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PyTorch Releases PyTorch 1.11, With TorchData, and functorch

Pytorch 1.11 is out! This release includes more than 3,300 commits since version 1.10 and 434 contributors- including PyTorch developers who worked tirelessly to make this happen. Alongside the new features are beta versions of TorchData and functorch.

The TorchData library provides easy-to-use, high performance data loading primitives so you can build your own flexible and efficient pipelines.

functorch is a new library that brings compositionally useful function transforms to Pytorch. It’s currently in beta and is heavily inspired by Google JAX

Distributed Data Parrallel (DDP) static graph optimizations are available in a stable release.

Github: https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/releases/tag/v1.11.0

Reference: https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-1.11-released/

Check out the documentation and tutorials

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Google’s Jigsaw Unit is Releasing An Open-Source Tool Called ‘Harassment Manager’ to Reduce Toxicity Online for Journalists

When covering controversial topics or live under autocratic governments, online harassment is a constant challenge. For women, it can range from nuisances like insults and memes targeting their appearance to matters of life-threatening danger. They’ve been targeted before for reporting on stories that upset powerful groups with negative feedback who feel threatened by what you’re doing coverage-wise.

Google’s Jigsaw’s team of experts has made long-standing investments in user experience research, technology, and other initiatives to help women navigate targeted harassment online. Jigsaw unit releases the code for an open-source anti-harassment tool called Harassment Manager. The program enables journalists and other public figures to manage better abusive comments on social media platforms like Twitter with Jigsaw’s Perspective API, which sorts through potentially harmful messages.

Harassment Manager is a tool that helps users identify and document harmful posts, mute or block perpetrators of harassment on social media. It has an advanced filtering and reporting system that automatically sorts messages into queues, so you can address them all at once rather than individually through the platform’s default tools which are often not effective or well-suited for dealing with harassment issues on their own account. The interface provides insights into how much “toxicity” there was in each message while it’s being processed – this helps users decide whether they want certain replies blurred out before reading them.

Harassment Managers helps users keep track of abusive messages and downloads a standalone report containing the evidence. This creates an easy paper trail for their employer or law enforcement if necessary and gives them access to services like those provided by The Thomson Reuters Foundation which will be released soon.

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2202.11168.pdf

Github: https://github.com/conversationai/harassment-manager

References:

  • https://medium.com/@JigsawTeam/5edcac127872
  • https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22966204/google-jigsaw-perspective-ai-twitter-moderation-harassment-manager-journalists
  • https://www.perspectiveapi.com/
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Amazon Open It’s Luna Cloud Gaming For All: Play Your Favorite Games Straight From The Cloud

Amazon is finally ready for you to start playing games on Luna. Its cloud computing service lets users play their favorite video game from virtually any device they own – even without its dedicated controller. A new app has been released that will allow people connected via Fire TV or other tablets/phones to enjoy gaming.

Imagine being able to play your favorite games on any device without installing them? That’s possible with Luna. Once you’ve paid the monthly fee, all that needs to be done is sign into an account and start streaming! Compatible devices include Fire TV Sticks/TVs; Mac computers & laptops etc.

Amazon is expanding its Prime Gaming Channel to give gamers access to exclusive games and rotating showcases of different titles. For the month of March alone we can look forward Devil May Cry 5, Observer, System Redux and PHOGS. In addition, there will be a Flashback game available on this new channel for amazon prime members as well.

Luna gained a couple of new features, which is great for gamers. They can now stream their gaming sessions directly to Twitch and there’s also an app on iPhones and Android phones that allows them to use the phone controller with games played through Amazon Fire TV devices.

Reference:

  • https://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-luna-cloud-gaming-service-is-now-available-to-everyone/
  • https://www.amazon.com/luna/landing-page
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Google Introduces Cloud Functions (2nd gen) Into Public Preview: Google Cloud’s Next-Generation Functions-as-a-Service Product

Google’s Cloud Functions (2nd gen) is the next generation of their popular product as Functions-as-a-Service product. It comes with an advanced feature set that gives you more powerful infrastructure, control over performance and scalability, as well as 90 event sources from which to trigger your function. The power of the second generation is in its portability. You can run your function anywhere with just one command. The new version also offers greater flexibility in terms of when it runs – all thanks to some help from Google’s cutting-edge serverless technology called Cloud Run or Eventarc.

The new capabilities of Cloud Functions include increased concurrency (up to 1,000 concurrent requests per function instance), larger instances (16 GB memory and 4 vCPUs), and longer processing time for HTTP functions (up to 60 mins).

The new Cloud Functions features an enhanced UI that lets you customize your dashboard to suit what matters most. With improved developer experience and accessibility updates, it’s easier than ever to develop functions for any device or platform without worrying about complicated installation processes! A seamless onboarding process easily makes 1st gen and 2nd gen function development in one place.

References:

  • https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/serverless/introducing-the-next-generation-of-cloud-functions
  • https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/03/google-cloud-functions/
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NVIDIA Bites Back At Its Recent CyberAttack Hackers

The recent cyberattacks on Nvidia may have been carried out by the South American hacker group Lapsus$. Vx-underground is reporting that Nvidia has retaliated by sneaking back into the hacker’s system and encrypting all of its stolen data.

With a market cap near 600 billion dollars, Nvidia is the most valuable chipmaker in America. It specializes in producing graphics processing units (GPU) for video game playing and advanced computer simulations to enhance user experience

The LAPSU$ hacker group in South America has illegally tapped into Nvidia’s mailing server and installed malware on the software distribution system. Last week, Lapsus$ announced that it had stolen 1 TB of Nvidia data and threatened to leak sensitive information about employees. The group also shared some screenshots as proof but they weren’t definitive; we may never know if this was true or not- there could be any number of reasons why these posts went up.

With the recent increase in ransomware attacks, it seems that Nvidia has identified these hackers. According to Vx-underground’s Twitter post and backed by screenshots they encrypted their system after being infected with malware for-profit motives which led them to theft data.

References:

  • https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-allegedly-hacks-hackers-who-stole-companys-data
  • https://www.techspot.com/news/93568-nvidia-allegedly-hacked-hackers-stole-data-back.html
  • https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-investigates-potential-ransomware-incident
  • https://www.techtimes.com/articles/272350/20220227/nvidia-hackers-allegedly-hacked-back-by-nvidia-data-un-stolen.html
  • https://www.reuters.com/technology/chipmaker-nvidia-investigating-potential-cyberattack-report-2022-02-25/