Tag Archives: Computing

25Oct/26

How Sewage Tomatoes Beat the AI Web

October 25, 2026TechnologyAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Bus stop, Cartography, Computational neuroscience, Computing, Contents, Cybernetics, Data, DEEPSEEK, Digital technology, Ed Jefferson, Everything Framework, Geographic data and information, Geotagging, Germany, Global Positioning System, his Nicolas Cage, Intermodal passenger transport, Internet privacy, Journey planner, Kingston, London, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Matt Muir, Mimi Jiang, NextDoor, Nicolas Cage, Open-source intelligence, OpenStreetMap, Public transport, Reddit, Route planning software, Social information processing, Sustainable transport, Technology, Transport, Transport for London, United Kingdom, Wikipedia, World Wide Webadmin

Mapping the Neighborhood: Reimagining Wikipedia as a Proximity-Based Experience

Sat Oct. 24, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Local Wikipedia is an independent, unofficial web application developed by journalist, software developer, and data specialist Ed Jefferson that turns Wikipedia into a proximity-focused, ambient spatial encyclopedia. Conceived during lockdown and released in late 2026, the application operates on the core thesis of displaying geotagged Wikipedia articles located within a thirty-minute walk from the user. Users can set their location using native browser geolocation or manual text queries such as town names, landmarks, and UK postal codes. To balance visual clutter and system performance across varying geographic densities, the platform automatically adjusts its operational scope, expanding up to six miles in low-density rural areas or capping results at five hundred items in dense urban centers. Designed with client-side privacy in mind, positioning coordinates remain strictly within temporary local browser memory, and exported links are sanitized to ensure physical location data is never shared. Continue reading →

24Oct/26

Why Gemini 4 Forced Google Into Space

October 24, 2026Innovation.google, Alex Kantrowitz, ALPHABET, Alphabet Inc., Android, Artificial intelligence, Cloud computing, Computational neuroscience, Computer architecture, Computing, Deep learning, DeepMind, Digital technology, Gemini, SpaceX, Sundar Pichai, Tensor Processing Unit, waymoadmin

Frontier AI Takes Priority: How Google Is Sacrificing Cloud Revenue to Win the AI Arms Race

Sat Oct. 24, 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Google has reaffirmed its commitment to frontier AI with the launch of Gemini 4 Argon, which processed approximately 25 trillion tokens in its first 72 hours—a threefold surge over Gemini 3.0 during its initial release. To maintain leadership at the technical frontier, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai stated that dedicating compute to Google DeepMind is an absolute, non-negotiable priority. As a result, Google Cloud is actively sacrificing short-term revenue by reallocating computing resources away from enterprise leasing and toward internal frontier research. This reallocation addresses a severe, industry-wide compute shortage caused by a rigid two-to-three-year lag in data center infrastructure development alongside an unexpected explosion in agentic task demand, making 2027 computing capacity exceptionally difficult for external customers to secure. Continue reading →

21Sep/26

Google AX stops the AI taxi meter

September 21, 2026Technology1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Ax, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, Computing, Data management, Free software, Kubernetes, Microservices, Pod, Redis, Statelessadmin

Beyond Microservices: Why Autonomous AI Agents Demand a New Compute Paradigm

Sun 20 Sept 2026 /Mpelembe Media/ — Agentic workloads represent an entirely new compute paradigm that falls outside traditional cloud-native operational patterns. Unlike stateless microservices, which run as persistent processes with stable, predictable network traffic, or batch processing jobs, which execute linearly to completion with constant resource allocations, autonomous AI agents operate as stateful, long-running, and highly intermittent compute actors. An agent’s execution cycle typically consists of short bursts of intense localized computation—such as parsing context, executing generated code, or calling toolchains—punctuated by prolonged idle intervals spent awaiting remote model inference, tool execution returns, or human approvals. Continue reading →

14Jun/23

The Google Pixel 7 Pro

June 14, 2023Developers.google, Alphabet Inc., Android, Computing, Digital technology, dopamine, Keyhole Markup Language, Mood, Operating systems, Pixel, Stress, Touchscreen mobile phones, Web mappingadmin

June 14, 2023 /Technology/ — The Google Pixel 7 Pro is a great phone for anyone, but it’s especially good for people who are new to Android. It’s easy to use, has a great camera, and gets regular software updates.

Here are some of the things that make the Google Pixel 7 Pro a great phone for noobs: Continue reading →

07Jun/23

Spatial Computing with Google Earth, how to start?

June 7, 2023Developers.google, Alphabet Inc., Computing, Digital technology, Geographic information system, GIS software, Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Search, Keyhole Markup Language, Web mapping, World Wide Webadmin

June 7, 2023 /Technology/ — Spatial computing with Google Earth is a great way to explore the world in a new and immersive way. Here are some tips on how to get started: Continue reading →

07Jun/23

How secure are ring doorbells?

June 7, 2023SecurityAmazon, Computing, Digital rights, Digital technology, Human rights, Identity management, Internet privacy, Mozilla, Privacy, Privacy law, Privacy policy, Software, Terms of serviceadmin

June 7, 2023 /Technology/ — Ring devices have several cybersecurity vulnerabilities, such as a lack of encryption and absence of extra security protocols. Cybercriminals can use those issues to hack a Ring doorbell or camera. In fact, there were dozens of incidents when someone gained unauthorized access to Ring gadgets. Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included project found that Ring doorbells have a number of privacy and security concerns, including: Continue reading →

05Jun/23

Fashion and Function: Kieslect Celebrates 8-Year Milestone with the New Lora2 and Ks Pro

June 5, 2023FashionComputing, Culture, Fashion, Human–computer interaction, Personal digital assistants, Smartwatch, Technology, Ubiquitous computing, Watch, Wearable computers, Wearable devicesadmin

In celebration of the company anniversary, Kieslect debuts the Lora2 and Ks Pro smartwatches. These unique smartwatches represent the next step in health monitoring, as well as stylish, high-quality manufacturing for fashion-conscious consumers. Continue reading

04Jun/23

Belinda CZ s.r.o. Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

June 4, 2023TechnologyAzure, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, Cloud storage, Computing, Digital technology, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Web Sites, The Microsoft, Windows Serveradmin

Belinda CZ s.r.o., with 25 years of IT experience, today announced the availability of SQL Express on Windows Server 2022 in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Belinda CZ s.r.o customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management. Continue reading

04Jun/23

AWS announces the 25 startups selected for its first ‘fintech in Africa’ accelerator

June 4, 2023InnovationAmazon Web Services, Cloud infrastructure, Computing, Digital technology, Economy, Financial technology, Mentorships, Mumbai Fintech Hub, Startupbootcamp, Web hostingadmin

25 African fintech startups have been selected for the inaugural Amazon Web Services (AWS) FinTech Africa Accelerator cohort. This cohort was selected from over 500 applications and is part of the EMEA Startup Loft Accelerator (SLA) program run by AWS. Continue reading