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Building an AI-Optimized Platform on Amazon EKS with NVIDIA NIM and OpenAI Models

This article provides an in-depth guide to building a complete AI platform using EKS, NVIDIA NIM, and OpenAI models, with Terraform automating the deployment.
NVIDIA Infrastructure Manager (NIM) complements Kubernetes by optimizing GPU workloads, a critical need for training large language models (LLMs), computer vision, and other computationally intensive AI tasks.
Amazon EKS adds value by offering managed Kubernetes and elastic compute integration capability to ensure seamless deployment and scaling of workloads.
The platform architecture integrates NVIDIA NIM and OpenAI models into an EKS cluster, combining compute, storage, and monitoring components.
Prometheus and Grafana are essential tools for monitoring AI workloads, enabling users to gain actionable insights into system performance and bottlenecks.
Karpenter, a Kubernetes-native cluster autoscaler, provides powerful mechanisms for optimizing resource utilization. It dynamically provisions nodes tailored to the specific demands of applications, including GPU-heavy AI workloads.
With GPU optimization, persistent storage, and observability tools, the platform is well-suited for businesses and researchers alike to deploy scalable and efficient AI workloads.
Use cases for this platform include AI model training, real-time inference, and experimentation and research.
The guide provides step-by-step instructions to deploy the architecture using Terraform.
Install.sh and cleanup.sh streamline the deployment and teardown of resources, enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing errors during deployment and cleanup phases.

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Azure Event Grid: Simplifying Event-Driven Architectures

Azure Event Grid is a fully managed event routing service that enables you to build event-driven architectures easily.
Key Features of Azure Event Grid include real-time event delivery, serverless integration, highly scalable architecture, custom event sources, and built-in security features.
Common use cases for Azure Event Grid include serverless workflows, application monitoring, automation, and decoupling services for improved scalability and maintainability.
To set up Azure Event Grid, create an event source (publisher), configure event handlers (subscribers), use a structured event schema, and test the setup.

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TP-Link routers could get banned from the U.S. as early as next year

The U.S. government is investigating TP-Link, the popular home internet router brand, for possible links to China-backed cyberattacks.
The investigation could lead to a potential ban on TP-Link routers as early as next year.
TP-Link holds about 65% of the U.S. market and is even used by the Department of Defense and NASA.
The ban, if implemented, would be one of the most extensive extractions of Chinese telecom equipment from the U.S. since Huawei was removed in 2019.

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This Lenovo ThinkPad is usually $2,399 — today it’s $984

Lenovo is offering a great deal on the ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 laptop, with a price cut of 59%.
The laptop features a 13th-generation Intel Core i5-1335U CPU, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage.
It has a 14-inch WUXGA screen, backlit keyboard, and a fingerprint reader for added security.
The Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 4 is durable and built to military grade levels.

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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses get real-time visual AI and translation

Meta is introducing real-time visual AI and translation features to its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses.
The v11 update includes live assistant functionality for seeing, hearing, and translating Spanish, French, and Italian.
The new features utilize the camera, speakers, and microphones built into the glasses, eliminating the need for a phone.
The updates will be first tested by Early Access users before being rolled out to more Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses owners.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i review: a budget laptop that’s worth it?

Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i is a budget laptop that is priced at $500 and has a decent IPS display and solid build quality.
The base configuration is equipped with Intel Core i5-1235U, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD.
The laptop has a plastic body that is well-built and doesn't flex much.
The keyboard is Lenovo's usual version with large sculpted keycaps and the touchpad is OK.
The display is surprisingly good, with high brightness and excellent contrast, but the color gamut is below average.
The battery life of the laptop is very disappointing, the laptop hardly makes it to lunchtime even when running a lightweight workflow.
The laptop performance is decent for typical tasks like web browsing, productivity apps, and media consumption but lags behind modern chipsets.
The laptop has good connectivity with a mix of modern and legacy ports.
Overall, the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i is a decent laptop for anyone who is strapped for cash but not a recommendation when the Asus Zenbook 14 OLED is available at just $64 more and comes with better OLED display and longer battery life.

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Steam Replay 2024 is live — here’s how to see yours

Steam Replay 2024 is now available that looks back over your gameplay stats of the entire year, showing you what you’ve played, how long you’ve played it, and the feats you’ve accomplished along the way.
You can view your Steam Replay for 2024 by heading to the Steam store banner ad or visiting store.steampowered.com/replay.
Steam Replay comprises a ton of stats for you to look through, including the games you’ve played, the total percentage of playtime for each game, and the playtime across PC and the Steam Deck.
You can also see the number of achievements you’ve earned, and much more, with Steam tracks these details per month as well.
To get the exclusive Steam Replay 2024 badge, you just need to view your Replay that contributes a modest 50 XP to your Steam level.
You can share a link to your full Replay for the year or just select three image options that you can download and post wherever you please.
Valve also offers these images in various languages.
You can also add your Steam Replay to your profile as a featured showcase with the help of the spare showcase slot purchased from the Points Shop on Steam, among other requirements.
Lastly, you can see any friends who have shared their Steam Replays by clicking on their names down at the bottom, assuming they have the proper privacy settings in place.
Steam Replay 2024 looks back over your gameplay stats for the entire year. You can view your Steam Replay for 2024 by heading to the Steam store banner ad or visiting store.steampowered.com/replay.

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You can now message ChatGPT on WhatsApp or call it on your landline (if you still have one)

OpenAI has introduced new ways to interact with ChatGPT using WhatsApp and phone calls.
You can text with ChatGPT through WhatsApp using the number 1-800-242-8478.
You can also call ChatGPT on the same number for audio interactions.
There are limitations on the number of messages and minutes of conversation per month.

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Microsoft’s PC accessories are back, this time with a stylish helping hand from Incase

Microsoft has partnered with Incase to revive its PC accessories lineup.
The new lineup includes 23 versatile and affordable accessories.
Microsoft's Surface range still focuses on premium gear with cutting-edge technology.
The collaboration with Incase brings a stylish design to the revived accessories.

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Yes, it’s real: ChatGPT has its own 800 number

OpenAI has set up an 800 number (1-800-ChatGPT) for users in the U.S. to talk to its AI via Advanced Voice Mode.
The phone access does not require an OpenAI account and offers a 15-minute chat limit.
OpenAI has expanded the availability of its chatbot, making it accessible through various platforms.
During the 12 Days of OpenAI event, several new models and features have been released.

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A conversation with your architecture

Software and architecture diagrams are critical tools as they help developers and stakeholders understand complex systems.
A diagram can help bridge the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
It’s important to make sure your diagram has the right level of detail for its purpose and audience.
Using generative AI can help you to better understand diagrams, gain deeper insights, make decisions, generate diagrams, and even generate infrastructure code.
We can have a conversation with our diagrams, gain insights, make decisions, and use real-time data and best practices from our company, using a demo app built with Python using the Amazon Bedrock Converse API.
There are approaches and tools to manage diagram challenges, but generative AI opens up more possibilities for visualizing our systems, making decisions, implementation, and getting customers using our software earlier.
Generative AI can be used as another tool in our toolbox with diagrams to bring real-time data into our app and gather insights based on our own internal data, like our company's best practices or policies.
To support this, we use Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Base to provide contextual information to the model.
Codes and assets are available to work with own architecture diagrams through code, workshop or from other platforms.
Using generative AI with diagrams helps developers work with complex systems, make informed decisions, and implement them for better customer experiences.

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Project #02: Building a 3-Tier AWS VPC Architecture Using Terraform

In this project, we’ll dive into building a 3-tier AWS VPC architecture using Terraform.
This architecture demonstrates how to span resources across multiple Availability Zones (AZs), create both public and private subnets, and configure NAT Gateways to enable secure internet access (e.g downloading software updates) for instances in private subnets via the Internet Gateway.
Deploying this architecture will incur AWS costs, even when using free-tier eligible resources.
A VPC was set up with a CIDR block of 10.0.0.0/16 to host all the resources.
Public subnets were created in two Availability Zones (AZs) to host NAT Gateways and allow public-facing resources to access the internet.
Private subnets were configured to host application subnets and database subnets separately.
An Internet Gateway was attached to the VPC to provide internet connectivity for resources in public subnets.
NAT Gateways were deployed in the public subnets to enable secure internet access for private subnets.
Terraform's destroy command ensured all resources were systematically deleted once the deployment was no longer needed.
Here’s the Terraform configurations used to set up the VPC, subnets, NAT gateways and route tables.

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Deploy your Discord Bot using Amazon EC2

This article discusses how to deploy a Discord bot using Amazon EC2.
Python is an ideal programming language for bot development due to its versatility, simplicity and extensive library support.
Amazon EC2 offers flexibility, scalability and reliability, making it a great hosting solution for bots and other cloud-based applications.
To get started, update your bot's code to the latest discord.py version.
Follow the deployment steps provided in the article, which include launching an EC2 instance, connecting to the instance, setting up dependencies, cloning the repository, configuring environment variables, and running the bot.
Using Screen can help keep your bot running in the background after your terminal session has ended.
With minimal hassle, you can deploy your bot using Amazon EC2, ensuring it runs 24/7.
Finally, cloud computing lets your bot scale up or down, meaning your bot can grow as you add new features and continue improving performance.
Troubleshooting steps are available if issues arise, and checking the Discord API documentation can be a helpful resource.
Deploying your Discord bot with Amazon EC2 provides great potential for improving your bot's functionality and giving it more personality.

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Targeting citizens based on their political views is illegal, said EU data watchdog

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has declared that targeting EU citizens based on their political views is illegal.
The decision came after the EU Commission was found guilty of illegally targeting citizens with ads using sensitive personal data.
The targeted advertisement campaign by the Commission focused on raising awareness of the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal.
The EDPS decision aligns with a complaint filed by digital rights group Noyb, stating that the Commission breached GDPR rules.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth proves, once again, that 8GB GPUs are on their way out

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth requires high VRAM capacity, indicating 8GB GPUs may struggle to run the game.
System requirements call for at least 12GB of video memory for 1080p and 1440p displays with a 4K monitor.
Lower-resolution displays may require 12GB of memory for highest-quality textures at 1080p.
AMD RX 6000 or Nvidia RTX 20-series GPU with DirectX 12 Ultimate support required to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

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