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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Rocket Lab has announced plans to build a rocket capable of lifting 8 tons. The Neutron booster will be able to launch constellations of satellites. Its design will balance affordability and carrying capacity. Many larger rockets are capable of carrying up to 20 tons of payload, but the average payload size for all rockets is about 4.5 tons. The reduced costs due to size will mean that Rocket Labs will be able to directly compete with providers like SpaceX. Neutron will be reusable and capable of human spaceflight." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rocket Lab will directly challenge SpaceX with its proposed Neutron launcher" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hermes is a JavaScript engine optimized for running React Native on Android. It features fast app launch times, decreased memory usage, small app sizes, ahead-of-time static optimization, and compact bytecode. Hermes can be integrated into existing React Native apps." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hermes JS Engine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Voyager and Lockheed Martin have partnered with Hilton to design astronaut facilities for the Starlab space station." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hilton will design suites and sleeping quarters for Voyager’s private Starlab space station" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In 2019, record-breaking fires hit Australia, the US, Indonesia, Russia, Lebanon, and the Amazon. Brazil has continued to encourage deforestation in its rainforests, increasing it throughout 2020. The fires were the result of heavy deforestation unbalancing the ecosystem. Scientists have used technology to analyze how forests grow in order to recreate optimal situations for regrowing the forests. A network of seeds, fungi, and fertilizers are already hard at work creating the next generation of trees." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to reverse-engineer a rainforest" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "These are some free, nice-looking product landing page templates. Every template has a live demo, but the site requires you to sign up with Google, Facebook, or Twitter to download them. If you're planning on launching a side project soon, these will probably be helpful." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cruip (HTML/CSS Templates)" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscription is due to roll out early next year. Tesla had previously hoped to offer the subscription by the end of 2020. The subscription service might be the key to boosting adoption as the $10,000 upgrade option might be too expensive, especially for those not completely sold on the technology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscription arrives in early 2021" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "'Clean Code' by Robert Martin describes concepts that define a high-quality codebase, but good examples are hard to come by. Many examples given in this thread are developer tools or programs with very specific inputs and outputs, but there are few examples given of consumer applications. Some examples of codebases where the developer carefully commented every line were provided, but it was pointed out that if code is written well, not every line requires a comment. Many consumer applications stop development after shipping, so a high-quality, well-documented codebase is not absolutely necessary." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What are the “best” codebases that you've encountered?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OnZoom is Zoom's new online event hosting platform. Hosts can organize free and paid events on OnZoom, with PayPal integration for ticket sales. It will only be available to paid subscribers in the US at launch. There are no additional fees for paid users to use OnZoom, but Zoom may take a cut of ticket sales next year. A new feature called Zapp allows Zoom users to open apps like Dropbox, Slack, and Asana directly inside a Zoom meeting. Zoom is also focusing on integrating online education tools." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Zoom is releasing a new tool to let paid users charge for admission to online events like conferences or fitness classes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ricky Dillon has been documenting the major moments of his life on YouTube since he was in junior high school. By 2012, Dillon had 200,000 followers, and in 2013, he moved into a shared house with other content creators to collaborate on a project. The group won a Teen Choice Award, and their subscriber count went up to 2.5 million. Making it on YouTube these days is a little harder. Nowadays, Dillon speaks at events for newer social media stars, edits videos for other YouTubers, and still runs his own YouTube channel, but he no longer feels the pressure to create and post content when he doesn't feel like it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "An Early YouTube Star Grows Up" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Neuralink will demonstrate a working device on August 28. The device is likely to be a brain-machine interface. Elon Musk has also promised a demo of neurons firing in real-time at the event. Neuralink's goal is to connect to the brain in a non-invasive way to merge human brains with AI. A special robot was created to attach the company's technology to the brain. The second generation of the robot will be unveiled at the event." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk promises demo of a working Neuralink device on Friday" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Notpla is a startup that creates edible packaging made from seaweed and plant extracts. Water-filled pods will be available for runners at a half-marathon in London on March 1. The pods are made by dipping a sphere of ice in a mixture of calcium chloride and brown algae extract. The extract forms an edible membrane that holds everything in place as the ice melts. These packets of water can be opened by biting and then eaten or thrown away. The packaging will quickly biodegrade. While the design can replace plastic bottles in some situations, they are biodegradable and can only hold small amounts of water, so a more long-term solution for plastic bottles still needs to be found." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This edible blob filled with water means you don’t need a plastic bottle" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A recent streamed event discussed how to learn new skills when practicing social distancing. The talk discussed how to choose skills, making an action plan to learn the chosen skill/s, planning out time and avoiding procrastination, and various mentalities to adopt in order to ensure and recognize success. A link to the talk is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "#LockdownConf: How to Learn New Skills While Social Distancing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Build In-App Chat + Feeds, Faster Activate your free Stream Chat trial to start building today. Qualifying small teams and personal dev projects can also apply for the free-forever Stream Maker Account." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Build In-App Chat + Feeds, Faster" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New Hampshire has become a magnet for cryptocurrency buffs, with more than 20 businesses accepting some form of cryptocurrency payment. In March, authorities raided the offices of a group that was involved in a Bitcoin dispenser business. Six people were held in custody and charged with wire fraud. Prosecutors have been treating the unregulated Bitcoin system as a loosely organized criminal conspiracy and have targeted projects that try to keep coins anonymous. This article tells the story of the raid and looks into the background of some of the people involved." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The sacking of a crypto mecca" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "After we die, our physical affairs may be easily taken care of, but our digital footprint is much more difficult to remove. Specialist companies exist that provide ‘digital undertaking’ services, where the company will track down and remove information about the deceased, and failing to do so, will flood search engine results with false information to hide real information about the deceased. Social media companies such as Facebook have introduced features such as allowing a legacy contact to delete or memorialize a deceased person’s page. With the increasing amount of data that we volunteer to the internet, removing the information after we die is increasingly important." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The weird rise of cyber funerals" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The most effective teams are stable, multi-disciplinary, and aligned to product delivery. Therefore, you want to try to build an organization to match what you want to ship. There may be good reasons to go against this guiding principle, but the tradeoff will always be delivery speed. This article discusses the different paradigms that teams might operate in and talks about the pros and cons of each approach." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Designing Engineering Organizations" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook will host the premiere of The Outsider, a documentary about the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. The film will be available for 12 hours from August 19 at 8 PM ET. There will be a Facebook Live panel discussion after the premiere. Virtual tickets will cost $4. Facebook won't be taking a cut of ticket sales as it is waiving commissions on creators' revenue until 2023. The Outsider will hit theaters and other streaming platforms in September." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook will host a paid movie premiere this month" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Lingang is a 120-square-kilometer area southeast of Shanghai that was designated as China's top free-trade area by Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2018. It is supposed to be the new center for high-end technological industries. The project has attracted billions of dollars in investments. Despite the high levels of investment, Lingang is still largely a ghost town. The government hopes that Lingang will house around 800,000 residents by 2025." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Shanghai Built Its Own Silicon Valley, and Very Few Came" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nginx is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, a mail proxy server, and a generic TCP/UDP proxy server. This GitHub repository contains a quick reference to setting up and operating an Nginx server. It is recommended that the guide is used as a reference, rather than a complete walk-through, as it recommends a restrictive setup which may not be what is required for all servers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nginx Quick Reference" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "wholeWheatButterfly had a comfortable job in a FAANG company but felt unfulfilled with the work, so they decided to leave for something more meaningful. Their Financial Independence-based mindset strongly influenced their decision-making during this process. After leaving the FAANG job for a role at a not-for-profit research center at a significant pay cut, they found that the work wasn't as fulfilling as they thought it would be. At the end of the day, a fulfilling job was still a job." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I left a FAANG pre-FI for a more fulfilling job and took more than a 50% pay cut. It was not everything I expected it to be" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has a new referral program, where if you convince a friend to buy a Tesla, they will blast a laser-etched photo of your choice into space, presumably on a SpaceX rocket. If you refer a second friend, you can get a wall connector with Elon Musk's signature, or a children-sized drivable Model S. There are even better perks all the way up to five referrals, where you get a week with a Tesla Electric Semi truck for free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk Will Send Your Photo Into Space If You Can Convince a Friend to Buy a Tesla" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Internet Research Agency (IRA) is a private company linked with the Kremlin that is often used for disinformation campaigns. On Election day 2018 the US Cyber Command took the IRA completely offline in a rare offensive attack. Usually, the Pentagon’s cyber activity is defensive, as attacks against foreign governments may be interpreted as an act of war. However, as most cyber attacks are carried out via unofficial agencies against other unofficial agencies, there is usually little political blowback. Russian influence in US Elections via misinformation is a real threat, and identifying and interfering with this activity is the main priority for US Intelligence agencies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "US Cyber Command attacked Russian troll farm on Election Day 2018" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook will hold its annual shareholder meeting on May 30 and has confirmed the investor proposals that will be voted on during the event. There are eight proposals to be voted on, including one that makes the case for Mark Zuckerberg to be removed as chairman and replaced with an independent executive. Zuckerberg has more than 50% of the voting power at Facebook, so changes are unlikely, but that is why shareholders are submitting the proposal in the first place." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook's activist shareholders are making another dramatic bid to oust Mark Zuckerberg and abolish the firm's share structure" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "As a real-time chat platform, Discord wants its databases to respond to the high frequency of queries as fast as possible." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Discord Supercharges Network Disks for Extreme Low Latency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This tutorial aims to give the student an understanding of Pytorch's Tensor library and neural networks at a high level. The student will train a small neural network to classify images. A two-minute video is available to preview the course." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DEEP LEARNING WITH PYTORCH: A 60 MINUTE BLITZ" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Reticulum Network Stack is a 'prepper' version of the internet that is designed to exist alongside or on top of the traditional internet. It is a streamlined communications tool that can be quickly deployed in case of systemic telecom failure. The system is designed so that anyone can easily build secure and long-range networks with simple tools. It can run on almost any device and can be put together with minimal telecom and computer knowledge in about an hour. More information about the Reticulum Network Stack is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Prepper Is Building a Post-Apocalyptic Internet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer since 1996, will leave Apple later this year to form an independent design company. LoveFrom will count Apple as one of its primary clients. Ive has worked on all major Apple products, including the design of Apple retail stores. He had a close working and personal relationship with Steve Jobs and has largely maintained a private life despite his high profile." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Jony Ive leaving Apple after nearly 30 years to start new design firm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Usually, if a company finds a product on Amazon that breaches copyright they can ask Amazon to take down the product listing. Project Zero is a new program by Amazon that will allow brands to take down counterfeit listings of products without review by Amazon. An enhanced protection system will automatically take down fake listings which match participating company’s brand logos, trademarks, and other information. Brands that are part of Project Zero can also opt-in for a product serialization service where Amazon will scan products for valid serial codes before it leaves the warehouse. Project Zero is in a closed beta and product removals will be monitored closely to prevent abuse." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon’s Project Zero will let brands take down counterfeit listings of their products" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Can you measure a dev team’s productivity without spying on developers? The software industry has a long history of using harmful metrics to measure developer productivity (ahem, lines of code written). But there’s an alternative: Swarmia rallies software teams around meaningful metrics that help ship better code faster. Instead of spying on developers, Swarmia helps find bottlenecks - which are almost always processes, not people.Over 1,000 teams use Swarmia to gain visibility into well-researched metrics around focus, delivery, collaboration, and quality. “The perfect overview of engineering productivity” - Roland Fiala, SVP of Engineering, Productsup.Swarmia is free for small teams and offers a 14-day free trial" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Can you measure a dev team’s productivity without spying on developers?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung held its CES 2020 press conference on Monday. The show featured robots, exoskeletons, AI, augmented reality, smart cities, and other technologies. The highlight of the show was Ballie, a robotic sphere fused with Samsung's artificial intelligence technology. It can recognize people, stream video, and operate smart home gadgets. A five-minute video showing these technologies is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Watch Samsung show off its robotic BB-8 lookalike Ballie, AR glasses, and exoskeleton demo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The EU has created an AI called iBorderCtrl that will analyze travelers at four border crossing points in Hungary, Latvia and Greece with countries outside the European Union. Travelers will answer questions like \"What's in your suitcase?\" into a webcam so the system can analyze and rate dozens of micro-gestures to determine if they're being truthful. If they are they will get a QR code to pass through, otherwise they will have their biometric information taken and will be reviewed by a human agent. This is still highly experimental, and the last version only worked 76% of the time, they are claiming the latest version works 85% of the time. In its current form, it will not have the final say in stopping anyone from crossing the border." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The EU plans to test an AI lie detector at border points" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from the University of California San Diego have developed a method to create neurons. The technique is able to convert astrocytes, the supporting cells in the brain, into neurons, the brain's information processing cells. Using the technique, which is a one-time gene therapy, the researchers were able to permanently reverse Parkinson's symptoms in mice. The mice were cured within three months after a single treatment and remained symptom-free for the rest of their lives." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This One-Time Neuron Treatment Reversed Parkinson's Disease in Mice" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snap has launched Lens Cloud, a server-side component for its developer platform that will help developers build dynamic, multiplayer experiences. Lens Cloud will let developers take advantage of multi-user services, use location-based services to anchor Lenses to places, and store assets on Snap's servers and load them on demand. Lenses are augmented reality apps that can be accessed in Snapchat. The storage service will launch in the coming months. Lens Cloud is free for Snap AR developers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With Lens Cloud, Snap offers backend services for its developer platform" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized LabCorp's at-home COVID-19 test kit. LabCorp will give first access to health care workers and first responders. The swab sample can be completed at home, but the sample will have to be sent to a lab for testing. It costs $119 per test. At-home testing removes the need for a clinician and lessens the need for extra personal protective equipment. The US is currently testing around 147,000 samples each day, which is still far below the number that experts say is required to control the outbreak." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First at-home COVID-19 testing kit authorized by the FDA" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is an open source project with examples of popular machine learning algorithms implemented in Python with the math behind each explained. The purpose is to help data scientists and developers understand the mathematics behind the algorithms they use. Each algorithm has a simple explanation and a Jupyter Notebook with the implementation code." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Homemade Machine Learning" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "IPv6 was published in 1998 and ratified as a standard in 2017. It does more than just provide for a larger address space than IPv4. Many of the terms and protocols in IPv4 either radically changed or disappeared in IPv6. This article explains how IPv4 concepts work in IPv6, with a focus on home and small office networks. It aims for a practical understanding and is not a complete description of IPv6." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hello IPv6: a minimal tutorial for IPv4 users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Russia has been accused of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit. The country has been testing new technology that it claims is for performing checks on Russian space equipment. Both US and UK officials have made statements on the threat posed by Russia. Russia is part of a space treaty that stipulates that outer space is to be explored purely for peaceful purposes. This is not the first time concerns have been raised over Russia's space activities." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Chinese app is able to create deepfakes in just seconds by using selfies. Users will need to provide a series of pictures showing various facial expressions, and then the app will be able to swap their faces with characters in any video. The app went viral as Chinese users placed themselves in scenes from well-known movies. Zao's privacy policy originally said that it had all rights to user-generated content, but this has now changed to say that Zao won't use content other than to improve the app. There are concerns over deepfake technology as it can be used to create videos to manipulate elections, defame someone, or to spread misinformation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese deepfake app Zao sparks privacy row after going viral" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter is in the early stages of testing a dislike button for some users on iOS. Dislikes will not be shown publicly and they won't be visible to the author. Twitter is using the button to see what people think is valuable to a conversation. It is unknown whether Twitter will expand the feature." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter for iOS begins testing dislike button for some users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Go champion Lee Se-dol has retired from professional play, stating that his decision was influenced by the rise of AI. Lee believes that no matter how good he gets at the game, there will always be an entity that he cannot defeat. For many years, Go was considered to be impossible for computer programs to master, as it has more possible configurations for pieces than atoms in the observable universe. In 2016, DeepMind's AlphaGo defeated Se-dol four matches to one. Lee is the only human to have ever beat AlphaGo in a tournament. In 2017, DeepMind released an improved version of AlphaGo called AlphaGo Zero. AlphaGo Zero was able to beat AlphaGo 100 games to nil after three days of training. Lee will play a game in December against a South Korean AI program called HanDol." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Former Go champion beaten by DeepMind retires after declaring AI invincible" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The China State Construction company recently put together a seven-story hotel in just 12 days. Most of the hotel was built in an automated factory. Once the parts and components of the building were ready, the workers simply had to piece them together on-site. Each component was digitally monitored to quickly identify faults and fix them. The process reduces material waste, construction waste, and energy consumption, as well as noise pollution on-site. A 30-second video showing the construction process is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With Seven Floors in 12 Days, China Builds Hotel in Record Time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An eight-year-old has discovered a way around her Apple Screen Time limits by using the iMessage App store. By accessing YouTube through the iMessage App store, the girl was able to keep watching YouTube well beyond her allotted app time. Children have always been finding ways around restrictions that parents place on them. Apple's parental controls aren't perfect, and iOS 13 was Apple's buggiest release in a long time. The company has since implemented new ways of developing and testing its software for the upcoming iOS 14 release." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Eight-year-old discovers iPhone Screen Time workaround to watch more YouTube" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Text Blaze is a Chrome extension that helps boost productivity and consistency with text snippets. Users can save any snippet of text as a shortcut and Text Blaze will replace the snippet text any time it is used in Chrome. Snippets can be shared with anyone." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Text Blaze" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "“The perfect overview of engineering productivity.” Swarmia finds bottlenecks without spying on developers Bottlenecks are almost always processes, not people, and you can find them without invasive tracking or soul crushing micro-measurement.Swarmia rallies software teams around meaningful metrics that help ship better code faster - think DORA, not lines of code written.Over 1,000 teams use Swarmia to gain visibility into well-researched metrics around focus, delivery, collaboration, and quality. “The perfect overview of engineering productivity” - Roland Fiala, SVP of Engineering, Productsup.Swarmia is free for small teams and offers a 14-day free trial" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "“The perfect overview of engineering productivity.” Swarmia finds bottlenecks without spying on developers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A series of experiments has revealed how large, unwanted changes to the genome can occur when CRISPR-Cas9 is used to modify human embryos. The studies showed that these unwanted changes occurred to target sites, not just in the surrounding areas. These changes are the result of the DNA-repair processes used by gene-editing tools. The results of these studies are likely to inform the ongoing debate over whether scientists should edit human embryos to prevent genetic diseases." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CRISPR gene editing in human embryos wreaks chromosomal mayhem" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Built by developers for developers. As one user said, \"Airbrake is the only tool I use for real-time bug monitoring & my team can react in a manner of minutes.\" Get started with a free dev account & receive unlimited monitoring for 30 days with Airbrake." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bugs bogging down code? Never miss an error with Airbrake" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nvidia's Big Accelerator Memory (BaM) method can make GPUs seamlessly work with SSDs. BaM will be particularly useful for workloads that use large datasets. To process large datasets efficiently, GPUs either need vast amounts of expensive special-purpose memory or efficient access to solid-state storage. BaM will allow Nvidia GPUs to fetch large amounts of data from SSDs and use it independently from the CPU, making graphics cards more self-sufficient than they are today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nvidia Unveils Big Accelerator Memory: Solid-State Storage for GPUs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A newly discovered species of chameleon is now the world's smallest known reptile. It may have the smallest adult males of any vertebrate, at 13.5 mm long. The chameleon was discovered in the northern regions of the island of Madagascar. Micro CT scans were used to make sure that the specimens were adults. The habitat of the new species is likely to be limited to just a few acres, putting it at risk of extinction." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Newly discovered \"nano-chameleon\" is world's smallest known reptile" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article looks at data on how much companies pay for oncall. It discusses oncall philosophies across the industry, which companies pay for oncall, how much companies pay, which companies don't pay, and poor oncall cultures. Employers who pay higher compensation tend to expect oncall work as a given. Companies that care about healthy oncall practices or want to minimize attrition usually make oncall additional and offer compensation for oncall work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Oncall Compensation for Software Engineers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a vocoder that works in real time, using an implementation of Transfer Learning from Speaker Verification to Multispeaker Text-To-Speech Synthesis (SV2TTS). It is able to create a numerical representation of a voice from a few seconds of audio and then use it to create a text-to-speech model for new voices. Python 3.7 is required to run the code, and a GPU is highly recommended. A video demonstrating the software is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Real-Time Voice Cloning" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Surveillance algorithms work by recognizing characteristics in an image, drawing a 'bounding box' around them, and then assigning a label to that object. Scientists have discovered a way to use colorful, pixelated patterns on t-shirts to confuse the technology into thinking you don't exist. AI classification and labeling systems get confused when it sees the patterns on the clothing, making the wearer 64% less likely to be detected. Make-up can also be used to throw off facial recognition algorithms" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This ugly AF t-shirt blocks facial recognition technology" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google will invest $1 billion in a new 1.7 million square foot \"Google Hudson Square\" campus on New York City's Hudson Street. They will move into the buildings by 2020. Earlier this year Google purchased Chelsea Market near NYC's Hudson River for $2.4 billion. They plan on doubling their NYC headcount of 7,000 over the next 10 years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google to invest $1 billion in new campus in New York City" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On December 15, the US Air Force flew a U-2 spy plane with an AI copilot in California. It is the first time that AI has controlled a US military system. The US military has boosted its digital capabilities significantly in the last three years, building commercially-inspired development teams, coding clouds, and a combat internet that downed a cruise missile. The AI was based on an AI that has previously dominated chess, Go, and video games without prior knowledge of their rules. The software was designed to allow operators to restrict the AI's options. It was given final decision authority for the mission, with no pilot override." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: AI Just Controlled a Military Plane for the First Time Ever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Robots are being used to enforce lockdown in Tunisia. Citizens who are out and about are being questioned and ordered to go home by robots. The robots are manned remotely and use several infrared cameras, a laser telemetry system, and thermal cameras. Tunisia has shut schools, universities, cafes, and bars. Its borders are also closed. The military will be used to enforce restrictions. Employees at a mask factory in Tunisia have self-isolated in order to prevent the factory from closing down due to infections." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coronavirus: Tunisia deploys robots to enforce lockdown" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has purchased Facebook's small-satellite division. Facebook was designing and testing ways to advance satellite connectivity as part of an effort to enable the next generation of broadband infrastructure. It had no plans to become a service provider. Amazon plans to launch a constellation of low-Earth-orbit satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlink. It has permission to launch 3,236 low-Earth-orbit satellites. Amazon expects to launch the satellites in 2023 at the earliest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon bought Facebook’s satellite team to help build its Starlink competitor" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Web designer Bill Evans creates art using cascading style sheets, drawing pictures by coding individual elements in a language normally used to make websites look good. Pure CSS drawings are rendered live in the browser, rather than being a static image file. Evans has created an interactive spider's web, a telephone box, a spinning playing card, an animated person taking a walk, and various still lifes using pure CSS. Links to view Evans' artwork are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Extremely Chill Landscape Was Drawn in Pure Code" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There are many ways to start a new country. The internet provides us with a new way of bringing people together. It is not difficult for millions of people to gather together anymore. If millions of people build a network with a genuine sense of national consciousness, an integrated cryptocurrency, and a plan to crowdfund territory around the world, it would be possible to build a new type of network state." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to Start a New Country" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A doctor in Canada has undergone an experimental treatment to treat his alcohol addiction. Electrodes were placed deep into his brain and attached to a pacemaker-like device in order to stimulate the part of the brain that is linked to dopamine. Evidence has shown addiction to be a brain-based, brain circuit illness. Using a brain-based intervention may be effective in disrupting the circuit dysfunction in the brain so that the person is no longer addicted to alcohol. The treatment is not a total cure and further therapy is required. After the treatment, the patient was able to stop drinking and became much more positive about life." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'I'd be dead': Renowned scientist gets experimental brain surgery to fight alcoholism" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia have discovered four new species of tropical sharks that use their fins to walk. The walking sharks were the top predator on reefs during low tides due to their ability to walk in very shallow water. At less than a meter long on average, the sharks are more of a threat to small crustaceans and mollusks than they are to humans. The walking sharks live in the coastal waters around northern Australia and the island of New Guinea. There are now a total of nine known types of walking shark." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Walking sharks discovered in the tropics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US Space Force has posted its first recruitment video on Twitter. The video features rockets, mission control-type rooms, and US Space Force members in spacesuits. Established in 2019, the US Space Force will be operational by mid-2021. Its responsibilities include developing military space professionals, acquiring military space systems, and maturing the military doctrine for space power. There has been an avalanche of applicants. A link to the video is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First US Space Force recruitment video wants you to find your purpose off the planet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "JS Cloudimage 360 View is a tool that creates a 360 degree view virtual tour of a product. Adding images to a page is simple and there is a large list of options to use to customize the view. Responsive integration and lazy loading are available through plugins." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "JS Cloudimage 360 View" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ameca is a humanoid robot that can display human-like expressions. The robot was developed by UK-based company Engineered Arts initially as a platform for testing robotic technologies. It can be rented out by other companies to test or demonstrate artificial intelligence or machine learning technologies. It can't walk yet, but its modular architecture will allow for upgrades in the future. A video showing the robot displaying a range of expressions is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A New Humanoid Robot Has the Most Advanced and Realistic Facial Expressions Yet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Marin County in the San Francisco Bay will pay Uber a subscription fee to use Uber's management software for its high-occupancy vehicle fleet. Marin Transit provides six-seater and wheelchair-accessible vans to Marin County. Uber's software will facilitate requesting, matching, and tracking of vehicles, and allow Marin Transit trips to show up in the Uber app. There is no booking fee and passengers will pay $4 per mile or $3 for Marin Access riders. The service will run down the Highway 101 corridor between Mill Valley and Novato." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber pushes into on-demand public transit with its first SaaS partnership" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This monorepo uses Yarn workspaces and TypeScript to support a modular React Native project. It isolates JavaScript app code from platform configurations by using different workspaces. The repository can be used as a boilerplate or as a guide to creating the setup from scratch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "React Native Universal Monorepo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US government is in talks with tech companies to discuss how the data from smartphones can be used to combat the ongoing coronavirus epidemic. Location data can be used to help track the general spread of the infection. Data would be anonymized before being sent to any organization. One of the measures suggested by experts is to use location data to track contact with other people for someone who has a confirmed case of the virus. Naturally, many people are wary of a widespread effort to collect personal data, especially in a time of extreme duress." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "US government reportedly in talks with tech companies on how to use location data in COVID-19 fight" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a nifty tool that lets you select a few options like \"compare two commits\" and \"output results to a file\" and it will show you the correct git command to do so." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Git Explorer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Russian hacking group REvil is targeting Apple in a $50 million ransomware attack. The group stole engineering and manufacturing schematics from Quanta, a company that manufactures products for Apple. It has already begun posting the stolen data. REvil is hoping that Apple will pay the ransom by May 1. Quanta refused to pay the ransom, saying that the hack did not impact the company's business operations. The data that has been leaked so far seems legitimate." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple targeted in $50 million ransomware attack resulting in unprecedented schematic leaks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Alphabet is set to buy Fitbit in a deal valued around $2.1 billion. Fitbit's stock surged due to the announcement. Google plans to advance its ambitions for Wear OS by working with Fitbit's experts. It will not use health and wellness data from Fitbit for its ads. There are concerns that this acquisition may result in Google receiving the ability to gain deep insights into people's most sensitive information. Google purchased a $40 million share of Fossil's smartwatch technology in January. Fitbit has faced strong competition with Apple's smartwatch. At the end of 2018, Apple owned about half of the global smartwatch market in terms of units shipped. Google licenses its Wear platform to other companies but it currently doesn't produce its own smartwatch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google to acquire Fitbit, valuing the smartwatch maker at about $2.1 billion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Unlayer is an easy way to add a drag-n-drop email editor and page builder into your product. With Unlayer your users can create awesome emails and websites with ease without you having to build and support a home-built creative tool." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Unlayer - Embeddable Email Editor & Page Builder" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta’s primary supported server-side languages are Hack, C++, Rust, and Python." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Programming languages endorsed for server-side use at Meta" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "3DBio Therapeutics has successfully transplanted a 3D-printed ear made from human cells onto a woman born with a rare ear deformity. The experimental process involves taking a biopsy from the patient's ear and pulling out cartilage cells, which are then grown and 3D printed into the shape of an ear. The implant is less likely to be rejected as it is made from the patient's own cells. It was the first clinical trial of the technology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Woman receives 3D-printed ear made from her own cells" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber and Carrefour have created a service in Paris that ships essential items to customers in as little as 15 minutes. Customers will be able to order from a catalog of almost 2,000 daily essentials through the UberEats app. The service will use small warehouses to fulfill orders rather than sending couriers to Carrefour stores. Europe has seen a flood of grocery startups since the pandemic. Uber has a similar deal with GoPuff in the US." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber jumps into Europe's rapid grocery delivery market with 15-minute service in Paris" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While GPT was only trained using samples of what humans think, it was able to learn the underlying principle behind some concepts and extrapolate to tasks that it had never seen before. This suggested that GPT exhibited primitive intelligence of the same type as human intelligence. It was able to imitate the underlying type of thinking of what it was trained on rather than just copying observed behavior. GPT-4 has the potential to imitate superintelligence, potentially creating hypotheses and ideas for potential scientific breakthroughs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta Programming GPT: A route to Superintelligence?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Research on psychedelic compounds has boomed in the last few years. Many companies are now springing up in the psychedelic sector with the aim of creating new analogs of drugs similar to the psychedelics known today. Companies that create new psychedelics can patent them. These companies are creating compounds that alter the psychedelic experience to cater to different uses. There will likely be a range of psychedelics with niche uses in the future, similar to how there are a range of drugs for many conditions now." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Future of Psychedelic Medicine Will Be Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses the new capabilities for building layouts that Flexbox and Grid provide." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The CSS behind Figma" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is discontinuing the iPod Touch. It will still sell the current Touch while supplies last. The first iPod Touch was introduced over 20 years ago. The current seventh-gen model was introduced in 2019. It was popular with those who wanted an iPhone-like experience but didn't actually need a phone." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple discontinues the iPod after 20 years" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains 300 questions on various DevOps related topics. Interviewers may focus on different things, for example, some might focus on your resume and others might focus on your problem-solving skills, so the repository attempts to cover different types of questions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DevOps Interview Questions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "All robots will eventually break, so researchers have been developing ways to help them fix themselves. Some robots have self-healing polymers, but more dynamic robots require stronger materials. Roboticists from the University of Tokyo have developed a robot leg that can autonomously melt and reform some of its parts, repairing fractures. The leg is designed with a weak point that will break in order to protect the robot's other joints. It currently takes about half an hour to heal after a break, and the parts are significantly weaker afterwards. The researchers are working to optimize the system to increase the healed strength. A video is available that shows the self-healing process." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Robot With Liquid Metal Tendons Can Heal Itself" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two men from The Hague, 75-year-old Bap K. and 34-year-old Reinier van E., ran Ecatel from a data center in a town north-west of Amsterdam. Due to Dutch law, hosting companies can't be prosecuted for the actions of those who hire their servers. Ecatel shielded its clients from the law by claiming to know nothing about its clients' actions, responding to no one, and being obstructive. The Ecatel network was known for its connections with cybercrime, malware, and child pornography. Ecatel's offices were raided in September by the Dutch Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service based on suspicions that the business had avoided paying hundreds of thousands of euros in tax." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Want fast data-driven apps globally without the fuss? Try PolyScale. No code, no infrastructure, no complexity. PolyScale is a global, AI-driven database ‘edge cache as a service’ with one aim, to make scaling cloud native data simple." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Make data driven apps blisteringly fast everywhere with PolyScale" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Hire vetted remote developers in US time zones Revelo is a platform for sourcing, hiring, and managing FAANG-caliber developers in Latin America. GitHub, Carta, and Intuit use Revelo’s talent to scale their engineering teams. Hire an engineer today with a 100% risk-free 14-day trial." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hire vetted remote developers in US time zones" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk has made an offer to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash. The offer values Twitter at around $43 billion. Musk believes that Twitter must go private for it to change. He will reconsider his position as a shareholder if the offer is not accepted. The Twitter board met to discuss the offer but it is unclear if a decision has been reached. A copy of the offer letter sent by Musk to Twitter is available at the end of the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in takeover attempt" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article contains audio of a meteoroid crashing into Mars recorded by NASA's InSight lander last September." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Here’s what it sounds like when Mars gets smacked by a space rock" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Under pressure from Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg to monetize WhatsApp, WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton pushed back against inserting targeted advertising and surveillance into WhatsApp. Eventually Brian felt the only choice was to leave the company, walking away from $850 million in unvested stock options. \"It was like, okay, well, you want to do these things I don't want to do,\" Acton says. \"It's better if I get out of your way. And I did...At the end of the day, I sold my company. I sold my users' privacy to a larger benefit. I made a choice and a compromise. And I live with that every day.\" Now Brian donated $50 million to and is actively working on Signal, a free messaging service with end-to-end encryption and no ad platform: basically a new, idealized version of WhatsApp. He's also put $1 billion into supporting healthcare in impoverished areas of the U.S. as well as early childhood development. This March, while the Cambridge Analytica scandal was breaking, he tweeted \"It is time. #deletefacebook.\" He hasn't tweeted since. Great article, definitely worth reading if you have time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Commercial airliners already use automation to control planes after takeoff. However, these features still mean that pilots are required to control the plane for takeoff and landing, as well as in some other situations. The pilot's primary role in the air is to take instructions from air traffic control and to adjust the automated system accordingly. Xwing has replaced pilots with ground-based controllers, similar to military drone operators. The system means that pilots can manage many flights from one central base. Xwing is attempting to build an autonomous cargo fleet but it requires licensing and approval from the FAA." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This plane flies itself—we went for a ride" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Our Sun's transformation into a white dwarf will be a violent process that will destroy an unknown number of planets. The recent discovery of an exoplanet that survived the death of its star may help us predict which planets will survive the death of the Sun. The new exoplanet is similar to Jupiter in both mass and separation. It likely barely survived its star's expansion when it became a red giant. The data suggests that Jupiter, and maybe even Mars, will survive after our Sun dies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We’ve spotted a planet surviving its dying star – here’s what it tells us about end of our Solar System" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article teaches readers how to build a minimal implementation of Imagen, Google's text-to-image model, in PyTorch." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Build Your Own Imagen Text-to-Image Model" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative from California, has drafted an \"Internet Bill of Rights\" to provide a broad set of user-friendly principles under which tech companies should operate. Users should have access to and knowlege of all data tech companies have and how the data is used. Opt-in should be the default for information collection. Data should be portable from one network to another. The list also includes net neutrality, affordable and clear pricing for internet service, and transparency and accountability for protecting privacy and personal data. This is not current legislation, it's just an early version of a long term vision for the internet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing the Internet Bill of Rights" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenAI is now allowing developers to create custom versions of GPT-3. Developers can now train GPT-3 to recognize specific patterns for workloads like content generation, classification, and text summarization. The new fine-tuning capabilities are expected to lead to cost savings due to a higher frequency of higher-quality outputs from fine-tuned models. OpenAI has focused on making its API accessible to developers who might not have machine learning backgrounds." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OpenAI begins allowing customers to fine-tune GPT-3" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Chinese start-up Mobike revealed that 205,600 shared bikes were lost to theft and vandalism during 2019. Shared bikes have become commonplace in cities worldwide. Mobike has a credit score system that rewards and punishes users for good and bad behavior. Offenders may be charged for damage, banned from the service, or reported to the police. Shared bikes are meant for short trips across cities, but some users take them home or discard them in rivers and canals. Mobike has pulled its bikes out of Manchester, Newcastle, and Gateshead after a series of incidents, and Hong Kong-based rival Gobee has pulled out of Europe altogether due to mass destruction of its bike fleet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese start-up Mobike loses more than 200,000 bikes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Android's Nearby Share feature is getting a new 'self-share' mode that will let users send files between their own devices with a single tap. The feature will only send files between devices that are physically close to the user and signed into the user's Google account. Other devices can still receive files using Nearby Share, but they will have to accept each file request. There is no release date yet for the feature." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google’s AirDrop competitor, Nearby Share, is reportedly getting a big upgrade" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Obayashi Corporation is building a giant dam in the south-east corner of Japan's main island. Almost every stage of the construction involves some sort of automation technology. The robots, while automated, are directly overseen by human workers for safety reasons. Productivity on the site has increased by about 10 percent, with the company aiming to eventually cut building time by 30 percent." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Japanese construction giant to build massive dam almost entirely with robots" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A gene that is responsible for more efficient DNA repair has been discovered. SIRT6 produces proteins that are able to aid in repairing the inevitable DNA breaks that occur due to age. It was found that mice with more copies of the gene lived longer and aged slower. Longer-living rodents such as naked mole rats and beavers with different versions of the gene produced higher quality gene-repairing proteins. The next step in this research is to study animals with longer life-spans than humans to see if it is possible to prevent age-related diseases in people." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'Longevity gene' responsible for more efficient DNA repair" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Slack Machine is a powerful and extendable Slack bot framework with an intuitive plugin system that lets developers build bots quickly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Slack Machine" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is an open source Javascript library for dynamic grid layouts. This makes it easy to have a bunch of grid items that aren't the same height, and it automatically reshuffles the tiles when a window is increased or decreased in size. Looks really cool if you're building any sort of directory style website with a lot of pictures." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Magic Grid" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Remy Labesque is a senior industrial designer at Tesla. His side project for the last three years has been to re-engineer the classic chocolate chip as he claims that the teardrop shape isn't suited to its function. The traditional shape was optimized for mass production rather than taste. Labesque's chocolate chips are a square, faceted pyramid, similar to a flattened diamond, with two thick edges and two thin edges. The chips stay whole throughout baking. They come in three different flavors at $30 for a 17.6 oz bag. Pictures of the chocolate chips are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How a Tesla engineer redesigned the chocolate chip" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GPU architectures are critical to machine learning, but people can become experts in machine learning without ever touching GPU code. This notebook teaches beginner GPU programming in an interactive way. It covers the basics up to understanding the real algorithms that power 99% of deep learning today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GPU Puzzles" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Jerdon's jumping worker ants can become reproductive queens when their queens die. The transition comes with changes to the ant's brain, gene expression, hormone levels, and cell composition. Researchers have found a protein that is activated when the ants are injected with social hormones. The hormones appear to affect which genes the protein binds to, with the same protein causing ants to change from worker to queen and vice versa depending on which hormone was given. The research suggests that there may be multiple behaviors in the ant genome that could be expressed with gene regulation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Find a Single Protein Can Switch Some Ants From a Worker Into a Queen" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Most people don't negotiate, or if they do, they only do so enough to tell themselves that they did. Negotiation is a skill that can be learned just like any other. This article discusses the negotiating process and how to succeed in job negotiations. It teaches readers how to ask for what they want so they can have more successful careers and earn what they deserve." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CryptoPunks is an NFT platform that launched in 2017 with 10,000 procedurally generated 'punks'. All of the punks were claimed for free when the project launched. In the last few months, the platform has seen nearly $200 million worth of transaction volume in official deals. Some investors see NFTs as a way to diversify their crypto holdings. The value of a punk is determined by the users in the CryptoPunks Discord community. Due to the rarity of CryptoPunks, using one as an avatar on social media sites has become a sort of 'digital flex' for some." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Cult of CryptoPunks" } ]