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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Harvard scientists are testing a radical plan to combat global warming: in 2019 they will spray particles into a small part of the sky to help reflect some of the sun's rays back into space. This sort of thing has been observed to work in nature, when Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1991 in the Philippines, it released enough sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere to bring down the planet's temperature by 0.5 degrees Celsius for 1.5 years. Skeptics say solar geoengineering could harm the ozone layer, disrupt wildlife ecosystems, and lead to military use of weather-altering tech." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Harvard scientists will soon send chemicals into the atmosphere to test whether a last-ditch planet-hacking plan could keep Earth habitable" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Australian government is attempting to draft legislation to force Facebook and Google to share advertising revenue they earn from news featured on their services. Leading news publishers have demanded that 10% of the revenue that these platforms make each year from news content should be given to local news organizations. Facebook has rejected calls to share its advertising revenue with the media. News sites represent a very small fraction of the content in an average user's news feed, so the impact of removing news sites from Facebook would be minimal. Google has rejected the demands, saying that it made barely $10 million a year from news-linked advertising." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook refuses to pay revenue to Australian media" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "London authorities discovered that Uber drivers who had faked their identity completed more than 14,000 trips between late 2018 and early 2019. Uber's license to operate in London will not be renewed, but the firm has 21 days to appeal the decision. The ride-hailing service will continue to operate in the meantime. Uber notified Transport for London about the issue in May and has since taken steps to resolve it, including implementing facial recognition technology. TfL states that the decision to cancel Uber's license was for the safety of passengers. It claims that Uber's business model is unregulatable as the company cannot guarantee that cars are properly insured or that drivers are who they say they are. The decision will affect Uber's 3.5 million riders and 45,000 licensed drivers who depend on the service in London." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber loses London licence after TfL finds drivers faked identity" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A growing number of people who call themselves 'transhumanists' believe that they can improve beyond their physical and mental limitations and upgrade their bodies by incorporating technology. Modifications can include implanting RFID chips to make interaction with technologies easier, magnets to sense electromagnetic fields, and LED implants for cosmetic reasons. Not all the modifications are practical. Microchips are usually delivered by a syringe to the back of the hand and can be programmed to do various tasks. RFID chips are used for many technologies, for example, key cards, bank cards, public transport tickets, and sharing other information. Buying parts online and performing the procedures at home can be risky. Most tattoo artists and body piercers are covered to do implants." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The transhumanists who are 'upgrading' their bodies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Google engineer has been placed on paid administrative leave for violating the company's confidentiality policy after he claimed that Google's LaMDA AI had become sentient. The engineer had presented his conclusions to Google's vice president and head of Responsible Innovation, but his claims were dismissed. A Google spokesperson says that there is no evidence that LaMDA is sentient and that there was a lot of evidence against the idea. Excerpts from chats that the engineer had with the AI are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Engineer On Leave After He Claims AI Program Has Gone Sentient" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DazzleSpy is a macOS malware that was installed using an exploit that only required targets to visit a booby-trapped webpage. The malware would have required significant resources to develop. It was found on sites appealing to pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. Apple has patched the vulnerabilities exploited in the attack. This article describes how the attack worked. It includes a table showing a list of commands accepted by the malware and their purpose." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "McDonald's announced a new plant-based burger and a new Crispy Chicken Sandwich during its virtual investor update on Monday. It also released its quarterly earnings, beating analysts' projections. However, shares dropped by more than 1.5% after the announcement. Other fast-food chains have already released plant-based burgers. McDonald's will be using Beyond Meat's non-meat patties for its McPlant platform. The company has also announced a new loyalty program called \"MyMcDonald's\" that will award customers based on spending." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "McDonald's confirms creation of McPlant plant-based burger, unveils new Crispy Chicken Sandwich will debut in 2021" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Pornhub has announced that PayPal will no longer support payments to Pornhub performers. Paypal's acceptable use policy forbids certain sexually oriented materials or services. Performers who are part of Pornhub's Model Program will have to update their payment information to use one of the many other payment options available. Other payment options are not guaranteed to be safe. For example, some banks refuse to serve sex workers. PayPal's sudden decision to drop Pornhub means that over a hundred thousand performers have to quickly update their details or risk receiving their payments late." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "PayPal abruptly cuts off Pornhub’s payroll, leaving performers with few payment options" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sanna Marin is Finland's new prime minister and the youngest female head of government worldwide at 34. The Finnish government is a coalition of five parties, all with female leaders. Marin is calling for shorter work hours, saying that the Finns should have to work for only four days a week, for six hours per day. A five day a week, eight hour per day schedule is currently normal in Finland. A city in Sweden reduced working time to six hours a day in old people's homes and at the municipal hospital in 2015, and it resulted in happier, healthier, and more productive employees. Six-hour workdays are normal in Sweden's tech industry, where the schedule has proven to increase productivity, efficiency, and as a result, profitability." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Finnish PM calls for a 4-day-week and 6-hour-day" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter is testing a new feature that allows people to post video reactions to tweets, similar to TikTok's video reply feature. The test is limited to iOS for now. Users with the feature will see an option to react with a Tweet Take in the retweet menu. Instagram also added its own version of TikTok's video replies last month." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter wants you to retweet with TikTok-like reaction videos" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new type of ink developed by MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is able to change the color or pattern of an object when exposed to UV light. PhotoChromeleon Ink is a mix of cyan, magenta, and yellow photochromatic dyes which can be applied to any object. UV light is used to activate or deactivate different colors, and the effects last in natural light. The whole process takes about 15 to 40 minutes for an object the size of a shoe or a model car. Ford has expressed interest in the ink, hoping that it may cut down the cost and time required to create automotive parts. It may be possible in the future to customize the look of a vehicle on a whim." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MIT’s color-changing ink could let you customize your shoes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "BLOOM is a Large Language Model (LLM) that is available for free to anyone. LLMs are prohibitively expensive to create and run. They are rarely open-sourced, especially when they provide competitive advantages. BLOOM's 176-billion-parameter model is larger than OpenAI's GPT-3 and MetaAI's OPT. It will give researchers a unique chance to explore the risks and benefits of LLMs. BLOOM can generate text in 46 languages and dialects and 13 programming languages." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "An open-source model that dwarfs GPT-3 aims to free AI from Big Tech" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Coinbase Cloud is a full suite of blockchain development services. It offers APIs and blockchain infrastructure to help developers create crypto apps or businesses. Coinbase Cloud can interact with the Coinbase exchange, help businesses accept crypto payments, run nodes, standardize integrations between blockchains, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coinbase Cloud" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This book contains the collective wisdom of many people who have interviewed, or been interviewed, for a machine learning position. It consists of two parts. The first part is an overview of the machine-learning interview process and the role itself, and the second part consists of over 200 knowledge questions that cover important concepts and common misconceptions in machine learning." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introduction to Machine Learning Interviews" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Delta Lake is an open-source storage layer that brings ACID transactions to Apache Spark and big data workloads. In addition to ACID transactions, it features scalable metadata handling, data versioning, an open format, unified batch and streaming source and sink, schema enforcement and evolution, and it is 100% compatible with the Apache Spark API. Planned features include an audit history and full DML support." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Delta Lake" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has begun to roll out machines that are able to pack customer orders. The machines scan products coming down from a conveyor belt and then packs each item into custom sized boxes. Installing these machines may mean more than 1,300 jobs would be cut across 55 Amazon fulfillment centers. At $1 million per machine, Amazon expects to recover the costs in under two years. The machines are able to work four to five times faster than human workers. While the goal is to eventually have a completely automated warehouse, Amazon plans to replace workers through attrition, opting to stop hiring new workers and letting current employees either train into different roles or leave the company on their own terms." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ReadyTal's vetted marketplace helps you find the best remote developers. Get the free email drop today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vetted Devs Weekly is a curated talent drop by ReadyTal" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Landing AI has developed an AI-powered tool capable of analyzing real-time video to check if social distancing protocols are being observed properly. Social distancing is the best tool we have to curb the spread of the virus until a vaccine becomes available. Landing AI's tool cannot identify individuals and is designed to only give an overview of how social distancing is being observed in a given place. While this technology might be good during a pandemic, there is a high potential for misuse. 💻" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This tool can track social distancing in real-time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Fahim Saleh was a tech entrepreneur who lived in New York. Described by one of his friends as 'the Elon Musk of the developing world', Saleh founded and co-founded several startups, including ride-hailing company Pathao, Nigeria-based motorcycle ridesharing company Gokada, venture capital firm Adventure Capital, and others. Saleh was murdered and dismembered in his apartment in what appeared to be a professional killing on Monday. Video footage showed his suspected murderer attacking him, leaving no blood in the apartment." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Who was Fahim Saleh, the tech CEO brutally dismembered in NYC?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google's Live Caption feature is now available to anyone using Chrome browser. The feature uses machine learning to create captions for audio or video. It first appeared on Pixel phones in 2019. Captions will appear with muted audio. The feature only works in English." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chrome can now instantly caption audio and video on the web" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Atoms can be thought of as waves, so it is possible to build atom lasers containing waves of matter. These atom lasers don’t usually last long. A team of physicists from Amsterdam have built an atom laser that can create a continuous beam for a theoretically indefinite period of time. It works by cooling atoms in several steps through space so that there is a continuous supply of ultracold atoms to replenish the atom laser. If the scientists are able to create a stable output beam of matter, the applications will be limitless." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists engineer an atom laser that can stay on forever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists in London have achieved a record download speed of 178 terabits per second by transmitting data in a greater range of colors than normally used in optical fibre. A 25-mile fibre optic loop was used for the speed test. Customized amplifiers were used to boost signal power. If deployed commercially, an amplifier will need to be installed for at least every 25 miles of cable." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "London scientists build 'ultra broadband nearly three million times faster' than UK home fibre optic internet connections" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There are many downsides to being a founder. You will have to commit to the company and your cofounders, sometimes developing relationships that can be more intense than marriage, with significant financial risks if the relationship fails. While venture capitals might invest money into your company, you are investing years of your life for the possibility of success. Venture capitals win by investing in many startups, hoping that one will be a success. This can result in the startup taking over the founder's sense of self and other issues. There are other pathways to getting whatever you might be looking for when becoming a founder that don't involve dedicating your life to a product." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I Don't Want to be a Founder and I Don't Think You Do Either" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nothing else matters when your dev team’s cycle time is too long: Customers don’t get their features. Sales can’t deliver on promises. The entire business is stuck.In this 3 minute (video + written) case study, Dama Financial CTO Zach Goldberg explains how they managed to improve cycle time by aligning the team to DORA metrics provided by LinearB. “We’re constantly coaching [engineers to make] small pull requests, small commits… to keep things moving” explains Zach. “As a tool for improving behaviors and habits on a day-to-day basis, LinearB is always brought up.”See the full case study to learn how to help engineers—and get the data—to make the decisions that reduce cycle time" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cutting down cycle time with dev workflow automation: a 3-minute case study" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This project is a resource for people who want to learn about compression algorithms. While the world focuses on its efforts in making internet speeds faster, the art of lossless compression is becoming lost. There are still some active projects, but compression isn't really mainstream. The benefits of compression are endless, including all the benefits of faster internet speeds but with less cost as it uses existing infrastructure." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Compression" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Companies like TikTok, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are taking up more of the ad revenue market." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The $300bn Google-Meta advertising duopoly is under attack" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The seahorse placenta is a fascinating example of convergent evolution. Male seahorses' brood pouches develop and function like human placentas. During pregnancy, the males provide embryos with everything they need. As the embryos grow, the brood pouch becomes thinner and sprouts more blood vessels, much like a mammalian placenta. This allows the baby seahorses to breathe inside the pouch. The pouch reverts to its prepregnancy form 24 hours after giving birth." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Male seahorses grow placentas to incubate their young" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new AI tool developed by computer scientists from the University of Buffalo can spot Deepfake images by looking at the light reflected in the eyes. It was 94% effective at detecting Deepfake images in tests on portrait-style photos. The corneas of the eyes reflect patterns when illuminated by light. Deepfake generators typically fail to capture this reflection accurately. The method only works on clear portrait images with a good source of lighting." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists developed a clever way to detect Deepfakes by analyzing light reflections in the eyes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new AR prototype by Shopify uses a LIDAR-equipped iPhone to see how a room might look with all its furniture removed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Watch this impressive AR demo ‘reset’ a room using latest Apple tech" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "McDonald’s posted better-than-expected Q2 results in the US, partly due to sales of bacon and Donut Sticks. They also used competitions between employees and other promotions to increase efficiency within the company and attract more customers. Going forward, McDonald’s will be deploying AI-powered menu boards at 700 restaurants. The menu boards will use AI to suggest and upsell products based on trending items, the time of day, and the weather. These menus will eventually be added to apps and kiosks. There is pressure from customers and advocacy groups for McDonald’s to introduce a plant-based meat option, similar to Burger King’s new Impossible Whopper, which will be available country-wide by the end of 2019." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "McDonald’s deploys 700 AI-powered menu boards" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter has launched Communities, a feature that allows its users to form niche groups around specific interests. Users can tweet directly to other members once they join a Community. Each Community will have its own moderators that can set rules and invite or remove people. Anyone can apply to create their own community. The feature is invite-only for now as Twitter works on ways for people to discover and join Communities they want to be part of. A GIF demoing the feature is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter takes on Facebook Groups with invite-only Communities" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "All but three of the 60 Starlink broadband satellites launched last month are in contact with SpaceX’s network of ground stations. The company is now ready to start the next round of testing, which includes streaming videos and playing online games via satellite. Most of the satellites have reached their intended 550-kilometer altitude, with the others soon to join them. Two satellites will be intentionally deorbited to simulate an end-of-life disposal scenario. As it is the first satellite system to operate in the Ku-band and communicate with US ground stations, SpaceX is able to be the first to select the frequencies used for this purpose. Other companies have launched Ku-band satellites. However, as their ground stations were not based in the US, they were not able to claim ‘first choice’ status with the FCC." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX reports milestone for Starlink satellite links — and sparks a debate" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Capella-2 is a satellite from Capella Space that can take images of anything on the planet at any time. It uses Synthetic Aperture Radar technology to detect the Earth's surface, even through dense clouds. About 75 percent of the Earth is covered by clouds or darkness at any given time. The system works by sending a 9.65GHz radio signal towards Earth and interpreting the reflected signal. Anyone can request images from Capella at any time, no questions asked. The company already has contracts with government agencies. It plans to send more satellites into space to increase the reach of its network." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Capella Space's new satellite can see into your house at any time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Twitter thread provides a framework for reaching out to senior people and structuring effective requests. People at senior levels are generally very busy managing a huge amount of inbound information flow. Most of the time, for low-risk decisions, it is best to just solve them yourself and bring the finished task to the table. Otherwise, it is best to make a recommendation and communicate it in one, compact, organized shot." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "On Being Efficient With Busy People" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An0m was a special device that was supposed to have the most secure messaging service in the world. The phones sold for $1,700 with a $1,250 annual subscription. Almost 10,000 devices were sold around the world. The devices were actually created by the Australian Federal Police and the FBI, who read all the messages that were sent on the devices, resulting in more than 800 arrests worldwide. This article tells the story of how the phones were made and the details of the operation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Every message was copied to the police’: the inside story of the most daring surveillance sting in history" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Texas Instruments' graphing calculators are known for their ability to run assembly and C-based programs, but the latest firmware update for the TI-84 Plus CE and TI-83 Premium CE models will disable the feature. Users who install OS 5.6 or OS 5.5 on their devices will lose access to any apps that depend on the feature and they will not be able to roll back the firmware. Texas Instruments states that the change was implemented to reduce cheating. This change reduces the amount of control programmers have over their calculator apps on the device." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Texas Instruments makes it harder to run programs on its calculators" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new respiratory illness has emerged from China. The coronavirus is estimated to have infected around 1,700 people, and two people have died so far. Airports around the world have started screening for passengers originating from Wuhan. While the outbreak is centered in Wuhan, there have been two cases reported in Thailand and one in Japan. 3,400 people a day travel internationally through Wuhan International Airport. Chinese authorities claim that the virus was spread through infected animals at a seafood and wildlife market in Wuhan and that there have been no cases of the virus spreading from one person to another. Understanding how the virus spreads is crucial to assessing its threat. It is unlikely that the virus is only spread through animal exposure. Analysis of the new virus shows that the coronavirus is more related to SARS than any other human coronavirus." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There’s a better way to SSH. Ditch bastions, keys, and certs with Tailscale SSH is no picnic. Managing SSH keys correctly means spending hours distributing, removing, and managing keys. Certificates help, but enterprise CA can be an even bigger headache. What can you do?Tailscale, a VPN service for secure networks, says it has a better way:Many organizations already use Tailscale to protect SSH sessions — for example, connecting a work laptop and desktop. Since Tailscale provides the VPN and lets you set access controls to restrict communications between devices, the next step is to get rid of SSH keys completely and use your Tailscale identity instead. See how it’s done on the Tailscale blog." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "There’s a better way to SSH. Ditch bastions, keys, and certs with Tailscale" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The disaster-prepping industry has boomed since the start of the pandemic. Many people found themselves woefully unprepared in March. As the government has stepped in to help its citizens throughout the decades, individuals have become more unprepared for the unexpected. However, as trust in the government has lessened in recent years, more people have taken matters into their own hands by prepping. This has resulted in an industry that provides prepping services ranging from kits to armored bunkers. The trend is likely to continue as prepping has now overcome its stigma and become mainstream." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Disaster ‘prepping’ was once an American pastime. Today, it’s mainstream again" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple may be rolling out some of its biggest original films in theaters before they become available on Apple TV Plus. The films will be distributed via boutique distributors and will be available on Apple TV Plus just a few weeks after the theater release. Apple's films are all possible Oscar contenders this year. Netflix has never given a movie a 12-week theater release and has never had a movie play in a major national theater chain. Apple's strategy of releasing movies in theaters first may help it attract talent." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple will reportedly release films in theaters weeks before they come to Apple TV Plus" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As SpaceX's all-civilian Inspiration4 mission isn't visiting the International Space Station, it doesn't need a docking mechanism, allowing SpaceX to install a fishbowl-like viewing window on the Crew Dragon. The cupola will allow the crew of four to see incredible views of Earth from orbit. SpaceX aims to launch Inspiration4 on September 15, with the journey set to last for three days. The mission has been dedicated to raising funds for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Pictures of the cupola are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New domed window to give SpaceX Dragon astronauts knockout view of Earth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a repo of simple tutorials with ready-to-use code examples for learning Tensorflow. It has everything from basic arithmetic operations all the way to neural networks, so if you're looking to play around with Tensorflow, this is a great place to start!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tensorflow Course" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hired is a job platform with a twist—answer a few questions, and then let employers headhunt you with salary details up front. With an 84% job acceptance rate and thousands of companies looking to hire, it’s well-worth the 45 seconds it takes to sign up.Create your free Hired profile to get offers!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Let companies apply to interview you with salary details upfront" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Project Debater is an AI that IBM spent six years developing that is able to draw from a bank of several hundred million articles to construct arguments. It also uses speech recognition to analyze its opponent's arguments. In its first public debate, it scored 1-1 against a human opponent. While it performed well, it had some un-human slip-ups, including sentences that didn't follow naturally from the previous statement and phrases that it included from the source text that were annotations." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "IBM's debating robot argues it out with human for first time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of scientists launched a box containing four types of bacteria and fungus into the stratosphere to expose them to several hours of Mars-like conditions. The experiment found that some species of fungi could be resistant to the Martian surface if accidentally delivered by spacecraft missions. This finding has implications for human Mars missions, as mission planners will have to figure out a way to prevent organisms in our microbiomes from spreading into the Martian environment." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Earth Microbes Can Survive on the Surface of Mars, Study Suggests" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Audius is a music streaming platform based on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. It was founded in 2018 and is now the largest decentralized consumer blockchain application, with over 100,000 musicians on the platform. Audius has partnered with TikTok to help streamline TikTok's current music upload and selection process. By making it easy to share tracks on TikTok, Audius is giving artists a chance to increase their exposure. 75 percent of TikTok users in the US have discovered new artists via TikTok videos." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok Picks Streaming Service Audius to Power New ‘Sounds’ Library" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has open-sourced its Lumberyard game engine and renamed it the Open 3D Engine. The Linux Foundation will oversee the project. Developers will be able to do anything they want with the code under its permissive Apache 2.0 license. The engine is capable of high-end rendering quality. Using a common game engine might mean better compatibility between games and platforms, bringing us closer to the possibility of an open metaverse. Screenshots of scenes rendered in the Open 3D Engine are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon shifts Lumberyard to open source 3D game engine supported by 20 companies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article details the process of searching for a job in tech. It follows the author through the application, screening, interview, and negotiation processes, breaking down each process and how to prepare for them. The article specifies the companies that the author applied to and interviewed for so readers have a better picture of what specific companies are like." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lessons From A Tech Job Search" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX's Ocean Spaceport Deimos is under construction and its first launch will take place next year. The site is intended for Starship and its Super Heavy rocket booster. SpaceX has finally landed a Starship, so its next step is to land one with the Super Heavy. There is no set date for SpaceX's Mars mission, but it aims to launch by 2030." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX Ocean Spaceport Deimos Under Construction for Starship Launch Next Year" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "QuickJS is a small, embeddable JavaScript engine. It consists of a few C files with no dependencies. It has almost complete ES2019 support including modules, asynchronous generators, and full Annex B support. It can also support big integers, big floating-point numbers, and operator overloading." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bellard's QuickJS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers were able to evolve single-celled yeast into complex multicellular organisms in just a short period of time by growing them in environments that favored clumpy growth. The yeast would evolve to stay together to survive the selection pressure exerted by the scientists. Further experiments revealed that removing the ability for the yeast to use oxygen resulted in massive clusters that could be viewed with the naked eye. The team continues to evolve the yeast to see whether they can develop sophisticated differences in their tissues." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Single Cells Evolve Large Multicellular Forms in Just Two Years" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Last Friday I posted this story on \"productivity multipliers\" with a broken link, here is the correct link." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What bits of fundamental knowledge are productivity multipliers?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google and Harvard University have released a browsable 1.4-petabyte reconstruction of roughly one cubic millimeter of brain tissue. The 3D reconstruction was created from 225 million 2D images of tissues collected from donors who had undergone surgery to treat epilepsy. It represents only one-millionth the volume of an entire brain. A link to the reconstruction is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google helps map one cubic millimeter of human brain tissue that comes in at 1.4 petabytes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google search has a new feature that will help users check their pronunciation of unfamiliar words. After a user searches for a pronunciation guide, they will be able to speak the word and Google's AI will analyze how the word was pronounced. It will then provide feedback on how each syllable matches Google's expected pronunciation. The feature currently only works for American English, but Spanish pronunciations will be released soon. Google will also start to include images with its translations so that users will be less confused with definitions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google search will now give you feedback on your pronunciation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On Tuesday at 2:19 PM PT, the International Space Station had to perform a last-minute avoidance maneuver to dodge an unknown piece of space debris. The Russian Progress resupply spacecraft docked to the ISS was used to help move the station out of harm's way. NASA estimates that avoidance maneuvers are performed about once a year on average. More space debris has been detected recently, with three avoidance maneuvers performed in 2020. NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine has called for the government to fund efforts to remove orbital junk." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ISS successfully dodges 'unknown piece of space debris'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung unveiled three new robots at its virtual CES press conference on Monday. This year, the company emphasized the importance of AI to all of Samsung's products. Many of Samsung's AI applications run in the background, with the goal of being more personal and predictive. The JetBot 90 AI Plus is a robot vacuum that uses object recognition technology to identify the best cleaning path. It can empty itself, and it doubles as a home monitoring device. Bot Care is a robot assistant and companion that can learn about you and send you reminders throughout the day. The Samsung Bot Handy was designed to be an extra hand around the house. It can pick up and move objects and do things like sort dishes after a meal." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Samsung's CES 2021 robots will clean your house and pour you a glass of wine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jetoptera's J-2000 VTOL aircraft uses a fluidic propulsion system that is similar to the technology that powers bladeless fans. The system uses fluid dynamics to use a small flow of compressed air to suck in much larger flows of ambient air at ludicrous speeds. It can suck up 15 times the volume of air pulled through by the compressor. The design is lighter and uses significantly less fuel compared to small turbojets. Images of the design are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Jetoptera Just Reinvented Flight With 'Bladeless Fans on Steroids'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) in southern China is preparing to open to astronomers around the world, pending approval from the Chinese government in a review meeting scheduled for next month. FAST is able to detect extremely faint radio-wave signals from an array of sources across the Universe. It can only examine a tiny fraction of the sky at one time compared to other telescopes, so while it is unlikely to discover new sources of fast radio bursts, it is useful for getting more details about known sources. FAST will also be useful for finding ripples in space-time. It is possible that FAST may discover radio waves generated by other intelligent life forms. The team at FAST are currently working out how to store and process the enormous amount of data that the telescope will collect." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Gigantic Chinese telescope opens to astronomers worldwide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple's augmented reality headset project is set to launch its first device next year. The device will be able to operate independently and will have a comprehensive range of applications. It will have two processors, a higher-end main processor similar to the M1 chip and a lower-end processor for managing sensor-related aspects of the device. The device will support virtual reality and Wi-Fi 6E technology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple AR Headset Coming in Late 2022 With Mac-Level Computing Power" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Boost productivity with a tool that integrates seamlessly with your current tech stack and is optimized for scalability, resiliency, high-performance throughput, and low latency. Camunda Platform: The Universal Process Orchestrator. Try free now." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Need to design, automate, and monitor critical business processes?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A quantum radar is like a regular radar except it sends out two split streams of entangled photons instead of a single beam of electromagnetic energy. Due to quantum entanglement, a quantum radar only needs to send one of the entangled beams out, and checking the beam that stays at home will let you know what happened to the beam that was sent out. A Chinese state-owned defense company claims that it has created sucha device. If true, this means they will be able to detect even \"stealth\" aircraft that are invisible to regular radars." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China says it has developed a quantum radar that can see stealth aircraft" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA is considering selling seats on the shuttles used to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station as an additional revenue source. Russia already does something like this, selling seats on its spacecraft to wealthy individuals for millions of dollars. The agency is also considering boosting its brand in other ways by allowing its logo to be used commercially and its astronauts to appear in commercials. The White House is considering ending direct funding of the International Space Station by 2025, so selling seats could be one way of turning the station into a self-funding commercial entity. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says \"NASA has the best brand in the world, and it is important for us to make sure that we're using it in a way that helps people perceive the United States of America in a different way all around the world.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA considers selling seats on the spacecraft used for International Space Station" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix wants to move to more week-to-week releases to keep audiences engaged for longer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix Reportedly Wants To Move Away From Binge Model Releases" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The China National Space Agency has released footage of its Zhurong rover on the surface of Mars. There are three videos available. The videos were taken with a wireless camera that was on the ground away from the robot. One of the videos has sound and the robot's locomotion system can be heard, although it is muffled due to the nature of Mars' atmosphere. Scientists are hoping that the robot survives for at least 90 Martian days. It has so far driven 236m since it was deployed on May 21." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China releases videos of its Zhurong Mars rover" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article offers recommended software engineering practices for development teams. It covers topics such as documentation, creating test data, templates, development environments, and more. The article started as a reply to a Twitter conversation (linked in article) about software engineering practices." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Software engineering practices" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MuZero is one of the successors of AlphaGo, the first artificial intelligence program to defeat humans in the game of Go. It was created to be a general-purpose algorithm and it has mastered several games without needing to be told the rules. DeepMind scientists collaborated with YouTube to explore MuZero's potential to improve video compression. The study found that MuZero was able to demonstrate an average of 4% bitrate reduction without quality degradation across a large and diverse set of videos." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MuZero’s first step from research into the real world" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article breaks down the setup used to run a one-person Software as a Service business. It covers the tech stack, how traffic is directed to the cluster, deployment, scaling, managing subscriptions and payments, and much more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Architecture Behind A One-Person Tech Startup" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ByteDance has agreed to divest its TikTok operations in the US, allowing Microsoft to protect US-based users' data while another US-based company operates the service. President Trump has threatened to sign an executive order banning the Chinese-owned app from operating in the US. TikTok has 100 million users in the US and has employed thousands of staff in the US. It stores US data in the US, with strict controls on employee access. The deal may not go through as Trump has stated that he will not allow it to happen and is still intent on a ban." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ByteDance and Microsoft deal for TikTok to stay in the U.S. waits for White House ruling" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The most recommended skill to learn is cooking. It is a versatile skill that can help enrich many other parts of a person's life. Knowing how to cook can help you save money, increase overall health, and help with socializing and dating. It is also an enjoyable pastime for many. Building something that you need can be a practical way to learn a new set of skills. Other hobbies, such as photography, have well-documented guides on sites like Reddit and communities that can help you learn skills." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ai-Da is a humanoid robot that can paint traditionally. It was created in 2019 by a team of programmers, roboticists, art experts, and psychologists. The robot can paint, sketch, and create poems. Ai-Da will premier a solo exhibition at the 2022 Venice Biennale on April 22. Pictures of Ai-Da and examples of art created by the robot are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Mind-blowing’: Ai-Da becomes first robot to paint like an artist" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "JPMorgan Chase has taken on US-based cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Gemini as customers. The bank is not processing cryptocurrency transactions but is providing cash-management services. It will process all wire transfers, dollar deposits, and withdrawals. JPMorgan's CEO has been a vocal Bitcoin critic in the past but the bank has been positive about blockchain's potential, even creating its own digital currency in early 2019." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "JPMorgan Provides Banking Services to Crypto Exchanges Coinbase and Gemini" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Learn how to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with this free eBook. Download now." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Free eBook: Container Monitoring and Orchestration in 2022" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This post shares enhanced workflows that developers should consider implementing into their Open Source Software projects." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How I Maintain OSS Projects" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mapmakers at the Allen Institute have completed a high-resolution 3-D atlas of the mouse brain. The framework can tell neuroscience researchers which areas in the brain they are exploring as well as the millions of different pieces of associated information that are related to that area. Modern research requires a high level of accuracy when describing areas in the brain. Mice are widely used in biomedical research. Their brains are made up of around 100 million cells contained across hundreds of different regions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A new high-resolution, 3-D map of the whole mouse brain" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook had a spyware VPN app called Onavo that got banned from the iOS App Store. Then, Facebook tried to use their special enterprise certificate (meant for internally testing apps) to distribute the app to teenagers. After this was discovered yesterday, Apple revoked Facebook's cert, essentially preventing them from testing any of their iOS apps." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple blocks Facebook from running its internal iOS apps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "According to the CEO of Domino’s Pizza, the number one complaint that they receive from customers is that the pizza doesn’t look the same as in the advertisements. In order to combat this, Domino’s has introduced the DOM Pizza Checker, a ceiling mounted device that will scan pizzas and determine whether they are customer ready. The device will detect the type of pizza and analyze the distribution of toppings and cheese. If the pizza does not pass the test, the pizza will be remade. At the moment the DOM Pizza Checker is only available in Australia and New Zealand." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Domino’s Now Using AI and Cameras to Make 'Perfect' Pizzas" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "WeChat is a Chinese app that features mini apps from domestic Chinese businesses and major brands such as Airbnb, Aldi, and Air New Zealand. These apps allow customers to connect with brands directly, allowing them to completely avoid websites. This article discusses WeChat and how international Chinese communities use the app to provide Chinese-style convenience worldwide." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The speakeasy economy of WeChat" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Untether AI raised $13 million from investors, including Intel, as it works on developing a chip that can perform neural network processing at warp speed. The current design can transfer data to different parts of the chip 1,000 times faster than a conventional AI chip. Performance speed in most chips is usually slowed down by the movement of data between the chip and memory. Untether AI's chip uses near-memory computing to overcome this problem. Unlike the types of chips that are used in data centers to train large neural networks, Untether AI's chip will be an ‘interference chip’, similar to those found in mobile phones." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Intel buys into an AI chip that can transfer data 1,000 times faster" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Around 2015, there was a vibe shift in web design due to illustrations becoming more rare and expensive relative to photos. Sites like Unsplash that offered free photography ruined photography's function as a costly status symbol. The use of photography exploded in low-end websites but almost went extinct at the high end, which turned to using illustrations. The creation of AI-generated images makes art accessible to everyone in the same way that Unsplash did for photography. This could result in a similar vibe shift in web design." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DALL·E 2 and The Origin of Vibe Shifts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix is testing out a sub account feature that will allow subscribers to share their service with people outside of their household. Each sub account will have their own login and password and cost less than a full-priced Netflix service. The feature is being trialed in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. There have been no announcements about if or when the feature will be rolled out to global subscribers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix tests a new feature that will raise prices for account sharing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Next is a React web framework that is perfectly suited for larger production apps. It features server-side rendering, easy page routing, API routes, static site generation, easy deployment, and out-of-the-box TypeScript and Sass, no special packages required. This article is a guide on how to use Next to set up a simple app." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A 2021 Crash Course in Next.js" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is in the early stages of working on satellite technology to beam data to users' devices. It is unknown whether Apple plans to launch its own satellites. Custom satellite technology could improve Apple devices' location tracking, mobile service, and internet coverage. There are currently around 12 engineers who are working on the project. New technology has brought down the costs of using satellites. SpaceX and Amazon are both working on projects to provide internet via satellite. Apple has spent $16 billion on R&D in 2019." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple is reportedly developing satellite technology to support its devices" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MoonRay is DreamWorks' state-of-the-art Monte Carlo Ray Tracer renderer built on a highly scalable architecture with no prior legacy code." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DreamWorks Animation to Release MoonRay as Open Source" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Oceanix has signed an agreement to build a floating city in the seas near Busan, South Korea. The city will be made up of hexagonal modules stable enough to resist a category 5 hurricane. Oceanix plans to create a 75ha city with an initial population of 10,000, split into villages of up to 1,650 residents. It aims to have the first platforms in the water by 2025. The company is in talks with at least 10 governments about building more floating cities." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "South Korea plans to host world’s first floating city by 2025" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon acquired Selz, a company that makes tools to help businesses launch online stores, on January 15. Shopify has become a significant competitor due to the pandemic. Amazon previously had a service similar to Shopify, but it shut down the project in 2015. Amazon's third-party marketplace has more than 2.5 million sellers, and it accounts for more than half of Amazon's e-commerce sales. Providing tools for businesses to quickly move their operations online could give Amazon a more competitive edge." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon acquires Selz, a Shopify competitor that helps small businesses build online stores" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China has built the world's largest air purifier, a 100 meter tall tower to fight their smog problem. It works by sucking in polluted air, heating it up with solar energy, then circulating it through multiple layers of cleaning filters. The purifier improves air quality over an area of 10 square kilometers, and produces more than 10 million cubic meters of clean air per day. A student who lives a few hundred meters from the tower says \"I can't help looking at the tower each time I pass. It's very tall, very eye-catching, but it's also very quiet. I can't hear any wind going in or out. The air quality did improve. I have no doubt about that.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China built a tower that acts like 'the world's biggest air purifier,' and it actually works" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon critics are saying that the company's decision to split its second headquarters into two (one in New York and one in Washington DC) showed that the bidding process for HQ2 was a farce. Some believe that the decision was made long ago and that the bidding process was just a ruse to extract concessions and kickbacks. Others have been saying all along that HQ2 would be split into multiple locations that Amazon would again play against one another to strengthen its bargaining position. One critic says \"It's tempting to roll your eyes at this soap opera, but Amazon will walk away from this stunt with a cache of incredibly valuable data. It's learned all kinds of things from the bidding cities like their future infrastructure plans that even their citizens are not privy to. Amazon will put this data to prodigious use in the coming years as it looks to expand its market power and sideline the competition.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Was Amazon's Headquarters Contest a Bait-and-Switch? Critics Say Yes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A fungus that can eat radiation was found in Chernobyl in 2007. The fungus grows towards the hottest and most radioactive places. It contains a lot of dark melanin pigment, which absorbs radiation and processes it in a harmless way to produce energy. Scientists believe that the mechanism can be mimicked to create materials that block radiation and generate renewable energy. This kind of material would be helpful in creating more effective protective suits, as well as coverings for radioactive machinery. NASA plans to send the fungus into space as growing it in space could reveal new information about the species." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You Should Know About This Chernobyl Fungus That Eats Radiation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The body is like a battery that can be charged indefinitely. Energy is stored to be released when food becomes scarce. The mechanism is complex, with different storage/release methods for different bodily functions. Weight loss is about removing mass and stored energy, but it isn't as simple as just burning through exercise. A lot of weight is lost through breathing. When losing weight, you should use more energy than you take in, decreasing the size of the 'battery pack'. Weight can fluctuate a lot depending on water intake. In a personal experiment, the author was able to lose around 0.58 pounds per week over a year with an average energy deficit of 500kcal per day." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Biohacking Lite" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have captured footage of a giant tortoise killing and eating a baby bird. It is the first documented observation of a tortoise deliberately attacking and consuming another animal. There are reports of giant tortoises killing other animals, but none have been deliberate acts of hunting. Giant tortoises are almost entirely herbivorous, but a boom in bird populations in the area may have resulted in tortoises adopting bird chicks into their diets. The video is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientist Captures First-Ever Footage of a Tortoise Committing Grisly Murder" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Californian company claims that it can decode almost all of the DNA in days-old embryos created using in vitro fertilization. The technique requires fully sequencing both parents' DNA and reconstructing the embryo's genome with the help of the data. While the technique could be used to screen for genetic diseases, the science of screening embryos for genetic diseases is still new and primarily used only in research. There are still many limitations to the technology and scientists are still learning about what works." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists say they can read nearly the whole genome of an IVF-created embryo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site has a collection of over 170 free tools and resources for designers. Categories include Accessibility, Front-End, Illustrations, Typography, and more. Each resource has a short description." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Design Gems" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mozilla is laying off around a quarter of its workforce and will refocus its teams on more profitable projects as its plans before the pandemic are no longer workable. The company makes money through companies paying to make their search engines default, royalties, subscriptions, and advertising. Its revenue has been significantly impacted by the pandemic. Mozilla will now focus on its VPN service, VR chat room, and security and privacy tools. It will reduce investments in some areas, such as in building out developer tools." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mozilla is laying off 250 people and planning a ‘new focus’ on making money" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Huawei officially launched HarmonyOS for mobile phones on Wednesday. The OS has been in development since 2016 and it is available for several smart devices, not just for phones and tablets. Huawei's goal is for users to be able to control all HarmonyOS-powered devices on a single control panel. Existing devices will be able to communicate with HarmonyOS devices using a plug-in. Huawei claims that no single line of code in HarmonyOS is identical to code in Android. It is unknown whether the OS is based on Linux." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Huawei officially launches Android alternative HarmonyOS for smartphones" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Invisibility Shield Co, a British startup, claims to have created an invisibility shield that doesn't require power to operate. It is financing its invention through Kickstarter. A full-sized invisibility shield measures three by two feet and costs around $400. The technology works by reflecting light in a horizontal direction so that the subject behind the shield is almost completely obscured. A video from the startup showing the shield working in several environments is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Startup Says It’s Created an Actual “Invisibility Shield”" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An AI system was able to predict lung cancer in patients five percent more accurately on average than a group of six human experts and was 11 percent more likely to reduce false positives. The model will be available through the Google Cloud Healthcare API as Google continues to test and improve it. More than 42,000 chest CT screening images from 15,000 patients were used to train the AI system. Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of death, killing roughly as many people each year as breast cancer. Google has also applied AI to other medical research, including an AI that can recommend treatment for 50 eye diseases with a 94 percent accuracy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google’s lung cancer detection AI outperforms 6 human radiologists" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of researchers has found a new mineral about 900 kilometers below the Earth's surface. Davemaoite is made of calcium, silicon, and oxygen. Its existence has been long hypothesized, but the mineral requires extreme pressures to exist, so it is difficult to find. The discovered sample was found inside a diamond, which kept it from changing structure as it traveled to the Earth's outer layers. Davemaoite is estimated to make up five to seven percent of the Earth's lower mantle and likely plays an important role in the overall heat levels of the Earth's interior." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Government Scientists Recover Hypothesized Crystal From Deep Within Earth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mark Zuckerberg has highlighted four areas (data portability, election integrity, harmful content, and privacy) which he believes require regulation, in an op-ed published on March 30. He stated that a more active role is required by governments to counter broader threats in society while balancing freedom of expression. It appears that after facing years of problems relating to privacy and content, Zuckerberg feels that internet companies should have more responsibility to enforce standards on harmful content and that regulators should define this content and set out guidelines for removing it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mark Zuckerberg says the internet needs a ‘more active role’ for regulators" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CKEditor 5 is an ultra-modern JavaScript rich text editor with native support for Webpack, Angular, React, and Vue.js. Easily add a customized editor with collaborative editing to your application, with a slick user experience like Medium or Google Docs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Smart rich text editor with collaborative editing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Are you spending too much money on cloud computing? Find out if you're spending too much on cloud computing with Splunk Observability Cloud – In addition to full-fidelity metrics, traces, and logs, Splunk Observability gives you suggestions for saving money on compute and helps lower your MTTD and MTTR too. Learn how this tool helped one customer save over $600k in AWS spend." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Are you spending too much money on cloud computing?" } ]