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[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article looks at the reasons why junior developers are having a hard time landing jobs. It makes some suggestions on what to do to help improve the market. While the number of job opportunities and salaries skyrockets for software developers around the world, fresh grads and junior developers struggle to even get invited for interviews. Companies are reluctant to hire junior developers as they require training and the investment is lost if the developer gets another job once they're trained." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why nobody hires junior developers and what happens next" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The European Medicines Agency (EMA) was hit with a cyber-attack, resulting in the theft of documents related to a Covid-19 vaccine. The EMA is still functional and the attack will not impact the timeline for the approval of the two Covid-19 vaccines it is currently reviewing. There have been a string of attacks and warnings about hacking threats against vaccine-makers and public health bodies in recent months." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine docs hacked from European Medicines Agency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft has launched Viva Engage, a Facebook-like app inside Teams that promotes digital communities, conversations, and self-expression at the workplace. It looks and feels just like Facebook, with a storylines section that features conversational posts and media. Viva Engage will also include Stories. Microsoft likely created Viva Engage with Workplace from Meta in mind as the two companies are increasingly on a collision course for metaverse competition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft is launching a Facebook rip-off inside Teams" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Polaris Solutions has developed a camouflage sheet that can make soldiers on the battlefield virtually undetectable. The Kit 300 is a lightweight sheet made out of a special thermal visual concealment material that makes it difficult to distinguish from nature, both with the naked eye and with thermal imaging equipment. Each sheet comes with different coloration on each side. They can be molded into three-dimensional shapes, or folded into compact rolls. The sheets can also be used as a shelter or stretcher, a splint to immobilize broken bones, or as a hypothermia blanket. A picture of the Kit 300 being used as a camouflage sheet is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Israel develops camouflage tech that makes soldiers ‘invisible’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta's new AI Research SuperCluster will be one of the world's fastest AI supercomputers. Development on the supercomputer is expected to complete later this year. It will be used to train a range of systems across Meta's businesses and design experiences for the metaverse. AI supercomputers require much less accuracy than traditional supercomputers, so they can not be directly compared. While theoretical performance numbers can be impressive, it is common for supercomputers to run at less than 25% of their peak performance during real-world applications." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta has built an AI supercomputer it says will be world’s fastest by end of 2022" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Space junk is becoming more of a problem as satellite technology becomes more affordable and more objects are being sent out to space. TumbleDock/ROAM have just finished a series of tests on using robots called Astrobees to find and retrieve space debris. Astrobees are cube-shaped robots that move through space by using compressed-air thrusters. As the tumbling motion of a satellite can be quite complex, the robots need to be able to autonomously close in on a satellite on their own. The Astrobees are able to chase down targets in a lab setting, but now the scientists need to figure out how to grapple them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA's Astrobees used to test feasibility of satellites capturing tumbling space junk" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A guide on how to build a chess engine from scratch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chess Engines: A Zero to One" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article presents a high-level model of popular frameworks like React, Vue, Svelte, Next, and more. It looks at JavaScript's past pain points to understand the problems these frameworks solve. Bleeding edge technologies can be difficult to use and understand. Defaulting to familiar technologies and being a late adopter is often a great choice." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The new wave of Javascript web frameworks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine have devised a way to use a brain implant to stimulate the visual cortex to produce a relatively clear and functional kind of bionic vision. Dynamic current steering involves tracing shapes with electricity onto the brain's surface. The Orion system uses an eyeglass-mounted video camera to send information to an electrode array on top of the brain's visual cortex. It is currently limited in resolution due to engineering limitations. Six patients have received the implant so far and it has allowed them to see letters as they are drawn. A short video is available in the article that shows one of the patients detecting letters as they are drawn on a screen." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Brain Implant Bypasses Eyes To Help Blind People See" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Epic Games has released The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience, a tech demo with ultra-realistic visuals and open-world environments. The 11-minute video shows off features from UE5 such as World Partition, Nanite, Lumen, MetaHuman Creator, and Chaos. It begins with an introduction from Neo and Trinity and then goes on to show scenes from the game and gameplay footage. The video is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience' Hits PS5 and Xbox Series X/S" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New MacBooks with the M2 chip are coming later this year. The next-generation MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro are expected to have M2 versions. The M2 will feature a powerful 10-core GPU and replace the current entry-level M1. It will likely not be better than the high-end M1 Pro, M1 Max, and M1 Ultra processors. There are no set release dates yet for the machines, but they will likely be introduced in June at WWDC and released later in the year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 coming later this year" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google's free food is a well-known perk. The tech company started to introduce healthy food over the past five years. Google's campaign didn't just focus on changing the food, but how food was presented as well. Its goal was to make the healthy choice the easy and preferred choice. The project resulted in people eating more healthy and sustainable foods while avoiding unhealthy choices. Google's strategy shows that how much people stick with virtuous patterns of behavior has less to do with the logical reasons for why they should do things, and more to do with how enjoyable that virtuous thing is to do." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Google Got Its Employees to Eat Their Vegetables" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DuckDuckGo has a deal with Microsoft to pull its search results from Bing. A security researcher recently discovered that the mobile DuckDuckGo browser doesn't block Microsoft trackers on third-party websites. The CEO of DuckDuckGo claims that Microsoft can not see what users search in the DuckDuckGo browser, but users' data may be exposed if they visit websites with Microsoft trackers. DuckDuckGo signed a confidentiality agreement, so it is unknown how the data is used. The company claims that it is working to improve its deal with Microsoft." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Thought" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta is introducing a new searchable and dynamic map experience on Instagram. The map will allow users to explore popular tagged locations around them and filter location results by specific categories. Users can save and revisit locations and share places via direct messages to friends or groups. They will be able to find relevant locations on the map when searching certain hashtags." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Instagram rolls out a new searchable map to make it easier to discover popular locations" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SuperBIT (the Superpressure balloon-borne imaging telescope) is a helium balloon that floats up to 25 miles above the surface of the Earth and expands to a football-stadium size when fully inflated. It can take pictures as clear as a space telescope, but at a fraction of the cost. The design can be tweaked and improved over time. SuperBIT will circumnavigate the Earth several times starting next April. Its first mission will be to watch collisions between clusters of galaxies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Enormous balloon could help astronomers get clear view of space" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Massachusetts State Police have been testing Boston Dynamic's Spot robot dogs in the past three months. The American Civil Liberties Union launching and enquiry as there are no regulations governing the use of the robots and they want to ensure that the use of the robots will not trample on established civil rights and liberties or lead to racial injustice. The Massachusetts State Police stated that the robots were being used as mobile remote observation devices to look at suspicious devices or locations that might be hazardous for human officers. Spot has been used in two incidents, working with the organization's bomb squad. Boston Dynamics leased the robots to the police in order to retain control over how they are used. There are explicit clauses in the lease that prevent the police from using the robots to physically harm or intimidate people." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Call to probe Boston police tests of 'dog' robots" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple’s new ‘Sign in with Apple’ function will potentially replace the need for users to sign up to apps with their private information by allowing them to use their Apple IDs. Users will be able to generate random ‘relay’ email addresses for signing up with apps, which means that their personal information is never revealed to the app, and users can easily opt out of communications with the app by deleting the temporary email address. All apps which require sign-on will be required to implement this new feature, which will begin beta testing later this year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple introduces ‘Sign in with Apple’ to help protect your privacy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sony has formed a PlayStation Studios Mobile Division that will operate separately from its console game department and create mobile games with new and existing PlayStation IP. The company announced earlier this year that it wants half of its games to be on PC and mobile by 2025. It is also looking to expand into live service games through its acquisition of Bungie. Sony recently acquired Savage Game Studios, which is currently working on a new AAA live service action game." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sony’s new PlayStation Studios Mobile team is making spinoff games for your phone" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Pixel Watch will have a 300mAh battery. There have been three models leaked so far. Cellular connectivity will be offered on at least one model. The watch could be powered by Samsung Exynos, the same chip as the Galaxy Watch 4, which has a 247mAh battery that lasts between 24 to 40 hours, depending on the model size." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Pixel Watch is powered by a 300mAh battery and offers cellular connectivity" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has opened a salon in east London. Customers at the salon can try on virtual hair colors using an augmented reality color bar and shop for products using displays and QR codes. The salon will offer traditional styling with professional stylists from Neville Hair and Beauty. Amazon has also recently opened its first convenience stores in the UK, and it has three Amazon Fresh sites operating across London. It currently has no plans to launch additional salons." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon is opening a hair salon with an AR color bar" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have been able to send targeted, quiet messages from several meters away, in a way that nobody else nearby would be able to hear. Using a laser beam, sound was transmitted at 60 decibels over a distance of 2.5 meters. In theory, this technique can be used to directly send messages without any special receiving equipment, and further research will continue to increase range and working conditions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lasers can send a whispered audio message directly to one person’s ear" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA will test drive a robot underneath Antarctica’s sea ice in preparation for a mission in the subsurface oceans of Jupiter's moon, Europa. Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, or BRUIE, is a two-wheeled robot that uses buoyancy to anchor itself upside-down on the bottom edge of ice in order to study the zone where ice crusts and the ocean environment interact. Life is often found at interfaces, for example, where the ice meets water. Europa likely contains more water than all of Earth's oceans combined, and it might have the potential for life. There are still many challenges to overcome before a mission to Europa will be possible." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA Is Going to Test Drive an Alien-Hunting Robot in Antarctica" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The web interface for Apple Podcasts has been completely overhauled with a cleaner design that supports web playback, individual episode details, and more. The old layout was limited, required users to use iTunes, and had no space to show any extra details regarding the podcasts. The new layout has bolded titles with full podcast descriptions and also individual episode pages with episode details. While Apple still encourages users to use iTunes, episodes will now play in the browser, just without playback controls. Apple Podcast now has a dedicated URL." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Podcasts now supports web playback, episode pages, more" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple will no longer stock Bose, Sonos, Logitech, and other third-party headphones in its stores. The company is rumored to be releasing its own over-ear headphones called 'AirPods Studio' later this year. AirPods Studio will be able to customize its shape to the wearer and it will feature an advanced equalizer aimed at professional users. Apple is expected to announce the headphones at a special event this month along with the new line of iPhones." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple no longer sells third-party audio accessories ahead of AirPods Studio announcement" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "WireGuard and Two-Factor Authentication Tailscale is the easiest way to use WireGuard with two-factor authentication. Get started in less than 5 minutes, our free plan is free forever. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "WireGuard and Two-Factor Authentication" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has increased the maximum base pay of workers in corporate and technology roles up to $350,000. It will increase overall compensation ranges for most jobs globally. Amazon has historically offered lower base pay than other tech giants, making up the difference with restricted stock units instead. These other compensation components will stay following the pay increase. The labor market has become more competitive in the past year, forcing the company to increase its compensation to attract and retain staff." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon more than doubles top base pay of corporate and tech workers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a list of development YouTube channels. The list is split into English and non-English sections. Resources in the English section include tutorial, informational, live coding, software entertainment, competitive programming, interview preparation, up and coming, and retired channels. The non-English sections include Russian, Hindi, Turkish, and Italian channels." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazing Developers On YouTube" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple's new Nearby Interactions feature allows third-party devices to talk to Apple's U1 chips for new hands-free user experiences." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple’s new U1-enabled Nearby Interactions feature is on its way" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CRISPR has the promise of being able to cure most of the over 6,000 known genetic diseases. In its first clinical trials, CRISPR is being used to combat cancer, genetic blindness, and blood disorders in people. If these trials are successful, a variety of other diseases will be targeted. Previous promising technologies, such as stem cell injections and conventional gene therapies, have failed to produce desired results in humans. CRISPR works by cutting up DNA in precise locations to disable certain genes, remove troublesome DNA, or repair DNA problems. The process can sometimes go wrong, and even when it goes as planned, the changes can have unexpected consequences. In the first CRISPR trials in cancer and blood disorders, scientists will make the changes outside the body and observe the cells first to check for problems, rather than setting CRISPR loose in the body." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CRISPR enters its first human clinical trials" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A type of freshwater fish called sulfur mollies have the ability to work together in groups to create waves. The behavior is used to protect the fish from predatory birds. It was easy for scientists to study as the fish react to humans in the same way. There can be hundreds of thousands of fish participating in a single fish wave. The waves can be repeated for up to two minutes at a frequency of every three to four seconds." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Massive groups of fish create waves to deter predators" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Redditors from the subreddit WallStreetBets have banded together under the slogan 'Apes Together Strong' and donated over $350,000 to foundations that focus on ape conservation in under a week. The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, one of the foundations on the receiving end of these donations, will use the funds for its field programs, where they track, monitor, and study gorillas in their natural habitats. Members of the WallStreetBets subreddit previously garnered attention for causing the price of GameStop stock to skyrocket in January." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GameStop Redditors Invest in Gorilla Conservation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Responsively App is a modified browser that helps in responsive web development. It can mirror user interactions and displays for multiple devices, allowing developers to view multiple versions of their sites at once. A GIF preview is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Responsively App" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snapchat's new Custom Landmarkers feature lets creators build unique AR experiences for local places. It is now accessible in Lens Studio after first being teased at an event in December. Custom landmarkers are discoverable through physical Snapcodes or through creator profiles. Snapchat has a community of 250,000 Lens creators building experiences for its platform. Some creators received early access to the feature and have already launched AR experiences in their communities." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snapchat’s new feature lets creators build AR experiences for landmarks in their communities" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is launching a Netflix-like streaming TV service in the first half of next year in over 100 countries. The service will be free for iOS device owners. Apple is spending $1 billion on content in 2018 alone for the service, and has hired big names like Oprah, the Sesame Street creators, M. Night Shyamalan, Jennifer Aniston, and Reese Witherspoon." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple reportedly planning global rollout for its streaming TV service next year" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In 2017, French physicists created spherical shells made up of plastic microspheres that could store pressurized gas in a tiny volume. These gas marbles could roll around on a solid surface without breaking apart. A recent study tested the longevity of the gas marbles and found that bubbles made from them could last between six and 60 minutes. Adding glycerol to the solution created gas marbles that could last from five weeks to 465 days. A lot of information about bubble science is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists have created “everlasting bubbles”" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft’s Edge for Mac is now officially supported and is available for preview by Mac users. Mac keyboard shortcuts will be supported, and users will be able to switch tabs and access media controls from the Touch Bar. New privacy control settings and a feature that allows users to more easily collect images, text, and notes from the web have been announced but are not available yet. A link to the download page is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Confused by OAuth? Not sure how it works in the real world? Read this new technical education paper by FusionAuth. Learn the eight common OAuth modes, how to use the Authorization Code grant, and why you should never use the implicit grant. Become an OAuth expert today" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Crash Course on Login and Authentication" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Swift AWS Lambda Runtime is a library that makes building Lambda functions in Swift simple and safe. It is an implementation of the AWS Lambda Runtime API that uses an embedded asynchronous HTTP Client based on SwiftNIO, fine-tuned for the AWS Runtime. The library features a multi-tier API that can build a range of Lambda functions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Swift AWS Lambda Runtime" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Twitter thread contains over 10 comparisons between images generated by DALL-E and Midjourney, two AI image generators. Each comparison uses the same text prompt. Midjourney tends to be more contextually creative and good with textures, while DALL-E deals better with very clearly instructed scenes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DALL-E vs Midjourney" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has launched the world’s first commercial air-delivery service in Canberra’s northern suburbs. The company is called ‘Wing’ and it has been trialing the delivery of burritos, coffee, and medication by drone to a suburb in Canberra for the last year. Approval has been granted by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority to expand the area that Wing can service. More than 1,000 deliveries were completed in the trial without any safety incidents, even though some residents complained about the noise. Wing will now service five suburbs, delivering goods such as gelato, chocolate, bread, and golf gear." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google's drone delivery service launches in Canberra after being given green light to take to the skies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As the autonomous vehicle industry matures, it is realizing that the cost and effort it will take to reach mass scale will require more cooperation. There have been many mergers, joint ventures, and other cooperative efforts lately, and the industry is likely to continue shrinking. The consolidation is long overdue, with many automakers promising too much for too long but delivering too little. Huge amounts of investment are still required to bring the concept of autonomous vehicles to reality, and investors would have to tolerate zero cash flow until the technology is safe enough to launch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The autonomous vehicle world is shrinking — it’s overdue" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Python is a great language for writing standalone scripts that can accomplish many tasks in just a dozen to a few hundred lines of code. While it is easy to write useful code, it can also be easy to forget to make the code readable for yourself and future developers. It is helpful to encode documentation, add command-line arguments, enable logging, and include tests in the code so that it is fully annotated and easily understood." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Writing sustainable Python scripts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has been fighting to remove an extension that promised to convert pages to PDFs, but instead injected ads and generated massive amounts of invalid traffic. An investigation found that Daniel Yomtobian, the founder and CEO of Advertise.com Inc. was behind the browser extensions. Yomtobian had been running an operation targeting personal computers with adware for around 20 years. His extensions generated large amounts of false traffic, resulting in millions of false ad impressions. Last year, roughly $40 billion was stolen due to ad fraud. While it seems that Yomtobian's operation has been shut down for now, it is likely he will come back with another scheme." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Daniel Yomtobian Built An Empire On Dubious Online Advertising Traffic. It Finally Crumbled" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Silicon chips are beginning to reach their limits in terms of size and density. Evidence has shown that carbon nanotubes are a faster and more energy-efficient material for processors. Scientists have recently made a working computer chip out of carbon nanotubes. The 16-bit processor was functional enough to run a basic program. Creating carbon nanotube-based processors is a challenge as sometimes defects will cause the processors to lose their semiconductor properties. The new process of creating the processors allows for more room for error during manufacturing. While there is still a long way to go before carbon nanotube-based processors will be practical, the breakthrough is still a major step in development." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In a Huge Milestone, Engineers Build a Working Computer Chip Out of Carbon Nanotubes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft researchers recently released a paper on using a blockchain-based incentive system to fight piracy. The Argus system relies on the transparency aspect of blockchain technology to provide a trustless incentive mechanism while protecting data collected from piracy reporters. It enables backtracing of pirated content to the source. Tech companies have become increasingly concerned with digital piracy and some have turned to blockchain-based solutions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft wants to use Ethereum blockchain to fight piracy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Silicon Valley companies consistently understand a few things that traditional companies fail to either understand or implement in practice. They allow engineers to be autonomous and figure out how to work, which enables the engineers to be problem solvers rather than just coding machines. There is a lot of transparency at Silicon Valley companies, with employees often having access to real-time business metrics, which exposes engineers to the rest of the business. Silicon Valley companies also encourage good communication between teams, pay more, and invest more into making the developer experience less frustrating. Engineers are treated as value generators in SV-like companies, rather than as factory workers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What Silicon Valley \"Gets\" about Software Engineers that Traditional Companies Do Not" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snapchat has recently released two sets of filters, one that makes users look like toddlers, and one that makes users appear as members of the opposite sex. The release of the filters resulted in an estimated 41.5 million downloads for the app worldwide in May, more than twice the amount of downloads that Snapchat received in the previous month. It is unclear how many of these downloads are new users rather than just returning old users. Snapchat has been struggling to retain its user base for several years, and it appears that the new filters have attracted more long-term users. Stock prices have risen significantly for Snapchat since its 2017 redesign disaster." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snapchat’s Gender-Swap and Baby Filters Doubled App Downloads" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have discovered that collectives of bacteria feature a robust capacity for memory. The scientists stimulated the bacterial cells with light. Hours later, the bacteria were still able to remember the exposure, and the process was able to be manipulated so that memory patterns emerged. The study might give clues to how neurons in brains work, and the results open up the possibility of creating basic computer systems with living organisms." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "They remember: Communities of microbes found to have working memory" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A federal judge has approved a deal for T-Mobile to take over Sprint Corp. The merger faced opposition from a group of states who said that the transaction would violate antitrust laws and raise prices. T-Mobile and Sprint argued that the merger would better equip the new company to compete with other top players in the country. Sprint shares rose more than 74% after the announcement. T-Mobile shares increased by 11%. Sprint has been losing subscribers at a fast rate. The merger will provide its customers with better infrastructure and cheaper prices." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "T-Mobile-Sprint merger wins approval from U.S. judge" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In 2019 alone, Google has shut down or partially shut down 11 services. Removing all these services may be damaging Google's reputation. More importantly, these actions may damage trust from people who use Google's services. Many people and companies depend on Google's platforms, and their business decisions can have severely disruptive effects. However, these product shutdowns are unlikely to stop, as Google enjoys developing new products and testing them in the market." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google’s constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In an interview with Bill Gates, climate change and technology are discussed, focusing on how technology has benefited humans. While humans have damaged the planet with our technology, there has also been a lot of positive outcomes, such as the extended and improved quality of life that almost all humans experience. Gates sees a bright future, as we build upon what we already have and continue to develop better technologies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bill Gates explains why we should all be optimists" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snapchat-owned location app Zenly is gamifying social distancing with a leaderboard for people who have spent the most time at home. Zenly usually encourages people to share locations to meet up with friends, but it has switched up its incentives and is now encouraging people to stay at home. The app also shows an overlay that shows the number of coronavirus cases in a state or country." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Snapchat-owned location app just added a leaderboard comparing who stays home the most" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GitHub Sponsors is a way for developers to get funding from sponsors. It is available to developers in 32 regions, but there is currently a waitlist. GitHub takes zero fees, so developers get 100% of the funds. Caleb Porzio was accepted into the GitHub Sponsors program on December 12th, 2019, and has since grown his revenue to an estimated over $100,000 per year. Porzio developed a 'sponsorware' concept where sponsors would receive early access to software until a certain number of sponsors was reached, at which point the project would then be open-sourced to the world. He then created a series of educational products with exclusive bonuses for sponsors, which eventually accounted for most of his sponsor income. Developers should be comfortable with accepting money for their work especially if it adds value to other people's lives." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I Just Hit $100k/yr On GitHub Sponsors" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple fired over 200 employees from Project Titan, its self driving car project. It looks like Apple's car ambitions have been dialed back from having their own car to just focusing on software. They seem to be doubling down on healthcare instead, with Tim Cook saying \"I believe, if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, 'What was Apple's greatest contribution to mankind?' it will be about health.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple just dismissed more than 200 employees from Project Titan, its autonomous vehicle group" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists at the Singapore University of Technology and Design have developed a method for 3D printing with powdered milk. The process doesn't require the milk to be heated up, preserving its key nutrients. It also doesn't require the additional stabilizers that are usually used in colder methods of 3D printing. The researchers were able to fill the milk objects with syrup and cream. This method could be used to formulate various nutritious foods, particularly for those who have special dietary needs. Images of the 3D printed milk designs are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This tiny edible sofa was 3D-printed from milk" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Neural Network Intelligence (NNI) is a toolkit to help users automate Feature Engineering, Neural Architecture Search, Hyperparameter Tuning, and Model Compression. It was designed so that researchers and data scientists could try different AutoML algorithms and environments for their models. NNI comes with a command-line tool and a WebUI." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Neural Network Intelligence" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Royal Marines are testing a jet suit for use as a way to fly and land on ships quickly and with precision. Gravity Industries developed the suit to provide rapid access and exit to and from target areas while retaining the ability to handle a weapon. An earlier version of the suit featured a helmet-controlled shoulder-mounted pellet rifle. A 3-minute video showing the jet suits in action is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Watch as Royal Marines Test Out a Flying Jet Suit" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Match Group doesn't have clear policies or screening practices to prevent registered sex offenders from signing up. Some users have matched with sex offenders and experienced attempted sexual assault. In an analysis of more than 150 sexual assault cases, it was found that 10 percent of cases involved users who were matched with someone previously accused of or convicted of sexual assault. Match Group carries out background checks for its paid services. It doesn't collect enough information on users of free apps to conduct meaningful background checks. Match Group owns 45 online dating brands and reported $1.7 billion in revenue in 2018." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tinder says 'there are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jumbo phages are viruses, named for their large genomes, that infect bacteria. Some jumbo phages are able to grow a shield around their genetic material, preventing bacterial immune systems from attacking their DNA. These protective casings are constructed from a single type of protein called chimallin. They can selectively allow molecules to pass through and grow as the phage's genome replicates. Research into these barriers could help scientists develop better therapies against antibiotic-resistant bacteria." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Giant Viruses Called 'Jumbo Phages' Could Help Us Fight Antibiotic Resistance" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Air Force is researching a technology that can harvest solar energy in space and then beam it down when required. Space-based solar power can reduce infrastructure costs and it also doesn't take up as much valuable land as other methods. The technology is available, with satellites expecting to launch in 2024. As the cost of Earth-bound solar power continues to drop, the need for space solar power isn't urgent. This research could result in technology that benefits many people, similar to GPS." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Solar Power Beamed Down To Earth From Space Moves Forward" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A company called Colossal has partnered with an Australian lab to de-extinct the thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger. The plan involves obtaining thylacine genomes, identifying key differences between those genomes and related lineages, and then editing those differences into marsupial stem cells and using those stem cells for IVF. The project faces significant hurdles, but many factors make thylacine de-extinction more likely to be successful than mammoth de-extinction." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "De-extinction company sets its next (first?)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists used machine learning to analyze worm brain signals to reveal what the worm recently smelled. Caenorhabditis elegans have 302 neurons, making them easier to monitor than more complex organisms. The scientists exposed the worms to five smells. The algorithm was clearly able to differentiate between two of the smells, but often confused the other three. This research could help scientists gain a deeper understanding of how the brain encodes information and what goes wrong in cases of sensory processing disorders." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers Rig Worms' Brains to Predict Smells With Machine Learning" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CamperForce is a program from Amazon that hires people living in caravans for seasonal jobs. It started in 2008 at just one location and this year it expanded to 26 sites across 14 states. Workers gain benefits after working for certain periods and have some of the cost of their campground fees reimbursed. Some workers are able to work for CamperForce over one season and live off casual jobs while traveling for the rest of the year. A 15-minute video following the lives of some of the workers in the program is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Amazon’s CamperForce program doubled this year, adding jobs for seasonal workers who live on the road" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The staff at Kickstarter announced their intention to unionize today, and if recognized, Kickstarter will be the first major tech company in the US with union representation. Staff are working with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), an organization that has experience in unionizing companies both domestically and internationally. Union leaders claim the aim of forming the union is to uphold Kickstarter’s values of inclusion, solidarity, transparency, and accountability, which they feel have failed to manifest. A spokesperson for Kickstarter has said that Kickstarter is open to listening to the concerns of its employees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A group of scientists has developed a ceramic material that breaks the record for the compound with the highest known melting point. Its combination of physical, mechanical, and thermal properties make the material suitable for use in most heat-loaded components of aircraft. The material, hafnium carbonitride, has a melting point that exceeds 4,000 degrees celsius. The team has planned further experiments to find out the exact melting point of the material." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists develop the most heat-resistant material ever created" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China sent a 6G satellite into space on top of a Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite will be used to verify the performance of 6G technology in space. 6G is expected to be over 100 times faster than its predecessor, allowing lossless transmissions over long distances with less power. The satellite has a system to provide abundant satellite images and data. There are still many technical hurdles to overcome before 6G becomes commercially available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China leapfrogs world with first 6G experimental satellite" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Looking Glass Factory has announced a 65-inch, 8K holographic display panel. The display is able to show 3D holographic content to groups of up to 50 people. It can create a sense of considerable depth using its 3-inch thick display. The display can currently only show Looking Glass holographic creations. Looking Glass claims that the display is already being used by entertainment companies for both storytelling and marketing. It has not revealed the price of the display, but interested parties can sign up to pre-order it on the company's website." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The 65-inch Looking Glass 8K Holographic Display is Largest Ever Created" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "According to an unconfirmed report, macOS and iOS software developers will soon be able to use XCode on an iPad or iPhone. iPadOS 14 and the new iPhone equivalent will reportedly have support for XCode. XCode supports Swift, C++, Python, and more. Bringing it to iOS brings the iPad closer to being a 'real' computer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Devs might be able to write software on iPad and iPhone with Xcode" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two years ago, a team at Google started a project to make Swift the first mainstream language with first-class language-integrated differentiable programming capabilities. The project hasn't received a lot of interest as Swift is mostly unknown in the machine learning community. Swift is a better choice for machine learning as it is faster than Python and it allows for much more control while still using high-level language. While the project is not ready for general production usage, it shows that Swift could potentially become a key player in the machine learning ecosystem." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Swift: Google's bet on differentiable programming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GitAlias is a collection of git version control alias settings with short aliases such as s for status, command aliases such as chart and churn, and lookup aliases such as whois and whatis. This repository contains a collection of GitAlias commands, sorted into sections such as workflow aliases, tooling aliases, and convenience aliases. An index of all the aliases in alphabetical order is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Git Alias" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have created a device called the Norimaki Synthesizer that is capable of recreating taste sensations when in contact with a human tongue. It uses electrolytes inserted into five gels, each controlling the intensity levels of five basic flavors. The sensation of taste is created when microscopic particles are activated via an electric charge in a process called electrophoresis. The synthesizer can recreate the taste of all flavors without the need for the actual food." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Digital Stick Serves Up the Real Taste of Virtual Food" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Parcel CSS is a CSS parser, compiler, and minifier written in Rust. It performs significantly better than existing tooling while also improving minification quality. Parcel CSS can handle compiling CSS modules, tree shaking, automatically adding and removing vendor prefixes for browser targets, and transpiling modern CSS features. Performance benchmarks, as well as an explanation of the architecture, are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Announcing Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier written in Rust!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a blog post by Dan Abramov, one of the lead developers of ReactJS, about things he doesn't know. There's some pretty basic stuff in here (Python, NodeJS, containers, basic algorithms, flexbox etc.), which just goes to show you even superstar developers don't know a lot of the things you probably know. Really humble, eye-opening post." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Things I don't Know as of 2018" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A researcher from the Swiss research institute EMPA has developed an invisible lock system that uses conductive ink on a transparent polymer film to create invisible buttons. The result is a lock mechanism with no obvious way for it to be opened. It can be integrated with existing systems. A short video about the lock mechanism is available in the article. The technology is scalable, so the lock could be used for doors and other building entrances." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Invisible 'Keyhole' Security Developed With Printable Electronics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Vuity is an eye drop that reduces pupil size, allowing people with age-related blurred near vision to see clearly without reading glasses for up to 10 hours. It was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The drops cost about $80 for a 30-day supply and are not covered by medical insurance. There are side effects such as headaches and red eyes. The drops should not be used while driving at night or when performing activities in low-light conditions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New FDA Approved Eye Drops Actually Eliminate the Need for Reading Glasses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Survival Condo is a former Atlas Missile silo turned luxury condominium complex. It is an apocalypse bunker that features a swimming pool, rock climbing wall, hydroponics and aquaculture setup, and more. At a secret location around three hours drive from Kansas City airport, the heavily guarded facility is 200 feet underground. A unit in this complex is $1 million, plus an extra $2,500 a month to cover living expenses. It is built to withstand 12-kiloton nuclear warheads dropping half a mile away. The owner of the Survival Condo plans to build another facility around three times larger and they already have a waiting list of people interested in buying the new units." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside the luxury nuclear bunker protecting the mega-rich from the apocalypse" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Flickr-Faces-HQ (FFHQ) is a high-quality image data set of human faces. It contains 70,000 PNG files at 1024x1024 resolution with a large variation in age, ethnicity, and image backgrounds. Photos also have people wearing glasses, hats, or other accessories. The images are able to be used under a Creative Commons license by NVIDIA Corporation. All files contain original metadata to acknowledge the original content creators." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Flickr-Faces-HQ Dataset" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light and a 3D-printed stretchy material that can reveal colors when the light changes. These developments may lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics, and flexible displays. The inventions were modeled after the cephalopods' ability to change the color and texture of their skin for camouflage and communication." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "3D-Printed Smart Gel Changes Shape When Exposed to Light" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Kickstarter employees have voted to form a union with the Office and Professional Employees International Union. The final vote was 46 for and 27 against. This is the first time workers at a major tech company in the US have successfully unionized. Kickstarter will support and respect the decision. Employees feel like the most important issues for the union will be creating clearer policies and support for reporting workplace issues and also creating clearer mechanisms for hiring and firing employees. Prior to the vote, Kickstarter had hired Duane Morris, a Philadelphia law firm that specialized in labor-management relations and maintaining a union-free workplace. Kickstarter has been considered as one of the most ethical places to work in tech, but employees have been disagreeing with some of the company's decisions in recent years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kickstarter Employees Win Historic Union Election" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Soft deletion is supposed to make deletion safer and reversible, but the technique has some major downsides." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Soft Deletion Probably Isn't Worth It" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This video shows the percentage of Stack Overflow questions for each programming language for every month since September 2008. C# was the leading language until 2012, when Java, JavaScript, and PHP started becoming more popular. JavaScript dominated until 2018, after which Python overtook it. Python is currently the most popular language." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This video shows the most popular programming languages on Stack Overflow since September 2008 (1:27 Video)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Running a startup can be hard as many people don't know what they are doing wrong. This thread contains observations and lessons from founders and business owners that were not immediately obvious. The replies to the thread discuss the importance of sales, starting non-technical businesses and improving the tech, how to manage assets and expenses during tough times, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Important nonobvious startup/business lessons you've learned?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple was recently granted a patent for smart glasses or a headset that could potentially adjust its lenses to correct the wearer's vision. The company proposes to use a stack of lenses for each eye that can be precisely adjusted to control how much light passes through. An eye-tracking system could be used to provide more advanced adjustment to the user's vision. Many more details about the technology, including figures from the patent, are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Glass could adjust lenses to match user's prescription" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Hacker News thread talks about trends that few people are talking about. The top replies discuss preimplantation polygenetic testing (genetically screening embryos before implantation), issues with abandoning internal combustion engine vehicles (there are still many problems to solve to make the switch to electric cars sustainable), and deglobalization (countries dependent on imported food or energy need to look for more sustainable solutions)." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What's the next big thing that few people are talking about?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has admitted that a partner has leaked over 1,000 sound recordings of customer conversations to a Belgian news site, VRT. The recordings were supposed to be used to improve the quality of responses from smart devices. While the sound files were anonymized, VRT reported that the recordings contained enough private information to directly identify some of the people talking in them. Google says that this is a direct violation of its data security policies and that it is actively investigating the issue. It is possible to easily delete your Google Assistant voice history." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google admits partners leaked more than 1,000 private conversations with Google Assistant" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok limits the reach of users who have some visible or obvious form of disability or disfigurement as an attempt to protect users from cyberbullying. Users who have autism, Down syndrome, facial disfigurements, or other disabilities may have their videos restricted to only be shown in their own country and removed from the For You feed. TikTok claims that the restriction on these videos was a temporary measure and that it has since altered its rules. The short-form video service has previously been accused of censoring users who express certain political opinions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Report: TikTok limited the reach of users with visible disabilities" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Legacy Survey of Space and Time Camera works by converting visible light reflected by objects into electrical signals, but at an enormous scale, with a high level of detail. It is designed to collect images of far-away galaxies. In tests to assess the functioning of the sensing array, the LSST Camera was able to produce images of 3,200 megapixels. The full LSST Camera will be deployed in 2021. Two of the photos taken by the LSST Camera during testing are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The World’s Most Powerful Camera Took 3,200-Megapixel Photos" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk activated Starlink's satellite internet service in Ukraine after Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, tweeted at Musk asking for help. Musk replied 10 hours after the plea for help stating that the service was now active and that more terminals were en route. Starlink now has more than 1,500 satellites in operation providing service around the globe. The original tweet from Fedorov and Musk's response is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk activates Starlink satellite service in Ukraine after Vice PM calls upon him" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Google and the Janelia Research Campus in Virginia have published a 3D model that traces 20 million synapses connecting around 25,000 neurons in the brain of a fruit fly. A milestone in the field of connectomics, the map is the largest high-resolution map of brain connectivity in any animal. Connectomics has yet to produce any major breakthroughs, but it helps link physical parts of the brain to specific behaviors. Some scientists believe that creating connectomes is a waste of resources. The fruit fly connectome was created by processing images using an algorithm. Scientists then spent hundreds of thousands of hours verifying the connectome. Fruit fly brains contain around 100,000 neurons, while human brains contain roughly 86 billion. The data is available for anyone to view and download." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google publishes largest ever high-resolution map of brain connectivity" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a collection of demos and articles about the OpenAI GPT-3 API. Demos include GPT-3 playing chess, doing math, writing Google ads, generating Python, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome GPT-3" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The CSS Grid Generator allows people to use CSS Grid features quickly to generate dynamic layouts. Users set the parameters for the grid, and create divisions by clicking and dragging along the generated grid. Once the user is happy with the design, they can click a button to copy the code to their clipboard. The generator is hosted on a website, but users can choose to download the code and run it on their own servers if required." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CSS Grid Generator" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An underground express tunnel that connects downtown Las Vegas, the city’s convention center, airport, and other points of interest will be built by the Boring Company at an estimated cost of between $35 to $55 million, depending on the final plans. The Las Vegas Convention Center’s expansion is planned to be completed in 2021. When it is complete, attendees would have to walk around 2 miles to get from one end to another, which explains the need for a rapid transit route. Elon Musk estimates that the tunnel will be complete and operational by the end of the year, however, past projects have not gone as smoothly as predicted." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Las Vegas takes a chance on having Elon Musk’s Boring Company build transit tunnel" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An investigation into organ studies from China has resulted in over 400 scientific papers identified as non-compliant with the ethical standards required by medical journals. Organ transplants used in these studies may not have been consented to by the donors. There are large discrepancies in the rate of transplants between official government statistics (10,000 transplants per year) and hospital statistics (60,000-100,000 transplants a year). These discrepancies may be due to organ harvesting from executed prisoners." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Call for retraction of 400 scientific papers amid fears organs came from Chinese prisoners" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ming-Chi Kuo, the most trusted source when it comes to Apple rumors, has revealed that Apple plans to release 5G smartphones in 2020. After Apple cut its ties with Intel, it was unsure whether the company would be able to produce a 5G smartphone. However, sources claim that the development of the new phones is right on schedule. Both a new, smaller 5.4-inch iPhone and a larger 6.7-inch device will be released in 2020. A 6.1-inch iPhone XR successor will also be released but will stay on LTE for now. All of the new iPhones will have OLED display panels." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The 5G iPhone is coming in 2020, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Laws of UX is a collection of 20 maxims and principles for designers to think about when building user interfaces. Each section contains an overview, key takeaways, a poster, a history of the concept, and further reading. The posters on the site are designed to be printable." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Laws of UX" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A source with access to a very early Android 13 build has shared screenshots showing several upcoming features and changes. Users will be able to set languages on a per-app basis and notifications could become an opt-in feature rather than turned on by default. A new setting has been added to settings for users to toggle the layout of the clock on the lock screen. Android 13 will lay the foundations of a feature called TARE (The Android Resource Economy) that focuses on energy-use management." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: This is our first look at Android 13 “Tiramisu” and some of its upcoming features" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article links to a gallery of the 20 best space photos taken in 2021. The gallery contains images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87, pictures taken from NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars, and entries from the Royal Observatory Greenwich's Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The best space photos of 2021: Sparkling starfields to majestic nebula" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Working with IoT data? Learn how you can use a time series database to unlock its potential. Watch the discussion between InfluxData CEO Evan Kaplan, Director of IoT Brian Gilmore, and a panel of customers, as they discuss real life challenges and use cases. Watch the video." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "It’s About Time! Building IoT Applications on InfluxDB" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While larger language models perform better, they are expensive and harder to analyze than the average neural network, which are already known for being black boxes. DeepMind has built a language model called the Retrieval-Enhanced Transformer (RETRO), which has the ability to look up information on a database. RETRO was able to outperform language models multiple times its size. The model is still quite large, but the project demonstrates how scaling models may not be the best route to better performance." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DeepMind’s New AI With a Memory Outperforms Algorithms 25 Times Its Size" } ]