A Microsoft engineer demonstrates how WebAssembly modules can run alongside containers in Kubernetes environments, offering benefits like reduced size and faster cold start times for certain workloads.
Microsoft has open-sourced MarkItDown, a state-of-the-art application designed to convert various file types into Markdown format for seamless integration, collaboration, and accessibility. The tool supports multiple file formats, including PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, images, audio, HTML, text-based formats, and ZIP files, making it a versatile utility for users across different domains.
Microsoft has released the OmniParser model on HuggingFace, a vision-based tool designed to parse UI screenshots into structured elements, enhancing intelligent GUI automation across platforms without relying on additional contextual data.
OpenRecall is an open-source software that aims to be a privacy-focused alternative to Microsoft's Recall feature. It captures the user's digital history, processes text and images using OCR, and allows users to find specific information by searching for relevant keywords. Currently, it stores data locally but does not encrypt it. It is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
This article provides a step-by-step guide on fine-tuning the Florence-2 model for object detection tasks, including loading the pre-trained model, fine-tuning with a custom dataset, and evaluating the model's performance.
A recent TechRadar poll found that Grammarly has emerged as a surprise hit among AI tools, with 584 monthly users. ChatGPT remains the most popular tool, while Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini also showed strong results.
Microsoft has deployed GPT-4, a large language model, in an isolated, air-gapped Azure Government Top Secret cloud for use by the Department of Defense. Once accredited, Pentagon officials will be able to use the technology in a secure environment. The tool is expected to help DOD officials deal with vast amounts of data and simplify information sorting. Microsoft is a major investor in OpenAI, the maker of GPT-4 and the popular ChatGPT.
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Microsoft revealed a new AI tool called Infra Copilot, which uses its existing GitHub Copilot to create infrastructure code.
Infra Copilot is designed to understand the context of infrastructure tasks and generate appropriate code suggestions based on natural language prompts.
The tool can streamline the coding process, enabling professionals to focus on higher-level tasks.
It also provides standardized code snippets for consistency across different environments.
Infra Copilot is available now to programmers with a recent Visual Studio Code version and a GitHub Copilot license.
Microsoft has also launched GitHub Copilot Enterprise, using data from a company's own code repositories to generate code and answer questions, priced at $39 per month per user.
Infra Copilot is designed to understand the context of infrastructure tasks and generate appropriate code suggestions based on natural language prompts.
The tool can streamline the coding process, enabling professionals to focus on higher-level tasks.
It also provides standardized code snippets for consistency across different environments.
Infra Copilot is available now to programmers with a recent Visual Studio Code version and a GitHub Copilot license.
Microsoft has also launched GitHub Copilot Enterprise, using data from a company's own code repositories to generate code and answer questions, priced at $39 per month per user.
Discusses HID over I2C, an underappreciated HID standard used in laptops.
Explains that I2C-HID is used for touchpads, touchscreens, and sensor hubs.
Distinguishes I2C-HID from non-HID I2C devices and explains its benefits.
Describes the author's experience with using I2C-HID for a laptop touchpad project.
Explains that I2C-HID is used for touchpads, touchscreens, and sensor hubs.
Distinguishes I2C-HID from non-HID I2C devices and explains its benefits.
Describes the author's experience with using I2C-HID for a laptop touchpad project.
