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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Intel will build the world’s most powerful supercomputer at the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago. The Aurora supercomputer will be the first US computer to reach exascale performance and will be capable of more than a quintillion calculations per second, which is seven times faster than Summit, the world’s current most powerful supercomputer. Aurora is scheduled to be ready in 2021." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The US is building a $500m ‘exascale’ computer that will be the world’s most powerful" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "iOS 16 has a new feature that allows users to pull subjects out of any image or photo and paste them into another photo or use them as a sticker in the Messages app. 'Lift subject from background' is part of the Visual Look Up suite of functions. It works in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and videos on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. A video showing how the feature works is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple's Coolest iOS 16 Feature Lets You Drag Subjects Right Out of Images" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Rivian's network of Level 3 fast DC chargers will be accessible to nearly every other EV on the road." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rivian opens its first three 'Adventure Network' fast charging sites" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook's new AI tool Sphere is being used by Wikipedia to automatically scan entries and identify when citations are strongly or weakly supported." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta launches Sphere, an AI knowledge tool based on open web content, used initially to verify citations on Wikipedia" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google is adding 3D augmented reality to its searches, so users can now view product models as they would appear in real life, or see animals projected into their living room. While a few demos were given at their I/O conference, it's unclear how many results will actually have this feature. Google has been adding more and more AR features into their products as part of an arms race against Facebook, as Facebook develops its Spark AR platform for mobiles." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google is adding augmented reality to search" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have forged a new type of ultralight armor called a nanofiber mat. The new form of armor is made with carbon nanotubes, tiny cylinders of carbon a single atom thick. The carbon nanotubes form hydrogen bonds when mixed with the right ratio of Kevlar nanofibers, resulting in a dramatic leap in performance. The novel material can protect against high-speed impacts better than Kevlar fabric while being much lighter. It could potentially be used to protect spacecraft from high-speed space debris." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lightweight armor material made of nanotube mats outperforms Kevlar" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Prisoners face a range of problems when communicating with the outside world. Phone calls can be expensive, with a large variance between local and national call rates. Letters are also reviewed thoroughly, and discarded if suspicious. Several new startups are beginning to provide services that lower the costs of phone calls and are able to send standardized packages for letters. Family and friends can now easily take photos from their devices and send them to their loved ones in prisons. Many prisons are embracing the change." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ex-Cons Create ‘Instagram for Prisons,’ and Wardens Are Fine With That" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snap is planning on releasing a two-camera, $350 version of its Spectacle glasses by the end of year. The new Spectacles will have a more premium frame made of aluminum and the two cameras will allow Spectacle owners to produce augmented reality and 3D effects in videos. Snap has ordered roughly 24,000 pairs of these new Spectacles. Despite its financial troubles, and the lukewarm reception of the first generation Spectacles, CEO Evan Spiegel still maintains that hardware is an important part of Snap's future, and that in a one or two decades, computing will be \"actually overlaid on the world and not confined to a small screen on your phone.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snap To Release New Spectacles With Two Cameras For $350" } ]
[ { "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": "Timsort is a very fast stable sorting algorithm built for the real world. It was created for Python in 2001. Timsort works by first analyzing the list it is trying to sort and then choosing an approach based on that analysis. It is the default sorting algorithm in Python, Java, Android, and GNU Octave. It has great performance on arrays with preexisting internal structure and it is able to maintain a stable sort." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Timsort — the fastest sorting algorithm you’ve never heard of" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Virtual Reality may be best experienced underwater. An underwater VR experience at the Sundance Film Festival this week called Spaced Out takes its inspiration from the moon. It uses audio from the Apollo 11 mission combined with a collage of images of various moon motifs from pop culture to create a dream-like experience. The mammalian diving response is triggered when people are submerged in cool or cold water. This response causes lower heart-rate and the blood vessels in the extremities to constrict. It also appears to be able to reliably stop VR users from getting nauseous. Being underwater also helps block out distracting sounds, creating a very immersive experience." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Unlike sex, VR is crazy better when you do it underwater" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CSS has several filters to help improve websites. These can be used to blur images, adjust contrast and saturation, change the hue, reduce opacity, and more. This article looks at how to use SVG filters. It includes an overview of SVGs and a list of 17 filter primitives." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A complete guide to using CSS filters with SVGs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses the rumors leading up to Apple's Far Out event, what could still be coming in the future, and rumors that have been proven to be false." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Everything Apple didn’t announce at its iPhone 14 event" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon Pharmacy has launched in the US. The service will allow customers to order prescription medications for home delivery, with free delivery for Amazon Prime members. Amazon has been trying to enter into the $300 billion pharmacy market for several years, acquiring PillPack in 2018 for its pharmacy software, fulfillment centers, and relationship with health plans. Amazon Pharmacy will accept most forms of insurance and it has tools to verify physician orders to detect fraud. Some personal information will be collected as it is required by law to provide pharmacy care. Amazon will not deliver Schedule II controlled medications and it won't be offering vitamins and supplements through the service. Pharmacy data will be kept separate from other data that Amazon collects." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon jumps into the pharmacy business with online prescription fulfillment, free delivery for Prime members" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Over the weekend, Reddit users started speculating what the cryptic messages on a new subreddit, /r/pan, could mean. It has now been revealed that /r/pan is a subreddit where users can post live stream videos. The Public Access Network subreddit is a weeklong experiment to test out Reddit's live-streaming features. There are strict rules for the subreddit. It is limited to 100 concurrent streams of 30 minutes each, and the content is monitored so that NSFW, dangerous or illegal activity, and 'quarantine eligible' content will be shut down. The streams are rear-facing camera by default to discourage selfie streams. Users will be able to upvote or downvote streams just like normal threads on Reddit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit experiments with livesteaming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Shijian-21, or SJ-21, is a Chinese satellite designed to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies. It was recently observed pulling a dead satellite out of its normal orbit and placing it a few hundred miles away in a graveyard orbit. The maneuver was performed during daylight hours when observations would be more difficult. Military experts are concerned that the capabilities demonstrated by SJ-21 could be used to attack working satellites. SJ-21 has made news headlines before for other questionable operations." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Urban farms apply techniques gained from years of research with technology to create mini-ecosystems that can be used to cultivate food in city areas. Fish are farmed along with plants, producing natural fertilizers and food. Growing the plants indoors means that almost no pesticides or antibiotics are used, and 90 percent of the water can be recycled. Shorter transportation routes means fresher foods and less need for refrigeration. Urban farming also has a smaller carbon footprint. Indoor farming will play a significant role in the future as climate change and depleted soil begins to have more impact on farming outcomes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ultra-Locally Grown Urban Farming Takes Off in Germany" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Virtual modules are an amazing but underrated feature for JavaScript. Using virtual modules provides internal functionality without the boilerplate weight and without compromising extensibility. This article talks about how virtual modules were used in the development of Fastify DX. Frameworks typically bundle their internals as external npm packages, but Fastify DX packs most of its internals as virtual modules." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Virtual Modules for Fun and Profit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta has introduced new shortcuts to its Messenger platform. Users on iOS and Android can use @everyone and @silent from today. @everyone will notify everyone in a group chat and @silent will let users send messages without sending a notification. Meta is planning to add many more shortcuts later this year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta introduces Slack-like shortcuts to Messenger" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An FBI document released earlier this month contains a list of messaging services, what kind of data can be obtained from the operators of the services, and the legal processes required to obtain that information. Law enforcement can access the content of encrypted messages from services like iMessage, Line, and WhatsApp, but not from Signal, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WeChat, or Wickr. The document is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Disney will release Mulan on Disney Plus on September 4. Mulan won't be available directly to Disney Plus subscribers. Instead, they will have to pay $29.99 to rent the movie on top of the usual subscription fee. Many movies have been delayed due to the pandemic as cinemas remain shut down around the world. The movie will be released in cinemas where Disney Plus isn't available. Disney's decision to mix things up with Mulan may mean that other future releases may follow this model. AMC Theatres and Universal recently announced an agreement to debut some movies on home entertainment platforms within 17 days of theatrical debut." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With ‘Mulan,’ Disney Tests Out Entirely New Early VOD Model" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers with the BrainGate Consortium successfully demonstrated a high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface in two tetraplegic patients. The BrainGate wireless system uses a transmitter that sits on top of the user's head and wirelessly connects to an implant electrode array inside the motor cortex. It has a battery that lasts for 36 hours and it can continuously transmit data while operating." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "High-bandwidth wireless BCI demonstrated in humans for first time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon now offers same-day delivery for PacSun, Diesel, Superdry, and GNC in 10 cities across the US. The service will be free for Prime members when they spend $25 or more, or $2.99 if they spend less than $25. Some participating retailers will allow customers to pick up items from physical stores. Amazon now has thousands of items that can be delivered in a few hours." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon launches same-day delivery for some retail brands" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bitcoin soared 39 percent this week to $13,852, the highest it has been since January 2018. However, it dropped more than $1,800 after it hit its peak, with large swings continuing throughout the week. Large exchanges such as Coinbase experienced system dropouts due to the high volume of traffic they experienced. Facebook’s recent announcement of their Libra cryptocurrency appears to have helped bring attention back to Bitcoin. Many cryptocurrency related companies saw a rise in stock prices this week." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "10-minute, $1,800 plunge shows Bitcoin’s volatility" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Blitz is a full stack toolkit for Next.js that plugs into any Next.js app." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Announcing @BLITZ_JS 2.0 BETA" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "YouTube is developing a channel store where customers can purchase subscriptions for various streaming services. It is currently in talks with potential partner companies. Partner companies will likely have to share their earnings for purchases made on YouTube. The store could launch as soon as fall this year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "YouTube is reportedly planning to launch a 'channel store' for streaming services" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses tips and tricks for using SSH more effectively. It covers how to add a second factor to your SSH login, use agent forwarding safely, exit from stuck SSH sessions, keep a persistent terminal open, and share a remote terminal session with a friend." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SSH Tips & Tricks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nathaniel F built a mind-controlled flamethrower by combining brain-computer interface technology with machine learning. The system fires the flamethrower when it detects the correct thought patterns. It was created using a Mindflex, a Raspberry Pi 4, an Arduino, and a flamethrower. A 7-minute video showing how the flamethrower was made is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mind-Controlled Flamethrower" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Women are born with all the eggs they will ever have, and the quality of chromosomes and DNA within each egg declines with age, resulting in less chance of pregnancy with older age. A team of researchers from Israel have shown that treating mouse eggs with an antiviral medicine can reverse the age of older eggs. The reverse-aged eggs haven't been tested yet against fertilization, but they may provide hope for women over 40 who want to be mothers. The researchers hope that the technology will be available for human use within the next 10 years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Anti-viral drugs can successfully make old human eggs young again" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings are preparing to lay off up to 15% of their workers due to the country's regulatory crackdown. Chinese regulators have taken a heavy-handed approach towards controlling the growth of its tech giants due to antitrust and cybersecurity concerns. WeChat, owned by Tencent, experienced stunning daily user growth in 2021 despite the crackdown. Alibaba has been targeted since its founder Jack Ma publicly criticized Chinese regulators in 2020." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China is forcing Alibaba and Tencent to cut over 50,000 jobs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There is a gene that codes for a protein called cytochrome P450, which exists in many mammals' livers, helping them clean up toxins. Scientists spliced this gene from a rabbit's genome into a houseplant, and it began detoxifying the surrounding air, leaching carcinogens like chloroform and benzene out of the air. Synthetic biologist Patrick Shih says \"We're still in the early stages of what we can do with engineered plants...this could be a very cool application to make the household less dangerous.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Engineer Houseplants to Soak Up Cancer-Causing Chemicals" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Redis 7.0 is now available. It adds almost 50 new commands and options. The most notable improvements are Redis Functions, AVLv2, command introspection, and Sharded Pub/Sub. A lot of development was focused on making Redis more performant, stable, and lean. More details about the update are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Redis 7.0 Is Out!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Department of Defense has confirmed that Microsoft has been awarded a $10 billion cloud contract to provide the Pentagon with cloud services for basic storage, artificial intelligence processing, machine learning, and processing mission-critical workloads. Amazon was competing with Microsoft for the contract after IBM and Oracle were eliminated from the bidding back in April. The contract will last for 10 years. Microsoft currently has a contract with the US Army to supply modified versions of its HoloLens 2 headsets for combat and training in the military." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft beats Amazon to win the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The iPSC Neurodegenerative Disease Initiative (iNDI) is a project that aims to stimulate, accelerate, and support research that will lead to the development of improved treatments and preventions for Alzheimer's and other dementias. The plan involves adding more than 100 genes linked to Alzheimer’s and other dementias into stem cells from a wide variety of donors to see which genes contribute to the disorder. It will investigate how the genes activate, what proteins they code for, how those proteins interact, and more. All of the data from the project will be openly shared online for anyone to mine and interpret." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Massive New Gene Editing Project Is Out to Crush Alzheimer’s" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Dow Jones’ watchlist is used by many financial institutions and government agencies to identify high-risk individuals in order to approve or deny financing, or even shut down bank accounts. An independent security researcher found a copy of the database which was left on a server without a password. The database contained 2.4 million records which included information such as names, addresses, date of births, genders, photographs, and current locations. Each record also had extensive notes regarding the individuals." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dow Jones’ watchlist of 2.4 million high-risk individuals has leaked" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new gene-editing approach using CRISPR technology. The Cas13d-N2V8 system uses the Cas13 enzyme, which targets RNA. RNAs are transient molecules that only exist in the cell for a short period of time and are not integrated into the genome. The scientists claim that the Cas13 gene editing system is reversible and safer and more controllable compared to CRISPR-Cas9." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers allegedly create a new 'controllable, reversible' gene-editing method in China" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber has redesigned its app to combine its ride-hailing and food delivery services, encourage public transportation and scooter use, and to add new safety features. Users will now see a prompt to choose whether to get a ride or to order food when they open the app. A new rewards program for food delivery customers has been introduced with the update. The changes may strengthen Uber's claims that it is a technology platform for different types of digital marketplaces, which means that it may not have to treat its drivers as employees as they perform work outside of Uber's usual course of business." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber app redesign includes public transit, combines ride hailing and food delivery" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook's next product release will be its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The glasses will not have an integrated display and are not classified as an augmented reality device. Mark Zuckerberg said on a call that the glasses will be able to do some 'pretty neat things', but did not expand on what the glasses' capabilities will be. The glasses will likely have to be paired to a smartphone app. Ads continue to be an important part of Facebook's strategy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook’s next hardware launch will be its Ray-Ban ‘smart glasses’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018. It is now closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft. The spacecraft will travel to just 4.3 million miles from the center of the star, seven times closer than any previous mission. As it continues to swing past the Sun, it will reach a top speed of 430,000 miles per hour. The mission should yield insights into the mechanisms behind solar wind and the high temperature of the Sun's corona." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How the Fastest Spaceship Ever Is Getting Terrifyingly Close to the Sun" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The iPhone 15 lineup will launch in the second half of 2023 and will feature a USB-C port, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple has kept the Lightning port on the iPhone, despite most of the industry moving to USB-C. Pressure from the EU has forced Apple to change its stance. Apple may have had plans to keep the Lightning port on the iPhone until it was ready to go entirely port-less. Most of its iPad lineup already features USB-C." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kuo: iPhone 15 to Switch From Lightning to USB-C in 2023" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In 1935, Albert Einstein and Erwin Schrödinger debated over the implications of the new theory of quantum mechanics. One area in particular, the inability to describe two quantum systems or particles independently after they have interacted, or entanglement, was one of the main focuses of their discussion. Schrödinger’s cat was created in order to help articulate an idea during these talks. Einstein later wrote in a paper that year about quantum nonlocality, where once two quantum systems have met and separated, it is impossible to measure one without changing the properties of the other. In 2013, a team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reported entangling photons that had never coexisted, demonstrating entanglement over time. The implications of this experiment are strange, as it could mean that the measurement of photons now could affect the photons that were being measured back through time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "If You Thought Quantum Mechanics Was Weird, You Need to Check Out Entangled Time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google is adding new features to the augmented reality mode of Google Maps. Users will now be able to see visual cues marking landmarks in Live View, including information for how far away the landmark is and directions to the landmark. The feature will go live soon on both Android and iOS, with support for 25 cities. Additional features to Live View include location sharing, increased accuracy, and easier access to some features. There are two GIF demos showing Live View's new AR features in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Maps’ AR directions will soon show landmarks to help orient you" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new text-generating system created at MIT is able to update outdated Wikipedia pages with information gathered from the internet in a human-like style. The system only requires a few pieces of information to rewrite a relevant article on any topic. It is able to analyze style and grammar and make sure that the output matches the desired style. The system also has a fact-checking and neutrality component that scans for polarizing words and can remove information. At the end of the day, the system will still need a human to review its output to make a call on whether the information is correct." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MIT’s latest artificial intelligence can rewrite outdated Wikipedia pages" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "HP released a Linux laptop aimed at coders today. The Dev One is a 14-inch clamshell with an eight-core 16-thread Ryzen 7 Pro 5850U CPU with integrated graphics, up to 64GB RAM, a 1TB SSD, a screen with 800 nits of brightness, and 12 hours of battery life. It has two USB-C ports, two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, and a headphone jack. The Dev One runs Pop!_OS, a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution from System76. Pictures of the laptop are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "HP’s Linux-based AMD laptop releases, starts at $1,099" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Data science is a rapidly changing industry. The need for production has grown throughout the years, evidenced by the rise in demand for machine learning engineers and data science software developers. Adoption of the Cloud is now necessary as datasets become larger. Jupyter has now grown, and we now have JupyterLab, new kernels for other languages, and third-party tooling." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to use Jupyter Notebooks in 2020" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Data from 50 million Facebook users was breached over the weekend, with attackers gaining access to personal info like \"name, gender, and hometown\" that was linked to a user's profile page. No credit card information or private messages were compromised. The vulnerability was introduced on the site in July 2017, but Facebook didn't know about it until September 16th of this year, and the bug was not fixed until September 27th. The identity of the attackers is still unknown, and it is not clear whether or not any Instagram data was compromised." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Everything you need to know about Facebook's data breach affecting 50M users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Carl Hart, a neuroscientist and Ziff Professor of Psychology at Columbia University, says that the media's sensationalistic coverage of the opioid crisis exploits ignorance and fear to vilify certain members of society. More than 70 percent of drug users do not meet the health criteria for drug addiction. A typical drug user is likely to be a responsible professional who uses drugs for many reasons. This interview with Hart discusses the opioid crisis, drug use, addiction, and how society's views on drugs should be reviewed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Superconductivity is a strange phenomenon where a material has zero electrical resistance when cooled below a critical temperature. Usually this temperature is really low, the best superconductor, hydrogen sulfide, has a cutoff around -80 degrees Celsius. If we had superconductors at room temperature, it would have a huge range of applications like super-fast computers, efficient electric grids, powerful magnets, particle accelarators and more. German scientists have crushed the superconductivity record, observing lanthanum hydride superconducting at -23 degrees Celsius, warmer than the North Pole. Better yet, they used theoretical methods to predict this result, so future theoretical advances could yield further improvements. The team says \"Our study makes a leap forward on the road to the room-temperature superconductivity.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The record for high-temperature superconductivity has been smashed again" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk sent out memos telling Tesla and SpaceX employees to work in the office for at least 40 hours per week or leave the company. Employees must work at an office where their colleagues are located and not a remote branch office unrelated to their job duties. Exceptions will be reviewed by Musk directly. Twitter recently told its employees that they can make their own decisions about where they want to work. The company has warned that it may experience a departure of employees before Musk's deal to buy the Twitter is closed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Musk to Tesla and SpaceX workers: Be in the office 40 hours a week or quit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "At least 10 firms in Europe and the US are developing variations of kites to capture airborne wind energy. Airborne wind is the wind that can be found 200 meters or more above the ground. Kite power technology is still in its infancy. Most companies are working on small pilot projects and none have scaled their technology to the range that would make them comparable to conventional wind turbines. This article talks about several approaches to kite power that companies are currently experimenting with and discusses the potential for the technology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Could high-flying kites power your home?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A multi-organizational team of researchers from Germany and France has set a new record for the coldest temperature ever recorded in a lab at 38 picokelvins. While the experiment only lasted two seconds, it achieved much lower temperatures than previous attempts in experiments conducted on the International Space Station. The researchers believe that they can get even closer to absolute zero using the setup. The achievement could have wide-ranging implications for the field of particle physics." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Absolute Zero? A New Record Was Set for the Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article looks at the current state of micro-frontends and how the approach can be improved in the future. It shares ideas and trends that are interesting to those in the micro-frontends community. Micro-frontends are components that can be built by different teams using different technologies and put together into a web application. The architecture is still young, but it has seen success across enterprise organizations globally." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Future of Micro-Frontends" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Dive into Deep Learning is a book about deep learning using the NumPy interface. Each section of the book is an executable Jupyter notebook. It offers an interactive learning experience with maths, figures, code, text, and discussions. There is an active community for support." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dive into Deep Learning" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Learn about Workato, the fastest-growing enterprise automation platform during this year's Automate conference, which features sessions with Serena Williams, the CIO of GitLab, the \"Godfather of MarTech\" and more. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The automation platform Atlassian & Slack swear by" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Property developer Dutch Docklands and the Government of the Maldives are building a floating city in the Indian Ocean. Just 10 minutes by boat from the Maldivian capital, the city will be big enough to house 20,000 people. It will have 5,000 floating units including houses, restaurants, shops, and schools. Residents will start moving into the city in early 2024. Almost the entire country could be submerged by the end of the century due to climate change." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A floating city in the Maldives begins to take shape" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In 2015, SpaceX launched NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory on a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket's second stage didn't have enough fuel to return to Earth's atmosphere and it lacked the energy to escape the gravity of the Earth-Moon system, so it has been tumbling around in space for the last seven years. It is now on course to hit the far side of the Moon in early March. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, which are both currently orbiting the Moon, will be able to observe the impact crater. It will be the first time a piece of space hardware unintentionally strikes the Moon." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "After 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On March 2, SpaceX launched their Crew Dragon’s first unmanned demonstration mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aim of the launch was to test the Crew Dragon’s ability to safely ferry astronauts to and from the International Space Station. A live stream from NASA is available on the site, along with a full press kit detailing the mission and schedule. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to return to Earth on March 8." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "CREW DEMO-1 MISSION" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Oculus has announced business versions of their VR headsets, designed for enterprise use. The Oculus Go for business will start at $599 (64 GB) and the Oculus Quest for enterprise will begin at $999 (128 GB). Oculus for Business also provides enterprise device management and support at a fee of $180 per year per device. The fees for the first year of the Oculus for Business subscription is included with the purchase of a device." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Oculus announces a VR subscription service for enterprises" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Job hunting is… not great. Deciphering vague job descriptions + writing cover letters you suspect no one reads + mystery salaries =🤦‍♂️. Hired is a job platform with a twist—basically, companies headhunt you with salary details up front. With an 84% job acceptance rate and 5,556 open positions, it’s well-worth the 45 seconds it takes to sign up.Create a profile now (100% free for jobseekers)" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hired is a jobs platform where techies go to get headhunted" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a big Hacker News thread with over 500 comments on old software that people miss. Get ready for a trip down memory lane, featuring a surprising amount of love for Windows Phone!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Which abandoned proprietary software would you resurrect?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While humans haven't needed surgery in space yet, the time is coming near when it will be necessary as spaceflight is becoming more accessible. Current procedures on the ISS are to stabilize patients enough to transport them back to Earth for surgery. However, that procedure won't work for longer missions, such as trips to Mars. Space travel changes many aspects of how the body works due to changed physics. Experimental surgeries have already been performed on rats in microgravity, resulting in innovations such as magnetic surgical tools. A specialized surgical enclosure could help solve many of the issues associated with the lack of gravity. 3D printing will be an important technology when it comes to equipping space surgeons. Robotic surgery is also another option, but the lag in communications in space is an issue." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "From floating guts to 'sticky' blood – here's how to do surgery in space" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uniqlo cut 90% of the workforce in one of its Tokyo warehouses, and replaced them with robots. Now the warehouse operates 24 hours a day. Robots are able to unload trucks, count inventory, and put products in cardboard boxes and label them. There is very little human input needed. Uniqlo plans on spending $887 million to automate all of their warehouses in Japan and abroad." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uniqlo replaced 90% of staff at its newly automated warehouse with robots" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has begun integrating Instagram and Messenger's chat systems. The Facebook Messenger logo replaces the Instagram logo in the new update. Instagram chats are more colorful. Users still can't message each other directly across platforms, but Facebook has been clear about its plans to unify the messaging platforms." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook begins merging Instagram and Messenger chats in new update" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Dropbox Transfer is a new way to share files. Users can share a link to the file and the recipients can either directly download the file from the transfer page or save it to their own Dropbox accounts. The system is similar to other file-sharing services like WeTransfer. Dropbox Transfer will allow users to send up to 100MB of files with a free account. Dropbox Professional subscribers will be able to transfer up to 100GB, password protect transfers, choose an expiration date for the files, and customize the background on the transfer page." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Dropbox’s new transfer feature lets you easily send a file to someone, WeTransfer style" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This 200+ page ebook will teach you how to use some of the most in-demand IaC tools. Each tool is covered as a standalone project, where you’ll deploy a simple Docker-based Python web application from Github. The ebook is authored by bestselling Udemy instructor Justin Mitchel. Download it for free from Linode - no signup required (PDF, 13.6 MB)" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learn Infrastructure as Code: Step-by-Step Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Salt Walkthroughs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Disney has become the first studio to surpass $10 billion at the worldwide box office. It crossed $3.28 billion in North America and $6.7 billion overseas over the weekend. These numbers don't include Fox titles, which if included, would push the record up to $11.9 billion. Disney established a new record in August for having five movies cross $1 billion in a single year. Frozen 2 and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker could potentially put that number to seven movies for the year. Disney currently holds six of the 10 biggest movies of the year globally, including Avengers: Endgame, the highest-grossing film of all time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Disney Crushes Own Global Box Office Record With Historic $10 Billion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Neuroengineer Viktor Tóth taught rats how to play Doom II to learn more about brain computer interfaces. His setup included a large ball that the rat could move to control movement inside the game, a reward mechanism, and other parts, totaling less than $2,000. This article features an interview with Tóth where he explains how he trained the rats to play the game. A video showing the rat in training is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientist Who Trained Rats to Play “Doom II” Says He May Start Twitch Channel" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Valve has been secretly building a Switch-like portable PC to run games on the Steam PC platform via Linux. The latest version of Steam has new hardware-related code for a device named SteamPal. Previous versions of Steam used a different codename, Neptune. Switch-like PC devices have exploded in popularity in recent years. At least one SteamPal prototype is wider than the Nintendo Switch. It will likely be able to dock to larger monitors through a USB Type-C port. Valve has a history of creating, incubating, and canceling projects, so things can change at any time." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "McDonald’s is testing robotic deep fryers and voice-activated drive-thrus at a location in suburban Chicago. The details about what the deep fryers look like and how they operate are unknown. Automating the deep-frying process may speed up the production line as well as reduce employee injuries and the costs related to these injuries. Using an automated drive-thru could result in shorter queue times. While critics claim that automating these jobs will take away work from human employees, restaurants are struggling to find employees to complete repetitive, boring, and dangerous tasks, such as handling a fryer for hours on end." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "McDonald’s is Testing Kitchen Robots and AI-Powered Drive-Thrus. It’s About Time" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "“With WorkOS, we could quickly add a whole host of SAML integrations with self-guided onboarding for our customers. It’s been a huge win for us.” - Joel Smith, Gatsby’s Director of Product Management. WorkOS is the solution you need to make your app enterprise-ready: SSO, MFA, and a whole lot more. Start free (no CC required)" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Missing enterprise features? Add them instantly with WorkOS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Tesla Model Y will likely be the best-selling vehicle by total volume next year. It is on track to be the best-selling vehicle by revenue this year. The current best-selling vehicle in the world is the Toyota Corolla. Tesla is expected to have the capacity to produce over 1 million Model Y vehicles per year by the end of this year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla Model Y is on track to be the world’s best-selling car" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scammers are impersonating experienced developers to help land positions for their clients." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Someone is pretending to be me" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SOC 2 Audits: What Your Organization Can Expect From Start to Finish Are you prepared for your compliance audit? SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS can be a growth lever for scaling tech companies. Drata compiled a list of things to expect during your SOC 2 audit so that you aren't caught off guard.Read the article and find out what you can expect from your next SOC 2 audit" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SOC 2 Audits: What Your Organization Can Expect From Start to Finish" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Blobs App is an easy way to generate blob shapes and export the SVG or Flutter code. Users can choose the color, outline, and the randomness and complexity of the shape of the blob. A link to the web app is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Blobs App" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "eBay's new Instant Selling program lets users list their device info and images on eBay, then immediately get a voucher to purchase a new device from eBay and a shipping label to send their phone to eBay. eBay claims that its trade in prices will be up to 40% higher than the average trade in prices in other retailers. Currently the program is only available for Samsung Galaxies S7 and newer and iPhones 6s and newer on AT&T, Verizon, or unlocked. In November, the service will expand to Sprint, T-Mobile, Google Pixels, and some LG products." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "eBay launches Instant Selling, a new trade-in service for smartphones" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple’s much anticipated new video streaming service is set to launch in April. The plan is to simplify video streaming by allowing users to watch content from multiple content distributors through one app and one subscription, but some distributors are disputing Apple’s suggested terms. Apple aims to take a 30% cut of the revenue from subscribers, which is double the 15% it currently takes for subscriptions to current services through its App Store. Regardless of which streaming services are on board, Apple plans to release a ton of original content on its platform, having signed multi-year deals with entertainers such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, and Steven Spielberg." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple is targeting April to launch its new video service, but Netflix won't be a part of it and HBO is in doubt" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Netflix has released more than 30 episodes of its factual entertainment shoes onto YouTube in order to support educators. Altogether, there is over 20 hours of content. The shows include Our Planet, Explained, and 13th. A link to the playlist is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix makes more than 30 episodes of its shows free on YouTube" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok has revealed how its algorithm works. The code that TikTok uses to pick the next video to display is a large part of its $20-$30 billion valuation. A \"transparency center\" has been set up in Los Angeles which will have exhibits showing how TikTok's algorithms and data practices work. The algorithm uses machine learning to determine what the user is likely to engage with and then sends more of the same content. It groups videos into clusters based on similar themes and tries to avoid sending multiple videos with the same music or from the same creator. As the system can produce filter bubbles, TikTok's product and policy teams monitor accounts for misinformation and other content before it reaches the main feed." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside TikTok's killer algorithm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google’s plans to remove the APIs that content blocking extensions use will continue despite pushback from the developer community. It plans to replace the APIs with a more limited API which limits the number of filter requests that are possible. The changes will come when Google upgrades its Chrome extensions platform which will still be a few months away. Firefox now has the ability to block tracking scripts natively without any extensions required." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google still plans to kill Chrome's existing adblock APIs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Three scientists who were behind the first-ever gene-edited babies have been sentenced to prison in China for illegal medical practice. Last year, two women became pregnant after having embryos with altered DNA implanted in them, resulting in the birth of twins. The experiments were denounced as extremely abominable in nature and resulted in the researchers being handed sentences of up to three years in prison. They were also fined up to three million yuan each. Gene editing for human embryos is only allowed in the US and UK in laboratory research. The technology could lead to a new era of genetic inequality as embryos could be modified for more desirable traits." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese scientists jailed over 'world's first gene-edited babies'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has launched the Amazon Sidewalk Bridge Pro, a device designed to extend the Sidewalk network into public spaces. Sidewalk is a network that connects devices together so they can share bandwidth and be controlled or tracked. The Sidewalk Bridge Pro has a range of five miles in ideal scenarios. Amazon aims to connect billions of third-party devices to the Sidewalk network. It plans to work with businesses and municipalities to deploy the bridges." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon wants to take Sidewalk beyond the neighborhood" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "See how the most productive dev teams like Cloudflare use Sourcegraph to quickly find vulnerabilities and fix them at scale. Remediate vulnerabilities with confidence knowing you found every instance of affected code. Track your remediation initiatives to completion with automated fixes and pull requests. With Sourcegraph, timely resolution is just a search away." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fix vulnerabilities at scale with a single search" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Pair programming is an agile software development technique where two people work together to share context, solve problems, or learn from one another. It builds technical and communication skills, encourages creative problem-solving, and brings teams closer. This article presents a framework for pair programming that streamlines the process to make it more approachable for people new to the technique." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Flexible Framework for Effective Pair Programming" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple plans to launch an 8-inch foldable iPhone by 2023. The phone will use QHD+ flexible OLEDs from Samsung Display, DDI display controllers from Samsung Foundry, and silver nanowire tech supplied by TPK. Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Honor are expected to launch new foldable phones in late 2021 or early 2022. Apple may drop the project if foldable phones don't become popular." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple is reportedly working on a foldable iPhone for 2023" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Leaked images of Facebook's smartwatch show a camera notch that is clearly visible when the watch's screen is off. The watch will have LTE support and health, fitness, and messaging features. It will also have a second detachable camera. Facebook originally planned to release the device in Summer 2022, but the company has not confirmed any dates. A picture of the smartwatch is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook’s Meta watch has a camera notch, according to first leaked image" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two experimental treatments for Ebola have proved so effective that they are being offered to all patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The treatments have a 90 percent success rate, giving hope that the epidemic in the eastern Congo can soon be stopped. A recent epidemic that started last month has infected around 2,800 known patients, killing more than 1,800 of them. People are distrustful of health workers and underreport occurrences of the disease or hide sick family members. Both REGN-EB3 and mAb-114 are cocktails of synthetic monoclonal antibodies that are infused intravenously into the blood. When treated, less than 11 percent of patients died, compared to an over 70 percent mortality rate when untreated. The epidemic has been made worse due to violence and political turmoil in the area." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon's long-awaited TV adaptation of Robert Jordan's bestselling Wheel of Time series will debut on Amazon Prime this November. The series features a large cast and it will focus on Moiraine, a member of an all-woman organization called the Aes Sedai. The series is expected to closely follow the overall narrative arc of the first book. Amazon has already renewed Wheel of Time for a second season. Promotional images for the series are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We have our first look at images from Amazon’s new Wheel of Time series" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "BeltBro is a product that uses two belt loops to hold up pants and shorts. It took two years to develop the branding and marketing for the product and the website for it was launched in February, during one of the toughest times to start a small business. Over 50,000 customers purchased products through the website. BeltBro started selling its product on Amazon FBA, and a Chinese company cloned the entire listing. The scammers even bought fake reviews to boost their listing and lowered their prices well below the price for the original product. Despite being in Amazon's special 'Brand Registry' program, BeltBro received no support from the company." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon Copycat is Stealing My Product, Images, Branding & More" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Origin Space, a Chinese private space resources company, will launch a space mining robot in November. The small satellite will enter a 500-kilometer-altitude sun-synchronous orbit, where it will be testing technologies and not actually mining. Origin Space aims to verify and demonstrate functions such as orbital maneuvers, simulated small celestial body capture, and intelligent spacecraft identification and control. Asteroid mining could potentially be a trillion-dollar industry. In 2021, China will launch a satellite designed to observe and monitor Near Earth Asteroids, and Origin Space is planning to send NEO-2 to the Moon in late 2021 or early 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China to Launch Space Mining Bot" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Get your cap table right with LTSE Equity Playing fast and loose with equity can end up causing major problems for your startup. With LTSE Equity, you’ll know your cap table is in order and avoid costs, headaches, and adverse tax impacts down the road.Whether you’re preparing to raise or hiring a new set of employees, LTSE Equity can help you add vesting schedules, track 83b election, right size your option pool, manage investor relations, and much more. And you’ll be in good company: over 36,000 startups use LTSE.Save thousands of $s in legal and accounting fees. Start for free or try the interactive demo." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Get your cap table right with LTSE Equity" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Twitter thread contains notes from OpenAI's Whisper paper." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OpenAI Whisper" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The SynLimb is a device that attaches to an arm prosthesis instead of a prosthetic hand. It converts electrode signals from the residual limb into control voltages for controlling the modular synthesizer. The SynLimb can plug the prosthesis directly into the synthesizer so that it can be controlled by the signals from the body that normally control the hand. To the user, it feels like they are controlling the device with their thoughts." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hacking my arm prosthesis to output CV so that it plugs into my synth: Thought-controlled music!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "YouTuber Shamook gained millions of views when he released deepfake videos that 'fixed' several CGI cameos from Star Wars and other big-budget movies. Instead of removing the videos, Lucasfilm decided to hire Shamook as a Senior Facial Capture Artist. Examples of Shamook's work are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Lucasfilm hires the YouTube deepfaker who put its Luke, Leia and Tarkin cameos to shame" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "I was looking around for a good React component library to use for the TLDR website, when I stumbled upon this excellent curated list. It has a fairly comprehensive list of UI component libraries for React, Vue, Angular, Ember, and Mithril, and each library comes with a description and a Github star count." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Awesome UI Component Library" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Vay is a Berlin-based startup that plans to use human teledrivers to drive cars remotely. Its customers will be able to order a vehicle to drive themselves, with the teledrivers taking over between rides. Vay claims that its rides will cost a fraction of what Uber and Lyft currently charge for rides. The vehicles are being tested in Berlin. Vay aims to launch its service in Europe and the US next year. A video explaining the service is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Not Self-Driving, But Tele-Driving: Startup to Deploy Remote-Controlled Cars as a Step Towards Full Autonomy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Welwitschia is a two-leafed plant that grows in parts of the Namib Desert in southern Africa. It can live for thousands of years and it never stops growing. Some plants are estimated to be over 3,000 years old. A recent study that looked into the genetic makeup of the Welwitschia found the plant's entire genome doubled approximately 86 million years ago due to stressful conditions. This resulted in a lot of junk DNA, which was eventually silenced through a process called DNA methylation, making the Welwitschia's genome very efficient and low-cost. Many of its genes help it grow under extreme stress, and this could help humans create hardier, less thirsty crops." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A plant that ‘cannot die’ reveals its genetic secret" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Recent unrest in Iran has resulted in internet blackouts over the weekend. The Iranian government has denied a cover-up after an airliner was shot down last week. There was a drop in Iran's international internet access on Saturday and Sunday, and a drop in connectivity at Tehran's Sharif University on Monday ahead of any new demonstrations. Iran has used internet blackouts as a form of control during other periods of civil unrest. There is a high cost to the country's economy every time the internet is disconnected. Iran lost $1.5 billion within four days during a blackout in November. The blackouts are causing more Iranians to be aware of their oppression from their government and the power of the internet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Iran’s Insoluble Paradox of Cutting Off the Internet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "BigCode is a project that aims to develop open-sourced state-of-the-art AI systems for code that will be freely available to the public." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hugging Face and ServiceNow launch BigCode, a project to open source code-generating AI systems" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenAI used a mix of video training and reinforcement learning to create an AI that can make a diamond pickaxe in Minecraft. Creating a diamond pickaxe in Minecraft is a complex task that requires many steps. The team used a method called Video PreTraining (VPT) that involved training the AI using massive amounts of raw gameplay video and human-processed video. VPT can be used for almost any software where there is enough video material." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OpenAI’s latest AI builds a Diamond Axe in Minecraft – why it matters" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The state of online privacy has become a crisis, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook. Unlike companies like Google or Facebook, Apple does not focus on advertising and customer data. While other companies may sell or use customer data as a product, Apple focuses on keeping data safe and private. The issue of people’s increasing use of Apple’s devices was addressed, as Apple had removed apps that allowed people to remotely manage screen time on other devices. Apple stated that these apps were removed as they used Mobile Device Management technology designed to handle sensitive data for businesses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple CEO Tim Cook says digital privacy 'has become a crisis'" } ]