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Anthropic launches Message Batches API for Claude

Ryan Daws — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:49:48 +0000

Anthropic has launched its Message Batches API, which offers developers a cost-effective solution for processing large volumes of Claude queries asynchronously. Through the Message Batches API, developers can now send batches of up to 10,000 queries. These batches are processed in less than 24 hours and come at a 50% reduction in cost compared to... Read more »

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Platform engineering is falling short of expectations

Ryan Daws — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:14:27 +0000

Platform engineering – lauded for its potential to revolutionise software development with automation, self-service, and streamlined workflows – appears to be falling short of expectations in the embedded software world. A new study by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Qt Group, reveals a stark disconnect between the perceived maturity of platform engineering strategies and their actual... Read more »

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Sterling Chin, Postman: Transforming API testing and documentation with AI

Ryan Daws — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:33:56 +0000

In an interview ahead of AI & Big Data Expo Europe, Sterling Chin, Senior Developer Advocate at Postman, shed light on the company’s AI-powered tool Postbot and its impact on API development. Postbot is Postman’s intelligent assistant designed to tackle two perennial pain points in API development: testing and documentation. “The major pain points that... Read more »

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Arm’s new upscaler promises PC-quality graphics on mobile

Ryan Daws — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:09:35 +0000

Arm has introduced an open-source solution aimed at enhancing graphics upscaling on mobile devices. The solution promises to bring PC-quality gaming experiences to smartphones while optimising performance and power consumption. ‘Arm Accuracy Super Resolution’ (Arm ASR) is a temporal upscaler, which combines information from multiple frames to generate high-quality images from lower resolution targets. This... Read more »

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Microsoft unveils DirectSR to unify super resolution technologies

Ryan Daws — Thu, 30 May 2024 13:15:58 +0000

Microsoft has announced the preview release of DirectSR, a new API designed to standardise super resolution (SR) support in Direct3D 12 titles. The company has collaborated with AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA to build this API, enabling developers to seamlessly leverage their in-market upscaling technologies through a common set of inputs and outputs. DirectSR aims to... Read more »

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Google continues AI push with new Gemini tools for developers

Ryan Daws — Wed, 15 May 2024 10:26:09 +0000

Google kicked off its annual I/O developer conference with a clear emphasis on AI, unveiling a suite of new Gemini-powered solutions to empower developers. At the forefront is an expansion of Google’s Gemini language model, including the public preview of 1.5 Flash which is designed for high-frequency tasks. Developers can join a waitlist to preview... Read more »

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Stack Overflow and OpenAI partner to empower developers

Ryan Daws — Tue, 07 May 2024 12:50:15 +0000

Stack Overflow and OpenAI have announced a partnership that aims to provide developers with accurate and vetted solutions by integrating Stack Overflow’s OverflowAPI and validated technical knowledge into OpenAI’s products, including ChatGPT. Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI, said: “Learning from as many languages, cultures, subjects, and industries as possible ensures that our models can serve... Read more »

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Stable Diffusion 3 API delivers powerful image generation

Ryan Daws — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:04:19 +0000

Stability AI is providing the next iteration of its powerful text-to-image model, Stable Diffusion 3, to developers through its API and an innovative new creation platform. Stable Diffusion 3 was unveiled in February alongside an early preview for a limited group of developers. Today’s announcement will help it to compete with major industry players such... Read more »

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Bitwarden strengthens passwordless authentication with magic links API

Ryan Daws — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:36:11 +0000

Credential management firm Bitwarden has announced an enhancement to its Passwordless.dev platform with the release of a magic links API. Bitwarden’s latest offering empowers developers to seamlessly integrate passwordless authentication into their applications, providing a more secure and user-friendly experience for end-users. The magic links API enables developers to send unique one-time-use links via email,... Read more »

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Google improves Android device orientation accuracy

Ryan Daws — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:57:17 +0000

Google has announced a new device orientation solution for Android map developers called the Fused Orientation Provider (FOP) API in Play services. This API aims to provide more consistent and high-performance device orientation capabilities across devices. “Device orientation, or attitude, is used as an input signal for many use cases: virtual or augmented reality, gesture... Read more »

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