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[ { "role": "user", "content": "New Zealand's Customs and Excise Act is now in effect, allowing New Zealand customs officials to demand travellers give up passwords, pin codes, etc. to access their electronic devices as long as they have a \"reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing\". It also allows customs officials to forcibly seize and forensically search a person's electronic devices as well as fine them $5000 if they don't comply. New Zealand's Council for Civil Liberties spokesperson Thomas Beagle believes that this new law is a violation of personal privacy, pointing out that \"they don't have to tell you what the cause of that suspicion is, there's no way to challenge it.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Travellers refusing digital search now face $5000 Customs fine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DeepMind has published the results of a collaboration between it and mathematicians to apply AI toward discovering new insights in areas of mathematics. It claims that its technology helped uncover a new formula in representation theory and that it also discovered previously unknown relationships within the study of knots. The results demonstrate the usefulness of machine learning as a tool for mathematical study as it excels in identifying patterns in data. Adoption of AI technology in pure mathematics could lead to discoveries that may be beyond human comprehension, but it is not critical to the progression of society." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DeepMind claims AI has aided new discoveries and insights in mathematics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Perseverance successfully landed on Mars on Thursday at around 3:55 PM ET. It is the fifth rover to land on Mars. The rover will now begin its two-year mission to roam the surface of the planet and search for signs of ancient microbial life. It will spend the next few days taking pictures of the Jezero Crater, where it landed. Jezero's lakebed is one of the best places to look for biosignatures. The rover is also carrying Ingenuity, a small helicopter, which could be the first controlled aircraft on another planet. Earlier this month, spacecraft launched from the United Arab Emirates and China reached Mars and moved into orbit around the planet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA's Mars rover successfully touches down on the red planet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The way a river flows, where the path splits up and breaks into smaller channels like the branches of a tree, is called branching flow. It has been observed in water, the flow of electrons, and sound waves. Scientists recently observed branching flow in visible light by shining a laser through soap bubbles. The technique could open up new areas of research in optofluidics and general relativity. Images and video of the effect are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists Have Observed Light Flowing Like a River, And It's Beautiful" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Self-driving cars have reached Level 2 autonomy. Tesla has been developing and shipping Level 2 driver assistance systems. It takes 70,000 GPU hours to train Tesla's Autopilot system with all its neural networks. Tesla's Autopilot is a system of 48 neural networks. Simpler models can be made with self-generated driving data, data from external datasets, and a high-end mobile phone." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Self driving cars are fun!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "InfluxDB University offers free training to teach developers the skills to build powerful real-time applications. Live and self-paced courses cover data collection and analysis with InfluxDB, Telegraf, and Flux. Enroll for free today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learn how to build application with InfluxDB" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "IPv6 is almost 25 years old, yet the technology is still not being used widely. It is possible to set up a v6-only network, but users are bound to run into problems. This article discusses the setup procedure and some of the issues. Many websites, such as Reddit, Hacker News, Twitter, and GitHub aren't available on IPv6. Running a v6-network for daily use is impractical as there are still too many services that fully rely on IPv4 to function." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Going IPv6 only" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Text input is difficult. Windows' text input APIs contain 128 interfaces, with several different types of locks to fix concurrency issues. Building your own text field implementations can be daunting and many unexpected issues may come up. For example, simply moving a caret vertically can become a challenge, as the positioning of the caret may change due to the system not correctly storing or identifying the correct position. Multiple lines, emojis, bidirectional text, and input methods also present their own headaches. Text editing is an example of where something that seems simple actually requires a lot of complex problem-solving. It is a miracle that we can use simple tags to create input text areas for applications nowadays." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Text Editing Hates You Too" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lidar is becoming increasingly useful in archaeology as it can reveal structures within hours that would've otherwise taken months to discover with other methods. Using lidar, a team from the University of Arizona scanned forests in the Tabasco region of Mexico and found an enormous Mayan structure that was more than 3,000 years old. The lidar produced large-scale, low-resolution images of the area which are available to view in the article. A seven-second video is available showing an aerial view of the site." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lidar helps uncover an ancient, kilometer-long Mayan structure" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "To land enterprise deals, your business needs SOC 2. But getting SOC 2 compliant is complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Uncomplicate SOC 2 with our guide for growth-minded founders. Turn compliance from a pain point into a competitive advantage.Download Now" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Guide: What is SOC 2 and Why Do Startups Need It?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a set of notes regarding Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2019. It is usually faster to read through a list than to watch the whole presentation. A link to several interesting articles appears before the list of contents. Each topic also has a link to the relevant part of the WWDC presentation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "WWDC 2019 Session Notes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Writing good Git commits can save you and your coworkers hours of digging around while troubleshooting. Collaboration and communication are of utmost importance within engineering teams, and the Git commit message is a prime example of this. This article teaches developers how to write better commit messages with improved grammar, content, conventional commits, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to Write Better Git Commit Messages – A Step-By-Step Guide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This report from Levels.fyi examines the data they collected in 2021 to find the top paying companies and locations. The top paying company for entry-level engineers was Two Sigma. The San Francisco Bay Area had the highest median pay in the US. Zurich, Switzerland, had the highest median pay internationally." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "End of Year Pay Report 2021" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MasterCard will phase out the use of magnetic stripes on its cards over the next decade. The transition will start in 2024 in regions like Europe where chip cards are already widely used. Magnetic stripes will be completely gone from MasterCard cards by 2033. The technology dates back to the 1960s and it was a huge improvement to how cashiers used to record card details. The global EMV chip standard was introduced in the 1990s, but the US hasn't adopted the technology to the same extent as the rest of the world. Contactless payments have exploded in popularity during the pandemic." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mastercard is phasing out magnetic stripes on its cards starting in 2024" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Kickstarter has announced plans to create an open source protocol to decentralize the platform's core functionality. Its goal is for multiple platforms to use the protocol. The company launched a new organization called Kickstarter PBC to develop the protocol and will be establishing an independent governance lab to engage with the public on the topic of protocol governance. It will use the Celo blockchain, which uses a consensus mechanism that is apparently carbon negative." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kickstarter plans to move its crowdfunding platform to the blockchain" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has canceled the AirPower product due to engineering issues. While developing AirPower, engineers ran into problems such as overheating and were not able to complete a design that was up to Apple's standards. Apple has a habit of announcing products before the final designs are complete but its engineers are usually able to fulfill their promises even if there are delays. It is very rare that Apple will completely cancel a product and this was unexpected as AirPower is featured on the boxes of the newly released AirPods." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple cancels AirPower product, citing inability to meet its high standards for hardware" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Most companies are unwilling to invest in changing their ways or aren't convinced that some of the scarier ideas in DevOps will help." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Devops: An Idea so Good, No One Admits They Don’t Do It" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google released its Android 13 update for Pixel phones early this year. The update will be available for devices from other manufacturers later this year. The update includes features such as the ability to customize app icons, support for spatial audio, message streaming, and an option to limit which photos and videos an app can access. More details about the new features are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Android 13 arrives for Pixel phones starting today" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Police in the UK want to pool multiple data sets from a number of police forces for crime prediction. They want to be able to predict who is at risk of being a perpetrator or victim of violent crime. They won't use this information to pre-emptively arrest people, but rather to provide support from local health or social workers. A prototype of the National Data Analytics Solution is expected by March 2019 and is being designed to be used eventually by every police department in the UK." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UK police wants AI to stop violent crime before it happens" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Krause House DAO is a new decentralized autonomous organization that aims to purchase an NBA franchise. The group of around 2,000 members raised the equivalent of $4 million in six days. While the funds are currently nowhere near what they will need to buy even the least-valuable NBA team, the organization has plans to invest the funds into future projects so that it can become a serious bidder one day. The group offers an NFT that comes with voting power in the community, but it does not guarantee future ownership of a team." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Crypto enthusiasts want to buy an NBA team, after failing to purchase US Constitution" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Slow Ventures is a startup that invests in people. It offers creators a deal where the creator gets a large payout upfront to do whatever they want with, and the firm gets 5% of the creator's earnings for 30 years. The firm's plan could help it find the next Jeff Bezos before they get rich. Creators only start paying back investors once they make over a certain amount. Investing directly in humans brings about a host of legal, ethical, and moral questions, but the founders see it as a way to provide people with the money to fund a path to success that doesn't exist today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Listen Notes is a podcast search engine and database which was built without a lot of engineers and is based on easily accessible technology. Instagram was acquired by Facebook for $1 billion and it only had 13 employees, not all who were engineers. Listen Notes required a website that provided an interface for users and a search function and API for developers. It is hosted completely on AWS. The one-man business employs the service of many other companies to automate and handle tasks such as monitoring, and it is an example of how a company/application can be built and run using off-the-shelf tools and services found on the internet. Hiring services and on-demand contractors can save a lot of time, as well as removing the need to employ a lot of full-time employees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The boring technology behind a one-person Internet company" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The ministers in charge of the European Space Agency have approved a $320 million mission to test whether deflection could save the planet from a rogue asteroid. The ESA and NASA will send a pair of spacecraft to a double-asteroid system called Didymos. NASA will first crash its DART probe into the smaller asteroid, Didymoon. Hera will then map the impact crater and measure the asteroid's mass. Didymoon is the size of the Great Pyramid, so it could destroy an entire city if it impacted Earth. The mission is tricky as no spacecraft has ever flown to such tiny space bodies before. An asteroid collision is an unlikely event, but it is preventable, unlike earthquakes or volcanic explosions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Europe's space agency approves the Hera anti-asteroid mission" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed modular robotic cubes that use embedded electromagnets to move called ElectroVoxels. The cubes have wires embedded into their edges and can attract or repel each other depending on their configuration. They can be programmed and easily and cheaply manufactured. The ElectroVoxels could be used effectively in space as reconfigurable robots or to help build temporary structures. Pictures of the ElectroVoxels are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Programmable Blocks Tease Self-Assembling Space Structures" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Several French ministers have asked the main search engines and mobile app stores operating in France to hide Wish's website and mobile app in the country. The e-commerce platform was found to sell counterfeit and unsafe products. If the tech companies comply, Wish will still be available for people who already have the app, but it will disappear from search results and app stores. If Wish implements the proper changes to comply with French regulation, then the administration may consider lifting the shadowban." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "France asks search engines and app stores to remove Wish" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "StoreDot, an Israeli company, has developed car batteries capable of fully charging in five minutes. The batteries can be mass-produced on standard production lines. StoreDot has so far raised $130 million in funding to date, with investors including BP and Samsung. Faster charging will mean less range anxiety as drivers won't be stuck charging their cars for hours. Charging stations will need to be upgraded in order to achieve fast charging. The batteries will likely be available to the mass market in three years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Super Resolution is a new feature in Adobe Camera Raw that uses machine learning to upsize images to four times their original size. It works better with higher resolution images, but it still does an amazing job on smaller files. Anyone with lower resolution cameras can now output large image files for prints. Examples of Super Resolution-enhanced images are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Adobe Photoshop's 'Super Resolution' Made My Jaw Hit the Floor" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has opened up the curriculum it uses to train its own engineers and data scientists in machine learning to the public. It has 30 courses with 45 hours of videos and labs targeted at developers, data scientists, data platform engineers, and business professionals." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon's own 'Machine Learning University' now available to all developers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Retron Library Recombineering is a powerful tool that can simultaneously edit millions of DNA sequences and keep track of changes without breaking any DNA strands. Retrons are floating ribbons of DNA that can be converted into a single chain of ssDNA that can replace DNA during recombination. This technique results in the cells' progeny inheriting the target traits. The changes last through generations as cells divide." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A New Gene Editing Tool Rivals CRISPR, and Can Make Millions of Edits at Once" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This page contains resources for people looking to become Staff or Staff-plus engineers. The resources cover topics such as what a Staff-plus engineer does, becoming a Staff-plus engineer, and engineering strategy. There are books, talks, papers, and other resources available. The most important resource for Staff-plus engineers is their network of peers and mentors." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Resources for Staff-plus engineers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Polaris Program is an initiative that will include up to three crewed SpaceX flights. The first mission, Polaris Dawn, is planned for Q4 2022 and should include the first commercial spacewalk. Polaris Dawn will aim for the highest-ever Earth orbit, conduct health research, and test laser-based Starlink communication. Inspiration4 leader Jared Isaacman will return as mission commander. There are still many details to work out and delays are likely." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX plans its first commercial spacewalk for this year" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Single monitoring platform with easy to use out-of-the-box dashboards to correlate metrics, traces and logs. Start a free Datadog trial." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Visualize Critical IT Data End-to-End" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer is the first officially recognized exascale supercomputer in the world. It ranks first on the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers and is faster than the next seven supercomputers on the list combined. Frontier also ranks as the fastest AI system on the planet. It runs on the most power-efficient supercomputing architecture in the world. More details, including benchmark results and pictures of the supercomputer, are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AMD-Powered Frontier Supercomputer Breaks the Exascale Barrier, Now Fastest in the World" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has abandoned plans for a cloud computing product designed for the Chinese market and other politically controversial countries. The project, codenamed 'Isolated Region', was intended for countries that required control over the flow of data within their borders. It was created so that governments and companies in restricted regions could move data on servers separate to Google's central cloud computing systems and network infrastructure. The project was shut down after conversations and input from government stakeholders." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google reportedly abandoned a cloud computing product for the Chinese market" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Studio Search platform was developed by Netflix to take a portion of a federated graph and make it searchable. This article describes how it was made. It covers why and how it was developed, how it was scaled and deployed, and the challenges that are still being solved." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Netflix Content Engineering makes a federated graph searchable" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SPL has an independent procedural syntax that is particularly good at handling complex computations. It can help MongoDB increase its ability to compute, accomplish grouping and aggregation, joins, subqueries, and all the other computing tasks effortlessly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Open-source SPL Boosts MongoDB Computing Ability" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Front-End Developer Handbook is a guide for anyone to learn about the practice of front-end development. It was designed for potential and current front-end developers to equip themselves with learning materials and development tools. The handbook can also be used by managers and other people to gain insights into the practice of front-end development." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Front-End Developer Handbook 2019" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists at the National Ignition Facility have achieved burning plasma for the first time. Burning plasma is a state where more fusion energy is emitted from fuel than was required to initiate the fusion reaction. While the lifetime of the burning plasma was measured in just milliseconds, it is a key milestone on the way to higher levels of fusion performance. The technology is likely still decades away from being viable." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nuclear fusion breakthrough creates \"burning plasma\" for the first time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ZombieLoad is an attack that preys on a combination of four vulnerabilities that were discovered in Intel-based chips. It allows malicious users to read data used by processes or by a kernel, effectively allowing remote monitoring of a system. This repository contains the Proof of Concept code that demonstrates the attack is possible. There are instructions and troubleshooting information available for different systems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ZombieLoad PoC" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The ESA and NASA are launching a spaceship towards the sun to study its poles in order to better predict how it behaves. Until now, all vehicles sent to the Sun have orbited around its equator. Solar Orbit will gather data on the Sun's strange 11-year cycle, where it alternates between times of intense activity and times of quiet. During the transition between cycles, the Sun's magnetic field completely switches direction and the poles flip and trade places. Solar maximum describes a period during which sunspots dominate the Sun's surface, and solar minimum is a period when the Sun's surface is relatively sunspot-free. The sunspot cycle coincides with the amount of energy the Sun emits. Solar Orbiter is protected by a heat shield that can withstand temperatures of more than 1,100 degrees Fahrenheit. It is set to launch late Sunday night from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A new spacecraft is journeying to the Sun to get a never-before-seen look at the star’s poles" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Brave has announced a new feature for its browser that automatically bypasses pages rendered with Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages framework and takes users to the original website. The company believes that AMP is harmful to users and the web. AMP was created to simplify and speed up mobile websites. Google is facing a lawsuit over making non-AMP ads load slower." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Brave is bypassing Google AMP pages because they’re ‘harmful to users’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung Electronics will be showcasing five innovative projects from its C-Lab Inside program and products from four start-ups participating in its C-Lab Outside program at CES2020. C-Lab Inside is an in-house incubation program that encourages Samsung employees to develop innovative ideas. The C-Lab Inside projects to be unveiled this year focus on creating a convenient and healthy lifestyle. They include a virtual keyboard solution, a smart highlighter pen, a home care solution for scalp treatment and hair loss prevention, a window-shaped artificial sunlight, and an ultraviolet monitoring sensor and service. C-Lab Outside is a startup acceleration program that provides startups with financial support, business collaboration, and opportunities to participate in global IT exhibitions. This year, C-Lab Outside will showcase a companion robot, a healthcare data-based ICT service, a gesture control technology, and a multi-party video call service." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Samsung Electronics to Showcase Successful ‘C-Lab Inside’ Projects and ‘C-Lab Outside’ Start-ups at CES 2020" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Customers are being reimbursed for their Amazon purchases in exchange for positive reviews. In order to have a successful business on Amazon, vendors must have good reviews and a high search ranking. Third-party sellers often find it difficult to attract genuine customers to receive reviews when starting their businesses. Amazon has banned giving away free products in exchange for reviews, but sellers still get away with it. Sellers reach out to customers through targeted Facebook ads, giving them specific instructions for purchasing items and receiving reimbursements after leaving 5-star reviews. Using this method, customer purchases look legitimate. Having a front-page product on Amazon can be incredibly profitable, making these strategies attractive for blackhat sellers. Many of these sellers are in China. Some customers are able to gain additional benefits by earning rewards points and cash back from credit cards." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Her Amazon Purchases Are Real. The Reviews Are Fake" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DuckDuckGo has revealed a desktop browser that features a tracker blocker, email protection, and a button that closes all tabs and wipes browser data with a single click. The browser's Smarter Encryption feature will help users use HTTPS more often. It can automatically clear cookie consent pop ups while rejecting as much tracking as possible. The browser is currently only available on Mac in an invite-only beta. More information about the browser and instuctions on how to join the beta are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DuckDuckGo opens its privacy-centric Mac browser to beta testers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The first version of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft user manual has been released. It is not as detailed as SpaceX's manuals for other spacecraft but it provides insight into how the Starship will be used. Starship will be able to transport plenty of cargo into space and can be configured to support as many as 100 people. SpaceX will be launching Starships from both the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and Boca Chica in Texas." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX’s Starship user guide details how it could replace the Space Shuttle and offer comfy passenger flights" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Boring Company wants to build freight-focused tunnels for moving shipping containers underground on battery-powered freight carriers. It is unclear how many clients the idea has been pitched to. The company has envisioned freight almost from the beginning, so it is mostly just a shift in focus from its commuter plans. Its Las Vegas Convention Center Loop system did not turn out as hoped. The larger freight tunnels might be more attractive to clients." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk's Boring Company is reportedly pitching freight tunnels" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Awesome Stacks is an open-source list of tech stacks for building different applications and features. Each topic has a description with a list of a few of the key tools and technologies. Some topics also link to a tutorial, starter kit, or boilerplate to help beginners." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome Stacks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a free React admin dashboard template pack, with tons of custom templates and components. There's a live demo, it looks really nice." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Shards Dashboard React" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Thousands of scientific papers are submitted every year, making it difficult for anyone to keep up with scientific literature. Advances in natural language processing and large language models mean it is now possible for machines to understand natural language. It will soon be possible for AI to find relevant papers, determine the accuracy of a paper, and figure out its importance and novelty. These systems could one day consume more scientific research than humans and generate new scientific discoveries. They could also tutor humans by understanding their learning path and feeding them information at the time they need it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Large language models will change science" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Hacker News thread discusses blogging and whether it is an activity worth doing. Blogging can be a good way to attract employers' attention. They can help hiring managers determine a candidate's skill level. Blogs can help with getting more clients and pay, even if they can take some time to take off. It can be a rewarding activity, especially when people give positive feedback." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Is having a personal blog/brand worth it for you?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Influit Energy's rechargeable electrofuel batteries are non-flammable and fast-refueling and carry 23% more energy than lithium batteries at half the cost." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Influit moves to commercialize its ultra-high density liquid batteries" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has chosen Austin, Texas as the location for its next factory. The vehicle manufacturer will start building its new Terafactory as soon as possible and aims to be producing vehicles by the end of the year. By late next year, the factory will be producing Tesla's new Cybertruck. Tesla already has an office in Austin for its Autopilot hardware engineers. This announcement is not directly related to Elon Musk's recent statements about the company moving its operations out of California." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla’s next factory is going to be in Austin, Texas and it’s going to happen quickly" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved a $17.22 minimum wage for ride-share drivers. The New York Taxi Workers Alliance says the bill is \"the first real attempt anywhere to stop app driver pay cuts, which is an Uber and Lyft business practice at the heart of poverty wages.\" Uber and Lyft warned that the bill will lead to higher fares, and disincentivize drivers from giving rides in and around Manhattan." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New York Adopts Nation's First Pay Floor for Uber, Lyft, and Other Rideshare Drivers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon fulfillment center workers in Minnesota staged a protest for 6 hours during the period that overlaps morning and evening shifts on Prime day. Over 2,000 Amazon employees in Germany also participated in a strike over wages and bargaining power for employees, but Amazon says that the protests won’t affect operations or deliveries. Prime day is one of the biggest sales days for Amazon and is estimated to generate $5.8 billion in sales globally this year. The protestors at Minnesota say that Amazon does not acknowledge their religious practices. While the protestors are claiming that they are underpaid, Amazon says that they had already improved wages and working conditions and that protestors should focus on improving the national minimum wage rather than targeting Amazon." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon workers in Minnesota walk out as Prime Day orders roll in" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Learn how OAuth is actually used in the real world. We cover topics like the eight common OAuth modes, how to use the Authorization Code grant, and why you should never use the implicit grant. Become an OAuth expert today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Modern Guide to OAuth - Free eBook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is Glassdoor's annual best places to work list. Bain (the consulting firm) comes in at #1, Zoom Video (the teleconferencing software) comes in at #2, and In and Out Burger makes it in at #3! For big tech companies, LinkedIn is #6, Facebook is #7, Google is #8, Salesforce is #11, and Microsoft is #34. It looks like Netflix and Amazon didn't make the top 100 list." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Glassdoor's Best Places To Work 2019" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This project implements a multi-lingual translation API that can be run on a single server. It supports translations between over 150 languages, and all tools used in the API are fully open source and modifiable. The prediction API can be run on both CPU and GPU instances. Translator API focuses heavily on cost savings, to the detriment of optimal performance. Tips for improving performance are provided." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Translator API" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of scientists used high-energy X-rays to analyze ancient Egyptian papyri fragments and found lead compounds in both the red and black inks used. This is evidence that lead was added for its fast-drying properties rather than for its pigmentation. Painters in Europe used a similar technique when developing oil paints in the 15th-century, except that the Egyptians discovered it 1,400 years earlier. Synchrotron radiation is useful for analyzing art and other priceless artifacts due to its high-energy and short wavelengths. Ink has been used to write for thousands of years, and revealing the secrets of ancient ink technology contributes to our knowledge of the origin of writing practices." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "High-energy X-rays reveal the secrets of ancient Egyptian inks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Attacks on continuous integration and continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines have been on the rise as build pipelines are increasingly understood as highly-privileged targets with a substantial attack surface. This article shares 10 stories about CI/CD pipeline security assessments to demonstrate potential weak points and show what attacks may look like in practice. Most compromises are caused due to default configurations, overpermissive permissions and roles, a lack of security controls, and a lack of segmentation and segregation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "10 real-world stories of how we’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The EU has fined Google 1.5 billion Euros for disproportionately displaying their ads over competitor's ads when companies used Google’s search bar on their websites. These ads undercut competitors and the EU claimed that the restrictive clauses in Google's contracts only existed to keep rivals out of the market. Google stopped the practice in 2016 but had been displaying the ads since 2006. This fine is just one of many that the EU has given to Google and other tech companies, and it highlights the need for governments to look deeper into regulations in the tech sector as the effectiveness of the fines is unclear." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Fined $1.7 Billion by E.U. for Unfair Advertising Rules" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Git can be a valuable tool without even setting up a remote repository. It can help structure your work, identify gaps in your test coverage, and minimize dead code. This article introduces a workflow for using git that focuses work on particular bugfixes, features, or goals. It also introduces some advanced git tools." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Git is my buddy: Effective Git as a solo developer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX has launched nearly 800 Starlink satellites so far, but 3% have seemingly failed because they are no longer maneuvering in orbit. The failed satellites could be dangerous as they could potentially crash into other spacecraft and generate space debris. With plans to launch 42,000 spacecraft by the end of this decade, the 3% failure rate could eventually mean more than 1,200 dead satellites. SpaceX says the satellites will naturally deorbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere, but the process can take up to five years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "About 3% of SpaceX's Starlink satellites may have failed" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Peter Teich gave his solicitor the wrong sort code, and as a result, his £193,000 inheritance from his father was transferred to another Barclays customer. In the UK, banks are not required to check names along with account numbers for transfers. The banking industry had promised that it would start checking names from mid-2019, but this has been delayed and will not come into force until the end of March next year. Barclays refused to reverse the transfer as the bank had done nothing wrong with the processing on its end. Teich pursued the case through the court system, paying £46,000 upfront in legal costs. He was able to recover the money. Eventually, after contacting the media, Barclays agreed to refund the legal costs, including interest, with some compensation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘I lost my £193,000 inheritance – with one wrong digit on my sort code’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US is in the middle of a housing shortage. Not only are there two million fewer homes built than needed every year, but construction quality and materials have also declined significantly. ICON is a company that makes 3D printed homes and structures. It is planning to build a 100-home community in the Austin area this year. The company aims to create the best homes on the market. A video showing off one of ICON's homes is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "3D Printed Homes Will Be the Teslas of Housing, Says ICON CEO" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The main driver behind Netflix's levels for software engineers seems to be cost." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Scoop: Netflix’s historic introduction of levels for software engineers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tim Cook believes that augmented reality will have a profound impact on people's lives in the not-so-distant future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tim Cook: Not Too Long From Now, You'll Wonder How You Led Your Life Without AR" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sometimes a command line is more productive compared to a GUI. Ruby can be used as a replacement for external *nix commands like grep, find, etc, or be combined with them for specific use cases. Ruby can be easier to learn than other command-line commands and it also benefits from a rich regular expression engine, standard library, and third-party libraries." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ruby one-liners cookbook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Illumina's new NovaSeq X series genome sequencing machines can sequence human genomes for just $200 each. The new machines can sequence 20,000 genomes per year, while current machines can only sequence around 7,500. Cheaper sequencing will benefit researchers by boosting datasets and allowing them to perform larger research studies. The new machines are now available for sale and Illumina will start shipping them next year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Era of Fast, Cheap Genome Sequencing Is Here" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Retired naval officer Victor Vescovo piloted his submarine to 10,927 meters below the sea’s surface and spent around four hours at the bottom. This was the deepest-ever dive ever in the Mariana Trench, 50 feet lower than James Cameron’s dive in 2012. While Vescovo potentially discovered four new species on his dive, he also found plastic bags and candy wrappers. According to the United Nations, there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The deepest-ever dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench found litter there" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Helium Hydride (HeH) is thought to be the first molecule that would have formed following the Big Bang. Using a special telescope that is built into a converted 747 jet, scientists were able to detect a light signal emitted by HeH molecules some 3000 light-years away from Earth. Helium is a typically non-reactive molecule, which means the conditions needed to create HeH would be extreme, and this discovery proves that the molecule has been created and exists in space. HeH has been synthesized in human laboratories before and it is theorized that it may still be created by dying stars." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Astronomers have spotted the universe’s first molecule" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "XRSpace will be launching its Mova virtual reality headset later this year. The device will sell for $599. It features 5G support, a hand tracking interface, and a virtual world called Manova. Manova will contain a variety of public and private locations where people can meet and participate in activities. It will only be available through the Mova headset. Many companies have failed to launch virtual worlds, but XRSpace believes that Manova will succeed as it was built with the VR experience in mind, rather than for the PC first." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "HTC’s former CEO is making a risky bet on a new VR headset and virtual world" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "De-identifying Analytics Data with Skyflow Sensitive data often finds its way into data analytics pipelines where it’s rarely needed, but adds enormous security and compliance risk. However, blindly purging such data from analytics pipelines can break key use cases.Learn how a data privacy vault and tokenization can help you preserve privacy while enabling analytics. Download this white paper to learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "De-identifying Analytics Data with Skyflow" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "With inflation on the way, Elon gave his Twitter followers one piece of advice: invest in real assets. What happened next? An NYC startup's traffic spiked. It had unlocked one of the greatest real assets you’ll find: artwork. No wonder over 380,000 people signed up. Follow his advice and invest in real assets today with Masterworks. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk recommends real assets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder have created a wearable device that transforms the human body into a battery. It can be worn like a ring, bracelet, or any other accessory that touches the skin. The device converts body heat into electricity using thermoelectric generators. It generates about 1 volt of energy per square centimeter of skin space, enough to power devices like watches or fitness trackers. The device can heal itself when damaged and it is fully recyclable." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New wearable device turns the body into a battery" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While plants might look like peaceful, passive victims of the world, they actually spend a lot of energy fighting to stay alive. When an insect bites a leaf, the leaf emits chemical flares that tell other parts of the plants and its neighbors to get ready for an attack. Plants can prepare for attacks by producing toxic and protective chemicals. They can also produce signals that other insects respond to, causing them to come to attack the instigator. As insects communicate through chemicals, this can be an effective way of controlling attackers. Injured plants produce chemicals that warn other plants in the area of danger." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When Plants Go to War" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla is working with several major internet providers in North America, Europe, and Asia to allow their vehicles to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots. It is unknown when the feature will be available to customers. The company recently released an update that allows customers to use phones as hotspots for connectivity. Tesla vehicles require data connectivity for their data gathering and entertainment features." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla is testing in-car Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity with several major internet providers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A 3D-printed robot created by Jianguo Zhao at Colorado State University is able to melt and reshape it’s 4 limbs in order to change the way it moves. A wire inside each of its legs heats up the plastic within 10 seconds and allows it to switch between different leg positions. This improves the robot’s capability with adding to its cost, weight, or complexity. There is a link to a video that shows the robot in action." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This robot can melt and re-form its legs to change how it walks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Chipotle Mexican Grill will open its first digital-only restaurant on Saturday. The location will only service online orders and will not include a dining room or an area for ordering. All orders will have to be made on Chipotle's app, website, or on third-party delivery platforms. The restaurant will be able to accommodate large catering orders. Chipotle reported that its digital sales more than tripled in the third quarter and they predict that this year's digital orders could more than double last year's total." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chipotle to open its first digital-only restaurant as online orders soar" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of researchers proved that viruses can survive and remain contagious by attaching themselves to plastics in water. Microplastics are everywhere, including in our food, drinking water, and air. They are able to shield themselves from damaging elements such as UV light by attaching to microplastic surfaces. The discovery questions the impact on human health that microplastics have." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dangerous viruses 'hitchhike' on microplastics to survive in freshwater" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jack Dorsey has left the board of Twitter. Dorsey resigned from his CEO position last fall. He is friendly with Elon Musk and has discussed rolling over his 2.4% ownership stake in Twitter into Musk's takeover deal. Dorsey's next move remains unclear." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter's board of directors" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China blocked Wikipedia in April, using DNS injections to prevent its citizens from accessing the encyclopedia. There has been no official statement as to why the website was blocked. In May 2017, China put forth plans for making its own encyclopedia with over 300,000 articles from 20,000 scholars. Other countries such as Turkey, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela have also blocked access to Wikipedia in the past." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Great Firewall of China blocks off Wikipedia" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Cutestrap Two is a strong, independent CSS framework that is only 2.7KB when compressed. It uses a simple API and has robust customization options. The website contains examples and instructions on how to use the framework." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cutestrap Two" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Scripps Research have devised a way to make tissues transparent by using water-based hydrogels, allowing them to image large body parts or even entire animals. The technique results in high transparency, protein retention, and compatibility with direct fluorescent imaging and immunostaining in cleared mammalian bodies. It has been used to image SARS-CoV-2-infected cells in the whole chests of mice. The technique could help scientists better understand many diseases." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A novel medical method makes tissue transparent, substantially simplifying research" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Swedish researchers have designed an energy system that stores solar energy in liquid form for up to 18 years. The Molecular Solar Thermal system uses specially-developed molecules which turn into energy-rich isomers that can be stored in liquid form when in the sunlight. The current proof of concept device has a small output, but the system has the potential to be used to power small devices with more research. The researchers are now working on a version of the system that could be potentially used in homes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A new energy storage system can store solar power for nearly two decades" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Singapore have developed paper-thin biodegradable zinc batteries. The batteries are made up of electrodes screen-printed onto both sides of a sheet of hydrogel-reinforced cellulose paper, coated with a layer of gold foil. They are flexible and about 0.4mm thick. When buried in soil, the batteries will break down completely within a month. The batteries could potentially be used to power wearables, foldable smartphones, and biomedical sensors. A video demonstrating the various properties of the batteries is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A New 0.4-MM-Thick 'Paper Battery' Can Power a Small Fan for 45 Minutes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This API gives four options to track the coronavirus: global stats, country stats, full timeline, and country timeline. Data can be queried using AJAX or $.ajax() in jQuery." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coronavirus Data API" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Worldle, a spinoff of the popular game Wordle, moves the puzzle from the dictionary to the atlas. Players have six tries to guess the name of a country from its outline. It shows colored clues on how close geographically players are to the right nation. The game can also show the distance in kilometers or miles from the player's guess to the actual location. Worldle gained more than 500,000 players on its first day of release on Sunday." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Worldle Is Like Wordle, but for Geography" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lots of sound advice for getting over the fear of shipping a project here, from breaking things down into smaller subtasks to utilizing your own existential dread." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How do you motivate yourself to keep working on a project?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Good error messages for libraries and frameworks should convey context, what exactly failed, and what needs to be done to overcome the error. These error messages are typically seen by either software developers or ops, so a good error message can help save a lot of time and frustration. This article explores each of these requirements and provides some general best practices for writing good error messages." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What's in a Good Error Message?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nvidia's GTC conference in April featured a keynote presentation by its CEO Jensen Huang. Part of the presentation was virtually generated with the help of AI. Huang's kitchen, the venue for the presentation, was also entirely computer-generated. The company recently published a video explaining how they created the GTC keynote. It is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nvidia Reveals Its CEO Was Computer Generated in Keynote Speech" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "By finding the shortest paths for drivers to take, Waze has unleashed chaos onto the roads, turning regular streets into something that resembles a freeway, often making it very difficult for people to leave their driveways. Waze would save everyday users a few minutes here and there, but it has come at a price. Local residents are distraught by the amount of traffic that is being sent to what were once quiet streets. People have been proposing legal action against Waze and Google. Waze has interfered with the city’s traffic plans, residential neighborhoods, and public safety. Council members have commented that Waze's responses so far have been inadequate and their solutions nonexistent. If nothing is done, Waze could lead everyone on a race to the bottom, where traffic plans are ignored, and every street is gridlocked." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Waze Hijacked L.A. in the Name of Convenience. Can Anyone Put the Genie Back in the Bottle?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon shareholders have introduced two proposals that affect the company’s policies around selling its facial recognition software, Amazon Rekognition. The first proposal asks the company to prohibit sales to government agencies unless the board is convinced that its use does not violate any human rights. The second proposal is a request for Amazon to commission an independent report on how Rekognition might threaten civil, human, and privacy rights, as well as the company’s finances. While these proposals are non-binding, it adds to the pushback against facial recognition by many groups. Lawmakers are now actively considering the effects of facial recognition technology and legislating to control its use." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon Faces Investor Pressure Over Facial Recognition" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Chinese companies have grown due to the technological decoupling between the US and China. Many Chinese companies heavily relied on US-based services and have had to redevelop their own versions. While GitHub is still available in China, the developer community is wary of the effects of political conflict. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has chosen Gitee to be China's open-source hosting platform. GitHub has previously hinted at plans at opening a subsidiary in China and Tencent has backed local rival Coding.net." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The government of India is planning to ban cryptocurrency. If the new laws are passed, there will be fines for trading, mining, and owning cryptocurrency. India's central bank has tried to ban cryptocurrencies before in 2018, but the Supreme Court overturned the ban. Cryptocurrency owners will have six months to liquidate their positions. The law would make India one of the most cryptocurrency-hostile jurisdictions in the world." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Report: Indian government is planning outright ban on cryptocurrency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google Cloud has made its first major acquisition under its new CEO, Thomas Kurian. Kurian, a former executive at Oracle, joined Google in November and had announced plans to expand the business significantly. In a move to gain market share from Amazon Web Services, Google has purchased Looker, a data analytics platform, for $2.6 billion in cash. The purchase of Looker will add new analytics tools for Google Cloud customers. Looker will continue to work with other products, such as Amazon Web Services’ Redshift and Microsoft’s Azure SQL Server. Google has recently announced its Anthos product, which allows businesses to run computing workloads on multiple clouds." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google cloud boss Thomas Kurian makes his first big move — buys Looker for $2.6 billion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a list of search engines that are useful for penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, red team operations, and bug bounties. It includes categories for exploits, mail addresses, threat intelligence, web history, and much more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome Hacker Search Engines" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The newly discovered planet is only 1.5 million years old." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Astronomers Think They Found the Youngest Planet in the Galaxy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elastic, the company behind Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash is hosting its annual community event on February 11–12. It will feature keynotes from founders, CEOs, and CTOs and stories and learnings from ELK, Elastic's observability, security, and search platform. Join us today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elastic Community Conference: Free Tech Event — Sign Up and Win a T-Shirt" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Iranian government says that only 12 people have died from coronavirus in Iran, despite reports of a much higher death toll. Five neighboring countries have reported their first cases of the virus, with all cases linked to travel from Iran. The total official number of infections is 61. Iran’s death toll is significantly higher than in other countries where the virus has become widespread. The World Health Organization says that globally, the virus has only been fatal in 2% of cases. Trust in the Iranian government has been low since a Ukrainian passenger jet was shot down by Iran in early January. The virus has now infected more than 79,000 people globally and caused more than 2,600 deaths." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Iran says 12 dead from new virus, rejects higher death toll" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at the John Innes Center have genetically engineered tomatoes to provide a new source of vitamin D. Tomato leaves contain very low levels of a vitamin D precursor. The researchers used CRISPR technology to switch off a specific enzyme that normally converts the precursor into other molecules, which allowed the precursor to accumulate in the flesh, peel, and leaves at much higher levels. This resulted in tomatoes that contained as much vitamin D as two eggs. The technique could be used in other plants, like aubergines or potatoes, as they have similar biochemical pathways." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CRISPR tomatoes genetically engineered to be richer in vitamin D" } ]