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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Designs for a completely 3D-printed community to be built in an undisclosed location in Latin America have been unveiled. Over 50 homes will be built, each with an outdoor kitchen and a small farming area. A portable 3D printer developed by ICON will create durable and scalable homes out of concrete within 24 hours with nearly zero waste. It is hoped that the new homes will be able to help families out of poverty and provide benefits for many generations to come." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The World’s First 3D-Printed Village Is Coming to Latin America This Summer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Larry Tesler, one of the first computer scientists who worked at Apple, has passed away at the age of 74. Tesler created computerized cut, copy, and paste. He studied computer science at Stanford University and worked at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Tesler helped find a hippie commune in rural Oregon in 1970. He was passionate about modeless computing, a type of computing where users don't have to switch constantly between different input states. Tesler met Steve Jobs in late 1979 while working at Xerox. A few months later, he was working for Apple on the Apple Lisa project. He left Apple in 1997 and later worked at Amazon, Yahoo!, and then as a freelancer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Larry Tesler, the Apple employee who invented cut, copy and paste, dies at 74" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Alphabet and SoftBank recently announced that they successfully ran a stable LTE connection from a solar-powered drone 62,000 feet high. The connection was used to make an international video call between Japan and the US. Alphabet's Loon provided the communications payload while SoftBank's HAPSMobile built the aircraft. The Sunglider is an enormous solar-powered drone designed to fly for months at a time. It looks like a single massive wing powered by 10 propellers. A short video showing the test flight is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Alphabet and SoftBank’s solar-powered drone provides first LTE connection" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stay-at-home and social distancing may have played a major role in romance scams reaching record levels in 2020. Total losses were estimated at $304 million. The total dollar losses have increased more than fourfold since 2016. Targets of these scams send money to scammers thinking they are helping out someone they care about. Many romance scams start on social media networks and use gift cards for money transfers. All age groups were targeted last year, but victims aged 40 to 69 were targeted the most. Victims aged above 70 reported the highest average losses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Losses to romance scams reached a record $304 million in 2020" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon just announced a bunch of new gadgets ahead of the busy holiday shopping season. They include the Astro home robot, a smart thermostat, an Amazon Echo Show that can hang on the wall, a video calling device, a fitness tracker, and more. The announcements also included a new subscription service aimed at helping users care for elderly relatives and an invitation-only launch for the Ring security drone. Many more details are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here’s everything Amazon just announced: A home robot named Astro, a fitness band and more" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Club Bing was a rewards program from Microsoft that gave users points for playing online games. The games were all word games, and the points could be traded in for real prizes, such as an Xbox. It was possible to use scripts to play the game automatically, but Microsoft implemented Captcha services to disrupt the cheaters. This article discusses how one of the scripters managed to bypass the blocks that Microsoft implemented." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chicken Story" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The smart doorbell company Ring, bought by Amazon for $1 billion, let employees watch live feeds of both the inside and outside of their customer's homes. Because Ring's AI didn't work well, they had a team of humans in Ukraine watching customer videos to tag objects like cars and people so their AI could learn the difference. Ring says that their policies have changed since 2016 when this is said to have occurred." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ring let employees watch customer videos, claim reports" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Disney CEO Bob Iger resigned from Apple's board on September 10, the same day that Apple unveiled the launch date and subscription price for the Apple TV Plus. The introduction of the Apple TV Plus service officially makes Apple and Disney competitors, with Disney launching Disney+ on November 12. Iger's departure from Apple's board is similar to when Google CEO Eric Schmidt left after Android became a competitor to the iPhone. Apple TV Plus will launch on November 1 with nine titles for $4.99 a month." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Disney CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple’s board" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many people are still not following social distancing policies. Spanish authorities are dealing with non-compliant citizens by using speaker-mounted drones to find and yell at people congregating on the streets. A video was released earlier this year showing a Chinese drone telling citizens to remain indoors and wear masks, but it is unknown whether the video is real or not. US authorities are unlikely to employ these tactics on home soil." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Police Are Using Drones to Yell at People for Being Outside" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Bosworth recently posted pictures of themselves wearing prototype headsets and linking the concepts to Facebook's work on the metaverse. Zuckerberg's headset looks similar to an Oculus headset. It features retina resolution, a pixel density so high that individual points can't be discerned at a normal operating distance. Bosworth's headset looks almost exactly like drawings and descriptions of Apple's rumored VR headset. There are few details about the tech inside the headsets. Links to the original posts are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook execs tease VR prototype hardware with new photos" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses the many potential uses for gallium in the field of soft electronics. Gallium is a liquid metal that can conduct heat and electricity. It has low toxicity and doesn't evaporate easily. The metal flows almost like water, but it forms a stiff outer oxide layer when exposed to air, allowing it to be formed into semi solid shapes. There are many potential uses for gallium in electronics, for example, it can be used to create self-healing, stretchable wires, or motion-sensing gloves for virtual reality." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Gallium: The liquid metal that could transform soft electronics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Woven Planet Holdings, a subsidiary of Toyota, is buying Lyft's self-driving division for $550 million in cash paid over five years. Lyft will see an annual savings of $100 million a year, putting it in a better position to earn a profit. Toyota will use Lyft's fleet data and platform for any commercial service it might launch under Woven Planet. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter this year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Toyota is buying Lyft’s autonomous car division for $550 million" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Impossible Burger will be available in grocery stores starting September 20 in 27 Gelson's Markets stores in Southern California. It will eventually be available in other areas, and Impossible Foods plans to reach every region of the US by the middle of next year. This move will bring Impossible Foods into closer competition with Beyond Meat, who already sells its meat-free burgers in grocery stores. Impossible Foods' burger is available in over 17,000 restaurants. Beyond Meat is working with KFC on a new plant-based 'chicken' recipe. The Impossible Burger will be available in 12-ounce packages for $8.99, and purchases will be limited to 10 packages per visit per customer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Impossible Burgers are hitting their first grocery stores tomorrow" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google's DeepMind is releasing structural predictions for the genomes of 20 major research organisms. The database will include roughly 350,000 protein structures. AlphaFold is an AI-based system trained on the structures of existing proteins that had been determined through laboratory experiments. It can predict how a protein folds in three-dimensional space. Scientists can use the three-dimensional structure of proteins to design chemicals that can interact with them and treat diseases such as cancer and HIV. All of the data will soon be available for free on a website hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google turns AlphaFold loose on the entire human genome" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lingang is a 120-square-kilometer area southeast of Shanghai that was designated as China's top free-trade area by Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2018. It is supposed to be the new center for high-end technological industries. The project has attracted billions of dollars in investments. Despite the high levels of investment, Lingang is still largely a ghost town. The government hopes that Lingang will house around 800,000 residents by 2025." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Shanghai Built Its Own Silicon Valley, and Very Few Came" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have shown that ultrashort pulses of laser light can kill bacteria and viruses without harming human cells. While antibiotics have been one of the most important inventions of the 20th century, bacteria develop resistances to them, so it is important to find other methods for killing bacteria that they can't evolve resistance to. The lasers work by exciting protein structures inside viruses and bacteria, causing some of the molecular bonds to break and kill the microbe. The technology can be used to disinfect biological products in vitro, and it could be used in the future to treat bloodstream infections by putting patients on dialysis and passing the blood through a laser treatment device." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ultrashort laser pulses shred superbugs without harming human cells" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google workers have publicly launched a unionization effort. The Alphabet Workers Union, supported by the Communications Workers of America, will be open to all employees who work for Google and Alphabet, including temps, vendors, and contractors. It is the first union at a major tech company. Workers have not yet asked Google to formally recognize the union. Google will either have to voluntarily recognize the union or more than 50 percent of eligible union members will need to vote to unionize." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Workers Publicly Launch Union" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Framework and Google have announced the new Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition, an upgradeable and customizable Chromebook." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Framework’s new Chromebook is upgradable and customizable" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new render of Samsung’s new Galaxy Sport Smartwatch (which may also be named the Galaxy Watch Active) has been leaked. The renders show the watch in 3 new colors - black, teal blue, and pink gold. The watch faces all display the same date, February 20, which is the date of Samsung’s Unpacked event. It is likely that the new smartwatch will be officially announced at the event." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New Samsung Galaxy Sport renders give us a big hint at a 20 February unveiling" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jeff Bezos has stepped down as CEO of Amazon and is now the Executive Chair. Andy Jassy is the new CEO. Bezos has served as CEO of Amazon since its founding 27 years ago. Jassy joined the company in 1997 and has led AWS since it was founded in 2003. Bezos will stay engaged in important Amazon initiatives, but he will dedicate more time and energy to other initiatives such as the Day One Fund and Bezos Earth Fund foundations, The Washington Post, and Blue Origin. He will fly to the edge of space on July 20." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Andy Jassy officially takes over as Amazon CEO from Jeff Bezos" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In Kenya, academic writing can earn workers as much as $1,000 a month, as long as the work gets clients good grades. Contract cheating has become a lucrative business in Kenya in recent years. Kenya is where most academic writers are based, according to researchers. People in Kenya are incredibly qualified with very high levels of English and they are able to write high quality essays quickly. Students can bypass anti-plagiarism software by contracting off their assignment work. The global contract cheating industry is worth more than $1 billion, with writers in Kenya only seeing a small share of it as businesses take most of the money. Some countries, such as Australia, and many states in the US, have implemented legislation against contract cheating, and governments have urged PayPal and Google to lock payments and advertisements for contract cheating websites. This hasn't done much to slow down the industry. It will exist as long as writers need money and students need to pass assignments to earn degrees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Doing Western students' homework is big business in Kenya" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Compliance Doesn't Have to be Complicated “But are you SOC 2 compliant?” Don’t let that question hold up deals.Drata has built the world’s most advanced continuous automation platform for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA & PCI DSS. With 50 + integrations, you can connect to your tech stack, start collecting evidence, and gain a real-time view of your security posture.TLDR subscribers: save 10% and get your free compliance assessment." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Compliance Doesn't Have to be Complicated" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Enric Sala was a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography until he decided to try to protect the life in the few remaining patches of the ocean where it was still undamaged by overfishing, pollution, and climate change. These areas still look like the ocean as it was 500 years ago. Sala and the National Geographic Society launched the Pristine Seas project in 2008. Pristine Seas has since helped create 22 marine reserves and now it aims to see a third of the world's oceans conserved to sustain biodiversity, replenish food stocks, and store carbon. The article discusses the project, with plenty of pictures from the different marine reserves the project has helped create." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside the ambitious push to protect a third of the world’s ocean" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from South Korea used infrared lasers to transmit 400mW of light power over distances of up to 30 meters. The lasers use the safest part of the infrared spectrum and can't damage human skin or eyes. They fall back to a low power mode when not in use. Laser charging could be useful in environments where electrical connections can cause interference or pose a fire hazard." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers Just Wirelessly Transmitted Power Over 98 Feet of Thin Air" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber's Chief Technology Officer, Thuan Pham, has stepped down, ending his reign as the longest-serving top executive at the company. The company has recently been actively discussing cost-cutting plans, including possible layoffs of up to 20 percent of its employees. Ride-share bookings have dropped by up to 70 percent in most major cities due to the pandemic. Gains in Uber's food delivery division have failed to cover losses for its core ride-hailing product. Uber shares have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last month. However, Uber expects to end the year with at least $4 billion in unrestricted cash, plus $2 billion in revolving credit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber’s CTO steps down as company reportedly mulls 20 percent layoffs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Around 2,300 Google cafeteria workers have unionized, claiming that they are overworked and underpaid. The unionization is some of the most significant union activity that tech industry workers have accomplished. Cafeteria workers earn wages that start around $35,000 and don't receive the same benefits that are standard for full-time Google employees. On-site food workers are contracted to work via a third party, Compass Group. A local chapter of Unite Here is helping the workers organize their union. Service workers in the tech industry have seen stagnating wages that haven't kept up with the high cost of living. Some employees live in an RV camp that has formed outside Google's headquarters. Google announced in June that it would invest $1 billion in land and building homes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Thousands of Google’s cafeteria workers have unionized" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China has conducted human testing on members of the People's Liberation Army, according to a top US intelligence official. Western scientists consider it unethical to manipulate genes to boost the performance of healthy people, but there are indications that Chinese military researchers are starting to explore its potential. On top of the military consequences, tampering with the human genome may have unintended effects." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China has done human testing to create biologically enhanced super soldiers, says top U.S. official" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Signal is testing a new peer-to-peer payment system in the UK called Signal Payments. The system uses MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency with a close relationship with Signal co-founder and CEO Moxie Marlinspike. Signal will not have access to users' balances, full transaction histories, or funds. Users will have full control over their funds. A link to the Signal beta sign-up page is available for those who are interested in testing the feature." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Signal is testing a payments feature that lets you send cryptocurrency to friends" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix has partnered with Sennheiser to bring spatial audio to its original programming for all devices. The feature will start rolling out today. It was previously only available on specific Apple devices. Spatial audio will be automatically enabled when using stereo audio. Users can search for shows with the feature by typing 'spatial audio' into the search bar." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix brings spatial audio to its lineup of original series and movies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Picnic, a Seattle startup, has created a system that makes custom pizzas with little human intervention. The device looks simple, but it is able to assemble up to 300 12-inch pizzas per hour. While machines have been making frozen pizzas for years, Picnic's robot is different in that it is small enough to fit in most kitchens, the recipes are easily changed, and the ingredients it uses are fresh. It still requires humans to prepare the dough, make sauces, and to bake the finished pizza. Picnic uses a camera to make sure that the ingredients are distributed evenly across the pizza. Restaurant owners can rent the device. Technology changes quickly, so many people don't want to buy a whole device only for it to be obsolete within a few years. While the machine has the potential to take over fast-food workers' jobs, restaurants have been having trouble filling in these positions anyway. More than 80 percent of workers in fast-food positions change jobs each year, requiring employers to constantly train new recruits." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Secretive Seattle startup Picnic unveils pizza-making robot — here’s how it delivers 300 pies/hour" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bug hunting is about finding assumptions in software and violating those assumptions to see what happens. iOS and macOS requires each app to be granted camera/microphone permissions explicitly, but Apple grants its own apps these permissions for free. Other new web technologies allow websites to use Safari's permission to use the camera directly. Safari tracks permission settings on a per-website basis so that websites can access sensitive content such as GPS location or the camera without always asking for permission. Once these vulnerabilities are known, it is possible to test out obscure cases until the browser shows weird behaviors, and then eventually these exploits can be chained together to gain access to a user's webcam." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Webcam Hacking" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Instead of spending your day in back-to-back meetings, try a new kind of face time where you never need to repeat yourself and it's easy to be yourself. A 3 minute Loom could replace your next 30 minute meeting. Get Loom For Free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Loom: Async Video Messaging For Work" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ceres, long believed to be a barren space rock, is actually an ocean world with reservoirs of seawater beneath its surface. The discovery was made after scientists from the US and Europe analyzed images relayed from the Nasa Dawn spacecraft. Hydrohalite, a material common in sea ice, was found on the surface of the dwarf planet. There is likely ongoing water activity on the dwarf planet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water beneath surface, mission finds" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Alibaba is releasing a robot to deliver food and laundry to hotel guests. It will be slightly under one meter tall and moves at a speed of up to one meter per second. Guests can interact with the robot using voice commands, as well as touch and hand gestures. Responses are powered by Alibaba’s personal assistant, AliGenie. If the release is successful, the robot may be rolled out to hospitals, restaurants and offices." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Alibaba Is Introducing a Hotel Room Service Robot Next Month" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "At the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing, held in Hong Kong last November, it was revealed that a scientist in China had edited the genes of a pair of twins using CRISPR technology. It was also revealed that he had performed the procedure on another embryo and that the pregnancy was only recently confirmed at the time of the summit. After the summit, the scientist and his studies were hidden from the public as China sought to cover up the news. It is unknown what happened to the second pregnancy. However, if the pregnancy was carried out to full term, the baby will be born around this time. All of the babies had the same CCR5 gene removed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A third CRISPR baby may have already been born in China" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tailwind CSS v3.0 is now available. It includes improvements to build times, colors, effects, layouts, styling, and much more. Developers can use Tailwind Play now to try out the latest features. A list of major changes, along with a summary description of the changes, is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tailwind CSS v3.0" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "WebContainers can create full-stack Node.js environments that are immediately online and shareable in just one click. The environments load with VS Code, terminal, NPM, and more. WebContainers run entirely inside the browser and can be used to create on-demand Node.js servers that continue to work even when offline. GIF demos are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in your browser" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon is launching a gifting feature that will allow Prime subscribers to send gifts using only an email address or phone number. The program is limited to mobile users in the continental US. Gift recipients will receive a notice about the gift and will be able to organize to receive it through their Amazon account. There is an option to accept the gift but convert it to an Amazon gift card without the gift-giver being notified. The gift-giver won't be charged for the gift until it is accepted. Amazon will roll out the feature over the coming weeks." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon Prime members can now send gifts with just a phone number or email address" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China’s massive consumption of electricity over a large area presents unique problems in power transporting. 22 ultra-high-voltage (UHV) power grids have been built in the last decade, which power more than 30,000 km of UHV lines. A single line between Gansu-Hunan moved about 24 terawatt-hours between 2017 and 2019. China produces clean energy in its north-west region but its highest power consumption is in its south-east region. While linking its power grids together to create a supergrid may solve one of the many power issues in the country, it may also make the country more vulnerable to cascading blackouts. Being a world’s first, engineers are breaking new ground and a full understanding of the problems relating to building such a supergrid is still being developed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China’s Ambitious Plan to Build the World’s Biggest Supergrid" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Security Assertion Markup Language is a protocol for authenticating web applications, allowing linked apps and organizations to communicate and trust one another's users. The key to SAML is browser redirects. Many single sign-on services rely on SAML to manage user logins. At first, a user is provided with an identity token, which can be used by several parties to verify their access. There are different methods of verifying an identity, and sometimes they might even need several forms of identity, but the concept is the same. Once a user obtains their identity token, they can use it to access various services, all which check for the validity of the identity token. SAML is similar to other authentication protocols like WS-Fed and OAuth, but its main use is for businesses to access services that they pay for." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Beer Drinker’s Guide to SAML" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China has launched an 800-meter experimental maglev line with permanent magnets that can keep a maglev train afloat forever without a power supply. It uses powerful magnets rich in rare earth elements. The magnets can lift a train with 88 passengers in the air. The new technology generates little electromagnetic radiation and costs about a tenth of what it costs to build a subway. China controls more than 80% of the world's permanent magnet producing capacity." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese scientists say maglev ‘sky train’ floats without power using permanent magnets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The layoffs will mostly affect staff in operations, marketing, and program management." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Robinhood is firing nearly a quarter of its staff" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX will start offering a Starlink Premium service package as early as Q2 2022. The new package will include significantly improved performance and an extra-rugged user terminal. The Premium dish's extra-rugged features could make it an option for users in extremely hot or cold environments. The Starlink Premium dish will cost $2500 and it will cost $500 per month for the Premium subscription, which gives users speeds of up to 500 Mbps and 24/7 prioritized support." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX reveals Starlink Premium service, new all-weather antenna" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twilio (an API to send SMS messages) is acquiring SendGrid (an API to send emails) in an all-stock deal worth $2 billion. The deal will close in the first half of 2019. Twilio's CEO says, \"Increasingly, our customers are asking us to solve all of their strategic communications challenges - regardless of channel. Email is a vital communications channel for companies around the world, and so it was important to us to include this capability in our platform.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twilio to Acquire SendGrid, the Leading Email API Platform" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon is suing its former Amazon Web Services vice president of product marketing Brian Hall as it claims that his new role at Google Cloud violates a non-compete agreement. Hall's lawyers claim that Amazon executives had led Hall to believe that the non-competition provision of his agreement would not be enforced. Hall has asked the court to rule the non-compete clause to be overbroad, unreasonable, and unenforceable. This suit is notable as it involves a marketing leader rather than an engineering executive. Hall is knowledgeable on Amazon's cloud product roadmap for the next year. Washington state does not restrict non-compete agreements where an employee earns more than $100,000 a year, an amount which Hall was earning well in excess of. Full copies of Amazon's complaint and Hall's response are available at the end of the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny duped a Russian FSB state agent into revealing details of an attack on him by posing as a senior officer seeking details for a report on the operation. Navalny collapsed on board a Russian airliner in the near-fatal attack in August. The swift response of the airline pilot and the emergency medical team where Navalny was first treated was likely the reason the assassination failed. The Kremlin continues to deny any link between the Russian state and the attack on Navalny." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Russian agent 'tricked into detailing Navalny assassination bid'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Shopify changes 40 times a day. It uses a trunk-based development workflow and around 400 commits to master are merged daily. There are many challenges with collaborating with a large team of over 1,000 developers. To solve these issues, Shopify upgraded its Merge Queue tool so it integrates with GitHub, runs continuous integration (CI) before merging to master, removes pull requests that failed CI, and maximizes deployment throughput of pull requests. Masters must always be passing CI, stay close to production, and emergency merges must be fast. By upgrading its tools and integrating these rules, Shopify was able to overcome their issues with scaling." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Successfully Merging the Work of 1000+ Developers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "T-Mobile customers have been reporting that they can't make or receive phone calls and some customers are saying that text messaging is also affected. Data appears to be unaffected by the issue. The outage started around 9-10 am PT on Monday. Some users reported issues on other networks. There is no evidence that the outage was caused by a cyberattack." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "T-Mobile hit by phone calling, text message outage" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Packt's Spring Sale is on and for a limited period, all eBooks and Videos are only $10. Our Products are available as PDF, ePub, and MP4 files for you to download and keep forever. All the practical content you need - by developers for developers. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Get the Job Done for just $10" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Engineers from the University at Buffalo, New York, have received funding from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to train machines to think like humans when playing a strategy game. Participants in the study will be connected to an electroencephalogram so that their brain activity can be recorded and then processed using machine learning algorithms. The aim of the project is to create an AI that can improve coordination between large teams of autonomous air and ground robots. Swarm intelligence is a branch of computer science that deals with collective, decentralized, and self-organized systems, both virtual and robotic. Many applications can be completed with swarms of cheaper robots rather than using single expensive robots. By using a swarm of robots that are all trained to complete different tasks, the group can coordinate and complete many different tasks. It is difficult to train many different robots in a wide range of tasks. The scientists hope that they will be able to speed up the process by studying brain activity when making decisions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Good at StarCraft? DARPA wants to train military robots with your brain waves" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The subreddit /r/changemyview is a large community of over 700,000 people in which anything is debatable. Users enter into debates following certain rules of engagement, such as requiring a reason for agreement/disagreement, and it is now known as an online oasis for people who enjoy discussions. The founder of ChangeMyView has launched a website where users can continue using the same format of discussion without the restrictions of Reddit. Researchers have commented on the difference in the quality of conversation that occurs on the subreddit, as it is quite different from debates that occur elsewhere on the internet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Change My View Reddit Community Launches Its Own Website" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reddit believes that NFTs will rewrite how we think about digital goods. The company recently posted a job listing looking for a senior engineer to design, build, and ship an NFT platform. There is only one NFT-related job opening at Reddit, but the post suggests that there will be more. Applicants do not have to have a background in crypto or NFTs. A link to the job listing is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit says it wants to build the biggest creator economy on the internet using its own NFT platform" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SOUL is a new language for audio applications. It is both a programming language and a platform for creating audio plugins and apps. SOUL is easy to learn and use, secure, optimized for power and performance, and unlocks ultra-low latency on devices without the need for embedded CPUs and DSPs. Version 1.0 is out now." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SOUL, a new language now in V1.0, makes audio coding vastly more accessible" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule was surrounded by dozens of private boats after it splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, creating chaos for recovery crews trying to get to the spacecraft. Crew Dragon recently completed a two-month mission to the International Space Station. It is unknown why private boats were in the area at the time. The situation was potentially dangerous due to the possibility of toxic propellant fumes from the spacecraft thrusters and the boats possibly getting in the way of an emergency recovery operation. A 14-second video showing the splashdown is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX capsule swarmed by boaters after successful splashdown" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Protecting data privacy means logically or physically isolating PII – things like customer names and email addresses – from the rest of your data. What’s the best way to achieve functional equivalence, security, and attack surface minimization, while controlling storage and processing costs?In this technical white paper by Skyflow, Field CTO Manish Ahluwalia compares four common approaches to data privacy - from not keeping any PII data in the first place, through encryption-based solutions, to using a data vault.Download the PDF to discover the pros and cons of each approach, and to find out more about how data vault architectures work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Skyflow compared 4 approaches to data privacy. Here are the conclusions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Silicon Drinkabout is a global network of local startup communities. They host meetups in dozens of cities (mostly in Europe, South America, and Canada), so if you're into startups and you live in one of those places you should definitely check it out!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Silicon Drinkabout" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Whole Foods is opening its first online-only store in New York. The store will not be open to the public. Instead, Amazon delivery drivers will collect orders from the shop and deliver them to customers. Amazon had converted a few of its stores to temporary online-only stores to help meet demand but has since reverted four of them. While demand for grocery delivery has risen since the pandemic, plans for the online-only location were made pre-COVID-19. Amazon recently launched its first Amazon Fresh supermarket in Los Angeles." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why Whole Foods is trying out a 'dark store' as part of its vision for the future of grocery shopping online" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "By the end of this year, there will be 100 million smart speakers installed worldwide, with Amazon and Google pushing their speakers so hard that some analysts believe they might be losing money on each unit sold. Some people think that voice assistants are just a change in form factor, that we are just doing things that we would otherwise do with a screen, but the key difference is that we don't just communicate through them, we communicate with them. The author mentions telling her Google Assistant that she \"was lonely\", and the assistant responded \"I wish I had arms so I could give you a hug. But for now, maybe a joke or some music might help.\" Voices are much more intimate than screens, and our evolution has not prepared us to fully grasp the idea that the thing that we are talking to is not really human. The advance of voice assistants should worry us a lot more than the advance of something like a smartphone, once they become emotionally savvy, they could wield an incredible amount of power over us." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Alexa, Should We Trust You?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Troubleshoot your applications faster with OpenTelemetry and New Relic One OpenTelemetry is an open standard for collecting and exporting data from your services. With tracing already stable and metrics stability fast approaching, learn how to get started with OpenTelemetry for your services and start analyzing your telemetry in New Relic One." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Troubleshoot your applications faster with OpenTelemetry and New Relic One" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has partnered with museums and institutes around the world to add new virtual exhibits to its Art & Culture app for Android and iOS. The app allows users to place augmented reality assets in real space viewed through a mobile device. These assets include the Apollo 11 capsule, a prehistoric crustacean called a Cambropachycope, and much more. Both Google and Apple have invested heavily in AR for mobile devices. Google's plans for its AR development are unclear, but it is widely known that Apple has been developing some form of AR glasses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google AR app lets you place prehistoric creatures, Apollo 11 in your room" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Dreading audits, risk management, and manual evidence collection? For thousands of companies that use Drata, it’s much easier to achieve continuous SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS compliance and many more.“Our team spent between 500-600 hours preparing for an SOC 2 audit. That’s a lot of time taken away from delivering product. I expect" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Notion, Lemonade, and BambooHR simplified their security and compliance" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Betterland is a startup that produces cow-free milk using animal-free dairy protein made from fungi. The dairy protein gives cow's milk its desired properties when used in coffee or baking. Betterland uses genetically modified fungi to produce the protein, which is then combined with sugar and fat to produce milk that is virtually indistinguishable from cow's milk. It will launch its product at a premium price, but the company aims to eventually compete on price with traditional milk." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This new milk alternative uses a ‘cow-free’ dairy protein" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have discovered a new type of star explosion called a micronova. Micronovas only occur on white dwarfs around their magnetic poles. Novas occur when a white dwarf sucks up hydrogen from a nearby star, covering itself with a layer of gas that eventually ignites. Micronovas occur when a smaller amount of gas concentrated around a white dwarf's poles ignites, creating a smaller scale explosion that lasts only for about 10 hours. The discovery is still new, so the exact mechanisms of the phenomenon are still unknown." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Micronova’ explosions spotted on distant zombie stars" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The highest-resolution ever image of the sun, taken by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui, has been released. Astronomers built the DKIST to make precise measurements of the sun's magnetic field throughout the corona in order to find out why the corona is millions of degrees hotter than the sun's surface. It can observe structures on the sun as small as 18.5 miles. The telescope is still under construction, and in the next six months, it will have the capability to record temperature, velocity, and solar structures. DKIST has one of the world's most complex solar-adaptive optic systems. It uses deformable mirrors that adjust 2,000 times per second to offset distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere. A swimming pool of ice and 7.5 miles of pipe-distributed coolant is used to cool down the telescope during operation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This is the highest-resolution photo of the sun ever taken" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An engine designed by David Burns at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama may be able to travel across the stars without any propellant at all. The design uses a change in mass in a key component to create forward acceleration. Burns' current design would require a 200 meter long, 12 meter in diameter engine, requiring 165 megawatts of power to generate 1 newton of thrust. Previous attempts at designing propellant-less engines have failed due to the law of conservation of momentum. Burns says that much of the energy that the accelerator will lose in heat and radiation will be able to be harvested and that momentum can be conserved through the spin of the accelerated ions used in the engine." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has announced that Elon Musk won't be joining Twitter's board of directors. If Musk had joined the board, he would have been barred from owning more than 14.9% of the company during his time on the board and for 90 days after. There is a high likelihood that Musk will take a more hostile stance toward Twitter and increase his active stake in the company. Musk recently tweeted a series of criticisms, suggestions, and jokes about the social media platform. He has since deleted most of the tweets except for one that asks whether Twitter is dying." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk won’t join Twitter board, can thus exceed 14.9% ownership cap" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A hacker recently breached Uber's systems. They gained access by spamming an employee (with a known password) with two-factor authentication requests. After getting the password, the attacker found a file share without any access controls and a script with the highest level of credentials available, which gave them effective root access. More details about the hack are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A few thoughts about Uber's breach" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bubble Tea is a Go framework based on The Elm Architecture for building terminal apps. It is suitable for both simple and complex terminal apps, both inline or full-window. Examples are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bubble Tea" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Traditional wiring for vehicles is inefficient, and due to its lack of rigidity, assembly is difficult to automate and usually requires using human hands. Tesla has redesigned the wiring architecture for its cars, enabling more robot automation during manufacturing while using fewer materials. The Model 3 has about 1.5 kilometers of wiring harnesses, and the new design will bring this down to just 100 meters starting with the Model Y. Tesla has released drawings of its new design with its patent application, which are available to view on the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla reveals revolutionary new wiring architecture to help robots build upcoming cars like Model Y" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "AWS is publically releasing their roadmap on Github for their container services (ECS, ECR, Fargate, and EKS). This is an experimental effort to get direct feedback from customers and let customers plan their own infrastructure around AWS's future releases. Seems cool, especially for the bigger customers that need these sorts of container services." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AWS Containers Roadmap" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Early data from Moderna indicates that its vaccine is nearly 95% effective in protecting people against Covid-19. Its trial involved 30,000 people in the US. Out of the first 95 people to develop Covid-19 symptoms in the study, 90 had received the placebo treatment. There were 11 severe cases in the trial, but none of those occurred in people who received the vaccine. Moderna will apply to regulators in the coming weeks. It hopes to have up to one billion doses available around the world next year. The article further explains the mechanism of the vaccine and compares it to Pfizer and BioNTech's recently announced vaccine." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Moderna: Covid vaccine shows nearly 95% protection" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stories of data loss can be embarrassing, but they help people learn useful things in case they end up in similar situations. This article tells the story of how a file was accidentally overwritten using the mv command, what the author attempted to do to fix the issue, and how the issue was fixed in the end." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Undeleting a file overwritten with mv" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A user asks for advice, warnings, and stories on starting a tech consultancy. The discussion mainly centers around making sales and hiring the right people for the job. Managing the sales process carefully is important in order to maximize income and time. While new startups might start their business thinking about the product, experienced business owners understand that the core focus for their businesses is making quality sales." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What was your experience starting a tech consultancy?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA is funding a competition for privately owned replacements for the ISS when it is decommissioned. The winners of the competition, to be selected around 2025, could expect an estimated $1 billion in annual revenue to deliver space station services. The contenders are hoping to become the go-to platform for the rapidly emerging space economy. A commercial space station would have more capabilities than the ISS, which is a research lab. Transitioning to commercial platforms would free up a significant portion of NASA's budget." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The race to reinvent the space station" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45 billion. It will be the second-largest acquisition in Amazon's history after its purchase of Whole Foods in 2017. The deal shows how Amazon is willing to spend deeply to remain competitive in the streaming market. It spent $11 billion on video and music content last year and $7.8 billion in 2019. Amazon's investment in content brings in more Prime subscribers, who then end up spending more with the company. It is looking to start broadcasting sports content starting in 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon to buy MGM Studios for $8.45 billion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DoorDash has been under fire for its tipping policies, where customers were essentially tipping the company, not the delivery person. This business model is similar to many restaurants who have tips applied to a portion of their employees' minimum wage. DoorDash has stood by its policy. However, on Tuesday night, the CEO tweeted that DoorDash had 'missed' that customers felt that the policy would make tipping not matter and that the company would be implementing a model that would mean that earnings would increase by the exact amount a customer tips. It is unclear whether the new policy would mean that the minimum guaranteed pay will be adjusted." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DoorDash Says It’s Very Sorry You Noticed Its Tip-Skimming Scheme" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook will launch officially licensed music videos on its social network in the US next month. Artists will be able to toggle a new setting to add music videos to their pages ahead of an August 1st deadline. Facebook will automatically create a page of the artist's videos if no action is taken. By toggling the setting, artists will give Facebook permission to add their music videos, and they will not have to upload the videos themselves. Facebook will automatically share music videos through an artist's page as soon as it receives a new release from a music label. Artists will have control over the material after it is posted. Before the change, many artists were not able to share full videos due to licensing rights." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook to launch officially licensed music videos in the US next month" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In Datadog's Cloud free SIEM product brief, learn how to detect and analyze security threats and deploy turnkey detection rules to protect your environment from outside attacks. Download the brief." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bring speed and scale to your security environment" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On Friday night, Elon Musk unveiled Gertrude, a pig with Neuralink's wireless device surgically implanted in its skull. The demonstration showed the device picking up signals from the pig's snout as it snuffled around its pen. Neuralink's device communicates with brain cells via 1,024 thin electrodes that penetrate the outer layer of the brain. It uses Bluetooth to connect to an outside computing device or to other devices. The FDA has given the device approval for 'breakthrough device' testing. Neuralink will focus on medical applications first. Musk touched on other possibilities such as telepathy, gaming, downloading memories, and more. Images of the device and a video of the presentation are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk shows Neuralink brain implant working in a pig" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Three new rovers are scheduled to launch to Mars in the summer of 2020, including NASA's Mars 2020 rover, Europe and Russia's Rosalind Franklin, and China's Huoxing-1. They are scheduled to land on Mars in 2021. NASA's Mars 2020 rover will be officially named next year, and it will carry components such as the Mars Helicopter Scout, the first human aircraft to fly on another planet. It will land in the Jezero Crater and build on Curiosity's findings. Europe and Russia's Rosalind Franklin rover is about a third of the size of Curiosity, and it will also focus on looking for signs of past life on Mars. Its target is likely a crater in a region called Oxia Planum. China's Huoxing-1 rover will be the nation's first mission outside the Earth-Moon system. The rover will probably be renamed before launch. It is the smallest of the three new-generation rovers, but its purpose is similar. Huoxing-1 will also be looking for biosignatures and signs of life on the Martian surface. China has not yet announced a final site for the rover." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Humanity Is Sending 3 New Rovers to Mars in 2020 to Look for Signs of Life" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NGINX was released in 2004. It currently holds 35.3% of the market with a total of 419.6 million sites. There are a lot of existing codebases for NGINX, but a developer shouldn't just blindly copy and paste code. This book provides an introduction to NGINX and teaches the reader how to configure NGINX as a web server, proxy server, and load balancer from scratch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The NGINX Handbook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bare Metal Without the Complexity or Cost Stay in full control of your environment with high performance, single-tenant dedicated servers in the cloud, blending uncompromising performance from 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with our easy-to-use cloud interface. TLDR readers can try Vultr Bare Metal for free with this $200 credit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bare Metal Without the Complexity or Cost" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "During a period of three months, a team of five hackers worked together to find vulnerabilities in Apple's infrastructure, applications, and other parts of its business through Apple's bug bounty program. The team found a total of 55 vulnerabilities, most of which were typically remediated within a couple of business days. Their efforts resulted in 32 payments totaling $288,500, but as Apple seems to do payments in batches, the team will likely be paid more in the coming months. This article follows the process the hackers used to discover the vulnerabilities and exploit them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We Hacked Apple for 3 Months: Here’s What We Found" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US reportedly hit Iranian targets with a cyber attack on the same day that airstrikes were called off against Iran. An ‘intelligence group’ that is closely tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard was the target of the cyber attack, which was crippling to Iran’s military command and control systems but did not result in any loss of life. Iranian missile systems were also targeted. The attack took several weeks to plan and was meant to be a response to recent attacks on oil tankers and US drone aircraft. Cyber attacks from Iran have become increasingly common. It is unclear what the total impact of the US cyber attack will be, but tensions are likely to increase, especially since Trump plans to impose additional sanctions on Iran." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "US cyberattack reportedly hit Iranian targets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Neuroscience researchers have created a brain-controlled interface that can be used by patients without extensive daily training. Current BCI interfaces require users to retrain for every session. The new BCI uses ECoG electrode arrays, which allow long-term, stable recordings of neural activity. It was trained using a machine learning algorithm that matches brain activity to a user's desired movements. Over time, the study participants were able to develop a consistent mental model for controlling the interface. Participants could continue using the interface even after it was reset. After learning how to use the BCI, participants were able to continue using it without retraining and could even go days without practice with little decline in performance." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First 'plug and play' brain prosthesis demoed in paralyzed person" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has unveiled its plans to build Facebook Horizon, a virtual reality sandbox universe where users can create their own environments and games, play and socialize with friends, or just explore user-generated landscapes. Based on Ready Player One's Oasis, Facebook Horizon will allow users to design their own avatars and travel between virtual locales, interacting with other players and creating new environments. Users will be able to define personal space boundaries, as well as mute, block, and report other players. A shield button will transfer users to a private space parallel to Horizon. Horizon's design means that it will improve over time as users create more things to do. It will launch in early 2020 as a closed beta. Facebook will shut down Facebook Spaces and Oculus Rooms on October 25 as part of the launch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook announces Horizon, a VR massive-multiplayer world" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk announced that SpaceX will livestream its trip to the moon in 2023 in VR, saying \"It'll feel like you're there in real-time minus a few seconds for speed of light.\" Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa purchased all seats on the flight for six to eight artists to join him on the mission." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk just announced that SpaceX will livestream its 2023 moon mission in virtual reality, in real time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This short video shows Elon Musk dancing on stage at the launch of Tesla's Model Y electric sports utility vehicle program at the new Shanghai facory as the crowd cheers him on." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stripteasing Musk launches Tesla SUV program at new China factory" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "T-Mobile and SpaceX have partnered to provide basic services anywhere with a clear view of the sky. Starlink's second-generation satellites will be able to broadcast service using part of T-Mobile's mid-band 5G spectrum. The service will allow users to text, send MMS messages, and use messaging apps even when traditional services are unavailable. It will be included for free in T-Mobile's most popular plans. Subscribers will be able to access the service using their current phones without special equipment." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nx is a fast, extensible build system that features built-in monorepo support. It is lightweight and it has a plugin system with support for Angular, React, Next, Next.js, Node, and more. Nx doesn't just help set up monorepos and execute tasks, it also guides developers through the development lifecycle. Links to courses and more resources about Nx are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nx - The fastest growing monorepo solution in the JS ecosystem" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Zoom hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live as the cast of the show was stuck working from home. The producers were limited in what they could do on the show, but they made it work by having actors filming skits from their homes and using Zoom backgrounds for visual gags. While the episode was one of SNL's most heartfelt, it is a reminder of how much work technology allows us to accomplish from home. Give feedback by replying here or messaging me on Twitter @tldrdan! If you don't want to receive future editions of TLDR, please click here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Zoom became Saturday Night Live’s breakout star in historic all digital, remote episode" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Spotify is publicly testing its own version of Stories. Stories on Spotify was first discovered back in August 2019. It appears that Spotify is a/b testing the feature, so not all users will have access. A 13-second video is available showing the new Stories interface." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify is publicly testing its own version of Stories" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft has filed a patent for a method that would use social data such as images, voice data, social media posts, and other written media to build a profile of a person and create a chatbot with the personality of that person. The chatbot could even sound like the real person, by using recordings and sound data from that person. Microsoft's patent includes creating 2D/3D models of people using image and/or video data. The subject of these recreations could be anyone, so it is possible to create a chatbot of someone from the past." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft Could Bring You Back From The Dead… As A Chat Bot" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An Amazon warehouse in Pennsylvania has become Amazon's biggest COVID-19 hot spot, with more than 100 workers testing positive for the virus. Amazon had told workers about new cases as they were reported, but it stopped reporting specific numbers after the total reached about 60. It is estimated that at least 900 of Amazon's 400,000 blue-collar workers have contracted the disease. Amazon has received a massive amount of orders since the pandemic started and has increased hiring to keep up with demand. Safety protocols exist but the company doesn't appear to be following guidelines. Workers have complained about insufficient safety measures in Amazon's warehouses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Way Too Late’: Inside Amazon’s Biggest Outbreak" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of Japanese scientists turned human blood cells into stem cells, which they then transformed into very immature human eggs. This is huge, because being able to create human eggs means that theoretically, babies someday could be made from the blood, hair or skin cells of children, grandmothers, even deceased people. People could even potentially make babies from cells stolen from celebrities, such as skin cells left behind on a soda can." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Create Immature Human Eggs From Stem Cells" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "LG's 27.6-inch DualUp monitor is taller than it is wide, with a 16:18 aspect ratio." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "LG’s 16:18 DualUp is a weird monitor for getting work done" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Procedural GL JS is a library for creating 3D maps on the web. It allows developers to embed landscapes into web pages. Procedural GL JS is fast and optimized for mobile devices. A demo is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Procedural GL JS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has blocked Google’s internal iOS apps as a result of a breach of Apple’s developer enterprise program terms. Google had been using enterprise certificates to distribute its apps to consumers, despite only being authorized for internal use. Apple is working closely with Google to restore their services. Facebook had the same issue yesterday but has already had their access restored." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Oravax is testing an oral vaccine in preclinical trials against Covid-19 variants. The vaccine is based on an oral delivery technology that can be used to administer several protein-based therapies that would otherwise be delivered by injection. It targets three structural proteins of the novel coronavirus and should be more resistant to variants. An oral vaccine would be easier to distribute, and people would be able to self-administer it at home. Oral medications tend to have fewer side effects." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Israel to become first in world to test oral COVID-19 vaccine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Being the boss of a company has its perks, and it is no surprise that Elon Musk gets to be one of the first to take the Cybertruck out for a spin. Musk was seen cruising about Hawthorne, California in a Cybertruck recently. An Instagram user posted a video of an encounter, which Musk then retweeted. The video is a little blurry, but it shows what appears to be Musk driving a Cybertruck. One of the people in the video says 'Jay Leno and Elon'. It is linked in the article. The car taking the video barely comes up to the bottom of the Cybertruck's window. Everyone else will have to wait until at least the end of 2021 to have the driving experience Musk is having today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cruisin’ Elon: Tesla boss Musk takes Cybertruck for a spin" } ]