Understanding gender can be a lifelong journey for many folks. Coming out as trans or nonbinary can include a lot of changes, including the use of different pronouns or a different name, or physical changes. None of this is easy. Something as simple as seeing an old photo of yourself can be painful if it doesn’t match who you are now on your journey. We heard directly from members of the transgender, nonbinary, and gender expansive (GE) communites on this issue. To learn how we could help make reminiscing with Google Photos more inclusive, we worked with trans and gender expansive users and brought in our partners at GLAAD. Working with GLAAD, we conducted qualitative research interviews with trans individuals…
Month: November 2021
Cómo estamos elevando la comunidades trans en nuestro productos
Comprender el género de uno mismo puede ser un proceso de toda la vida. Identificarse como trans o de género no binario puede implicar muchos cambios, incluido el uso de diferentes pronombres o un nombre distinto, o bien cambios físicos.Nada de esto es sencillo. Algo tan simple como ver una fotografía vieja de uno mismo puede ser doloroso si no coincide con quién uno es ahora. Recibimos testimonios directos de miembros de las comunidades transgénero, no binario y género expansivo (GE). Para obtener información sobre cómo podríamos hacer que los recuerdos con Google Fotos sean más inclusivos, trabajamos con usuarios trans y de género expansivo, y nuestros socios en GLAAD. Al trabajar con GLAAD, realizamos entrevistas de investigación cualitativa con…
Meet the latest AWS Heroes – November 2021
It is an exciting time of year, with AWS re:Invent right around the corner. As we reflect back on 2021, we continue to be impressed by the way AWS communities support one-another across intersecting journeys to expand technical skills. At the center of these communities are impactful leaders who go above and beyond to create educational content and facilitate peer-to-peer knowledge sharing across multiple channels. These passionate builders are called AWS Heroes, and we are humbled by the amazing activities they support on behalf of their communities. Today we are excited to introduce the latest cohort of AWS Heroes: Juan Pan – Beijing, China Data Hero Juan Pan (Trista) is the CTO and Co-Founder of SphereEx. She serves as an…
New – EC2 Instances (G5) with NVIDIA A10G Tensor Core GPUs
Two years ago I told you about the then-new G4 instances, which featured up to eight NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPUs. These instances were designed to give you cost-effective GPU power for machine learning inference and graphics-intensive applications. Today I am happy to tell you about the new G5 instances, which feature up to eight NVIDIA A10G Tensor Core GPUs. Powered by second generation AMD EPYC processors, these instances deliver up to 40% better price-performance for inferencing and graphics-intensive operations in comparison to their predecessors. On the GPU side, the A10G GPUs deliver to to 3.3x better ML training performance, up to 3x better ML inferencing performance, and up to 3x better graphics performance, in comparison to the T4 GPUs…