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š¦¾Plus: Unitree's R1 humanoid robot drops at just $6K
Hey folks! Letās get into Big Data and AI crazinessā¦
In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
š 7 Real-World Big Data Use Cases
š Recreate that viral NYTimes chart using R
āļøUnlocking DevOps with RisingWave and GitHub Webhooks
š Dive into Vector Indices via the FES Theorem
š¤ Samsung eyes smartphone lead with new AI partnerships
š§ Figmaās AI app building tool is now available
š” AI Tutorial:Turns your docs into podcasts with AI hosts on your phone
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Google has released Gemma 3 which is one of the most powerful LLM that one can run on a single GPU, has comparable performance with DeepSeek R1 at a much smaller size. In this studio we are building a completely self-hosted "Chat with your Docs" RAG application using Gemma 3, served locally through Ollama.
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Companies have rapidly increased their adoption of big data analytics techniques, so that hey can manage and analyze large data sets in real time. Utilizing these insights, they can understand patterns, associations, and trends related to consumer behavior and interactions.
Want to level up your data visualization skills? In this tutorial, I walk through how to use R to recreate a chart originally published by The New York Timesā¦
You can build live DevOps dashboards, create sophisticated security policies, and get an immediate, data-driven understanding of your entire development lifecycle.This article will show you how to connect these two powerful tools and explore the transformative applications this integration unlocks for DevOps, project management, and security.
Vectors, which are high-dimensional embeddings of objects, such as text documents or images, are used in a wide range of modern LLM-based/agentic applications. Vector indices, which quickly find a set of vectors that are similar to each other are becoming a core part of many modern data systemsā¦
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As its main smartphone rival Apple struggles with its AI efforts, Samsung is looking to grab the initiative. The Korean tech giant is reportedly in talks with OpenAI and Perplexity to bring new AI features to future Galaxy phones, moving beyond its current partnership with Googleās Gemini.
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Figmaās AI-powered app builder, Figma Make, has officially launched for all users, moving beyond its beta limited to Full Seat subscribers. The tool lets designers prototype apps with natural language prompts, similar to GitHub Copilot, but uniquely accepts design references, images or Figma files, to shape the final output
Unitree revealed the R1, a nimble humanoid robot priced at just $5,900 (one of the cheapest on the market). Weighing 25kg with 26 joints, it can cartwheel, run, punch, and even stand up on its own, as shown in a demo. The R1 is far more affordable than Unitreeās previous models (the G1 starts at $13,600, and the H1 at $89,000).
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Dynamics Lab recently introduced Mirage, the first real-time generative game engine. It lets players create and modify entire game worlds on the fly using natural language, keyboard, or controller inputs. Two playable demos are already out: Urban Chaos (a GTA-style game) and Coastal Drift (a Forza Horizon-style racer), both fully generated by AI.
šØāš¼ Meta Announced its Chief Scientist of AI Unit
Former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao will lead research efforts at Metaās new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), according to Mark Zuckerberg today. Zhao contributed to several of OpenAIās largest launches including ChatGPT, GPT-4, and o1, the companyās first AI reasoning model.
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AI Tutorial
Turns your docs into podcasts with AI hosts on your phone
Googleās Gemini app now lets users generate and play AI-powered, podcast-style summaries of documents directly within the app on both Android and iOS.
Uploading a document or slide deck to Gemini on the mobile app (or the web) now triggers a āGenerate Audio Overviewā option.
After generating an Audio Overview, you can find the audio file in your chat or notification history.
Tap on the Audio Overview. Instead of redirecting you to a browser, the Gemini app now opens a dedicated audio player interface.
You can use the built-in controls to play, pause, rewind, or skip forward in 10-second increments, and adjust playback speed using the controls on the left side of the player.
Download the audio file directly from the player if you want offline access or prefer to listen later.
The AI podcast draws out key points, summarizes content, and explores connections between topicsāproviding a richer understanding than a simple text summary.
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