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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Job hunting is… not great. Deciphering vague job descriptions + writing cover letters you suspect no one reads + mystery salaries =🤦‍♂️. Hired is a job platform with a twist—basically, companies headhunt you with salary details up front. With an 84% job acceptance rate and 5,556 open positions, it’s well-worth the 45 seconds it takes to sign up.Create a profile now (100% free for jobseekers)" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hired is a jobs platform where techies go to get headhunted" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Using common sense to write PostgreSQL queries can lead to performance issues. This article describes five examples of optimizing seemingly obvious queries. It covers searching by function call, searching by pattern, ordering by NULLS LAST, bloated null_indexes, and updating transaction scopes. Many issues with PostgreSQL only start emerging with a large enough dataset and traffic, so it is essential to monitor production performance to keep things running at an optimal speed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Five Easy to Miss PostgreSQL Query Performance Bottlenecks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tim Cook has been appointed the chairman of the advisory board for Tsinghua University's economics school in Beijing. Cook will assume the role for three years. Past board members include Mark Zuckerberg, major Chinese government officials, and Jim Breyer. Apple has recently faced criticism for removing an app that was used by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. Cook had defended the decision by arguing that the app had become a dangerous tool for tracking police, which the app developers disagreed with. A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz wrote to Apple urging them to reverse course and demonstrate that Apple puts values above market access." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tim Cook to serve as chairman at Chinese business school amid Hong Kong outcry" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has begun rolling out a Full Self Driving beta button for drivers to test out the technology before its wider release. The company will assess driver behavior for a week before allowing them to use the software. Critics are accusing Tesla of irresponsible marketing as FSD technology could be dangerous if misused. Tesla has been unresponsive to official recommendations for improvements by the National Transportation Safety Board." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla drivers can now request Full Self Driving beta tests" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Websites need to be optimal and performant as people have very short attention spans. This article presents two lines of CSS code that boost rendering performance by approximately 7x. It explains how the code works and provides alternatives. The code is most useful when a website needs to render a huge list/grid of data at the mount of the application." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Two lines of CSS that boosts 7x rendering performance!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two designers have hacked together an open source hardware design called Project Alias that you can build yourself using a Raspberry Pi. It acts as a layer between your smart speaker and your home, so that you can use a custom wake word to turn on Project Alias which will then turn on your smart speaker. If you don't use the Project Alias wake word, then Project Alias uses white noise to disrupt your smart speaker's microphone so it can't hear anything, ensuring your privacy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This is the first truly great Amazon Alexa and Google Home hack" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Engineers from Stanford have developed a chip that does AI processing within its memory, eliminating the separation between compute and memory units. The resistive random-access memory (RRAM) chip is about the size of a fingertip and can do more work with limited battery power than current chips. It has demonstrated efficiency, accuracy, and the ability to do different tasks in lab tests. Further development of the chip could result in smart electronics that can be placed almost anywhere." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stanford engineers present new chip that ramps up AI computing efficiency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Adam Grant, a Wharton Business School professor, says that instead of the typical 9-to-5, our work days should end two hours earlier at 3pm. Grant says \"We can be as productive and creative in 6 focused hours as in 8 unfocused hours.\" In an experiment done by a Swedish nursing home, switching to a 6 hour work day improved both productivity and worker health. Grant has previously voiced support for shortening work hours, tweeting \"Productivity is less about time management and more about attention management\" in response to a successful study about a four day work week." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Wharton's top professor says America should shorten the work day by 2 hours" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber aims to be the one-stop-shop for car, bike, scooter, bus, and train trips. It has been teaming up with cities and transit agencies in the US, Canada, Britain, and Australia to provide tickets for public transport for people with disabilities, occasionally becoming a substitute for a town's public transportation system with its other services. Some cities are uneasy about Uber's goals as they have already lost many passengers to ride-hailing services, and Uber has been criticized for not sharing rider data that could help agencies plan new transit routes. Ride-hailing services could also increase traffic congestion. Competitor Lyft has also started moving into public transit, with 50 transit partnerships in the US." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber Wants to Sell You Train Tickets. And Be Your Bus Service, Too" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ev Williams has stepped down as CEO of Medium and will be replaced by Tony Stubblebine, the chief executive of Coach.me. The writing platform has struggled to find a sustainable business model for itself and writers on the platform since it launched in 2011. Williams plans to spend more time with friends and family and launch a new holding company/research lab. He is the latest in a string of high-profile CEOs to step down since Jeff Bezos kicked off the trend in 2021." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ev Williams is stepping down as CEO of Medium after more than 11 years at the helm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Before social networks, message boards were an essential way for people to gather and discuss topics. Many formerly prominent forums are closing down as social media becomes more ubiquitous. Forums were where people used to find their communities, and while Facebook Groups is thriving, there are still many differences. Social media isn't as effective for keeping up with multiple discussions over extended time frames. Moderation was a feature that kept many forums civil, and this is likely what will keep people returning to niche discussion forums." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "As internet forums die off, finding community can be harder than ever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Modern religions have generally been unsuccessful in scaling beyond the cults of personality or the niches of Scientology. However, as technology evolves, it can become a platform for new types of technology-based religions. People have already started incorporating technology into their spiritual views. The internet is helping ideas spread quickly to wide audiences. New technologies can help people achieve self-improvement, for example, there are now apps and wearables that aim to help users achieve mindfulness. Modern surveillance methods can help support a new type of peer-pressured submission. 84 percent of the global population identifies as religious. Many new social movements rely heavily on technology, and it is just a matter of time before new religious movements appear." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Technology-oriented religions are coming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenPilot's Comma Two is a device that adds basic autonomy to vehicles. It consists of a device that is mounted to the windshield and a vehicle harness that connects to the vehicle to send gas, braking, and steering controls to the vehicle's various computers. The device enhances a car's radar cruise and lane-watch systems to make minor corrections, keeping drivers in their lanes and handling low-stakes highway driving. OpenPilot is supported by a strong community, with active users and staff ready to help solve problems. Videos of the Comma Two on the road are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We Tested OpenPilot, the $1,199 Device That Adds Entry-Level Autonomy to Your Car" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Warm gas has been observed emitting from an active black hole for the first time. The structures look like the smoke streams seen on Earth during volcanic eruptions. They were observed through the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) frequency radio telescope, the largest of its kind in the world. The activity in the supermassive black hole at the center of every galaxy directly determines the evolution of that galaxy. These expanding heat bubbles have a heavy influence on the intergalactic medium and the rate of star formation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Just Observed Warm Matter Emanating From a Black Hole" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reddit is investing $1 million into its Community Funds program. The program provides financial support to help Reddit users bring their ideas for events and projects to life. It has so far funded 13 projects nominated by communities on its platform, including a digital conference for history buffs and a billboard in Times Square. Reddit will start accepting submissions for projects needing up to $50,000 in funding in June." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit officially launches its Community Funds program with a $1 million investment" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "More and more users are starting to use adblockers. Some websites might want to fight back and find ways to disable these adblockers so that they can still receive revenue for their content. Disabling an adblocker involves adding a few modifications to the Google Analytics code block so that it routes the ads through a custom proxy server. A simple tutorial on how to set this up is provided." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Blocking Your Adblocker" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Transparent wood is usually created by removing a structural component of the wood called lignin. A team of researchers has come up with a method of creating transparent wood by modifying the lignin without removing it completely. The technique produces wood that allows more than 90 percent of light to pass through it and is 50 times stronger than wood with the lignin removed. It is lighter and stronger than glass, and it could be potentially used to make a see-through house." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Wood can easily be turned transparent to make energy-saving windows" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network is an at-home coronavirus testing project backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Its operations were suspended by the FDA as it didn't have the required authorizations. SCAN had submitted its request for emergency use authorization on March 23. A separate authorization is required before SCAN is allowed to return results for self-collected tests." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "FDA suspends Gates-backed at-home COVID-19 testing program" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Redis Queue is a Python library for queueing jobs and processing them in the background with workers. It is designed to be easy to integrate. Installation and usage instructions are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Redis Queue" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Rite Aid Corp quietly added facial recognition systems to 200 of its stores in the US over the last eight years. In some cities, the technology was deployed in largely lower-income, non-white neighborhoods. The technology used was from a company with links to China and its government. Rite Aid claims that it has stopped using the software and that all its cameras have been turned off due to industry efforts to scale back facial recognition technology. It said that it deployed the cameras based on stores' theft histories, local and national crime data, and site infrastructure. The program resulted in less violence and organized crime in the company's stores." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reddit is selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the form of cartoon avatars modeled after the Reddit logo. Bidding on the three CryptoSnoos is already in the thousands of dollars. The NFTs were minted on June 17 and they will be listed for auction on the OpenSea platform until the end of the month. Reddit will be releasing more CryptoSnoos with differing levels of rarity in the future. Ownership of a CryptoSnoo does not grant commercial rights to the artwork. Reddit can terminate the Licensed Rights of the owner if the owner disparages or initiates legal action against Reddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit is selling NFTs, and somehow they're already worth thousands" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a complete study plan to become a Machine Learning Engineer. It is designed to equip students with enough theoretical and practical experience to get started in the industry. The course only links to free resources." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Ultimate FREE Machine Learning Study Plan" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has launched a certification program for TensorFlow. Candidates will be tested on their ability to develop and train deep-learning models using TensorFlow. Candidates who pass can be listed in Google's world-wide Certification Directory. The exam fee is $100 and the certification is valid for three years. More technical details are included in the certification handbook, which is linked in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Introduces TensorFlow Developer Certification" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tomato plants take up a lot of space. Scientists have modified cherry tomatoes so they grow in tighter bunches and take up less space. CRISPR gene-editing technology was used to tweak three key genes within the plant's DNA. Two of the genes control when the plant stops growing and starts flowering and fruiting. The third gene controls the length of the plant's stems. One of the other benefits of the modified tomato plans is that they only take 40 days to grow. Creating new crops using this method could help feed more people using a reduced carbon footprint. NASA has been working to grow plants in space, as well as on the Moon and Mars. Martian soil is challenging to cultivate as it contains compounds that are harmful to humans." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Gene-Edited Tomatoes to Make Them Grow Like Grapes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has shown such a poor understanding of what people want that people are wary of investing in its products. While Stadia's technical implementation was good, its business side was troubled. Google just two months ago denied that Stadia was shutting down. The company's legacy of killing its products is making customers lose trust in anything beyond its core services." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stadia died because no one trusts Google" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SSH bastion hosts are an indispensable part of the modern security stack for infrastructure access. Learn how to keep hackers out of your infrastructure with this quick guide." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SSH Bastion Hosts Explained" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google engineers are allowed to spend up to 20 percent of their time on some other Google-related project, which is what allowed Alexander Mordvintsev time to develop DeepDream. DeepDream was created by Mordvintsev after he was inspired to inspect what happened between the layers of a convolutional neural network trained to identify things in images. The results were unique, with the neural network generating images that had portions of the items the network was trained on blended into the original image." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DeepDream: How Alexander Mordvintsev Excavated the Computer’s Hidden Layers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla's European gigafactory will be built in Berlin, near the new airport. The factory will build batteries, powertrains, and vehicles. Tesla will also create an engineering and design center in Berlin. According to Musk, Berlin has some of the best art in the world, and some of the best cars in the world are made in Germany. Part of the reason that Tesla's gigafactory will be in Germany is due to Germany's outstanding reputation for engineering." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk picks Berlin for Tesla’s Europe Gigafactory" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says that the EU's new proposed copyright regulations would make it impossible for Youtube to operate. The regulations would make Youtube liable for copyright violations in content uploaded to their site instead of the uploader. She says \"EU residents are at risk of being cut off from videos that, in just the last month, they viewed more than 90 billion times.\" The European Union will have its final vote on whether to pass the copyright directive in January." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "YouTube CEO calls EU's proposed copyright regulation financially impossible" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This newsletter is full of off-the-beaten path stories about technology and media. Basically anything interesting on the internet is fair game. It's also curated by a husband and wife team (both internet entrepreneurs), which I really love!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Genius Steals" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Colorado-based company Urban Sky is officially entering commercial operations after three years of working in partial stealth and raising funds. The company collects images and data of the Earth using small reusable stratospheric balloons that can be deployed off the back of a pickup truck and ascend into the sky in just minutes. It aims to provide imagery starting at $6 per square kilometer, around five to 10 times cheaper than the current average cost for Earth imaging and data collection. Urban Sky operates in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Nebraska, and it plans to expand throughout the US." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Urban Sky’s Earth-imaging stratospheric ‘microballoons’ are ready for a close-up" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have developed winged microchips that can spin through the air like a helicopter. The microfliers can be equipped with sensors, power sources, antennas, and memory. They can be dropped from large buildings or planes to track environmental factors at different altitudes. The design is based on the maple leaf's whirling propeller seeds. The chips are created with electronics that can dissolve in water after they are no longer needed, so they will naturally degrade and disappear over time. Pictures and videos of the microfliers are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Winged microchip is smallest-ever human-made flying structure" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Async UI is a Rust UI library with backends for the web and GTK 4." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Async UI: a Rust UI Library where Everything is a Future" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from Japan have achieved the world's first transmission exceeding 1 petabit per second in a single-core multi-mode optical fiber. At 125,000 Gbps, the experiment broke the current record transmission in a multi-mode fiber by 2.5 times. The researchers now plan to increase the distance of the transmission and integrate it with multi-core technology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Institute Breaks Transmission World Record With 125,000 Gbps Using an Optical Fiber" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Check out this free bundle of Semantic Layer whitepapers by best selling authors. Download here.You'll learn the key value propositions to implement a semantic layer and best practices for analytics success with one. Get quicker insights across multiple analytics solutions on diverse data platforms. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Semantic Layer and Why It’s Critical to Analytics Success" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nanobots that can protect your biological system and ensure that you have a good and long life could be working inside you within the next 10 years. DNA robots are already being tested in animals to seek out and destroy cancer cells. Researchers believe that nanobots could soon deliver drugs to humans with a high degree of accuracy, allowing exact dosages where needed and potentially preventing harmful side effects. They could be used to treat and monitor a wide range of medical issues." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nanobots Will Be Flowing Through Your Body by 2030" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber has let go of another 435 employees, just a few months after it cut 400 employees from its marketing division. In August, Uber put a hiring freeze on new software engineers and product managers, but that freeze has now been lifted. Uber posted a record $5.2 billion net loss in its second-quarter this year. Despite the cost-cutting in its marketing, engineering, and product divisions, Uber has increased spending in other areas, such as its freight business. It has also joined with Lyft to spend $60 million in order to fund a ballot initiative in California to create a new classification for drivers. A bill in California could force Uber and Lyft to designate drivers as employees, which could increase labor costs by 30 percent if passed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber announces another round of layoffs as financial uncertainty looms" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A vote on the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms in Denver, Colorado was passed on Tuesday. Many news outlets reported that the legislation had failed, but final results of the ballot resulted in a final 51 percent to 49 percent victory. Citizens in Denver will now be allowed to possess psilocybin for personal use, and prosecuting people for mushrooms is now on the city's lowest law enforcement priority list. Other cities and states are also pursuing the decriminalization of psychedelic mushrooms after the successful decriminalization of marijuana." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Denver Voters Approve Measure To Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk unveiled the Boring Company's first tunnel last night in Los Angeles. It's 1.14-miles long and took 18 months and $10 million to build. It's 20 to 40 feet underground, and doesn't come with fully autonomous cars yet like Musk had promised. Elon said \"We kind of ran out of time...That's why it's just a little rough around the edges.\" He says that they have abandoned the original idea to have a sort of autonomous platform on skates, and are now working on guide wheels that attach to the front tires of cars that come into the tunnel. Musk says that his first ride in the tunnel was bumpy but \"epic.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk Unveils Loop, The Boring Company's First Rideable Prototype" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China has launched a large-scale experimental network to test the future of internet technology. It connects 40 of the country's leading research universities with huge bandwidth and far lower latency than the existing internet. The network will connect to almost everything for seamless communications in an AI-driven society. China launched a massive effort to replace Western hardware in its information infrastructure after it was revealed how Western technology was riddled with back doors." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China starts large-scale testing of its internet of the future" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists working for DARPA have designed a new COVID-19 test that could potentially identify carriers before they become infectious and spread the disease. The blood-based test can detect the virus' presence as early as 24 hours after infection. It is expected to be put forward for emergency use approval by the FDA within a week. If approval is granted, the test should begin rolling out in the US in the second half of May." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "US germ warfare research leads to new early Covid-19 test" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Edge Runtime is a toolkit for developing, testing, and defining runtime web APIs for edge infrastructure. It is designed to help framework authors adopt edge computing. Edge Networks enable developers to run code close to users, making a fast web accessible to everyone. Frameworks built with Edge Runtime will run everywhere Node.js does." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing the Edge Runtime" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apache Spark is a cluster computing platform that can schedule, distribute, and monitor applications across many worker machines or a computing cluster. This repository contains a comprehensive guide on Spark with information gathered from multiple sources. It can be used as a guide to learn Spark or as reference material." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spark Learning Guide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Genius is suing Google for $50 million in damages, accusing the company of knowingly copying song lyrics and displaying them in search results. Google will sometimes display song lyrics that are provided by partners. Genius says that some of these lyrics were stolen off its website. A clever watermarking scheme was used by Genius to mark the content that it owned. The site used alternating straight and curved apostrophes to prove that Google was copying its content. Genius alleges that Google has been copying its lyrics for many years. Both Genius and Google hold licenses from music publishers to print song lyrics. Web scraping is not illegal, and since both parties have licenses to display the content, it might not be illegal for Google to display the copied lyrics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Genius sues Google over allegedly stolen song lyrics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter has hired the merger law heavyweight Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and it expects to file a lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter gets ready to sue Elon Musk, hires elite merger law firm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article features an interview with Marques Brownlee, a YouTube tech reviewer, where he talks about his transition to TikTok, his views on the metaverse, and why the Google Glass deserves a redemption arc." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MKBHD says yes to Google Glass, no to the metaverse" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Android 13's first developer previews won't be out until at least March, but several sources have already begun leaking its new features. The update will expand on Android 12's dynamic theming system and change how apps will ask for permissions. It will also add a user account switcher on the lock screen, a QR code scanner, and per-app language settings. Google has stripped down developer previews in the past, so the first Android 13 development preview may not have all the final features. More details on the new features, including screenshots, are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Android 13 leaks: More Material You options, opt-in to app notifications" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A member of the International Olympic Committee has announced that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is likely that the games will be moved to 2021. The IOC is expected to announce its next steps in the next four weeks. While the IOC hasn't officially announced the delay yet, it has ruled out canceling the games completely. Many countries have recently made statements about withdrawing from the games if they were held during the pandemic. This will be the first time the Olympics has been suspended, even though the games have been canceled before in times of war." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "IOC member says 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be postponed because of coronavirus pandemic" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nanoscale devices can be difficult to study and improve as they're too small to reflect enough light to be viewed clearly. Researchers from UC Riverside have built a device that squeezes tungsten lamp light into a 6-nanometer spot at the end of a silver nanowire to produce color imaging at an unprecedented level. The system records changes in beam shape and color as the nanowire's tip passes over objects. It is able to create color photos of carbon nanotubes. The technology could play an important role in developing more uniform nanomaterials and help improve other areas of research where this level of resolution hasn't been available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'Squeezed' light might produce breakthroughs in nano-sized electronics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta announced major changes to the Facebook app on Thursday. The changes involve making Facebook's main Home screen more like TikTok, with a vertical display of algorithmically determined public posts. Users will be able to access Reels and Stories from the Home screen. A new customizable Feeds tab will include recent posts from friends, Pages, and groups. Facebook has removed the News Feed and is shifting its resources away from its news products." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sweeping changes remake Facebook app in TikTok's image" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a guide written by a Google Brain engineer to help software engineers who want to get into ML engineering but don't know where to start. It gives some good advice on necessary qualifications, getting experience, learning resources, and applying for jobs. There is an emphasis on AI Safety, but I think this advice is sort of applicable to all sorts of ML engineering work (so if you want to build Skynet, you should still check this out)." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ML Engineering Career Transition Guide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tech journalist Brad Sams' new book \"Beneath a Surface\" talks about Microsoft's hardware roadmap. Next spring Microsoft may unveil an \"ambient computing\" device, a device that can sense and respond to a user's presence. 2020's Surface will include a \"modular design\" to make the device super easy to upgrade in piecemeal fashion instead of having to buy a completely new one every couple of years. Finally, there's \"Andromeda\", a foldable, dual-screen device that could mark the company's re-entrance into the smartphone market, due later next year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft Surface roadmap revealed in new book — including mysterious ‘Andromeda’ device" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Demo-1 test flight for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon was successful, with the capsule landing in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast today at 8:45 am. Crew Dragon’s successful first test flight is the start of a new era in human spaceflight, according to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Since 2011, NASA has had to depend on Russian spacecraft to send its astronauts to the ISS at a cost of $80 million per person. The next stage of testing in June will evaluate Crew Dragon’s emergency-escape system, and a fully manned test-flight will come shortly after, possibly as early as July." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down after Historic Test Flight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Is SOC 2 a thorn in your side? Make SOC 2 painless 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": "Apple has reportedly accelerated its timeline for Project Titan, its secretive autonomous electric car project. It has completed much of the core work in creating a new processor that will power the vehicle. The project aims to create an autonomous car with a spacious interior that does not have a steering wheel. Apple has not decided whether it will sell the cars to individuals or operate a self-driving fleet to compete with other rideshare providers. The vehicle will be compatible with the combined changing system standard." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple reportedly wants to launch a self-driving EV in 2025 with a custom chip" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Pentagon officially released videos earlier this year showing 'unidentified aerial phenomena' (UAP) in our skies. While there was a lot of interest in studying UAPs in the 1960s, interest has waned for various reasons. An international and interdisciplinary approach to studying UAPs would be more viable now. UAPs are generally ignored due to their transient nature and the topic being taboo, but there may be many things we can learn from them using a modern scientific approach." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena,’ Better Known as UFOs, Deserve Scientific Investigation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CDK is an open-sourced container penetration toolkit that offers stable exploitation in different slimmed containers without any OS dependency. It can gather information inside a container to find and exploit potential weaknesses. CDK contains network-tools and APIs for TCP/HTTP requests, tunnels, and K8s cluster management. A detailed list of its modules is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CDK - Zero Dependency Container Penetration Toolkit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Department of Justice and the FBI have brought 16 charges against Huawei, alleging that the company and a number of its affiliates used confidential agreements with American companies over the past two decades to access trade secrets. Huawei allegedly used the stolen information to fund its own business. It has also been charged in connection with its activities in countries like Iran and North Korea, where it uses code words and carefully selected local partners in order to avoid international sanctions. Huawei claims that the case is an attempt to irrevocably damage its reputation and that it is invalid." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The US is charging Huawei with racketeering" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Madre Natura is a project in Sardinia that features the world's first 3D printed modular houses. The houses are designed to let wind pass through and provide renewable energy resources. An energy tower at the center of each building harvests energy from solar and wind. The homes are equipped with smart cameras and fire detectors. There are no stairs for the buildings as residents will be able to use the natural terrain instead." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Architects Design World's First Houses With '3D-Printed Steel Exoskeleton'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Xiaomi is the world's biggest smartphone vendor, with 17.1 percent of the global market. The company has been aggressively expanding since Huawei received its US export bans. Xiaomi has 58 smartphone models that cover every possible market segment. The company is a major player in the Chinese and Indian markets. It doesn't do smartphone business in the US. Samsung is facing temporary problems due to the resurgence of Covid-19 in Vietnam, where it has major phone manufacturing facilities. The company's leader is still in jail on bribery charges." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Xiaomi beats out Samsung to become #1 smartphone manufacturer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of international researchers has achieved real-time dialogues with people during lucid dreams. The participants in the study responded correctly to questions while in rapid-eye-movement sleep. About 18 percent of the trials in the study resulted in clear and accurate communication from the dreamers, while 60 percent didn't provoke any responses. Many participants were able to recall the interactions after they woke up. Further research will probe the possibilities of two-way communication with lucid dreamers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Achieve Real-Time Communication With Lucid Dreamers In Breakthrough" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Venmo has announced a new credit card that can be managed through the Venmo app. There is no annual fee and it gives customers 3% cashback on groceries, 2% on transportation, and 1% for 'everything else'. The amounts and categories are subject to change. Each card will have a QR code on the back to allow other people to send payments to the card owner. The card will come in a variety of colors. Eligible users will receive offers to sign up for the card over the next few months." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Venmo now has a credit card" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Baby Shark has crossed 7.043 billion views, making it the most-watched YouTube video ever. Despacito was the previous record holder, gaining the title over three years ago. Baby Shark only had 2.5 billion views last April. The trend will likely continue." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Baby Shark is the most-viewed YouTube video of all time, and there’s no end in sight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US federal government is spending $5 billion over five years to build a nationwide network of fast chargers for electric vehicles. It will start by focusing on the Interstate Highway System. States will be required to build a charging station every 50 miles capable of charging at least four EVs simultaneously at 150 kW. A new agency was formed to help administer the program. Case-by-case exceptions to the 50-mile requirement will be made if no connections are available nearby." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Four fast chargers every 50 miles—US unveils EV infrastructure plan" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There are many topics to choose from when starting out in machine learning. It can get confusing, and the theory can be quite difficult to learn. Many people suggest that learning using a 'top-down' approach might be best. People can learn how models work and become productive much faster by just diving into the code. Theory can be learned concurrently, or even at your own pace after you've learned the practical parts. Learning theory can help you build higher quality models. There are lists of recommended resources for machine learning in the thread." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Full-on machine learning for 2020, what are the best resources?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Using a technique inspired by YouTube videos and the movie Frozen, physicist Matthew Szydagis built a detector that might be able to find dark matter. The detector uses supercooled water to detect the presence of particles like neutrons. If these particles interact with the water, the water will instantly turn into snow. Dark matter particles are theorized to be made up of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), which should have similar properties to neutrons. The detector will be able to tell the difference between neutrons and WIMPs. Neutrons will scatter around the water chamber and cause multiple seed points for the phase change, whereas WIMPs are so rare they will only interact with the detector once." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Supercooled water in “snowball chamber” might be able to find dark matter" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This website contains a collection of JavaScript utilities that fit within a single line of code. Categories include arrays, date time, DOM, number, string, and misc. Users are welcome to contribute to the list." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Favorite single line of code" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SynthWave ‘84 is a Visual Studio Code theme inspired by the music and the cover artwork of modern Synthwave bands like FM-84, Timecop 1983, and The Midnight. It is written in plain CSS. The base theme is installed like any other VS Code theme, but if users want to enable the extra glow feature, a little more work is required. Full instructions are available on the repository." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SynthWave '84 - VS Code theme" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber has announced a new division called Uber Money which will offer a digital wallet and debit and credit cards. The service will allow its drivers to have access to a mobile bank account to get paid after each ride. By building a financial ecosystem, it could keep drivers and riders loyal to its platform. Many of Uber's customers use credit cards to pay for rides and food orders, and these services could eventually remove costs related to financial middlemen and generate new revenue streams. Uber's debit card is essentially a no-fee bank account and allows drivers to have access to funds immediately. A no-cost $100 overdraft feature allows drivers to pay for gas to kick off a working day. More and more tech companies are beginning to offer financial services. Apple has recently launched a credit card with Goldman Sachs and Facebook has revealed plans to launch its cryptocurrency, Libra. Uber's credit card will be a joint product with Barclays." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber announces deeper push into financial services with Uber Money" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The world's largest nuclear fusion project has begun in France. It will weigh 23,000 tonnes, with 200km of superconducting cables connecting 3,000 tonnes of superconducting magnets. All the components will be kept at -269C inside the cryogenic plant. The Iter project will cost €20bn and promises clean, unlimited power. It is intended to be a proof-of-concept of large-scale fusion rather than a design for a commercial reactor." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk has been named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2021. The title is a marker of influence, and few individuals have had more influence than Musk in reshaping life on Earth and possibly life off Earth as well. His space flight company made history in September after launching four private passengers into orbit. SpaceX is also one of the space firms building the lunar landing systems that will carry astronauts to the moon in 2024." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is Time's 'Person of the Year'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TLDR: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has created a $2 billion fund called the Day One Fund to help homeless families and create a network of nonprofit preschools in low-income communities. It will fund existing nonprofits and issue annual awards to organizations doing \"compassionate, needle-moving work\" to shelter families. It will also operate a network of high-quality, full-scholarship Montessori-inspired preschools. Bezos wrote in a Tweet: \"We’ll use the same set of principles that have driven Amazon. Most important among those will be genuine, intense customer obsession. The child will be the customer.\" The fund will borrow its vision statement from Seattle charity St. Mary's Place: no child sleeps outside." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon's Bezos Launches $2 Billion Fund to Help the Homeless" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft will shut down its local version of LinkedIn in China due to a significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements. A Chinese regulator told LinkedIn in March to better regulate its content as some users had published prohibited content on their profiles. Microsoft will launch a new job site called InJobs that will not include a social feed or allow users to share posts or articles." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft to shut down LinkedIn in China" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Docker has revolutionized the way we use Containers by allowing anyone to use Containers without dealing with any of the advanced topics related to it. This article discusses best practices for developing better Containers. It covers identifying cacheable units, reducing image size, image maintainability, and reproducibility." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Best Practices for Writing a Dockerfile" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This video showcases an AI that can animate fluids and smokes within a image. The AI can understand the scene it is animating, making sure to only animate specific sections of an image. It can generate perfectly looping animations based on still images." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This AI Makes Beautiful Videos From Your Images! 🌊" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GoDaddy recently sent its employees a fake email informing them they had received a $650 holiday bonus. The email was a phishing test and employees who clicked on the link were required to take a training course on social engineering. Phishing tests are normal, but they don't usually involve promising employees fake money." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GoDaddy wins our 2020 award for most evil company email" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Huge megastorms the size of England are creating powerful winds and torrential rain in parts of Africa near the Sahara up to 16km tall. They are increasing in number due to climate change, as the Sahara warms more quickly than neighboring areas, the temperature difference widens causing megastorms to form. During wet season there are storms every day. The region is also plagued by poverty, irregular migration, smuggling and terrorist groups." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mega-storms the size of England on the rise in North Africa" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung is expected to announce its new Galaxy S10 phone in a few weeks. A photo has been leaked showing small wireless earbuds (nicknamed ‘Galaxy Buds’) resting in a case on the back of a Galaxy S10 Plus. It appears that the headphones may charge wirelessly from the back of the phone, similar to how the Huawei P20 charges Huawei’s Freebuds 2 Pro wireless earbuds. It is unclear whether these form a new line of products, or whether it is a continuation of Samsung’s Gear IconX headphone range." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Galaxy S10 photo leak shows Samsung wireless Galaxy Buds" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Rust is a powerful programming language that brings new concepts of safety to programming. It has been the most beloved language with Stack Overflow users for five years in a row. This repository contains resources for learning Rust. A majority of the content is free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to learn modern Rust" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Japanese biotech startup Hirotsu Bio Science Inc. has developed a cancer screening test using roundworms that can detect early signs of pancreatic cancer from urine. The roundworms have a gene in their olfactory receptors that make them react to the urine of pancreatic cancer patients. When the gene is turned off, the roundworms are still attracted to the urine of people with other cancers, but not pancreatic cancer. During tests, the method was 100% accurate in detecting pancreatic cancer and 91.3% accurate for other types of cancer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Genetically Modified Tiny Worms Can Detect Pancreatic Cancer at an Early Stage" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Both Uber and GM Cruise have released their own custom tools in order to gain support from developers in the open-source community. GM Cruise released Worldview, allowing developers to build custom visualizations easily without having to learn complex graphics APIs or write code. Uber’s tool allows developers to easily transform their autonomous vehicle data into an easily digestible visual representation of what the vehicle is seeing in the real world. The aim of releasing these tools free of charge to the public is to encourage developers to build a variety of applications that could uplift the entire industry." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber and GM Cruise are making their respective AV ‘visualization’ tools open source" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok has announced that it will open up access to its algorithms and allow experts to observe its moderation policies in real-time. It is challenging its rivals to do the same, saying that all companies should disclose their algorithms, moderation policies, and data flows to regulators. Facebook, Google, Apple, and Amazon are currently under scrutiny by Congress for antitrust behavior. The US Government has threatened to ban TikTok due to its data practices and the company has also been accused of censoring content to please the Chinese government." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok is opening up its algorithm and challenging competitors to do the same" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NVIDIA Maxine is an AI-powered suite of tools for video chat that features camera adjustment, resolution upscaling, background noise removal, facial reorientation, avatars, real-time closed captioning and translation, and more. Developers can use the suite to add features to their apps. Maxine's video compression can reduce the bandwidth required by 90 percent compared to H.264. It uses NVIDIA Tensor Core CPU acceleration on cloud servers so apps can still use these features without advanced hardware. Developers can now apply for early access." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "NVIDIA wants to make video calls better with AI" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google will release anonymized global location data from 131 countries and regions around the world to help public health officials track movements during coronavirus lockdowns around the world. Officials will be able to track movement trends over time by geography across different categories of places. The data is gathered from Google Maps and other Google services. No personal data is included. There was a 12 percent increase in the number of tracked individuals remaining in their homes between Feb 16 and March 29." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google releasing location data to help track lockdown movement amid coronavirus" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Japan's population has shrunk every year for the last 13 years. Possible reasons for this could be economic insecurity, women prioritizing careers over raising a family, and strict immigration standards. Young people in Japan seem to have lost interest in marriage, dating, and sex. This has become a concern for the Japanese Government, so it recently announced a 2 billion yen ($19.2 million) artificial intelligence matchmaking initiative. Government-aided matchmaking in Japan is already offered in 25 out of 47 of Japan's prefectures, so it is not a new concept. The Japanese government hopes that using AI will result in more compatible matches." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Algorithms for Love: Japan Will Soon Launch an AI Dating Service" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Come hear what some of the world’s foremost security experts such as Troy Hunt and Michael Coates, see on the security horizon for 2022. Join today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Teleport's 2022 Security Speaker Series" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "You can easily build a website to showcase your work as a software developer with this GitHub repository. There are simple instructions available, and once set up, users will be able to create a webpage (hosted on GitHub) that displays the owner’s profile information. While there is a simple template available, the webpage can be customized to suit the developer’s portfolio and tastes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Get started building your personal website" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Working with one of the FAANG companies is a dream for many devs. The first few months at working for Amazon are standard in the industry as a developer learns the ropes, but eventually devs are put onto an on-call rotation. Being on-call means that a dev is required to respond to emergencies within 15 minutes for 24 hours a day 7 days a week when on the roster. Developers are occasionally 'loaned' to other teams, which is usually a negative experience. Amazon has a moving and signing bonus that must be paid back to the company if the developer leaves the company or is fired within two years, so many younger developers can not leave their roles as it represents a large amount of their income. This can have negative mental health consequences for employees. Amazon does provide many perks to employees and working there can be a rewarding experience, but developers need to learn to balance out their lives in order not to burn out." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "An Amazon Programmer's Perspective" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A study has demonstrated how the sight or smell of a meal can trigger an inflammatory response that guides insulin production." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sight of mouthwatering meals triggers inflammation linked to diabetes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter is preparing to launch Twitter Notes, a feature that supports the direct publishing of long-form content. The feature will allow users to create articles using rich formatting and uploaded media. It is currently in testing with select users. Twitter Notes is expected to launch in the coming weeks." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter to expand into long-form content with upcoming Twitter Notes feature" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists recently found a marvelous assortment of novel microbes thriving in the geothermal caves, lava tubes, and volcanic vents of Hawai'i. These underground structures were formed up to 800 years ago and receive little or no sunlight. They can also harbor toxic minerals and gases. The older sites hosted more diverse populations than those less than 400 years old, but the younger sites had more complex microbe interactions. Many more details about the microbes are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ancient Lava Caves in Hawai'i Are Teeming With Mysterious Life Forms" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Muons are elementary particles similar to electrons. Decades ago, scientists noticed that these particles wobbled more than expected when whipping around a magnetized ring. A recent new measurement confirms these results, making it significantly likely that an unknown force was giving the muons an extra push. The discovery, if confirmed, could break down the 50-year-old Standard Model of particle physics, which describes known elementary particles and interactions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "‘Last Hope’ Experiment Finds Evidence for Unknown Particles" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from the UK and Switzerland have developed a comprehensive map of the network of connections that make up the human immune system. The map highlights the individual cell types, messengers, and relative speed of each conversation taking place between immune cells. It could revolutionize how researchers approach drug development and immunotherapies. The map includes many previously unknown interactions and provides a new understanding of the cell-to-cell signals happening in the immune system." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The first-ever complete map of immune system connections offers new pathways to therapies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft has introduced a new Outlook client for Windows users that closely mirrors the interface and functionality of the Outlook web client. It is currently only available to Office Insiders in the Beta channel who have work or school Microsoft 365 accounts. The new app will eventually replace the current Outlook app, as well as Windows' built-in Mail and Calendar apps. It is still in early development and is missing many common mail client features, such as support for IMAP and Outlook.com accounts. Screenshots of the new client are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft previews a new, totally redesigned Outlook for Windows app" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Department of Defense gave control over about 175 million of its IP addresses to tiny Florida company Global Resource Systems as part of a pilot effort to identify potential vulnerabilities and prevent unauthorized use of DoD IP address space. The DoD still owns the addresses. Global Resources Systems was founded in September. The initiative was headed by a group which reports directly to the secretary of defense." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Pentagon reportedly gave a small company control of its IP addresses to find security issues" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Cobi is a versatile robotics platform that can create completely automated robots. The company recently revealed a version of the robot that can deliver injections using a high-pressure fluid jet to demonstrate the technology. Cobi can be programmed for use in the cleantech and hospitality industries. It will still be a few years before the robot will be ready to go to market. A video showing a person receiving an injection from the robot is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hate Needles? This Robot Delivers Vaccines Without Them" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains a collection of CSS snippets that can help developers avoid certain CSS issues. It covers a large range of topics, such as spacing, lock scroll chaining, text over images, and more. In addition to the code snippets, each section explains the issues that can occur and how to avoid them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Defensive CSS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "It's easy to stand up an IoT monitoring app in InfluxDB. Here's a step-by-step tutorial. The prototype is serverless, with zero infrastructure to manage and free — we built this app on the free tier of InfluxDB. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Prototyping an IoT Application with InfluxDB" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has added a new HQ and R&D facility to its Kuiper project. Kuiper's aim is to provide internet connectivity to people who lack access. Other companies such as SpaceX, Google, and OneWeb are also launching satellites to provide global internet coverage. Kuiper has not released a timeline around deployment or availability for customers. Its new facilities are in Redmond, Washington, which is near Amazon's overall home base in Seattle. It will cover 219,000 square feet across two separate buildings. Kuiper team members will start moving into the new site sometime next year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon will establish a new headquarters for its Kuiper satellite broadband project" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a simple step by step calculator that lets you pick a series of features and then it tells you how much it would cost to hire a freelancer/contractor/agency to build the app. Pretty nifty for non-technical people looking to launch their own app." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How much does it cost to build an app?" } ]

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