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[ { "role": "user", "content": "General Motors showcased its electric vehicle strategy to investors on Wednesday, along with an all-new modular electric vehicle platform called Ultium. The platform is designed to be flexible and multifaceted, allowing it to be built into a variety of vehicle types and shapes. Ultium also features an improved battery pack that is unique due to its large-format, pouch-style cells, which allow them to be stacked vertically or horizontally inside a battery pack. The batteries will supply power ranging from 50 to 200 kWh, allowing for a driving range of over 400 miles. Aluminum is used in the batteries, reducing cobalt content by 70 percent. GM is planning to release 20 electric nameplates by 2023 across all four of its brands." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GM unveils a new electric vehicle platform and battery in bid to take on Tesla" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "K2-141b is a planet hundreds of light-years away that has oceans made of molten lava, winds that reach supersonic speeds, and rain that is made of rocks. It is one of the most extreme exoplanets ever discovered. The planet orbits so closely to its host star that much of it is made of flowing lava oceans. Only one side of the planet faces the sun as it is gravitationally locked in place. K2-141b appears to have a surface, ocean, and atmosphere all made of rock. The surface of the sunny side of the planet reaches over 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit, vaporizing the rock to create a thin, inhospitable atmosphere. The surface of the dark side of the planet is perpetually dark and reaches temperatures of minus 328 degrees Fahrenheit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists discover bizarre hell planet where it rains rocks and oceans are made of lava" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As our technology develops, things that were impossible in the past may soon be possible in the future, such as altering human DNA, extending human life-spans, and creating cyborgs. Other decisions made today may also drastically alter our future, for example, our environmental and social policies. This series of Op-Eds explores our possible futures as a commentary on our world today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Op-Eds From the Future" } ]
[ { "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 is a huge set of deep learning resources for all kinds of learners (there are sections for academic papers, courses, blogs, tutorials, and frameworks so you can choose how you want to learn). Especially good for people who like to read academic papers, because there are a ton of them and they seem well organized." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Deep Learning Ocean" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tidal motions, waves, and currents have a lot of energy that can be harvested to produce electricity. They are also easily forecasted and available 24/7. There have been many attempts at harvesting energy from the seas, but it is difficult due to the corrosive water and unpredictable winds. Sinn Power, a German green-energy startup, has begun building and testing the world's first ocean hybrid platform. The floating platform can harness energy from waves, wind, and the sun. It is scalable and can be adapted to customers' needs and location requirements." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "World’s First Ocean Hybrid Platform Converts Tidal Waves Into Energy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Project CodeNet is a multi-purpose dataset that can be used to train machine learning models for various tasks. It contains 14 million code samples with 500 million lines of code written in 55 different programming languages. A large amount of annotation has been added to the samples. CodeNet could be used to develop machine learning models for programming tasks like language translation or code recommendation. A link to the Project CodeNet repository is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "IBM’s Project CodeNet will test how far you can push AI to write software" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A senior Italian doctor says that the new coronavirus has lost its potency, claiming that recent swabs were returning results with viral concentrations that were infinitesimally smaller than the ones carried out over the past few months. Italy has the third-highest death toll in the world from COVID-19, with the sixth-highest global tally of cases. Infections and fatalities have fallen steadily in May and the country is looking to unwind some of its most rigid lockdown restrictions. The doctor claims that other experts were too alarmist about the prospect of a second wave of infections and that politicians need to start getting the country back to normal. A member of the health ministry stated that Italians should maintain maximum caution pending scientific evidence to support the thesis that the threat of the virus has disappeared." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Metamaterials are materials made up of components that combine to create properties that are relatively independent of the properties of the original materials. Metasurfaces are flat structures that can manipulate light in interesting ways. Usually, these metasurfaces have properties that are static once they have been created. A team of international scientists has created a metamaterial using a compound that is also used in DVDs. The new material's metasurface transparency level can be altered using a powerful pulse laser. The new material could potentially advance LiDAR and photographic technologies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Invent 'Invisible' Metamaterial With Bonus Reflect Mode" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is the Youtube live stream for SpaceX's launch of the US Air Force's first GPS III space vehicle. The launch will start at 9:11 AM EST (3 hours and 11 minutes after you receive this email)!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GPS III SV01 Mission" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a demo video for smart glasses called Focals made by an Amazon and YCombinator backed startup called North. The glasses look pretty stylish and a bit hipsterish (the frames are on the thicker side, but they're definitely glasses that you would see people wearing without thinking twice). It does basically anything an Apple Watch can do, like check the weather, read text messages, call an Uber or use Alexa which is built in. Information is displayed using tiny bits of light, and it will look to you like there is text floating roughly an arm's length in front of your face. The only thing that seems clunky is that it isn't voice activated, you have to wear this ring which has a joystick to let you activate and control Focals. You can get them with a prescription, and they cost $1,000 (they'll be available by the end of the year)." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon-Backed Smart Glasses For $1,000: First Look" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amy Unger worked effectively as a Staff engineer at Salesforce for five years. During this time, she worked on the Heroku Add-ons project and the Heroku API team. This article discusses her role in the company, the daily operations of a Staff-plus engineer, sponsoring other engineers, and networking at a remote company." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How I operated as a Staff engineer at Heroku" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Disneyland hotel rooms will have 'Hey, Disney' available alongside Alexa on their Echo speakers starting sometime in 2022. The feature will handle requests ranging from amenities through to stories and jokes. MagicBand+ wearables are also coming in 2022. The wristbands will allow guests to enter the park, make purchases, and otherwise go touch-free. They will also have haptic feedback and gesture controls to enliven experiences in certain areas." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'Hey, Disney' voice assistant comes to Disneyland in 2022" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft, built a camera with a microscopic lens to capture images of individual snowflakes. The camera is far bigger than the average device, with a carbon fiber frame, low-heat LED lights, and a computer-controlled focus. Before taking a photo, snowflakes are captured on a black foam core and then put onto a cooling stage under the camera using a watercolor brush. The cold is key, and the image must be taken before the snowflake melts. Images of snowflakes taken with Myhrvold's camera are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "These stunning images of snowflakes will make you see winter in a whole new light" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lumis has helped fast growing startups like gem.com, ramp.com, pilot.com and alchemy.com buy their domain names at a fair market price. Let us help you get your perfect domain name." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Have your eye on a domain name that's already taken?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wikipedia had its billionth edit on January 12. The edit was made by a prolific Wikipedian who has over 3.9 million edits, the highest edit count held by a human. It was based on an article about Death Breathing, a noise album released in 1998. The announcement doesn't take into account the edits made in the early years of Wikipedia before it migrated to its own servers and software." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The English Language Wikipedia Just Had Its Billionth Edit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hey guys, this is my personal project that I'm launching on ProductHunt today. It's a curated selection of the best emails from top SaaS companies like Zapier, Buffer, Heroku, and more. All 400+ emails are freely downloadable as HTML and categorized by use case, if this is something you'd be interested in, I'd appreciate it if you showed me some love on ProductHunt! 🙏" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SaaS Email Templates" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GIT quick statistics helps developers access various statistics in a git repository in a simple and efficient way. It uses a simple menu to provide all the information you want, without having to know all the options and commands." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GIT quick statistics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon is launching a new physical retail store analytics service that will give brands anonymized insights about their products in stores that use Just Walk Out and Dash Cart technologies. Brands will have access to information about how their products are discovered, considered, and purchased, as well as data on how their products rank and perform. The data is aggregated and anonymized, and it doesn't contain any personal information. Shoppers can opt-out of data collection while using Just Walk Out or Dash Cart through Amazon's Store Analytics website." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon’s new physical retail analytics service gives brands insights about product and ad performance" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Python is a high-level and interpreter-based programming language that provides many features for the programmer's comfort. Some of the uses for these features might not be obvious at first. This repository contains examples of these features, explanations for how they work, and other interesting tidbits about Python." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What the f*ck Python!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "WorkOS APIs enable you to ship complex enterprise features in minutes instead of months, allowing you to focus entirely on core product features. Use WorkOS and start selling to enterprise customers with just a few lines of code.“Integration was straightforward, pleasant and fun” – Bryant Chou, Webflow CTO & Co-founder. Start now for free" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Startup? Make your app Enterprise Ready with WorkOS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Postgres is the gift that keeps on giving. This major version release includes better partitioning, transactions in stored procedures, better query parallelism, JIT compilation for expressions, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "PostgreSQL 11" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Apple Store went down for just over an hour on Tuesday and came back with a brand-new look. The new design is filled with cards, similar to Apple's Store app for iOS. There are no new products, and the pages for actually buying products are the same as before. Apple is expecting a busy fall, with a range of new products expected to launch soon. Screenshots of the redesigned Apple Store are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple launches big redesign of its online store" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a roadmap to becoming a Node.js developer. There are linked resources for most topics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Node.js Developer Roadmap" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "All Apple computers with T2 security chips will now require proprietary software to be run following repairs, making independent repairs impossible. This includes the 2018 Macbook Pro and the iMac Pro. This is the same strategy used by John Deere to prevent farmers from doing their own tractor repairs. The CEO of iFixit says \"Independent repair companies have been fixing MacBooks undaunted by the user-hostile activities Apple has taken. It could be really detrimental to schools, to people who live in rural areas. If they stick with this, it seems like a huge argument in favor of right to repair.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple's New Proprietary Software Locks Kill Independent Repair on New MacBook Pros" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Cows at the RusMoloko dairy farm near Moscow in Russia wear VR headsets to improve their conditions and to enable them to relax into producing more milk. Data from farms around the world show that cows that live in a calm atmospheres produce better quality milk. The VR headsets are designed especially for the cows, and the cows showed a decrease in anxiety and an increase in general mood after using them. It is unclear whether the cows produced more milk due to the headsets." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cows on Russian Farm Get Fitted with VR Goggles to Increase Milk Production" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Avoid monitoring tool sprawl. Unify metrics, traces, and logs in a single platform with instant context without switching tools. Monitor everything with Datadog. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Break down inefficient silos between DevOps teams" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Live Eye Surveillance is a surveillance camera system that lets a remote human operator intervene whenever they see something suspicious. The operators can speak through store speakers to interact with people in the store. Live Eye's system has caused some concern with workers, especially as it could potentially make dangerous situations worse. A link to a 2-minute sample video from Live Eye demonstrating the system is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A CCTV Company Is Paying Remote Workers in India to Yell at Armed Robbers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenAI's Jukebox project uses artificial intelligence to generate music in a variety of genres and artist styles. The project has imitated many artists, alive and dead. A sample of one of Jukebox's productions is available in the article. Deepfake music will have wide-ranging ramifications for the music industry. Companies could eventually start generating their own music rather than paying for royalties. Already, artists are suing companies for creating tracks based on their voice. The legal status of AI impersonation is still yet to be determined." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'It's the screams of the damned!' The eerie AI world of deepfake music" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site contains a collection of 220 system UI icons. Developers can search for the icon they need and easily add the image to their site via SVG code, CDN link, or by hosting the icon directly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "System UIcons" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The team of researchers that found evidence of saltwater beneath the southern polar cap of Mars in 2018 recently analyzed 134 new radar profiles of the planet and found evidence of several salty lakes beneath the surface of Mars. While the extreme salt content might not be hospitable for life, some extremophilic organisms could still exist there. Extremophilic organisms are found in places that are permanently cold on Earth and may also be found on other planets. Searching for life will require drilling technology that we aren't capable of sending to space yet. NASA's Artemis program could pave the way for such exploration beginning as soon as 2024." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Salty lakes found beneath Mars' surface" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Cybersecurity experts say that the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict could result in an increase in cyberattacks around the world. Choosing a strong password helps prevent hackers from accessing online accounts. It is recommended that people use passwords with uncommon characters that are longer than the minimum length required. A different password should be used for every account. A list of the 20 most commonly leaked passwords is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "These are the 20 most common passwords leaked on the dark web — make sure none of them are yours" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google employees will not be able to expense on food and other perks like home office furniture and fitness subscriptions while working from home. Employees will not be able to use unused budgets towards these expenses nor donate any surplus cash to charities. Google doesn't usually reimburse employees for food expenses while working at home. Employees receive free meals while working on campus. Since everyone has been working from home due to the pandemic, Google has had to clarify its rules." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google continues to tighten its belt as it enters a 'difficult' few months, and that includes telling employees they can't expense perks like food" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at the Deep Carbon Observatory have been conducting a 10-year study of subterranean life on Earth; it turns out there is way more than previously thought. They estimate that despite extreme heat, no light, little nutrition and intense pressure, there are between 15 billion and 23 billion tons of micro-organisms living underground. No matter how deep scientists dig, they keep finding more life; they've already dug down 5 kilometers. Some micro-organisms live for thousands of years, barely moving except with shifts in tectonic plates, while others don't use any energy from the sun, relying on chemical processes to produce methane to replace or repair broken parts. One researcher says \"We must ask ourselves: if life on Earth can be this different from what experience has led us to expect, then what strangeness might await as we probe for life on other worlds?\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jacques Consteau was a legendary explorer and oceanographer who led a series of underwater habitat missions several decades ago. His grandson, Fabien, is leading a project to build the world's largest underwater research station. Proteus will be located at a depth of 60 feet in an area off the coast of Curaçao. The station will allow scientists to study the ocean for 10 to 12 hours a day, with continuous access to deeper waters. Divers staying at Proteus will be able to remain in underwater habitats for an indefinite amount of time without risking decompression sickness. Proteus will feature an opening at the bottom of the habitat that will allow divers to enter and exit through a pressurized chamber. Building the structure will present many challenges and cost an estimated $135 million." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Jacques Cousteau’s Grandson Wants to Build the International Space Station of the Sea" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon will provide a minimum wage of $15/hour to all US employees. This will affect roughly 250,000 full time employees, as well as 100,000 seasonal employees. Amazon said it will also start advocating for an increase to the federal minimum wage. Jeff Bezo says \"we listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead. We're excited about this change and encourage our competitors and other large employers to join us.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ASKA is a folding, electric, street-legal vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle that can cruise along city streets or fly through the air. The SUV-sized vehicle can sit up to four people. While flying, it can reach speeds of up to 241 km/h, with a range of 402 km. ASKA can transition between driving and flight modes anywhere there is a space wide enough for it to open its wings and rotor blades. It is available for pre-order now, with the first deliveries expected in 2026. Images of the vehicle are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meet ASKA: The Street-Legal Flying Car That Reinvents Urban Living" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "React Query provides hooks for fetching, catching, and updating asynchronous data in React. It features transport, protocol, and backend agnostic data fetching, parallel and dependent queries, load-more pagination and scroll recovery, and more. Full documentation is provided along with examples." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "React Query" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Salesforce is sending its employees to the Trailblazer Ranch, a forested location in the Santa Cruz mountains. An employee survey found that the change most wished for in the company was more connection with colleagues. The company has onboarded tens of thousands of employees since the beginning of the pandemic who have never met their manager or teams in person. The ranch will have several activities and group experiences for the employees. Salesforce is planning to make the ranch a permanent location." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why Salesforce is sending its employees to the forest" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Starting a business involves more than just building a product. The product needs to be sold to customers, which involves a different set of skills that someone who has spent a lifetime in engineering might need to brush up on. Sales and marketing are similar yet separate skills, where marketing brings in leads and sales is the conversation that closes the deal. There are different levels to these topics, which the thread goes in-depth about. The thread contains many reading recommendations for business development and selling, as well as anecdotes and advice regarding starting a business." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: How to learn sales?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Columbia University and Applied Science's Creative Machines Lab used different types of lasers to cook 3D-printed chicken. The researchers pureed raw chicken and used a 3D food printer to create square samples, after which they cooked it using pulses of blue or near-infrared laser light with different wavelengths. An infrared camera monitored the surface of the chicken at all times along with eight thermistors. The laser-cooked chicken was preferred in blind taste tests. A video of the process is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rubbery Chicken? Scientists Say Cook It With Lasers Instead" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The city of Vilnius, Lithuania has built a portal that connects it to Lubin, Poland, a city about 600 kilometers away. Five years in the making, the portals have large screens and cameras that broadcast live images between the two cities. The portals were created to encourage people to rethink the meaning of unity. Pictures of the portals are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ClickSend’s API That Lets You Use SMS, MMS, Email, Voice, Letters and Postcards in Your Software Reaching your customers isn’t always about sliding into their DMs. ClickSend provides a single API that’s built to handle every type of business communications - from text messaging to direct mail, from OTPs and address verifications to running multi-channel marketing campaigns.With a rating of 4.6/5 on Trustpilot, over 90,000 paying customers including Pepsico and Specsavers, and 961 integrations with popular business applications, ClickSend is a reliable and popular choice for developers around the world.Get an API key and start testing immediately with free credit" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ClickSend’s API That Lets You Use SMS, MMS, Email, Voice, Letters and Postcards in Your Software" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a biotechnology company in South Africa, have recreated very small amounts of Moderna's mRNA-based vaccine against Covid-19 without any involvement by Moderna. The company developed the vaccine as part of an initiative launched by the World Health Organization to build capacity for vaccine manufacturing in low- and middle-income countries. mRNA vaccine developers have sent more than 70% of their doses to wealthy nations. Millions of orders to poorer countries have been delayed. While Afrigen's vaccine won't help curb the pandemic this year, it will lay the foundation for a more globally distributed mRNA vaccine industry in the future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "South African scientists copy Moderna’s COVID vaccine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a curated list of diagramming tools available for software engineering teams." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome Diagramming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "If you’ve been asked to automate mission-critical processes, check out Camunda. It’s a universal process orchestrator that connects to virtually anything: RPA bots, IoT services, CRM, ERP, Kafka, and everything in between. Orchestrate modern microservices, legacy applications, or homegrown software. Learn more about Camunda’s next-generation workflow engine." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "People, systems, devices — orchestrate anything with Camunda" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Zoom has released a software development kit (SDK) to help developers build Zoom into their software. Developers can use the SDK to embed Zoom's chat functions in a variety of places without being tied to the Zoom Meetings user interface. Zoom is rolling out a centralized portal for developers to learn about and access available developer tools. It includes an analytics dashboard where developers can monitor how users are interacting with Zoom features." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Zoom now has an SDK for putting Zoom into other things" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. On Monday, it flew to an altitude of 10 feet, hovered for 30 seconds, and then descended. It logged a total of 39.1 seconds of flight. The airfield where Ingenuity took off has been named the Wright Brothers Field. A video of the flight is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The first Android 12 developer preview was released nearly two months ago. An unreleased build was recently leaked, containing new code and features not previously seen in the public developer previews. This article covers some of the changes, including videos and screenshots where available. The new changes include improvements to scrolling screenshots, new emojis, enhanced notification permissions, and much more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: Here’s a first look at some more upcoming features in Android 12" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla will sometimes claw back software upgrades from used cars, removing features that owners had paid for at the time of sale. If customers want to get those features back, they have to pay Tesla the full cost of the feature to turn it back on. Tesla employees are told to put the software features back if people complain to avoid bad publicity. The company can turn off any feature for any reason. Some owners have resorted to jailbreaking their Teslas to re-enable features. While this has saved many owners from losing functionality in their vehicles, it also voids their warranty with Tesla." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "People Are Jailbreaking Used Teslas to Get the Features They Expect" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Our $200 jeans are unique to each customer and the shape of their actual body – no two pairs are alike. Sign up as a beta tester and get a $40 gift card towards your first pair." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "unspun makes ultra-sustainable & custom-built jeans from 3D iPhone scans" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Follow is a new feature in Google Chrome that displays an RSS reader on the New Tab page. Users will see a Follow button in the overflow menu, which adds sites to the feed. The feature allows users to actively choose the content they want to see, unlike the Discover feature, which chooses content for users. Google hopes the feature will create deeper connections between publishers and readers. Follow is still an experiment, and Google is still deciding whether to graduate it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Chrome testing RSS-powered 'Follow' button, feed" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A video of a Tesla Cybertruck prototype has been released. The video, available in the article, gives viewers a close look at the truck from all sides. The prototype has features that won't be in the production version, such as a giant wiper. There are people in the video standing next to the truck, giving viewers a sense of scale. An official update on the Cybertruck program is expected on Wednesday." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla Cybertruck prototype shown in detail in new leaked walkaround video" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Most engineering teams make a serious effort to measure inputs and outputs. Yet when it comes to our most valuable resource, time, we’re often flying blind. Clockwise crunched data from more than 1,500,000 meetings, 80,000 engineering teams, and 5,000 companies to create the 2022 Software Engineering Meeting Benchmark Report.The report reveals the ROI of focus time for engineering teams, how the average engineer's schedule changes as they climb the career ladder, and the \"coordination tax\" growing companies face. Use the report to compare your calendar to your peers and improve your team’s time management.Read the full benchmark report right here to see how you compare" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "✨ Developers spend 42% of their time in or between meetings—research by Clockwise" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter has started testing a feature called Fleets that allows users to post photos, videos, and text that disappear after a short period of time, similar to 'stories' from other social media platforms. Snapchat first invented stories in 2013 and the feature has since been copied by Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, Tinder, and LinkedIn. People are more willing to share casual, everyday thoughts through stories as the messages disappear. Users will not be able to retweet or like Fleets." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter Is Finally Doing Stories" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The iPhone XS's automatic image processing makes people's faces noticeably smoother than the iPhone X's. Some people are complaining that it's making their faces too smooth (there's no option to turn off this processing feature). Some journalists from Business Insider tested the two phones and put the images side by side, I gotta say I think the iPhone XS pictures look much better." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We tested the claims that the iPhone XS selfie camera makes faces look too smooth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Volvo has found a LIDAR maker that can produce the sensors cheap enough for it to install them into its consumer vehicles, enabling them to drive themselves. The LIDAR-equipped vehicles will start rolling off the production line in 2022. Volvo's Highway Pilot will allow vehicles to self-navigate on highways without requiring the same level of attention as other similar driver-assist systems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Volvo bucks the industry, will sell LIDAR-equipped self-driving cars to customers by 2022" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A user on Reddit recently posted an image of a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber on Google Earth flying over a farmer's house in Missouri. The area is near the only B-2 base in the world. The B-2 was made to defeat the world's most advanced air-defense systems. Each stealth bomber costs $44.27 million a year to maintain, making it the most expensive aircraft to maintain in Air Force history. The Air Force plans to buy at least 100 B-21s, a new stealth bomber designed to replace the B-2, for around $639 million each." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Earth captures photo of Air Force’s $2 billion stealth bomber in flight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "To land enterprise deals, your business needs SOC 2. But getting SOC 2 compliant is complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Uncomplicate SOC 2 with our guide for growth-minded founders. Turn compliance from a pain point into a competitive advantage.Download Now" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Is SOC 2 a thorn in your side? Make SOC 2 painless" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Top Amazon executives have internally discussed abandoning Amazon's private-label business to avoid potentially harsh remedies resulting from government investigations. Amazon's private label business has come under fire from regulators because of the data that Amazon uses to create products and how its products are favored in search results. Ditching the business was considered a viable option if Amazon was ever required to negotiate a settlement. Amazon continues to invest in the business, which accounts for a low-single-digit percentage of overall product sales in its online stores." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon executives have discussed ditching Amazon Basics to appease regulators" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As tech giants become bigger and richer, they have started acting more like governments rather than companies, bullying cities and states into showering them with taxpayer handouts in return for doing business. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new law that will create two tiers of companies - companies that have a global annual revenue of over $25 billion, and those who have annual revenue of between $90 million and $25 billion. Those companies in the first category will be required to structurally separate their products in the marketplace, while those in the second category will have stricter regulations, but not be required to separate themselves. The goal of the proposed bill is to make the marketplace more competitive and to prevent municipalities from being manipulated by large companies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon and Facebook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains an updated set of data infrastructure architectures that show the current best-in-class stack across both analytic and operational systems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Emerging Architectures for Modern Data Infrastructure" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix is expanding its test to charge members for sharing accounts with people outside their household to include global markets. The company will iterate on the feature over the next year to create a balance for customers. Subscribers can now add sub-accounts to their service, each with its own profile and login details. Sub-accounts will retain their recommendations, history, and watch list if they choose to move to their own accounts. Netflix will use IP address and other device information to identify household members." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix to charge global members sharing their accounts an additional fee, following tests" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses WebAssembly and its possible future applications. WebAssembly is an intermediate layer between various programming languages and many different execution environments. It can be used to run code from over 30 different languages on browsers, servers, and even on some cars. WebAssembly is portable, universal, fast, and secure. It can be used to speed up JavaScript, execute code from different languages, create plug-in systems, and more. WebAssembly is the future of containerization. It is much faster, smaller, and more secure compared to Docker while providing better scalability." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Pay attention to WebAssembly" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon's new Amazon Care app is designed to help its Seattle-area employees get more convenient and affordable health care. Some companies are moving into primary care in order to tackle rising health care costs, hoping that early detection can prevent costly emergency visits. Amazon has partnered with a medical group called Oasis Medical for the project. Health information gained from the program won't be sold. Employees who are eligible for Amazon Care are able to consult with physicians directly in-app. If an employee requires in-person care, a practitioner will be dispatched, and an in-app map will show their location and estimated arrival time. The program has been received well by employees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here’s how Amazon employees get health care through a new app — a glimpse of the future of medicine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nearly 1,000 specialized technicians from around the US gather at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station near Phoenix, Arizona every spring in order to refuel one of the plant's three nuclear reactors. Under normal circumstances, this process takes around a month. During the coronavirus pandemic, the plant operators have had to change their refueling plans. The plant will begin the refueling process in early April. All processes will be designed to ensure that the plant will be able to run for the next 18 months, but no non-essential repairs or maintenance will be completed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to refuel a nuclear power plant during a pandemic" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Real Dev provides real-world projects so that developers can practice and develop their CS skills. Projects involve real technical problems like building HTTP server endpoints, writing scripts, or building webpage frontends. Completed projects can be submitted at any time and will be assessed instantly. A leaderboard for high scores is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Real Dev" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In highly competitive sectors, it’s not enough to build user-friendly applications. As end-user savvy increases, so does the expectation for immediate and effortless personalization. Join this webinar to hear how industry thought leaders are successfully deploying Foursquare data with AWS solutions to stay up to date with customer demand and maintain the best app experiences." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Use third-party data to simplify mobile app personalization" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new iPhone app called Impressions lets you create deepfakes of celebrities with just a few clicks. Example videos are available in the article. Users just need to film and upload a short video. The video is then processed on a server and the deepfake video is returned in a few minutes. Impressions stores user videos until they are deleted from the app. Impressions plans to eventually use user-uploaded videos to develop deepfake detection models in the future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You can now deepfake yourself into a celebrity with just a few clicks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Newly-developed COVID antibody blood tests can measure a person's immune response to the disease. This means that people can test to see if they have already had the coronavirus. The presence of antibodies might indicate resistance to the virus, but this has not been proven yet. The antibody test involves a small blood sample from a finger prick and the procedure takes about a minute. There are three outcomes to the test - negative, positive (and the antibodies are still fighting the disease), and positive (recovered). The validity of the tests is still under some debate, and there is no scientific evidence yet that immunity actually exists." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here’s What It’s like to Get a COVID Antibody Test" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Some websites have weird user interfaces. There are companies that do not see the value of investing in a properly designed interface and process, resulting in developers accidentally causing entire systems to collapse. Other websites, trying to distinguish themselves, create strange ways of displaying product information. Some developers have experimented with using products such as Google Slides to create fully functioning websites. This thread is full of anecdotes on strange UI designs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What are weird and/or novel ways to do web UIs?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reels is struggling to catch users' attention and engagement is low despite the millions of dollars that Instagram has spent on the feature." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Instagram knows it has a Reels problem" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GitHub actions is a CI/CD platform that can be used to automate things such as building, testing, and deploying code. It can be triggered by any GitHub event. There is a marketplace for developers to publish their actions, which is linked in the article. This article contains five actions that show how easy GitHub Actions is to work with." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Doing Stupid Stuff with GitHub Actions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Solar panels emit infrared radiation at night. The photons going out into the night sky cool down the solar cell. This temperature difference can be used to generate electricity using a device called a thermoelectric generator. While the method won't generate a huge amount of electricity, it still has many applications. Being able to generate small amounts of electricity at night could reduce the need for batteries and the costs they incur." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stanford engineers invent a solar panel that generates electricity at night" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Practical Deep Learning for Coders is a course that covers PyTorch, Hugging Face, DeBERTa, ConvNeXt, Gradio, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Practical Deep Learning for Coders v5 is finally ready!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Learn React App is a tutorial aimed at quickly getting a user up-to-date with React, a Javascript library for building user interfaces. Each tutorial contains guided exercises and solutions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learn React App" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "False reviews from companies have been a problem on Amazon’s marketplace for years and Amazon has been fighting this problem by going after the companies and individuals that sell review services. In a landmark case, the FTC has successfully sued Cure Encapsulations Inc for purchasing fake reviews, as these fake reviews amounted to false advertising. The company claimed that their product worked as an effective dietary aid, however, studies showed that the ingredients actually caused acute liver failure. Cure Encapsulations Inc was fined $12.8 million, sending a clear message to other companies that producing fake reviews is an unacceptable practice." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fake Amazon reviews draw fraud charges in groundbreaking FTC case" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has released a feature drop for Pixel devices, a more substantial update that contains helpful and fun features on top of the normal monthly updates to improve performance and security. Pixel 4's Call Screen feature is now able to detect robocalls and automatically hang up. Duo's camera has been updated so that it auto-frames faces (including automatically adjusting zoom if another person joins in-frame), and a new portrait filter is able to blur the background during calls. Users can also use a version of the new portrait filter in Google Photos. Google Maps has improved accuracy, and the new Google Assistant will be released in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Singapore, and Australia. The new assistant is able to work offline and processes speech at almost zero latency. All new Pixel phones will receive an update to memory management that will allow them to run multiple apps more efficiently at the same time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Pixel 4 gets automatic robocall screening, improved location accuracy, and more" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has warned its retail staff that the company is facing a shortage of replacement iPhones. Some stores are also running low on individual replacement parts. During the shortage, employees are instructed to offer customers loaner devices or to mail out replacement devices when they become available. Apple has closed all of its retail locations in China, and many of its suppliers' factories have been forced to close down temporarily. Like many companies, Apple has restricted employee travel and implemented additional hygiene measures. The coronavirus outbreak made a major impact on the stock market recently as businesses face disruptions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple is telling retail store workers to expect a limited supply of replacement iPhones for the next several weeks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "From 2014 to 2016, astronauts grew red romaine lettuce inside the ISS Vegetable Production System chambers. A sample was harvested in August 2015 and the lettuce became the first crop to be grown in space and then eaten. The lettuce grown in space was similar to lettuce grown on Earth, with equivalent levels of nutrients and oxidants, as well as the same diverse microbial communities. NASA plans to grow tomatoes and peppers next, but these crops will take a lot longer to grow compared to the lettuce. Being able to grow crops in space is essential for long-term space travel or missions. There are many challenges to growing crops in space, for example, the lack of soil, gravity, rain, or bees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Before we settle Mars, scientists must perfect growing space salad" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has issued a recall on some of its 15-inch MacBook Pro laptops sold between September 2015 and February 2017. These laptops contain batteries that may overheat and pose a fire safety risk. MacBook Pro owners can check whether their laptops are part of this recall on the Apple website. Apple will replace these laptop batteries free of charge, but the service may take one or two weeks. Laptop and desktop computers brought in $5.5 billion in revenue for Apple last quarter. Apple has recently also recalled some of its plug adapters due to an issue that caused electric shocks when touched." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple recalls 15in MacBook Pro laptops over battery fire risk" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Runway recently posted a teaser video of its text-to-video AI-powered video editor. The editor can make and edit videos from written prompts. It can apply effects, remove objects, and create character masks. Runway runs on Google Chrome. It is currently in closed early access testing. The teaser video is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Runway teases AI-powered text-to-video editing using written prompts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "38% of global music listeners are still doing so through illegal means, mostly by downloading music directly off of Youtube or through file-sharing services. Most of these listeners report doing so because services like Spotify do not allow you to listen to music while offline unless you upgrade to their Premium plan. The study was done by interviewing a representative sample of 16-64 year olds in the US, UK, France, Brazil, South Kroea, and South Africa." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "More than one third of music consumers still pirate music" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Google memo from 2016 discussing cost cutting measures leaked to employees in an internal discussion forum. They proposed reducing promotions by 2% (workers didn't know the existing rate so wouldn't notice if it declined), reducing wage bumps on promotions, eliminating emails that reminded managers that they could give \"spot bonuses\" for good work, and converting holiday gifts into charitable donations (something Google ended up doing in 2016). CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google doesn't have quotas on promotions and the rate of promotion has stayed relatively constant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Memo on Cost Cuts Sparks Heated Debate Inside Company" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snap has released a camera drone called Pixy. The drone weighs just 101 grams and is small enough to fit in a pants pocket. It can follow users around to capture photos or videos. Pixy's battery can last for five to eight flights at around 10 to 20 seconds each. The footage is synced wirelessly to Snapchat for editing and can be shared directly in the app or elsewhere. A video explaining the Pixy is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snapchat’s flying camera" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Physarum polycephalum is a yellow slime mold that can learn, solve complex puzzles, and remember novel substances. It doesn't have a central nervous system or any specialized tissues. Scientists have always assumed that thought required a brain or some type of higher information processing system, but the mold proves otherwise. While the mold is acellular, it still has parts that operate independently, sharing information with its neighboring sections. The article contains pictures and videos of the mold." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Weirdly Smart, Creeping Slime Is Redefining Our Understanding of Intelligence" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The next batch of Starlink satellites will include one satellite that has been treated with a special coating designed to make the spacecraft less reflective and less likely to interfere with space observations. 120 high-speed internet satellites have already been deployed. Astronomers noted that the satellites were extremely bright soon after the first launch in May. Starlink will experiment with different methods of dealing with the issue. The experimental coating may affect the satellite's performance. A new batch of 60 satellites will be launched every two to three weeks in the next year. Starlink aims to provide global coverage by mid-2020." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don’t disrupt astronomy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ARCore Depth API improves immersion for devices with a single camera, using Google's depth-from-motion algorithms to generate a depth map from a single RGB camera. It is now ready for a public launch for developers on Android and Unity. One of its key features is the ability to accurately place digital objects behind real-world objects. Depth-API also enables realistic physics, interaction with real-world surfaces, environmental transversal, and more. It has been used extensively by Snap for its products, as well as in several AR games. A 47-second introductory video to ARCore Depth API is available at the end of the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google’s ARCore Depth API is now available for developers to make realistic AR experiences" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Code review conversations usually focus on the reviewer, and not around how developers should prepare their code for review. Improving code review techniques helps you learn faster, makes others better, and minimizes team conflicts. This article gives 13 tips for optimizing your code reviews. The golden rule is to value your reviewer's time, allowing them to focus on interesting parts of your code rather than requiring them to untangle code or police simple mistakes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to Make Your Code Reviewer Fall in Love with You" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This thread discusses cutting-edge technology in 2022. The top replies talk about dependent types for programming languages, spatial finance, retro game GAN upscaling, and zero-knowledge proofs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What technology is “cutting edge” in 2022?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Alibaba, known for its e-commerce platforms, has branched out into retail, restaurants, and even hotels. It has opened a hotel near its headquarters in Hangzhuo where almost everything is automated. The hotel lobby has no counters or couches. A staff member will assist foreigners for check-in, but Chinese nationals can check-in via an app or using kiosks. Elevator and doors are accessed with face scans. Each room has a personal assistant speaker, similar to Amazon's Alexa, where guests can order room service, or control the lights and curtains in their room. A robot butler can deliver most items and is able to ride elevators solo. Guests can order food at the restaurant, to be delivered by a robot server, and a robot bartender can mix drinks for the guest at the bar. The hotel opened for guests at the end of 2018. Fly Zoo's aim isn't just to build a futuristic hotel, but to test technologies that can be sold to other existing hotels." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Alibaba’s keyless and cashless hotel is straight out of the future (6:36 video)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple, Google, and Microsoft have launched a joint effort to kill the password and replace it with the passkey standard. The passkey standard allows users to log in to apps and websites through an authentication request sent to the user's phone. It will use Bluetooth to verify physical proximity. Passkeys can be backed up to cloud services to make it easy to authenticate new devices and sync passkeys across devices. Users can set up multiple devices as authenticators." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to kill the password with “Passkey” standard" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Froala has put out v2 of their popular Design Blocks library. It's a bunch of components built on Bootstrap that makes it really easy to make commonly used elements like login/signup forms, headers, pricing tables, testimonials, calls to action etc. It also comes with a simple website builder, that lets you build a quick site with the components and download the html (no signup required!). It's all open source, and there are Sketch/PSD files included for designers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Froala Design Blocks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Build internal tools in minutes with Retool, where visual programming meets the power of real code Don't waste time wrestling together UI libraries and writing boilerplate code.Retool combines the best of visual programming and customizing apps with code. Drag and drop pre-built components and deploy functional apps instantly—with features like access controls and audit logs built-in.Amazon, Brex, Allbirds, and Volvo are building critical business apps in Retool. Start building for free today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Build internal tools in minutes with Retool, where visual programming meets the power of real code" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Before open-sourcing a piece of internal software, it is important to make sure that the code is ready to be seen by the public. The code should be scanned for company secrets and internal contacts, the repository should be set up with clear guidelines and processes, and there should be a project introduction, at the very least. This article provides a checklist and guide for properly setting up an open-source repository." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to safely open-source internal software - Some best practices" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that the iPhone 14 will have satellite hardware, but support for satellite communications depends on agreements between Apple and operators. Satellite connectivity will only be able to be used for emergency texting and voice services. Apple is most likely to partner with Globalstar for the feature. T-Mobile and SpaceX recently announced a plan to provide a satellite-to-cellular service in 2023." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kuo: Apple Has Completed Hardware Tests for iPhone 14 Satellite Connectivity, But Launch Depends on Partners" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix is exploring live streaming for its unscripted shows and stand-up specials. The platform has lined up competition series and talent contests that could use the feature. It may also use live streaming to bring back its Netflix Is A Joke festival. It is unknown whether Netflix intends to roll out live streaming for sports. The product is still in its preliminary stages of development and there is no timeline for its release." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix Exploring Live Streaming For First Time; Plans To Roll Out For Unscripted Series & Stand-Up Specials" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Have I Been Pwned was launched in 2013 to help people find out if they have fallen victim to a data breach. It currently has just under 10 billion records and it processes thousands of requests each day. The site handles a lot of sensitive information. Troy Hunt, the creator of the site, had to make many judgments on what data to allow on the site and what access users should have. Hunt prioritized the safety and security of the data, and when he offered the site up for sale, it was to ensure that the site would be eventually passed on to good hands. Several parties attempted to buy the site but Hunt turned them all down in the end. Hunt will continue operating the site, loading over 102 million records into the site's database in June alone." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Have I Been Pwned became the keeper of the internet’s biggest data breaches" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Mars 2020 rover will look for traces of life in a 3.5 billion-year-old river delta on the red planet. It is currently in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's clean room, which has strictly controlled temperature, humidity, and operating procedures to minimize airborne dust, particulates, and biological contamination that could interfere with electronics and Martian experiments. People must go through a meticulous cleaning and preparation routine in order to access the room. Keeping the Mars 2020 rover clean has been a unique challenge for JPL, and it is important as the focus of the mission is on astrobiology. The rover will launch from Cape Canaveral during a July/August window for a planned landing on February 8, 2021. Its mission will run for one Mars year and cover an area of 12 miles." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meet Mars 2020, NASA’s rover for finding life on Mars" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mailoji is an email address service with emoji domain names. This blog post follows the story of how Mailoji was developed, from getting the domains and setting up the email service, to scaling, marketing, and launch. Mailoji currently has 300 emoji domains to choose from." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service" } ]

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