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"content": "PostHog - open source product analytics you can self-host With PostHog's open source analytics platform, customer data never has to leave your infrastructure.Featuring product analytics, session recording, feature flags, heatmaps, experimentation, and more - all available for free. The best part is everything is seamlessly integrated, so you can spend less time configuring different tools and more time getting valuable insight into user behavior. Get started."
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"content": "Tired of waiting for Tesla to release its new Tesla pickup truck, YouTuber Simone Giertz decided to make her own by transforming her Model 3. After a year of planning and designing, a team of mechanics and DIY car modifiers helped Giertz to build the truck, all while being filmed. Elon Musk has been hyping up the Tesla pickup truck for several years, promising that it won’t look anything like other trucks on the market. Giertz says she performed the stunt to celebrate Musk’s products, as a Tesla pickup truck would truly be her dream car. The final video, pictures of the finished truck, and a link to a fake truck commercial produced by Giertz are available."
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"content": "YouTuber Simone Giertz transformed a Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck"
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"content": "Elastagen is an Australian company that has perfected a technique for producing elastin, a protein that can stretch to eight times its length. Elastin occurs anywhere in the body that requires stretching and recoil and accounts for the elastic properties of many of the body's tissues. Elastagen produces tropoelastin, a precursor of elastin, by putting the genetic instructions for human tropoelastin into a bacterium. The resulting protein can be developed into topical gels, surgical glue, and could also potentially be used for other applications in stem cell and regenerative medicine research."
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"content": "The human skin replacement that got experts buzzing"
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"content": "Twitch's Watch Parties function is now available to the public, allowing streamers and their subscribers to watch Amazon's library of movies and TV shows together. Watch Parties was built specifically for Amazon Prime Video and is not currently available on mobile devices. Licensing complications will affect what viewers can see across regions. All viewers need to have an Amazon Prime account to use the feature."
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"content": "Twitch now lets anyone host an online movie party with the Amazon Prime Video library"
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"content": "As startups grow, they will inevitably have to deal with issues of scale. This can be a good problem, but there is scarce information on how to scale web apps as the number of users grows to hundreds of thousands. Developments usually come from dealing with massive issues or identifying bottlenecks. As a web app grows, it will have different needs. Infrastructure is built and changed incrementally. Larger web apps will start needing services like load balancers and CDNs. As businesses continue to grow, developers will always need to continue to work to solve problems of scale."
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"content": "Scaling to 100k Users"
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"content": "While sharing scientific results is easier than ever, sharing results, or even allowing others to look at the data and manipulate it themselves, can be a complicated problem. Iodide aims to solve this problem by providing an interactive programming environment to allow scientists to work flexibly and collaboratively with minimal friction. The browser-based platform allows you to tell the story that you want while having the live, editable code only one click away. Users can review papers and the code/data that the papers are based on inside their browsers, without having to use multiple sources and files or having to install any extra software. Many example notebooks are available, along with a detailed tutorial on how to use Iodide effectively."
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"content": "Apple has been in talks with at least four lidar sensor suppliers as it works on developing its own lidar unit for self-driving cars. It appears that Apple is trying to find the smallest, cheapest, and most easily mass produced lidar units in order to create its next-generation lidar. Current lidar units are large and expensive, making it impractical for mass-produced vehicles. It is unclear whether Apple is looking to build its own vehicles, but their interest in long-distance sensors make it clear that they intend to create a fully self-driving system, rather than an adaptive cruise control system similar to what exists in today’s autonomous vehicles."
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"content": "Exclusive: Apple in talks with potential suppliers of sensors for self-driving cars - sources"
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"content": "A smooth-hound shark gave birth in what could be the first and only example of pathogenesis in the species. Pathogenesis occurs in some other animals that normally reproduce sexually, usually in low-density populations where females have little chance of meeting partners. Babies born from pathogenesis are basically clones of the mother but with genetic sequences similar to those born of inbreeding. The baby shark appears to be in good health and its DNA will be analyzed to confirm its parentage."
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"content": "Shark Gives 'Virgin Birth' to Miracle Baby in All-Female Tank"
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"content": "Privacy-focused search engine Duck Duck Go just hit 30 million searches a day, after having just hit 20 million searches a day last year. The company has been profitable since 2014, and estimates that it has 25 million users. Increased awareness for online privacy may help Duck Duck Go compete against Google, and the company recently raised $10 million in external investment."
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"content": "Pro-privacy search engine DuckDuckGo hits 30M daily searches, up 50% in a year"
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"content": "Bad sanitation kills 525,000 children per year and costs over $223 billion per year in lost wages and extra healthcare. Bill Gates has invested $200 million into developing a toilet that doesn't require a central sewage system to operate, and the first prototypes are here. One developed at Caltech extracts clean water from human waste and reuses it for future flushing. The University of South Florida's NEWgenerator uses feces-digesting anaerobic bacteria. Cranfield University's toilet burns waste in the toilet's combustor to create energy. None of the toilets are cheap enough for widespread use, but Bill Gates wants to spend another $200 million developing the second generation of toilets, and eventually hopes to get these toilets into 4.5 billion homes around the world. Gates said, \"A decade ago, I didn't think I would be able to tell you so much about poop.\""
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"content": "Bill Gates is obsessed with redesigning the world's toilets"
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"content": "Wasmino is an Arduino core that can compile your Arduino sketch to WebAssembly and run it in a browser. It has only been tested on Windows and Linux, but it will probably work for macOS. A 64-bit system is required due to some of its dependencies. The Arduino IDE is required."
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"content": "Wasmino = WASM + Arduino"
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"content": "Amazon is offering $10 in credit for customers who link their palm prints to their Amazon accounts. The company introduced palm print scanners to its stores last year, allowing customers to pay for goods by waving their palms over the scanners. Amazon stores the palm data unless the feature is unused for two years, or if the customer chooses to delete it. While the feature may prove to be convenient, everyone should be cautious about giving away biometric data."
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"content": "Amazon will pay you $10 in credit for your palm print biometrics"
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"content": "Google conducted a two year study on remote work and has released findings on how to make the most out of distributed teams. The researchers found that remote workers were usually as productive as office teams. However, a few optimizations to the team would help productivity and morale, such as scheduling convenient meeting times, developing real relationships between the team, using the right team communication platforms, and making sure that clear expectations are set. These changes would help remote employees feel less frustrated and disconnected from their teams."
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"content": "Exclusive: Google asked 5,600 employees about remote work. This is what they learned"
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"content": "Reddit is introducing a new on-platform feature called Predictions that will allow users to make predictions on current events. Subreddit moderators can create Prediction Tournaments, a series of questions that users can predict the answers to. Users will be able to bet on questions using tokens that they receive when they join the Predictions Tournament. There is no monetization model for Predictions and the tokens have no value outside of Predictions Tournaments. Users can compete for high scores on a community leaderboard. The feature will roll out to all safe-for-work communities with at least 10,000 members."
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"content": "Reddit adds a new way to post with launch of ‘Predictions’ feature"
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"content": "Google's DeepMind AI lab was able to create a program that beat human players in Quake III Arena's Capture the Flag mode. DeepMind has beaten human players before in both Go and Starcraft. Capture the Flag requires teamwork between AI agents, which makes the achievement more impressive. The human players were only able to beat the AI in about 25% of games. Human players who were paired with an AI had a 5% greater win rate compared to a team of just AI agents."
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"content": "Google’s DeepMind A.I. defeats human opponents in Quake III Capture the Flag"
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"content": "Many people with cochlear implants report that voices sound flat and robotic and that background noises blur together. A team of scientists in Germany is looking to improve the technology by using light emitters and genetically altered cells that respond to light. The optical cochlear implants can better replicate the full spectral nature of sounds and better mimic natural hearing. The team aims to start clinical trials in 2026."
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"content": "Restoring Hearing With Beams of Light"
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"content": "Authorities in Beijing have ordered Ant Group to scale back its operations after an investigation into allegations of 'monopolistic practices' by Alibaba. China's central bank had declared Ant's corporate governance as unsound and the company has been ordered to return to its origins as a payment services provider. The company must stop its credit, insurance, and wealth management financial activities. Ant Group has said that it will try to work with regulators to establish a solution."
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"content": "China orders Alibaba founder Jack Ma to break up fintech empire"
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"content": "More Cloud for Less Money Now with more than 20 global locations and better price-to-performance than the other guys, it's no wonder Vultr is the preferred cloud infrastructure provider for developers like you. TLDR readers can redeem $100 in credit just for signing up with this link!"
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"content": "Minecraft will be playable for free on PlayStation VR later this month. It will be the same as Minecraft on PlayStation 4 but with some small tweaks, mainly to the interface and set-up for VR. Players will be able to use the PS4 controller to move around while using the PS VR headset to look around. There will be two modes, Immersive and Living Room, but there are no further details on what these modes will entail."
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"content": "Minecraft is coming to PlayStation VR as a free upgrade later this month"
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"content": "Lumis has helped fast growing startups like gem.com, ramp.com, pilot.com and alchemy.com buy their domain names at a fair market price. Let us help you get your perfect domain name."
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"content": "Have your eye on a domain name that's already taken?"
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"content": "With deep-fake technology becoming more common, politicians are becoming more concerned with disinformation and fake news being propagated without restrictions. Damian Collins, a politician in the UK, has spoken out against social media giants such as Facebook, calling for stronger policies and action against such content. He states that social media companies have a responsibility to identify and remove content that is designed to spread misinformation. With the current algorithms, if a user engages with specific content, they are served with more of the same material, causing users to be stuck in feedback loops."
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"content": "Facebook needs regulation to combat fake news, say MPs"
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"content": "Piranha is an open-source tool developed by Uber that can automatically remove old code. Removing old code can be time-intensive for engineers, preventing them from working on new features. Uber uses Piranha to remove features by identifying code related to feature flags once they become obsolete. It is currently implemented for Objective-C, Swift, and Java programs."
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"content": "Introducing Piranha: An Open Source Tool to Automatically Delete Stale Code"
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"content": "Many companies are starting to use computers and automation to fill and replace roles, and this is starting to have a real impact on job availability. The transition to using computers for menial jobs is similar to how the farming industry started replacing workers with machinery. There is now an upper class part of the workforce that works in information jobs that enjoy high wage growth, while the lower class working menial jobs have little hope for advancement and have had stagnant wages for decades."
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"content": "Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two"
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"content": "Gaming giant Tencent and the Chinese police worked together to shut down a video-game-cheat operation that made roughly $76 million in revenue from subscription fees. The gang made and sold cheats to popular games to users in hundreds of regions. $46 million in assets were seized, and 10 people were arrested. Large money prizes are at stake in gaming tournaments around the world, so authorities have intensified crackdown efforts in recent years."
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"content": "Police bust 'world's biggest' video-game-cheat operation"
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"content": "Google I/O 2022 starts on May 11. This article speculates on what Google might be announcing at the event. It is likely that Google will make announcements about Android 13, Wear OS 3, the Pixel Watch, Smart Home, the Pixel 6a, and Google Pay. Google will probably not mention the Pixel 7 or Project Iris at the event. While the Pixel Watch may be talked about at the event, it will likely be a pre-announcement similar to how the Pixel 6 series was introduced last year."
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"content": "Google I/O 2022 preview: What to expect from this year's event"
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"content": "Reddit and Adobe have teamed up to stream a comedy competition series called PsBattles Live. The show will stream on the r/PsBattlesLive subreddit every day this week. It will feature Photoshop edits made by the community and commentary from a panel of comedians. Users who participate will earn points, community rewards, and internet glory. The launch of the show marks the 10th anniversary of the r/photoshopbattles subreddit."
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"content": "Reddit’s first live show is a Photoshop competition"
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"content": "A Reddit user recently posted a Windows File Explorer design concept that quickly gained a lot of popularity. It is simple and functional, incorporating new Windows 10 system icons and color-coded groups for files and folders. The design has tabs that allow users to open up multiple folders in a single view. It offers a cleaner way to deal with images, and there are nested folders on the side panel. Screenshots of the design are available in the article."
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"content": "This is the best Windows File Explorer design concept I’ve ever seen"
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"content": "Scientists have confirmed that pigs can game. Four pigs showed a remarkable ability to play a joystick-operated video game originally developed by NASA to test monkeys. The pigs were trained on how to use a joystick and then they gamed once a day for 12 weeks. They had to stop the study as some of the pigs had grown too large to stand long enough to complete the sessions. Each pig had its own individual aptitude for the tasks. Positive encouragement from their caretakers resulted in better outcomes in the game. A picture of a pig on one of the gaming consoles is available in the article."
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"content": "Google has started rolling out a central flagging tool that allows employees to report internal communications content to a new team of community managers. The managers review the content and will attempt to educate employees on how they may have violated the rules before resorting to disciplinary actions. Google's communication guidelines require employees to follow its values: to respect the user, respect the opportunity, and to respect each other. Employees are to be inclusive and considerate in their communications. They must also treat Google's data with care and not violate its Data Security Policy."
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"content": "Google bans political discussion on internal mailing lists"
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"content": "Uber will list on the New York Stock Exchange as UBER around May this year. Its IPO prospectus contained the first official record of its financials. The company reported $11.27 billion in revenue and $997 million net income in 2018. Names of major shareholders were released, revealing that co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick still owns 8.6% of the company. Drivers who had done a certain amount of trips will receive a cash reward. While Uber is a giant in the ride-sharing industry, there are still challenges that the company faces that may affect its valuation."
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"content": "Uber releases its long-awaited IPO filing"
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"content": "There is a minor air leak on the International Space Station. People on the station are not in immediate danger. The ISS is never completely airtight, requiring routine repressurization with gasses from tanks sent up during cargo missions. This leak was first identified in September 2019. The ISS has been busy for the last few months, but now that activity has dropped, the crew members can start focusing on it."
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"content": "NASA investigating small air leak on International Space Station"
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"content": "Researchers from Princeton University have built perovskite solar cells that last long enough to be commercially viable. Perovskite solar cells are highly efficient and low-cost, but they are also fragile, with the first perovskite solar cells developed lasting barely minutes. The team developed a new technique for testing how solar devices will perform in the long term. The new perovskite solar cells can run at or above 80% of their peak efficiency for 30 years in a city like Princeton."
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"content": "The first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime is here"
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"content": "Waymo's self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans completed 4,678 passenger trips in July, transporting 6,299 passengers in total in its robotaxi pilot program in California. The vehicles were only allowed to transport Waymo or Alphabet employees and their guests within a restricted area for free, so it is difficult to determine the actual demand for a self-driving passenger service from the results of the trial. In order to participate in autonomous vehicle testing trials, companies must have testing permits with the DMV and CPUC. The data collected from these trials will help regulators determine the value and challenges of commercial autonomous vehicle services."
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"content": "Waymo’s robotaxi pilot surpassed 6,200 riders in its first month in California"
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"content": "No more complicated firewall rules. Tailscale makes secure SSH connections direct, fast, private, and easier to manage.Our free plan is free forever, no fooling. Learn more."
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"content": "Wyoming will recognize Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) as limited liability corporations (LLCs) effective July 1. DAOs are online collectives of investors that rely on Ethereum's smart-contract technology to make shared decisions. LLCs are entities that combine the characteristics of a corporation with those of a partnership or sole proprietorship. The law makes the process of a DAO becoming an LLC easier and cheaper. It protects DAOs from being sued as general partnerships and makes the rights of DAOs enforceable in court."
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"content": "State Lawmaker Explains Wyoming’s Newly Passed DAO LLC Law"
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"content": "It looks like Microsoft is throwing in the towel on the Edge browser and it's rendering engine EdgeHTML and is now building a new browser based on Chromium, the open source rendering engine that powers Google's Chrome browser. This new browser, code named Anaheim, will eventually replace Edge as the default on Windows 10."
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"content": "Microsoft is building a Chromium-powered web browser that will replace Edge on Windows 10"
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"content": "This article details how to create a tweet that quotes itself. The idea is to correctly guess the ID that a given tweet is going to get and then tweeting it with the profile URL. The resulting tweet doesn't display itself as somebody had done this seven years ago and cost a principal engineer an entire day of wading through heap dumps to figure out what was happening. It is possible to use this method to quote tweets from the future."
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"content": "How I Made a Self-Quoting Tweet"
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"content": "Is time series data just any dataset with a timestamp field? How do time series workloads differ from OLTP or full text search? And what does it mean for your choice of database? Get all the answers in this technical e-book from the creators of InfluxDB. Download PDF."
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"content": "Time series data: Do you need a purpose-built database?"
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"content": "Microsoft's Planetary Computer is an endeavor that uses aggregate global environmental data to better understand the challenges faced in planetary health and to provide answers about how to plan for sustainability. The computer will complete tasks such as providing searchable satellite imagery, global species habitat information, and more. This is an evolution of Microsoft's AI for Earth program that was launched in 2017."
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"content": "Microsoft’s new ‘Planetary Computer’ project will use global environmental data to support sustainability"
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"content": "Brian Hofer has drafted over 26 privacy laws for cities and counties in California. His work has resulted in many anti-surveillance measures being taken across the state. As technology improves, laws must be made regarding their use, as the potential for abuse is high. Hofer claims that he is not anti-technology, but that he just wants to stop authorities from abusing this technology. He had previously been targeted incorrectly by a number-plate recognition algorithm that ran off an outdated database, resulting in him being temporarily held by the Contra Costa County sheriff’s department."
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"content": "The Man Behind San Francisco’s Facial Recognition Ban Is Working on More. Way More"
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"content": "Surgeons in the US have successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a living human for the first time. The patient is alive and has not rejected the pig organ. The genetically modified heart had around 10 modifications to reduce the chances of rejection from a human immune system. Two transplants were performed last year on functionally dead patients who were kept alive for several days. The patient was too unwell to qualify for a regular heart transplant, so the experimental treatment was offered as a last resort."
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"content": "Tokyo's 2020 Olympic Games is set to be a showcase of both technology and human sporting achievement. The medals will be made using scrap metal recovered from electronic waste, and a full line-up of robots will be assisting the public and staff. Toyota will supply 20 special edition e-Palette people movers for the Games. The vehicles will transport athletes throughout the Olympic and Paralympic villages. The special edition e-Palettes will have sport benches and lift-up seating, and will be able to transport up to four wheelchair users and seven standing passengers at a time. They will feature large sliding doors, low floors, and electric ramps. The design includes contrasting colors to help those with color blindness. A safety operator will be on board, but the vehicles will be using an autonomous driving system that can travel up to 12 mph with Level 4 autonomy. They will have a range of just over 90 miles per charge."
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"content": "Toyota's autonomous pod to transport athletes around Tokyo 2020 Olympics"
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"content": "This article discusses state machines and presents a list of frequently overlooked facts about them."
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"content": "Facts about State Machines"
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"content": "Alphabet's Everyday Robots Project team has released some of its prototype machines onto Google's Bay Area campuses to carry out light custodial tasks. The robots are essentially arms on wheels that feature a multipurpose gripper. They have a head with cameras and sensors, including a spinning LIDAR unit for navigation. Alphabet aims to create robots that can manipulate never-before-seen objects in novel settings. GIFs that show the robots performing some tasks are available in the article."
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"content": "Alphabet is putting its prototype robots to work cleaning up around Google’s offices"
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"content": "OpenAI, a research company backed by Elon Musk, has produced a new AI fake text generator which is so impressive that the company has declined to release a full report on its capabilities for fear of misuse. The AI, GPT2, is able to generate plausible text that matches the style and subject of its inputs, without the common quirks of other previous AI systems such as forgetting what it is writing about midway through paragraphs or creating mangled sentences. For example, it is currently able to generate an infinite number of positive (or negative) reviews for products. There are examples of its outputs in the article, and a video demonstrating a version of the AI."
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"content": "New AI fake text generator may be too dangerous to release, say creators"
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"content": "Apple will hold its 'Peek Performance' virtual event on March 8. The event will be live-streamed from Apple's website, its YouTube channel, and on the Apple TV app. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone SE 3, iPad Air 5, iOS 15.4, a new Mac mini, a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with M2 chips, and a 27-inch iMac or iMac Pro. More details about the expected lineup are available in the article."
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"content": "Here’s everything Apple could announce at its March 8 ‘Peek performance’ special event"
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"content": "A collection of photos of 14 alternative wonders of the world."
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"content": "14 alternative wonders of the world"
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"content": "WeWork has been renting buildings that its CEO Adam Neumann partially owns, paying $12 million between 2016 and 2017 and on the hook for $110 million over the lifetime of the leases. There is an internal review process for related party transactions, but Neumann has majority voting rights over the board. A spokesperson says that only 4 of the 400 properties rented by WeWork are partially owned by Neumann."
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"content": "WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has reportedly made millions of dollars by leasing office space to his own company"
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"content": "In the last three years, Apple has expanded its repair coverage to around 800 locations around the US, courtesy of third-party partnerships. Now, up to 1,800 locations will be able to perform certified repairs, as Apple has authorized repairs at around 1,000 Best Buy stores. For Apple, this means that its customers in more rural areas will still receive quality service, and for Best Buy, this will be another endorsement from a large tech company for their services. Samsung has also authorized Galaxy repairs for Best Buy. Apple strives to maintain a high-quality service, and it wants its customers to feel confident in knowing that repairs are being done safely and correctly."
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"content": "Apple expands authorized repairs to ~1,000 Best Buy stores"
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"content": "Britain's shadow chancellor John McDonnell has recently pledged to reduce the standard working week to 32 hours, without loss of pay, within 10 years of winning office. He says that people should work to live, not live to work. While fewer working hours may have economic benefits through optimal resource allocation, it is also an ethically desirable goal. Fewer working hours mean that people would be generally happier as they have more time. However, having more time doesn't mean that all the time is spent on doing what people want to do. A lot of the extra time will probably be spent on doing things that are required to be done."
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"content": "The ethics of the 4 day work week. It’s not just about the hours"
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"content": "Apple has acquired AI Music, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate personalized soundtracks and adaptive music. AI Music can generate dynamic soundtracks that change based on user interaction, for example, it can adjust its tune based on a listener's heartbeat. The company previously advertised its technology as a way for advertisers to create audio to match user context and moods. There are many ways Apple could use this technology, for example, it could provide royalty-free songs for slideshows or music for Apple Fitness+."
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"content": "Every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century due to the decline in birth rates around the world. In 1950 women were having an average of 4.7 children and this has nearly halved to 2.4 in 2017. Experts expect the human population to peak around 9.7 billion around 2064, falling back down to 8.8 billion by the end of the century. The falling fertility rate is due to greater access to contraception and more women being in education and work. 23 countries, including Japan, Italy, Thailand, and Spain, are expecting to see their populations more than halve. A decline in population by the end of this century will bring about many social issues, especially when considering a large elderly population. Some countries have already started trying to combat this problem but it is complicated as other social issues are involved. The sub-Saharan African population is expected to triple in size to more than three billion by the end of the century."
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"content": "Coachella is bringing in Hatsune Miku, a blue-haired CGI idol that was created as part of a software that generated songs that was made in 2007. The software was released around the same time YouTube arrived in Japan, and Miku became popular as people began sharing videos of her songs. Some of these videos became so popular, her songs entered the charts in Japan. Miku has since collaborated with Pharrell and Lady Gaga and has toured around the world. Holographic performances still involve a lot of work for everyone in the team. Miku's songs are all fan-made. Creators own the rights to their work, but Crypton, the company behind the software, gets usage rights. Coachella has previously had virtual performers, such as a holographic Tupac in 2012."
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"content": "A woman in Westchester County filed a class-action lawsuit against Lyft for not providing transportation options for people with disabilities. There are currently no options for people with non-foldable wheelchairs or scooters to ride with Lyft. Lyft has argued that the company is not in the transportation business in order to avoid complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. While Lyft claims to be a technology company, they have previously stated in their filing with the SEC that their mission was to ‘improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation’."
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"content": "Lyft says it’s ‘not in the transportation business’ to avoid complying with disability law"
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"content": "Walmart will be deploying 360 floor-scrubbing robots made by a company called Brain Corp. by the end of January 2019. Their BrainOS operating system uses computer vision to allow the robots to navigate complex environments, and Walmart employees will be able to map out cleaning routes and then send off the robots with the press of a button."
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"content": "Are you prepared for your compliance audit? SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS can be a growth lever for scaling tech companies. Drata compiled a list of things to expect during your SOC 2 audit so that you aren't caught off guard.Read the article and find out what you can expect from your next SOC 2 audit"
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"content": "SOC 2 Audits: What Your Organization Can Expect From Start to Finish"
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"content": "Advances in artificial intelligence have led to systems that can write code from natural-language descriptions. Automated coding assistants are now being used to help developers work faster. Future developers will likely focus on learning the semantics, concepts, and logical sequences of building software instead of learning programming languages. This article discusses advances in AI coding systems and the future of the software industry."
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"content": "Coding Made AI — Now, How Will AI Unmake Coding?"
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"content": "Optimus Ride is set to become the first commercial self-driving service in New York. It will be used in a restricted private commercial development, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which has 300 acres of space. The vehicles are fitted with six seats across three separate rows. Optimus Ride's shuttles have been running across a range of locations including Boston, California, and Massachusetts. It will still be a long time before fully autonomous driving can be mastered, but success in controlled environments on a smaller scale can bring in revenue while offering value to paying customers at the same time."
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"content": "Optimus Ride’s Brooklyn self-driving shuttles begin picking up passengers this week"
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"content": "TikTok is testing a distraction-free scrolling experience on its app. The new clear mode is currently in limited testing. It removes on-screen clutter such as usernames, captions, audio information, and buttons. Screenshots of the feature are available in the article. It is unclear if TikTok plans to roll out the feature more widely."
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"content": "TikTok is testing a ‘clear mode’ for a distraction-free scrolling experience"
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"content": "Spanish-born biologist Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, who operates a lab at the Salk Institute in California, has been working with researchers in China to create embryos that are part human and part monkey. The aim is to research human-animal chimeras for viability in organ transplants. Previous research into other types of human-animal chimeras has failed as the human cells were far too different from other animals' cells. While harvesting organs from human-monkey chimeras is probably not a viable option due to their size and how long they take to develop, the research may provide clues to crossing evolutionary barriers when creating other types of chimeras. So far, no human-monkey chimeras have been born, as they are only allowed to develop for up to two weeks in the lab. There are no rules for creating mixed human-monkey embryos in China."
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"content": "Scientists are making human-monkey hybrids in China"
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"content": "WeWork will withdraw its S-1 filing and postpone its initial public offering. SoftBank, one of WeWork's biggest backers, had valued WeWork at around $47 billion after the release of its S-1. This caused investors to voice skepticism about WeWork's business. Public investors have since valued the company at as low as $10 billion. WeWork's new CEOs have started to cut costs at the company by selling assets, putting up side businesses up for sale, and considering the layoffs of roughly 5,000 workers. These actions are aimed at preparing the company for its IPO, which will be still be held, but at an unknown date."
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"content": "This repository contains a database of internships for Summer 2020 in tech, SWE, and related fields. Positions are open to anyone enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program. Additional information on other prerequisites or preferences are listed."
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"content": "Figma to Code is a Figma plugin that generates responsive pages and apps on Tailwind, Flutter, and SwiftUI. It optimizes the layout before the conversion to code begins, improving code quality."
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"content": "macOS Catalina has been released and can now be downloaded from the Mac App Store or via the software update option in System Preferences. iPads that support the Apple Pencil can now be used as a second display on Mac using Sidecar. iTunes has been replaced by three separate apps, Apple TV, Apple Music, and Podcasts. Apple Arcade is now available on Mac. Catalyst is a feature that lets developers port their iPad apps to Mac. Other new features include new accessibility options to control your Mac by voice, Screen Time controls that can limit how long certain apps can be used, and improved security."
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"content": "Apple’s new Mac update is out, and iTunes is finally dead"
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"content": "The New York Times is open about the A/B testing it does on its headlines. This article further investigates how exactly the Times tests its headlines using web scraping and data analysis. Roughly 29% of NYT articles have multiple headlines, with some having as many as eight. Most A/B tested articles have just two headlines. Many of the changes are minor. The headlines can change as a story evolves. Most headline swaps are clearly tests looking for more clicks. Headlines tend to get more dramatic as time passes. The A/B testing seems to work, with more headline testing correlating with more engagement."
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"content": "How the New York Times A/B tests their headlines"
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"content": "Project Endgame is a new service from Intel that gives users an always-accessible, low latency computing experience powered by Arc GPUs. There is little information about the service, but it seems to be a game-streaming solution. It may also be a cloud streaming service for professional users needing a cloud-based Windows workstation. The service will be available for use later this year."
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"content": "Intel's Project Endgame Is an Upcoming Cloud CPU Service"
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"content": "PHP Weekly is a once-a-week look at articles, news, and blog posts about the PHP ecosystem. If you're a Wordpress/PHP dev you might want to check it out!"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Reface is a platform for making deepfake videos using celebrity likenesses. It has grown to three million active users from 10,000 in just six weeks. The company has been working on technology that enables near-infinite content personalization using anyone's face and body. Reface focuses on the fun aspect of creating deepfakes, with intentionally lower quality videos and techniques embedded in the videos to help identify them as deepfakes in case anyone tries to pass off one of its videos as real. The company aims to eventually allow people to license their likenesses for brands."
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"content": "Synthetic Celebrity: Cloning A Billion Digital Selves For Fun And Profit"
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"content": "Currently, men can treat hair loss using minoxidil, finasteride, or hair transplant surgery, but these treatments do not always work for everyone or can be too expensive or painful. Stimulating the scalp with electric pulses has been shown to restore hair growth. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a wireless patch that sticks to the scalp and generates electric pulses by harnessing energy from random body movements. The patch is made of materials that produce electricity when they come into contact and separate again. It was successful in growing hair in rats, with faster growth and hair density than using just a minoxidil solution. The team has designed a baseball cap that uses this material and is currently seeking approval to test it in men in a clinical trial."
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"content": "A hat that zaps the scalp with electricity helps reverse male balding"
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"content": "Google has filed a lawsuit against Match Group, demanding monetary compensation and to permanently deprive the company of access to its app store. The tech giant has accused the dating app company of bad faith dealings and breach of contract. It alleges that Match Group doesn't want to pay to use the Google Play Store. The lawsuit is in response to Match Group suing Google in May for its monopolistic billing practices."
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"content": "Google is suing to permanently ban Tinder owners from its app store"
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"content": "Samsung's Galaxy S10's fingerprint reader can be fooled with a piece of transparent plastic. A user's wife discovered that she could unlock her husband's phone by putting a screen protector between her finger and the fingerprint sensor. Samsung is aware of the malfunctioning fingerprint recognition and will soon issue a software patch. The exploit also works on the Galaxy Note 10, which uses the same fingerprint technology. The phones use Qualcomm's ultrasonic fingerprint reader technology, which was supposed to be more secure as it used sonic waves to take a 3D scan of your finger as well as to detect blood flow within the finger. The fingerprint reader was previously fooled with a $450 3D printer."
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"content": "Anyone can fingerprint unlock a Galaxy S10—just grab a clear phone case"
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"content": "Google has announced several updates coming to Android that include new widgets for some Google apps, new Android Auto features, and updates for Google Assistant and Google Photos. Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, and Samsung Galaxy S21 owners can now use their phones as a car key with compatible BMW vehicles in selected countries. Google's Family Bell feature is being updated to work on mobile devices, and the permissions-reset feature will start rolling out on older phones starting next month. Videos from Google explaining the new Photos widgets and the Family Bell feature are available in the article."
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "Google announces grab bag of new Android features for the end of 2021"
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"content": "While psychedelics are starting to be seen by doctors as a tool for treating mental illness, their mind-altering effects can be a serious detriment to patients. Treatment using traditional psychedelics requires the drugs to be administered and monitored inside clinics instead of the patient taking a pill at home like for many other conditions. A team of scientists recently engineered several synthetic cousins of LSD that could quell depressive symptoms in mice without getting them high. It will take a long time before the drug can be tested in humans, but the research could result in an entirely new treatment regime for mental health issues."
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"content": "Psychedelics Without the Trip Could Be ‘Healing Magic’ for Mental Health"
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"content": "Apple has filed a series of patent applications all entitled 'Proving Verified Claims of User Identity'. The patents detail methods to record, transmit, and confirm a user's identification. While the proposals don't mention iPhones at all, the systems could potentially be integrated into iPhones to make it so they can provide valid, verifiable identification. Many countries are starting to allow the use of mobile passports, and it is likely the trend to digitize ID will continue."
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"content": "Apple wants your iPhone to replace your passport and driver's license"
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"content": "A team of researchers from several universities in the US have forged a new metallic object in which electrons can flow freely. The scientists observed that a strong interaction between phonons and electrons within a metal superconductor modified the transport of electrons from particle-like motion to a fluid-like motion. This novel liquid can flow inside the metal in the same way that water flows down a pipe. The research might result in materials that could lead to a new generation of electronic devices."
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"content": "Scientists Have Created a Novel Metal That Allows Fluid-Like Electron Motion"
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"content": "Parallel Systems is a company founded by three former SpaceX engineers to build autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles. It aims to reduce carbon emissions in freight and solve the supply chain constraints of trucking and railway systems. The startup recently came out of stealth mode with a $49.55 million Series A raise. It will use the funds to build a second-generation vehicle and launch an advanced testing program to figure out how to integrate the vehicles into real-world operations. Parallel will have to convince a legacy railroad partner to let the startup use its rails before finding out if its tech can handle real-world operations."
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"content": "Former SpaceX engineers bring autonomous, electric rail vehicle startup out of stealth"
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"content": "Netflix Party is a Chrome extension that allows people to watch shows together with a chatbox. The host just needs to select a show and then share a link. Anyone with the link can join the chatroom and watch the show together in real-time. The extension uses the host to stream video to those watching, so there is a slight delay in the video."
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"content": "Netflix Party Lets You Watch Movies Online With Friends, Mixing AOL Chatroom With Streaming Services"
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"content": "A new flu strain with the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in pigs in China. The virus is not an immediate problem, but it has all the characteristics of being highly adapted to infect humans and the situation will require close monitoring. G4 EA H1N1 is similar to swine flu. It grows and multiplies in the cells that line the human airways. There is evidence that some people who worked in abattoirs and the swine industry in China have been recently infected. It may be possible to adapt current flu vaccines to protect against it."
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"content": "Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China"
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"content": "After launching a custom browser designed for developers, Kitze looked at the statistics for his software and found that while over 7,000 people were using the software every month, it had only made $93 in 2.5 years despite the donation link being clearly visible everywhere. After exploring a few options and jobs, Kitze redeveloped a paid version of the app and removed the GitHub repository. The app launch was successful and Kitze was able to build and expand a business."
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"content": "GitHub stars won’t pay your rent"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Your organization is growing at an impressive rate, but is your security & compliance stack set up to scale with you? Drata is the simplest way to achieve continuous SOC 2, ISO 2700, PCI DSS, & HIPAA compliance. Through a suite of 50+ integration - from AWS, to Github, to Cloudflare - Drata puts your security compliance on autopilot.TLDR subscribers: save 10% and get your free compliance assessment."
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"content": "Say Goodbye to Manual Compliance and Hello to Automation"
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"content": "This is the textbook for Data 100, the Principles and Techniques of Data Science, at UC Berkeley. The course assumes that the student is comfortable with the information presented in Data 8, Berkeley’s Foundations of Data Science course. Previous knowledge of Python and familiarity with partial derivatives, gradients, vector algebra, and matrix algebra is also required."
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"content": "NASA has released an audio clip of sound waves from a supermassive black hole located 250 million light-years away. The waves had to be transposed up 57 and 58 octaves to be audible to humans. They include the lowest note in the Universe ever detected by humans, a B-flat just over 57 octaves below middle C. Sound waves may play a vital role in the evolution of galaxy clusters over long periods of time. The audio clip is available in the article."
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"content": "NASA Recorded The Sound From a Black Hole, and It's Super Eerie"
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"role": "user",
"content": "This article contains pictures and a one-minute video showing views of Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system. The images were captured during a close flyby of the moon by NASA's Juno Jupiter probe in late December last year. They show how the ice and area near Ganymede's north pole have been affected by the precipitation of plasma caused by particles from the sun and a lack of atmosphere."
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"content": "NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before"
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"content": "Build trust with your customers and scale securely with Drata - the smartest way to achieve continuous SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, & PCI DSS compliance.\"The Drata team has removed the headache from the SOC 2 experience and allowed us to engage our people in the process of establishing a ‘security-first’ mindset.” - Christine Smoley, Security Engineering Lead at Clearco."
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"content": "We're rarely taught how to mentor. Mentoring is different from coaching. While both involve improving skills, a coach's role is to assess and not just to advise. Mentors give advice that is usually not just tied to day-to-day work, with conversations usually centering around goals, situations, and skills. This article discusses mentoring and gives tips on how to become a better mentor."
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"content": "How to mentor software engineers"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Meta is releasing its Reels API to developers starting tomorrow. The API will be able to schedule Reels and get social interaction metrics. It will also allow developers to reply, delete, hide/unhide, and disable/enable comments on Reels. The API will be available for the current version and all previous versions of the Instagram Graph API. Developers with access to applicable APIs will not have to put their apps through additional App Reviews."
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"content": "Meta introduces Instagram Reels APIs for developers"
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"role": "user",
"content": "The Vultr Talon platform makes accelerated computing affordable and easy to use. In just minutes, provision VMs with fractional NVIDIA GPUs starting at just $90 per month.Run Tensorflow, PyTorch, or any other ML framework.Try Vultr Talon for free today with this $200 code!"
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"content": "Vultr Talon - Easy and Affordable NVIDIA Cloud GPUs"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Now in public preview: New Relic’s new UI is faster and more adaptable. Getting familiar with it early will help you be more productive. Navigation, instrumentation, customization, and workspace design have all been overhauled - check out the details and learn how to make the most of the new UI."
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"content": "Get comfortable in New Relic’s new UI with these 8 must-know tips"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have created an Electrochemical Eye (EC-Eye), an artificial eye that has the potential to see better than a real human eye. The EC-Eye is modeled after a real retina, with a concave curve and a surface studded with an array of tiny light sensors designed to mimic the photoreceptors on a human retina. Wires made of liquid metal connect the sensors, acting as the optic nerve. The eye can capture images relatively clearly compared to existing alternatives. An 18-second video is available showing the EC-Eye processing the shapes of a few letters."
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"content": "World-first 3D bionic eye could enable superhuman sight, night vision"
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"role": "user",
"content": "The 7Seas Med project aims to build a floating wind farm in the Mediterranean Sea. Located 35 kilometers off the coast of Marsala, the 25 floating wind turbines constructed in the next 25 to 30 years will produce up to ten megawatts of power each. Italy needs to develop 9,000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030 to reach the European Union's goals. Floating turbines can be moved when needed, but it is unlikely to be necessary in this case due to the chosen location. The project will start construction in 2023 and will begin to produce energy in the following year."
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"content": "Italy begins the first floating wind power plant in the Mediterranean"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Scientists at Binghamton University have observed a land-living spider fleeing from humans by going underwater and remaining there for over 30 minutes. The spider was enveloped in a layer of air held in place by its hydrophobic hairs. It is unclear if the spider was using the air to breathe. The air kept the spider's respiratory openings away from water and may have helped to minimize thermal loss to the water that it was submerged in."
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"content": "Spider uses film of air to hide underwater for over half an hour"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Scientists have observed electrical activity similar to the brain activity of premature babies in lab-grown brains. The lab-grown brains are simplified versions of the organ that is grown in a lab for research purposes. They do not have brain regions to connect to, and they are also engineered to lack a protein that is essential for the normal function of neurons. By six months, the organoids were showing energetic brain activity. The activity was not like the organized, predictable brain activity of an adult, but it was similar to the chaotic bursts of brain activity seen in preterm infants. Some scientists are concerned with the results as it may mean that the lab-grown brains may develop consciousness if they were allowed to exist longer than the 10 months they are currently limited to."
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "Brain Waves Have Been Detected Coming From 'Mini Brains' Grown in The Lab"
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"role": "user",
"content": "A recently published paper goes through everything that happened to prepare for the transplant and the weeks following."
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "Pig heart transplant failure: Doctors detail everything that went wrong"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Amazon has introduced a new initiative called 'less packaging, more smiles' that will see the company reduce the materials used for sending out items as well as provide instructions for reusing boxes in fun ways. The new boxes will feature directions on how to use them to build a cat condo, a rocket ship, a robot costume, and more. Amazon plans to start using the packaging this week. The company aims to be net-zero carbon by 2040."
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"content": "Amazon's new boxes can be transformed into cat condos and rocket ships"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Facebook and its services today experienced widespread outages across the world. The outages affected all of its services, including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR. Users could not load content, send messages, or use apps that required a Facebook sign-in. An official response by Facebook said they were aware of the outages and that it was not due to a DDoS attack."
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"content": "Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are still down for some users around the world"
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"role": "user",
"content": "The pandemic has made some realize different priorities in life. Work and building a career is no longer a priority for some. However, everybody needs shelter, calories, and resources, so income is still necessary. In this thread, the original poster asks readers about what remote work is available for developers who want to work as little as possible. The main discussions talk about how to make oneself more valuable at a company, the considerations around budgets when committing to that lifestyle, and how to monetize hobbies."
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"content": "Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?"
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"role": "user",
"content": "At some point, someone may reach out with a life-changing opportunity."
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"role": "assistant",
"content": "Publishing your work increases your luck"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Proteus is the name of an underwater lab that ocean researcher Fabien Cousteau wants to construct so researchers can come from across the globe to study the ocean for long periods at a time. At sixty feet underwater, the challenge of building an underwater lab is similar to the challenge of crafting the International Space Station. The project is estimated to cost $135 million, but Cousteau argues that the lab would provide valuable data that would be otherwise impossible with land-based ocean research. Renders of Cousteau's vision for Proteus are available in the article."
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"content": "See the $135 million underwater lab designed by Fabien Cousteau and Yves Béhar"
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"role": "user",
"content": "Google has uncovered an on-going state-backed hacking campaign run by North Korea. The attackers pose as security researchers by creating numerous fake social media profiles and a fake blog. They offer to work with real security researchers and then share collaboration tools containing malicious code to install malware on their systems. The attackers were able to create a backdoor to fully patched and updated versions of Windows 10 and Chrome browser. North Korea's cyber army comprises thousands of expert hackers who have a record of major cyber disruptions."
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"content": "North Korea hackers use social media to target security researchers"
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