanned it and started searching through the data. There was heaps stored on such a large component, so I only skimmed through, though my hand movements while navigating an interface visible only to me concerned Gendas and Rushavid enough to consider asking for a healer. It's all lauding 'she who sees the unseen' until she starts seeing the unseen, then she's crazy. Figures.

It was military data. Unsurprising considering the amount of ancient war machines in the battlefield just to the east. Most of it was just a telemetry dump from something called a 'mobile cover system'. Cover is always welcome. I wouldn't mind having some sort of shielding between me and whatever Sylens has cooked up.

Gendas told me that he and Rushavid had journeyed here to study artefacts of the Old Ones, though Gendas seemed more academically enamoured while Rushavid was eager for shards. Things weren't going well for either of them so far, but Gendas remained endearingly optimistic. It was said that the bulk of the treasure was at the bottom of the lake, and Gendas had found his beloved tray at the shore of the Oseram's dig site across the banks at Jagged Deep Delve. I thought it was worth checking out. There must be something good here if all these Oseram are gathered. The Carja and their hired Oseram crew had been driven out of the site by a herd of machines, so they offered to pay me to clear them out too. A nice bonus. Gendas also insisted on doing my makeup, for some reason. So now we're matching.

I swapped my furs for light Carja armour. Better for swimming, and the growing heat the further I travel toward the western desert. Rushavid was right about the lake—there's heaps of sunken salvage down there. Mostly old tanks, planes and weaponry, by the looks.

Crossing the lake, I walked the southern bank toward the dig site. I scouted the machines from a distance. New ones: Widemaws. Purgewater sacs on the belly, huge vacuum unit and delicate grinding components in the mouth, sparkers on the sides and resource canisters on the rump. I watched them for while, grinding up the earth and ejecting these pods of nutrients that slowly sunk into the churned soil. Seems like they're meant for planting or fertilising. There were two of them, and a couple of Scroungers hoarding useful scrap from the delve site.

I took out the Scroungers first, sneaking up on them with my Stalker shield, then drew one Widemaw away from the other so I could take them one at a time.

On the first, I went for its sparkers to keep it down, doing damage with my spear and targeting the machinery down its gullet, which it promptly used to suck in huge boulders and chunks of debris to eject at force in my direction, along with pressurised jets of Purgewater. I took a few nasty hits to the back. Its vacuum unit is a damn powerful thing—even sprinting on the spot I could feel my feet dragging backwards toward its maw. Light armour was a bad idea. I made ample use of my Ropecaster too, anything to keep its mouth shut.

On the second Widemaw, I concentrated on its Purgewater sac, drenching it in the oily stuff enough that it weakened its armour. Frost bombs after that—brittle, piercing arrows to its weak components. Down quicker than the first.

And at the end of all that, there was barely anything left at the delve site worth taking. I grabbed a few good scraps from the shallow reaches of the lake, but I could pick out the good stuff further down with my Focus, pinging with promise. I tried to dive deep, pushing myself, but I couldn't hold my breath. Of course, the reachable stuff had already been looted. Wonder if there's a way I can get all the way down there.

I felt bad returning to the camp essentially empty handed, though at least the Oseram could return to their dig site now. I swum back across the lake to the adjacent island, spotting some more ruins circled by machines.

Skydrifters, and another Widemaw, which I elected to avoid and snagged the ruins' salvage while I could. Went for the sparkers on the Skydrifters this time and had an easier run of things, keeping them off me as I escaped. Hard to avoid the electrical arcs, though.

From there, my Focus picked up a nearby signal. A drone was circling the skies near a roving Thunderjaw. I was getting real close to Sylens' mysterious coordinates by this point, so the first thing my paranoid thoughts jumped to was that he was surveying the area remotely. Given the high tech gadgets he's been handing out to his pet army, it wasn't far fetched.

I climbed around to a high enough vantage to disrupt the drone's path, avoiding the Thunderjaw. Finding no way to hack its pathing and not wanting to damage it with projectiles, I leapt and hung onto the drone, pulling it down so I could scan it fully. It was clearly produced by a Cauldron, and wasn't overridden for any nefarious purpose as far as I could see. It was recording terrain and other data similar to a Tallneck, just a lot more mobile. The vantage did, however, help me spot another rebel encampment just to the west. The frontier of Sylens' nearby operation?

If so, it was a fairly small operation. I wonder if they're out this way to scope out that camp full of Oseram and Carja.

I waited on the sidelines until the camp's leader was alone—easy to spot as he was the largest, barking orders, carrying a huge shield and sword. I snuck up on him, cloaked as a Stalker, and thrust my spear into his chest through his under arm. Understandably, people noticed, but not fast enough to get to me. I dropped a smoke bomb and dashed out of there in the confusion.

I took out the rest of the rebels in stealth for the most part. Utaru Shaprshot bow, striking from cover. To one, I skewered their thigh with my spear before knocking them cold. One of them picked up a Deathbringer gun at one point, which raised the stakes only until I put an arrow through their skull from behind their own blinders.

There were piles of Corrupters in the centre of the camp, stripped for scrap, likely to build override modules for their many machines.

There was no further sign of rebel camps further west. The way looked clear through to Sylens' coordinates. I moved closer to that location as night drew on, with great caution.

I came across another abandoned Oseram camp close to the coordinates, likely driven clear by the rebels. Sylens had made his camp in a suitably ominous location—the underbelly of a Horus, its limbs half submerged in a lake. I could spot the fire glow and wooden scaffolding of whatever new workshop he'd carved for himself. I still doubt he's physically there, but it at least seems he was at some point. There are no signs of rebel activity near the Horus, at least. Still, best to keep an eye on the area over night. I need to be sharp when I go to meet whatever Sylens has in store for me.

He said he wants to help me repair Gaia, but after seeing what he's put in motion with the Tenakth, I find that hard to believe. I don't have any choice but to play along, for now. Elisabet had to make deals with people she hated just to build Gaia in the first place. Sometimes, awful, immoral people are too useful to disregard. Eleuthia would never have succeeded without Far Zenith. None of us would be here today if Elisabet refused to deal with those who went against her dearest values.

[spacenutspod]

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a loosened ice jam. While there is currently no database that compiles satellite data on river flood waves, the new study highlights the potential of space-based observations to aid hydrologists and engineers, especially those working in communities along river networks with limited flood control structures such as levees and flood gates.Unlike ocean waves, which are ordinarily driven by wind and tides, and roll to shore at a steady clip, river waves (also called flood or flow waves) are temporary surges stretching tens to hundreds of miles. Typically caused by rainfall or seasonal snowmelt, they are essential to shuttling nutrients and organisms down a river. But they can also pose hazards: Extreme river waves triggered by a prolonged downpour or dam break can produce floods.“Ocean waves are well known from surfing and sailing, but rivers are the arteries of the planet. We want to understand their dynamics,” said Cedric David, a hydrologist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and a coauthor of a new study published May 14 in Geophysical Research Letters.Measuring Speed and SizeTo search for river waves for her doctoral research, lead author Hana Thurman of Virginia Tech turned to a spacecraft launched in 2022. The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite is a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales). It is surveying the height of nearly all of Earth’s surface waters, both fresh and salty, using its sensitive Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn). The instrument maps the elevation and width of water bodies by bouncing microwaves off the surface and timing how long the signal takes to return. SWOT is depicted in orbit in this artist’s concept, with sunlight glinting off one of its solar panels and both antennas of its key instrument — the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) — extended. The antennas collect data along a swath 30 miles (50 kilometers) wide on either side of the satellite. Credit: CNES “In addition to monitoring total storage of waters in lakes and rivers, we zoom in on dynamics and impacts of water movement and change,” said Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer, SWOT program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.Thurman knew that SWOT has helped scientists track rising sea levels near the coast, spot tsunami slosh, and map the seafloor, but could she identify river height anomalies in the data indicating a wave on the move?She found that the mission had caught three clear examples of river waves, including one that arose abruptly on the Yellowstone River in Montana in April 2023. As the satellite passed overhead, it observed a 9.1-foot-tall (2.8-meter-tall) crest flowing toward the Missouri River in North Dakota. It was divided into a dramatic 6.8-mile-long (11-kilometer-long) peak followed by a more drawn‐out tail. These details are exciting to see from orbit and illustrate the KaRIn instrument’s uniquely high spatial resolution, Thurman said.Sleuthing through optical Sentinel-2 imagery of the area, she determined that the wave likely resulted from an ice jam breaking apart upstream and releasing pent-up water.The other two river waves that Thurman and the team found were triggered by rainfall runoff. One, spotted by SWOT starting on Jan. 25, 2024, on the Colorado River south of Austin, Texas, was associated with the largest flood of the year on that section of river. Measuring over 30 feet (9 meters) tall and 166 miles (267 kilometers) long, it traveled around 3.5 feet (1.07 meters) per second for over 250 miles (400 kilometers) before discharging into Matagorda Bay.The other wave originated on the Ocmulgee River near Macon, Georgia, in March 2024. Measuring over 20 feet (6 meters) tall and extending more than 100 miles (165 kilometers), it traveled about a foot (0.33 meters) per second for more than 124 miles (200 kilometers).“We’re learning more about the shape and speed of flow waves, and how they change along long stretches of river,” Thurman said. “That could help us answer questions like, how fast could a flood get here and is infrastructure at risk?”Complementary ObservationsEngineers and water managers measuring river waves have long relied on stream gauges, which record water height and estimate discharge at fixed points along a river. In the United States, stream gauge networks are maintained by agencies including the U.S. Geological Survey. They are sparser in other parts of the world.“Satellite data is complementary because it can help fill in the gaps,” said study supervisor George Allen, a hydrologist and remote sensing expert at Virginia Tech.If stream gauges are like toll booths clocking cars as they pass, SWOT is like a traffic helicopter taking snapshots of the highway. The wave speeds that SWOT helped determine were similar to those calculated using gauge data alone, Allen said, showing how the satellite could help monitor waves in river basins without gauges. Knowing where and why river waves develop can help scientists tracking changing flood patterns around the world.Orbiting Earth multiple times each day, SWOT is expected to observe some 55% of large-scale floods at some stage in their life cycle. “If we see something in the data, we can say something,” David said of SWOT’s potential to flag dangerous floods in the making. “For a long time, we’ve stood on the banks of our rivers, but we’ve never seen them like we are now.”More About SWOTThe SWOT satellite was jointly developed by NASA and CNES, with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the UK Space Agency. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed for the agency by Caltech in Pasadena, California, leads the U.S. component of the project. For the flight system payload, NASA provided the Ka-band radar interferometer (KaRIn) instrument, a GPS science receiver, a laser retroreflector, a two-beam microwave radiometer, and NASA instrument operations. The Doppler Orbitography and Radioposition Integrated by Satellite system, the dual frequency Poseidon altimeter (developed by Thales Alenia Space), the KaRIn radio-frequency subsystem (together with Thales Alenia Space and with support from the UK Space Agency), the satellite platform, and ground operations were provided by CNES. The KaRIn high-power transmitter assembly was provided by CSA.

[brittlepathfinderhaven]

From Chips to Clouds: Exploring Intel's Role in the Next Generation of Computing

Introduction

The world of computing is evolving at breakneck speed, and at the forefront of this technological revolution is Intel Corp. Renowned for its groundbreaking innovations in Additional hints microprocessors, Intel's influence extends far beyond silicon chips; it reaches into the realms of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and beyond. This article dives deep into Intel's role in shaping the next generation of computing, exploring everything from its historical contributions to its futuristic visions.

From Chips to Clouds: Exploring Intel's Role in the Next Generation of Computing

Intel has long been synonymous with computing power. Founded in 1968, it pioneered the microprocessor revolution that transformed personal computing. Today, as we transition from conventional machines to cloud-based systems powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Intel remains a critical player.

The Evolution of Intel’s Microprocessors A Brief History

Intel's journey began with the introduction of the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004, in 1971. Over decades, it has relentlessly innovated:

1970s: Introduction of the 8086 architecture. 1980s: The rise of x86 compatibility. 1990s: Pentium processors that made personal computers widely accessible.

Each evolution marked a leap forward not just for Intel but for global computing capabilities.

Current Microprocessor Technologies

Today’s microprocessors are marvels of engineering. Intel’s current lineup features:

Core i3/i5/i7/i9: Catering to everything from basic tasks to high-end gaming. Xeon Processors: Designed for servers and high-performance computing. Atom Processors: Targeting mobile devices and embedded applications.

These technologies are designed with advanced architectures like Ice Lake and Tiger Lake that enhance performance while optimizing power consumption.

Intel’s Influence on Cloud Computing The Shift to Cloud-Based Solutions

In recent years, businesses have increasingly embraced cloud computing due to its scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Intel has played a crucial role in this transition by designing processors optimized for data centers.

Intel’s Data Center Solutions

Intel provides various solutions tailored for cloud service providers:

Intel Xeon Scalable Processors: Designed specifically for workloads in data centers. Intel Optane Technology: Enhancing memory performance and storage capabilities.

These innovations help companies manage vast amounts of data efficiently.

Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier AI Integration in Everyday Applications

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming integral to modern computing. From smart assistants to advanced analytics tools, AI relies heavily on processing power—something that Intel excels at providing.

Intel’s AI Initiatives

Through initiat

[jollystrangernymph]

From Chips to Clouds: Exploring Intel's Role in the Next Generation of Computing

Introduction

The world of computing is evolving at breakneck speed, and at the forefront of this technological revolution is Intel Corp. Renowned for its groundbreaking innovations in microprocessors, Intel's influence extends far beyond silicon chips; it reaches into the realms of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and beyond. This article dives deep into Intel's role in shaping the next generation of computing, exploring everything from its historical contributions to its futuristic visions.

From Chips to Clouds: Exploring Intel's Role in the Next Generation of Computing

Intel has long been synonymous with computing power. Founded in 1968, it pioneered the microprocessor revolution that transformed personal computing. Today, as we transition from conventional machines to cloud-based systems powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Intel remains a critical player.

The Evolution of Intel’s Microprocessors A Brief History

Intel's journey began with the introduction of the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004, in 1971. Over decades, it has relentlessly innovated:

1970s: Introduction of the 8086 architecture. 1980s: The rise of x86 compatibility. 1990s: Pentium processors that made personal computers widely accessible.

Each evolution marked a leap forward not just for Intel but for global computing capabilities.

Current Microprocessor Technologies

Today’s microprocessors are marvels of engineering. Intel’s current lineup features:

Core i3/i5/i7/i9: Catering to everything from basic tasks to high-end gaming. Xeon Processors: Designed for servers and high-performance computing. Atom Processors: Targeting mobile devices and embedded applications.

These technologies are designed with advanced architectures like Ice Lake and Tiger Lake that enhance performance while optimizing power consumption.

Click for more info Intel’s Influence on Cloud Computing The Shift to Cloud-Based Solutions

In recent years, businesses have increasingly embraced cloud computing due to its scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Intel has played a crucial role in this transition by designing processors optimized for data centers.

Intel’s Data Center Solutions

Intel provides various solutions tailored for cloud service providers:

Intel Xeon Scalable Processors: Designed specifically for workloads in data centers. Intel Optane Technology: Enhancing memory performance and storage capabilities.

These innovations help companies manage vast amounts of data efficiently.

Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier AI Integration in Everyday Applications

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming integral to modern computing. From smart assistants to advanced analytics tools, AI relies heavily on processing power—something that Intel excels at providing.

Intel’s AI Initiatives

Through initiat

[slydesolationcurator]

From Chips to Clouds: Exploring Intel's Role in the Next Generation of Computing

Introduction

The world of computing is evolving at breakneck speed, and at the forefront of this technological revolution is Intel Corp. Renowned for its groundbreaking innovations in microprocessors, Intel's influence extends far beyond silicon chips; it reaches into the realms of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and beyond. This article dives Get more information deep into Intel's role in shaping the next generation of computing, exploring everything from its historical contributions to its futuristic visions.

From Chips to Clouds: Exploring Intel's Role in the Next Generation of Computing

Intel has long been synonymous with computing power. Founded in 1968, it pioneered the microprocessor revolution that transformed personal computing. Today, as we transition from conventional machines to cloud-based systems powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, Intel remains a critical player.

The Evolution of Intel’s Microprocessors A Brief History

Intel's journey began with the introduction of the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004, in 1971. Over decades, it has relentlessly innovated:

1970s: Introduction of the 8086 architecture. 1980s: The rise of x86 compatibility. 1990s: Pentium processors that made personal computers widely accessible.

Each evolution marked a leap forward not just for Intel but for global computing capabilities.

Current Microprocessor Technologies

Today’s microprocessors are marvels of engineering. Intel’s current lineup features:

Core i3/i5/i7/i9: Catering to everything from basic tasks to high-end gaming. Xeon Processors: Designed for servers and high-performance computing. Atom Processors: Targeting mobile devices and embedded applications.

These technologies are designed with advanced architectures like Ice Lake and Tiger Lake that enhance performance while optimizing power consumption.

Intel’s Influence on Cloud Computing The Shift to Cloud-Based Solutions

In recent years, businesses have increasingly embraced cloud computing due to its scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness. Intel has played a crucial role in this transition by designing processors optimized for data centers.

Intel’s Data Center Solutions

Intel provides various solutions tailored for cloud service providers:

Intel Xeon Scalable Processors: Designed specifically for workloads in data centers. Intel Optane Technology: Enhancing memory performance and storage capabilities.

These innovations help companies manage vast amounts of data efficiently.

Artificial Intelligence: A New Frontier AI Integration in Everyday Applications

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming integral to modern computing. From smart assistants to advanced analytics tools, AI relies heavily on processing power—something that Intel excels at providing.

Intel’s AI Initiatives

Through initiat

[john-macnamara]

*Norton sighed as he walked into the debriefing room, it wasn't like he was allowed on field missions anymore but as head of the files department it was required for him to go at least once a week. He normally went every time, simply to get a notion of how much rush of reports he'd get in the next week. Besides, he had things to discuss on the subject of the files back at HQ, so it was fairly necessary this time.

He glanced around the room, only a few people being there considering he was a couple minutes early. He blinked tiredly, silently wondering if he could get Giovanni to go next time and put him to work taking notes. He took his seat at the table, quickly logging in to the laptop he'd brought in with him to discuss the intake and destruction of older, unimportant files for physical storage issues.

He looked up from where he started pulling up his spread and data sheets as the General walked in, standing up to attention with everyone else.*

Good morning, Sir.

*He gave John a soft nod, a couple others following suit, but staying silent. It never really made sense to Norton to wait until his commanding officer addressed him unless there was an obvious tone shift in the room leaning towards it, so it didn't really bother him that he was the only one to speak upon his entry.*

@peip-agent-no-5

Hello, agent.

[John waits for the remainder of his people to file in before he begins, alongside some attending virtually on the screen behind him.]

Luckily for us, we haven’t gotten many reports this week. But of the few we have, they’re fairly intensive.

Vanderbilt, I need your crew on cleanup in Fair Banks, Missouri. Our extermination of the carnivorous gnome population left more damage —and witnesses— than intended. Pay off those who saw, and make sure no one else does. I’ll wire you whatever’s necessary.

I also need a reconnaissance squad to circle Lake Tahoe. There have been rumors of kelp monsters in the lake, presumably they got there from the ocean. Colonel Sanders, gather your best people from the California area and send them out with two weeks worth of rations.

As for the recent incident by the Gulf, we still need a few people to track down remnants the cult Carvour previously dealt with. I’ve calculated their most likely positions, and I want two agents sent to each. Alongside multiple squadrons purveying the coastline. They’re water based and likely trying to find a new idol of worship. Lieutenant Bellview, collecting people for that will be your job.

[He takes a deep breath, having finished with the most pressing matters. The remainder of the meeting is spent on logistics, the less glamorous side of secret military organizations. Who needs to be paid off, who needs to be silenced, how to get further funding, etcetera.]

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Dry in the Rio Grande Basin

A large reservoir in the Rio Grande Valley hit record-low levels in summer 2024, as the surrounding area in southern Texas and northern Mexico faced severe drought conditions. Amistad Reservoir, which straddles the U.S.–Mexico border, reached its lowest ever water level on July 17, 2024, when it held less than one-quarter of its capacity.

The image above (top) shows the lake on August 19, 2024, near its record-low level. For comparison, the other image (lower) shows it in August 2016, during one of the higher periods in the past decade, which was still below its normal (or conservation) storage capacity. They were acquired by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 (left) and the OLI-2 on Landsat 9 (right).

This reservoir of the Rio Grande is formed by a dam approximately 6 miles (10 kilometers) long and up to 250 feet (75 meters) high. Completed in 1969, it was built jointly by the U.S. and Mexico to control floods, produce energy, and provide water for irrigation and municipal use.

Water levels in Amistad Reservoir have fluctuated widely in the past based on precipitation in the river basin and demands downstream. Previously, an extended drought left the reservoir low from 1992–2002, and subsequent droughts led to historic lows in 2013 and 2022. In July 2024, water levels dropped to more than 5 feet below the previous record, set in August 2022. The shriveling lake has restricted recreational access to its waters, and further drops would threaten the dam’s ability to produce hydropower.

Watersheds that feed Amistad Reservoir have become parched. In summer 2024, “severe” and “extreme“ levels of drought, as classified by the North American Drought Monitor, afflicted much of the Rio Grande Basin upriver of the reservoir. These areas include West Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Coahuila. In addition, a heat dome parked extreme temperatures over Texas in late August 2024. The high in Del Rio (out of frame, to the southeast) hit 112 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius) on August 21, 2024, breaking the previous monthly high-temperature record of 110°F (43°C) set in 2023.

The dry conditions have persisted for over a year. Since summer 2023, one of the most severe droughts that Mexico has faced in more than a decade has parched crops, exacerbated fires, and strained water systems throughout the country. In Texas, “exceptional drought conditions” prompted a disaster proclamation in July 2022 that has remained in place through summer 2024. Some farmers in the Rio Grande Valley have been left without irrigation water, while some cities in Texas have set mandatory water restrictions for residents and businesses.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

[unchronicles]

THE WONDERFUL STRATEGIES TO ENSURE WATER SUPPLY TO ALL

To insure water vacuity for everyone, crucial strategies include enforcing effective water operation practices like fixing leaks, using low- inflow appliances, and rainwater harvesting, promoting water conservation education, investing in structure to ameliorate water distribution networks, exercising advanced technologies like desalination, and addressing water pollution to maintain quality, all while considering the requirements of different communities and regions to manage water coffers sustainably.

1.Safeguard and Revitalize Natural Environments

The ecosystems that provide fresh water to humanity are rapidly diminishing. Wetlands, peatlands, forested watersheds, lakes, rivers, and groundwater aquifers are increasingly threatened by climate change, overexploitation, and pollution. This degradation compromises their capacity to supply water to communities. It is imperative to protect these natural environments and to undertake extensive restoration efforts for those that have been harmed. Countries should establish specific, measurable objectives for these initiatives. Ideally, these targets would be integrated into national strategies aimed at combating climate change, preserving biodiversity, and preventing drought and desertification. This endeavour is particularly crucial for ensuring adequate water supplies for urban areas, many of which are currently facing water scarcity.

2.Enhance Water Efficiency, Particularly in Agriculture

Agriculture consumes approximately 70 percent of the world's fresh water. Implementing water-efficient agricultural practices, such as hydroponics, drip irrigation, and agroforestry, can significantly extend the availability of water resources. Additionally, promoting a shift towards plant-based diets can be beneficial, as these diets typically require less water compared to meat-based diets. For instance, beef production is estimated to have one of the highest water footprints, necessitating up to 15,000 liters of water for the production of a single kilogram of meat.

3.Address Water Leakage Issues

Improving efficiency also entails minimizing water loss due to leaks in municipal infrastructure and plumbing systems. While there is no comprehensive global data on water loss from leaks, national statistics indicate that the total is substantial. In the United States alone, household leaks are responsible for the wastage of nearly 1 trillion gallons of water annually.

4.Utilize Alternative Water Sources

As the availability of water from lakes, rivers, and aquifers diminishes, nations must adopt innovative strategies. This includes harnessing underutilized water resources, such as treating and recycling wastewater. Additionally, communities can implement rainwater harvesting techniques, which involve the collection and storage of rainwater for use during dry periods. In certain regions, desalination of seawater may also be a viable option, provided it is conducted sustainably. However, this process often results in the release of harmful brine into the ocean and contributes to increased greenhouse gas emissions due to the energy demands of the operation.

5.Monitor Water Quality

While water may be abundant, it is frequently too contaminated to serve as a viable resource for drinking, industrial processes, or recreational activities. Assessing water quality is essential for enabling policymakers to prioritize initiatives aimed at cleaning polluted water sources. This assessment can be enhanced through the use of satellite imagery, artificial intelligence, and contributions from citizen scientists. The UNEP’s Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers valuable water quality data to decision-makers, facilitating efforts to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems.

6.Integrate Smart Water Management with Climate Change Strategies

Climate change is influencing precipitation patterns, aquatic ecosystems, and the availability of high-quality water. Concurrently, the degradation of peatlands and other carbon-rich environments is leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions, exacerbating climate change. To address this detrimental cycle, countries must prioritize the conservation and restoration of carbon sinks. Furthermore, they should align their water management strategies with policies aimed at mitigating and adapting to climate change.

7.Implement Integrated Decision-Making Approaches

Water-related decisions cannot be isolated from broader contexts. Water plays a crucial role in various sectors, including energy production, industrial manufacturing, and agriculture. Therefore, nations must formulate comprehensive action plans that consider water usage and pollution across multiple domains, addressing what experts refer to as the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus.

Dr. Jemi Sudhakar - UN women designate

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from Inside Climate News:

Illinois is already a top destination for data centers, and more are coming. One small Chicago suburb alone has approved one large complex and has proposals for two more.

Once they’re online, data centers require a lot of electricity, which is helping drive rates up around the country and grabbing headlines. What gets less attention is how much water they need, both to generate that electricity and dissipate the heat from the servers powering cloud computing, storage and artificial intelligence. 

A high-volume “hyperscale” data center uses the same amount of water in a year as 12,000 to 60,000 people, said Helena Volzer, a senior source water policy manager for the environmental nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes.

Increasingly, residents, legislators and freshwater advocacy groups are calling for municipalities to more carefully consider where the water that supplies these data centers will come from and how it will be managed. Even in the water-rich Great Lakes region, those are important questions as erratic weather patterns fueled by climate change affect water resources. 

Illinois already has more than 220 data centers, and a growing number of communities interested in the attendant tax revenue are trying to entice companies to build even more. Many states in the Great Lakes region—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota among them—are offering tax credits and incentives for data center developments. The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has approved tax breaks for more than 20 data centers since 2020. 

“Hyperscale data centers are the really large data centers that are being built now for [generative] AI, which is really driving a lot of the growth in this sector because it requires vast data processing capabilities,” said Volzer. “The trend is larger and bigger centers to feed this demand for AI.”

Much of the water used in data centers never gets back into the watershed, particularly if the data center uses a method called evaporative cooling. Even if that water does go back into the ecosystem, deep bedrock aquifers, like the Mahomet in central Illinois, can take centuries to recharge. In the Great Lakes, just 1 percent of the water is renewed each year from rain, runoff and groundwater.

In Illinois, 40 percent of the population gets its water from aquifers. In some places, like Chicago’s southwest suburbs in Will and Kendall counties, the amount of water in those aquifers is dwindling. 

To ensure that they can supply citizens with safe drinking water, officials from six suburbs southwest of Chicago—Joliet, Channahon, Crest Hill, Minooka, Romeoville and Shorewood—made an agreement with the city two years ago to buy millions of gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan. They are currently building a $1.5 billion pipeline to transport the water, which is expected to be completed by 2030. 

Illinois is unique among the Great Lakes states when it comes to water. The Great Lakes Compact each state signed in 2008 bans diversions of water from the lakes to communities outside the basin, but it makes an exception for Illinois thanks to a 1967 Supreme Court ruling allowing Chicago to sell water to farther-flung municipalities. 

“We are concerned about the planning of the explosion of data centers, and if these far-out suburbs are actually accounting for that,” said Iyana Simba, city government affairs director for the Illinois Environmental Council. “How much of that was taken into account when they did their initial planning to purchase water from the city of Chicago? This isn’t reused wastewater. This is drinking water.”

[quietbluejay]

Transformers Infiltration #3 (part 1)

All right, this issue we meet the rest of the gang!

Sunstreaker pushes the mute button

Sunstreaker: easily sorted

Prowl (the guy pointing at our friend Ratchet here) puts both his hands on his hips

Prowl: So you say. Nevertheless, Ratchet, you broke protocol - direct contact with a native species is an infraction of sub-section six-alpha of-

Prowl: well, you know the code violations. Intimately

also here are Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Jazz!

and I'm trying to cut down on images so I can't show rn but I really love how this artist does Transformers feet and okay I know that sounds weird

Ratchet: clearly, the Decepticons had not found what they were looking for, as they'd left an operative in the field to see who, if anyone, came sniffing around

in the flashback it's showing one of the decepticon car dudes firing mini missiles at Ratchet

(also oooo take a shot at the "humans are special") (and Prowl continues to have a wildly different characterization here than later writers would go for)

veritycarlo and hunteronion you'd think by this point they'd have figured out the given name/surname thing

Prowl:...had the data storage device, yes, I understand all that. What I don't get...

Prowl: ...is why you saw fit to intervene in the first place and risk exposing us all!

Ratchet: tell me something, Prowl, why are we here?

Prowl: what?

Ratchet: And I mean that in a literal rather than existential sense

Ratchet: why are we here on this planet?

Ratchet: I…

Ratchet: no, it wasn't like that. They were already in the firing line. I-

Ratchet: you're going to alert Prime, right?

Prowl: no, Ratchet, I am not. Not until I'm satisfied that that there's anything that remotely warrants his direct involvement.

Prowl: end of discussion

Ratchet glooms in silence for a panel

Ironhide just stares at him wow that's a different characterization for Ironhide than anything I'm used to

blitwing and skywarp!

Blitzwing: next?

starscream: subtlety is for the weak!

next up, back to the kids

Verity: You! Only you're not a "you", are you? You're some kind of hologram

Ratchet: more or less. It's holomatter. But the general principle is the same

Ratchet: Now…

Verity: a bigger box. Nice

Ratchet: an unfortunate necessity. Your being here at all…

Ratchet: ...was conditional on somewhat limited access

Ratchet: you're on the bottom of Lake Michigan, about ten miles northeast of Chicago

Hunter: oh

Ratchet: Now, the computer.

Ratchet: please.

Ratchet's avatar plugs it into a cable

Ratchet: It will be returned to you, I promise, but I must have access to the data stored within. I believe the very future of this planet depends on it

Ratchet: This won't take long. I had Wheeljack prepare an interface ahead of our arrival based on web specs for the SM-40, I just hope…

there's an identical beat panel

Jimmy: and…is there a phase six?

Ratchet: trust me, you don't want to know

Ratchet: strange thing is, not only is it far too early for siege mode...

Ratchet: there appear to be two distinct command bunkers - one in Oregon and the other in, ah, Nebraska

wow lot of info they got there

"Looks abandoned"

Ratchet: but inconclusive

Ratchet: If I'm to convince Prowl and the others of the imminency of the threat...I need more

Verity: so…why'd they move?

i think that's blitzwing again lol

he's here to destroy stuff and he's having a pretty nice time

the tank fires at the building, which explodes

Blitzwing transforms into a jet

he and skywarp fly off through another portal the portals are so bizarre

and this one is gonna be a two-parter!

to be honest, I've found this bit about the involvement of the humans to be a bit contrived.

but I'll probably get a little more into it next time

tbh this early stuff kind of wants to have its cake and eat it too it wants to be all adult and grown up but also have its young human protagonists involved in the plot and the type of contrivance you can use for kids shows etc look a lot more threadbare when you're trying to go for something "realistic"

also i feel like i shouldn't have to say this and i've said it before but for clarity's sake me pointing out something like this doesn't mean i hate it and it's a dealbreaker

just feel like i should bring it up to be fair

[beardedmrbean]

The parents of a Utah woman accused of murdering her husband after he confronted her about an affair have been arrested for allegedly helping her clean up the crime scene.

Thomas Ray Gledhill, 71, and Rosalie Christianson Gledhill, 67, were arrested Thursday on four felony counts of first-degree obstruction of justice, ABC4 reported.

The couple allegedly helped their daughter, Jennifer Gledhill, to clean her home after she supposedly fatally shot her husband, Matthew Johnson, on Sept. 21, the outlet said.

Witnesses placed the elder Gledhills at their daughter’s home over a five-hour period around the time of the killing, police said.

Jennifer Gledhill reported Johnson missing on Sept. 28 — but a man subsequently came forward and told police he had an “extramarital affair” with her and that she confessed to killing her husband, according to prosecutors.

The man — who has not been identified publicly — claimed Gledhill told him that her husband “yelled at her” about the affair on Sept. 20.

“The defendant told the informant that she shot Mr. Johnson [the next day] as he slept in their bed,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said.

“She told the informant that she put Mr. Johnson’s body into a rooftop storage container, slid him down the stairs of their home, and loaded his body into the back of their minivan.”

Gledhill “then took her husband’s body north, dug a hole, and buried him in a shallow grave,” the DA added.

She also allegedly destroyed Johnson’s phone, ditched his truck in a different part of the neighborhood and brought her own car to a car wash, where surveillance cameras caught her “thoroughly” cleaning it out.

Police tracked Gledhill’s phone’s GPS data to the exact spot where the truck was later found, but they still haven’t found Johnson’s body.

The mom of three was arrested last week and charged with nine felonies, including first-degree murder.

Her parents were interviewed by police earlier this month, ABC4 said.

The couple denied helping their daughter clean her home. When their cellphones were seized, police found that the devices had been reset and that any information from before Gledhill’s arrest had been lost.

[ultimateaclrecovery]

Checking in on my 2023 goals!

23 things for 2023

1. buy 1 horse

Done!! Bought Luna!!!

2. Knit a pair of socks

I knit a sock, that I finished today. But I mostly decided I wanted to knit other things instead so this is fine

3. Three camping trips

went to mt of the holy cross, and New Mexico for two camping nights, plus a day hike in winter park. So technically no but pretty close!

4. Plant four pumpkins

…..no. I bought seeds and did nothing and I don’t feel that bad about it

5. Handstand (five fingers) press

Lol no. Did nothing for it. Never made a plan and so did not achieve

6. Kill side yard weeds (because weeds are the devil 666)

Success? I paid a Gardner to pull them all so yes! Feels like a failure because I didn’t really deal with them or the yard in general, but they are all gone now.

7. Go to Loyola social justice meeting (7th heaven)

I went to a meeting! And baked cookies for an event. (And then never went back oops)

8. Mail 8 letters to mates - birthday cards probably

Success! (Rebecca birthday, Sarah birthday, Clare get well card, Callie birthday, Alison birthday, clare birthday, Callie wedding, clare kt recipe card)

9. Research 9 hours of getting a cat (9 lives)

Decided a horse was enough so stopped researching 🤷‍♀️[ read complete guide to adopting a cat 3 hours]

10. Do ten full pull ups

Total yes, in a row like intended absolutely not. I can do like 2.5 in a row. Made haphazard progress, but now I have a pull up bar so hoping for better next year!

11. Buy 11 things off of my to buy eventually list

Success! This was easy and I did it! (air fryer, air mattress, nice soap dispensers, office mat, thermometer, fire extinguisher, white tank top, little plates, shower cleaner, plastic drain pipes, sheet pan organizer, bonus: back door light bulb, rainbow flag and holder, more bras)

12. Go on 12 dates

Success! I thought this would be really hard but then I just got my boyfriend by like February and it ended up being the easiest ny resolution ever. He even asked me out to start.

13. Run a half marathon 13.1 miles

Success! (Okay this was a gimme because I signed up for it and had a training plan in 2022 but still)

14. Hike a fourteener

Success! mt of the holy cross and it was terrifying and very long but we did it!

15. Read 30 (15x2) books

I read 27 and have three in various states of completion. I kind of wanted to power this one thru but it wouldn’t have been fun and then what’s the point. This one is hard because I abandoned so so many books this year. Like I made it at least one chapter into like 40 and a couple half way thru. So close but no cigar but I refuse to read things that aren’t fun just to hit a goal so I feel fine about it.

16. Host 8 things

Hosted 3, organized a couple others so partial credit. I would like to do better in the future. ( galentines, whimsy brunch, birthday, organized brunch at watercourse, organized lake day)

17. Go out dancing (must be more dancing than drinking, dance class counts.)(dancing queen only 17)

Nope. But also that’s fine.

18. Upgrade phone and deal with all photos. Upload belize to fb and save others. Data management

Mostly. I got an external storage for Christmas so I can finish when I get home. So solid partial credit. (uploaded some. Upgraded phone plus new battery, still need to get data off of it) emmapictures2222_2@gmail.com emmapictures2222@gmail.com

19. General contractor for house cracks plus install air conditioner

Success. Installed ac. Got the cracks looked at once and they were fine and then they got worse and now I’m getting foundation work done. So success I guess.

20. Get 20 layout ds

… I did not count. I def got some but probably not 20 so partial credit. (4 from leiout)

21. Go to frisbee Masters regionals

Success! Another bit of gimme but we went and qualified to nationals!)

22. Buy purple navel jewelry (I’m feeling 22)

Success! (And I love it)

23. volunteer for 23 hours

No and I feel bad about it. I need to find something to volunteer with. I feel like I should have the time/be able to make time but it also feels like I never have time and also never want to. But I think it’s important.

So overall full success on 11 of the goals, happy partial on 5, annoyed partial on 2, abandoned 4 and failed my last one and feel bad about it.

But overall pretty good success!