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iPhone 13 could feature next-gen vapor chamber cooling technology | The iPhone 13 is rumored to feature next-gen vapor chamber cooling tech. Apple is confirmed to be testing the technology, but it is not clear if it will be ready for a 2021 launch. The cooling system is a miniature version of those seen on high-end gaming computers. A liquid is evaporated by the heat generated by the device, and then the thermal energy spreads out through the whole of the casing. Improved cooling would mean less chance of over-heating and potentially faster speeds. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Walmart will soon use hundreds of A.I. robot janitors to scrub the floors of US stores | Walmart will be deploying 360 floor-scrubbing robots made by a company called Brain Corp. by the end of January 2019. Their BrainOS operating system uses computer vision to allow the robots to navigate complex environments, and Walmart employees will be able to map out cleaning routes and then send off the robots with the press of a button. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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System UIcons (Website) | This site contains a collection of 220 system UI icons. Developers can search for the icon they need and easily add the image to their site via SVG code, CDN link, or by hosting the icon directly. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Ask HN: Full-on machine learning for 2020, what are the best resources? (Hacker News Thread) | There are many topics to choose from when starting out in machine learning. It can get confusing, and the theory can be quite difficult to learn. Many people suggest that learning using a 'top-down' approach might be best. People can learn how models work and become productive much faster by just diving into the code. Theory can be learned concurrently, or even at your own pace after you've learned the practical parts. Learning theory can help you build higher quality models. There are lists of recommended resources for machine learning in the thread. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Fire breaks out in OVH building in Strasbourg, France | A fire broke out at French cloud services firm OVH, disrupting millions of websites in the country. Up to 2% of .FR domains have been affected. The fire destroyed one of four data centers and damaged another. Investigators have yet to find a cause for the blaze. The firm recently announced plans for an initial public offering. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Bitcoin Comes to Whole Foods, Major Retailers in Coup for Digital Currency | A new retail initiative will see many major retailers start to accept cryptocurrency as payment. The initiative comes from a partnership with Flexa, a payments startup, and Gemini, a Winklevoss-owned digital currency company. Existing scanners will be able to scan a QR code from a cryptocurrency wallet app for payments. The app, Spedn, supports Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, and Gemini Dollar. While there is a large list of retailers who will be able to support these payments, none have given any official statements, probably as the payment system is still experimental. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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KFC is working with a Russian 3D bioprinting firm to try to make lab-produced chicken nuggets | KFC is working with Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions to create the world's first laboratory-produced chicken nuggets. 3D Bioprinting solutions will print chicken meat using chicken cells and plant material and KFC will provide the firm with ingredients to achieve the signature KFC taste. The process uses animal material, so the nuggets it produces won't be vegetarian. They will be more environmentally friendly to produce than standard chicken meat. KFC hasn't announced when the nuggets will be available to customers. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Apple announces AirPods Pro with noise cancellation, coming October 30th | Apple has launched the AirPods Pro, a premium version of its wireless earbuds featuring noise-canceling. The earbuds only come in white. Noise-canceling is adjusted up to 200 times per second using a system that is very similar to the noise cancellation system in the new Beats Solo Pro headphones. A transparency mode is available that will allow users to hear their surroundings. The AirPods Pro has a force sensor that is used to control music playback and toggle between noise-canceling and transparency mode. It comes with flexible ear tips. A software audio test is available that can tell the user if they have chosen the right-sized tips by measuring the sound level in the ear and comparing it to what is coming from the speaker driver. The AirPods Pro has around 4.5 hours of continuous listening battery life and is sweat and water-resistant. It is available for pre-order now and will be released on October 30th for $249. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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This Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones | An artist in Berlin pulled a red wagon full of smartphones around town in order to create virtual traffic jams on Google Maps. The 99 smartphones had Google Maps open, causing the app to flag his location as jam-packed and to start diverting traffic to other routes. Simon Wreckert, the artist, wanted to get people to think about the space we give to cars in public life and the data we rely on every day. The generated maps weren't reality, but rather an interpretation of the data that the algorithm saw. | 4Miscellaneous
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Scientists Found Ancient, Never-Before-Seen Viruses in a Glacier | Evidence of ancient viruses has been found deep within the glaciers atop the Tibetan Plateau. These viral records can help scientists gain data on Earth's evolutionary and climate history. Genomes from 33 groups of viruses were found in the ice, 28 that were completely new to science. Studying viruses from ice cores is difficult due to the extremely small size of the viruses and how easy it is to contaminate samples. Decontamination techniques are used to clean the samples. Warming temperatures are causing glaciers around the world to shrink and release trapped microbes and viruses. This has caused disease outbreaks in the past, and it is a concern for the future as the planet continues to warm up. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Chicken Story (19 minute read) | Club Bing was a rewards program from Microsoft that gave users points for playing online games. The games were all word games, and the points could be traded in for real prizes, such as an Xbox. It was possible to use scripts to play the game automatically, but Microsoft implemented Captcha services to disrupt the cheaters. This article discusses how one of the scripters managed to bypass the blocks that Microsoft implemented. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Blind man helps develop smart cane that uses Google Maps and sensors to navigate the world | The WeWALK smart cane uses ultrasonic sensors to warn users of nearby impediments, touchpad controls to control smartphones, and native integration with Voice Assistant and Google Maps to inform users of nearby stores and infrastructural details. While technology in other areas has developed, visually impaired people are left with using a plain stick to navigate with, which was a frustration with the creators. Blind persons can now be more informed of the details of the environment around them. The WeWALK smart cane is currently being sold for $500 and the creators intend to eventually pair it with ridesharing apps and transportation services to further improve its abilities. | 4Miscellaneous
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Camels Originated in North America, Probably Roamed Hollywood | A 15-million-year-old camel fossil was unearthed during a road construction project in San Diego, California, revealing that the animals roamed North America well before they spread to South America and the rest of the world. The North American camels lived alongside mammoths, mastodons, ground sloths, the short-faced bear, and sabertooth cats until around 12,000 to 10,000 years ago, when the first indigenous people arrived in the area. There are now three living species of camel, with most camel populations being domesticated except for some feral populations in Australia, India, and Kazakhstan. Other camel facts, including their history of use in war, different products made from them, and more, are available in the article. | 4Miscellaneous
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'Radically new' wing from NASA and MIT automatically changes shape | A new type of wing created by NASA and MIT is made from hundreds of small identical pieces. This design allows the wing to change shape using motors and cables. Different maneuvers require different wing shapes, and modern wings are usually a compromise. The new wing design can respond to changes in aerodynamic loading by changing shape, making the wing perform more optimally. Researchers aim to apply this technology to other structures, such as turbines, bridges, and space antennas. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Would you give up Google for $17,000 a year? The Federal Reserve wants to know | The Federal Reserve is trying to work out the value of the internet, as while the current expansion of the economy is the longest in history, productivity gains are weak, and GDP growth is far from stellar. This may be due to the fact that many of the most used products on the internet are free, and GDP measures the value of products and services that are bought and sold. In a study on the value of these services, it was found that the median user of Facebook would give up the service for $48 a month, people would give up YouTube for $1,173 a year, and it would take $17,530 for users to give up search engines for a year. The studies on the value of free internet services found that the GDP would be higher if the value of these services were included in calculations. | 4Miscellaneous
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Elon Musk delivers New Year’s Teslas with help from his proud mom | Elon Musk and his mother, Maye, helped volunteers from the local Tesla Owners club deliver cars to hundreds of customers on New Year’s Eve. A $1,875 US federal tax credit for customers was to expire at the end of 2019, so Tesla tried to ship the cars to customers as soon as possible so they could take advantage of the credit. Tesla was giving out $10 vouchers for the food trucks on-site and was also offering drinks. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Ask HN: Is your company considering inflation in this year's comp review cycle? (HackerNews Thread) | Companies often give raises that are lower than the rate of inflation, despite employees receiving excellent performance ratings. This can cause employee dissatisfaction, especially when they realize that they can get paid more by switching jobs. This HackerNews thread discusses annual raises, what people usually get and expect, why companies might not consider inflation when calculating raises, job-hopping, and more. Many times budgets and other factors restrict managers' abilities to give higher raises and the salary may still be acceptable without a significant raise. | 4Miscellaneous
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Intel's Project Endgame Is an Upcoming Cloud CPU Service | Project Endgame is a new service from Intel that gives users an always-accessible, low latency computing experience powered by Arc GPUs. There is little information about the service, but it seems to be a game-streaming solution. It may also be a cloud streaming service for professional users needing a cloud-based Windows workstation. The service will be available for use later this year. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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A New Species of Absolutely Enormous Waterlily Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight | The new species of giant waterlily was initially mistaken for another known species. | 4Miscellaneous
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Microsoft is now a $1 trillion company | Microsoft briefly hit a valuation of over $1 trillion, taking over Apple as the world’s most valuable company. In its Q3 earnings report, Microsoft revealed that it generated over $30 billion in revenue. The increase in stock price is due to the growth that Microsoft saw in its cloud services. While investors may care about the stock price, Microsoft executives do not focus on it as a metric. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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The F1 of the future: Flying cars set to take to the skies in outback Coober Pedy | Airspeeder is a startup that aims to host a full-scale flying car race in South Australia before the end of the year. The flying cars are cheaper than helicopters and faster than air taxis. There will be no drivers racing in the vehicles initially, but the company plans to obtain the licensing to allow real pilots in the races. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Decellularized Spinach Serves as an Edible Platform for Growing Artificial Meat | The veiny skeleton of a spinach leaf can support the growth of artificial meat. Spinach provides a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly scaffold that may accelerate the development of cultured meat. Previous studies have demonstrated that spinach leaf scaffolds can be used for cultivating human heart tissue. Researchers will now focus on growing more cells on the leaves to create thicker steaks and to investigate other animal and plant cell alternatives. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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AI tech predicts time and place of lightning-strikes | An AI system was able to predict the time and place of lightning strikes using standard weather station data. It was trained using data from four basic weather parameters: atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed. The data was gathered over a 10-year period in urban and mountainous regions and cross-referenced with recordings from lightning detection and location systems. Researchers were able to predict the location and time in which lightning would strike at around an 80 percent accuracy rate. Using AI, more accurate prediction systems that require fewer inputs can be developed. This system will be able to cover more areas as it doesn't require external data from radars or satellites. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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YouTube removes videos of robots fighting for 'animal cruelty' | YouTube has started taking down robot combat videos, citing that the videos are in breach of its community guidelines. Each notice of removal was accompanied with a section of the guidelines which said that the videos displayed deliberate infliction of animal suffering or showed animals that were forced to fight. A spokesperson for YouTube stated that the videos were likely removed in error through a faulty algorithm. YouTubers who have had videos removed can appeal the decision in order for the content to be reinstated. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Greg Kroah-Hartman bans University of Minnesota from Linux development for deliberately buggy patches | Software supply chain attacks have become an important issue since the Solarwinds security breach. Students from the University of Minnesota tried to put a vulnerability into the Linux kernel for a study, which resulted in the university being banned from all future contributions to the project. The group had previously published a paper on submitting buggy patches and had a history of submitting purposefully buggy code. Introducing vulnerabilities into open-source code on purpose can be extremely dangerous, especially in the case of the Linux kernel codebase. | 4Miscellaneous
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Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving subscription arrives in early 2021 | 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. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Four-Legged Fish Older Than Dinosaurs Rediscovered in Madagascar | Coelacanths were thought to be extinct until one was found off the coast of South Africa in 1938. They are found in undersea canyons at depths of 330 to 1640 miles. Nets used to catch sharks can be set in deep water and are now the biggest threat to the survival of coelacanths in Madagascar. There has been a rise in accidental coelacanth captures, with a large percentage of pregnant females, who only produce 140 live babies throughout their lives. Banning the nets is not possible right now. | 4Miscellaneous
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Pornhub Purges 10 Million Videos After Losing Credit Card Support | Pornhub is purging videos from all of its unverified uploaders. From now, it will only host videos created by official content partners and creators from the site's verified models program. At least 10 million videos were removed in the purge, with the site now only hosting around 2.9 million clips. Pornhub made the announcement days after Discover, Mastercard, and Visa stopped accepting payments from the site over concerns it was hosting illegal material. | 4Miscellaneous
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Amazon reportedly planning 3,000 cashier-less Go stores by 2021 | Amazon says that it plans on opening as many as 3,000 of its cashier-less Amazon Go convenience stores by the year 2021. Jeff Bezos envisions Amazon Go stores coming in many different configurations with some serving freshly made meals while others look more like a cashierless 7-Eleven with limited grocery selections and pre-made food options. Amazon reportedly plans on having 10 stores open by the end of the year, 50 locations in major cities by next year, and then an exponential growth in locations in 2020 and 2021, so long as it doesn't hit any roadblocks. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Elowan: A Plant-Robot Hybrid (2 minute video) | Plants are naturally occurring circuits that can respond to environmental factors. MIT scientists have used this fact to design Elowan, a plant-robot hybrid that uses the plant's natural reaction to stimuli to drive the decision making for a plant-robot hybrid. In this video, scientists have used the plant's natural tendency to move towards light stimuli to navigate a plant-on-wheels towards a light that they turn on. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Kaolin (GitHub Repo) | Kaolin is a PyTorch library for accelerating 3D deep learning research. It provides efficient implementations of differentiable 3D modules for use in deep learning systems. Kaolin can load and preprocess several popular 3D data sets which can be manipulated, mitigating the need to write boilerplate code. It supports an array of loss functions and evaluation metrics and can provide visualization functionality to render the 3D results. A curated model zoo comprising of many state-of-the-art 3D deep learning architectures is provided to serve as a starting point for future research endeavors. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Squoosh (Github Repo) | This is a newly open sourced image compression tool by the Google Chrome team. There's also a hosted version linked in the repo so you can test it out, the compression ratios are ridiculously good. I unscientifically tested it on a driver's license picture of mine and it compressed a 9MB picture to 500kb without any noticeable distortion (it has a slider that makes it really easy to compare the before and after). | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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The Google Incentive Mismatch: Problems with Promotion-Oriented Cultures | This article discusses the problems with promo-culture and suggests alternatives. Engineers at big companies tend to be focused on getting to the next level of their careers. This can mean more money, responsibility, respect, and a feeling of progress. Promo-culture can result in a lot of abandoned projects as people focus on their next advancement rather than working on a product. It can mean that engineers have to choose between doing what's best for users or what's best for their careers. | 4Miscellaneous
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1st 'Murder Hornet' Nest In U.S. Is Found In Washington State | Entomologists with the Washington State Department of Agriculture have located the first nest of Asian giant hornets in the US. Near the Canadian border, the nest was found by trapping and tagging live hornets, which led the entomologists back to the nest. The agency will destroy the nest, removing the tree it is on if necessary. Asian giant hornets prey on honeybees and other insects and a couple of hornets can destroy an entire honeybee hive in a few hours. In Japan, they kill up to 50 people a year. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Amazon's second headquarters clears blocks in Virginia funding vote | Local officials unanimously voted to clear a $51 million financial package for Amazon if it decides to build its second headquarters in Virginia. After Amazon abruptly pulled out of its plans to build their HQ2 in New York, other states that had previously been on the shortlist are now being considered. There was a vocal minority opposition in Virginia still, with the opposition protesting against Amazon’s business practices, including its treatment of employees. Housing prices have already started rising amidst speculations that Amazon will bring their headquarters into the state. The project will cost Amazon approximately $2.5 billion and create more than 25,000 jobs, generating more than $3.2 billion in tax revenue. | 4Miscellaneous
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The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds | A study published in January found that oceans were warming a lot faster than previously thought. As fish are very climate sensitive, they are moving to cooler waters, resulting in a decrease in fish populations in many areas. Overfishing is happening faster in certain areas as fish populations decline. Fish and seafood make up 17 percent of the animal protein consumed worldwide, and it is important to maintain sustainable levels fishing to prevent a loss of this important food source. | 4Miscellaneous
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Google helps map one cubic millimeter of human brain tissue that comes in at 1.4 petabytes | Google and Harvard University have released a browsable 1.4-petabyte reconstruction of roughly one cubic millimeter of brain tissue. The 3D reconstruction was created from 225 million 2D images of tissues collected from donors who had undergone surgery to treat epilepsy. It represents only one-millionth the volume of an entire brain. A link to the reconstruction is available in the article. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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A company that makes $600,000 prefab smart homes got so popular in 2020 it had to turn away customers | The Passive House LivingHomes is a line of three environmentally friendly homes by Plant Prefab, a prefab home maker. Plant Prefab's homes have a fresh air system, efficient water heaters, heat recovery ventilators, insulation, and strong windows and doors. Prefab homes have seen increased interest since the start of the pandemic. Plant Prefab had to start turning away business at one point last year due to overwhelming interest. Images and descriptions of Plant Prefab's three homes are available in the article. | 4Miscellaneous
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Twitter is adding an edit button | Twitter has announced that it will allow Twitter Blue subscribers to edit their tweets in the coming months. The feature has been frequently requested by users, but former CEO Jack Dorsey was reluctant to add it due to the potential for abuse. Elon Musk, after purchasing a 9.2% stake in Twitter, polled his followers on whether the company should add an edit button. The results were strongly in favor of the feature. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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YouTube launches optimized /Fashion page with curated videos, original content | YouTube's new /Fashion is a single destination for style content on YouTube, featuring a unique homepage and video watching experience on mobile. It has a carousel with large cover images of recent videos on the top of the screen. There is original content that includes behind-the-scenes videos and live streams of the latest collections straight from the runway. YouTube has partnered with fashion brands to generate content from fashion professionals, publishers, and brands across the industry. In the next few months, YouTube will start localizing the page for global markets and add more international voices. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Tesla names director Denholm to replace Musk as board chair | As part of the SEC's settlement with Tesla regarding Elon Musk's "funding secured" tweet, Tesla was required to replace Elon Musk as chairman of their board. They've selected Robyn Denholm to be the new chairwoman. She's resigning as CFO of Australian telecom firm Telstra to take the job, she has also worked as an executive at Toyota and Sun Microsystems. She has been on Tesla's board since 2014. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Amazon spending $465 million on season 1 of The Lord of the Rings series | The first season of Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV show will cost $465 million to produce. New Zealand will be rebating the production around 25% of its costs due to the considerable economic and tourism potential of the project. There is no premiere date for the show yet as there were some setbacks in filming due to the pandemic. Amazon has canceled its plans for its Lord of the Rings MMO as it was unable to secure terms to continue development. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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mongitaDB (GitHub Repo) | mongitaDB is a lightweight embedded document database. It is a self-contained Python library that implements a commonly-used subset of the MongoDB/PyMongo interface. mongitaDB can be used as an alternative to SQLite or for unit testing. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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10 real-world stories of how we’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines (12 minute read) | Attacks on continuous integration and continuous delivery/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines have been on the rise as build pipelines are increasingly understood as highly-privileged targets with a substantial attack surface. This article shares 10 stories about CI/CD pipeline security assessments to demonstrate potential weak points and show what attacks may look like in practice. Most compromises are caused due to default configurations, overpermissive permissions and roles, a lack of security controls, and a lack of segmentation and segregation. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Teleport's 2022 Security Speaker Series (Sponsor) | Come hear what some of the world’s foremost security experts such as Troy Hunt and Michael Coates see on the security horizon for 2022. Join today. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Introducing the new GitHub Issues | GitHub Issues is a new beta feature from GitHub that can be used for managing issues with a team. Users can create issues, break them into tasks, track relationships, add custom fields, and have conversations. GitHub Issues can be used to visualize large projects as spreadsheets or boards. Issues can be managed in browser, terminal, or on any mobile device. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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The last Blockbuster has been turned into an Airbnb | The world's last Blockbuster can be booked on Airbnb for $4 a night. Bookings will be available from the 17th of August for either September 18, 19, or 20. The store will be transformed into a living room including a TV and pull-out couch. Guests will have access to the store's movie collection. Due to Covid-19 regulations, overnight guests must come from the same household. A link to the Airbnb listing is provided at the end of the article. | 4Miscellaneous
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Ford’s self-driving cars will be available on Lyft’s platform in Miami and Austin | Lyft customers in Austin, Texas will soon be able to hail a robotaxi from Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen. Argo plans to deploy 1,000 autonomous vehicles across multiple markets over the next five years. It has been testing its vehicles in several regions in the US over the last few years. Lyft sold its self-driving business to Toyota earlier this year, but it still has an interest in the AV industry. Ford, Argo, and Lyft will use the data generated from their vehicles to figure out how to grow a full-scale robotaxi business. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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How Apple could kill CAPTCHAs with Private Access Tokens | Apple plans to kill CAPTCHAs with its new Private Access Tokens technology. Private Access Tokens can prove that an HTTP request is coming from a human by recognizing if a client device is following typical user patterns. Signed tokens are sent to servers in a multi-step process that doesn't involve the server knowing anything about the device or user. Using Private Access Tokens requires a device running iOS 16 or macOS Ventura. Apple is working to make Private Access Tokens a web standard. More on how the technology works is available in the article. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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I have one of the most advanced prosthetic arms in the world — and I hate it (15 minute read) | Some users of high-end prosthetics find the devices much less useful than the media coverage around the technology would have you think. A majority of upper-limb prostheses users report very negative experiences, with rejection rates as high as 44 percent. The devices are usually heavy and difficult to control. They are also expensive, and most insurance policies will not cover them. Becoming a cyborg is not accessible by many, but right now, it isn't a practical option anyway. | 4Miscellaneous
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Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows bacteria to exhale electricity | Geobacter, a groundwater-dwelling genus of bacteria, eats organic waste and exhales electrons, generating a tiny electric current in the process. The Geobacter breathes through conductive filaments hundreds of times their size called nanowire. Nanowire is 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair and it is capable of transporting electrons far away from the microbes' bodies. Understanding how the system works could be a crucial step in transforming Geobacter colonies into live batteries. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Stanford team develops brain-rejuvenating antibodies that let old mice think like youngsters | A Stanford team have identified a single gene that encodes a protein responsible for age-related cognitive losses and have successfully reversed the cognitive effects of aging on mice by blocking the gene using special antibodies. Microglia are a class of brain cells responsible for immune responses and cleanup, and their performance deteriorates with age. A test in a group of about 3,000 genes found that CD22 changed microglial eating patterns and also became more prevalent with age. Scientists blocked the gene in mice using special antibodies and the mice showed signs of cognitive improvement. This improvement was also seen in mice with symptoms of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. CD22 is also found in the human genome but it is too early to say whether the therapy will be effective in humans. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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browser-2020 (GitHub Repo) | This repository contains a list of lesser-known features that are implemented in modern browsers. The list is designed for everybody, not just for a technical audience. Some features are browser-specific and haven't become standard yet. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Uber announces another round of layoffs as financial uncertainty looms | Uber has let go of another 435 employees, just a few months after it cut 400 employees from its marketing division. In August, Uber put a hiring freeze on new software engineers and product managers, but that freeze has now been lifted. Uber posted a record $5.2 billion net loss in its second-quarter this year. Despite the cost-cutting in its marketing, engineering, and product divisions, Uber has increased spending in other areas, such as its freight business. It has also joined with Lyft to spend $60 million in order to fund a ballot initiative in California to create a new classification for drivers. A bill in California could force Uber and Lyft to designate drivers as employees, which could increase labor costs by 30 percent if passed. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Newfound type of storm is a 1,000-km-wide puddle in the sky | Atmospheric lakes are a new type of storm discovered over the Indian Ocean. They are slow-moving pools of concentrated water vapor that can last for days. Atmospheric lakes are related to atmospheric rivers, a common phenomenon. The storms can sometimes turn into tropical cyclones. They form out of water vapor streams flowing in from the Indo-Pacific region and produce a lot of rain as they drift slowly to the eastern coast of Africa. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Neuraxle Pipelines (GitHub Repo) | Neuraxle is a Machine Learning library for building neat pipelines. It provides methods to ease research, development, and deployment of ML applications. Neuraxle can help build production-ready code that is compatible with any machine learning library. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Vultr Delivers Kubernetes Without The Costs (Sponsor) | Vultr Delivers Kubernetes Without The Costs . Vultr Kubernetes Engine (VKE) has landed, making it easier than ever to provision clusters with a free, fully-managed control plane and worker nodes powered by Vultr Cloud Compute instances conveniently located in any of 24 locations. Try VKE for free today with this $200 code! | 0Sponsor
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Sat (GitHub Repo) | Sat is a WebAssembly compute module designed for maximum performance with a small footprint. It has no dependencies and can be run in a Docker container. Sat can create a mesh with other instances using local network discovery and websockets. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Apple’s Double Agent (11 minute read) | Apple has largely kept its response to leaks under wraps. Its anti-leak team, officially called Global Security, employs former US intelligence and FBI agents. The team is tasked with cracking down on leaks and leakers, but very little is known about how it operates. One of the ways the team gains intelligence is by cultivating relationships with people in the jailbreaking community. This article tells the story of a member of the jailbreaking community who willingly reached out to Apple with information on leaks. The informant never received compensation for the leaks, so they decided to tell their story instead. | 4Miscellaneous
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India approves world's first DNA Covid vaccine | ZyCoV-D, a DNA vaccine against Covid-19, has been approved for emergency use in India. DNA vaccines, similar to other vaccines, teach the immune system to fight the real virus. They give the body information to make a fragment of the spike protein to trigger an immune response. DNA vaccines are used in animals, but they have been ineffective in humans in the past. ZyCoV-D is 66 percent effective in preventing symptomatic disease after three doses. It is administered using a needle-free injector. The vaccine is stable at temperatures -2C to 8C, making it easy to store and transport. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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China launches world’s fastest programmable quantum computers | Physicists in China have built two quantum computers with performance speeds way above their Western competitors. Zuchongzhi 2 is a 66-qubit light-based machine that is 10 million times faster than the world's fastest supercomputer. Jiuzhang 2 is also light-based, but it has a narrower field of applications. At this stage, the machines can only work in protected environments for short periods on highly specific tasks. The researchers hope to achieve quantum error correction over the next five years so that the machines can be more useful. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? (Hacker News Thread) | This Hacker News thread contains a list of games that people wish existed. The top replies include a game that simulates being a mouse existing with regular humans, a game similar to Civilization but for countries, and a true MMORPG that simulates a real virtual world. The discussions center around similar games that already exist and the reasons why such games don't currently exist. | 4Miscellaneous
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Flu virus with 'pandemic potential' found in China | A new flu strain with the potential to become a pandemic has been identified in pigs in China. The virus is not an immediate problem, but it has all the characteristics of being highly adapted to infect humans and the situation will require close monitoring. G4 EA H1N1 is similar to swine flu. It grows and multiplies in the cells that line the human airways. There is evidence that some people who worked in abattoirs and the swine industry in China have been recently infected. It may be possible to adapt current flu vaccines to protect against it. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers | Using transistors based on carbon rather than silicon could potentially boost computer performance by more than a thousandfold. Previously, working with carbon circuits was impossible due to insufficient technology, but a team of scientists at the University of California has finally created wire made entirely of carbon. It is a type of graphene nanoribbon, designed to conduct electrons between semiconducting nanoribbons in all-carbon transistors. The nanoribbons allow chemical access to a wide range of structures that wasn't possible with nanotubes. Carbon-based computers can compute many times faster than silicon computers using only a fraction of the power. | 4Miscellaneous
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World’s first lab-grown caviar developed as industry looks to modernise for future generations | Exmoor Caviar, working with scientists from top UK universities, has produced the world's first lab-grown caviar. It is waiting for approval from the Food Standards Agency before selling it on the consumer market. The caviar is grown inside a bioreactor using proteins and lipids derived from fish. There are no animals involved in the process. The process could lower the costs of producing caviar. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Amazon starting drone deliveries in California town later this year | Amazon's Prime Air drone delivery service will start later this year, pending FAA permission. Lockeford, California will be among the first locations in the US to access the service. The drones will be able to carry five pounds of payload at speeds of up to 50 miles an hour. They are able to detect static and moving objects and automatically change course to safely avoid them. Pictures of Amazon's drones are available in the article. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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New Study Reveals Why Whales Don't Get Cancer | Whales experience lower rates of cancer than many animals. A team of scientists used DNA sequencing to map out whale DNA and found tumor-suppressing genes. The finding is significant as it opens up the possibility of using these genes in other animals, such as humans. It could eventually lead to an understanding of ways to improve the cellular mechanisms against DNA damage, cancer, and aging. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Mastering Bitcoin (GitHub Repo) | Mastering Bitcoin is a book about Bitcoin for developers. The initial chapters cover the non-technical aspects of the cryptocurrency and can be useful for everyday users, investors, and business owners. Later chapters discuss the technical foundations of Bitcoin, the architecture of its decentralized network, Segregated Witness, and more. This repository contains the full book. | 4Miscellaneous
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Google trained a trillion-parameter AI language model | Generally speaking, the more parameters a machine learning model has, the better it is at its task. OpenAI's GPT-3, which can make primitive analogies, generate recipes, and even complete basic code, has 175 billion parameters. Google researchers have trained a language model containing 1.6 trillion parameters. It performs four times faster compared to the previously largest Google-developed language model. The Switch Transformer technique was used to train the model as large-scale training is extremely computationally intensive. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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3D icons (Website) | This site contains a collection of more than 120 open-source 3D icons that are 100% free for commercial and personal use. The icons come in four predefined color styles and three camera angles. They can be edited with Mesh. Mock-ups and examples from the Figma community are available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Belarus Turned Off the Internet. Its Citizens Hot-Wired It | Belarus, Europe's last dictatorship, went almost entirely offline for 72 hours in early August and then again for an hour on August 26. The outages were used to disrupt communications across the protesting nation. Encrypted chat app Telegram has been used widely to disseminate information and organize protests in the country. The protests began after the country's leader claimed to have won an election by a landslide victory. While the government claimed the internet went down due to DDoS attacks on government infrastructure, investigations found that the internet went down via a method called Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) instead. Telegram was able to function as DPI attacks target domains and Telegram uses IP addresses. | 4Miscellaneous
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Go+ (GitHub Repo) | Go+ is a language for engineering, STEM education, and data science. It is statically typed with a script-like style that is more readable than Go. Go+ features list comprehensions, map literals, slice literals, lambda expressions, and much more and it is fully compatible with the Go language. Examples and tutorials are available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Rivian’s R1T electric truck brings adventure to the EV crowd | Rivian’s R1T electric truck is one of the first electric trucks to make it to the market. Starting at $67,500, the truck is built for adventure and has plenty of storage space for gear. The company also sells accessories, such as tents, that can be installed into the vehicle. With 835 horsepower and 908 pound-feet of torque, the R1T can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds. An in-depth video review of the R1T is available in the article. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Uber reaches tentative settlement with drivers arbitrating over employment status and expense reimbursement | Uber has tentatively agreed to pay out 11 cents per mile driven for Uber to 160,000 drivers in nine states who have been seeking to be classified as employees instead of independent contractors in order to get compensated for expenses like gas and vehicle maintenance. They also complained that Uber wouldn't allow them to take tips (Uber introduced this functionality in June of 2017, collecting $600 million in tips in just one year). The settlement is tentative based on getting enough drivers to sign the agreement. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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2020 State of Software Engineers (13 minute read) | In 2019, the average salaries for top engineering roles went up by nearly 13% in London, 7% in Toronto and New York, and 6% in the SF Bay Area. Demand for AR/VR is up by 1400%, similar to blockchain's strong demand last year. Many companies are evolving into becoming tech companies and demand for front and backend engineers is growing steadily. The full impact of AR and VR technology will be seen in the next five years. Salary growth for the top engineering roles in San Francisco and New York is double the rate of most Americans. Most software developers choose their careers due to passion for the role, rather than just for the pay. Half of all software engineers point to machine learning as the most interesting field in software today. More than half of engineers wouldn't hesitate to hire a candidate without a computer science degree. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Samsung confirms hackers stole Galaxy source code | Samsung has confirmed that hackers successfully stole internal company data and source code. Hacking group Lapsus$, who recently stole data from Nvidia, has claimed responsibility for the attack on Samsung. No personal data belonging to either customers or employees was stolen. It is unclear if any threats have been made to Samsung to try to extort specific concessions. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Physicists reverse time using quantum computer | In a four-stage experiment, scientists have successfully reversed the state of a qubit in a quantum computer, effectively reversing the effects of time by a fraction of a second within the computer. To explain the experiment, an analogy of playing billiards is used. When you begin a game, the cue ball breaks the starting pyramid, and balls go in all different directions. Continuing with the analogy, the scientists were able to reverse the effect of the cue ball and reverse the trajectory of the balls so they go back into their starting state, ie. back to the starting pyramid. While this was on a microscopic scale (and performing this on actual real-world objects would be impossible at this stage), this discovery may prove useful for making quantum computers more precise. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Cybersecurity and Nation States: A Fireside Chat (Sponsor) | On June 15, Jen Easterly, Director of CISA, will be joining Teleport for the Security Visionaries Series. Sign up today. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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What I Wish I Knew as a Junior Dev – Lessons Learned After 11 Years of Coding | After spending time in any field, everybody wishes there was something that someone more experienced in the field had told them earlier in their journey. Software development can be difficult to learn if you're only learning from one source, so learn from many sources. It is important to consistently practice what you learn because that's the only way to get better. There will always be people you don't like in any field, so it's best to learn to move on. Taking time to master one skill at a time will be more beneficial than trying to learn multiple skills all at once. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Meetings suck. Not at Shopify. See how they run efficient meetings and 1:1s (Sponsor) | Meetings suck. Not at Shopify. See how they run efficient meetings and 1:1s . Shopify's teams run short, effective meetings through collaborative agendas and time-saving automations. Shopify uses Fellow.app, the G2 top rated meeting agenda software. Fellow comes packed with customizable templates and integrates with all your tools including Slack, Jira, Trello, and more. Stop attending meetings that are a waste of time. Try Fellow for free today. | 0Sponsor
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Tesla starts the quarter by laying off more sales staff | Tesla made the decision to cut costs and close down some of its retail locations back in February, and now dozens of staff in three locations have been laid off. The teams affected were known as ‘inside sales’ and their responsibilities included taking inbound calls, helping with deliveries, and the washing and detailing of vehicles. Tesla still has stores open at these locations. All areas of sales and marketing are being evaluated within Tesla as they focus their efforts on producing a cheaper Model 3, as well as the launch of new models next year. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Alternative rocket builder SpinLaunch completes successful first test flight | SpinLaunch is a startup that is developing a launch system that uses kinetic energy as its primary method to get spacecraft to orbit. It recently conducted the successful first test flight of a prototype of its vacuum-sealed centrifuge in New Mexico. The centrifuge accelerates projectiles to high speed and then releases it at many thousands of miles an hour for launch. Using this approach will mean that rockets will need less fuel, resulting in a reduction in the size, complexity, and costs of rockets. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Trippy 'Vortex Rings' Inside Magnetic Material Seen for First Time, Says Study | Scientists recently found vortex rings for the first time in a magnetic material. Rings usually form when fluid flows back onto itself after flowing through a constricted space. The study confirms a decades-long prediction, and it could help scientists confirm even more complex theoretical magnetic structures. Unlike rings in fluid, which are constantly in motion and last for a short time, the magnetic ring vortices held still in a static state, vanishing only when the material was heated and exposed to strong magnetic fields. Understanding magnetic vortex rings could lead to the next generation of data storage solutions, neuromorphic engineering, and many other technologies. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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mailgo (GitHub Repo) | mailgo is a JavaScript package that transforms mailto and tel links into a menu that allows users to open the links directly in an app. A GIF demo is available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Preline UI (Website) | Preline UI is a set of pre-built UI components based on Tailwind CSS. It features more than 250 component examples, JavaScript plugins, and dark mode. The components include navigation bars, forms, overlays, and tables. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Dawn Aerospace conducts five flights of its suborbital spaceplane | Dawn Aerospace has completed five test flights of its Mk-II Aurora spaceplane. The spaceplane is designed to fly up to 60 miles above the Earth's surface, although its test flights only reached altitudes of 3,400 feet. It can take off and land from conventional airports and potentially perform multiple flights to and from space every day. Mk-II is less than 16 feet long and weighs only 165 pounds empty. While Mk-II can only carry a payload of less than 8.8 pounds, Mk-III will be capable of carrying up to 551 pounds to orbit. Mk-III will be fitted with a rocket engine to enable supersonic performance and high-altitude testing. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Netflix Is Planning a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure 'Black Mirror' | Netflix is developing a slate of specials that will let viewers choose the next storyline in a TV episode or movie. These include one episode in the upcoming season of dystopian sci-fi show "Black Mirror" to be released in December, as well as several new series based on video games and a few childrens shows. While interactive shows have never really become popular, one industry insider says "The time is right for interactive TV to become a mainstream experience". | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Japanese hotel chain sorry that hackers may have watched guests through bedside robots | A hotel chain in Japan uses robots that perform tasks that human employees usually do, for example, check-in guests, showing guests their rooms, and assist with other requirements. The hotels use facial recognition to unlock doors. A few months ago, a security researcher discovered a vulnerability on the robots that allowed easy access to stream video and audio from the robots. The researcher notified the hotel group about the vulnerability but received no reply, so he made the hack public. After the hack was revealed, the hotel group apologized for the vulnerability and patched the software. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Sombras.app (Website) | On this site, users can place a square on two 6x6 grids and a corresponding cube will appear in 3D space to match the pattern of the grids with the shadows on the wall. Users can change the color of the lights, choose to display more or less cubes, as well as shoot the model to make the cubes fly around. The design can be shared or saved to disk. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Announcing Parcel CSS: A new CSS parser, compiler, and minifier written in Rust! | Parcel CSS is a CSS parser, compiler, and minifier written in Rust. It performs significantly better than existing tooling while also improving minification quality. Parcel CSS can handle compiling CSS modules, tree shaking, automatically adding and removing vendor prefixes for browser targets, and transpiling modern CSS features. Performance benchmarks, as well as an explanation of the architecture, are available in the article. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Google announces Equiano, a privately funded subsea cable that connects Europe with Africa | Google announced that it will begin building its third fully privately funded subsea cable that will connect Europe with Africa. The cable will begin at Lisbon in Portugal and run down the west coast of Africa to connect to South Africa. Nine branching units will be built into the cable to connect the rest of Africa at a later date. The first stage of development should finish in 2021. Google and many other large tech companies, such as Facebook and Microsoft, have invested heavily in internet infrastructure projects in order to create more users and steadier connections to increase their bottom line. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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I took a huge pay cut for a more meaningful job, and it was nothing like I expected | Moving away from a high-earning job in order to chase more fulfilling activities may have varying results. Some people are able to manage their own businesses well and eventually earn more than their previous roles. People who leave their high-paying jobs to work for lower-paying companies or organizations usually find that their lifestyles had to be significantly changed to fit their new budgets. Those who had significant others who were employed and supportive or a significant amount of savings and investments found the transition to be a lot easier than those who depended on their income. Timing was important, as the financial burdens of reality play a large role in determining whether the decision is viable. | 4Miscellaneous
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ICON and Lennar reveal the world’s largest 3D-printed community, designed by BIG | ICON and Lennar have partnered to 3D print a 100-home neighborhood in Austin. All 100 residences will be printed with ICON's Vulcan printer, which can print concrete structures of up to 3,000 square feet. The aim of the project is to create affordable and sustainable homes that will still entice buyers. No estimated completion date has been set yet. The buildings will have similar or greater longevity than those built with standard concrete masonry units. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology
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Tesla is testing in-car Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity with several major internet providers | Tesla is working with several major internet providers in North America, Europe, and Asia to allow their vehicles to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots. It is unknown when the feature will be available to customers. The company recently released an update that allows customers to use phones as hotspots for connectivity. Tesla vehicles require data connectivity for their data gathering and entertainment features. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Google turns AlphaFold loose on the entire human genome | Google's DeepMind is releasing structural predictions for the genomes of 20 major research organisms. The database will include roughly 350,000 protein structures. AlphaFold is an AI-based system trained on the structures of existing proteins that had been determined through laboratory experiments. It can predict how a protein folds in three-dimensional space. Scientists can use the three-dimensional structure of proteins to design chemicals that can interact with them and treat diseases such as cancer and HIV. All of the data will soon be available for free on a website hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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The Splinternet Is Growing | The internet is becoming increasingly fragmented, as the technology for governments to censor information is becoming more accessible. Many countries are now blocking their citizens from accessing certain information, especially during times of trouble. Previously, the type of censorship tools used in China was expensive and labor intensive, but over time the system has become cheaper and more efficient. China may soon be exporting their ‘Great Firewall’ to other Southeast Asian countries to use. While governments may want to block information in order to control its citizens, a fragmented internet makes it increasingly difficult for tech companies to operate internationally. | 4Miscellaneous
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Dragula (Website) | Dragula provides free stock images through a desktop tool. Users can enter simple keywords and Dragula will find a random image related to the word. The image can then be drag and dropped in any app that supports the feature. Dragula can even generate links and markdown code to embed the image if required. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science
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Intel teases new technology to improve iPhone and Apple Watch integration with PCs | Intel's next-generation Evo PCs may have iPhone and Apple Watch integration with iMessage support. iPhone users might be able to access iMessage and data from the Health app on the new platform. Intel is still working with Apple on offering the new features. It seems unlikely that Apple will support unofficial ways to use iMessage on Windows. A video demonstration of the technology by Intel at CES 2022 is available in the article. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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Apple bans vaping apps from the iOS App Store | 181 vaping-related apps have been removed from the iOS App Store after concerns about the possible health impacts of vaping. Some of the apps allowed users to adjust the temperature and other settings on their vaping devices. Apple is allowing users to continue using apps that they have already downloaded onto their devices. The safety of e-cigarettes is still being debated. Conventional teen smoking has been on the decline for decades, but there has been a rise in e-cigarette use among high school students. Hundreds of people have fallen ill after using vaping devices, but most of these illnesses have been linked to off-brand vaping liquids. | 1Big Tech & Startups
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