Mint Images/Getty Images As large language models face growing criticism for their lack of language inclusivity beyond the English-dominated West, leading AI companies have started tailoring regional-specific LLMs to break this cycle. Now, Meta is riding that wave.  Meta is expanding Meta AI across the Middle East and North Africa (aka, MENA) as it provides language support for millions of Arabic-speaking users in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET This week, a series of images and spec lists for Samsung’s upcoming foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold 7, were leaked. The information comes from notable insider OnLeaks, which shared the details with Android Headlines. Also: Oppo’s new foldable phone is one of the thinnest I’ve seen – and I hope OnePlus and Samsung follow suit It seems Samsung has been inspired by ultra-thin foldables like the OPPO Find N5, as the upcoming Galaxy Z handset is set…

The system supports Langflow a low-code, open-source app builder for retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and multi-agent AI applications, IBM stated.  “It is Python-based and model-, API-, and database-agnostic. Langflow adds additional flexible middleware capabilities to IBM watsonx.ai, the integrated, end-to-end AI development studio for building generative AI applications,” IBM stated.     DataStax competes with a variety of large database vendors including Oracle and MongoDB and has development partnerships with core cloud vendors such as Amazon,…

Jay Dickman/Getty Images I remember when I started using Linux in the late 1990s. Back then, using the command line wasn’t optional. If you worked with the open-source operating system, you spent time in the terminal. Using the command line in the past was challenging because there wasn’t as much help as today. I was pretty much on my own. Thankfully, I struggled through and became proficient. Of course, the irony of me putting in…

ZDNET Anthropic’s Claude AI now has a new model able to “think” longer and deeper when crafting a response to your request.  Also: 10 key reasons AI went mainstream overnight – and what happens next Known as Claude 3.7 Sonnet, this latest model uses advanced reasoning and greater processor time to evaluate your question in a step-by-step process and then produce a detailed result. The new model doesn’t come free The new extended thinking mode is…

ZDNET LibreOffice is an open-source office suite that includes everything you need to be productive on any desktop operating system. LibreOffice is my default for both Linux and MacOS, and I’ve used the software to write almost 70 novels. One feature LibreOffice includes is templates, a powerful tool for creating documents quickly and consistently. For example, if you send regular reports, spreadsheets, or letters, you won’t want to start from scratch every time.  Also: 5 stand-out…

New Relic announced updates to its Intelligent Observability Platform this week, which the company says will enable a unified view of system relationships and dependencies and intelligently connect technical systems with business context. New Relic’s cloud-based observability platform monitors applications and services in real time to provide insights into software, hardware, and cloud performance. Now the company is bringing a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities to its platform, which can predict and prevent business-impacting issues…

Opera Opera has been one of my favorite browsers for a very long time. One of the reasons for that is the developers actually listen to the user base. So when users called out for more sidebar service integration, you can believe Opera got busy. To that end, Opera is adding Bluesky, Discord, and Slack integration to the browser, which means you’ll need to have fewer tabs open, and that goes a long way in improving…