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Microsoft has revamped its MMLSpark open source project, the better to integrate “many deep learning and data science tools to the Spark…

By default, Python’s runtime executes in a single thread, traffic-directed by its Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). Most of the time…

The claim that artificial intelligence has a “black box” problem is not entirely accurate. Rather, the problem lies primarily with…

OpenJDK, the basis for Oracle’s edition of standard Java (Java SE), soon could be hosted on GitHub, a move that…

Every OS has its own look and feel that goes beyond positions of buttons and controls. Some try to imitate…

Four of the Top 5 spenders on R&D are also public cloud providers (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple), according to…

Large organizations that transition to agile practices often get trapped between two competing principles: The agile principle of empowering self-organizing…

Docker containers are used to provide a lightweight and more portable alternative to virtual machines. Unlike virtual machines, which must…

Canonical’s Ubuntu distribution for Linux has earned a reputation for being user-friendly, with editions aimed at desktop, server, cloud, and…

Canonical’s Ubuntu distribution for Linux has earned a reputation for being user-friendly, with editions aimed at desktop, server, cloud, and…

MongoDB’s shift away from the Affero GPL to its homegrown Server-Side Public License (SSPL) can be cast as a way…

A survey of 1,106 business and technology executives published by the IBM Institute for Business Value, finds that 85 percent…

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are far more than graphics chips. They have been the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution…

Atlassian has upgraded its cloud-based Jira software project management tool for small development teams and more-iterative development. Autonomy is key…

The production release of Version 7 of Angular, Google’s popular JavaScript framework for building mobile and desktop applications, is now…