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Just last month, Apple hosted their yearly WWDC - an event where they showcase all the updates to their platforms. Whilst a lot of it is very interesting, and AI centric, I'm going to mostly focus on Private Cloud Compute. But first…the first half. WWDC Regular Programming The first hour of the keynote provided great updates for the Apple ecosystem. I'm personally excited about Siri getting a huge kick in the pants, and into this decade, plus a bunch of quality-of-life upgrades across each
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OCP 2024 Regional Summit wrap
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Regional Summit was hosted in Lisbon, Portugal last month, the 5th (and largest) regional summit the group has hosted. Whilst I wasn't able to make it in person, I’d be remiss if I didn't write a (very) quick summary about the conference, and pertinent updates to scaling digital infrastructure in a sustainable way. The hot topic continues to be GenAI, such that OCP has created a new track for Artificial Intelligence, and a strategic initiative for Open AI Systems
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