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Easily produce and consume time-series data streams with a Pandas-like interfaceImage by authorYou might be wondering why the world needs another Python framework for Kafka. After all, there are a lot of existing libraries and frameworks to choose from, such as kafka-python, Faust, PySpark, and so on.The focus of Quix Streams however is time-series and telemetry data, so the features are optimized for telemetry-related use cases. This could be device telemetry (it was originally road-testing on sensor data from Formula 1…

The top open-source and free RPA tools of 2023 can be inspected, modified, or enhanced by anyone Finding Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software may be a difficult (and expensive) process that demands a lot of time and money. RPA systems are well-liked for a reason, although non-enterprise organizations might not require all the functions they offer. There are thankfully several open-source and free RPA tools available. To highlight some of the top open-source and free RPA tools of 2023, we have compiled a list. Some…

Librem 5 Docked to a Nexdock 360 running Tootle, Lollypop, and Feeds. Image: PurismPurism, the makers of the Linux Librem 5 smartphone and Librem 14 laptop, have released the Lapdock Kit -- a docking station-based laptop with a touchscreen, keyboard, trackpad, lots of ports, but no processor, memory, or storage. There was a time, in the early 2010s, when some experts believed converged devices combining smartphones and laptops would be the future of computing.   One of its main proponents, Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of…

Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3) is an autoregressive language model that was released just a few years back. This model uses deep learning to produce human-like text, hence has immense potential. However, considering how open the market is, there are numerous alternatives available out there. Here is a list of top 10 open-source GTP-3 alternatives you should try in 2023. Bloom Developed by a group of over 1,000 AI researchers, Bloom is an open-source multilingual language model that is considered as the best…

Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty ImagesOpenAI's wildly popular ChatGPT text-generation program is capable of propagating numerous errors about scientific studies, prompting the need for open-source alternatives whose functioning can be scrutinized, according to a study this week published in the prestigious journal Nature.Also: Microsoft's Bing Chat argues with users, reveals secrets"Currently, nearly all state-of-the-art conversational AI technologies are proprietary products of a small number of big…

The advancement in technology has resulted in organizations relying on programming languages like never before. With programming in place, organizations are in a position to achieve their business goals way easier than before. If you are aspiring to become a good programmer then it is important to have a fair understanding as to which are the most in demand programming languages in the market. In this article, we will talk about top 10 open-source programming languages you should know in 2023. Python Python is a…

New Delhi: OpenForge, a central government-operated open-source code repository similar to Microsoft’s GitHub, has crossed 10,000 users on the…

Haiku OS has a very AfterStep-like UI. Image: Jack WallenFirst off, you click the feather button at the top right of the desktop, which opens the main Haiku menu. From there, you can select Applications to see what is all installed by default. You'll find plenty of applications. At the same time, you'll find a lot of important pieces missing.  The HaikuDepot is where you install applications. Image: Jack WallenSurprisingly, there are two office suites available to install, Calligra Suite (from KDE) and…

ChatGPT equivalent is open-source now but appears to be of no use to the developers It seems like the first open-source ChatGPT equivalent has emerged. It is an application of RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback) built on top of Google’s PaLM architecture, which has 540 billion parameters. PaLM + RLHF, ChatGPT Equivalent is open-source now, it is a text-generating model that acts similarly to ChatGPT, was provided by the developer in charge of reverse engineering closed-sourced AI systems like…

Meta said it spent $5 billion on global safety and security last year and employs hundreds of people dedicated to anti-terror work. Not every company has those kind of resources, but Meta has shared a new open-source tool that can help combat child exploitation, terrorist propaganda and other types of abusive content for free. The tool is called Hasher-Matcher-Actioner (HMA), and it builds on the company's previous image and video matching software that it also released three years ago.  HMA can keep websites free of…