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[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok is testing a recruitment tool to help people find jobs and to help companies, recruiters, and brands find candidates. Job listings will be posted on a web page separate from the app. Applicants will be able to post video resumes. The tool could help many young adults get in touch with hiring brands. Users might want to set up secondary accounts to avoid losing out on jobs over ill-advised posts." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok is reportedly testing a job recruitment tools" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New research from a Singapore-based biotech company explored how well the human body can recover from stress on its systems as it ages and found that the human body loses its ability to recover from stressors at some age between 120 and 150. The research looked at health data for large groups from the US, UK, and Russia. It showed that recovery rate is an important signature of aging. The research could lead to the development of drugs to slow the process and extend healthspan. It explains why current treatments can only improve the average but not the maximum lifespan." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Humans probably can't live longer than 150 years, new research finds" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As Apple's iPhone profits dropped 15% in a year. One reason is the price of devices in certain countries increased as their currency decreased in value relative to the US Dollar. Apple plans to identify these countries and reprice their devices to more accurately match their prices to what they were a year ago." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple says it’ll lower iPhone prices in certain countries" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A novel nasal spray designed to prevent the neurodegeneration associated with dementia has shown promising results in mouse studies. The spray is a combination of two pre-existing drugs. Mice with neurodegenerative diseases showed improved cognition and less accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain after the spray was intranasally administered five times a week for a month. The combination of drugs was more effective at preventing neurodegeneration than each drug by itself. Human trials will start soon in several countries, including Japan and the US." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dementia-preventing nasal spray moves to human trials" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new paper-thin stamp-sized Bluetooth chip is able to operate without a battery by harvesting energy from radio frequencies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular signals, powering a Bluetooth-equipped ARM processor. Because it doesn't need a battery, it can be produced cheaply and mounted on almost anything. The company behind the chip, Wiliot, raised $30 million from investors including Amazon and Samsung. They hope to have a limited release in 2019 and a wide release in 2020." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This tiny Bluetooth chip doesn't need a battery because it harvests energy from the air" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In the last few decades, the idea of using blood as an elixir of youth has come closer to reality. Some high-profile studies have demonstrated the regenerative abilities of young blood in aged mice. Several startups have launched with the aim to combat aging through our blood. This article explores some of these companies and their approaches to using blood to fight aging and age-related diseases." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In the Search to Stall Aging, Biotech Startups Are Out for Blood" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Department of Defense has contracted ExOne, the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers, to develop a self-contained 3D-printing factory that operates from a shipping container. These portable 3D-printing facilities would be deployed whenever needed for a wide variety of military-focused purposes. The regular-sized shipping containers will be quick to deploy, and won't require a lot of technical knowledge to maneuver. ExOne's printers will be able to print using over 20 different metal, ceramic, or composite materials." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "US Military to Have 3D-Printing Factories in Shipping Containers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new preliminary study suggests that the omicron variant likely picked up genetic material from another virus that causes the common cold in humans. A snippet of genetic material found in omicron is also present in a common cold virus but not in other coronavirus variants. This could explain how the virus has greater transmissibility. Cells in lungs and gastrointestinal systems can host both types of viruses, possibly leading to an exchange in genetic material. While there has been a rapid increase in South Africa's caseload, it has not been followed by a surge in hospitalizations." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Git Re-Basin can merge models in weight space at no cost to the loss." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Git Re-Basin" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "All TiVo customers will start seeing video advertisements before DVR recordings, including customers with lifetime subscription plans. The change will be rolled out to all devices within the next 90 days. Customers will have an option to skip the ads as soon as they start up, but there will be a slow delay before content will be displayed. The reaction from customers is as expected, with many threatening to cancel their subscriptions as soon as the changes begin." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TiVo confirms its customers will soon see ads before DVR recordings" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The UK Parliament released 250 pages of Facebook documents that it had seized. The documents show that when Twitter's Vine video service tried to make a \"Find Your Friends\" feature, a Facebook exec sent Mark Zuckerberg an email asking if they could just shut off Vine's access. Zuckerberg replied \"Yup, go for it\", instantly killing off Vine's feature. The documents show that Facebook keeps \"a small list of strategic competitors\" and limits their access to Facebook data. \"Any usage beyond that specified is not permitted without Mark level sign off.\" Several senators have expressed their concern, and there is increasing pressure for the FTC to take a look at what could be anticompetitive behavior from Facebook." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook fends off new anti-monopoly questions after UK email release" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla's 2022.20 update enables Tesla vehicles to scan the road ahead for potholes and adjust the suspension for rough roads. The feature can be activated by selecting 'Comfort' under the Adaptive Suspension Damping setting. It will not affect Autopilot or Full Self-Driving, meaning that vehicles won't try to automatically steer around or avoid road damage. The update also includes a green light chime for vehicles equipped with the hardware 3.0 computer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla can now scan for potholes and adjust vehicle suspension to avoid damage" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk has offered Tesla's help in making ventilators for hospitals in the event of a shortage. The US is likely to have a mechanical ventilator shortage in the coming months as it deals with the COVID-19 outbreak. An estimated 960,000 people will need the roughly 200,000 ventilators currently in the US. While Musk has said he can make the ventilators, he noted that it will take some time to produce. The offer arose from a conversation discussing the partial closure of Tesla's Fremont factory due to shelter-in-place orders. Tesla is allowed to operate with a quarter of its workforce and no cars will be manufactured in the factory." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk says Tesla will make ventilators for hospitals if needed" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Aquilolamna milarcae, also known as the eagle shark, was the ancestor of both the whale shark and the manta ray. The 93 million-year-old remains of the ancient shark were unearthed in Mexico in 2012. It was recently determined to be a new species. The specimen was likely an adolescent. It was 1.65 meters long, with a 1.9-meter wingspan. A 3-minute video that shows images of the shark and its fossils is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Prehistoric \"eagle shark\" combined traits of sharks and rays" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "BMW has developed an electric wingsuit capable of soaring through the sky at speeds of up to 186 mph. Professional skydiver and BASE jumper Peter Salzmann, who was part of the development process, completed the maiden flight over the mountains of Austria after being dropped at 10,000 feet by a helicopter. The e-wingsuit is powered by a chest-mounted rig that can produce thrust for up to five minutes. A 2-minute video of the maiden flight is available in the article, along with a small selection of photos." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "BMW Made the World’s First Electrified Wingsuit. It Reached 186 MPH on Its First Flight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology dug up some 100 million-year-old mud from the seafloor, and after adding some food to it, they discovered ancient bacteria still living in the mud. The sample was taken from deep sediments in the middle of the South Pacific where extremely little organic matter is available for life to grow on. The mud still contained oxygen, nitrates, and phosphates due to the lack of food. Researchers believe that the bacterial communities had slowed their metabolism and have been present in the mud for over 100 million years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bacteria live despite burial in seafloor mud for 100 million years" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Companies such as Facebook and Google may soon be forced to inform customers individually on how much profit they gain from customer data. The proposed Designing Accounting Safeguards to Help Broaden Oversight and Regulations on Data Act will require companies to issue a report every 90 days to users on the type of data collected and how much profit was gained from the data. These companies hoard data from users and the data is not always safe and secure. The proposed law will make sure that customers are completely informed when using these companies’ services." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook and Google could be forced to tell you how much your data is worth under new US legislation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Starship Technologies has announced a plan to deploy thousands of autonomous six-wheeled delivery robots on college campuses across the US in the next two years. The robots have been tested in over 100 cities in 20 different countries, completing over 100,000 deliveries. Each campus will receive 25-50 robots. Robots have already been deployed in George Mason University and Northern Arizona University. The robots can travel around three to four miles at a maximum speed of four miles per hour. They can work for many hours without a break, carrying cargo of up to 20 pounds in weight. Starship charges $1.99 per order. Other companies have also introduced autonomous delivery robots, but Starship is confident that their technology is miles ahead of any competition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Thousands of autonomous delivery robots are about to descend on US college campuses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla's Full Self-Driving Beta software update has gone live, and some owners who are testing it have been sharing videos. Several of the videos are in the article. The new update delivers a virtually feature-complete self-driving system. Drivers are still required to constantly monitor the vehicle or risk accidents. Only a limited number of Tesla owners have received the early access program, though more people will receive it in the coming weeks. The system is expected to improve as more people use it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First Look at Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta and it looks just insane" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers in California have found a mechanism in rat brains that is involved in decision-making and imagination. Special cells in the hippocampus are responsible for mapping an animal's location as it moves through space. A lot of consistent neural activity in these cells can be observed when the rats are about to make a decision. The pattern in cell activity suggests that the rat's brain is testing out, or imagining, different possibilities. It also suggests that the rats are able to store past possibilities to return to." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In Brain Waves, Scientists See Neurons Juggle Possible Futures" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Wolfram Engine for Developers implements the full Wolfram Language as a software component that can be plugged into any standard software engineering stack. Developers have access to the full Wolfram Knowledgebase through a free subscription to the Wolfram Cloud. Wolfram Language is designed to be so simple that people would take it for granted that their computer is able to identify objects in images, solve equations, or complete many other tasks. The Wolfram Engine for Developers is free to use for all pre-production and open source projects." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Launching Today: Free Wolfram Engine for Developers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Twitter thread follows Facebook's company-wide end-of-year meeting. During the meeting, the speakers discuss the company's role in the major events of the year, reflecting on the role it played in almost every geopolitical and societal issue. Issues such as privacy, the content that Facebook allows, integrity, and competition were discussed. Future technologies and projects were also discussed, with Facebook showing off a demo of a neural sensor device." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook is having an end-of-year, company-wide meeting right now" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "r/LossPrevention is a subreddit where members discuss shoplifting prevention to battle crime." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside the subreddit dedicated to busting shoplifters" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from Cornell University have created micron-sized memory actuators that enable thin materials to fold themselves into 3D configurations with a jolt of voltage. The materials hold their shape even after the voltage is removed. The machines can fold materials 30 atoms thick within 100 milliseconds, and the process can be repeated thousands of times. This technology could have many future medical applications. The team demonstrated its abilities by creating a self-folding origami bird only 60 microns wide." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Self-folding nanotech creates world’s smallest origami bird" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Macro photography is a field of photography that focuses on extreme close-ups of things magnified up to 10x. The iPhone 13 Pro features a new camera that can focus on objects less than an inch away. This article explores what the new lens unlocks, some details in its implementation and how it works, and much more. Examples of macro photography and the difference between lens types are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "iPhone Macro: A Big Day for Small Things" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Instant NeRF is a new tool from Nvidia that can convert 2D images into a rendered 3D scene in seconds. NeRF (Neural Radiance Fields) is a technique that maps the color and light intensity of different 2D shots and then generates data to connect the images from different vantage points to render a 3D scene. It can be used to create 3D objects, maps, training scenarios for AI, architecture, and more. Nvidia has yet to release details such as how many images are required. A video showing the method in action is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nvidia shows off AI model that turns a few dozen snapshots into a 3D-rendered scene" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Perturb-seq map is the first comprehensive functional map of genes that are expressed in human cells. The data is available for any scientist to use. It allows scientists to explore the cellular effects of genes with unknown functions and it will enable all sorts of analyses that scientists haven't even considered yet. The map was made possible through a technique that can follow the impact of turning on or off genes with unprecedented depth. Examples of how researchers are using the map are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The ticket to go to space with Jeff Bezos on the first Blue Origin flight in July has sold for $28 million. Over 7,000 participants from 159 countries placed bids in the auction. The identity of the winning bidder will be revealed in the coming weeks. There will be four passengers on the flight, which will last approximately 10 minutes from launch to landing. Three of those minutes will be in zero gravity. Bezos will step down as Amazon's chief executive 15 days before launch. If successful, the trip will be the first commercial space flight to take a civilian beyond the internationally recognized edge of space." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ticket for space flight with Jeff Bezos is auctioned for $28 million" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has plans to move Alexa from passive to proactive interactions, which means that rather than waiting and responding to requests, it will start anticipating what the user might want. In order to do this, it will need to access and process a lot of personal user data. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are trillion-dollar companies due to their ability to collect and use data. Eventually, Amazon will start focusing on building training databases with data from individuals or very small groups. By getting Alexa to start the conversation, Amazon may be able to get even more personalized data from its customers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon’s roadmap for Alexa is scarier than anything Facebook or Twitter is doing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While your company manages a lot of data, only a small amount of it is personally identifiable information (PII) that you must handle carefully to protect customer data privacy. To meet this need, you should isolate PII from your other datasets, while retaining PII usability for key business workflows. But, how? Enter the Data Privacy Vault." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What is a Data Privacy Vault? Why do you need it?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Mux’s Real-Time Video integrates seamlessly with live and on-demand video, all in one API. Now you can build better real-time experiences — all with best-in-class video infrastructure. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Developer-friendly Real-Time Video" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many developers work professionally with React for years without understanding how its re-rendering process works. This tutorial helps readers build a mental model for when and why React re-renders and how to tell why a specific component re-rendered. Knowing how React's render cycle works can help developers understand how to use React.memo and when to wrap functions in useCallback." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why React Re-Renders" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Impossible Foods has debuted its plant-based pork at an invite-only event at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay. In a review, the pork was sampled in a variety of dishes, including banh mi, meatballs, noodles, spring rolls, and shumai. The pork was described to be delicious and has the same texture as real pork. Impossible says its plant-based pork has 40 percent fewer calories than real pork, and it doesn't contain any gluten, animal hormones, or antibiotics. The Impossible Sausage will make its debut in Burger King's breakfast croissants later this month." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We ate Impossible Foods' faux pork and it was good as hell" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The BlueWalker 3 satellite is scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on September 10. The 64-square-meter solar array is designed to provide a cellular broadband signal that mobile phones can connect to directly. Astronomers are concerned about the impact a constellation made up of these satellites will have on space observations. AST SpaceMobile plans to send over a hundred of the satellites into space." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Huge Satellite Meant to Connect Directly to Cell Phones to Launch on SpaceX Soon" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has announced Messenger Rooms, a tool for starting virtual hangouts with up to 50 people. WhatsApp video call capabilities have doubled from four people to eight. New video call features have been added to Facebook Dating, and new live-streaming features have been added to both Facebook and Instagram. Rooms will come later to Instagram Direct, WhatsApp, and Portal. Guests can join rooms regardless of whether they have a Facebook account. Rooms are not end-to-end encrypted, unlike WhatsApp video calls. Moderators will be able to kick people out of Rooms at any time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Messenger Rooms are Facebook’s answer to Zoom and Houseparty for the pandemic" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Fendouzhe, a Chinese submersible more than a decade in the making, reached a depth of 35,791 feet (10,909 meters) at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The submersible completed 13 dives in the area, with eight of those dives exceeding 32,808 feet (10,000 meters). It collected sediment, rock, and biological samples from the bottom of the trench while the crew overcame difficulties such as typhoons, rains, and high temperatures. The depth world record is still held by a private equity investor who dived to 35,873 feet (10,934 meters) in June. A 44-second video summary of the event showing footage of the vessel is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese submarine reaches the deepest place on Earth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Productivity porn is anything that after being consumed makes you feel you were productive when in reality you didn't actually do anything." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Productivity Porn" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hired is home to thousands of companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500s that are actively hiring the best and brightest developers, data scientists, mobile engineers, and more. Here’s how it works: once you create a profile, hiring managers can extend interview requests based on desired salary, top skills, and career preferences. Sign up today - it’s completely free for job-seekers!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Find a job through Hired" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has started public testing of dark mode in its mobile app for both Android and iOS. The feature can be accessed in the Settings & Privacy section under the Menu tab. A 34-second announcement video from Facebook is available in the article ." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook is publicly testing dark mode in its mobile app" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "StoreKit 2 is now available as part of iOS 15, iPadOS 15, tvOS 15, and watchOS 8. It improves the way in-app purchases and subscriptions work. Developers will receive up-to-date information about their apps and users will have more secure purchases, an easier refund process, and the ability to manage their individual app subscriptions. The App Store Server API has been updated to add real-time purchase notifications for developers. Developers will now be able to see users' in-app purchase history and get subscription expiration, offer redemption, and refund notifications." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "StoreKit 2 with updates to in-app purchases and subscriptions now available for developers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Google Pixel 3 Lite will have a Snapdragon 670 processor and 4GB of RAM. There's a video in this article with a leak showing many angles of the phone. It's made of plastic, has a headphone jack, and comes with a 5.56-inch 2220 x 1080 LCD display." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Pixel 3 'Lite' leaks in extensive video" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Supabase is hiring remote engineers to build the open source alternative to Firebase." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Work at Supabase" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is rewarding the most active and helpful members of its support forums with its New Community Plus program, which will offer members access to exclusive perks and experiences. Only a small group of people will be added to the program every year. There aren't many details about what the Community Plus program will give members. The program could be similar to Microsoft's Most Valuable Professional award program, which has rewarded its members with trips, subscriptions, and free training materials." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple promises ‘white glove experiences’ for its most helpful community members" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wings, Alphabet’s drone delivery service, has received approval to operate as an airline. The certifications for the delivery company to become an airline were necessary as without them the drones would not be legally able to fly over certain areas and distances. Other drone companies should be able to navigate the application process more easily now that Wings has gained their certifications. Wings will begin operations in rural Virginia within months." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Spinoff’s Drone Delivery Business First to Get FAA Approval" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Conceptual diagrams are a visual way to show how things work. They can help developers gain a better understanding of what they are doing. This article teaches front-end developers and visual learners how to create conceptual diagrams. It uses a JavaScript method as an example to show the basic steps of making a conceptual diagram that will aid in learning." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to create technical conceptual diagrams" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Metaverse Seoul will be a virtual communication ecosystem for Seoul that will include economic, cultural, tourism, educational, and civic services. People will be able to attend events, meet city officials, visit tourist attractions, and more inside Metaverse Seoul. It will be implemented in three stages from next year. Seoul has invested KRW 3.9 billion into the project." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Seoul to become the first city to enter the Metaverse. What will it look like?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Quora is laying off its staff in its Bay Area and New York offices. CEO Adam D'Angelo stated that the layoffs were necessary in order to focus on scaling the organization in a financially responsible way. D'Angelo did not reveal how many employees will be affected by the decision. Quora had around 200 employees last year when it was valued at $2 billion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Layoffs hit Q&A startup Quora" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Rivian had one of the biggest initial public offerings in the last 9 years, raising a total of $11.9 billion. Its estimated value is now more than $100 billion, making it the second highest-valued US carmaker behind Tesla. The IPO's success was likely due to the positive reception to its electric R1T pickup and its close ties to Amazon. Amazon is contracted to buy 100,000 of Rivian's electric vans." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rivian Soars Past $100 Billion Following America's Biggest IPO Since Facebook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "LinkedIn is opening up its Service Marketplace, a service that lets freelancers advertise to those looking to hire people for short-term engagements. Service Marketplace began as a test in February and has picked up 2 million users since. The service is now available globally, featuring 250 job categories, with a plan to expand to 500. Service Marketplace currently does not charge any fees, but there are plans to introduce fees down the line. The service is still in development and many features are yet to be implemented." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "LinkedIn rolls out its freelance services marketplace globally after picking up 2M users in smaller US beta" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US military is buying movement data harvested from innocuous-seeming apps. Examples of these apps include a Muslim prayer and Quran app, a Craigslist app, and an app for following storms. X-Mode is a company that obtains data directly from apps and then sells it to contractors like the military. It encourages app developers to incorporate its SDK into their apps in exchange for a fee based on how many users the app has. Some app developers did not know who was purchasing their users' location data. While the data is anonymized, it could easily be deanonymized. Other state actors have the same access to purchase the same data." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have developed a new technique that allowed a partially paralyzed man to feed himself using robotic arms connected to a brain-machine interface. The method uses a shared control system that minimizes the amount of mental input required to complete a task. The technology is still young. The scientists plan to add touch-like sensory feedback and improve the accuracy and efficiency of the system while reducing the need for visual confirmation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Brain-machine interface helped a man with paralysis feed himself using robotic arms" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Twitter thread talks about how Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy blew up the digital advertising ecosystem. ATT disrupts behavioral profiling across apps and websites. The move bolstered Apple's ads business while positioning the company as a champion of consumer privacy. Companies like Facebook were unable to defend against the policy and have seen their revenues severely diminished." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A masterclass in corporate strategy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains the first batch of images released by NASA gathered by the powerful James Webb Space Telescope." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Marvel at the first batch of full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elysium Technologies is a startup behind a new molten salt reactor design that can scale up to 1,200 Megawatts electric. The design uses a blend of the most cutting edge technologies. It uses up fuel in the reactor process, and it can recycle fuel from itself, other reactors, or even weapons. The reactor uses up 95% of its fuel, leaving behind fuel that is toxic for shorter periods compared to other reactors. It features low-tech and effective safety designs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Molten Salt Reactor Is the Next Big Thing in Nuclear" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk has laid out how he will fund the $46.5 billion purchase of Twitter. Musk will receive loans from Morgan Stanley worth $25.5 billion and cover the remaining $21 billion with his own funds. While Musk is the richest person on the planet, most of his net worth is tied up in Tesla stock. Twitter has not formally responded to Musk's offer, but the company's board of directors has approved measures to block the hostile takeover." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk lays out funding for ambitious Twitter takeover" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Leaf 3 is a PHP framework for creating web apps and APIs with a clean, simple, and flexible structure. It is powered by an ecosystem of powerful modules with zero setup. A YouTube channel with video tutorials is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Leaf 3" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "'Remove China Apps' is an app that does exactly what its name suggests. It has been pulled from the Play Store for violating Google's Deceptive Behavior Policy, which states that an app on the Play Store can't encourage or incentivize users into removing or disabling third-party apps. The app had been gaining popularity in India partly due to growing anti-China sentiment. India has recently amended its foreign direct investment policy to enforce tougher scrutiny on Chinese investors. Prime Minister Modi has aggressively promoted the idea of boycotting foreign goods, urging citizens to look for local alternatives." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google pulls ‘Remove China Apps’ from Play Store" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have partnered with Glass Dyenamics to develop advanced glass technology that tints when an electric charge is applied. The technology is now available for residential homes at affordable prices. Dynamic glass could eliminate 78 million metric tons of CO2 emissions per year by 2030 and offer homeowners up to 20% in energy savings. Pictures of the glass installed on a residential premises are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New dynamic glass can tint with an electric charge and is coming to your home" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Forecast is a social polling app from Facebook's NPE Team that allows users to ask questions about what might happen in the future. The app is currently only available to invited participants in the US and Canada on iOS. Users can vote on what they think will happen, as well as explain the reasoning behind their choices. The predictions and related discussions are public on the Forecast website, which is linked in the article. Facebook was testing the app internally with a small set of employees but has now started inviting members of the health, research, and academic communities to make predictions about the pandemic and its impact on the world. Questions are moderated and sometimes edited for clarity before posted." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook tests Forecast, an app for making predictions about world events" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many developers leverage frameworks, build tools, and compilers to write web applications from a higher-level perspective. However, developers only get to see a compiled version of their code when debugging or profiling web applications in Chrome DevTools. This article discusses new features in Chrome DevTools that help developers see their code as they wrote it. The changes are aimed at improving the debugging experience. The Chrome DevTools team plans to improve the DevTools profiling experience in future updates." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Modern web debugging in Chrome DevTools" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "C# Digest is a weekly newsletter with news, libraries, and tutorials about the .NET ecosystem." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "C# Digest" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "When animations in CSS conflict, only one of them will occur. The Web Animations API allows developers to mix up animation behavior using the composite option. This article discusses how to create composite animations in CSS by adding a little bit of JavaScript." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Additive Animations in CSS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bernie Sanders has tweeted in support of video game worker unions. In the tweet, he specifically names the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Game Workers Unite, two organizations that have been helping game workers work together. Many developers in the video game industry are overworked and subject to a lot of mandatory, sometimes unpaid, overtime. Many stories of unhealthy workplace cultures have recently surfaced, as developers are fired even if their companies are big or make record profits. Sanders’ platform involves tackling many social issues. It is rare for a politician to focus on the video game industry on an issue unrelated to video game violence." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders supports video game workers unions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wu Feng spent nearly two months in Wuhan treating some of China’s most severe COVID-19 cases. The hospitals were a disaster zone, with makeshift areas created to support the huge influx of patients. Many frontline and critical care staff were becoming infected due to shortages in personal protective equipment. Staff from other specialties were called in to help. Wu Feng and his team were able to treat a total of 215 patients without having a single team member infected. Feng describes how doctors in China developed current treatments for COVID-19. 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": "I Spent Seven Weeks in a Wuhan ICU. Here’s What I Learned" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of scientists has developed a biodegradable and antimicrobial food packaging solution that could finally put an end to the need for plastic-made food packaging items." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A new plant-based material can replace plastic food packaging for keeps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "We live in strange times, and now many villages and cities in China are using drones equipped with speakers to patrol and communicate with civilians during the coronavirus outbreak. This two-minute video shows drone footage with audio of the drone operator telling civilians to wear their face masks and to stay home. The text in the footage claims that the video is from Inner Mongolia. There is some discussion in the thread saying that the video is civilian-made and not from official sources, as civilians have been receiving communications with opposing information." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Walking around without a protective face mask?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a curated list of resources for practicing Data Science. It includes libraries, tutorials, code snippets, blog posts, talks, and more. Links are followed by a short description and organized according to topics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome Data Science with Python" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The DALL·E 2 Prompt Book is a free 82-page e-Book on getting started with DALL-E 2. It contains guides on how to create different styles, prompt engineering, variations, merging images, and much more. The full e-Book is available on the website." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The DALL·E 2 Prompt Book" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "YouTube is now streaming nearly 4,000 free TV shows with ads. The platform also has a lineup of free movies with ads. YouTube plans to add up to 100 shows and movies each week. The new offerings allow YouTube to take on a number of major competitors like Roku, a company that Google has had public disputes with." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "YouTube is taking on over-the-air TV with nearly 4,000 free episodes of TV" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Fortnite was removed from Apple's App Store last week due to terms-of-service violations. While users can't install the game on their devices anymore, Apple has no way of removing existing installations. Some iPhone owners who already had the app installed listed their devices on eBay with listing prices as high as $10,000. Apple is working with Epic to resolve the issue, so it is unlikely that Fortnite will stay banned forever." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "iPhones with 'Fortnite' installed are being sold for as much as $10,000 after Apple pulled the game from the App Store" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and it holds more water than all of the Earth's oceans combined. It is covered in an icy crust and there may be a liquid ocean 100 miles beneath its surface. Some areas of the moon may get warm enough for the surface ice to release water molecules. The ESA plans to launch a mission to study Jupiter and its moons in 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hubble Finds First Evidence of Water Vapor on Jupiter’s Largest Moon" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is the annual State of Javascript survey, complete with salaries and demographics of Javascript developers, popularity of Javascript frameworks and libraries, and awards!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "State of Javascript 2018" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Gmail's new user interface will show Chat and Meet sections in the side pane by default. Users can still use classic Gmail by opting out in the settings menu. The change will roll out to all Gmail users except for Google Workspace Essentials customers and Workspace customers that only have access to Gmail. Google is also introducing a Material You redesign and new features for Meet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Gmail’s redesigned interface including Chat and Meet is now the new default" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Companies often give raises that are lower than the rate of inflation, despite employees receiving excellent performance ratings. This can cause employee dissatisfaction, especially when they realize that they can get paid more by switching jobs. This HackerNews thread discusses annual raises, what people usually get and expect, why companies might not consider inflation when calculating raises, job-hopping, and more. Many times budgets and other factors restrict managers' abilities to give higher raises and the salary may still be acceptable without a significant raise." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Is your company considering inflation in this year's comp review cycle?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DoorDash has partnered with Vault Health and EverlyWell to distribute at-home Covid-19 test kits across the US. Customers will be able to order test kits directly from the DoorDash app or Vault Health's website in eligible markets. The kits contain polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, considered to be the most accurate in the market. Results are returned to customers within 24 to 48 hours. A list of eligible markets is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DoorDash will let you order at-home COVID-19 testing kits delivered to your door" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Silicon Valley startup Just has created chicken nuggets from lab grown meat using cells from a chicken feather. The original chicken is actually still alive, and lives at a farm close to the lab. The company places the chicken cells in a bioreactor that encourages the proteins to multiply. It takes about two days to produce a nugget. CEO Josh Tetrick says that Just's meat will be in select restaurants by the end of the year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Would you eat slaughter-free meat?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google is finally enforcing its rules for using Google Play billing. The rules have always existed, but Google didn't start enforcing it until March 31. Google gave developers more than six months warning about its intentions to start enforcing the rules. Digital stores now have to sell digital items through Google Play or risk being removed from the store. Some companies, such as Netflix and Spotify, have made deals with Google to continue to allow direct purchases." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Play crackdown makes Amazon, Barnes & Noble pull digital purchases" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists in France have developed a method for recycling PET plastics by modifying organisms to produce an enzyme that breaks down the plastic. The broken-down plastic can then be used to create new food-grade plastic bottles. It takes around 10 hours to degrade one tonne of waste plastic bottles. The enzymes will be produced at scale using fungi. Due to the steps involved in the process, the recycled plastic will end up costing more than virgin plastic to produce. There is progress being made in finding biological ways of breaking down other major types of plastics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CSS was never designed to be a server-side language, but that doesn't mean that it can't be used as one. This article walks through how to use CSS as a server-side language to declare routing, do math, and even templating. While the tool will never be used in production, it is an interesting experiment in repurposing a tool for something it wasn't supposed to do." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Don't try this at home: CSS _as_ the backend - introducing Cascading Server Sheets!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A full-link, full-system space solar power ground verification system has been built in Xi'an, China. The project enables research into wireless energy transmission. It recently demonstrated wireless microwave transmission of power across a 55-meter distance. The project eventually aims to develop space-based energy systems. Pictures of the system are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China tests world-first full-function space solar verification tower" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Learn how to protect sensitive data using a zero trust data privacy vault What if privacy had an API? Skyflow’s Data Privacy Vault delivers security, compliance, and data residency via a simple API. With Skyflow's built in tokenization, polymorphic encryption, and advanced access controls, your company can protect sensitive data while keeping it secure and private.To learn more, join Skyflow's Head of Developer Relations, Sean Falconer, for a walkthrough of the architecture used by leading companies like Netflix and Apple to secure sensitive data using a zero trust data privacy vault. Sean will demo how Skyflow delivers data privacy as an API, and answer live questions.Join the upcoming session here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learn how to protect sensitive data using a zero trust data privacy vault" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tailscale is the zero-config (really) VPN you'll love to use. No more opening firewall ports, or configuring access. Just download and connect all your devices. Try now for free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Try the Frustratingly Easy VPN" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wikimedia Enterprise is a commercial product designed for companies that reuse and source Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects at a high volume." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Wikimedia Enterprise announces Google and Internet Archive as its first customers; allows new customers to self sign-up for free trials" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Chinese government is targeting people who were working to prevent digital records of the coronavirus outbreak from being scrubbed by censors. Volunteers behind the project were arrested and some are missing. The project collected and preserved news stories, videos, and articles that were shared on messaging apps like WeChat. One of the journalists associated with the project that had disappeared recently resurfaced. He praised the actions of the police after stating that he had been detained and placed under quarantine for disrupting public order." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese internet users who uploaded coronavirus memories to GitHub have been arrested" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DuckDuckGo is working on a desktop browser that will help users avoid being tracked. The browser will have robust privacy protection turned on by default and function in the same way as its mobile app. Early tests indicate that the browser is significantly faster than Google Chrome. It is currently in a closed beta test on macOS and there is no word on when it will be publicly available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DuckDuckGo is working on a privacy-focused desktop browser" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "India sent a landing vehicle to the moon back in September in an attempt to make history, but the project ended inconclusively and there was no explanation of what happened at the time. Public updates only stated that the lander had been located and that no communication had been established with it yet. The Indian government has now released a statement that revealed that the Vikram lander had malfunctioned, causing it to crash. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft continues to be successful in collecting information during its orbit around the moon." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "2 Months After Failed Moon Landing, India Acknowledges Its Craft Crashed" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "FamilyMart in Japan is using robots to aid its in-store assistants to stack shelves during social distancing. The humanoid robots feature haptic sensors, stereo cameras, and binaural microphones. They are teleoperated by humans who control them using a virtual reality headset and haptic gloves. Japan has attempted other telepresence projects previously. One project involved staffing a restaurant with robots operated by people with physical disabilities." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Japanese convenience stores will use VR-controlled robots to stack shelves" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Okay, this is an incredibly cool open source tool that lets you select or upload a picture, then turn it into a certain style of image in the click of a button using deep learning (for example you can turn a picture of yourself into an oil painting). The full TensorFlow code is included in the linked Github Repo." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Arbitrary image stylization using TensorFlow.js" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok is testing a dedicated Shop feed that lets users browse and purchase products. The tab will serve as a hub for products sold in TikTok Shop. TikTok Shop is a feature available in select markets that lets merchants and creators sell products directly on TikTok. The Shop feed will include a search bar and different shopping categories. Screenshots of the Shop feed are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok tests a dedicated Shop feed that highlights products you can buy now" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Korean research team has created a laser with an intensity equal to the combined power of all the sunlight across the entire planet focused in an area roughly the size of a speck of dust. The technology will enable scientists to study cosmic phenomena in the lab instead of just through simulations and theories. It also has applications in cancer treatment, potentially dropping the costs of Proton therapy and making it available for more patients." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Create Record-Breaking Laser With Mind Blowing Power" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The iPhone 13 will feature a low-earth-orbit satellite communication mode, according to Ming-Chi Kuo. Users will be able to send messages and make phone calls with their devices even if they are not within standard cell tower coverage. The technology might also be used in the upcoming Apple AR headset, the Apple Car, and other Internet-of-Things accessories. It is unclear whether the satellite features will be free, as well as whether the connection will only work for Apple services. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 13 lineup in September." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kuo: iPhone 13 to support LEO satellite communication, allowing users to make phone calls and send texts without cell signal" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Spotify Wrapped is one of Spotify's largest marketing and social campaigns of the year. Every year, users see a detailed breakdown of their listening habits. The Wrapped team consists of many sub-teams that are responsible for marketing, legal, design, data, frontend, and backend engineering. In 2019, the team processed around five times the amount of data compared to 2018's Wrapped campaign at a fraction of the cost. This was achieved through optimizing the architecture so it could read, process, and validate data quickly and effectively. The system was designed so that group-by key operations were reduced, and the output data from yearly jobs was used for some metrics. As the summaries were broken down into smaller data stories and workflows, Spotify was able to create a more flexible system that allowed for quick iteration and exploration." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify Unwrapped: How we brought you a decade of data" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "One of the problems with cancer is its tendency to metastasize, causing it to spread throughout the body. Tracking the moment this happens is difficult as millions of divisions happen within a tumor. Researchers have found a way to monitor these events using a modified CRISPR tool. By mapping out a family tree, scientists can track a cell's lineage to find out when a single tumor cell went rogue. Using this technique, doctors can figure out how often tumors metastasize, where the metastases come from, and where the cancer has spread to. It can reveal differences in the biology of the tumor that would be otherwise invisible." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Using CRISPR Genetic Technology to Catch Cancer in the Act" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "EA Games and the Presque Isle Police Department in Maine have both been hit by a ransomware attack. The hackers stole 780GB of source code and tools for FIFA 21 from EA. No player data was stolen. EA is working with law enforcement on the case. The Presque Isle Police Department refused to pay its ransom and 200GB of data was published on a website hosted on the dark web. The data includes emails, police reports, witness statements, files documenting cases, and personal information belonging to victims and defendants." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Data-thieving hackers strike again, stealing EA source code and police data" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Joseph Tartaro, a security researcher, registered a personalized number plate back in 2016 with the word 'Null'. In 2018, he paid a $35 fine, which associated his details to the value in the database. In programming 'Null' is a special text string that tells the system that a value is empty or undefined. After his details were associated with the value, he started to receive every fine where traffic cops didn't enter a license number when writing a ticket. The DMV voided these tickets once Tartaro reported them. However, the tickets continue to be issued to his name. He is unable to renew his license until all fines are paid and changing his numberplate may look like he is avoiding existing tickets, which may cause more problems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Having ‘Null’ as a license plate is about as much of a nightmare as you’d expect" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GPT-4 will likely be released around July to August this year. There is little public info on what its new features and abilities will be. This article contains some predictions backed up by previous research and other evidence on what GPT-4 will be like. A summary of the predictions is available at the end of the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GPT-4 Is Coming Soon. Here’s What We Know About It" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new type of super-thin 'deep insert' skimming device is showing up inside ATMs around New York City. The devices are designed to steal magnetic strip data and personal identification numbers. One easy way to defeat these types of skimmers is to cover up the PIN pad with your hand when entering your PIN. Pictures of various skimming devices are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Say Hello to Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has been reportedly building its own sports platform as part of its Apple TV+ streaming service. References to something called 'SportsKit' have been found in the iOS 15.2 beta. The API is currently being developed as a private framework, which makes sense since sports-related content usually requires special deals. Apple has been in talks with multiple companies and organizations to bring sports content to its platform for years, so it may finally be ready to reveal something new in the coming months." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple developing new ‘SportsKit’ framework as it invests in sports content for Apple TV" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The world's last Blockbuster can be booked on Airbnb for $4 a night. Bookings will be available from the 17th of August for either September 18, 19, or 20. The store will be transformed into a living room including a TV and pull-out couch. Guests will have access to the store's movie collection. Due to Covid-19 regulations, overnight guests must come from the same household. A link to the Airbnb listing is provided at the end of the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The last Blockbuster has been turned into an Airbnb" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Chinese court has granted Qualcomm an injunction against Apple in a patent infringement case. The patents affect all devices sold with iOS 11 or earlier, so all iPhones from the 6S through the X. The iPhones are currently still on sale in China, Qualcomm has to file a complaint to the enforcement tribunal to get the ban enforced, and Apple will have a chance to appeal. Apple says \"Qualcomm's effort to ban our products is another desperate move by a company whose illegal practices are under investigation by regulators around the world.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Court orders China sales ban on older Apple iPhones in Qualcomm case" } ]