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[ { "role": "user", "content": "To land enterprise deals, your business needs SOC 2. But getting SOC 2 compliant is complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Uncomplicate SOC 2 with our guide for growth-minded founders. Turn compliance from a pain point into a competitive advantage.Download Now" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Is SOC 2 a thorn in your side? Make SOC 2 painless." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a curated list of IoT security resources. It contains lists of books, chat groups, cheat sheets, CTF challenges, YouTube channels, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "IoT Pentesting 101 && IoT Security 101" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "More than 200 Google employees are organizing a \"women's walk\" to protest against Google paying out $90 million to alleged sexual harasser and Android creator Andy Rubin. The company found the allegations credible enough to dismiss Andy Rubin, but employees felt that he got away with just a slap on the wrist. Andy Rubin maintains that he is innocent. One anonymous employee said \"Personally, I'm furious. I feel like there's a pattern of powerful men getting away with awful behavior towards women at Google‚ or if they don't get away with it, they get a slap on the wrist, or they get sent away with a golden parachute.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Engineers Are Organizing A Walk Out To Protest The Company's Protection Of An Alleged Sexual Harasser" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Michigan State University and Stanford University have created a nanoparticle that can eat heart attack-causing plaques. The nanoparticle is named 'Trojan Horse' and it can potentially be a treatment for atherosclerosis, a major cause for heart attack and stroke. Trojan Horse delivers a drug that stimulates plaque cells to engulf and eat cellular debris, removing diseased/dead cells from the plaque center, resulting in decreased plaque size. There are minimal side effects due to the unprecedented selectivity of the nano-drug." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Trojan Horse: A nanoparticle that eats away plaques that cause heart attacks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jeff Bezos’s phone was hacked in 2018 after receiving an infected video file sent from the personal WhatsApp account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Bezos and the prince were reportedly having a friendly chat on the app when the video file was sent, resulting in large amounts of data being exfiltrated from Bezos' phone within hours. The move indicates that the prince may have had personal involvement in targeting the world's richest man, raising concerns for westerners looking to invest in Saudi Arabia. A Washington Post journalist was killed five months after the hack, and some of Bezos' intimate details and text messages were published nine months after the hack. Saudi Arabia denies all involvement with the hack or the killing." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article looks at survey results from a study of over 100 companies to see project management approaches across the industry. It looks at how big tech manages projects to see how smaller teams should be run. The study covered a wide range of management styles. Big tech generally did not mandate a single approach, but teams received a lot of organizational support to make the process work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of Scrum" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ICON and Lennar have partnered to 3D print a 100-home neighborhood in Austin. All 100 residences will be printed with ICON's Vulcan printer, which can print concrete structures of up to 3,000 square feet. The aim of the project is to create affordable and sustainable homes that will still entice buyers. No estimated completion date has been set yet. The buildings will have similar or greater longevity than those built with standard concrete masonry units." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ICON and Lennar reveal the world’s largest 3D-printed community, designed by BIG" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon is developing a new payment system for its Whole Foods stores that uses the size and shape of customers' hands to identify them and authorize payments. Credit card payment systems take around three to four seconds to process, but the new system processes payments in less than 300 milliseconds. Other tech companies also use biometric sensors to authorize payments, for example, Apple's iPhones and iPads use fingerprint and facial recognition technology. Although biometric systems may be more convenient and unique than passwords, they are much harder to change if the information is compromised." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon is reportedly working on a new payment system that would let you check out at Whole Foods by simply waving your hand over a sensor" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "'Dorking' is the term for using search engines to find very specific data. It can be used to find emails, webpages, files, coupons, SEO keywords, potential vulnerabilities, and more. This page contains a quick guide to dorking, with examples that can be copied and pasted directly into Google. A list of useful operators (components of a search query that narrow the results down) is available at the end of the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "dorking - how to find anything on the Internet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "If your data changes every minute, MySQL isn’t going to cut it. Learn how to level up your time-series data analysis with a time-series database. This article covers how to set up open-source InfluxDB using Python, read and write data, and how to handle updates. We’ll be using stock data from the Yahoo API. Read the guide and get the source code" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Python tutorial: Start working with time-series data in InfluxDB" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ethereum has completed its switch to Proof-of-Stake. The upgrade reduces Ethereum's energy consumption by 99.95%. Ethereum is now secured using staked ETH and validators instead of mining. Users and developers are still able to use the blockchain in the same way as before the Merge." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ethereum switches to proof-of-stake consensus after completing The Merge" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google will end support for third-party tracking cookies in Chrome within two years in an effort to make web browsing more secure for users. Many ad providers rely on cookies to target and track advertising, so the change is likely to have a large impact on the industry. The move is designed to encourage publishers, advertising companies, and other browser providers to help Google create a new set of privacy-focused, open web standards. Google is looking for ideas on how the web without third-party cookies could work, and will not implement the change until a solution is found that addresses the needs of users, publishers, and advertisers. Anti-tracking features are becoming more common in browsers. This has affected publishers and advertisers, so an alternative to the cookie system is required to preserve the industry." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google plans to kill off third-party cookies in Chrome ‘within 2 years’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple One is Apple's all-in-one subscription bundle that will launch in October alongside the company's new 2020 lineup of iPhones. It will be part of iOS 14, though it isn't available in the iOS 14 beta. There will be multiple tiers, with Apple's new workout video subscription service landing in the highest-end tier. The bundles will be geared towards families and will integrate with existing Family Sharing features." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple’s Prime equivalent “Apple One” will launch in October" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Spotify will begin public tests of their voice-controlled smart assistant for cars, a device that will help the company learn how people consume audio while they are driving. The ‘Car Thing’ will be available to some premium users for free. It plugs into the car’s 12-volt outlet and connects to devices via Bluetooth. Users activate the device by saying ‘Hey, Spotify’. There are currently no intentions to launch the device more broadly to the public, and the device is only being tested with select people. Spotify states that its focus is on becoming the world’s best audio platform, not on creating hardware." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify begins testing its first hardware: a car smart assistant" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A recent study on the role of ducks in dispersing fish eggs has found that some eggs remain viable after being eaten and pooped out by waterfowl. The researchers fed eight captive ducks roughly 500 eggs each from two invasive species of carp. Six of the ducks passed living eggs in their feces, and three fish successfully hatched. A single carp can lay up to 1.5 million eggs several times a year. Even a tiny percentage of surviving eggs is significant and helps explain how fish sometimes seem to appear out of nowhere in isolated bodies of water." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fish Eggs Can Survive a Journey Through Both Ends of a Duck" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "How Notion, Lemonade, and BambooHR simplified their security and compliance Dreading audits, risk management, and manual evidence collection? For thousands of companies that use Drata, it’s much easier to achieve continuous SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS compliance and many more.“Our team spent between 500-600 hours preparing for an SOC 2 audit. That’s a lot of time taken away from delivering product. I expect" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Notion, Lemonade, and BambooHR simplified their security and compliance" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A feedforward neural network, also known as a Multi-layered Network of Neurons, is a network of models where information only travels forward through input nodes and output nodes. Traditional models such as the Perceptron are limited to linear functions. Multilayered-Network of Neurons are able to handle the complex decision boundary between inputs and outputs. This article is a guide on how to build and test a simple neuron network from scratch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Building a Feedforward Neural Network from Scratch in Python" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Spotify has released its Car Thing dashboard smart music player. The device provides a way to listen to Spotify in the car without needing to look at a phone or use clunky built-in car interfaces. It costs $90 and users will need a Spotify Premium subscription to use it. Car Thing can be controlled using voice commands. Spotify has planned updates for the device based on feedback from its initial release. Pictures of the device are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify Car Thing is a $90 thing that plays Spotify in your car" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a collection of shading techniques to allow developers to add textures, lighting, shadows, normal maps, glowing objects, ambient occlusion, and more to their 3D games. Each technique is explained in a way that can be applied to whatever stack a developer chooses. Examples are given using the Panda3D game engine and OpenGL Shading Language." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "3D Game Shaders For Beginners" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Site Reliability Engineers protect, provide for, and progress the software and systems behind all of Google's public services. Their role is to keep important, revenue-critical systems up despite acts of God, outages, and configuration errors. The team hires from both systems and software backgrounds. This site contains three books on Site Reliability Engineering that can be accessed online for free, as well as links and information on how to join the Google SRE team." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Building Secure and Reliable Systems" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The wait for a heart or lung transplant takes an average of four months. Kidneys can take up to five years. Blood types can affect whether organs are accepted by a body's immune system. This can cause some patients to miss out on transplants if they have the wrong blood type. A large group of scientists have converted type-A lungs into type-O lungs using a combination of technologies. The technology also allows surgeons to use lungs that couldn't have been used otherwise due to injury or infection." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists create universal blood-type organs for transplant" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk has been working on adding rocket thrusters to the second-generation Tesla Roadster for speed. He told Joe Rogan in a recent interview that he has been considering using the thrusters to make the Roadster hover as well. Making a car hover is dangerous, but Musk thinks it will be ok if the car doesn't hover too high. It is sure to create a headache for safety regulators if he is able to pull it off when the new Roadster comes out in 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk tells Joe Rogan he wants the new Tesla Roadster to hover" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Arco Design is a React UI components library with more than 60 crafted components based on the Arco Design system. All components are written in TypeScript. The design tokens can be altered to build custom themes. A market is available for materials management." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Arco Design" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has shared a 49-second long time-lapse video from Gigafactory Shanghai. It is linked in the article. Elon Musk had wanted to produce a factory that functioned as a product and looked alien. By version 3, the 'alien dreadnought' will be completely automated, with people only present to maintain the machines, upgrade them, and deal with anomalies. At the end of the last quarter, Tesla had an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles at Gigafactory Shanghai." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla Video Shows Gigafactory Shanghai Automation Nearing 'Alien Dreadnought' Phase" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New York's new mayor Eric Adams wants to transform the city into one hospitable to cryptocurrency. Adams used Miami as an example of a city doing well after trying to become a blockchain paradise, despite recent evidence that the project has run into numerous legal and practical roadblocks. While it is not clear what Adams intends to do, it may mean challenging the state's requirements for entities who want to carry out cryptocurrency-related transactions to obtain a Bitlicense." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New NYC Mayor Eric Adams Wants the City to Have Its Own Cryptocurrency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A subsidiary of the antivirus giant Avast called Jumpshot sold highly sensitive web browsing data to many of the world's biggest companies. Jumpshot says it has data from 100 million devices, which it received from Avast. The data includes Google searches, location lookups and GPS coordinates in Google Maps, and browser history information. Using the data, it is possible to identify individual users and the search terms they used on a wide range of sites, including YouPorn and PornHub. The data doesn't contain users' names, but there is enough specific browsing data to deanonymize certain users. Avast collected the data via a browser plugin designed to warn users of suspicious websites. It claimed to have stopped sending customer data to Jumpshot after the data collection was publicly exposed in 2015, but documents indicate that the data collection is still ongoing through the antivirus software itself. Jumpshot sells a variety of different products based on the data." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This website contains a collection of tools to help developers design websites without requiring any artistic ability. Developers can select resources from categories including Art, Fonts, Color, Generators, Inspiration, Videos, and more. Examples of resources include photo libraries, CSS generators, and logo makers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "No Design Development" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Airspeeder is a startup that aims to host a full-scale flying car race in South Australia before the end of the year. The flying cars are cheaper than helicopters and faster than air taxis. There will be no drivers racing in the vehicles initially, but the company plans to obtain the licensing to allow real pilots in the races." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The F1 of the future: Flying cars set to take to the skies in outback Coober Pedy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Since 2002, SpaceX has been working to make space travel cheaper and more accessible. Its Starship is a large vehicle that could theoretically carry people into space and land safely back on Earth. Starship will be able to return to space multiple times using a rapidly reusable orbital rocket. Spaceships need to become more like airplanes, with reusable vehicles, in order for them to be a viable form of transport. SpaceX plans to have more prototypes of Starship built in the next six months. A Japanese billionaire has announced that he has booked a trip as a private passenger with SpaceX for a voyage to the moon next year. SpaceX has partnered with NASA on the Commercial Crew Program to transport crew to and from the International Space Station." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk Unveils SpaceX's New Starship, Designed To Fly To The Moon, Mars And Beyond" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains predictions on what will happen in the next decade. The climate crisis will likely be to this century what the two world wars were to the previous one. It will require a re-allocation of capital that will result in cleaner energy and efforts to protect the environment. Automation will continue to lower the cost of production and services, and this will change how we work and distribute wealth. China will become the world's dominant superpower while the US becomes more internally focused and isolated. Cryptocurrencies will become the norm, and this will be led by China as the US and Europe will struggle with slow regulatory changes. A decentralized internet will emerge. Much of the world's food production will move to laboratories, with plant-based food diets becoming dominant by the end of the decade. Mass surveillance by governments and corporations will become normal, and new products will emerge for people to protect their privacy. A new generation will start dominating many institutions, meaning age and experience will be less valued by shareholders, voters, and other stakeholders. Progress in genetics will mean we start winning the fight against cancer and other terminal illnesses. Fertility and reproduction will also significantly change. There will be an era of genetic inequality and moral confusion." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What Will Happen In The 2020s" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung is trying to help people convert old phones into new IoT devices with its new Galaxy Upcycling at Home service for users in the US, UK, and South Korea. Users can access the feature through the SmartThings app. The app gives old phones the ability to perform as a light and sound sensor, and as a hub to control other devices. The program aims to reduce the number of phones sitting in landfills by making the process of repurposing an old phone easier." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Samsung's New Upcycling Program Allows You To Turn an Old Galaxy Phone Into a New IoT Device" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In Japan, 'jouhatsu' are people who disappear and continue to conceal their whereabouts for years. There are companies called 'night moving' services that help people who want to disappear discreetly. In Japan, privacy is fiercely protected, making it easier to disappear. Police will only intervene if there is a crime or an accident. The only option for people to find out what happened to their missing loved ones is by hiring a private detective." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The companies that help people vanish" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "workerd is a JavaScript/Wasm runtime based on the same code that powers Cloudflare Workers. There are some changes designed to make workerd more portable to other environments compared to Cloudflare Workers. workerd can be used to self-host applications, for local development and testing, or as an application host or proxy. It is currently in beta." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing workerd: the Open Source Workers runtime" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple plans to kill CAPTCHAs with its new Private Access Tokens technology. Private Access Tokens can prove that an HTTP request is coming from a human by recognizing if a client device is following typical user patterns. Signed tokens are sent to servers in a multi-step process that doesn't involve the server knowing anything about the device or user. Using Private Access Tokens requires a device running iOS 16 or macOS Ventura. Apple is working to make Private Access Tokens a web standard. More on how the technology works is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Apple could kill CAPTCHAs with Private Access Tokens" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As one of the largest social networks, Facebook receives a massive amount of content from users all over the world. While Facebook has rules regarding the type of content that is allowed on the platform, not all users follow these rules. A team exists which reviews the content to see if it should be removed or not. Some of the content is extremely graphic and can cause lasting mental health issues with the employees who are tasked with viewing it. Employees in this team are paid significantly less than the average Facebook employee and are subject to harsher work conditions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Trauma Floor" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Airbus is developing a hydrogen-fueled airliner to potentially unlock the prospect of zero-emission air travel by 2035. It has revealed three concept aircraft: a propeller-driven regional aircraft, a short-to-medium-haul airliner, and a radical ‘blended-wing’ aircraft. The company will continue to create concepts, choosing one of the concepts to focus on by 2025. One of the concepts uses a pod configuration, with pods that contain everything needed to lift the aircraft. The pods are designed so that they can be assembled, installed, removed, and disassembled quickly to provide an elegant solution to refueling issues." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Airbus reveals hydrogen ‘plane pods’ concept" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Directus is an open-source library that installs on top of any SQL database, automatically creating REST and GraphQL APIs and a no-code Data Studio. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Turn any SQL database into an API and no-code app" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Svelte Storm is a Svelte IDE with a built-in State Manager window for viewing projects in real-time. It features file directory access and a built-in terminal. Svelte Storm is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Svelte Storm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Starbucks and Amazon have opened up a pick-up cafe in midtown Manhattan that uses Amazon's cashierless technology. The cafes are designed to attract busy consumers who want to make quick purchases. Two more locations are set to open over the next year. The cafe stocks a variety of food options and items commonly found in convenience store checkout lines in addition to the Starbucks menu. It is open till 10 pm on weekdays and 9 pm on weekends." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Starbucks and Amazon are opening cashierless coffee shop in Manhattan. Take a look inside" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hey guys, doing a quick end of year reader survey to get a better idea of who is reading TLDR, if you could take a second to fill it out I would really appreciate it! 🙏" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TLDR Reader Survey\nHey guys, doing a quick end of year reader survey to get a better idea of who is reading TLDR, if you could take a second to fill it out I would really appreciate it! 🙏\nThanks for reading! If you enjoy TLDR I would really appreciate you spreading the word by forwarding this to your friends! 🙏\nIf you are just now finding out about TLDR, you can subscribe here!\nGive feedback by replying here or messaging me on Twitter @tldrdan!\nIf you don't want to receive future editions of TLDR, please click here.\n \n)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Dev Tips is sort of a cool novelty newsletter for programmers, it gives a developer tip once a week in the form of a gif. Usually they're pretty short handy things you never knew you wanted, for example there are a ton of useful functionalities in Chrome's Developer Tools that I've discovered through this." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dev Tips" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Trickbot is a for-hire botnet that has infected more than one million devices since 2016. Microsoft and a host of industry partners recently took coordinated action to disrupt the network. After identifying Trickbot's servers, Microsoft and its partners initiated legal actions to get hosting providers to take them down. While the botnet is currently out of action, the operators can still revive it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Trickbot—the for-hire botnet Microsoft attacked—is scrambling to stay alive" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is The Guardian's job search page. Job seekers can search by job title, area, and remote working options, or browse for jobs by sector, location, job titles, and more. They can also upload their CVs and sign up for job alerts. The page contains articles on career advice." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Jobs that suit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Last year, SpaceX bought two oil rigs off the coast of Texas to convert them into ocean spaceports. One of the rigs, Phobus, has been moved to Pascagoula, Mississippi, where a shipbuilding and repair company will remove its drilling equipment. The project will take six months. Construction on the other oil rig, Deimos, has started already and it could begin launch operations next year. Both rigs will serve as ocean launch and landing platforms for Starship." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX is converting an oil rig into a floating launch pad in the ocean for its Starship rocket in Mississippi" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of ex-US government operatives working for the UAE used an iPhone exploit called ‘Karma’ to hack into the iPhones of activists, diplomats, and rival foreign leaders. The exploit is initiated when the attacker sends the target a special text message. Photos, emails, text messages, and location information were stolen using this exploit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UAE Used Cyber Super-Weapon to Spy on iPhones of Foes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "France is building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to replace its Charles de Gaulle carrier by 2038. According to French President Emmanuel Macron, the decision is part of France's climate strategy, and a nuclear-powered warship would output lower emissions compared to one powered by diesel fuel. An aircraft carrier would also help France project its global influence, as only a few countries in the world maintain the huge, costly vessels. The new aircraft carrier will weigh around 70,000 tons and measure 300 meters long. It will be designed to accommodate next-generation warplanes and serve until 2080. The estimated cost of the warship will be 7 billion euros." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "France to build new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Disney is reorganizing all of its media and entertainment businesses to focus on productions that will debut on its streaming and broadcast services. Its media businesses, ads and distribution, and Disney+ will now all operate under the same business unit. The company's shares moved up 6% in after-hours trading after the announcement. Specific details about the restructuring are in the article. The restructure is effective immediately." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Walt Disney announces reorganization to focus on streaming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Atmospheric lakes are a new type of storm discovered over the Indian Ocean. They are slow-moving pools of concentrated water vapor that can last for days. Atmospheric lakes are related to atmospheric rivers, a common phenomenon. The storms can sometimes turn into tropical cyclones. They form out of water vapor streams flowing in from the Indo-Pacific region and produce a lot of rain as they drift slowly to the eastern coast of Africa." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Newfound type of storm is a 1,000-km-wide puddle in the sky" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new Amazon Alexa feature can mimic any human's voice using less than a minute of recorded audio." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon to introduce a new Alexa feature to mimic anyone’s voice" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Extract public data from the most complex targets with Oxylabs Scraper APIs. Our Scraper APIs handle JavaScript-heavy websites and support large data requests using over 102 million global proxies. Receive data in JSON or CSV format and pay per successful request only. Try free for 3 weeks." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Oxylabs - Scraper APIs for large-scale data gathering" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex abruptly ceased operations on Wednesday. The exchange announced that it would be closed for five days as the company finalized an investment deal. Numerous local news outlets reported that Thodex's CEO fled to Thailand with $2 billion worth of digital assets. Its 400,000 users have been unable to access their accounts. The CEO made a statement on Thursday saying that he plans to return to Turkey and that the losses of users will be compensated. Turkey banned the use of cryptocurrencies last week. Citizens can hold crypto, but can't use it to make payments for goods or services." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Crypto Exchange Goes Dark: Near 400,000 Users Fear Possible $2B Fraud" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook is in the early stages of building camera-based search tools for Instagram. The feature will help users find products inside the app. Facebook Shops will soon arrive on Marketplace and WhatsApp. Businesses will be able to create storefronts in WhatsApp. The company is also working on a feature that will allow businesses to target ads based on people's individual shopping preferences." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook is working on visual search for shopping on Instagram" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This course breaks down the fundamentals of CSS. Its modules are designed to create well-rounded developers that are ready to take on any user interface. Each module contains interactive demos and self-assessments. The course was created for developers of all skill levels." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learn CSS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "European Union member nations have agreed to close external borders to most people from other countries for 30 days in an effort to slow the coronavirus pandemic. Movement within the EU nations will still be allowed. The United Kingdom has not applied restrictions to its borders. Medical staff or people transporting medicines and goods will not be restricted from travel. Canada has closed its borders except for US citizens, and France has mandated that the nation stay home for up to 15 days, except for essential needs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "European Union will close external borders for 30 days to slow coronavirus pandemic" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Citizen is an app where users can report incidents in their neighborhoods to alert other nearby users. The app is planning to add a feature where users can summon private security workers. Citizen has been actively testing the program and users have reported fast response times. Citizen also offers Protect, a service that assigns digital bodyguards to monitor people when they are walking alone. Some experts have criticized Citizen, saying that the app leads people to report incidents that aren't crimes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Leaked Emails Show Crime App Citizen Is Testing On-Demand Security Force" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died two months after the operation. No exact cause of death has been announced. The patient survived significantly longer than other patients in previous attempts at xenotransplantation. The experiment provided doctors with invaluable insights, adding to other research involving gene-edited pig organs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A man who got the 1st pig heart transplant has died after 2 months" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "pack is a command-line interface that makes it easy to use, develop, and package buildpacks for distribution and application maintenance. It is a CLI implementation of the Platform Interface Specification for Cloud Native Buildpacks." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "pack - Buildpack CLI" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from ETH Zurich have designed an economical swimming microrobot inspired by starfish larvae. Starfish larvae are covered in hundreds of thousands of tiny hairs that help the creatures move by creating vortices in the water around them. The robots' swimming direction can be controlled using ultrasound waves. The microrobots could one day be used to deliver drugs in the body and the ultrasound-activated cilia could find use in manipulating small volumes of liquid." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Starfish larvae inspire vortex-powered microrobot" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new feature for Uber drivers in California will let them set their own prices for some circumstances instead of accepting Uber's set price. Drivers will be able to increase fares up to five times more than Uber's original price. The test is currently limited to drivers going to airports from Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, or Sacramento. California has recently implemented a new gig work law that changes how independent contractors are classified. The new fare-setting system is part of Uber's plan to continue classifying drivers as independent contractors. Other new changes include drivers receiving more trip information before accepting rides, drivers being able to reject customers without penalties, customers being given estimated prices rather than exact prices upfront, and the ability for customers to select favorite drivers to request them again." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber tests letting California drivers set their own prices" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Singapore has started to employ robots to patrol its streets to detect undesirable social behavior. The robots patrolled a housing estate and shopping center as part of a three-week trial during September. Singapore is frequently criticized for its tight controls. The country is set to increase its use of intrusive surveillance technologies. Its government says that the use of patrolling robots is a response to an impending labor shortage as the population ages. Using robots reduces the number of officers needed for foot patrols." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New robots patrolling for 'anti-social behaviour' causing unease in Singapore streets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is the largest chipmaker in the world. It is building a new plant to make 3-nanometer chips that are expected to be up to 70 percent faster and more power-efficient than the most advanced chips in production now. The company has largely gone unnoticed as the chips it manufactures are sold in branded products. Due to global chip shortages, in combination with political factors, TSMC is possibly the most important company in the world that few people have heard of." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TSMC: How a Taiwanese chipmaker became a linchpin of the global economy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Digital Dollar Project was founded in 2020 to investigate and promote research into a central bank digital currency (CBDC). It recently declared that it will launch five pilot programs over the next 12 months to test the possible deployment of a CBDC in the US. The recent interest in cryptocurrencies places control of money back into the private sector, so central banks worldwide are executing CBDC projects to confront threats and improve payment systems for the next generation of financial technology. The data generated from the pilot programs will be publicly available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The US Just Announced Plans to Test Five Digital Currencies" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Department of Justice has announced the indictment of four members of China's military over the 2017 hack of Equifax. Using a vulnerability in the framework used by Equifax, the hackers obtained sensitive information such as names, social security numbers, birthdates, addresses, driver's license numbers, and sometimes even credit card numbers. Around 150 million Americans were affected by the attack. This is the second time the DOJ has indicted members of China's People's Liberation Army in an economic espionage case. There is no evidence that the stolen data has been used. People in the US are getting used to hearing about data breaches and should be more careful about managing the data that they give to companies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Equifax was hacked by Chinese military officers, federal prosecutors say" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has set the Optimus humanoid robot project as a priority. The company has assigned the Autopilot team to the Tesla Bot project, despite missing several timelines for delivering Full Self-Driving. Some customers have filed a class action lawsuit against Tesla over its claims about Autopilot and FSD. Tesla is expected to unveil its first working prototype of the Optimus robot at the company's AI Day 2 event at the end of this month." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla is borrowing Autopilot team for Optimus humanoid robot project" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sunshine Contacts is a new contact management application for iOS devices by former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. It combines data from Apple's contacts app and Gmail with data from public sources to help organize and clean contacts, fill in missing information, and delete duplicate entries. Sunshine will launch as a free, invite-only service." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sunshine Contacts is an invite-only address book app from Marissa Mayer’s new startup" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "US regulators will rule on Wednesday on authorizing booster doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines. Some announcements later today may include the allowing of the mixing and matching of Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 booster doses. Several million Americans have already received a third dose to boost Pfizer's vaccine. The booster recommendations won’t become official until after the CDC’s director affirms who should get them and when." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "FDA official: Booster announcements coming Wednesday" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Telegram users have been able to unsend messages sent within 48 hours for a while now, but a new update will allow users to delete any message in their private chats, regardless of who sent it and when it was sent. To access this feature, users just have to hold down on any message and an option will pop up to delete the message from both devices. Another feature has also been introduced that will let users send anonymous messages that can't be linked back to their account profiles. Other changes include searchable settings and emojis, and Voiceover and Talkback are now enabled." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Telegram Now Lets You Delete a Received Message From Sender's Device" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A list showcasing the greatest iOS development tools, including websites, desktop, and mobile apps, and back-end services. A weekly update delivered right to your inbox. Sent once a week, every Friday. No spam, not ever. Unsubscribe at any time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "iOS Dev Tools" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Wuhan, China's seventh-largest city, with approximately 11 million people, will be under a partial quarantine starting on Thursday. All transport from the city has been canceled due to the coronavirus that originated from the city. 17 people have been killed by the virus so far, which was first reported on December 31. The World Health Organization is convening on an emergency meeting regarding the coronavirus. Cases of coronaviruses infecting humans are more common in China due to close contact with domestic animals and the consumption of wild animals. The SARS epidemic in 2003 killed over 800 people. Information being released by the Chinese government regarding the virus is questionable. Mass migrations due to the Lunar New Year is a major concern as it is a perfect recipe for a worldwide epidemic." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Wuhan’s 11 Million People Face Quarantine as Virus Fears Spread" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This page generates a YAML script based on an editable configuration. Users can specify resource types, DNS policies, containers, and other settings and easily export them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kubernetes YAML Generator" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meet Clay, a private social network, stunning address book, and so much more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "👋📱Your Contacts App is Holding You Back From Your Next Big Opportunity" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has released iCloud Passwords, an official iCloud Keychain Chrome extension for Windows and Mac. Users will now be able to sync passwords across Windows and Mac with ease. Passwords created in Chrome for Windows will sync back to iCloud. iCloud Passwords is available now in the Chrome Web Store." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple releases Chrome extension for iCloud passwords" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google's Project Loon is a project designed to launch balloons into the stratosphere to bring internet to remote or rural areas where cell towers aren't economical. A Loon spokesperson says \"It's easiest to think of them as floating cellphone towers. Loon works with mobile network operators to extend their networks to unconnected or under-connected communities.\" Loon will be launching balloons in Kenya in 2019 to provide service to Kenyans in rural and mountainous regions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google's balloon internet is coming to Kenya in 2019" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new optical system can bioprint complex, highly viable living tissue in just a few seconds. It works by projecting a laser down a spinning tube containing hydrogel full of stem cells, solidifying targeted locations to create a useful 3D shape. When the shape is completed, endothelial cells are added to create vessels in the tissue. The technique has been used to create heart-like valves, a complex femur part, and a meniscus. While it can only print tissues a few inches across, the technique is still clinically useful. Being able to produce customized organs with speed could be helpful for implants and repairs. It might also reduce the need for animal testing as organs can be produced as needed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists bioprint living tissue in a matter of seconds" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Herpesviruses latch on to a protein in the first cell they infect and then carry this protein along with them to other cells. The protein helps the virus latch onto a motor protein that carries it towards the cell nucleus. The virus was no longer able to spread after scientists mutated the gene that encodes the protein to remove its ability to latch onto the motor protein. It is possible that similar processes happen in other well-studied viruses given how difficult it was to detect this process in herpesviruses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Herpesviruses steal one cell’s protein, use it to infect another" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber has laid off a third of its marketing team in a cost-cutting effort. After its initial public offering in May, investors questioned whether the unprofitable company could make money. In the past few months, Uber has lost many key executives and employees. Uber posted its slowest growth in years and a loss of more than $1 billion during its first quarter. Wall Street analysts project more losses when Uber reports its second-quarter earnings. An email sent to Uber's marketing staff said that the 400 layoffs were due to the team being bloated and that decision-making was unclear." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber Lays Off 400 as Profitability Doubts Linger After IPO" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sumitomo Forestry and Kyoto University are working together to develop wooden satellites. Space junk is becoming an increasing problem. 60% of the nearly 6,000 satellites currently circling Earth are defunct. Nearly a thousand satellites will be launched every year this decade. Sumitomo Group was founded more than 400 years ago and it is currently developing wooden materials that are highly resistant to temperature changes and sunlight. Wooden satellites would burn up in the atmosphere without releasing harmful substances or raining debris to the ground. Current satellites burn and create tiny alumina particles that float in the upper atmosphere for many years, which will eventually affect the environment of the Earth." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon will be hiring an additional 100,000 employees in the US to meet the surge in demand from online shopping due to the coronavirus outbreak. It will also raise pay for employees by $2 an hour in the US, £2 per hour in the UK, and approximately €2 per hour in many EU countries until the end of April. Amazon has experienced product shortages and delivery delays. Some fulfillment center employees have been taking time off work due to the virus. Amazon has launched a $25 million relief fund for grants that are equal or up to two weeks of pay if an employee is diagnosed with COVID-19. Extra precautions such as cleaning and enforcing hygiene standards have been implemented at Amazon's fulfillment centers. Amazon has advised global employees to work from home if they are able to." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon to hire 100,000 more workers and give raises to current staff to deal with coronavirus demands" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Source code from more than 50 high-profile companies was leaked onto a public GitLab repository. The code was obtained by scanning third-party sources and misconfigured DevOps applications. Some of the code includes credentials. Leaked source code can have serious impacts as it gives cybercriminals all the information they need to exploit the software. A list of the affected companies is linked in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Disney, Microsoft, Nintendo, and 50 more hit by massive source code leak" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Some guy reverse engineered Google Earth's API so you can extract 3D images from Google Earth. He's still pushing commits pretty fast but it's already usable." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Earth Reverse Engineering" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A hacker claims to have stolen over 500GB of data from Microsoft's private GitHub repositories. The hacker had originally intended to sell the information but has now decided to give it away for free. A small code sample from the hacker showed nothing that seemed significant. Security experts are concerned that there may be some private API keys or passwords accidentally left behind in the repositories. It is unlikely that the leak is real as Microsoft has a rule that its GitHub repositories be made public within 30 days." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft's GitHub account allegedly hacked, 500GB stolen" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many people have chosen to stay at home in order to quell the coronavirus outbreak, leaving many cities seeming empty and abandoned. This page features video footage shot from drones showing cities around the world in their current empty state. It features many locations and shows many popular tourist destinations completely empty of people." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Haunting, Beautiful Drone Footage of Cities Under Quarantine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft has released a command-line app for recovering files from NTFS, FAT, exFAT, and ReFS file systems. Windows File Recovery can be used on local hard drives, USB drives, and SD cards. It should be used as soon as possible on deleted files before they are overwritten. Another feature called Previous Versions in Windows 10 allows users to recover documents if they have the File History setting enabled." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft’s new Windows File Recovery tool lets you retrieve deleted documents" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Charli D’Amelio has reached 100 million followers on TikTok. Only two other creators have surpassed 50 million followers. D’Amelio reached 100 million subscribers in record time, having only started posting on TikTok in May 2019. Recently, the D’Amelio family has been trying to move beyond TikTok, launching a podcast, expanding into YouTube, and announcing a book deal. While TikTok offers payouts to creators, many have been disappointed with the returns." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Charli D’Amelio hits 100 million TikTok followers" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon's delivery drones are still in the testing phase. Walmart started its drone delivery service by partnering with DroneUp, a drone startup. Alphabet's Wing recently completed its 200,000th delivery. Amazon's delay in launching its drone delivery service may be due to safety regulations. Anytime there are significant changes to the drones, the certification process resets. The FAA has been trying to place drones and drone operators into existing categories so drone companies have to navigate around rules designed for aircraft." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla and PG&E have launched a virtual power plant in California. A virtual power plant uses distributed energy storage systems to provide grid services. The new system will allow Tesla Powerwall owners to receive $2 per kWh when the grid needs emergency support. There are about 50,000 eligible Powerwalls, which adds up to 500 MWh of energy capacity. The move could turn Tesla into a major decentralized electric utility company." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla launches new virtual power plant that pays Powerwall owners to help end brownouts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has a new smart grocery store cart that is equipped with a touchscreen and other hardware to automatically detect what items are being placed inside it. Shoppers can take the Dash Cart through a special lane when they are finished shopping to digitally check out their items without a human cashier. Amazon will deploy its first Dash Carts in a grocery store in the Los Angeles area. The store is currently up and running for online orders and will open for customers later this year. Dash Carts will only be able to handle about two bags of items, so customers who want to purchase more will need to use traditional carts and standard checkout lanes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon’s new smart shopping cart lets you check out without a cashier" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A game modder recently released a The Witcher 3 PC mod that uses AI to generate brand-new lines for the characters. Companies are increasing their use of AI voices in game development and it is making voice actors in the industry nervous. Game companies use AI voices for testing purposes and for scenarios where it is impossible to record in advance, for example, when the dialogue requires details generated from players' choices. The ethics of the technology are also complicated, as no one can prohibit synthesizing any voice. A two-minute video showing scenes from the fan-made mod is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Voice AI is scary good now. Video game actors hate it" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "The next Google will have to be more than just an input box that returns links. A new generation of search engines is being developed that takes the idea of a search engine to new directions. This article looks at new search engines and shows what they offer. It talks about Kagi, Neeva, You.com, Andi, Brave, and Goggles, and explains how these companies are innovating in the space." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Next Google" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The need to regulate online privacy is so universally acknowledged that even Facebook and Google have petitioned regulators to make changes to the law. Recently, both Google and Facebook’s CEOs have written opinion pieces on privacy, ironically on websites which tracked every aspect of its visitors' movements while viewing the articles. Regulators have always seen privacy regulation as a way to keep private information safe. However, technological advancements require a new form of privacy to be defined. Ambient privacy is where people’s daily movements, conversations, interactions, and so forth should be left unrecorded. Until recently, ambient privacy was a fact of life, but now it is becoming more of an issue as technology develops and a lack of regulation means that data is being collected without users’ consent." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The New Wilderness" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The four known fundamental forces in our Universe are gravity, electromagnetism, and two nuclear interactions. Physicists may have observed a fifth physical force emerging from a helium atom. If its existence is confirmed, it could help scientists solve the dark matter problem. The force was first discovered after an anomaly was observed in the way beryllium-8 emits light as it decays. The direction that the energy moved was inconsistent with the law of conservation of energy. In order for this to be possible, a new kind of fundamental boson had to be involved. While the particle still hasn't been observed, experiments have shown that it is very likely it exists. The latest study has yet to be peer-reviewed, and many experiments will still need to be conducted to confirm the existence of X17." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists Claim They've Found Even More Evidence of a New Force of Nature" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Beta testers for Telegram's iOS app have discovered new features that are only accessible through a subscription to Telegram Premium. The subscription will likely involve adding features like premium stickers, reactions, and other features for business teams or power users. It will also likely remove ads for subscribers. The free parts of Telegram will continue to be free. Telegram only needs a small percentage of its users to subscribe in order to become the break-even business it wants to be." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Telegram ‘Premium’ subscription is showing up in beta builds of the app" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "JPEG, created by the Joint Photographic Experts Group in 1992, is the most used digital image format in the world. It uses lossy compression, so information is lost in the process, while maintaining good image quality. This article breaks down how JPEGs work, explaining in detail the maths and algorithms behind the image format." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How JPEG Compression Works" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Navigate on Autopilot is a new feature by Tesla that is moving it closer to its self-driving future. It offers step-by-step navigation overlayed on a map (like you would get from Google Maps or Waze) but the cool thing is that if you give it permission, it will execute the directions by itself. It can also be tuned for aggressiveness, with four modes: Disabled, Mild, Average, and Mad Max. This article is written by a reporter who got to try out Navigate on Autopilot for the first time, and he was very impressed, saying that he was \"overcome with an ice-cold 'this is the future' feeling.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla's Navigate on Autopilot is like Waze on steroids" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Fitbit announced a new premium service called Fitbit Care designed for health care customers or employers and health systems that use Fitbit to keep tabs on employees' health efforts and keep costs low. Users can download the Fitbit Plus app, which helps collect data from Fitbit and other medical devices. It also allows people to connect into support groups, and for users to connect with their doctors who can check their metrics through the app. Humana is the big launch partner for this project." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fitbit's focusing on the health care market with its new premium fitness coaching feature" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers have successfully made a robotic arm that can continually track and follow a computer cursor controlled by one’s thoughts. It uses a non-invasive brain-computer interface (BCI) developed at Carnegie Mellon University. Previous versions of BCIs have required invasive procedures to get high-resolution signals. The new approach to building BCIs improved BCI learning by nearly 60 percent for traditional tasks and continuous tracking of a computer cursor by over 500 percent. It has been tested on 68 able-bodied human subjects and the team plans to conduct clinical trials on patients in the near future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers Have Successfully Made First-Ever Robotic Arm That Can Be Controlled By Your Mind" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple hit a market cap of $2 trillion on Wednesday and is the first publicly traded US company to reach the milestone. It broke the barrier just before 11 am with a price of $467.77. Apple first reached a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018. It posted a strong third quarter in late July, reporting $59.7 billion in revenue and double-digit growth in its products and services. While Apple closed many of its retail stores during the quarter, work-from-home trends and strong online sales boosted overall operations." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple becomes first U.S. company to reach a $2 trillion market cap" } ]