New Python app profiler uses Rust for speed and safety
The Py-Spy profiler can profile Python applications without modifying source code, and it installs using Python’s native package management
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Microsoft adds Python support to Power BI
A preview feature allows Python scripts to be used as data sources and as a way to create visualizations in Power BI Desktop
ML.Net aims to provide machine learning for .Net developers
Microsoft's new machine learning framework promises high-level APIs to make model training and predictions easy, along with strong integration of .Net language features
What is WebAssembly? The next-generation web platform explained
Learn how WebAssembly is bringing near-native performance to the browser, by allowing devs to build high-speed web apps in the language of their choice
What’s new in Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver” arrives with a default GNOME desktop and a new minimalist install option for desktop users
What is a graph database? A better way to store connected data
Learn why graph databases excel at exploring highly connected data, and how to leverage them in your organization
What’s new in LLVM
LLVM 6 introduces Spectre exploit mitigations, improves Windows and Intel CPU support, and embraces WebAssembly as a compilation target
What is LLVM? The power behind Swift, Rust, Clang, and more
Learn how the compiler framework for programmatically generating machine-native code has made it easier than ever to roll new languages and enhance existing ones
What’s new in TensorFlow machine learning
Google's TensorFlow 1.4 machine learning library adds the contributed Dataset API for working with data sources, but watch out for breakage caused by the update
What’s new in Fedora Linux 27
The newest version of Red Hat’s user-orieted Linux distro improves modularity to ease updates, refreshes the software development tools, and ends alpha releases
Gluon brings AI developers self-tuning machine learning
A Microsoft and Amazon joint effort makes neural networks easier to program and use with the MXNet and Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit frameworks
What is Grafeas? Better auditing for containers
Google's Grafeas provides a common API for metadata about containers, from image and build details to security vulnerabilities
ONNX makes machine learning models portable, shareable
Microsoft and Facebook's machine learning model format aims to let devs choose frameworks freely and share trained models without hassle
Microsoft linker tool shrinks .Net applications
The .Net IL Linker reduces the footprint of .Net apps by discarding unused libraries and references, although it's still in the preview stages
3 projects lighting a fire under machine learning
PyTorch, MXNet, and upstart Java-centric Smile bring greater speed and ease to model training and deployment