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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Astronomers may have detected signs of a massive merger between two black holes that occurred around 7 billion years ago. The two black holes combined into one single black hole roughly 142 times the mass of our Sun, destroying the equivalent of seven times the mass of our Sun and releasing it as energy. While scientists have observed smaller black holes and supermassive black holes, they have had trouble finding intermediate-mass black holes. However, scientists are expecting to see more mergers like this after the current upgrades to observation facilities are complete." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Astronomers say they’ve detected the most massive merger of two black holes ever discovered" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla is acquiring DeepScale, a computer vision start-up that could help Tesla deliver cars with advanced driver-assistance systems. DeepScale's systems use low-wattage processors to power very accurate computer vision. Its autopilot is good enough to be used in robotaxis. Forrest Iandola, DeepScale's CEO, has recently joined Tesla as a senior machine learning scientist. The acquisition of DeepScale could help fill the talent gap in Tesla's Autopilot division as 11 engineers have recently left the team." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla is buying computer vision start-up DeepScale in a quest to create truly driverless cars" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Some animals, such as sea turtles, birds, fish, and lobsters, can sense the Earth's magnetic field and use this ability as an impressive navigation tool. After 50 years of research, scientists have proposed that the mechanism works through a symbiotic relationship between the animals and magnetotactic bacteria. Magnetotactic bacteria are a special type of bacteria whose movement is influenced by magnetic fields. The researchers searched for the presence of magnetotactic bacteria DNA in animal samples and found that many animals carry the bacteria. It is still unknown where these bacteria live inside the animals, but it is likely they are associated with nervous tissue." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Animals' Magnetic Navigation 'Sixth Sense' Might Come From Bacteria" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "West Japan Rail Company is using a giant Gundam-style robot to fix remote railway power lines. The robot is piloted by a human wearing a virtual reality setup. The robot is still just a prototype and won't be put to work widely until 2024. A video of the robot doing its job is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Japanese Railroad Builds Giant Gundam-Style Robot to Fix Power Lines" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tim Bray, Vice President at Amazon, has quit the company due to its handling of whistleblowers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bray called the company 'chickenshit' for firing employees who organized protests over Amazon's lack of protective actions. Last week, Amazon ended a program that allowed employees to take unlimited unpaid time off during the pandemic. Bray stated that the company had become toxic and that staying in his position would have meant signing off on actions he despised." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company ‘Chickenshit’ for Firing Protesting Workers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Wandering Earth is a movie set in the distant future where the Earth is about to be devoured by the Sun. Humans decide to turn Earth into a spaceship in order to escape the solar system and certain destruction. It was released on February 5 and has already grossed more than $600 million globally. The movie, made in China, proves that the Chinese film industry can hold its own, creating a movie that has production quality and appeal on par with its Hollywood counterparts. Netflix has acquired the rights to the film but has not yet announced a date for its release on their platform." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenDrop is a command-line tool for sharing files between devices directly over Wi-Fi. It is protocol-compatible with Apple AirDrop. OpenDrop is currently only capable of sending to Apple devices that are discoverable by everybody. Contacts only mode is not possible as it requires Apple-signed certificates." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OpenDrop: an Open Source AirDrop Implementation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This thread contains opinions about the next popular and profitable trend. Past trends include social networks in 2004, mobile apps in 2010, or vlogging in 2014. There are many emerging technologies that are proving to fit the description, including machine learning, security and privacy, sustainable energy, sustainable food production, and gene therapies. Many of these technologies are set to change the way the world works, for example, cryptocurrency technology has the potential to change the way we trust others." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What's a promising area to work on?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has announced that all MacBooks with the butterfly mechanism will be fully eligible for Apple’s Keyboard Service Program, as long as the model was first sold within the last four years. The keyboard has been redesigned using new materials in the new MacBook Pros announced today. Many Macbooks have been seeing issues with their keyboards and Apple has only recently started to acknowledge the problem. The new keyboard redesign will not be available for older models." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple tweaks its troubled MacBook keyboard design yet again, expands repair program" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Code review is a thing between humans, and humans can be opinionated, emotional creatures, which sometimes makes code review a challenge. The goal of code review is to examine another person's code to make sure that their pull request is good enough to merge. It seems simple, but factors such as urgency, seniority, the other developer's reactions, and grudges from your relationship with the other developer can often distract from a purely logical code review. In order to conduct a good code review, set clear expectations, have a clear and standard organizational workflow, be concise in online communications and use in-person communications for more serious feedback, and have empathy for other developers when reviewing their code, as no professional would want to do bad work on purpose. Reviewing code is an important skill as it helps the team perform better, and doing it well means that you will be able to maintain positive work relationships." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to do High-Bar Code Review Without Being a Jerk" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla's innovations in data collection, analysis, and usage are transforming the automotive industry. This article is part of a series that examines what data Tesla vehicles collect, how the data is used, how it is accessed, and how it can be exploited. The article covers the hardware used to collect data and how the data is collected. There is no evidence that Tesla collects any data beyond what customers agree to in their terms of service." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Radical Scope of Tesla’s Data Hoard" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon will let individual teams decide how often employees will need to come into the office. Team leaders will decide on what working arrangements would best serve customers. Employees will hear from their team leaders before January 3. Workers are required to be able to easily travel to the office for a meeting within a day's notice. They will be able to work up to four weeks per year fully remotely as long as they work within the country where they are employed. The change only applies to office workers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon’s new work-from-home policy: let teams decide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hydrogen is a React framework for building custom storefronts on Shopify. It was built with the best developer experience in mind so that merchants could do away with bulky templates or building things from scratch. This article takes a behind-the-scenes look at how Shopify created Hydrogen and what it was like developing a new framework using experimental technology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How We Built Hydrogen: A React Framework for Building Custom Storefronts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Zoom has unveiled the Zoom for Home - DTEN ME, an all-in-one communications appliance. It features a standalone 27-inch screen, three wide-angle cameras, and 8 microphones. The appliance is pre-loaded with Zoom software and a custom interface. It can be linked with a laptop or mobile phone through an ultrasonic pairing. Zoom is now taking pre-orders for the appliance, which costs $599 and works with an existing Zoom license." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Zoom introduces all-in-one home communications appliance for $599" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple's 8-core M1 chips came out late last year and outperformed all other Macs in single-core tests. The upcoming M1x chip that will be used in the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros has a 12 core CPU and a 16 core GPU. It will use the same core architecture, but the increase in the number of cores makes the laptop chip perform at the same level as a multi-core high-end desktop. Benchmarking results are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If All These M1 MacBook Rumors Are True, Then Other Laptops Are In for Hell" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft's full Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive are all available in the Mac App Store. The big benefit here is that the apps will be automatically updated through the App Store. It costs $7/month for the personal version." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft Office now available on Apple's Mac App Store" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Drone use in agriculture is expanding in China faster than in other countries due to advances in autonomous navigation technology and the presence of competent operators. XAG, a Guangzhou-based company that works with small-scale farmers, boasts that it has 42,000 drones flying over 1.2 million flights every day. Drones are more efficient and cheaper than skilled manpower while also being environmentally friendly. They enable older farmers to continue to work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China experiencing a drone ‘revolution’ in agriculture" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Archaeologists were able to preliminarily map the entire underground city of Falerii Novi, an ancient Roman city, using ground-penetrating radar. The 28 billion data points collected in the project to generate the full map are still being processed. Researchers were able to document the locations of buildings, monuments, passageways, and even water pipes without having to dig. Falerii Novi is well documented in historical accounts. It has an unorthodox layout compared to other ancient Roman cities. Images of the city are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ground-Penetrating Radar Reveals Entire Ancient Roman City" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Astronomers have detected 13 high-speed bursts of radio waves coming from deep space. These types of radio bursts were first detected in 2007, and all have come from outside the Milky Way. One of the new bursts is repeating, the second repeating burst ever to be detected. These were discovered by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME, which was only running at partial capacity at the time. Researchers hope they will detect more now that CHIME is fully operational." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Swarm of mysterious radio bursts seen coming from deep space" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Web pages are interactive animations played back by the web browser. Every movement, including scrolling, zooming, text selection, and hovering over a button is technically an animation. This guide explains how browsers turn code into pixels and how to work with them to make pages look smoother." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Web Animation Performance Fundamentals – How to Make Your Pages Look Smooth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Los Angeles has temporarily suspended Uber's permit to rent electric scooters and bikes to use in the city. Uber has until Friday to appeal the decision. Meanwhile, customers can still rent out equipment through the Jump app. Uber has threatened to sue the city over the suspension. LA has attempted to implement a data-sharing rule which would require Uber to share real-time data on all trips made within the city. Uber has resisted the rule, saying that the policy constitutes government surveillance and that the data would reveal sensitive information about customers. LA officials say that the data was necessary to identify companies in violation of permit rules, including caps on the number of vehicles and bans on riding in certain areas." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "L.A. suspends Uber’s permit to rent out electric scooters and bikes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Uno Platform is a UI Platform for building single-codebase applications for Windows, Web/WebAssembly, iOS, macOS, Android, and Linux." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uno Platform" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers in Long Beach, California have developed a device - a vertical pole fitted with standard microphones and small car speakers - that uses sound to see around corners. The microphones pick up echoes resulting from a series of chirps emitted by the speakers, and after collecting echoes from different positions, the scientists used algorithms from seismic imaging to reconstruct objects that were not visible from the device’s position. Using this method was faster and more accurate than current optical techniques. While the results are promising, the technique is still years from being able to be practically applied." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists use sound to see around corners" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have used a process called 'acoustic enrichment' to attract fish back to dead coral reefs. Coral reefs have been dying due to climate change, overfishing, and pollution. Degraded reefs have a better chance of recovering if they have robust populations of fish. In an experiment, scientists played recordings from a healthy reef in patches of dead coral. The areas where these recordings were played had twice as many fish compared to patches where no sound was played. Fish that had migrated to the area tended to stay. The new fish populations included species from all parts of the food chain." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists use loudspeakers to make dead coral reefs sound healthy, and fish flock to them" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers have developed an AI system that reads live camera footage and adopts traffic lights to keep traffic flowing and reduce congestion. The researchers used deep reinforcement learning to create the system, rewarding it when cars go through a junction and giving it negative feedback when cars have to wait or there is a jam. It was trained through simulations and significantly outperformed all other methods when tested. The program can be set up to view any traffic junction and can learn autonomously. The researchers hope to begin testing their system on real roads this year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AI traffic light system could make traffic jams a distant memory" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The NulledCast is a podcast that is live-streamed on Discord where hackers take over people's Ring and Nest smart home cameras and use the speakers to harass unsuspecting owners. Ring cameras are home surveillance devices that have been heavily marketed by Amazon. The devices have been wildly popular, with even some police departments around the country signing partnerships with Amazon to sell the devices to citizens. Recently, software to hack Ring devices has become popular on some forums. The hacks have gained mainstream media attention and the Nulled forums have removed all posts regarding the hacks as a response. They have also banned all discussion about Ring hacks. The podcast will continue to run." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside the Podcast that Hacks Ring Camera Owners Live on Air" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has announced a new Audio destination in its mobile app for users in the US. The feature can be accessed through the Watch tab. It allows users to discover podcasts, Live Audio Rooms, and short form audio. Facebook is working on tools that will help it identify and act upon audio content that violates its Community Standards to prevent the platform from spreading more misinformation. Screenshots of the new feature are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook launches an ‘Audio’ hub in the U.S. for podcasts, live audio, and short-form clips" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As far as we know, we can't reverse the flow of time. It is theoretically possible, but only in very special circumstances that are probably impossible to create. Time seems to only be able to flow in one direction. While fundamental physics doesn't seem to care about time, the concept of entropy may be related to our experience of time. Scientists still don't know how these concepts are connected, as entropy has not been deeply researched. Time travel may still be possible, but it will require the discovery of new physics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why the [expletive] can’t we travel back in time?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google is letting a few developers offer their own payment systems in a pilot test. Spotify will be the first company in the test. The test will help Google increase its understanding of user choice billing. Google plans to allow additional billing systems in South Korea in response to legislation passed in the country last year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google will test letting Android developers use their own billing systems, starting with Spotify" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article provides an overview of the new features and improvements in Next.js. The Next.js 12 update is the team's biggest release ever. It features a backward compatible Rust compiler that is 17 times faster than Babel, middleware, URL imports, experimental React features, and much more. Many more details are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Next.js 12" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Push it is an app that lets users send push notifications to their friends. It is the latest creation from Sendit, an app popular with Snapchat users who use it to play games and have conversations with their Snapchat friends. Push it allows users to send push notifications to subscribers on the app. Followers are able to respond to start private conversations. The app is now the top app in many countries, even though the service is not yet live in all markets." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Push it jumps to No. 1 on App Store promising a way to send push notifications to friends" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Windows zero-day exploit tool was stolen from the NSA's Equation Group by Chinese threat actors, who used the tool for years before the flaw was patched. A hacking group released tools and files belonging to Equation Group in 2017, forcing vendors to issue emergency patches and fixes. A tool that exploited one of the vulnerabilities that was fixed during this time was thought to be the work of a Chinese advanced persistent threat group, but it turns out it was actually a clone of one of Equation Group's tools. There are other cases of Chinese teams stealing and repurposing Equation Group tools." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese hackers cloned attack tool belonging to NSA’s Equation Group" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Last Thursday morning, SEC officials were shocked when Tesla pulled out of a settlement deal for the fraud charges against Elon Musk from his \"funding secured\" tweet, in which he had falsely claimed that he had funding secured to take the company private. Elon had given the board little choice, he had threatened to resign on the spot if the board entered into the settlement. After the stock plunged 14% last Friday, Tesla came crawling back to the SEC, this time with Elon's approval. They came to a less favorable settlement, in which Elon would be forced to step down as Chairman of Tesla, and the company and Elon personally would both pay $20 million a piece. Elon has 45 days to step down, in the meantime Tesla is looking for a new chairman. They haven't made a decision yet, but there are rumors that they are looking at James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk's Ultimatum to Tesla: Fight the S.E.C., or I Quit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Human-animal embryos have been made before in the United States, but have never been brought to term. Until March, Japan had explicitly banned the growth of animal embryos containing human cells beyond 14 days, but new laws now allow human-animal embryos to be transplanted into surrogate animals and brought to term. In previous research, mouse induced pluripotent stem cells were introduced into a rat embryo that was unable to produce a pancreas, which resulted in the rat growing a pancreas made entirely of mouse cells. Experiments using human iPS cells in sheep have not been successful due to the genetic distance between humans and sheep. Hiromitsu Nakauchi, who leads teams at the University of Tokyo and at Stanford University, plans to introduce human iPS cells at different stages of growth in animal embryos in order to overcome the problems in previous experiments caused by the genetic difference between humans and other animals." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An employee at OpenSea, a major digital marketplace for NFTs, used insider knowledge to buy NFTs before they were promoted on the market's homepage. Traders on social media have compared the incident to insider trading. OpenSea has acknowledged the issue and is investigating the incident. It has not clarified whether the employee is still with the company." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Major NFT Marketplace Admits Employee Used Insider Knowledge to Profit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Impossible Foods’ vegetarian patties will soon be available at Burger King, after a trial period at 59 stores in the St Louis area. This will be the largest rollout of the Impossible Foods patty so far, doubling the number of locations where the vegetarian alternative is available. During testing, Burger King's Chief Marketing Officer said that customers and staff were unable to tell the difference between the real and fake meats. Impossible Foods uses a soy extract to produce heme, an ingredient they claim is essential to creating the taste of meat." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "High-frequency sounds travel more than 10 meters per second faster on Mars than low-frequency sounds due to the unique properties of carbon dioxide molecules at low pressure. During the day, the warming of the surface of Mars generates convective updrafts that create strong turbulence, resulting in temperature and pressure fluctuations. The discovery was made using microphones and lasers aboard the Perseverance rover. Changes in the speed of sound also helped researchers measure large and rapid temperature changes that other sensors were not able to detect." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Speed of Sound on Mars Is Strangely Different" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Is This the Hottest Market on Earth? The global wealth of billionaires has soared by $5 trillion since the pandemic and they know what they want: art. A lot more. With some works selling for 15X" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Is This the Hottest Market on Earth?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Read and reply to pull request comments in Slack Swarmia speeds up your team's pull request cycle time by sending you relevant notifications and allowing you to read and reply to GitHub comments without leaving Slack.“Swarmia's Slack notifications make it easy to keep track of open pull requests across all repos. Even if I can't immediately review a teammate's code, the Slack notifications help me find the right PR discussion as soon as I have time.”Svyat SobolLead Engineer, WoltStart merging faster today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Read and reply to pull request comments in Slack" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX wants to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit by the end of next year. It will be working with Space Adventures Inc., a company that has already helped put tourists into orbit while working with the Russian space program. Ticket prices are expected to be in the millions. The passengers will fly to an orbit two to three times higher than the ISS, at roughly 500 to 750 miles above Earth. SpaceX will use the same type of Dragon capsule that NASA will use in a few months to launch astronauts to the space station." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX Wants to Launch 4 Tourists Into Super High Orbit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains career advice for white-collar workers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a set of 3,000 company logos in SVG format. I actually built the TLDR sponsors page right before I found this, but this would have made it much easier to get a bunch of nice-looking company logos that are all the same size. If you work on commercial sites you might want to bookmark this." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vector Logo Zone" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Dark lightning are bursts of gamma rays that can happen during thunderstorms. When it was first detected, scientists thought the gamma rays were coming from space, but later observations confirmed that they came from a terrestrial phenomenon. Dark lightning could be dangerous to people traveling on a plane during a thunderstorm, but pilots tend to evade storms and dark lightning is rare, only occurring once for every thousand visible lightning bolts. It usually dissipates before becoming dangerous to living things on Earth. The only way to tell if passengers are exposed to dark lightning is by flying with radiation detectors on board." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dark Lightning: Uncovering the Strongest Energy Discharge on Earth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple Glass users may be able to transform iPad-shaped objects into virtual iPad screens. A patent application filed in January discusses software that could make everyday objects into virtual interfaces. The system involves using a camera to track real objects and software to map interfaces onto surfaces to match position and orientation. It would work similarly to a privacy screen, so outside observers will not be able to see users' displays." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'Apple Glass' users may be able to manipulate AR images with any real object" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a collection of unofficial APIs. Each link has a description of the API, the language it is written in, the number of GitHub stars it has, and the date of the last commit. The collection includes APIs for Instagram, TikTok, Robinhood, iMessage, Tesla, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Unofficial APIs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok has changed the video entertainment scene and now YouTube is looking to compete directly with it by launching its own version called 'Shorts'. Users will be able to upload brief videos into a feed inside the Shorts app and take advantage of the licensed music that YouTube Music has in its catalog. It is clear from TikTok's growth why YouTube now wants a piece of the action. YouTube has previously taken features from other social media platforms and integrated it into its own, for example, Instagram Stories. Facebook is currently testing its own version of TikTok in Brazil." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "YouTube reportedly working on TikTok competitor called Shorts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article tells the story of a developer's time with Y Combinator. It covers how they applied for the program, the interview, the process of building the product and business, and thoughts on the program overall. It is free to apply for Y Combinator. The program gives startups $500,000 to build whatever they want." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reflections on my time in Y Combinator" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This page contains code to create a full newspaper-style effect using CSS. A demo is available. Links to download or copy the code are easily accessible." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CSS Grid: Newspaper Layout" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers have discovered a new method of converting methane into rocket fuel on Mars. While the new method has succeeded in lab tests, a lot of engineering and research is needed before it can be used on real missions. The new method uses a single-atom zinc catalyst and an existing method of converting water into breathable oxygen. Modern-day rockets use liquid hydrogen fuels, but there are many benefits to methane-based fuels, and some companies are already endorsing the new method." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Create New Way to Convert Methane Into Rocket Fuel on Mars" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Ukrainian government has chosen the Stellar blockchain network as the platform for its central bank digital currency (CBDC). It has been researching the possibility of implementing a CBDC since 2017. The partnership to digitize the hryvnia will officially launch this month. Stellar's consensus mechanism has unique security features that aren't available on other blockchains. The platform was selected by a German bank last month as a means to issue a euro stablecoin." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ukraine Government Picks Stellar Development Foundation to Help Build National Digital Currency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twice, somewhere around 700 million years ago, nearly the entire planet was covered with snow and ice. The events may have set the stage for the subsequent explosion of life on Earth. MIT scientists say that the Earth can be tipped into a global ice age when the level of solar radiation it receives changes quickly over a short time. This can happen to other habitable planets as well and it could be something to consider when searching for life on other planets." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A plunge in incoming sunlight may have triggered 'Snowball Earths'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk tweeted a series of videos, showing SpaceX’s new rocket engine design, Raptor, being tested. The engine, designed for its Starship rocket, has a new ‘radical’ design that uses methane and liquid oxygen to attain thrust. SpaceX has planned to attach 3 of these engines to its Starship rocket for low-altitude testing later this year. The article contains the videos showing the Raptor rocket engine being tested." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX just test-fired the huge engine for its newest rocket" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A major challenge in connecting electronics to human tissue is that traditional materials cause scarring when implanted. A new material called Pedot can be implanted into human tissue without causing scarring while still being able to interface with electronic hardware. Pedot can also transform standard house bricks into energy-storing units. It can be used to monitor brain or nervous system disorders and theoretically could be made to attach to peptides, antibodies, and DNA." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Groundbreaking new material 'could allow artificial intelligence to merge with the human brain'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Pixel 4 and Pixel 4XL have been officially announced at an event in New York City. It is now available for preorder and will ship on October 24th. There will be three new colors: white, black, and a limited-edition orange option. The Pixel 4 will have a 5.7-inch display at 1080p and start at $799, and the Pixel 4 XL will have a 6.3-inch Quad HD display and start at $899. Both devices will have a 90Hz max refresh rate, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 processor, and will come in either 64GB or 128GB storage with 6GB RAM. Google has developed its own face unlock system and an interaction method called Motion Sense, which allows the Pixel 4 to be controlled with hand gestures. The camera now has a telephoto portrait lens beside the standard primary rear camera. New software has also been added to improve photography features, and there is a new Recorder app that can transcribe text that can be searched." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google announces Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from two independent teams were able to coax ordinary skin cells into becoming living clusters that resembled fertilized human eggs. The clusters did not develop further as they were only able to reach the blastocyst stage. These were the most complete replicas of early human embryos to date. The reverse-engineered cells were astonishingly similar to their natural counterparts. They still differ from natural embryos in several ways, so the scientists don't expect them to be able to grow into complete embryos." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Created an Artificial Early Embryo From Human Skin Cells" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is considering releasing a dozen new movies a year on Apple TV Plus. They will include blockbuster-type titles as well as tentpole-like feature films. When Apple launched Apple TV Plus, its focus was on TV. It found success in movies with Greyhound, which was a hit even though Apple hasn't divulged numbers. Keeping subscribers with a low fee and a steady release of theatre-quality films will help Apple grow its service and keep it competitive." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple eyes new streaming strategy after Tom Hanks drama breaks records" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A giant 3D cat appears between advertisements on a billboard over one of Tokyo's busiest railway stations. The cat does different things depending on the time of day. It will officially launch on July 12, but videos of test broadcasts have already been shared on the internet. The billboard must be viewed at the correct angle for the 3D effect. Cross Space, the company behind the display, livestreams a view of the billboard on YouTube and there is a link to it in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A giant 3D cat has taken over one of Tokyo's biggest billboards" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The TTTV is a device that can print flavors onto a screen. It is designed to let people experience things like far-away world-class restaurants without leaving their homes. The device sprays chemicals onto a rolling plastic sheet in combinations that recreate the desired flavor. It was trained by blending up various foods and using sensors to taste them. The creator of the TTTV believes that they can create a commercial version of the device for $875. A 2-minute video showing the device and its potential applications is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Take a look at this delicious lickable screen to see the future we knew was coming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The axolotl was named after the Aztec god Xolotl, a hybrid deity who represented many things. Sometimes known as Mexican walking fish, axolotls are able to regenerate entire body parts if they go missing. Other salamanders are able to regenerate limbs, but the axolotl is also able to regenerate organs, including parts of the eyes, brain, and heart. The axolotl genome, which is about 10 times larger than the human genome, was sequenced in 2018. Last year, scientists identified and mapped structures within the genome, and in the process identified two genes that were involved in the axolotl's tissue regeneration. The research is still in its infancy and there may be more genes still involved in regeneration. Scientists hope to be able to find ways to one day enable humans to replicate the axolotl's regenerative abilities." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Pinpoint Axolotl Genes Involved in Their Unique Body Regeneration" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Virgin Hyperloop is a transport system that features high-tech pods zooming through tunnels at speeds of up to 760 miles an hour using magnetic levitation. It is supposed to be more efficient than traditional maglev transport and could potentially offer airline speeds on the ground. Virgin has built a prototype Devloop tube in the Nevada desert just outside Las Vegas. A video explaining hyperloop technology, with footage from inside the Devloop, is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside Virgin Hyperloop, I caught a glimpse of a high-speed transport future" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft Edge Secure Network is a feature recently discovered on a Microsoft support page. It provides a service similar to a proxy or VPN that encrypts browsing data and prevents online tracking. Users will get 1GB of free data per month. The feature has not been released yet, but it is likely to be available soon. A screenshot of the feature is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft Edge is getting a built-in VPN powered by Cloudflare" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In Brazil, Facebook groups that feature profiles of dead people have gained popularity, with some groups growing to more than 160,000 users. While these groups may appear macabre, they are complex spaces where people process loss. The posts in these groups usually follow a standard format, with a link of the deceased person’s profile and a description of the person. Brazil has experienced the world's second-deadliest Covid-19 outbreak, and over 200,000 people have died." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook’s underground obituary pages" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Write-ahead log (WAL) is a method of scaling SQLite that was introduced in 2010. While many posts on the internet claim that SQLite doesn't scale or that it isn't appropriate for web-scale applications, that information is out-of-date. This article looks at the WAL and how it allows SQLite to scale." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How SQLite Scales Read Concurrency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mozilla will support Google's new Manifest V3, but it will also continue to support important APIs that Google limited in Manifest V3." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A passenger boarded a flight without having to provide any ticket information or identification, using only a face scan at the gates, and this prompted a conversation on Twitter about how this was possible. It appears that JetBlue Airways is using a system that scans customer’s faces and matches them against a database owned by the Department of Homeland Security. They claim that none of the information is stored on their side. Customers can opt out of the experience, but their photos will still be linked with bookings in the system. People are concerned with the use of facial recognition technology in this way as boarding a flight may eventually become cause for a law enforcement search." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Conversation Between A Passenger And An Airline Should Absolutely Terrify You" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The data privacy landscape is one of the fastest-evolving in tech today. To help you make sense of it all, Partially Redacted brings together experts on engineering, architecture, privacy, data, and security.In this new podcast by Skyflow, guests share knowledge, best practices, and real world experiences – all to help you better understand how to use, manage, and protect sensitive customer data.Recent episodes featured guests from Oracle, Snowflake, and Skyflow - and all are free to listen. Subscribe to Partially Redacted on any major podcast platform" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Partially Redacted is a new podcast covering data privacy, security, and compliance" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Julian Assange has been in a London jail for the last year awaiting extradition to the US as more charges are laid against him. A small group of activists known as Distributed Denial of Secrets has released a stream of hacked and leaked documents. Last week, it released a 269GB collection of more than a million police files, including emails, audio, and memos. According to the group's cofounder, its mission is to archive and publish leaked and hacked data of potential public interest. Twitter has banned the group's account, as well as any tweets that link to the DDoSecrets website. More details about DDoSecrets' work is detailed in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "An embattled group of leakers picks up the WikiLeaks mantle" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Beeple is an artist that makes digital art that smashes together pop culture, technology, and post apocalyptic terror into commentaries on the way we live. He has 1.8 million Instagram followers, and his work has been shown at two Super Bowl halftime shows and at least one Justin Bieber concert. Beeple's art grossed $3.5 million in an auction in December. Ownership of the digital art is tracked through a blockchain developed by Nifty Gateway. The technology is based on nonfungible tokens, which allow digital assets to be collected and owned. Examples of Beeple's work are shown throughout the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Beeple Mania’: How Mike Winkelmann Makes Millions Selling Pixels" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A narrow beam of radio waves appears to have come from Proxima Centauri. All other radio waves detected so far that have appeared to come from outer space have been attributed to human-made interference or natural sources, but scientists have yet to find a source for this signal. A shift in its frequency was consistent with the movement of a planet, adding to the mystery of the finding. There are at least two planets that orbit Proxima Centauri, one that is believed to be a rocky world where the temperature is right for water to flow and pool." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists looking for aliens investigate radio beam 'from nearby star'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The CIA has invested in biotechnology company Colossal Biosciences through In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit venture capital firm that the CIA funds." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CIA Just Invested In Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Tech" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Swift Weekly is a great resource to keep up with the Swift ecosystem. It's sort of like TLDR for Swift, it has curated news, tutorials, talks, and open source libraries, if you're an iOS developer definitely check this out!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Swift Weekly" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook's brain-reading computer interface is able to look for patterns in activity in the brain and match them with specific words and phrases in real-time. In experiments, participants answered multiple-choice questions with their thoughts, which were then translated into words by the brain-computer interface. The system was able to detect when the participant was being asked a question, understand the content of the question asked, and translate the thought answer into words. The patients in the study were using highly invasive implants, and the system was very limited. It was only able to understand nine questions and 24 total answer options with between 61 to 76 percent accuracy. Even a very basic level of thought control could make huge differences in how we interact with VR systems. The technology could help improve the lives of people who can't speak due to paralysis or other issues." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook just published an update on its futuristic brain-typing project" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers have discovered a new Linux backdoor called Symbiote that uses novel evasion techniques to conceal its presence. It is able to scrub any sign of infection from the file system, system processes, and network traffic. Symbiote was first discovered in November targeting financial institutions in Brazil. It provides the threat actor with remote access capability and other abilities. It is unlikely that the malware is widely active, but researchers can't be sure. More details about how Symbiote conceals its tracks are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Novel techniques in never-before-seen Linux backdoor make it ultra stealthy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google sent an email to some senior managers to tell them to limit employee travel to only business-critical trips." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google is reportedly cracking down on employee travel, telling managers to nix happy hours and other team meetups" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Contract workers at Google's office in Pittsburgh have joined forces with the Pittsburgh Association of Technical Professions to ask the National Labor Relations Board for a vote on union representation. The workers at HCL America Inc. work side-by-side with Google employees with far less compensation and few perks. Tech companies such as Google, Uber, and Lyft have been criticized by employees as their classifications for temps, vendors, and contractors allow companies to abdicate their responsibilities to the majority of their workforce. Once the NLRB determines whether the cards and signatures qualify, a representation election will be scheduled, which is when individual workers can vote for or against being represented by the union." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Contractors Are Unionizing With a Steel Workers Union" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Blue Origin is suing NASA, accusing the agency of wrongly evaluating its lunar lander proposal. The case could delay NASA's plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2024. Blue Origin claims that NASA had negotiated with SpaceX before awarding them with the contract, without giving the same opportunities to other applicants. NASA had originally said that it would pick two companies for its lunar landing systems, but it ended up only choosing SpaceX because Congress had only funded roughly a quarter of what NASA had requested for the program. Blue Origin's protests have already delayed SpaceX from starting its contract for several months." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sues NASA, escalating its fight for a Moon lander contract" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Turnstile is a new CAPTCHA alternative from Cloudflare. It uses Cloudflare's Managed Challenge system, which takes cues from user behavior, browser data, and Private Access Tokens to distinguish between humans and bots. The system improves itself through machine learning. Cloudflare's Managed Challenges system is able to reduce 91% of CAPTCHAs served to its customers' visitors. Turnstile is available for free to anyone, Cloudflare customer or not." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement lacks crosswalks, checkboxes, Google" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A group of conservationists have planted a new \"super grove\" of redwood trees cloned with DNA extracted from ancient redwood stumps that are larger than any trees currently in existence. One was 400 feet tall and over 3,000 years old when it was cut down in 1890. They also help filter water and soil and are resistant to wildfires, droughts, and pests. Group leader David Milarch says \"These saplings have extraordinary potential to purify our air, water and soil for generations to come. We hope this 'super grove,' which has the capability to become an eternal forest, is allowed to grow unmolested by manmade or natural disasters and thus propagate forever.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "PORTL is a fully self-contained hologram machine that projects life-sized holograms in full color. It can be used to project a live image of a person anywhere in the world. An in-built camera allows the person in the hologram to view their audience, and it features a touchscreen so people can interact with the image. They are starting to appear worldwide in malls, airports, and museums. Each machine costs $60,000. A miniature version of the device will be released in the future. There are videos in the article that show the device in action." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The First Hologram Machine That Projects Life-Size In Full-Color" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a free desktop app/chrome extension put out by the freelance marketplace Fiverr, which basically gives you everything you need to run a freelance business. It has features for invoicing, proposals, contracts, time and expense tracking, and more. If you're a freelancer, definitely take a look at this, I'm kind of surprised that something this fully featured is free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "And Co (Desktop App & Chrome Extension)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Vultr's new Optimized Cloud Instances deliver all of the power of the cloud without the Big Tech bloat. Instantly deploy worldwide as low as $28/mo and never worry about noisy neighbors again. TLDR readers can redeem $150 in credit just for signing up with this link!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stop Overpaying for Big Tech Cloud" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A major problem with Bluetooth is that it shares similar wireless frequencies as WiFi, which means that there is always the chance of interference. DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge aims to have many teams across the world developing AI systems that will be able to effectively manage the switching of frequencies to maintain steady and fast data transmission speed. The systems are emulated in Colosseum, a special facility built for this test that can emulate more than 65,000 unique interactions between 128 radios at once. Results from the testing have been positive so far, with many teams having already developed algorithms that can handle more data transfer than traditional methods." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If DARPA Has Its Way, AI Will Rule the Wireless Spectrum" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site contains a collection of more than 120 open-source 3D icons that are 100% free for commercial and personal use. The icons come in four predefined color styles and three camera angles. They can be edited with Mesh. Mock-ups and examples from the Figma community are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "3D icons" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at MIT have created a tool using neural networks that can detect subtle changes in a person's cough and identify whether a person has been infected with COVID-19, even if they don't have any other symptoms. In tests, the tool was able to recognize 98.5% of coughs from people with confirmed cases and 100% of coughs from asymptomatic people. Asymptomatic carriers of the virus are less likely to get tested so they are hard to manage during a pandemic. While the researchers warn that the method shouldn't be used as a substitute for getting properly tested for the virus, its use could help improve detection rates." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This AI Can Tell if You Have Covid-19 Just by Listening to Your Cough, Researchers Say" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses burnout and ways to deal with it as a developer and as a manager looking after a team. Burnout can cause people to experience feelings of exhaustion, increased mental distance, demotivation, cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy. Being able to identify and name the factors that lead to burnout can help people find solutions to manage stress and avoid burnout. The article covers the definition of burnout, the internal and external factors that cause it, the different stages of burnout, how to measure burnout, and much more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Developer Burnout: Why It Happens and What We Can Do About It" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon Merchants who ship products using Amazon's warehouse and delivery services will soon be able to add 'Buy With Prime' buttons to their websites, allowing Prime subscribers to make purchases directly from the site. Merchants will be charged various fees for adding the option to their sites, but there won't be fixed subscription fees or long-term contracts. Customers using the feature will retain the benefits of Amazon's subscription service and receive free shipping, next-day delivery, and free returns." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon will let merchants sell goods with Prime benefits on their own sites" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google Stadia launched in 2019 and things haven't been great for the gaming service since. The company shut down its first-party studio before it could ever develop a game and several key executives have left the struggling division. A recent blog post hints that Google wants to pivot the service into a Google Cloud Gaming Platform. It will allow other companies to release games through Google's technology. AT&T recently released a Batman game powered by Stadia technology for its Wireless customers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Stadia’s salvaged future as a back-end cloud service is here" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Airbrake Error and Performance Monitoring automates the process of finding bugs quickly. When you install Airbrake, you’ll be alerted to any errors within your application, right down to the exact line of broken code. Add Airbrake to your tech stack, today! Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Automate the Debugging Process With Airbrake" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ikea is partnering with EV infrastructure firm Electrify America and Starbucks is teaming up with Volvo to make charging stations more accessible." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Starbucks, Ikea will be new ‘gas stations’ for electric car drivers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple CEO Tim Cook has dismissed the idea of adopting RCS messaging, saying that users aren't asking for the feature." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tim Cook says ‘buy your mom an iPhone’ if you want to end green bubbles" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stories allows developers to share code snippets with each other. It is available for download via the VSCode Marketplace. A seven-minute video is available that demonstrates the features of the plugin and the story behind its development." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stories for Visual Studio Code" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Basecamp is the all-in-one toolkit for working remotely. Organize teams, projects, schedules, files, and everything else your team needs. Try managing your next project with Basecamp. We’ll even give you one free month to try it.Try Basecamp Today" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Manage Your Next Project With Basecamp" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Korea Railroad Research Institute has achieved a speed of over 1,000 kilometers an hour in a 1/17 hyper-tube train aerodynamic test model. The test model ran in a near-vacuum tube of 0.001 atm. This is the first test model that has successfully reduced the atmospheric pressure to below 1 atm. The institute is planning to start actual track and vehicle development in 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "One Step Closer to 1,000 km/h Train" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Smart investors let algorithms invest for them:“Buy Tesla when Ford drops 10%”,“Sell AAPL when Bitcoin hits $50,000.”But unless you can code, algo-trading has been out of reach — until now. Composer lets you build algo-strategies in a snap - no code or spreadsheets required. Composer gives you the financial firepower that quantitative hedge funds hire armies of computer scientists to build internally. Try Composer for free today.**Investing in securities involves risks, including the risk of loss." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "80% of new day traders lose money. The reason: human emotions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Blockchain is a genuine innovation in computing paradigms, where everyone shares a running computer and anyone anywhere can use it in an open and permissionless manner. This article walks through how to make a transaction in pure Python from scratch with zero dependencies. A jupyter notebook version of the article is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The trailer for The Matrix: Resurrections has been released. It was first previewed at last month's CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The fourth installment of the franchise was first announced in August 2019. Many past cast members returned for their roles, and there will be a host of new characters. A link to the trailer is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Matrix: Resurrections trailer is sheer perfection, both fresh and familiar" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In August last year, 22-year-old Sam Zeloof produced a chip with 1,200 transistors using salvaged and homemade equipment. Zeloof created his first chip in high school as a senior in 2018 and was making individual transistors a year before that. While the chips are far underpowered compared to chips from chip makers with multi-million dollar budgets, Zeloof managed to progress his technology faster than the semiconductor industry did in its early days. Zeloof believes that making chipmaking more accessible to inventors would benefit society." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lyft is freezing all US hiring through the end of 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lyft freezes all US hiring amid stock slump, economic downturn" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Zoom's new Immersive View will make video calls look more like an office meeting by placing meeting attendees in a realistic-looking location. The feature is available for calls with up to 25 participants. Calls with more attendees will show participants in a strip of video thumbnails at the top of the scene. Hosts can resize attendees and move them around." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Zoom’s Immersive View could make video calls feel a bit more in-person" } ]