Deep learning recommendation systems must provide high quality, personalized content under strict tail-latency targets and high system loads. This paper presents RecPipe, a system to jointly optimize recommendation quality and inference performance. Central to RecPipe is decomposing recommendation models into multi-stage pipelines to maintain quality while reducing compute complexity and exposing distinct parallelism opportunities. RecPipe implements an inference scheduler to map multi-stage recommendation engines onto commodity, heterogeneous platforms (e.g., CPUs, GPUs).While the hardware-aware scheduling improves ranking efficiency, the commodity platforms suffer from many limitations requiring specialized hardware. Thus, we design RecPipeAccel (RPAccel), a custom accelerator that jointly optimizes quality, tail-latency, and system throughput. RPAc-cel is designed specifically to exploit the distinct design space opened via RecPipe. In particular, RPAccel processes queries in sub-batches to pipeline recommendation stages, implements dual static and dynamic embedding caches, a set of top-k filtering units, and a reconfigurable systolic array. Com-pared to prior-art and at iso-quality, we demonstrate that RPAccel improves latency and throughput by 3x and 6x.

Chatbots, virtual assistants, and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems are key components of successful customer service strategies. We had the pleasure of hearing from three AWS Contact Center Intelligence (AWS CCI) Partners as part of our Best Practices in Customer Service Automation webinar, who provided valuable insights and tips for building automated, customer-service solutions. Customers expect great customer service. At the same time, enterprises struggle with the costs and resources necessary to provide high-quality, highly available, live-agent solutions. Automated solutions, like chatbots and IVR, enable enterprises to provide quality support, 24/7, while reducing costs and increasing customer satisfaction.

A sample page on the OkCupid app is held for a photograph showing the "I'm vaccinated" checkmark. A sample page on the OkCupid app is held for a photograph showing the "I'm vaccinated" checkmark. What about getting caught in the rain? Well, if fear of the coronavirus is what's keeping you from finding someone who also enjoys both, the White House is trying to help. The nation's largest dating apps are hoping to make it easier for vaccinated singles to find one another, the White House announced Friday, part of the push to meet the Biden administration's goal of getting 70% of adults at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by July 4. The range of new features will allow users to be able to filter potential matches by their vaccination status, and also gain free access to premium features such as "boosts," "super likes" and "super swipes."

A bunch of companies have been giving away freebies to people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, and now dating apps are offering perks. The White House has teamed up with nine of the biggest dating sites around to encourage more people to get vaccinated. Tinder, OkCupid, Bumble, Badoo, BLK, Hinge, Chispa, Match and Plenty of Fish are all taking part, according to Axios. You'll be able to add a sticker or badge to your profile telling prospective matches that you've been vaccinated. The apps are giving away premium perks as well, like boosts and super swipes, which users usually need to buy on a pay-per-use basis.

Tinder, OKCupid, Hinge and other dating apps owned by Match Group are adding new features to users' profiles to encourage them to get a coronavirus vaccine. The Friday announcement is an effort to assist the White House in reaching its goal of getting 70 percent of US adults at least one vaccine jab by July 4. Those who say they have received a COVID-19 vaccination can add a badge to their profile that says'I'm Vaccinated' and will have access to premium content such as boost and super swipes. The apps are also adding filters so people can see who has been vaccinated as well as promotions and links to vaccine.gov to help individuals find vaccine locations. Tinder, OKCupid, Hinge and other dating apps owned by Match Group are adding new features to users' profiles to encourage them to get a coronavirus vaccine.

Apple's new iPhone update finally gives people the option to unlock their phone while wearing a mask, without having to enter their passcode. But the feature will only work for those people who have an Apple Watch, since it uses the wearable to ensure that the iPhone has not been stolen. The new feature is introduced in iOS 14.5, the latest software update for iPhone and iPad. It was released alongside updates for the rest of Apple's platforms, including the operating systems for its Watch and Macs. The most significant new features come in iOS, including the introduction of new anti-tracking tools, a redesigned Podcasts app and the ability to ask Siri to play songs from apps other than Apple Music.

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But it is also symbolic of the chasm between good intentions and reality that many of us may have experienced recently. This high-achieving CEO says that, while working from home, he was "going to write a lot on that", but didn't. He turns to look at its blank expanse. It's comforting for those of us who also haven't used this change of pace for vast plans and self-improvement. Which is not to say that McLeod has had a quiet year – far from it. Isolating at home, without the usual options of meeting people, he saw a 63% rise in the number of people downloading Hinge, his dating app.

Technology is an essential part of the development and growth of humans. Artificial intelligence is one such technology that is gaining momentum and hype. With technology becoming a part of our everyday lives, AI has become a topic of debates and discussions where technocrats consider it as a blessing and for some, it is a disaster. Having said that, we are still unsure about the future of artificial intelligence. Is artificial intelligence a threat or a blessing?

Did you know that companies with omnichannel customer engagement strategies retain 89% of customers compared to just 33% for those with a weak omnichannel strategy? Furthermore, Google research claims that 42% of in-store shoppers search for information online while in-store. Another extensive study by the Harvard Business Review studied the shopping behavior of just over 46,000 customers and focused on which channels they used and why. The writing is on the wall: Fusing the shopping experience across channels – or in other words, omnichannel marketing – is the future, and the future is now. To that end, let's look at four examples of brands that are offering a seamless omnichannel experience and blurring the lines between physical and digital shopping, one channel at a time.