Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
In @Nature this week, our new research shows how machine learning can improve weather forecasts two to six weeks out, a timeframe that's historically been very difficult to predict.
It's exciting to see the potential of this work to help us better prepare for extreme weather, manage natural resources, and make more informed decisions in agriculture.
There's a broader lesson here... the future may not just be about ever-more-capable models, but about building intelligent verification systems around them: systems that learn where models are systematically wrong, reason about cause and effect, and continuously calibrate predictions against reality.
Read more: microsoft.com/en-us/research…
Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
RustGIS is now on the Microsoft Store!
On Windows 10 and 11, you can now install RustGIS from the Microsoft Store in one click. No installer to download, no security warnings, and the Store keeps it up to date with each new release.
What you get
- The full desktop app: the ribbon, panes, map view, attribute table, geoprocessing tools and the AI Assistant.
- Open data, built in: search STAC catalogs, Planetary Computer, Overture Maps, Source Cooperative, OpenStreetMap and other open-data portals.
- Cloud-native formats read in place: GeoParquet, FlatGeobuf and cloud-optimised GeoTIFFs open by their web address.
- The command line too: rustgis-cli is ready in your terminal as soon as the app is installed.
- Free and open source, with no sign-up needed.
Get it
- Microsoft Store: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p…
- Or from a terminal: winget install OpenGeos.RustGIS
- Not on Windows? Launch the web app: web.rustgis.app
- Other downloads: downloads.rustgis.app
- Documentation: rustgis.app
- GitHub: github.com/opengeos/RustGIS
#GIS #Rust #OpenSource #Geospatial #Windows #MicrosoftStore #OpenData
Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
Jais 3: First adaption of K2 Horizon
Jais 3 is built on K2 Horizon, our six-fleet fully open model family.
Stronger in Arabic at every size, without starting from scratch. Plus Jais Speech, the most accurate open Arabic ASR.
Download weights now: huggingface.co/collections/I…
Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
From Lebanon to the Arctic 🌱 On 13 October, ICARDA deposited 2,039 seed samples representing 177 species from its Lebanon genebank at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, strengthening global efforts to safeguard crop diversity for future generations.
🔗 Read the full story: icarda.org/media/blog/protec…
With thanks to NordGen, the Norwegian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Crop Trust, and the CGIAR Genebank Network.
📸 Crop Trust
#WorldFoodDay
Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
Introducing Jais 3, Arabic-native agentic AI.
Jais 3 375B matches the best open models, and with Jais Speech offers the most advanced Arabic AI stack available.
→ Hugging Face: huggingface.co/collections/I…
→ Technical blog (Jais 3): ifm.ai/blog/jais3
→ Technical blog (Jais Speech): ifm.ai/blog/jais-asr
→ Learn more: ifm.ai/jais/
Jais 3 was created by the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) at MBZUAI, in collaboration with Inception42 and Cerebras Systems.
#Jais3 #IFM #MBZUAI
Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
بدأت من فترة كورس كامل لبناء LLM من الصفر .
محاولة مني لسد فجوة كبيرة في اتقان هذه التقنيات.
الكورس 17 ساعة.
أصدرنا 4 محاضرات حتى الآن, آخرها أساسيات الـ PyTorch اللازمة لشخص لم يستخدم المكتبة من قبل, و تجهيزه قبل لبناء الـ Transformers
youtube.com/watch?v=pQ1V_Upd…
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Khaled Al-Shamaa retweeted
In our latest blog post, @alexdaubois shares how the PHP Security Team operates, how your security reports are triaged, and how you can do your part to help PHP be more secure. thephp.foundation/blog/2026/…
#phpc #security
There is a heated discussion about RustGIS on Reddit!
reddit.com/r/gis/comments/1x…
I stopped posting/commenting on Reddit a few weeks ago. Not good for my mental health.
Here are my personal opinions about RustGIS:
Nobody is forcing you to use RustGIS. If ArcGIS/QGIS works well for you, that's great! Keep using it.
I believe in giving people choices. Competition and diversity drive innovation and ultimately benefit everyone. Why do we have so many car manufacturers, such as Toyota, Honda, BMW, and Tesla? They all serve the same basic purpose, but offer different features, experiences, and approaches.
The same applies to smartphones. We have iPhones and Android phones from Google, Samsung, Motorola, and others. Should we all use the same phone?
GIS software is no different. ArcGIS, QGIS, and RustGIS can coexist, each serving different needs and communities. I'm not trying to replace anyone's favorite GIS. I'm simply building another free and open-source option for people who might find it useful.
More choices are a good thing, especially in open-source software.
If you want to learn more about how RustGIS compares to other software, check out rustgis.app/comparison
A sharper view of our changing planet is coming. 🛰️🌎
Meet LandIS, the Landsat Instrument Suite that will fly aboard Landsat 10, the next satellite in the Landsat series.
With 26 spectral bands spanning visible light to thermal infrared, LandIS will collect more than twice as many bands as Landsat 8 and Landsat 9. These additional bands will help users better distinguish features on Earth’s surface and monitor water quality, agriculture, vegetation health, snow and ice, soil conditions, and other environmental parameters.
LandIS will also capture finer spatial detail, with resolutions of 10 to 20 meters for visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared observations. That means a clearer view of smaller features, including streams, streamside habitats, woodlots, and individual agricultural fields.
Together, more spectral bands and finer spatial resolution will help users detect, distinguish, and track environmental change with greater detail and precision.
Expected to begin operations in the early 2030s, LandIS will also continue Landsat’s coverage of sunlit land and near-shore waters, along with select nighttime observations. It will also uphold the program’s high standards for data accuracy, extending a record of Earth observations that spans more than 54 years.
Learn more about Landsat 10 and its planned capabilities: ow.ly/X4gK50ZW4EE
📷: A visual comparison of spatial resolution showing the 30-meter pixels of Landsat 8 and 9 (left) alongside the finer, more detailed 10-meter pixels planned for Landsat 10 (right). Credit: NASA
ALT Comparison of Landsat 8/9 and Landsat 10 satellite images showing pixel resolution differences with 30m and 10m pixel grids over farmland.