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Henrique Schmaiske and the human work behind Meteor 3.0

Meteor CTO Henrique Schmaiske led the framework's largest release in over a decade, removing Fibers and migrating to async/await across 2,300 commits while keeping 500,000+ active installations stable ...
NPR

The magic — and science — of synchronous fireflies

Every year for two weeks between mid-May and mid-June, Congaree National Park in South Carolina is home to a fairy-tale-like display of flashing lights. These rhythmic performances happen all because ...
IEEE

Toward Efficient and Scalable Asynchronous Federated Learning via Stragglers Version Control

Abstract: Asynchronous Federated Learning (AFL) has emerged as a promising paradigm to address the challenges posed by heterogeneous device environments in federated learning systems. However, the ...
CNN

China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force for “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, days after Xi hosted President Donald Trump for a ...
IEEE

Identifying Synchronous and Asynchronous Communications in IMA Traffic

Abstract: Instant messaging applications (IMAs) rely on message encryption to preserve privacy and security, which makes network traffic inspection difficult. For better network monitoring and ...