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summaries of the latest blog articles from your favorite tech companies.
MIT AIMIT AI

Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials

An autonomous robotic probe guided by machine learning and expert domain knowledge rapidly measures photoconductance in semiconductor materials, accelerating materials discovery for solar energy applications.

7/4/2025
DuolingoDuolingo

Why Duolingo switched to Energy and how it helps you learn

Duolingo's new Energy system replaces Hearts to create a more encouraging, balanced, and effective learning experience by powering lessons with a rechargeable learning battery that rewards correct answers and supports progress.

7/3/2025
Modular AIModular AI

Modular: Inside Modular Hack Weekend: Top Projects and Community Highlights

A detailed recap of Modular Hack Weekend highlighting top GPU-accelerated projects built with Mojo and MAX, community collaboration, and support from NVIDIA, Lambda, and GPU MODE.

7/3/2025
MIT AIMIT AI

Confronting the AI/energy conundrum

The rapid rise of AI-driven data centers poses significant energy challenges but also opens pathways for AI to optimize power systems and accelerate the transition to clean, sustainable energy solutions.

7/2/2025
Jane StreetJane Street

A Higgs-bugson in the Linux Kernel

Investigating and resolving a rare Kerberos-related -EACCES bug in the Linux Kernel NFS client caused by retransmission-induced sequence number mismatches through innovative testing, eBPF tracing, and patching the kernel to comply with RFC2203.

7/2/2025
DropboxDropbox

Seventh-generation server hardware at Dropbox: our most efficient and capable architecture yet

Dropbox unveils its seventh-generation server hardware, featuring advanced CPU architectures, enhanced storage solutions, and GPU tiers designed to boost AI capabilities and overall infrastructure efficiency.

7/2/2025
DatabricksDatabricks

Tracing the Future: How We Harness GenAI for Enhanced Security Solutions at Barracuda Networks

Barracuda Networks leverages a scalable GenAI platform with advanced tracing, Databricks integration, and secure APIs to enhance cybersecurity monitoring, troubleshooting, and innovation.

7/2/2025
DatabricksDatabricks

AI Security in Action: Applying NVIDIA’s Garak to LLMs on Databricks

Explores using NVIDIA's Garak tool integrated with Databricks-hosted LLMs to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities including jailbreak and prompt injection attacks in large language models.

7/2/2025
DatabricksDatabricks

Why Azure Databricks is the Best Foundation for BI on Azure

Azure Databricks delivers unparalleled BI capabilities on Azure through its high-performance data warehouse, seamless integration with Power BI and Power Platform, robust data governance, and AI-powered interactive dashboards and assistants.

7/2/2025
OpenAIOpenAI

No-code personal agents, powered by GPT-4.1 and Realtime API

Explore the capabilities of no-code personal agents enhanced by GPT-4.1 and Realtime API for seamless automation.

7/1/2025
SalesforceSalesforce

Architecting AI Agent Auditing Systems in Agentforce: Overcoming Data Cloud and Kafka Integration Challenges

Insights into architecting a scalable, secure AI agent auditing system in Agentforce leveraging Data Cloud integration and Kafka ingestion while navigating cross-team collaboration and technical challenges.

7/1/2025
MetaMeta

An inside look at Meta’s transition from C to Rust on mobile

An insightful discussion on Meta's ambitious effort to modernize a core messaging library by rewriting legacy C code in Rust to enhance performance and developer experience across multiple platforms.

7/1/2025