It’s been just 3 months since Anthropic launched Claude 3, a family of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) models that allows you to choose the right combination of intelligence, speed, and cost that suits your needs. Today, Anthropic introduced Claude 3.5 Sonnet, its first release in the forthcoming Claude 3.5 model family. We are happy to […]

Today, we are thrilled to announce the general availability of a fully managed MLflow capability on Amazon SageMaker. MLflow, a widely-used open-source tool, plays a crucial role in helping machine learning (ML) teams manage the entire ML lifecycle. With this new launch, customers can now effortlessly set up and manage MLflow Tracking Servers with just […]

In today’s digital age, cloud computing has revolutionized how we store, manage, and access data. The convenience and flexibility of cloud services have made them an integral part of both personal and professional life. However, as we increasingly rely on the cloud, the safety and integrity of our digital identities have become paramount. Ensuring these […]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a project our team has been working on called Distill. A simple application that summarizes and extracts important details from our daily meetings. At the end of that post, I promised you a CLI version written in Rust. After a few code reviews from Rustaceans at Amazon and […]

Connecting IoT devices to the cloud offers significant advantages, primarily in scalability and data management. The cloud provides a flexible platform that can easily scale to accommodate the vast amount of data generated by IoT devices, without requiring substantial upfront investment in physical infrastructure. This ensures that IoT applications can grow and evolve over time, […]

Last week, my alma mater Standard Bank Group (SBG) hosted a Software Engineering Conference and invited me to be one of the keynote speakers. SBG has presence throughout Africa and this hybrid conference was attended by almost 2,000 engineers from across the continent. It was amazing to reconnect with long-time friends and former colleagues, and […]

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the standard integrated development environment (IDE) for SQL Server professionals, developed, maintained, and supported by Microsoft. Whenever the developers of SSMS enhance the platform, we, as users, embrace these innovations and share updates with one another. The latest version of SSMS was released less than two months ago. Let’s […]

Microcontroller units (MCUs) and microprocessor units (MPUs) are two kinds of integrated circuits that, while similar in certain ways, are very different in many others. Replacing antiquated multi-component central processing units (CPUs) with separate logic units, these single-chip processors are both extremely valuable in the continued development of computing technology. However, microcontrollers and microprocessors differ […]

With 109 million customers and counting, “uncarrier” T-Mobile is one of the top mobile communications providers in the U.S. The company always puts the customer first, which it achieves by delivering the right experiences and content to the right customers at the right time. But with different sub-brands and business units, T-Mobile’s marketing and content […]

AI has affected several disciplines in an immense way, but one of the most significant areas it has influenced is the creation of conversational agents. These agents, also known as chatbots or virtual assistants, are no longer limited to their script or very restrictive patterns of communication. Instead, they are capable of interactions on many […]