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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Biotechs are now offering test kits that claim to be able to measure the biological age of the user. Biological age aims to quantify the aging of the body's functions and predict mortality. It is a better predictor of morbidity risk than chronological age. None of the test kits available have been approved by the FDA and there are no treatments for improving biological age. For now, the tests should be treated as entertainment rather than an accurate diagnosis method." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Biological age’ startups: why do people want to know how close they are to death?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "I really love this newsletter, it's essentially TLDR for front end design (as you might have guessed, it comes out on Fridays). Curated by Kevin Ball, founder of Zendev." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Friday Frontend" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Volvo envisions its new autonomous concept car as serving four use cases: a mobile bedroom that will replace red-eye flights, a productivity booster for a daily commute, a living room, and an entertainment space. The concept car makes room for a pullout bed by removing the steering wheel and dashboard entirely. Folding up the bed and pulling out the slideout coffee table instantly turns the car into a workspace. There's a 2 minute demo video inside that's pretty cool." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Volvo's 360c concept car is a fully autonomous bedroom on wheels" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In 2016, North Korean hackers almost stole $1 billion from Bangladesh's national bank. This article tells the story of the heist, from when it started to the current state of the investigation. All but $81 million of the transfers were halted. The hackers used fake bank accounts, charities, casinos, and a wide network of accomplices to carry out the heist. Little is known about the North Korean hackers, who are known as the Lazarus Group." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Lazarus heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a billion-dollar hack" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The JioPhone Next is a new affordable Android smartphone from one of India's telecom providers and Google. Jio Platforms received $20 billion in funding from Google, Facebook, and others last year to work on the low-cost smartphone. It is aimed at the roughly 300 million users in India who are still on 2G devices. The phone will launch in September. It will eventually be released outside of the country. A picture of the phone is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google and India’s Jio Platforms announce budget Android smartphone JioPhone Next" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates have both invested in a new Google spin-off company called Malta, which raised $26 million to create \"solar salt\", a form of salt that can store thermal energy. The idea is to use electricity from solar panels to power a heat pump, then store this energy in the salt. An advisor in Google's X division says \"A lack of affordable, reliable grid-scale energy storage is currently limiting the shift to renewable energy. Malta's technology gives us a shot at storing all the renewable energy we create cheaply and reliably.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google spin-off that stores energy in molten salt backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Spotify has launched an invite-only beta program allowing indie artists to upload their music directly to the platform. Spotify will give 50% of Spotify's net revenue for songs uploaded this way to artists, in line with their existing deals (they give Universal Music 52-55% of revenue). Spotify has already been testing the feature for the past few months with artists like VIAA and Michael Brun." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify will now let artists directly upload their music to the platform" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Surface Duo is now available for pre-order and will ship on September 10. Microsoft will sell the dual-screen phone unlocked for $1,399. AT&T will also stock the device. It will come with two 5.6-inch OLED panels, a Snapdragon 855 processor, 6GB ram, 128 or 256GB of storage, a 3577mAh battery, one 11MP camera, a single speaker, a USB-C port, and support for Surface pen input. A 2-minute video from Microsoft is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Surface Duo, Microsoft’s first-ever Android phone, is $1,400" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The first recorded death by a fully autonomous vehicle happened in March 2018, when a self-driving Uber car hit and killed a jaywalking pedestrian. An investigation into the accident found that the code didn't recognize the person as a pedestrian as they did not cross at an obvious designated crossing. The car had detected their presence, but it ignored them, classifying the person as a non-threatening object. At the time of the accident, the vehicle had a human driver at the wheel, but the driver was looking away from the road moments before the accident. The National Safety Transportation Board is set to hold a public meeting on November 19 to determine the probable cause of the collision. Uber will continue to improve the overall safety of their system by training it in scenarios that involve jaywalking, hard braking, and unprotected turns." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Remember the Uber self-driving car that killed a woman crossing the street? The AI had no clue about jaywalkers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon is moving its Echo Frames smart glasses from invite-only to general availability. The glasses were first launched in September 2019 to a select group of users to generate feedback and continue development. Echo Frames feature Alexa connectivity and they allow users to make phone calls, listen to music, hear notifications, and more, without wearing anything in their ears. The lens do not feature a display. Echo Frames are available for $249.99 and will ship on December 10. They will come with non-corrective lenses, but they are compatible with most prescription lenses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon focuses on another use for Alexa as Echo Frames smart glasses are now available" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The costs for technology have dropped over the last few decades, and AI is set to make everything even cheaper. Machines will be able to do everything in the next few decades, including changing what we mean by 'everything'. With the drop in costs looming, we need to start thinking of new ways to distribute wealth in society. This article discusses one potential option for the distribution of wealth in the future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Moore's Law for Everything" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "KFC is working with Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to create the world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets. 3D Bioprinting solutions will print chicken meat using chicken cells and plant material and KFC will provide the firm with ingredients to achieve the signature KFC taste. The process uses animal material, so the nuggets it produces won't be vegetarian. They will be more environmentally friendly to produce than standard chicken meat. KFC hasn't announced when the nuggets will be available to customers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "KFC is working with a Russian 3D bioprinting firm to try to make lab-produced chicken nuggets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Singapore currently produces about 10 percent of its food. Due to climate change and population growth, it aims to produce 30 percent of its food by 2030. In order to do this, farmers must utilize space efficiently. Vertical farms now grow non-native fruits and vegetables, and there are plans to build a fish farm which will deliver a twenty-fold increase in Singapore’s annual fish output. One company plans to sell lab-grown shrimp meat and it aims to be able to deliver all of Singapore’s shrimp requirements by 2030." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "From sky farms to lab-grown shrimp, Singapore eyes food future" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Inbox Kitten is an open source, serverless disposable email service. There is a super easy to use hosted version, and you can obviously deploy your own private instance with the source code through Github." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inbox Kitten" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many people in the older generation are retiring and there may be a gap in generational knowledge transfer. This Hacker News thread discusses important areas in technology that we may be losing our collective knowledge in. The top replies discuss educational games, using AI to help with knowledge transfer, and how technology is a black box for most people, making things harder to repair." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Boring but important tech no one is working on?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "re:Post is a new community-driven question and answer service designed to help AWS customers remove technical roadblocks. The service replaces the original AWS Forums. Community members can earn reputation points by providing accepted answers and reviewing answers from other users. Content on re:Post can be accessed without signing in, but a profile will be required for posting and interacting with others." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AWS launches re:Post, a new community-driven Q&A service" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sony has revealed the first photos of its upcoming PS5-compatible virtual reality headset. The PSVR2 will have similar ergonomics and balancing as the first version. It will feature a lens adjustment dial, a more rounded shape, a slimmer and lighter design, a force-feedback motor, a new cooling system, and an updated white casing for the controllers. The headset will have OLED panels with 2,000x2,040 pixel resolution per eye and a 110-degree field of view, eye-tracking, and an inside-out head-tracking system. Pictures of the headset are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sony offers a first look at the orb-like PSVR2 headset" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers have created a printer using self-assembling strands of DNA. DNA components are attracted to each other and can find each other if connected in the right way. While our bodies use DNA to communicate genetic information, its properties make it useful for building on a molecular scale. The technology could eventually lead to novel ways of manufacturing complex molecules." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This printer is made of 600 strands of DNA that put themselves together" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is reportedly interested in a new high-tech contact lens being developed by a French team. DARPA has been looking for a high-tech eyepiece for more than a decade. The contact lens is able to relay visual information wirelessly and provide augmented vision assistance. It uses a flexible micro-battery that is able to power an LED for several hours. The lens was originally designed for medical and automotive applications, but it has also gained interest for other uses by DARPA and Microsoft." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DARPA is Eyeing a High-Tech Contact Lens Straight Out of 'Mission: Impossible'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook's CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will fight efforts to split up the tech giant. He says that breaking up Facebook won't solve issues with spreading misinformation or with election interference. Problems with these issues are likely to increase if the tech giant was split up as the separated companies will find it more difficult to coordinate and work together. Many people and politicians have called for Facebook to be broken up as the platform has developed an unprecedented amount of power. Zuckerberg says that Facebook's intention is to work with the government and to do good things." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook's Zuckerberg said he will 'go to the mat' and fight breakup in leaked audio" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There are useful engineering metrics like DORA and SPACE. There are also vanity metrics that do more harm than good, like lines of code written. Which are you measuring?Swarmia is a SaaS tool for tracking only what matters to engineering teams: cycle time, deployment frequency, batch size, and other highly relevant metrics. It deliberately leaves out vanity metrics with no proven impact on developer wellbeing or performance – you won’t find developer leaderboards here.Swarmia is free for small teams, available on the GitHub marketplace, and connects to Jira/Linear, Slack, or wherever your dev data lives. Install Swarmia for free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Swarmia wants you to stop measuring toxic engineering metrics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A double-blind longitudinal study of nearly 1,000 patients with a genetic condition that increases their individual risk of several cancers found that resistant starch has the ability to help prevent a range of cancers. Resistant starch resists acidic digestive bile, so it settles and ferments in the large intestine. This feeds gut-supporting friendly bacteria and may change the bacterial metabolism of bile acids, keeping them from damaging DNA." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Study Suggests That Pill Can Cut Hereditary Cancer Risk by 60 Percent" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Opera has partnered with Yat to enable emoji-based web addresses. Yat is a company that sells URLs with strings of emoji in them. The integration will mean users won't have to type the y.at part of the Yat address to access pages, only the emojis. Yat owners can create NFTs of their emoji strings and the company plans to eventually let users connect to electronic payments. The service started on February 1 with musicians like Kesha being among the first adopters." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon's Project Mic is a Clubhouse clone that will let anyone record and distribute live radio shows with music. Its ultimate goal is to democratize and reinvent the radio. Clubhouse's success has resulted in many other companies trying to duplicate its features. Project Mic aims to separate itself from the rest by including native support for music through Amazon Music. Rather than competing with other social audio apps, it will be competing with traditional live radio." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon wants its live audio app to reinvent the radio show" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mint is a new language designed for single page app development. It offers a set of language-level features that is impossible to replicate in JavaScript without using an assortment of libraries. Mint's executable is around 34mb and it covers most use cases without external dependencies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mint: A new language designed for building single page applications" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Match Group, the company that owns Tinder, has become the latest high-profile software maker to ditch the Play Store and instead use its own payment systems. Last year, Epic Games made a similar move by releasing Fortnite via its own downloadable launcher. Companies who choose to operate through Google's Play store are required to pay a 15 to 30 percent cut. Apple's App Store charges the same amount. Spotify has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple as it claims that it is unfairly disadvantaged by the fee. If Google decides not to take action against Tinder, many other apps could follow its lead and bypass the Play Store." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tinder is now bypassing the Play Store on Android to avoid Google’s 30 percent cut" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CheerpX is a WebAssembly-based virtual machine that can run X86 binaries in the browser. It can be used to run any programming language REPL by letting the whole build run on top of the CheerpX VM. The project aims to eventually be able to make an always available, zero-cost virtual machine with guaranteed data privacy. Examples are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CheerpX: Using WebAssembly to run any programming language in the browser" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Primeval Foods plans to cultivate and sell a range of exotic meats, including zebra, lion, elephant, and tiger. The lab-grown meat company uses small samples of tissues from healthy wild animals to create its meat. The animals are not killed in the process. Primeval Foods will preview its meats at a couple of Michelin-starred restaurants in London. Other startups, like Orbillion Bio, are also trying to create more novel types of lab-grown meats." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Startup Says It’s About to Start Selling Lab-Grown Tiger Steaks to Restaurants" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A recent airborne lidar survey revealed 478 Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites hidden beneath vegetation or too large to recognize from the ground in southern Mexico. Lidar surveys have revealed tens of thousands of irrigation channels, causeways, and fortresses across Maya territory over the last several years. The technology is transforming archaeology. The new findings reveal more about the ancient civilizations, showing that they were more extensive and densely populated than previously realized." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lidar reveals hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial centers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a list of questions for data science interviews. Questions are labeled according to difficulty. Sections include Linear regression, Validation, Classification, Random forest, Gradient boosting, and more. The repository is still a work in progress and many questions have not yet been answered." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Theoretical interview questions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Migrating from legacy BPMS to a modern cloud process orchestrator? Camunda has helped transform process automation at Atlassian, ING, Nokia, and Airbus. Camunda Platform 8 features a collaborative modeling experience, advanced connectors and is supported by a vibrant community of 100,000+ devs. Claim your 30 day free trial" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Camunda Is the Go-to Process Automation Platform for Thousands of Developers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site hosts an interactive in-browser neural network. Users can tweak the individual components of the neural network to visualize how it works." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tinker With a Neural Network Right Here in Your Browser" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wifi fills the world with a constant background field of radio signals. Researchers have now figured out how to use this to track the locations of people inside their own homes from the outside using just a smartphone. First they locate the Wifi transmitter by measuring the change in the signal strength as they walk around outside the target building or room. Once they know that, they can use the fact that the Wifi signal should be constant unless disturbed by movement from people inside a home, and each movement changes the signal in slightly different ways to track the people inside the home. These researchers can tell when you are typing, opening a door, or walking around from outside your home using just their Nexus 6 phone. If there are two Wifi transmitters in your home, the accuracy increases from 92.6% to over 99%." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Using Wi-Fi to \"see\" behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "It is possible to draw appealing animations with just a little SVG, Javascript, and CSS knowledge. This tutorial shows you how to create an animation using JavaScript functions to calculate SVG path length and CSS to animate SVG strokes. The final result, along with the demo code, is available to view and download." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to animate SVG signature" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In an unusual move, Carnegie Mellon University will give away many of the digital-learning software tools it has developed over the years under an open-source license. The aim is to promote learning engineering, which is the practice of applying findings from learning science to college classrooms. Carnegie Mellon has a long history of commercializing their learning tools but this practice has caused software to become less effective. It is hoped that by releasing the software as open-source, more people would contribute to the projects and share feedback, perhaps starting a scientific revolution in education." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hoping to Spur ‘Learning Engineering,’ Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from Stanford University and Nvidia have teamed up to develop VR glasses that weigh just 60 grams. The Holographic Glasses use pancake lenses, which allow for a smaller profile and unlimited resolution. They currently only offer a field-of-view of 22.8 degrees. The glasses require a very accurate measurement of the users' pupils to work. A video explaining the technology behind the Holographic Glasses is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers find way to shrink a VR headset down to normal glasses size" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lionel Messi's financial package at Paris Saint Germain includes $PSG Fan Tokens. The two-year deal, with an option for a third, includes an annual salary of $41 million plus bonuses, and a $30 million signing-on fee. It is expected to bring a windfall of commercial revenues, such as through jersey sales. Messi joined PSG as a free agent after Barcelona acknowledged that they could no longer afford him. The $PSG token was designed to help PSG build a new fan community." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Soccer superstar Messi is being partly paid in crypto by PSG" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft has joined the Open Invention Network, a partnership between companies like IBM, Google, Oracle and hundreds of others to cross-license their patents to each other in exchange for agreeing not to assert those patents against companies working on Linux-based projects. This is part of a big move by Microsoft to embrace open source technologies as they move towards embracing the Android and Linux ecosystems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft vows to protect Linux from future patent wars by joining the Open Invention Network" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Superconductors could take supercomputing technology to a whole new level, but there are many challenges in trying to design superconducting components. A team of scientists recently discovered a technique that can direct superconducting electrons down a one-way street, which is needed for components like diodes, without external magnetic fields. There are still many problems with superconductivity to overcome before they can be used in next-generation computing. For example, the phenomenon typically only occurs in materials chilled to just above absolute zero." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists Developed a Superconductor Circuit Long Thought to Be Impossible" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Doctors at the Beilinson Hospital in Israel have performed an operation where a man's lung was removed, cleaned of cancerous tumors, and then placed back into the body. The patient, in his mid-40s, was hospitalized after a tumor in his left lung blocked the main artery, leading to its collapse. Using the patient's own lung means that the patient doesn't need to wait for a lung transplant or have to deal with the effects of chemotherapy. During the surgery, the man was able to breathe out of his good lung while the other was disconnected. The method can potentially be applied to other organs and other forms of cancer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In a Revolutionary Medical Treatment, Man’s Lung Was Removed, Cleaned, and Replaced—No Transplant Necessary" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Engineers at MIT have developed a stamp-sized device that sticks to the skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48 hours. It is able to produce live, high-resolution images of major blood vessels and organs. The stickers were able to maintain a strong adhesion during various activities such as sitting, standing, jogging, and biking. They currently require a wired connection, but there are already many potential uses for them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MIT engineers develop stickers that can see inside the body" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has begun working with partners to let users pay for gas directly inside the CarPlay infotainment platform." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple plans to let you pay for gas using CarPlay" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Postal Service started a two-week test transporting mail across three states using self-driving trucks. A safety driver and an engineer will ride with each vehicle to ensure that the test drives run smoothly. The test will involve five round trips that will take about 45 hours each to complete. It is unclear whether mail delivery will continue with the self-driving trucks after the test. No tax dollars were spent on the project. The US is currently facing a driver shortage as the current workforce ages and new drivers are becoming more difficult to recruit. Self-driving trucks would reduce costs while solving the driver shortage issue." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Postal Service" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The coronavirus that originated from China has reached the US. It has killed 17 people in China so far. A man in his 30s who had recently been in central China was diagnosed in Seattle and admitted into the special pathogens unit in a hospital in Everett, Washington. The patient is in a satisfactory condition, but doctors did not say when he would be released from the hospital. A robot was used to treat the patient in order to reduce the risk of the virus spreading. More than 540 people have been hospitalized with the virus in Wuhan. Most of those who have died of the virus were 60 or older, and all have been in China. The CDC has said that the risk of the virus to the American public is low." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coronavirus outbreak: doctors use robot to treat first known US patient" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lego and Unity have paired up to create a Lego Microgame. The Microgame is free and it lets players create custom game worlds by snapping together virtual bricks. No previous video game programming knowledge is required. Custom mods are available that can add features to the game. A 50-second video from Unity that showcases some of the features of the Lego Microgame is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Build a video game like a Lego set with this new Unity tool" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Fuchsia is Google's latest operating system for the Google Home Hub. The OS is only available for the first-generation Home Hub devices. Fuchsia was launched quietly. It wasn't even mentioned at Google's I/O conference last week. Fuchsia is a built-from-scratch operating system that uses a microkernel that was developed in-house. Its primary app-development language is Flutter. The new system isn't expected to change the UI or functionality of the Home Hub. Google may expand Fuchsia to smartphones and laptops by 2023." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google launches its third major operating system, Fuchsia" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Coronavirus has traveled across the world, with new cases of the virus being found in non-travelers. The World Health Organization recently warned that the window of opportunity to contain the disease was narrowing, but many experts fear that it has now started to become a pandemic. While the coronavirus is less deadly than SARS, it is significantly more contagious, with most of the symptoms of the virus only showing up two weeks post-infection. This leaves plenty of time for the virus to spread before the patient is quarantined. Children also seem to be immune to the effects of the virus, so it is unknown if they are carriers. Most cases of the virus probably remain undetected, so every country needs to be prepared to deal with an outbreak. Slowing the virus' spread might prolong an epidemic, but it will cause less damage overall. For now, it is best to start slowly preparing for the case of quarantines, as strong measures may be implemented to combat the virus." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coronavirus Australia: Fears virus will spread across country" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Passkeys are unique digital keys that are easy to use, secure, and stored on-device. They can not be stolen in a data breach and users can't be tricked into sharing them. The feature will be available on third-party devices through the use of QR codes. Apple plans to use Passkeys to completely replace passwords. Many more details about how Passkeys work are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple just showed us how it will kill the password forever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The global wealth of billionaires has soared by $5 trillion since the pandemic and they know what they want: art. A lot more. With some works selling for 15X" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Is This the Hottest Market on Earth?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Residents in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, will soon have their food delivered to grocery stores via a self-driving semi-truck. Plus.ai recently announced that it completed a cross-country trip from Tulare, California, to Pennsylvania. The trip took less than three days and was the first time a Level 4 self-driving system handled a commercial freight trip. Plus.ai's self-driving system was able to handle the 2,800 mile trip primarily in autonomous mode. A human driver had to take over for federally mandated breaks and refueling. The trucked operated throughout the day and night, was unfazed by elevation changes and road construction, and was able to handle rain and snow." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Self-driving semi makes first cross-country trip, thanks to Plus.ai tech" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "According to an upcoming book, Trump had ordered former Defense Secretary James Mattis to 'screw Amazon' out of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract that was recently awarded to Microsoft. Mattis had pushed back against the request as he wanted to pursue the contract fairly. Trump has publicly feuded with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in the past. The 10-year contract involves helping the Department of Defense move sensitive data to the cloud. Other competitors for the contract included IBM and Oracle. Google had dropped out of the bidding in 2018 over concerns that it would not be able to fulfill the terms of the contract." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Trump allegedly ordered former Defense Secretary James Mattis to ‘screw Amazon’ one year before awarding a hotly contested $10 billion defense cloud contract to Microsoft" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Emoji cloud adds vector emojis to projects with zero configuration and a single line of code." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Emoji cloud" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Web Skills contains a visual overview of useful skills to learn as a web developer. It breaks down each topic into its key components and also provides links to begin learning each skill. The main topics include fundamentals, accessibility, web components, architecture, algorithms, databases, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Web Skills" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lyft and Motional have announced the launch of an all-electric autonomous vehicle on the Lyft network in Las Vegas." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lyft launches autonomous vehicle in Las Vegas with plans to expand: Here’s what riders can expect" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MIT researchers surveyed 2 million people in 233 countries about who a driverless car should kill if it must make a decision (and tragedy is unavoidable). People generally preferred to save humans over animals, young over old, and more people over fewer (in Asia, they preferred to save the old over the young). People generally preferred to save pedestrians instead of passengers (unless they were jaywalkers). There's a list of made up characters that were ranked, the highest priority characters to save were stroller, girl, and boy, while the lowest priority characters were dog, criminal, and cat (criminals are less popular than dogs and more popular than cats)." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Driverless Cars Should Spare Young People Over Old in Unavoidable Accidents, Massive Survey Finds" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Top executives at Alphabet debated whether the company should stay in the public cloud business back in 2018. They decided to aim to become a top-two player by 2023. Google's main business is web search and advertising, but it has a cloud computing department that rents out computing and storage resources to other companies, schools, and governments. Alphabet stated in July that Google Cloud generated $8 billion in annualized revenue. Its performance lags behind Amazon Web Services, Alibaba, and Microsoft Azure." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google reportedly set a goal of being a top-two cloud player by 2023" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "React Cosmos reduces component complexity by providing a testing sandbox for developing and testing React components in isolation. The library allows developers to isolate components, see what they look like, make changes, and iterate quickly. Changes reflect in the sandbox instantly. This article shows how React Cosmos works by testing the components of a food ordering app in isolation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Getting Started with React Cosmos" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Arm has announced its first new chip architecture in a decade. The Armv9 protects sensitive data with a secure, hardware-based environment. It uses dynamically created 'Realms' to protect data and code from the rest of the system. The Armv9 uses Scalable Vector Extension 2, which should benefit machine learning and digital signal processing tasks. CPU performance has increased by over 30 percent. All existing software will run on Armv9-based processors without any problems. The first Armv9-based silicon will ship before the end of the year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Arm’s first new architecture in a decade is designed for security and AI" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Delta strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is more likely than other variants to spread through vaccinated people. Data from Covid-19 tests show that vaccinated people who are infected with Delta SARS-CoV-2 can carry as much virus in their noses as unvaccinated people. The findings highlight the importance of protective measures to reduce transmission. Researchers stress that the Covid-19 vaccines are protective against serious illness and death. The Delta strain is more infectious and affects people slightly longer than other strains. However, some studies show that vaccinated people might remain infectious for a shorter period." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How do vaccinated people spread Delta? What the science says" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok guidelines for moderators state that posts by people who are ugly or who appear to be poor should be prevented from being promoted to its 'For You' section. Previous excerpts of TikTok's guidelines have been leaked in the past, including a section about preventing posts from LGBTQ users and users with disabilities from appearing in 'For You'. TikTok claims that the goal of these rules was to prevent bullying. Notes accompanying these rules say that the banned traits were less likely to draw in new users. TikTok has been under growing scrutiny for its moderation and data collection services. It is owned by a Chinese company and it has censored anti-CCP content on its platform in the past." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok guidelines said not to promote posts by ‘ugly’ and poor users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GPT-3 was estimated to cost 355 GPU years and around $4.6m to train. 300 billion tokens of text were used to train the model. It generates one token at a time. The model has 175 billion parameters which it uses to calculate which token to generate at each run. It converts each word into a list of numbers representing the word, computes a prediction, and then converts the resulting vector into a word. Animations that explain the structure of GPT-3 and deep learning models are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How GPT3 Works - Visualizations and Animations" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has launched a new app called Study that will allow it to monitor users’ phone use. The app will monitor which apps are installed in a user’s phone, the time spent using these apps, what the apps are being used for, the country the user is in, and more. It won’t be able to monitor private data such as passwords, messages, or browser history. Facebook has recently been accused of monitoring user data unethically through its Facebook Research app that was targeted at teens, which was shut down in January. The launch of Study shows the importance of the data that Facebook was obtaining through the Research app, and that they are trying to find more ethical ways of collecting that data. Facebook Study will financially compensate users for providing the data, but there have been no announcements about how much users will get paid for using the app." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook will pay you to let it track what you do on your phone" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many animals have been found to learn socially and create cultures. Culture is learned from other individuals, making groups behave in similar ways. Animal cultures are disappearing along with their habitats and numbers. Newer generations are having trouble surviving without the knowledge passed down from their elders. Conservation efforts are now more aware of the importance of animal cultures and are finding ways to introduce behaviors that will help animals survive across generations." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Culture shock: how loss of animals’ shared knowledge threatens their survival" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has issued invites to an event on October 30th in Brooklyn, New York. It is expected to unveil the new iPad Pro, a successor to the Macbook Air, and potentially a new Mac Mini designed for power users. The iPad Pro is rumored to have slim bezels and Face ID." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple announces iPad Pro and Mac event for October 30th" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China's state-run press agency Xinhua has created an AI news anchor by using footage of human news anchors, then using machine learning techniques to animate parts of the mouth and face along with speech synthesis to make the host say whatever they want. Now, these \"anchors\" can \"work 24 hours a day on its official website and various social media platforms, reducing news production costs and improving efficiency.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China's state-run press agency has created an 'AI anchor' to read the news" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "For most mammals, as the size of the mammal goes up, its metabolism slows down and its longevity increases. There are exceptions to this rule, including humans. 18 out of 19 species of mammals that live longer than humans given their body size are bats. Bats maintain the ends of their chromosomes to prevent cells from slipping into senescence while managing to keep cells from turning cancerous. They have genes that repair DNA damage and recycle damaged components, as well as genes that help stop cells from dividing. Bats don't seem to have an increase in inflammation as they age. The adaptations could be a product of bats evolving flight." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why do bats have such bizarrely long lifespans?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Recording yourself or pretending to stream your work is a novel way of increasing productivity at work as it gets you into a certain mindset. Sometimes it can get difficult to start working. A technique to get started faster is to spend some time at the end of a work session to make it easier to accomplish something early in your next work session, for example, making a to-do list or creating an easy-to-fix issue. Dedicating only a little bit of time to read documentation and code can result in a vast amount of knowledge that can help save a lot of time and solve problems later on. This thread contains many more efficiency tips for developers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meetup is a social networking platform designed to connect people in person. WeWork has sold Meetup to AlleyCorp and other private investors. Meetup currently serves 49 million registered members, with an average of 15,000 in-person events created per day. The company had been struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic and now it is trying to position itself as a place for groups to meet online during times of crisis. It is unclear what the future holds for Meetup but it is clear they will need to adapt their business strategy in the months to come." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "WeWork sells off social network Meetup to AlleyCorp and other investors" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA announced on Friday that it will allow private citizens to fly to the International Space Station. However, it is not changing into a space agency. Other private companies will have to organize rocket flights to and from space while paying NASA $35,000 per passenger to sleep in the station’s beds and use its amenities. The consumer price to stay at the station will likely cover these costs and more. In the past, NASA has frowned upon using the ISS as a place for business, but several new changes will allow for private companies to start conducting for-profit ventures on the station. The ISS will not sell space for corporate sponsorships. These business ventures will probably not turn a profit for NASA but will help to cover costs for running the ISS." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Want to Buy a Ticket to the Space Station? NASA Says Soon You Can" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix has landed a five-year deal with Sony to broadcast Seinfeld globally starting in 2021. The deal will bring Seinfeld's global streaming rights under one roof for the first time. Netflix has recently lost two other classic NBC comedies, Friends and The Office. It is estimated that Netflix users in the US watched 85 billion minutes of The Office and Friends in 2018. The exact terms of the Netflix-Sony deal aren't public, except that it will be available worldwide on Netflix in 4K." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix Lands 'Seinfeld' Rights in $500M-Plus Deal After Losing 'Friends' and 'The Office'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Activate your free Stream Chat trial to start building today. Qualifying small teams and personal dev projects can also apply for the free-forever Stream Maker Account." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Build In-App Chat + Feeds, Faster" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wednesday, May 25, 2022 \| 11:00 AM PT (2:00 PM ET)Get practical advice from Data & Analytics Leaders from Fifth Third Bank, Snap Inc., and Stanley Black & Decker on how to make Advanced Analytics & Insights more actionable in your organization. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to Make Advanced Analytics & Insights More Actionable" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On June 15, Jen Easterly, Director of CISA, will be joining Teleport for the Security Visionaries Series. Sign up today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cybersecurity and Nation States: A Fireside Chat" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has been working on a redesign since before May last year, when screenshots of the new design appeared on the internet. Users are now being invited to test the new design. The invitations appear to be completely random. Facebook's new design changes the overall look of the site and makes it appear much more modern. It also includes a dark mode. Screenshots of the new design are available. There is no official release schedule for the update." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook is rolling out the new design for its website" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has confirmed that it is working on a new Nest smart speaker. The new speaker can stand vertically and looks like a cross between the Nest Mini and the larger Google Home Max. A 12-second teaser video is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google confirms new Nest smart speaker with official photo and video" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SARS-CoV-2 was unknown three months ago, and now it has spread to almost every country, infecting hundreds of thousands of people. It has disrupted modern society on a scale that most people have never witnessed. A pandemic of this scale has been predicted for years, and it has been known for a while that when it comes, it will be testing the resilience of even the most well-equipped health systems. The future of the next generation depends on the decisions made in the following weeks. Even after the pandemic is over, there will be many hurdles to overcome like getting people employed again, dealing with mental health issues from a lack of human contact, overcoming the racism triggered by the virus, and more. However, some changes may be for the better. For example, people may start making hand-washing a habit and going to work while sick may finally be discouraged. After 9/11, the world focused on counterterrorism, and after COVID-19, attention might shift to public health." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How the Pandemic Will End" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Developer Zukalous spent over one year creating a challenging platform game called 1 Screen Platformer. As it was his first game, he decided to make it short and focused on making it as hard as possible. After the release, the game became unexpectedly popular with speedrunners, who began to tear apart the game section by section to complete it in the fastest time possible. At first, some bugs were discovered, which the developer quickly patched. As time went on, more and more shortcuts and tricks were found, and the community began competing for the fastest times possible. A video for the fastest speed run is available, as well as other clips showing speedrunners demonstrating exploits they had discovered." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I thought I made a hard game and then speedrunners totally destroyed it. Here is what that feels like" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Read an overview of time series forecasting methods, types of time series used for forecasting, and how to validate models." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Time series forecasting methods - free article by InfluxData" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple and Google are battling lawsuits and regulators around the world due to their app store rules. An amendment to South Korea’s Telecommunications Business Act will force app store owners to allow developers to use alternative payment options. Apple and Google charge a 30 percent cut for most transactions through their stores and they don't allow developers to use their own payment systems. App stores will be banned from unreasonably delaying the approval of apps or removing them from marketplaces as a form of retaliation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "South Korea law forces Google and Apple to open up app store payments" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix had just over 12 million subscribers paying $9 a month at the beginning of the 2010s. Today, the company has a market cap of close to $148 billion, making it one of the most valuable US companies. The stock has risen 4,181% since it was listed. Netflix runs on a thin operating margin as it is expensive to buy and invest in entertainment, and competitors are forcing Netflix to spend more to stop customers from moving to other services. It projected that it would spend $15 billion on content in 2019. Netflix has borrowed close to $10 billion in the past two years, more than doubling its debt. Some shareholders are concerned as competitors, such as Disney+, are introduced to the market. Netflix is projecting that its cash burn will drop off starting next year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix was the best-performing stock of the decade, delivering a more than 4,000% return" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft will add redesigned emoji in the next Windows 11 update. The new emoji match up better with Apple's, Google's, and Samsung's designs. There are a few Microsoft-specific touches, such as a Clippy design for the paperclip emoji. The update is optional for now. It will be installed automatically for users next month. Windows 10 users will not be getting the new emoji designs. A small selection of the new designs are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Adorable redesigned emoji—including Clippy—included in latest Windows 11 update" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Holly+ is an AI copy of Holly Herndon's voice that can sing any song you want it to. It can convert any polyphonic song or voice recording into Herndon's voice within minutes. Holly+ recordings can be freely released, but not commercially exploited without permission. The commercial use of Holly+ creations will be governed by a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain. Token holders will be able to vote on whether creations can be commercialized and make decisions about licensing agreements." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Holly Herndon Deepfaked Herself Into a 'Digital Twin' That Sings Any Song In Her Voice" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of scientists based in Scotland has created a device that can detect fake whiskeys and scotches. Called 'The Artificial Tongue', the technology works by measuring the wavelengths of light from special arrays which change depending on what liquids surround the arrays. Although the different drinks have similar chemical compositions, the way that the device is designed allows it to identify each drink as a separate entity. The technology could eventually be used to identify poisons, for quality control for production lines, and for the environmental monitoring of rivers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists develop 'artificial tongue' to detect fake whiskies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Navy has banned TikTok from government-issued mobile devices. It claims that the short-form video app is a cybersecurity threat, but declined to describe in detail what dangers the app presents. Devices that have the app installed will be blocked from the Navy Marine Corps Intranet. TikTok has been hugely popular but has come under scrutiny from regulators and lawmakers in recent months. ByteDance Technology Co acquired TikTok's owner Musical.ly for $1 billion shortly after its launch in 2017. The sale is currently being investigated by the US government. Naval and Marine personnel are generally allowed to use popular commercial apps, but some specific programs are banned." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "US Navy bans TikTok from mobile devices saying it's a cybersecurity threat" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from the University of California San Diego were able to reproduce a songbird's vocalizations by only reading its brain activity. A songbird's vocalizations is similar to human speech in various ways. They are both complex and learned behaviors. The researchers used machine learning algorithms to analyze neural recordings from the birds. This study could lead to the development of a vocal prosthesis for individuals who have lost the ability to speak." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers translate a bird's brain activity into song" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new pill has been developed that could replace the need for external injections. The pill was developed to replace the need to inject insulin externally by deploying a spring-loaded needle directly into the stomach lining. The design of the pill was modeled after the Leopard tortoise, which is able to roll back onto its feet if it is stuck upside down - this is important as the pill needs to align directly to the stomach lining rather than shooting off in random directions. Trials have already been successfully conducted in pigs, and human testing may begin in a few years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Avoiding The Ouch: Scientists Are Working On Ways To Swap The Needle For A Pill" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Oil futures recently dropped below zero for the first time ever. The move shows how oversupplied the US oil market has become with the country grinding to a halt as shutdowns extend. Oil prices have plunged since the beginning of the year. Demand has dropped but producers around the world are continuing to pump. Traders are running out of storage. It is possible that producers may soon have to pay to have crude oil taken off their hands. Banks are increasingly reluctant to give commodity traders credit as lenders grow more fearful over the risk of default. Give feedback by replying here or messaging me on Twitter @tldrdan! If you don't want to receive future editions of TLDR, please click here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Price of Oil Futures Dropped Below Zero for the First Time Ever. Here's Why" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX launched a record 64 small satellites into orbit at once today, on its record 19th launch of the year. It also launched the Falcon 9 for the third time, a record for reusability. The Elon Musk says that the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket should be capable of at least 100 flights over its lifetime, and it should be able to launch, land and launch again within 24 hours as early as next year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX Rocket Makes Historic 3rd Launch Into Space with 64 Satellites On Board" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository is a reference to help developers in the Go community write cleaner code. Writing clean code is important as it can help prevent developers from wasting hours on understanding their own or other developers’ code. The guide is easily accessible through a table of contents that links to each section." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Clean Go Code" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Android 14 will support satellite connectivity. Users should expect speeds, connectivity, and interaction times to be different on satellite connections. Satellite connectivity on phones is aimed at emergency situations and getting rid of cellular dead zones. T-Mobile and SpaceX plan to start offering a satellite service in late 2023." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Android will support satellite connectivity and partners in its next version" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and former Alphabet executive chairman, has announced his decision to step down as a board member of Alphabet. He will be retained in the company as a technical advisor but wishes to focus on other things such as teaching and the work at his philanthropic organization. While Schmidt has been a key player in causing Google to become the company it is today, there has also been controversy with his leadership. Google has recently come under scrutiny for sexual misconduct within the company, and Schmidt had been named in a lawsuit involving harassment by multiple executives." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt will leave Alphabet’s board after 18 years" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Being at least somewhat aware of office politics is critical to your career success, especially in larger organizations. If you're an introvert, this is definitely worth a read." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Resources for introverted devs to learn workplace politics?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "It’s a tricky situation: You want to get your products to market ASAP. Data privacy and security concerns can slow you down, but ignoring them might be disastrous. Where can you take shortcuts, and where do you need to put data privacy first?This quick guide covers the most common data privacy and security pitfalls that can cost companies a fortune to fix (such as failing to de-identify sensitive data). More importantly, you’ll learn how to avoid these mistakes with a privacy by design approach. Read the guide now" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "5 data privacy pitfalls that will cost you—and how to avoid them" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft plans to release an Xbox Streaming Stick sometime in the next 12 months. The device will allow gamers to stream Xbox Game Pass titles to a TV without having to buy a console. Samsung has partnered with Microsoft to create a bespoke Xbox Cloud Gaming app for Samsung TVs. Microsoft's Xbox Everywhere project aims to expand the reach of the company's gaming portfolio and extend its Xbox Cloud Gaming platform to new devices." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Can't afford an Xbox Series X? You won't need one when the Xbox Streaming Stick launches" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google may soon be facing an antitrust investigation from the US Department of Justice regarding its search business and potentially other aspects of the company’s software and services empire. This follows the investigations by the Federal Trade Commission, who had investigated Google in 2013 for antitrust violations without any results. The European Union has already fined Google billions of dollars for three breaches of antitrust law. Google has gone largely unscathed in the US, but there have been controversies over its practices. It is unclear what the DOJ will focus on in its investigation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google is facing an imminent antitrust investigation from the US Justice Department" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta managers have been told to identify employees who need support and to move to exit people who are unable to get on track." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta executive to managers: 'exit' people who can't get on track" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix will launch its mobile-only monthly plan in Malaysia for $4 a month. The plan will limit access to Netflix on just one mobile device at 480p. Users will not be able to cast Netflix to other devices. More than 88 percent of people in Malaysia own a smartphone and 78 percent stream and download media content. Other aggressively priced services in Malaysia include iFlix, Dimsum, playTV, and Astro Go. Netflix will produce original content for Malaysian customers. It has raised its prices to $13 per month for its most popular plan in the US. Netflix has missed its subscriber forecast for the second quarter in a row." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix launches $4 mobile-only monthly plan in Malaysia" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hualong One is one of the world's most advanced nuclear power reactor designs. It was developed in China. The reactor is designed to operate for 60 years, with 177 reactor cores which are replaced every 18 months. It features both active and passive safety features and a double-layer safety shell. The first Hualong One nuclear reactor was successfully connected to the grid in the Fujian Province on Friday. It will undergo various tests before starting commercial operations later this year. The achievement is significant for the country's energy restructuring plan and pursuit of low-carbon development." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China's first nuclear reactor using Hualong One tech connected to grid" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A hacker who managed to get root access to a Tesla vehicle has unveiled Tesla's vision depth perception neural net. Teslas rely on camera-based computer vision. They detect depth using a point-cloud view powered by computer vision. Tesla chose to use a camera-based system over radar or lidar systems as roads are designed to work with eyes and brains. A three-and-a-half-minute video explaining how Tesla trains neural networks to perceive depth is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hacker shows what Tesla Full Self-Driving’s vision depth perception neural net can see" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "WhatsApp users will have to share their personal data with Facebook by February 8 or they will no longer be able to use the app. After WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook, it gave its users an option to opt-out of having their account data turned over to Facebook. Its new updated privacy policy will now require users to share phone numbers, contact information, profile names, profile pictures, user status, and diagnostic data. The change is part of a move to allow businesses to store and manage WhatsApp chats using Facebook's infrastructure." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using the app" } ]

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