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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Quantum sensors use the fragility of quantum effects to achieve extraordinary sensitivity to the slightest disturbances in the environment. They could be used to study brain conditions, reveal hidden underground features, detect Covid-19 in seconds with just a few hundred strands of viral DNA, navigate underground and underwater without GPS, and more. This article discusses the many possible applications of quantum sensors and the current state of projects in the field." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Quantum of Sensing—Atomic Scale Bolsters New Sensor Boom" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Free yourself from Big Tech's unpredictable pricing and penchant for competing with their customers. Try Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute for as low as $28/mo. TLDR readers can try Vultr for FREE today with this $200 code!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Your cloud should be an asset, not a liability" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Want to use GitHub Actions as part of your build and continuous integration process? If you are tired of writing GitHub YAML from scratch, save time with our GitHub Actions workflow generator free tool powered by Octopus Deploy. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Quickly generate customizable workflows for your Actions deployments" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has released renderings of its new 'Downtown West' campus in San Jose. The campus will cover 79-acres and contain office spaces, housing, parks, retail spaces, and more. There will be 5,900 residential 'dwelling units', and 7.3 million gross square feet of office space. The article contains a couple of the renderings along with a map of the campus and a link to a 39-minute YouTube video about the plan. Google also intends to build campuses in New York City and Mountain View." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Renders of Google’s gigantic San Jose campus show how it could feel more like a neighborhood" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple will release three new iPhone 11 models this fall, all featuring the Apple A13 chip. The smartphones will have a Lightning port despite the iPad Pro moving to USB-C last year. All three models will have the same screen resolution as last year's models, but the replacements for the XS and XS Max will have a new 3x OLED Retina display. A new type of Taptic Engine will be introduced, but it is unknown what new features the engine will enable. The devices will have three cameras on the back contained within a square, including a camera capable of wide-angle images." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple to release three ‘iPhone 11’ models this fall, including A13 chip, new Taptic Engine, more" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple's AR headset, codenamed N301, reportedly has AR and VR capabilities and is planned to be released in 2022. The headset will have a focus on gaming, watching video, and virtual meetings. A smaller pair of glasses that are designed to be worn for a longer period of time will be released in 2023. These glasses currently look like high-priced sunglasses with thick frames. Both devices will use a more advanced version of the Face ID camera. Apple and other tech companies are now looking to virtual and augmented reality as the next big tech platforms. Rivals like Facebook, Microsoft, and Google have been heavily investing in AR/VR projects. Google has recently ended its Daydream experiment due to a lack of developer adoption and decreasing usage from customers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple reportedly plans 2022 release for first AR headset, followed by AR glasses in 2023" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Target will begin to offer products from third parties, similar to Walmart and Amazon, except that the products available will be carefully curated to avoid controversy and to ensure quality. Sellers will have to be approached by Target in order to sell items on Target+ as there is no public application process. Target and Walmart’s recent announcements that they will carry third-party products may hurt Amazon as their brick-and-mortar presence is much higher than Amazon’s." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Target announces launch of its curated, third-party marketplace, Target+" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lean is a proof assistant that helps mathematicians prove theorems by checking the working and automating some of the steps in a proof. Mathematicians are translating mathematics into a form that Lean can understand in order to digitize mathematics, eventually allowing computers to solve open problems. The people working on the project hope that it will be able to understand some questions in senior-level exams in a few years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Building the Mathematical Library of the Future" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "FLoC is a controversial initiative by Google to create a privacy sandbox for users so that ads can be targeted without the surveillance business model currently used today. Many major tech organizations and privacy advocates are skeptical of the project due to AMP, an older initiative by Google that resulted in an antitrust lawsuit that is still ongoing. Google throttled the load time of non-AMP ads and didn't rank non-AMP sites, resulting in losses for many publishers. More details about the case are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AMP Has Irreparably Damaged Publishers' Trust in Google-led Initiatives" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China's artificial sun, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), recently broke a new world record by achieving plasma temperatures of 216 million degrees Fahrenheit for 101 seconds and 288 million degrees Fahrenheit for 20 seconds. The breakthrough is a key milestone in the project's goal of keeping plasma temperatures stable for long periods. When the technology matures, it will be able to provide near unlimited clean energy at low costs. The team estimates that it will still be 30 years before EAST is functional." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China's Artificial Sun Sets New World Record Getting Closer to Nuclear Fusion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Canadian researchers have successfully trialed a handheld 3D skin printer that treats severe burns by printing new skin cells directly onto a wound. The printer provides a method of treatment for patients whose injuries are too extensive for skin grafts. It uses a bioink based on the protein involved with clotting and cells that support the growth of other cells and assist in the body's immune response. The device is able to deploy skin sheets onto wounds uniformly, safely, and reliably all over the body. Patients who were treated with the device healed extremely well, with a reduction in inflammation, scarring, and contraction compared to other treatments." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Handheld Bioprinter Treats Severe Burns by ‘Printing’ New Skins Cells Directly Onto Wound" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Product Management Starter Pack is a practical action plan on how to break into product management. Product management is one of the most in-demand fields in tech at the moment, but most advice on how to break into the field is quite general and beginners are usually left without an idea of how to start. The guide covers basic skills, how to demonstrate these skills, and advice on how to get into the product management job market." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "PM Starter Pack" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Arecibo Observatory was completed in 1963 and it contributed to many important scientific discoveries. On November 19, a review of engineering assessments found that some damage to the observatory couldn't be fixed, so the US National Science Foundation began plans to decommission the structure. The observatory was collapsed on December 3. Footage of the collapse is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Arecibo Observatory: Media Resources" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Neeva is a new privacy search engine where users have to pay to use it. The service charges a subscription fee after the first three months. The business is trying to find out whether people will pay for a high-quality alternative to an ad-supported product. Neeva is built by ex-Google engineers. The company will turn over at least 20 percent of its top-line revenue to publishing partners. This article delves into the history and development of Neeva and its business model." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Here's a nifty tool that lets you check the meta tags on your website. When I make a new site, I always check these tags one by one on Twitter's card validator, Facebook's graph debugger tool etc. but this tool basically lets you check that your meta tags are being set correctly on Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Slack all at once just by typing in the URL." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta Tags" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has completed key production tests for its long-rumored augmented and virtual reality headset. The headset is now expected to debut by the end of 2022 for around $3,000. It is rumored to feature a lightweight design, two 4K micro-LED displays, 15 optical modules, two main processors, Wi-Fi 6E connectivity, eye tracking, a see-through AR mode, object tracking, hand gesture controls, and more. Apple has been rumored to be working on the headset's operating system since 2017." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Reportedly Completes Production Tests for AR/VR Headset" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The internet is at risk of splitting apart as countries start blocking specific parts of the internet and companies create ecosystems for their products while providing content only for paying customers. Future regulations could potentially create more problems, as website owners may soon be liable for content created and posted by their users. The Internet Archive is already struggling to save everything. Services like the Wayback Machine now play an important role in legal and other matters. If the balkanization of the internet is avoided, then the Internet Archive could one day transform the way historians learn about larger historical moments." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The internet is splitting apart. The Internet Archive wants to save it all forever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tiny KABOOM is a teaching aid designed to help with the understanding of raytracing for explosions in C++. It is written in 180 lines of code and it is accompanied by a guide that explains the theory and reasoning behind the code." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tiny KABOOM" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung is likely to announce its next folding phone this month. The phone is rumored to be called the Galaxy Z Flip, and it will probably be revealed at Samsung's Unpacked event on February 11th, along with the Galaxy S20 flagship smartphone. Video of the Galaxy Z Flip has been leaked on Twitter. A 19-second video is available that shows the phone being opened and closed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Alleged leaked video shows off Samsung’s folding Galaxy Z Flip" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX's Starship 'hopper' is a sub-scale version of the Starship's propulsion system. It uses the Raptor engine, which burns cryogenic methane with liquid oxygen. The hopper completed a one-minute flight at a test facility in Texas, rising up to its FAA-approved 492-foot altitude before moving sideways and descending on a nearby landing pad. The new two-stage booster-Starship system will eventually replace the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets as well as the Cargo and Crew Dragon capsules. It consists of a Super Heavy Rocket and a winged Starship. Starship is designed to deliver satellites into space at a lower cost than the current Falcon vehicles. Elon Musk's goal is to launch a cargo mission to Mars in 2022 and a crewed flight as early as 2024. There is a video showing the hopper’s test launch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX launches Starship “hopper” on dramatic test flight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple announced new iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods at its Far Out event. There will be four new iPhones: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. They will feature free satellite connectivity for two years and start shipping on September 16, except for the iPhone 14 Plus which will start shipping on October 7. The new Apple Watch Ultra features a physical button and the new AirPods Pro has more effective noise cancellation. Both the Apple Watch Ultra and AirPods Pro Series 2 will start shipping on September 23. Details about the new devices are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here’s everything Apple announced today at its “Far Out” iPhone event" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A major Republican donor has bought a stake in Twitter in order to oust its CEO, Jack Dorsey. The founder of Elliott Management, Paul Singer, opposed Donald Trump during his run for president but has since changed sides. Trump communicates with the public via Twitter, which has recently announced a ban on political advertising. Dorsey plans to work and live in Africa for part of each year, and Singer is using this information to push Dorsey out of his position. Elliott Management is an activist investor and it regularly pushes for change in companies in which it buys shares. It also works with countries, taking on partial repayment of debts by Argentina in 2016." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey – report" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "YouTube will launch a new homepage design today that includes bigger thumbnails, meaning users will see fewer videos on the homepage. Extra details about videos will be available, and creators will be able to use longer titles. The aim of the redesign is so users can view all the video information at a glance, rather than requiring them to hover their cursor over a video or click through to see more. Categories like News and Music will no longer be placed on the front page. Desktop users will now be able to tell YouTube to stop recommending channels that the user is not interested in. They can also now add videos to a queue." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "YouTube’s homepage redesign means people will see bigger thumbnails and fewer videos" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from King's College London have developed an mRNA vaccine that reverses damage caused by heart attacks. Cardiac muscle cells are starved of oxygen and can be damaged or killed during a heart attack, leaving scar tissue. The vaccine delivers code that stimulates new heart cells to grow, creating functional muscle rather than a scar. The treatment has been successfully tested with pigs. The researchers hope to begin human clinical trials within two years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "mRNA breakthrough offers a potential heart attack cure" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses using SQLite to run queries against CSV files from the command line. It covers the different output modes available. Links to tools that provide a similar function are provided." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "One-liner for running queries against CSV files with SQLite" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new retail initiative will see many major retailers start to accept cryptocurrency as payment. The initiative comes from a partnership with Flexa, a payments startup, and Gemini, a Winklevoss-owned digital currency company. Existing scanners will be able to scan a QR code from a cryptocurrency wallet app for payments. The app, Spedn, supports Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, and Gemini Dollar. While there is a large list of retailers who will be able to support these payments, none have given any official statements, probably as the payment system is still experimental." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bitcoin Comes to Whole Foods, Major Retailers in Coup for Digital Currency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Quickly generate customizable workflows for your Actions deployments Want to use GitHub Actions as part of your build and continuous integration process? If you are tired of writing GitHub YAML from scratch, save time with our GitHub Actions workflow generator free tool powered by Octopus Deploy. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Quickly generate customizable workflows for your Actions deployments" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains a list of nine GitHub repositories that have at least 30,000 stars. Each item on the list comes with links and a short description of what is on the repository. Items include books, style guides, component libraries, checklists, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "9 Popular GitHub Repos For Every Web Developer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The saola is a rare animal that belongs to an entirely new genus of the bovid family, which includes cattle, sheep, goats, and antelopes. They were discovered in 1992 and have never been seen by a biologist in the wild. Their population has massively declined due to commercial wildlife poaching, even though they are not directly targeted by poachers. Scientists are now working to find the last saolas in order to build a captive breeding program." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists step up hunt for ‘Asian unicorn’, one of world’s rarest animals" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DNA damage over time is responsible for aging, cancer, and some neurological diseases. A new protein called TEX264 is able to combine with other enzymes to find and destroy toxic proteins that bind to DNA and trigger damage. It could potentially be used to repair the DNA damage linked to disorders like cancer and ALS. Scientists also hope to be able to use the protein to repair the purposeful DNA damage caused by chemotherapy. The next step in the research is manipulating the expression and properties of the protein to see if it can reverse the effects of aging and alter the course of diseases like cancer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists find toolkit to aid repair of damaged DNA" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new type of robotic arm prosthesis uses a direct connection to the brain to provide a sense of touch without connecting to nerves and muscles. Patients using the device were able to complete tasks in half the time compared to using an arm without feedback. The sensory information received from the arm is still rudimentary, but it was enough to improve performance in a pretty significant way. Adding a sense of touch may give patients a greater sense of ownership over their replacement limbs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Added a Sense of Touch to a Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is working on a new service called Apple Pay Later that will allow users to buy products and pay them off in monthly installments. It will be directly integrated with Apple Pay. Apple will partner with Goldman Sachs for the service. The rollout will likely draw scrutiny from regulatory bodies. Apple is currently under investigation by the European Commission over claims that it unfairly advantages Apple Pay over rival contactless payment systems on the iPhone." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple developing new ‘Apple Pay Later’ service to let customers buy any Apple Pay purchases in monthly installments" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter has launched a Tor version of its site. Tor is a privacy-protecting and censorship-evading network. Tor sites, also known as 'onion' sites, can only be accessed while using Tor Browser or a similar tool. Twitter’s onion site will provide more layers of protection over accessing the ordinary website through Tor. Creating a Tor service will help fix functionality issues for Tor users, who are frequently incorrectly flagged as botnets. A link to Twitter's Tor service is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter is launching a Tor service for more secure and private tweeting" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Companies are running core systems and offering products implemented with Crystal. Read on to learn how to instrument Crystal applications with New Relic and Open Telemetry. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing OpenTelemetry Observability for Crystal" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "With PostHog's open source analytics platform, customer data never has to leave your infrastructure.Featuring product analytics, session recording, feature flags, heatmaps, experimentation and more - all available for free.The best part is everything is seamlessly integrated, so you can spend less time configuring different tools and more time getting valuable insight into user behavior. Get started." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "PostHog - open source product analytics you can self-host" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "InfluxDB has everything you need to build time series applications – a multi-tenanted time series database, UI and dashboarding tools, background processing, and monitoring agent. All this makes deployment and setup a breeze. Get started for free today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "InfluxDB is the essential time series toolkit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Waymo is a self-driving technology development company, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Self-driving technology is developed through obtaining a large amount of data, creating machine learning models from the data, and then a lot of testing. While there has been huge leaps in the last few years with the development of the technology, there is still a lot to be done, as the problems needed to be solved before a safe, reliable, self-driving car are vast and complex, requiring a lot of testing in multiple environments. Drago Anguelov presents the results of these tests and also discusses the problems that need to be solved before self-driving cars become a viable reality." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Drago Anguelov" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article takes the 'If a snake was responsive...' web dev meme and uses it to discuss four different CSS implementations. Each implementation produces very different results and would have different real-world applications. The article presents the code for each implementation with a short statement of how the technique can be used in real life. A code sandbox is provided at the end of the article for experimenting with the examples." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Responsive Snakes! And what they can teach you about CSS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sony's new project, 'One Day, 2050', envisions the future and how humans will be living in Tokyo in 2050. Global sea levels are rising at an alarming rate. Without land to live on, people may have to consider floating housing options. Sony has proposed floating pods that will allow people to live on the ocean. They have movement and power generating capabilities and can form hive-like structures that share resources when connected. A video showing how the pods would get around and combine together is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sony's 'Tokyo 2050' Envisions Humans Living on Floating Pods in the Sea" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Local Selling is a new set of services from Amazon that allows local and regional retailers to offer both in-store pickup and fast delivery to nearby customers. Items that are eligible for store pick-up will have a special tab on the item page. Customers will have five days to collect their orders. Delivery will be facilitated by the business itself. Amazon Local Selling is now available for many retailers, with more to be added later this year and during 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon rolls out in-store pickup for products ordered from local retailers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Progeria is a rare, fatal genetic disease that causes symptoms much like early aging. It affects an estimated 400 people in the world. Scientists have used a technique similar to CRISPR to correct the condition in mice. Treated mice lived twice as long as untreated animals, giving the scientists hope for its use in humans. The scientists aim to treat a human child with the technique within the next 3 years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Incredible’ gene-editing result in mice inspires plans to treat premature-aging syndrome in children" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) is a machine that can extract breathable oxygen from carbon dioxide on Mars. It heats Martian air to about 1,470 degrees Fahrenheit and then extracts oxygen from it using a process called solid oxide electrolysis. MOXIE successfully produced about five grams of oxygen on April 20, enough to keep an astronaut alive for 10 minutes. Its peak production rate is 10 grams of oxygen an hour. Oxygen will be needed to fuel a return trip to Mars." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA Has Created Oxygen on Mars In a Major Milestone for Space Exploration" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MIT researchers have created a fiber that has digital capabilities. Digital fibers have the potential to uncover patterns in the body for use in physical performance monitoring, medical inference, and early disease detection. The fibers are created by placing silicon microscale digital chips into a preform and then using the preform to create polymer fiber, being careful to control polymer flow to ensure continuous electrical connection between chips. They can be sewn into fabrics, washed at least 10 times without breaking down, and store files for two months without power. The fibers have an AI component that can collect and analyze data from the body." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Engineers create a programmable fiber" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Security is one of those subjects that I never really get around to really understanding (your email is safe with me I swear!), but I generally find it pretty interesting to read about casually. Security Newsletter is an expertly curated weekly collection of links from Dieter Van der Stock, a devops/security engineer at Articulate." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Security Newsletter" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Amazon Go Grocery in Redmond features a hot food section with burritos, chicken wings, soup, and other options. Amazon automatically tracks purchases in the store, so customers can just grab items off the shelf and walk out. While the technology used to create the shopping experience is impressive, the food is apparently not as great. Amazon has offsite kitchens where it prepares food, but the food is heated up in-stores daily. It also sells cold food and other pre-packaged meal options. A review of some of the food options, photos included, is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Testing Amazon Kitchen: Here’s our hot take on the tech giant’s first hot food bar at Amazon Go Grocery" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google is starting public tests of its new smart glasses. The glasses will be able to recognize objects in the environment through AI, but they will not be able to take photos or videos. They can currently be used for translation, transcription, visual search, and navigation. Testers will be restricted on where they can use the glasses. Bystanders can ask testers to delete image data. Google has not announced plans for the glasses to be a commercially available product yet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Begins Publicly Testing Its AR Glasses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As natural language processing grows in quality and usability, clarifying and developing best practices for building NLP systems will help in significantly reducing time to market by simplifying the experience and providing guidelines. This repository contains examples and best practices for building NLP systems through Jupyter notebooks and utility functions. It focuses on state-of-the-art methods and common scenarios." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NLP Best Practices" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Instacart workers will be holding a protest against the company next week in order to push for the reinstatement of a 10 percent default tip on all orders. They plan to start a social media campaign to encourage customers to #DeleteInstacart until the company restores the 10 percent tip. Workers claim that Instacart has lowered pay steadily over the last few years, reducing the default tips from 10 percent to 5 percent in 2016. It introduced an earnings structure in 2018 that resulted in less pay for most of its laborers. Workers' tips were being factored into their minimum payments, but Instacart reversed the policy after widespread criticism. Instacart later eliminated its bonus program. An IPO may be on the horizon for Instacart, which had a valuation of around $8 billion last year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Instacart workers are organizing national boycott to reinstate a default 10 percent tip" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Great Resignation began last spring and there are no signs of it slowing down. This article discusses the results of a survey conducted on 581 tech founders and executives based in the US about the challenges they face when hiring talent. The recruitment process is broken and many employers are having trouble finding and keeping good employees. Many tech companies now have integrated teams of freelancers and full-time employees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What Tech Leaders Really Think About Remote Work, the Downturn, and the Great Resignation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple’s new Human Interface Guidelines suggest that developers place the new ‘Sign in with Apple’ button in iPhone and iPad apps above other sign-in options. Users generally select the default or first option available in apps, and the ‘Sign in with Apple’ option will soon be compulsory if users are required to provide login details. While developers are not required to follow Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, many believe that following the guidelines is the surest way to gain approval." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Molnupiravir is an oral antiviral drug that appears to cut the risk of hospitalization from Covid-19 by roughly 50 percent. Global studies showed that the drug was effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants. The drug appears to be safe, with low numbers of reported drug-related adverse events. Molnupiravir has been in development for years for use against influenza. It works by inhibiting an enzyme critical for making copies of RNA viruses. The drug has yet to gain FDA authorization." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meet molnupiravir, Merck’s Thor-inspired pill that hammers COVID" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google announced that it will begin building its third fully privately funded subsea cable that will connect Europe with Africa. The cable will begin at Lisbon in Portugal and run down the west coast of Africa to connect to South Africa. Nine branching units will be built into the cable to connect the rest of Africa at a later date. The first stage of development should finish in 2021. Google and many other large tech companies, such as Facebook and Microsoft, have invested heavily in internet infrastructure projects in order to create more users and steadier connections to increase their bottom line." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google announces Equiano, a privately funded subsea cable that connects Europe with Africa" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Human trials for an experimental cancer-killing virus have begun. Vaxinia is a genetically modified virus designed to selectively infect and kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones. It works by entering cells and duplicating itself until the cell bursts, which results in the immune system being stimulated to attack nearby cancer cells. Vaxinia was effective in preclinical trials and could be a game-changer if it is proven to work in humans. The trial is expected to take two years, so it will be some time before the results are released." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First Patient Injected With Experimental Cancer-Killing Virus in New Clinical Trial" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Epic Games has announced a new browser-based tool that can craft highly realistic human faces. MetaHuman Creator can be used with modern motion capture and animation techniques. It can create photorealistic humans in minutes, equipped with unique hairstyles and clothing. Epic has not announced a specific release date, but it will be released this year. Two one-minute videos released by Epic to showcase the technology are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Epic’s new MetaHuman tool lets you craft realistic faces inside a browser" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (Star) is the first robotic system to plan, adapt, and execute a surgical plan in soft tissue with minimal human intervention. It recently performed laparoscopic surgery to connect two ends of an intestine in four pigs. Connecting two ends of an intestine is a challenging procedure that requires high accuracy and consistency. Star was able to perform the procedure with significantly better results compared to humans performing the same procedure. The robot could one day be used to provide predictable and consistent patient outcomes in surgery." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Robot successfully performs keyhole surgery on pigs without human help" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Slack shares closed almost 38% higher on Wednesday after it was reported that Salesforce was in talks to acquire the company. A deal could be announced as soon as next week. Salesforce has taken advantage of its growth and acquired multiple companies in recent years. The deal is set to be one of the biggest software deals in history. Microsoft had considered buying Slack for up to $8 billion in 2016, but no deal was finalized. Slack had more than 12 million daily active users in October last year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Salesforce is in talks to buy Slack, deal could be announced next week" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Art installations are a genre of contemporary art that lets users interact with art in a way that would not be possible with classic paintings and sculptures. When combined with engineering, these artworks evolve into both a visual and physical experience. This article contains nine examples, with photos and videos, of art installations that masterfully combine art and engineering." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Contemporary Installations Where Art Meets Engineering" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two common strains of the seasonal flu have vanished from circulation, likely due to public health measures meant to slow down the Covid-19 pandemic. Scientists monitor the evolution of flu viruses to predict which strains will circulate in the coming year in order to produce vaccines. There have been significantly fewer cases of the flu all over the world since early 2020. Fewer strains of the flu in circulation will mean that predicting which strains to create vaccines for will be a simpler task." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Pandemic Might Have Killed Off Some Flu Strains for Good" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China is escalating its crackdown on Twitter. Many political activists use VPNs to access Twitter (China only has about 3 million Twitter users because the service is banned). One activist was chained to a chair for 8 hours, while another spent 15 days in a detention center. They both promised to stop using Twitter. One activist says \"In this era, we certainly know fear, but I can't control myself. We've been living a very suppressed life. We're like lambs. They’re taking us one after another. We have no ability to fight back.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter Users in China Face Detention and Threats in New Beijing Crackdown" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New research shows that certain defects in silicon qubits, known as T centers, can act as light-based links between qubits. T centers could make scalable, distributed quantum computers possible by combining high-performance spin qubits and optical photon generation. They can handle processing and communications together, which makes systems more efficient and easier to build. T centers emit light at the same wavelength used by fiber communications and telecom networks, making rolling out quantum internet technology potentially more straightforward." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists Find The 'Missing Link' That Could Provide Quantum Internet Technology" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stack Overflow was created to help developers easily search for answers. It has an upvote/downvote system put in place to let users decide what questions are appropriate for the platform. Some questions, even if well-written, on-topic, and helpful for other developers, are being downvoted for unknown reasons by other users, sometimes resulting in a lot of negative feedback. Many people downvote already downvoted questions just because these questions had negative feedback and they felt like they had to contribute. This can discourage users from contributing, especially if they are new. If the negative culture continues, it may be that the site will eventually just become new users who don't have experience asking questions and older users complaining about the lack of quality on the site." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tired of Stack Overflow" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Air Force and Northrop Grumman have announced that they are one step closer to collecting solar power in space and beaming it to Earth using radio frequency (RF). Their technology involves a 'sandwich tile' that converts solar energy to RF. The power can then be beamed to a receiving station on the ground and collected using a rectifying antenna that will convert it into usable power. A test of the technology is predicted to launch in 2025." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Air Force lab demonstrates key element for beaming solar power from space" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Six former eBay directors and employees allegedly sent a box of cockroaches and a package of fly larvae, among other items, to intimidate a pair of journalists who they believe negatively covered the company. CEO Devin Wenig was apparently aware of the campaign and may have helped direct it. The targets were a couple in Massachusetts who ran an e-commerce review website. Threatening messages were sent to the couple using anonymous email accounts, cell phones, and internet connections. Packages containing disturbing items that were sent to the couple were paid for with prepaid debit cards. The company also engaged in other acts of harassment which are listed in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "eBay Executives Accused of Horrifying Harassment Campaign Against Journalists" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The South Korean city of Busan recently unveiled a prototype for a floating city. Floating cities could be a way to mitigate the effects of climate change. Busan is a critical port city that will have to adapt to rising sea waters. The floating city will have modular pieces, each designed for a specific use. Artist renderings of the project are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here's what the world's first floating city in Busan, South Korea, could look like" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft Start is Microsoft's new personalized news service. It is available as a website and mobile app and it has been integrated into some Microsoft products. The feed combines content from news publishers in a way that's tailored to users' individual interests. It is not designed to replace services like MSN. Users can react to stories with emojis while scrolling through the feed. The feed is supported by advertising." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft launches a personalized news service, Microsoft Start" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reddit has acquired Dubsmash, a short-form video social platform. Dubsmash will continue to exist as a separate platform and brand, but its software will be integrated into Reddit. Reddit has allowed video uploads since 2017, but its video-editing tools are limited. Dubsmash has declined to share its total number of users, but its share of the USA's short-form video market is second only to TikTok. Reddit specifically cited Dubsmash's user base as a reason for its acquisition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US birth-rate fell by 2 percent in 2018 to 3,788,235 births, the lowest number of births in over 32 years. It has been the fourth consecutive year of birth declines. Research suggests that the current political climate and future outlook for the planet are significant factors that affect people’s decisions to have children. High childcare and insurance costs are also cited as reasons for the low birth-rate. Many people do not have a stable income or job security, and while the cost of living has risen, income levels have not. There has been an increase in the average age for women giving birth, as people are opting to have children later in life when they gain more stability." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "U.S. Births Fell To A 32-Year Low In 2018; CDC Says Birthrate Is In Record Slump" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Salesforce will buy Tableau, a data analytics platform, for $15.7 billion in an all-stock deal. At the close of trading on Friday, Tableau was valued at $10.79 billion, according to Google Finance. Trading has stopped for the stock due to the announcement. The purchase of Tableau will allow Salesforce to extend its engagement and data intelligence for customers. Data analytics is becoming an area that all major tech companies are starting to focus on. Google has recently purchased Looker, another data analytics company. Tableau will continue to operate independently under its own brand and with its current leadership team." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Orange smoke was seen rising from SpaceX facilities at Cape Canaveral after an anomaly occurred during a test of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. No injuries were reported and SpaceX was able to contain the anomaly. While it is unknown which Crew Dragon was being tested, all Crew Dragon spaceship engines are currently undergoing rounds of tests to evaluate readiness and performance. Crew Dragon’s development timeline will likely be modified after an investigation into the incident." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Smoke seen for miles as SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomaly at Cape Canaveral" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Franky Zapata, a French inventor, has successfully crossed the Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard, taking off from Sangatte in northern France and landing in St. Margarets Bay in England. The journey took just over 20 minutes. Last month, Zapata failed an attempt as he missed a platform mounted on a boat to refuel the hoverboard. Uninjured from the incident, he has since worked 15 to 16 hours a day to rebuild the machine. Zapata has plans for a flying car and has signed contracts for the project. The French military has invested $1.4 million to pay for the testing of Zapata's hoverboard as it may have several military applications." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "French inventor makes 'beautiful' flight across Channel on hoverboard" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Monitoring is fragmented, but mission-critical. 82% of organizations use 4+ observability tools, and 72% expect observability budgets to increase or stay the same.Find these and other insights in the 2022 Observability Forecast by New Relic and ETR. Learn what’s driving observability practices, and see a snapshot of emerging technologies. Read the 2022 observability report for free (no registration required)" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The present and future of observability, according to industry professionals" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung announced four new devices at its August 11 Unpacked event. The Galaxy Fold 3 will feature an under-display camera that attempts to blend with the screen, compatibility with the S Pen stylus, a more capable Cover Display, and IPX8-rated waterproofing. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 has a Cover Display four times larger than its predecessor. Wear OS powered by Samsung has the same features as the company's previous OS, with the added advantage of better third-party app support. The Galaxy Watch 4 has a new BioActive sensor, a new processor, and 50 percent more RAM. The Galaxy Buds 2 features active noise cancellation, with three ambient sound levels. They have a machine learning feature that filters out noises when talking. More details, pictures, and videos are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here's everything Samsung announced at its August Unpacked event" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have unveiled the Roboat II, its second generation of autonomous 'roboats' that can assemble themselves into a series of floating structures. The Roboat II can carry up to two passengers. It features four propellers to move in any direction, LiDAR, GPS, and inertial sensors for navigation. While the boat is only two meters long, it is modular, so multiple boats will be able to self-assemble into a larger vessel. The team at MIT is now working on a version that can carry four to six passengers and deal with more serious challenges, such as disturbances from currents and waves." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MIT tests autonomous 'Roboat' that can carry two passengers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at MIT have found a way to improve the efficiency of heating systems and significantly reduce their energy use by using a specially tailored surface treatment. It uses three different kinds of surface modifications that had been previously studied, but not previously combined. While the researchers were able to prove that the combination of surface treatments can work, they conducted their experiments under small-scale conditions that can't be easily scaled up to practical devices. An explanation of how the technology works is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MIT engineers design surfaces that make water boil more efficiently" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Israeli startup Renewal Bio is pursuing recent advances in stem-cell technology and artificial wombs to harvest tissues for use in transplants. A team of scientists recently grew mice embryos from stem cells that developed beating hearts, flowing blood, and cranial folds. The technology could be used to make cells for transplantation. Renewal has licensed the technology and it will help fund future research." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This startup wants to copy you into an embryo for organ harvesting" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix plans to roll out an ad-supported tier in the final three months of this year. It will also roll out its plan to charge an extra fee for those who want to share accounts around the same time. Netflix's decision to introduce the ad-supported tier was made due to Hulu and Disney's success with the model. The company's stock plummeted 37% after it announced its advertising plan and it has still not recovered." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix speeds up plan for ad-supported tier, says it may debut this year" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a guide on best practices for building Node.js Command Line Interface applications. The guide covers the command line experience, interoperability, accessibility, testing, and errors. Each section includes the best practice, the reason for why the best practice should be implemented, and a more detailed discussion of the topic." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Node.js CLI Apps Best Practices" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As your authorization needs evolve, move from role-based to attribute-based access control with little effort. Learn more at Permit.io/abac" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "RBAC ⇒ ABAC: Seamlessly scale your permissions with low code, via Permit.io" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While clean hydrogen performs pretty uncompetitively in cars and domestic heating, it can make other things cheaper than ever before. Clean hydrogen could help decarbonize shipping, replace dirty hydrogen in the production of chemicals, and most promisingly, be used for long-term energy storage. Hydrogen appears to be on a learning curve, similar to solar, wind, battery, and electrolyzer technology. Technologies with learning curves tend to win out in the long term due to falling prices and rising capacity." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I come bringing good news about hydrogen" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sidekick Browser is taking aim at the productivity market by adding a productivity-focused layer on top of Chromium to create a 'work OS'. It features in-browser apps, restorable browsing sessions, a cross-app search function, AI-based tab suspension, and more. Sidekick comes with its own privacy tech, and the company promises to never sell user data. Chrome extensions are supported." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sidekick Browser wants to be a productivity-honed ‘work OS’ on Chromium" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has announced the new range of iPhones. All the new iPhones have 5G capability. The new iPhone 12 has a new case design and it features Apple's A14 chip, two camera lenses, and magnets on its back. The iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max feature a LiDAR sensor that will give the phone better AR capabilities and better quality low-light images. They will also feature an additional camera telephoto lens aimed at serious photographers. The iPhone 12 Pro will have a 6.1-inch screen and start at $999, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max will have a 6.7-inch display and will cost $1,099 for the basic model. An iPhone 12 Mini was announced. It will have a 5.4-inch screen and will be priced starting at $699. The new iPhones won't include a charger or headphones in the box. A new MagSafe charger was announced that can charge the iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time. More announcements are in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here’s everything Apple just announced at its iPhone 12 event" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Easily build on-demand video and live streaming with Mux's API and dev-friendly docs. Plus, with built-in analytics, you can track engagement metrics and QoE." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Video infrastructure that Just Works™" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA launched its Double Asteroid Redirection Test on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this morning. The mission aims to hit the smaller of a pair of two asteroids at a speed of about 15,000 miles per hour with the 610-kilogram spacecraft to see how the impact changes the asteroid's trajectory. It will take 10 months to reach the asteroid, which is not a current threat to the planet. A small cube satellite will be deployed before impact to take photos of the event." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX is launching a NASA spacecraft that will crash into an asteroid" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The antitrust probe into Google is now moving beyond the company's advertising business and will start to investigate its search and Android businesses. The civil investigative demands into Google might not be served immediately. Each state is investigating different parts of Google's business. At the moment, the investigation is solely focused on online advertising. States can be more aggressive in antitrust investigations compared to federal regulators due to less lobbying and political pressures. The states have committed to sharing resources for the Google investigation. Most of Google's offerings are free to the user, making it difficult to prove antitrust violations. Google has been fined before for breaking antitrust rules, but these fines have not stopped the company from expanding into other businesses. It has recently started to enter into health care." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "States’ massive Google antitrust probe will expand into search and Android businesses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Antarctica has experienced its first heatwave in recorded history. The heatwave occurred between January 23 to 26, with minimum temperatures higher than zero degrees Celsius and highs above 7.5 degrees Celsius. The highest temperature recorded was 9.2 degrees Celsius, 6.9 degrees above the station’s mean maximum. Scientists expect to see a multitude of reports in the next few years on the impact of climate change, even in the most remote areas of the planet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Antarctica experiences first known heat wave" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Virgin Orbit ignited its LauncherOne rocket over the Pacific Ocean on Monday. Shortly after ignition, an anomaly occurred and the rocket was lost. The crew that ran the test made it safely back to base. Virgin Orbit states that the test ran as expected and that it now has plenty of data to analyze. The company eventually plans to be able to launch payloads of up to 300kg to low-Earth orbit at a base price of $12 million. The LauncherOne rocket has been in development for seven years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Virgin Orbit loses its first rocket shortly after engine ignition" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple users who have updated to iOS 12.4 will now be able to sign up for the Apple Card. Users can apply for the card directly from their iPhones, and the card will be automatically added to their Apple Wallet. A physical titanium card is available upon request. Apple's Daily Cash cashback rewards will give users 3 percent cashback on Apple purchases, 2 percent cashback on any purchases made using Apple Pay, and 1 percent cashback on purchases made with the titanium card. The 3 percent cashback will be available for some popular merchants when users pay with Apple Pay, starting with Uber and Uber Eats. Apple will never see customers' transaction histories. However, Goldman Sachs, the issuing bank, will see transactions to manage fraud and other purposes. Goldman Sachs has promised it will not use the data for marketing and advertising, and the information will not be shared with third parties." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Card now available to all iPhone users in the United States, 3% cashback for Uber and Uber Eats" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Drop servicing is where someone resells specialized services, for example, video editing, writing, or custom art. It recently became popular on TikTok as a profitable business model with low effort required. Many drop service providers use platforms like Fiverr to find freelance workers as it is very competitive with price. This article gives an insider's look at what it is like to run a drop servicing business. While drop servicing is sold as a get-rich-quick life hack, being the middle manager isn't easy, and it can be frustrating for the freelancers involved." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reselling gig work is TikTok’s newest side hustle" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New details about Google’s new Pixel 4 have been leaked on Jon Prosser’s YouTube channel. Prosser has previously leaked accurate details on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, as well as confirming the existence of the Pixel 3a before it was announced. The Pixel 4 will apparently use capacitive touch areas on the sides of the aluminum handset, suggesting that an extended version of Google's existing Active Edge technology will be used. It will also feature a punch-hole front camera, either an optical or ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, and a new dual-lens camera setup." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Pixel 4 Leaks Suggest Punch-Hole Selfie Camera and Total Lack of Physical Buttons" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple hit a market cap of $3 trillion during intraday trading on Monday. It was the first publicly traded US company to hit a $1 trillion market cap in 2018. Apple showed annual growth across all of its product categories in its fourth-quarter earnings. Investors remain bullish, with many predicting more growth in the near future. Apple's peers aren't far behind, with Microsoft worth about $2.5 trillion, Google about $2 trillion, and Amazon around $1.75 trillion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple becomes first U.S. company to reach $3 trillion market cap" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Agility Robotics has made its two-legged robot, Digit, available for sale, and its first customer is Ford. Ford has been testing the robot for vehicle-to-door delivery since May 2019. Digit is able to carry items weighing up to 40 pounds and can navigate semi-autonomously. It requires some guidance to avoid obstacles. The specific price for each unit has not been released to the public, but it is in the low-mid six figures. Agility expects to be making a maximum of 30 bots in 2020." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A two-legged delivery robot has gone on sale—and Ford is the first customer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Hacker News thread contains anecdotes and tips on how to recover from burnout." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: I'm in a rut. How did you get out of yours?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The LightSail-2 satellite was launched on June 25 with SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Falcon Heavy also transported 24 satellites for the US Defense Department and other customers, several new pieces of equipment for NASA, and the cremated remains of 152 people on behalf of a memorial spaceflight company. The LightSail-2 will reach an altitude of 450 miles above Earth, where it will orbit for a year while it collects momentum using the pushing force of photons from the Sun. Falcon Heavy did not return completely intact due to its central booster missing its target and exploding in the water." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX’s latest Falcon launch has put a solar sail into orbit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Vitrification is when organic matter fuses into glass. It occurs at extremely high temperatures, which many of the victims from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius would have experienced. Scientists found evidence of vitrified brain matter inside the skull of a victim buried in volcanic ash. It was estimated temperatures around the victim could have been as high as 520 degrees Celsius, but it may require more than just heat for vitrification to occur. Scientists are still trying to find out why the tissues didn't just vaporize when heated to extreme temperatures." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Archaeologists find evidence of neurons in glassy brain of Vesuvius victim" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "RISC-V is a free and open-source computer instruction set architecture introduced in 2010. For many years, it was assumed that general-purpose computer architectures would never keep up with GPUs and other purpose-built architectures for machine learning and AI. Esperanto Technologies has created a RISC-V AI processor intended to compete against powerful GPUs in AI-recommendation systems. There will be 25 million RISC-V AI chips produced in 2027, worth $291 billion in revenue. Intel is creating a $1 billion fund to help drive further adoption of RISC-V." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "RISC-V AI Chips Will Be Everywhere" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Chrome Dev Tools is one of the most used tools among web developers, but many developers are unaware of some of its best features. This article explores five features in Chrome Dev Tools: CSS Overview, CSP Violations, New Font Editor Tools, Dual Screen Mode, and Full Accessibility Tree View. It explains what each feature does and how to enable them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Chrome Hidden Features Every Developer Should Know" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snyk is security that even developers love. It automatically scans your code, dependencies, containers, and cloud configs — finding and fixing vulnerabilities in real time from the tools and workflows you already use. Create your Snyk account for free!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snyk - Developer Loved, Security Trusted" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has started training an AI inside Minecraft in an attempt to create a generalist AI. Many different AIs exist for games, but they struggle when they are taken out of their normal trained environment. It is hoped that training the AI in an environment where players can create almost anything with a small set of tools can result in an AI assistant that is capable of helping people with their day-to-day tasks. Facebook has previously experimented with M, an AI-powered personal assistant within its Messenger app, but the project failed as not enough people were using it for it to be trained properly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook is training an AI assistant inside ‘Minecraft’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Okay, I love this article. It's about a number of programmers, mostly posting anonymously or pseudonomously in various online forums or chatrooms about having completely automated their jobs. Some people think it is completely okay to not tell your boss, and keep collecting the same paycheck, after all you are doing the same work you were paid for before. Others feel like this is dishonest. Some programmers report having been fired when it was discovered that they had essentially automated themselves out of a job. One guy knew that management would monitor his screen, so he ran a loop of prerecorded video to hide the fact that he wasn't actually working. Lots of fun stories here. There is also the larger question of who should enjoy the fruits of automation. Despite more and more processes being automated by computers, Americans are working longer hours, wages are stagnant, and all of the gains in productivity are being taken by companies. It is only in these tiny unnoticed cases in which the workers are enjoying the fruits of automation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Coders Programming Themselves Out of a Job" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Last weekend, the small Russian town of Verkhoyansk, located in the Arctic Circle, recorded a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Once verified by experts, it will be the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle. The average high temperature in January in the town is -44 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatures in the area have risen significantly above average in the last few months. Earth's poles warm faster than the rest of the planet due to atmospheric processes. High latitude countries will experience significantly more warming than low latitude countries. This dramatic warming of the Arctic up to triple-digit temperatures wasn't expected to happen until 2100." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Arctic Circle Hit 101°F Saturday, Its Hottest Temperature Ever" } ]