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TimeScope: How Long Can Your Video Large Multimodal Model Go?

Fast LoRA inference for Flux with Diffusers and PEFT

Four Powerful, New Features to Help You Build and Deploy More Efficient Apps On DigitalOcean Kubernetes

We’re adding to March’s updates with even more Managed Kubernetes features that will help you get even more utility out of the product–including newly supported Droplet types, the ability to automatically scale nodes to zero when you’re not using them, and more. Let’s walk through these new features and how they can benefit both your Kubernetes environment and your business. TL;DR: We built some new features for Kubernetes platform. Get started with some quick-links below: –>Not a customer yet?

Introducing ERNIE 4.5-21B-A3B-Base

TL;DR: Baidu recently released ERNIE 4.5-21B-A3B-Base, a powerful open-source LLM You can launch ERNIE 4.5-21B directly on DigitalOcean GPU Droplets with only 1-click - deploy in the cloud console We put ERNIE 4.5-21B to the test for translation and it outperformed models like Qwen3 - check out our demo What is ERNIE 4.5 21B? ERNIE (Enhanced Representation through kNowledge IntEgration) 4.5-21B-A3B-Base represents a significant leap in large language model development. Originating from Baidu’s e

New 64-bit requirement for watchOS apps

Beginning April 2026, watchOS apps uploaded to App Store Connect must also include 64-bit support and be built with the watchOS 26 SDK. To enable 64-bit support in your project, we recommend using the default Xcode build setting of “Standard architectures” to build a single binary with 64-bit code. You can test ARM64 compatibility for your apps in the Xcode Simulator, and on Apple Watch Series 9 or 10, or Apple Watch Ultra 2 running watchOS 26 beta. Learn more about the SDKs included in Xcode

Transform rules are now available in vercel.json

You can now define transform rules in to modify HTTP request and response headers or query parameters, without changing application code.vercel.json Unlimited transform rules are available for all customers, and let you: This expands the flexibility of Vercel's CDN, which already supports routing behavior like redirects and rewrites to external origins. For example: Refer to the for detailed examples. transform rules documentation Read more Set, append, or delete request headers, response hea

Vercel BotID now 
available for all frameworks

You can now use Vercel BotID to protect your most sensitive endpoints in any JavaScript framework, like SvelteKit and Nuxt. BotID is our for high-value endpoints like registration, checkout, and AI interactions. Since launch, it has already protected nearly a million API requests.advanced bot protection Installing or upgrading to adds support for universal JavaScript environments with the new [email protected]({ protect: ... }) Here's an example of used to set up BotID in SvelteK

Browser Run - Browser Rendering now supports local development

You can now run your Browser Rendering locally using npx wrangler dev, which spins up a browser directly on your machine before deploying to Cloudflare's global network. By running tests locally, you can quickly develop, debug, and test changes without needing to deploy or worry about usage costs. Get started with this example guide that shows how to use Cloudflare's fork of Puppeteer (you can also use Playwright) to take screenshots of webpages and store the results in Workers KV.