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[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX's Starlink received approval to operate in Canada in November. It is now setting up ground stations to connect residents to the network. Customers can still purchase a Starlink Kit to connect directly to the service. The equipment at the new site has labels indicating that it was only to be used for demonstration purposes. Pictures of the site are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Canada Resident Finds A SpaceX Starlink Ground Station Under Construction" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Intel’s Alder Lake Intel Core i7-12800H features 14 cores and 20 threads. Recent benchmarks show that it outperforms Apple's M1 Max chip in single-core performance, with Apple's chip showing a slight edge in multi-core runs. While Intel's processor received noteworthy scores across the board, it has a distinct core and thread advantage over the M1 Max. Intel's Alder Lake-P chips will likely outperform previous generations by over 30%." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Intel Core i7-12800H CPU outperforms Apple M1 Max in new benchmark" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Capella is an enterprise-grade, scalable JSON document and key-value database, with SQL access and built-in full-text search, eventing, and analytics to easily support your many use cases. Try it for free & be up & running in 3 minutes—no credit card required." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Couchbase Capella DB as a service - flexible, full-featured, and fully managed" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Play Something is a new feature for Netflix that automatically suggests new shows and movies. It shows algorithmically curated content based on profile history. The feature has been in testing for months under a variety of names. It is now available for all users." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Netflix’s new ‘Play Something’ shuffle feature is here to solve your movie night indecision" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Boeing spent six years on a project that implemented a large-scale robotic system for automated assembly of its 777 fuselages. The project cost millions of dollars and will now be abandoned in favor of human machinists. New techniques make the robotic approach obsolete. When it was introduced, the robot system was difficult to set up and produced fuselages that had errors and needed to be finished by hand. These issues have not completely gone away, and new techniques make using human workers a better option." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Boeing abandons its failed fuselage robots on the 777X, handing the job back to machinists" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a huge curated list of design tools put together by the Evernote Design team. There are categories like design inspiration, gradient tools, wireframing tools, free icons, typography and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Evernote Design" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Over the years, Bill Gates has had the chance to study diseases such as influenza, Ebola, and now, COVID-19, including how epidemics start, how to prevent them, and how to respond to them. Over the next few months, many things will need to change in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Schools will have to change how they operate and use online resources. A vaccine is unlikely to be widely available anytime soon but hopefully will come within 18 months. Therapeutic treatments are likely to be available much earlier. Testing needs to be more organized and efficient. The only effective known model of containing the outbreak is social distancing. This strategy will lower the load on hospitals and raise everyone's chances of survival significantly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA about COVID-19" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Say that you attended meetings and that you are still working on X." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I did nothing today, what do I say in tomorrow's stand up?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple unveiled a new 13.3-inch retina Macbook Air at $1,199 for a 128GB model and $1,399 for a 256GB model. Both models will have USB-C ports and fingerprint Touch ID. There is a new 11-inch iPad Pro starting at $799 as well as an updated 12.9-inch iPad Pro starting at $999. Both new iPads will have USB-C ports, liquid retina displays, Face ID, and will let you charge your iPhone through your iPad. The most expensive model has 1TB storage, cellular connectivity, and costs an insane $1,899. Apple also updated the Apple Pencil stylus which lets you write on your iPad, it will cost $129 (the previous generation cost $99). There is also a new Mac Mini with 4 USB-C ports. The base model starts at $799, whereas the previous generation base model was only $499." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Everything Apple just announced at its Mac and iPad Pro event" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Case numbers for the common influenza have dropped to minuscule levels since Covid-19 began its global spread. The influenza virus is transmitted in the same way as Covid-19, but it is less effective at jumping from host to host. There were 600 deaths from influenza during the 2020-2021 flu season, compared to 22,000 deaths in the prior season. The US has seen over 574,000 deaths from Covid-19 so far." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Influenza has disappeared worldwide during the Covid pandemic" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "At least two hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have quickly recovered after receiving a drug called remdesivir. Remdesivir has also shown promise in treating MERS, another type of coronavirus. The drug appeared to have an immediate effect, but it is too early to tell whether it was due to the drug or whether the patient would have recovered anyway. Remdesivir is now in clinical trials, with results expected in late April." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Experimental drug holds promise for treating the coronavirus" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Thingsquare is a company that builds large Internet of Things solutions. These networks can cover department stores and even entire cities. The company uses sub-GHz radio frequencies with IPv6 mesh networking to create its network. This article discusses how Thingsquare tests its large-scale mesh networks by creating small-scale setups with MAC-level packet filtering and some software." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to test a city-wide wireless network from inside a chest drawer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has bought Giphy in order to integrate the service within Instagram. The deal was valued at around $400 million. Around half of Giphy's traffic comes from Facebook products. Giphy was the first service to make animated images work on Facebook. The deal is likely to attract significant attention from federal regulators. Facebook is currently under investigation for using acquisitions to gather data on competitors. Giphy's platform is used by Facebook's competitors for GIF support." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "All your reaction GIFs now belong to Facebook, as it buys Giphy for $400M" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "LG, in partnership with Swedish manufacturer Assa Abloy Entrance Systems, has announced that it is developing automatic sliding doors with built-in transparent OLED displays. The company unveiled a range of transparent signage early last year, and they are now being used for real-world applications, for example, in the windows of subway carriages in China and for the displays in Panasonic and Xiaomi's transparent OLED TVs. Samsung had experimented with transparent OLED displays in the past, but it has stopped developing the technology. LG did not announce a release date for its high-end doors." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "LG developing sliding doors made of transparent OLED displays" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An internal memo at Meta outlines the company's priorities and challenges to its business going forward. Privacy changes are affecting Meta's ad business. Meta will deepen its investments in metaverse products, AI, messaging, Reels, monetization, and meeting new privacy requirements. Its teams will have to prioritize more ruthlessly without the help of new staff or budgets. A full copy of the memo is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta warns employees of ‘serious times’ in internal memo listing key product bets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Follow-up results from one of the longest-running human trials using CRISPR technology suggest that the treatment is both safe and effective up to three years after treatment. The trial, which started in 2019, focused on treating two rare blood diseases. It demonstrated 100% success. The treatment has been given a Fast Track designation by the FDA and could be authorized for public use in early 2023." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "America’s first CRISPR trial is still nearly 100% effective 3 years on" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "WorkOS makes it possible for startups to serve large enterprise customers.Quickly integrate features like Single Sign-On (SAML) and user provisioning (SCIM) with just a few lines of code. Get started for free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Your app, Enterprise Ready" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nvidia researchers have taught an AI system called GameGAN to recreate Pac-Man only by watching it being played. No coding or pre-rendered images were provided to the software, which was only fed visual data of the game along with the accompanying controller inputs. The resulting game was able to be played by humans and will be released online in the near future. There are some differences to the original game, but the main components are recognizable. A 24-second video showing a short demo of the recreated Pac-Man game is available" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nvidia’s AI recreates Pac-Man from scratch just by watching it being played" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Beewise is an Israeli startup that makes a robotic beehive that can monitor and care for honeybees around the clock. The Beehome uses robotics, artificial intelligence, imaging, a software platform, and a mobile app to look after up to 24 bee colonies at a time. It automatically controls climate and humidity and sends alerts when human intervention is required. The Beehome can even harvest the honey that its bees produce. Beewise recently announced a new version of its Beehome after raising $80 million in funding." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Israeli bee tech startup Beewise pulls in $80m investment for robotic beehives" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sci-Hub is a website that hosts over 87 million research papers and makes them available for free to students and academics. There have been many attempts to sue the creator of the site in the US and across Europe. The owner of the site had always responded by doing nothing. In December 2020, three academic publishing giants filed a lawsuit against Sci-Hub in India, the country with the second-largest number of Sci-Hub users in the world. This article tells the story of how Sci-Hub gained legal representation in India and some of the arguments in the case. The next hearing for the case is on September 21." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Indian lawyers, scientists gave Sci-Hub its first legal defence team" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is a disease that costs the US and Europe about $2.5 billion in lost revenue every year. Vaccines have mostly failed to stop the spread of the virus. Researchers from Edinburgh University's Roslin Institute have genetically engineered pigs that can resist the disease. Critics of the research say it will discourage farmers from improving the welfare of their livestock." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Genetically-engineered pigs to be reared to fight disease" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers have discovered a species of bacteria from the Gobi desert that can photosynthesize using a unique structure. It obtained the genes for photosynthesis from an ancient proteobacterium, demonstrating the power of bacteria's horizontal gene-transfer skills. The bacteria has a central reaction center, an inner sunlight-capturing ring, and an outer ring, making it larger than other photosynthesizing bacteria. Its structure could hold the secrets to building a future of solar-powered synthetic biology." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Mysterious Desert Bacterium Has Evolved Its Own, Unique Ability to Photosynthesize" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bake data privacy into your app from day one by avoiding these common mistakes Your business needs to move fast, but not at the expense of data privacy. As you aim to balance speed and security, don’t lose sight of the most common privacy pitfalls and how you can avoid them. Learn more about data privacy and what your company should avoid doing with the free white paper: Avoiding the Five Cardinal Sins of Data Security and Privacy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bake data privacy into your app from day one by avoiding these common mistakes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple will close its official stores, corporate offices, and contact centers in China until February 9 due to the coronavirus outbreak. It has also limited employee travel to China to 'business critical' matters. Apple provided care kits to employees, regularly took employees' temperatures, and deep cleaned its stores and offices in the Wuhan area. Its online store will remain open. The coronavirus outbreak could affect Apple earnings and manufacturing capability. Other companies such as Tesla, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook have also temporarily shut down operations in the country due to the virus." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Is Closing All of Its Stores and Corporate Offices in China Because of the Coronavirus Outbreak" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk says that the tunnel his Boring Company has been digging under Los Angeles is almost done and will be open to the public on December 10th. The tunnel is two miles long, and will transport passengers and vehicles on autonomously driven electric platforms called skates at speeds up to 155 mph (250 km/h). This tunnel is just a proof of concept, the company is already digging tunnels between downtown Chicago and Chicago's O'Hare airport and between Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium and East Hollywood." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk says the Boring Company's first tunnel under LA will open December 10th" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sensitive data often finds its way into data analytics pipelines where it’s rarely needed, but adds enormous security and compliance risk. However, blindly purging such data from analytics pipelines can break key use cases.Learn how a data privacy vault and tokenization can help you preserve privacy while enabling analytics. Download this white paper to learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "De-identifying Analytics Data with Skyflow" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Adding more AI to combat prompt injection attacks probably won't work because it is easy to come up with counter-attacks that subvert the new layer of protection." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You can’t solve AI security problems with more AI" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Assembly Bill 5 in California uses an 'ABC test' to determine whether independent contractors qualify as employees, and if they do, employers are required to give them the same rights and benefits as employees. Uber has claimed that ride-share drivers aren't doing work that is core to its business, so they don't qualify as employees under the new law. The main business of Uber is to serve as a technology platform for different types of digital marketplaces. Uber is not concerned about an increase in lawsuits due to the new bill. It has partnered with Lyft to lobby to create a new classification for ride-share drivers so that drivers will still get more protections, just not the same ones as normal employees. If Uber was forced to reclassify drivers under AB5, it would likely start rostering drivers, meaning that drivers would have less flexibility on when they can work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber argues its drivers aren’t core to its business, won’t reclassify them as employees" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft has unveiled a new $249 Surface Laptop SE. It will be sold exclusively to schools and students. The laptop will be running Windows 11 SE, a new student edition designed to compete with Chrome OS. It will feature an all-plastic body, an 11.6-inch display with 1366x768 resolution, a 1-megapixel front camera, a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack, and more. Schools will be allowed to replace components inside the laptop and it will come with standard screws." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft’s new $249 Surface Laptop SE is its first true Chromebook competitor" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A video of what looks to be a pre-production version of the Pixel 6 Pro has been posted on Twitter. The device looks similar to the dummy units Google has installed in its NYC store, except with a different logo on its back. The logo indicates that the device is an early production test unit. Google is expected to reveal the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro sometime in November. The video is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Google Pixel 6 Pro may have been leaked in a brief hands-on video" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at Harvard have developed a technique to store information within organic molecules, and this technology could potentially be used to store data securely for thousands of years. While DNA can store a lot of information, it is impractical to use as a storage medium. Other molecules can be more easily manipulated and take up less physical space. The researchers used oligopeptides, small molecules made up of amino acids, which were put into an order that could be translated into binary. In the experiments, scientists were able to read and write around 400 kB of text and image data with an accuracy of 99.9 percent. The system also works with other types of molecules and can write information faster than using DNA." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Harvard system could store data in organic molecules for millennia" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration (BRUIE) is a robot that was designed to explore Europa's glaciers. It successfully passed tests in the cold waters of Antarctica and will look for evidence of life under the frozen ice on Jupiter's satellite. The Europa Clipper is scheduled for launch in 2025, and it will scan Europa from different angles to map the satellite. Europa is one of the best candidates for extraterrestrial life in our solar system." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Robot Will Look For Signs Of Life On Jupiter’s Satellite Europa" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon's cloud computing unit has designed a new data center processor chip that is at least 20 percent faster than Amazon's first Arm-based chip. If Amazon Web Services' chip is successful, it could lessen its reliance on Intel and AMD for server chips. Intel controls more than 90 percent of the server processor market. Several companies are aiming to make Arm chips suitable for data centers. Arm chips are cheaper and consume less electricity, but they are less powerful. Amazon's new chip will have at least 32 cores and it will be able to connect with other chips to speed up tasks like image recognition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: Amazon's cloud unit readies more powerful data center chip - sources" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site is a collection of courses and learning resources aimed to improve technical documentation skills for engineers. It also shows what it is like to be a technical writer for Google. The courses are designed for professional software engineers, computer science students, and people in engineering-adjacent roles, such as product managers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Technical Writing Courses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Luxa CSS is a lightweight and minimalist CSS framework that can be easily implemented in any development context. It uses simple class names and a simple modifier system." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Luxa CSS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Polaris Dawn is planning its first crewed launch on a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft in December. The mission will last five days and include the first spacewalk on a private mission. Its crew will include billionaire Jared Isaacman and three others. SpaceX will have to upgrade the life support systems on the Crew Dragon spacecraft for the mission." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SpaceX Polaris Dawn is planning its first crewed launch in December" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from the security firm UpGuard have found a database containing hundreds of millions of unencrypted user records on publicly visible cloud servers. The records included information such as Facebook user activity, account names, and IDs. There was data for an app which included passwords to access the app. It is unknown how long the data was exposed for, but it was removed as soon as Facebook was notified of its existence by UpGuard." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook app developers leaked millions of user records on cloud servers, researchers say" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Raspberry Pi Foundation has just released a Raspberry Pi 4 B with 8GB of RAM for $75. It is identical to the Raspberry Pi 4 B in every way except for the RAM capacity. A 64-bit version of Debian Linux for Raspberry Pi is in the works that will be able to take advantage of the extra RAM to improve performance. The new 8GB Pi has a switch-mode power supply that provides more power for the RAM. Benchmark tests show little difference in performance between the 4GB and 8GB models" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Raspberry Pi 4" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is the story of how former freelance developer Takuya Matsuyama created a SAAS that makes $3200 a month and allowed him to quit freelancing! Since he includes a TLDR in this excellent article that you should definitely read, it would seem a bit rude of me to write a separate one. So from the article, his TLDR/bullet points: you don't have to get covered in large blogs, why churn rate is surprisingly low, spend a lot of time in user forums, publish roadmaps, treat paid users as special, tell your strategy, ignore all competitors, and accept your incompleteness." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How I've Attracted The First 500 Paid Users For My SaaS That Costs $5/mo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has announced that it will publicly pilot its own social networks. EU Voice will be a way for European institutions and agencies to communicate. It will be based on Mastodon, an open-source alternative to Twitter. EU Video will be an alternative to YouTube based on PeerTube, an open-source platform. The EDPS already has Instagram and Spotify alternatives. There are no advertisements or user profiling on the platforms." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Europe Starts Its Own Social Networks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Kickstarter plans to experiment with a four-day workweek to offer workers more flexibility and time. CEO Aziz Hasan was motivated to try out the arrangement due to the effects of the pandemic on the workplace. He noticed that other companies were also experimenting with alternative work arrangements. Kickstarter's newly formed union is supportive of the idea." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Kickstarter CEO: Let's try a 4-day work week" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has reportedly offered $9 billion to purchase MGM, the film giant that owns a historic catalog of films, an array of production and distribution companies, and the content network Epix. MGM has been up for sale since December 2020. It has a library of 4,000 films and 17,000 hours of TV. The James Bond franchise, one of the most valuable film franchises ever made, will be part of the deal." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon is in talks to buy MGM for $9 billion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On November 5, 2015, an Emirates Airbus A380 and the Jetman Dubai duo took to the skies of Dubai in a meticulously choreographed aerial display. The Jetman Dubai duo are two experienced pilots and operators of small jet-propelled wings. The display was carefully planned to ensure that nothing went wrong, with pilots, flight operation managers, and air traffic controllers collaborating to plan the smallest details of the mission. The duo's formation positions were carefully chosen to avoid areas of wake turbulence and jet efflux from the aircraft. A video of the event is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Watch Jetpack Daredevils Fly Alongside the World’s Largest Passenger Airliner" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The 21st century will see technology change the nature of companies and states, with the rise of decentralized protocols allowing for the safeguarding of property and execution of contracts beyond the boundaries of traditional nation-states. This article discusses 20 ways in which humanity is transitioning from an age of geopolitics to one of techno-politics. It covers the impact of global internet access, cryptocurrencies, the remote economy, encryption, and other technologies that will change how the world works." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Great Protocol Politics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is a really detailed illustrated flowchart for learning to become an expert web developer in 2018, starting from \"Learn HTML\" and going all the way through complex topics like build toolchains, testing frameworks, static typechecking, etc. Definitely worth a look especially for beginning and intermediate programmers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Web Developer Roadmap 2018" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Dutch communities have been building homes on the water for over a decade, creating flood-resistant towns for a region with scarce land and dense populations. These homes can cope with rising seas or rain-induced floods. They usually rest on steel poles and are connected to local sewer systems and power grids. The technology is now ready for large-scale deployment, and projects are being proposed in many countries, including Britain, France, Norway, and the Maldives. A picture of a floating home development in Amsterdam is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Easily build on-demand and live video with Mux's API and dev-friendly docs. Plus, with built-in analytics, you can track engagement and performance metrics. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Video infrastructure for any dev team: build streaming video in minutes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new update for the Spotify app brings a redesigned Your Library tab, with a new Grid view, dynamic filters, improved sorting, and more. The changes should help users spend less time looking for content and organizing their collections. There is a 49-second video in the article that previews the new features." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify launches redesigned 'Your Library' with new grid view, dynamic filters, more for iOS/Android" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of researchers has smashed the efficiency record for tandem silicon-perovskite solar cells. The team produced cells with over 30% efficiency while using low-cost materials and processes. It achieved the feat by creating tandem solar cells that absorb the sun's higher-energy visible light in one area and the lower-energy infrared light in another. The potential of tandem silicon-perovskite technologies has long been theorized, but this is the first time it has been demonstrated." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In a world first, perovskite-silicon solar cells break the 30% efficiency barrier" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reddit is planning to convert its users' karma points into Ethereum-based tokens. The platform has already launched its own layer-2 rollup using Arbitrum technology for its Community Points system. Reddit communities will be able to fork blockchains through community-based decisions. The change will onboard 500 million users onto crypto and web3. Other social media platforms have also started allowing NFT exposure to their users, a sign of crypto's mainstream adoption." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit to reportedly tokenize karma points and onboard 500M new users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Advertisers can now target Spotify users based on the podcasts that they listen to. This feature will be rolling out to 10 markets today, including the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Australia. Ads will be played between songs, as usual, and ads within podcasts will not be affected. Targeting users based on podcast preference rather than music taste may be more beneficial for advertisers as podcast preferences reveal more information about the user." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Spotify now allows advertisers to specifically target podcast listeners" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google’s Gmail service experienced a major outage today. Users all over the world who tried to access their email received an ‘Error 404’ message. The issue was resolved by Google after a few hours." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Gmail down: Google restores email service after major outage" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "New virtual lab series! Learn how to optimize costs by reducing fleet size, configure your cluster autoscaler, and deploy workloads across clusters. By the end of the lab, you’ll deploy and scale an application using the Linode Kubenetes Engine - after gaining the relevant know-how from webinars, write-ups, and code examples.Register for free to level-up your Kubernetes skills" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learnk8s: Learn how to scale Kubernetes and LKE" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The best you can do as a manager is to point people in the right direction, give them the opportunity to prove themselves, and encourage them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I can't save you, nobody can" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This post follows cri's experiments with setting up a Raspberry Pi 4 as a local server for heavy tasks, such as time-lapse creation and other long-running tasks and services. It covers connecting the RPi to a Macbook Pro 13\" 2010, connecting the RPi to Wi-Fi, benchmarking transfer speeds, and installation of applications." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A career at Google as a software engineer can cause some people to become complacent. Leaving the company would mean grinding at other startups or companies, some of which have much higher standards for work and hiring than Google. While working at Google might be less stimulating, there are many benefits, such as the pay. There is no need to hustle, so your free time can be spent however you want. It may be boring, but it is a safe and profitable option." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: I've been slacking off at Google for 6 years. How can I stop this?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains the curriculum that Linkedin uses for onboarding non-traditional hires and new college grads into the Site Reliability Engineer role. The course covers topics such as Linux Basics, Python and Web, Data, Systems Design, and Security. Every module has additional references for further learning." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "School of SRE" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft will indefinitely delay the reopening of its headquarters and other US offices as the coronavirus continues to proliferate in the country. The company had previously planned for employees to return to offices in September. Employees will be given a month-long transition period once the company decides it is ready to welcome them back. Facebook, Google, and Amazon are planning to allow workers to come back to US offices in 2022." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft indefinitely postpones return to U.S. offices as Covid cases surge" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DebugBear monitors your website performance and provides actionable insights to improve it. Includes in-depth technical reports built for developers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Speed up your website in 15 minutes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Engineers at Vanderbilt University have built optical tweezers that can pick up individual proteins and DNA molecules without damaging them. The opto-thermo-electrohydrodynamic tweezers use a laser to trap and lift individual objects as small as ten nanometers. It does this without exposing the objects to high-intensity light or heat. The technology could help doctors diagnose diseases like Alzheimer's sooner." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Engineers Build Tweezers So Tiny They Can Pick Up Individual Molecules" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Chengdu plans on launching an artificial moon into the sky by 2020, which will be eight times as bright as the real moon. The idea is to use this \"illumination satellite\" to replace street lights. Officials say that it will not be bright enough to harm night-time wildlife." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese city 'plans to launch artificial moon to replace streetlights'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Superionic ice is a phase of water that occurs in extreme conditions, such as in the core of planets. A team of scientists recently produced the black ice by pressing water between two diamonds and then heating it with a laser. Superionic ice exists within Earth and it plays a role in maintaining the planet's magnetic fields. Understanding superionic ice may play an important role in searching for other planets that can host life." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists discover new phase of water, known as \"superionic ice,\" inside planets" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Machine Learning from Scratch is a book that covers the building blocks of the most common methods in machine learning. It covers the concepts, construction, and implementations of Ordinary Linear Regression, Linear Regression Extensions, Discriminative Classifiers, Generative Classifiers, Decision Trees, Tree Ensemble Methods, and Neural Networks. The book was written for readers interested in seeing machine learning algorithms derived from start to finish. It does not review best practices or discuss in depth when certain models are more appropriate than others." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Machine Learning from Scratch" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at the Australian National University have developed a method to create perfect holograms in near darkness. Optical holograms are used in ID cards to prevent forgery, in real-time imaging of living cells, and many other applications. The new method allows holograms to perform the same tasks in low light. Forming optical holograms using extremely low light usually produces grainy results. The technique uses machine learning to restore the missing information from the holograms. This method could make imaging cells easier as many cells are sensitive to light and are easily damaged." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How to train a machine to see 3-D in the dark" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "LG's new CineBeam 4K projectors have upgrades that improve their daytime viewing capabilities. The HU710P peaks at 2,000 lumens of brightness and the HU715Q delivers a 2,500-lumen output. The HU715Q can produce a 100-inch picture from just 8.5 inches away. Both projectors feature three HDMI ports, two USB 2.0 ports, and support for AirPlay 2, HomeKit, and screen sharing. While they aren't cheap, the new brightness upgrades may make the projectors suitable as replacements for large-screen TVs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "LG's latest CineBeam 4K projectors promise improved daytime viewing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Pyodide is an experimental project by Mozilla written in WebAssembly that runs Python code in a browser without the need for a remote kernel. The concept of adding Python functionality to a browser is not new. However, Pyodide is able to perform adequately without requiring modified packages, unlike other Python browser plugins. Pyodide is still a work in progress, and features such as working with low-level networking sockets might never be available due to browser sandboxing rules." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mozilla details Pyodide, which brings Python to browsers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook has been working on a voice assistant since early 2018. The project is lead by the company’s augmented and virtual reality division, which is also responsible for other projects such as the Oculus headsets. According to people familiar with the project, Facebook has been contacting vendors in the smart speaker supply chain, suggesting that the assistant will be used in the company’s Portal video chat smart speakers. The smart speaker market is currently dominated by Amazon and Google, who take up a combined 97% of the market." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook is working on a voice assistant to rival Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok saw more traffic than Google in 2021. This article looks at the most popular domains this year and compares them with 2020's results. It analyzes trends and links them with real-world events. The article focuses mainly on domains that relate to space, e-commerce, social media, streaming, chat, and the metaverse." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "In 2021, the Internet went for TikTok, space, and beyond" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Signature Altwork Station is a highly-adjustable desk that retails for $7,650. It allows the user to sit in a horizontal position, giving them a sense of relaxation and weightlessness. It comes with a magnetic keyboard and mouse setup, but no other hardware is included. A one-minute video showing off the features of the workstation is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I tried a $7,600 desk that lets you get horizontal at work" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article looks at the history and landscape of the field of machine learning. It discusses the problems facing the field, such as data quality, the size of ML algorithms, and many others. There are now many tools and startups that provide machine learning services. While machine learning has been a hot field in the past few years, the demand for ML researchers has lessened. Engineering for ML tools will become more in demand as companies start bringing their ML into production." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What I learned from looking at 200 machine learning tools" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of physicists has created a functional quantum processor. The processor was able to model a small molecule in which each atom had multiple quantum states. It was created by placing 10 quantum dots with sub-nanometer precision in an ultra-high vacuum under a scanning tunneling microscope. Quantum computers can simulate molecules, which could eventually lead to scientists being able to design things that have never been made before." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Huge Step Forward in Quantum Computing Was Just Announced: The First-Ever Quantum Circuit" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "We have new and exciting developments in store for you during our upcoming Digital Experience Summit, February 16-17! We're hosting an exclusive, live \"Ask Me Anything\" with Neil Hoyne, Chief Measurement Strategist at Google, author of \"Converted: The Data-Driven Way to Win Customers’ Hearts\". Register today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Join Chief Measurement Strategist at Google, Neil Hoyne, for a moderated Q&A" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Becoming a software developer requires certain mindsets and skills. A developer needs to be able to think through problems and solve them in the most simple and efficient manner. Coding is obviously essential, but on top of that, creating software also requires design skills. Good code not only works, but it is readable, reusable, and completes a task in the most efficient way possible. The choice of language and technologies used will have huge effects on each project. Working with others is sometimes necessary, and it is important to know how to manage employees and work with other people. It is easy to forget about self-care and self-development, but these are important areas to look after in order to progress in life." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Things I believe" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Thanks to TV shows, movies, hyper-partisan politics, and the news, a doomsday industry is booming, with people spending millions of dollars on survival readiness in preparation for the end of the world as we know it. People are building bomb shelters, making survival kits, and creating plans to survive scenarios like a zombie apocalypse, terrorist attacks, or other extreme events. Rich people are getting into doomsday preparation. People can rent speedboats in New York for a $6,000 a month retainer so that they can escape the city should anything happen. In South Dakota, there is a ranch that builds luxury bunkers. In Nebraska, a company teaches the rich self-defense skills. Rich people are more likely to be the targets of certain types of crime. Some wealthy individuals are spending their money on spreading awareness of climate change as their way of preparing for a brighter future. A missile launch center in Kansas was converted into a series of luxury condos that can withstand the shockwave from a nuclear explosion. While these purchases may never be used, they give their owners peace of mind in case anything ever happens." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Rich Are Preparing For The Apocalypse Better Than You \| VICE on HBO" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Twitter is now experimenting with letting people record and send voice messages through direct messages. Brazil will be the first country to test the feature. Voice messages will have a 20-second time limit. Twitter received significant criticism over its audio tweets feature due to the company's failure to factor in accessibility into its design." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Twitter to start testing voice DMs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Learn the fundamentals of leading Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools by deploying Docker-based Python web applications. In this video course from Coding for Entrepreneurs, learn Terraform, Ansible, Salt (SaltStack), Puppet Bolt, and Chef. Watch it for free today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Infrastructure as Code: Free Video Series" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Drone light shows have been popular in China over the last few years. Sometimes these extravagant displays can go wrong. Drones began falling out of the sky during a recent performance above a mall in Zhengzhou, hitting buildings and vehicles as they fell. Around 5,000 people were at the event, but no injuries were reported. It is unclear what caused the accident. A video of the event is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Is What Happens When a Drone Light Show Fails" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "kubectl is the command-line tool most developers use to interact with the Kubernetes API. Here's how it works, why it's needed, and how you can get started. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What is kubectl?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is preparing to launch a formal investigation into Amazon’s use of data from third-party merchants that sell through its platform. Amazon’s market is host to many other businesses, but Amazon also sells its own products on the same market. The investigation will look into whether Amazon is unfairly advantaged by the data it collects from other businesses. During her term, Vestager has fined Google multiple times for a combined total of $9.5 billion for antitrust violations. Vestager’s office is currently planning to fine Qualcomm more than $1 billion for allegedly trying to prevent other chipmakers from doing business with Apple." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Europe will reportedly launch a major probe into Amazon’s business practices in days" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "US regulators are now allowing farmers to grow a genetically modified edible version of cottonseed. Because cotton is grown so widely around the world, this could be very useful for cotton growers in poor countries who lack access to food. Researcher Keerti Rathore says \"To me, personally, it tastes somewhat like chickpea and it could easily be used to make a tasty hummus\"." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Modified cotton could be human food source after U.S. green light" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An Israeli startup, Nanox, has developed a new type of X-ray machine that generates 3D images. It emits less radiation and costs a fraction of the price of conventional imaging devices. The Nanox.ARC uses a proprietary silicon chip embedded with 100 million nanocones that generate X-rays. The FDA has granted clearance for the single-source Nanox.ARC, and Nanox expects to get the same approval for its multisource Nanox.ARC and the Nanox.CLOUD. Nanox plans to deploy the multisource Nanox.ARC across the globe. The device will expand access to imaging services to the roughly two-thirds of the world's population who currently have limited or no meaningful access to imaging." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Israeli Startup Nanox Gets FDA Approval for Digital X-ray System" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In late 2018, the people of Sudan started protests which eventually resulted in the country's ruler blocking social media in the country. Eventually, the protests led to violence and a real internet shutdown. Citizens remained at home during the blackout as they had no way of knowing which locations were safe without internet access. One citizen took his cellular provider to court, saying that the lack of internet access was a breach of his service contract, and the court switched mobile internet back on, but only for him. Internet shutdowns are new and a rare occurrence and legal systems have not developed processes to handle these scenarios. Services are also run by people, and some of these people disagreed with the government and helped reconnect citizens as a form of protest. Five days after the blackout began, landline access was restored as the government realized the need for communications. Despite the internet block, the people of Sudan were able to organize the biggest demonstration in the history of Sudan. As a result, the government was removed and the internet was restored." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Anatomy of an internet shutdown" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article discusses how to use the aspect-ratio property in CSS. Prior to the aspect-ratio property being added to CSS a year ago, developers had to write some pretty ugly CSS to get elements to conform to an aspect ratio. The aspect-ratio property makes it simple and it doesn't require learning a lot of other CSS to use." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Aspect Ratio is Great" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google announced its goal to make AI more accessible by providing pre-built models and easier to use services, while still giving advanced developers tools to create custom models. The new AI Platform will provide data scientists with an end-to-end solution for building, testing, and deploying AI models. AutoML, Google’s tool for automating the training process for machine learning, now has new features that enable picture and video processing, as well as the ability to extract tabular data from Google’s BigQuery database. Google’s other new AI services include document/text extraction, custom virtual assistants, and a data package that targets retail businesses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google launches an end-to-end AI platform" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Neuralink has scheduled an event for August 28th to update the public on its progress. Elon Musk tweeted about the event at the end of July, hinting that there would be a live demonstration of neuron activity at the event. Neuralink's long-term goal is to gain human symbiosis with artificial intelligence. The project involves connecting electrodes throughout the brain and reading its neuron signals, analyzing the signals, and eventually attempting to copy or direct them. This technology could help people with neurological impairments restore function." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk to unveil Neuralink progress with real-time neuron demonstration this week" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Maven - Online Courses That Don’t Suck Most online courses suck. You feel uninspired, lonely, and the content isn’t great because the instructor spends all their time promoting the program instead of building expertise.Maven offers career-building cohort-based courses that actually support ambitious professionals to excel and grow by empowering experienced operators to teach. Maven’s collection features courses led by the ex-Head of Marketing at Asana and Carta, the former VP of Sales at Yelp and Marketing Expert in Residence at First Round Capital.Check out their Fall 2022 season of courses here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Maven - Online Courses That Don’t Suck" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenAI has developed an AI model that can summarize books of arbitrary length. It works by summarizing small sections of each book and then repeating the process to create higher-level summaries. The model was trained with a combination of reinforcement learning and recursive task decomposition. While the model successfully generated summaries containing much of the important information in each book, some statements were inaccurate due to a lack of context, and the summaries often read more like a list of events rather than a coherent summary. OpenAI has not released the source code or training dataset for the model." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OpenAI unveils model that can summarize books of any length" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Japan and China have created a new triboelectric fabric that can generate power from body motion while maintaining the flexibility and breathability of modern clothing. The team achieved these properties by using a multilayered triboelectric nanogenerator, nanowires, and a polystyrene charge storage layer. The technology is currently not able to generate large amounts of power, but the development of the new material represents a substantial advancement towards the future of wearable applications." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A New Membrane Can Substantially Upgrade Wearable Energy Generators" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has launched a car insurance offering which provides Tesla owners with up to 30 percent lower rates. It will start rolling out to US states in the next few months, beginning with California. Factors such as the company's vehicle safety features, including Autopilot, make lower-priced insurance possible. Tesla doesn't use GPS or camera footage when pricing insurance, but some of the data collected from the vehicles is used when calculating insurance prices. Existing customers will be able to purchase an insurance policy in as little as one minute on Tesla's website." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla launches car insurance offering in California" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Writing a book to teach others a few things can be a rewarding experience on many levels. This article discusses publishing and whether one should self-publish or find a publisher. It covers topics such as royalty rates, rights, cover design, copyright, and much more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "So You Want to Write a Technical Book" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "T-Mobile demonstrated the use of its 5G network for remote robotic operations by applying a tattoo on someone's arm in the Netherlands using a robot arm controlled by a tattoo artist in another location. The tattoo was drawn in real time, made possible by the low latency of 5G. A video of the event is available in the article. The artist practiced the procedure on vegetables and prosthetic skin samples before performing it on a real person." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "T-Mobile used a 5G-connected robot to give someone a tattoo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Many governments fear that if Huawei were to supply the world’s 5G infrastructure, it would give China an unprecedented opportunity to attack critical infrastructure and compromise intelligence sharing with allies. This could have severe military consequences if anyone was ever in a war with China. Huawei continues to maintain that it is a company independent of the government and that it has never been asked to cooperate with any spying operations. It claims that it would refuse these requests if asked. While Huawei may be being truthful at present, vulnerabilities could be easily introduced through software updates, and it is possible that Huawei may be forced to deploy these updates in the future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hobbling Huawei: Inside the U.S. war on China’s tech giant" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article describes an experience with one of Rivian's new electric trucks." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rivian’s R1S: An electric SUV for those with an adventurous lifestyle" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Gaming is profoundly transforming culture and regulation. Games are typically closed systems that require time and attention to master, immersing players into new worlds with their own cultural objects. Interest in gaming has increased over the years and the industry brings in more revenue than global movies and North American sports combined. Games have created many new markets which are difficult for governments to regulate. Technology is moving faster than regulators can keep up with." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Gaming Will Change Humanity as We Know It" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Nreal Air is a pair of augmented reality glasses with a micro-OLED display. The lightweight glasses are designed for watching videos on YouTube and other streaming apps. While they look like sunglasses, Nreal claims they're optimized for both indoor and outdoor wear. They can cast a 90 Hz virtual display measuring up to 201 inches diagonally when viewed from 6 meters away. The Nreal Air will be available in China, Japan, and South Korea in December. Nreal has plans to launch the glasses in the US and likely the EU." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nreal Air AR specs bring TV to your sunglasses" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A customer data platform (CDP) is an essential piece of marketing technology to put customer data to work. As a TLDR subscriber, you're invited to get free access to the \"2022 Customer Data Platforms Market Guide” which provides all the information you need when choosing a CDP.Downoad it here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "2022 Customer Data Platforms Market Guide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners has launched a subsidiary called Cavnue to develop roadways for connected and autonomous vehicles. Cavnue will be working with major car manufacturers and technology startups on standards to develop the physical and digital infrastructure required to move autonomous vehicles out of pilot projects and into the real world. A 40-mile corridor between downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan will be developed by Cavnue for autonomous vehicles. The corridor will include 12 Opportunity Zones where communities and small businesses will be able to connect to hubs in the region." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Starting with Michigan, Sidewalk Infrastructure is looking to build roads specifically for autonomous cars" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Getting endpoints to conform to one interface will improve developer experience." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The God Endpoints will continue until morale improves" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An artificial photosynthesis device invented by a University of Michigan professor uses nanowires of gallium nitride to convert carbon dioxide into clean chemicals and fuels. Usually, the efficiency of artificial photosynthesis devices falls steeply after just a few hours of use, but the device instead becomes more efficient as it is used. A team of scientists determined that this effect was due to the gallium nitride absorbing oxygen, creating more sites for hydrogen production on the material's surface. Future studies will investigate how nitrides contribute to stability in artificial photosynthesis devices." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Artificial photosynthesis devices that improve themselves with use" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Swarmia gives engineering teams metrics and visibility into their workflow and possible bottlenecks.“Swarmia gives us the perfect overview of engineering productivity. I can quickly see how we're doing in terms of cycle time and pull requests, which helps me report back to the business.”Roland Fiala, SVP of Engineering at ProductsupStart shipping faster today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Engineering metrics for high-performing teams" } ]

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