A feature store like Feast is a centralized repository that manages machine learning features, including an internal registry for metadata, an offline store for historical training data, and an online store for low-latency real-time inference data, enabling teams to discover, share, and reuse features efficiently across projects.[3]

Ray integrates with Feast as a distributed compute engine for executing feature pipelines, including transformations, aggregations, joins, and materializations, and as an offline store for data I/O; it supports automatic join strategies (broadcast for small data <100MB, distributed windowed for large data), lazy evaluation, and deployment modes like local, remote clusters, or Kubernetes via KubeRay.[1][2][5]

1440p streaming is supported on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One X, and Xbox One S consoles for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Streaming at 1440p consumes up to 14GB of data per hour, is limited to 60FPS, and requires a high-speed internet connection of at least 20Mbps for best performance. It provides sharper visuals and higher bitrate compared to lower resolutions like 720p.

Agentic caching is a memory management technique that enables two key capabilities: first, the ability to cache inference context for multiple models and rapidly load it into SRAM for processing, and second, the ability to hot-swap models by moving them between different memory tiers (DRAM, HBM, and SRAM) as needed based on changing workload demands. This is particularly important for agentic AI systems that orchestrate multiple models and process requests in near real-time, as it reduces latency and improves efficiency compared to traditional GPU-centric systems that struggle with production latency and cost requirements for such workloads.

SambaNova uses a three-tier memory architecture with SRAM inside the chip (positioned very close to compute cores for high bandwidth and locality), HBM on the chip package, and DRAM on the accelerator card rather than the host server. This design allows SambaNova to overlap computation and communication, reducing the need for the latest HBM specifications. In contrast, Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs top out at 72 GPU sockets in a rackscale system and rely on NVSwitch for shared memory. SambaNova's approach enables the company to use HBM2E instead of the supply-chain-constrained HBM3E while still achieving superior performance, particularly for inference workloads where throughput and efficiency are critical.

The Rate Payer Protection Pledge is a commitment by major tech companies to build, bring, or buy their own power supply for new AI data centers, ensuring that consumers' electricity bills do not increase due to the high energy demands of these facilities.[1][2][3]

Companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI are set to sign the pledge at the White House in March, following Trump's announcement during his State of the Union address.[2][3]

A single USB-C1 port delivers up to 140W. When using multiple ports, power is distributed, such as Type-C1 + Type-C2/USB at 100W + 30W, or all three ports at 100W + 30W + 18W.

Full 140W requires a laptop supporting PD 3.1 and 140W; some brands limit to 100W via private agreements. GaN5 is an upgraded gallium nitride technology making the charger 25% smaller and 30% lighter than Apple's 140W charger with better heat dissipation.

The Privacy Display uses a Black Matrix architecture with narrow and wide pixels. In privacy mode, it prioritizes narrow pixels to direct light straight ahead, making the screen visible only from the front while appearing black from side angles, unlike traditional privacy films.

Users can toggle it via Quick Settings, set it per-app (e.g., banking or messaging apps), apply it to notifications, and choose levels like standard or 'Maximum privacy protection' which further dims the screen but may slightly affect direct viewing.

CoreCollective is a neutral, open, and free consortium launched by Arm and Linaro to promote collaboration among software developers and companies in the Arm ecosystem, focusing on building, testing, and deploying workloads on Arm processors through shared technical efforts and working groups.

CoreCollective is led by Linaro with financial backing from Arm, supported by major players including Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm. It includes free membership for any interested company and establishes working groups on areas like Android, Data Center, Confidential Compute, Edge, Linux Fundamentals, Virtualization, and Windows on Arm.

Absolute Batman is a DC Comics series launched on October 9, 2024, as the first title in the Absolute Universe imprint. It reimagines Batman as a 24-year-old blue-collar civil engineer named Bruce Wayne who fights crime with self-designed equipment, without wealth, mansion, or butler support.

In this version, Bruce Wayne is a working-class civil engineer lacking his family's wealth, mansion, or Alfred as a butler; instead, Alfred is an MI6 agent stalking him, and Bruce builds his own gear while facing villains like Roman Sionis's Party Animals, Bane, and Joker.

Alfred Lin asserts that software companies will adapt and thrive amid AI disruption by shifting from automation of mundane tasks to creating innovative, creative applications that enhance customer experiences and build competitive moats like network effects, drawing parallels to past tech waves such as the internet, mobile, and cloud.[1][2][3][4]

Sequoia backs AI startups like Rowspace, which uses AI to analyze proprietary financial data for better decision-making, because such tools demonstrate product velocity and moats that generate real value, proving software's resilience in an AI-driven world.[3][4]