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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon opened its biggest campus in Hyderabad on Wednesday, despite stringent regulations in India regarding foreign eCommerce sites and competition from companies like Walmart. The new campus covers 9.5 acres and has 1.8 million square feet of office space. It will be able to accommodate more than 15,000 employees. Amazon has budgeted more than $5 billion for its India expansion. Due to competition, it may partner up with local stores. Amazon originally entered India in 2004 but did not start focusing on its retail endeavors until 2013. It offers grocery delivery and video streaming through its Prime subscription, and it plans to add restaurant delivery services." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon’s Biggest Campus In The World Opens In India" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tesla has reached an agreement with Maxwell, an ultracapacitor and battery component manufacturer, to purchase the company for over $200 million. While Maxwell is best known for its ultracapacitor technologies, Tesla’s acquisition is more likely due to the dry electrode technology that Maxwell has been recently showing off. The dry electrode is a battery technology that is able to significantly boost storage capacity, simplify the manufacturing process, and lower production costs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla acquires ultracapacitor and battery manufacturer for over $200 million" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple's Project Titan is moving forward with its self-driving car technology. The iPhone maker plans to release a passenger vehicle by 2024. Apple has designed a new battery that could reduce the cost of batteries and increase its vehicles' range. The automotive industry is expensive to enter, and it is unclear whether Apple plans to make its own branded vehicles or partner with an established automaker." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The US military has been building a massive database with millions of images of faces, irises, fingerprints, and DNA data over the last 15 years. There are at least 7.4 million identities in the Automated Biometric Information System, including the identities of suspected terrorists and allied soldiers training with the US forces. The Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency is tasked with overseeing the database. This information was used thousands of times in the first half of 2019 to identify non-US citizens on the battlefield. It is linked to the FBI's biometric database, so the US military can search against the biometric data of US citizens as well. This network will ultimately amount to a global surveillance system. The US military has invested over $345 million in biometric database technology in the last 10 years. Much about the system is still unknown, including its accuracy rate at identifying individuals correctly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "EXCLUSIVE: This Is How the U.S. Military’s Massive Facial Recognition System Works" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Last week, the Huawei development team submitted a patch to the Linux Foundation that contained a backdoor. Huawei Kernel Self Protection is a kernel protection tool that is supposed to introduce security-hardening options to the Linux kernel. Huawei denied involvement with the patch and blamed employees for including the vulnerability. Many tech companies have contributed code to the Linux Foundation in the past. However, this is the first time Huawei has contributed to the Linux kernel project." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Huawei dev team sends a buggy HKSP patch with backdoor to Linux Foundation" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Agile development is an approach to software development where requirements and solutions evolve as feedback is received from the development team and end users. It can get complicated, with many books or workshops dedicated to teaching the approach. Agile Lite simplifies the situation by providing a simple and concise explanation of the concept. An explanation in the style of Agile Lite is also available for developers and managers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Agile Lite: Agile without all the burnout" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two felony charges have been filed against a Tesla owner in the US for a deadly crash involving Autopilot in 2019. It is the first time a Tesla owner has been criminally charged in the US in a case involving Autopilot. Autopilot has contributed to a number of fatal crashes and Tesla has faced several wrongful death suits as a result. Drivers are warned that they need to still pay attention when using Autopilot, but some drivers still misuse the system." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tesla owner is the first to face felony charges for deadly Autopilot crash" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stripe has cut the internal value of its shares by 28%." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Stripe is the latest fintech to falter, taking a 28% internal valuation cut" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Microsoft and Nvidia have trained what they claim is the largest and most capable AI-powered language model to date. Megatron-Turing Natural Language Generation (MT-NLP) contains 530 billion parameters and achieves unmatched accuracy in a broad set of natural language tasks. It was trained on a data set with 270 billion tokens from English sources. As with other language models, MT-NLP has picked up biases and stereotypes from its training data. The amount of computing needed to train a model has dropped significantly over time, but there are still large environmental costs for training models and data storage." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft and Nvidia team up to train one of the world’s largest language models" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DoorDash was recently in talks to buy Instacart for up to $50 billion. Instacart initiated the talks, which have since fallen apart due to concerns over whether the deal would get antitrust regulators' approval. The company plans to list in the next few months. Instacart had also tried to initiate talks with Uber about a sales partnership, but those talks have also fallen apart. All companies involved have declined to comment on the rumors." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DoorDash held talks to buy Instacart" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There has been some controversy over the recent plans announced by Sidewalk Labs to build a Smart City on Toronto's eastern waterfront. The $900 million development promises quality of living, support for low-cost housing, and urban regeneration. However, cameras and IoT sensors will capture data from residents, which will then be used to fuel urban planning activities and decisions. Google assures that the data will be governed by an independent trust and will not be sold without consent. Apple has erected a billboard where the development is planned that reads, ‘We’re in the business of staying out of yours. Privacy. That’s iPhone,’ as a commentary on the need for privacy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Publicly Trolls Google Over Controversial Smart City Surveillance Plans" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GitHub CLI is now in beta for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It can filter lists using labels, quickly view the details of issues, create pull requests, and easily view the status of a project. Examples of how to use GitHub CLI are provided." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Supercharge your command line experience: GitHub CLI is now in beta" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This year's iPhone event will be held on September 7. The non-pro iPhone lineup will include a 6.1-inch model and a larger 6.7-inch version. The iPhone 14 Pro will have a pair of pinhole cutouts for the front-facing camera and FaceID scanner. Apple also plans to introduce new Apple Watches at the event. Apple Store employees have been told to prepare for a launch on September 16." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple will hold next iPhone-focused event on September 7" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Swarmia speeds up your team's pull request cycle time by sending you relevant notifications and allowing you to read and reply to GitHub comments without leaving Slack.“Swarmia's Slack notifications make it easy to keep track of open pull requests across all repos. Even if I can't immediately review a teammate's code, the Slack notifications help me find the right PR discussion as soon as I have time.”Svyat SobolLead Engineer, WoltStart merging faster today!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Read and reply to pull request comments in Slack" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google employees are now banned from using the Zoom teleconferencing platform due to security concerns. Google-provided machines will soon stop working if the Zoom app is still installed. Employees are still allowed to use Zoom through a web browser or via mobile. Zoom had been facing criticism over its lax privacy and security protections since before its recent boom in popularity. The service was not designed for consumer use at this scale, with the user base growing from 10 million to 200 million users in the past three months. To give feedback please reply to this email or message me on Twitter @tldrdan! If you don't want to receive future editions of TLDR, please click here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google bans its employees from using Zoom over security concerns" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Businesses can now sign up to play licensed music in their retail locations through Apple Music for Business. Apple will provide human-curated playlists and even custom recommendations matched to fit the culture of the store. A special iOS app will be provided for businesses to control the music being played. Different licensing terms for businesses means that they need to make deals with special providers to get legal in-store music. Spotify and Apple have both started to address the retail audience. Harrods department store has been using the service for a few weeks now and it gets an affiliate commission if customers sign up to the Apple Music service." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple launching ‘Apple Music for Business’ to provide music to retail stores" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Virtually every tech company relies on open-source projects where developers often work for free. Developers contribute to code to sharpen their skills, gain perspectives from the community, or just to help the industry. When open-source software is maintained on a voluntary basis, sometimes projects are abandoned or mistakes aren't corrected in a timely manner. Some open-source developers end up being hired by companies to maintain support for the code. However, as the code is free for anyone to use, companies may be reluctant to pay for the work, which will often benefit competitors. The open-source community is divided on whether they should be paid for work, with some believing that monetization defeats the purpose of software being free. However, developers who spend time creating software used by millions of people around the world still need to provide for themselves, so monetization eventually becomes a necessity." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Internet Relies on People Working for Free" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "When Elon Musk announced the release of the $35,000 Model 3, he also announced the closing down of Tesla’s retail stores. In an email on March 10, this decision was reversed. The email said that the 10% of stores that have already closed down were due to be shut down anyway and that only another 20% of stores were under review. As a result of the new decision, the prices of most vehicles will rise 3% after March 18, but the base Model 3 will remain at the $35,000 price mark. Sales will continue to be online only, which means that Tesla sales staff will guide customers on how to order their cars online if they wish to purchase in a store." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Read Elon Musk’s memo to employees explaining that Tesla will not close all its stores as it previously said" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SVGs have cool benefits like crisp image quality with a single file, support for emojis, inline icons, and dark mode detection. This article discusses how to add SVG favicons to a project. Code and examples are provided." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OMG, SVG Favicons FTW!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A randomized, controlled clinical trial in the United Kingdom has found that an inexpensive and commonly used steroid is effective in treating the symptoms of COVID-19. Dexamethasone cut deaths by about one-third in patients who were on ventilators due to the coronavirus. The UK government authorized the use of dexamethasone for COVID-19 treatment shortly after the results were released. Steroid treatments for the coronavirus have been controversial as the drugs suppress the immune system. The study found no outstanding adverse effects from the treatment. Dexamethasone is readily available and cheap." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Modern robots can move quickly, but computing speeds haven't caught up yet. Gathering environment data and calculating plans takes up a lot of computing power. A team of researchers has developed a system called robomorphic computing, which creates customized hardware designs to best serve a particular robot's computing needs. The custom hardware performs significantly better than off-the-shelf CPU and GPU units. The team is now working on automating the process." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Designing customized “brains” for robots" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook is rolling out its Novi wallet in the US and Guatemala in a pilot program. Users will be able to purchase Paxos Dollar (USDP) using Novi, with Novi depositing its funds with Coinbase. Facebook continues to support its own stablecoin, Diem, and will integrate it into Novi once it receives regulatory approval. Novi and Diem were announced back in June 2019 under different names. The scope of the project has changed since the original announcements due to regulatory backlash." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Facebook’s Novi Taps Paxos, Coinbase Ahead of Diem Rollout" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Vulnhub is a website that provides virtual machines for penetration testing. It gamifies the experience by making the goal to 'capture the flag' inside the system. This repository contains cheatsheets and walkthroughs for Vulnhub players to help them understand the fundamentals of Privilege Escalation with examples." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Privilege Escalation Cheatsheet" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "A Bay Area-based startup called Perfect Day has created a lab-grown ice cream that uses whey protein from genetically modified yeast. While there are plenty of dairy-free ice cream alternatives in the market, they generally don’t taste as creamy as traditional ice cream. Perfect Day’s ice cream is reported to taste exactly like traditional ice cream as it contains the same exact proteins, just produced in a different way, which the company claims uses 98 percent less water and 65 percent less energy than traditional methods. Last week, Perfect Day sold 1,000 three pint samples of the ice cream at $60 each. Perfect Day hopes that it will be able to sell animal-free proteins to big manufacturers. The market for meat and dairy alternatives is growing fast." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You’ve heard of lab-grown meat. Now there’s lab-grown ice cream" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple recently revealed news about macOS Ventura, iOS 16, the M2 chip, a new MacBook Air, and much more at WWDC 2022. iOS 16 will have a customizable lock screen, updated notifications, Live Activities, editable and unsendable texts in Messages, a Pay Later feature, Safety Checks, and more. watchOS 9 will come with new health-tracking features. The new MacBook Air will feature the new M2 chip, which offers an 18 percent performance upgrade when compared to the M1. macOS Ventura will feature an improved multitasking tool, Passkeys, and the ability to use an iPhone as a webcam. iPadOS 16 will have new multitasking and collaboration features. More details about the announcements are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple WWDC 2022: the 16 biggest announcements" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Startup Atomos Space is planning to conduct a basic critical test of a low-power fission reactor in orbit. The startup plans to navigate the ambiguous regulations surrounding space nuclear power by using a reactor design that separates the two fuel loads needed to power the system and assembling them in space. This approach ensures the fuel loads do not interact until they are deployed in space even if the launch experiences any kind of malfunction. Atomos Space hopes to launch its initial reactor within four to five years." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Startup Plans to Launch Nuclear Reactor Into Space for First Time In Decades" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China's state-owned train developer CRRC has unveiled a magnetic levitation train that can reach speeds of up to 600 kph. It began development in 2016, with a successful trial run in June last year. The maglev can make the trip from Beijing to Shanghai in three and a half hours, two hours shorter than the time needed for a conventional bullet train to travel the same distance. CRRC exports trains worldwide, but it has yet to release plans for how it will commercialize the maglev." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China unveils 600 kph superfast maglev train" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The new iPad Pro's LiDAR scanner makes augmented reality a lot more accurate and stable. It allows the iPad to obtain a precise map of its surroundings, enabling developers to create immersive AR experiences. Developers who use ARKit will automatically get the benefits of the newly improved hardware. Hopefully, innovative apps that take advantage of this technology will be created as more developers learn how to use the technology. The iPad Pro also has new sensors, cameras, and processors, making it a powerful multi-purpose device." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The New iPad Pro’s LiDAR Sensor Changes the Augmented Reality Game" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Setapp — an essential app toolbox for Mac and iPhone Setapp is an app subscription service for macOS and iOS, the place where you will discover ways to solve every little task — from video editing to coding to writing — and automate your daily routines. Use the promo code tldr_newsletter to get a 10% discount for an annual subscription." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Setapp — an essential app toolbox for Mac and iPhone" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "USB 4 version 2 promises 80 Gbps speeds even with existing 40 Gbps USB Type-C passive cables." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Next-gen USB promises to be twice as fast, using cables you may already own" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stationary bike maker Flywheel announced to customers in an email on Wednesday that it was going to shut down its at-home virtual bike service. The shutdown was the result of a lawsuit where its competitor Peloton accused Flywheel of corporate espionage and intellectual property theft. As part of the agreement, most Flywheel customers who purchased their bikes outright will be able to trade in their bikes for a refurbished Peloton one. Documents from the lawsuit revealed the existence of 'Project Magnum', a plot by Flywheel to steal Peloton's confidential trade information. The relationship between Peloton and Flywheel used to be friendly, but Peloton managed to become a big company without the help of Flywheel, and the rivalry soured." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "'Project Magnum': Flywheel’s Alleged Plot to Steal Peloton’s Technology" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Blockchains are a type of ledger. Miners make calculations and add messages to the blockchain over time. The messages are hashed to protect the ordering and contents of messages. These hash ledgers are tamper-resistant as the contents of later entries depend on the contents of earlier entries. Bitcoin uses a distributed system with no owner. Instead of a central authority, many miners compete to write a new message to the blockchain, each with their own copy of the ledger." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Blockchains Work" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TLDR: Elon Musk's Boring Company, a company that digs tunnels, will be selling bricks made from the dirt excavated from the tunnels they are digging. The bricks will be available in 2 months, and will cost 10 cents per brick. Bricks will be free for affordable housing projects." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk Reveals Release Date and Price for Boring Company's Eco Bricks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The SpaceX Software Engineering team comprises of four separate teams. The Flight Software team develops code for Falcon 9, Grasshopper, and Dragon vehicles, and simulation, communications, and analysis software. They work with Mission Control to support active missions. The Enterprise Information Systems team mainly focuses on an internal web application that nearly every person in the company uses. The Ground Software team develops the GUIs used in Mission and Launch control for engineers to monitor vehicles and equipment. The Avionics Test team writes software for testing hardware and catching problems with the hardware earlier. Software for the mission, including SpaceX's Chromium and JavaScript-based Dragon 2 flight interface, had to go through various certifications. Every mission-critical input has a physical button underneath the touch display in case of a malfunction. A real-time operating system is used for Mission Critical applications as they have a faster interrupt response and better memory protection compared to regular operating systems." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Software Engineering Within SpaceX" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has partnered with Affirm to offer installment payment options. Affirm is one of the best-known installment payment option providers, servicing more than 12,000 merchants. Some Amazon customers in the US will start seeing Affirm's ‘buy now, pay later’ checkout option on Friday, with a broader rollout in the coming months. Purchases of $50 or more will be allowed to be split into smaller, monthly installments. Neither company has said whether these loans will come with interest." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon partners with Affirm to roll out first buy now, pay later option on the e-commerce site" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A YouTuber trying to film a close-up of the Fagradalsfjall volcano lost their drone when it crashed into a lava spew. The volcano has been erupting since March. It has become a tourist attraction. The video shows the moment when the drone crashes into the lava." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Watch: Drone crashes into erupting Icelandic volcano" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Launch facilities based at sea are expected to be a lot more common in the near future. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is developing a mobile launch facility off the coast of Haiyang city in the eastern province of Shandong, China. It will be used for launching light vehicles as well as for building and maintaining rockets, satellites, and other space machinery. The Eastern Aerospace Port will be China's fifth launch facility. Sea platforms help mitigate the risk to populated areas, as launches often result in spent stages falling back to Earth, requiring extensive safety and cleanup operations. The facility is part of China's evolving space plans that include the launch of the Chinese Large Modular Space Station from 2021 to 2023, as well as various lunar exploration programs." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "China is Building a Floating Spaceport for Rocket Launches" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "An investigation into what the US government knows about UFOs has confirmed that UFOs are undoubtedly real. The US Navy has captured footage of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, and the Pentagon has secretly funded research into UFOs. A report in 2009 covered plans for studying UAPs and any biological organisms recovered from one, plans to create a medical physiological UAP effects program, a possible UAP landing report, sighting and witness reports, and much more. One of the difficulties in finding information about the government's UAP programs is that each department is wrapped in layers of secrecy. There are many mysterious companies with large government research contracts. A quick summary timeline of publicly known UFO programs in the US is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Inside the Pentagon's Secret UFO Program" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This article talks about the experience of working for and leaving Facebook. Working on a new project at Facebook can feel like working in a small startup, but in a large company. Facebook makes it easy to switch between teams, and working there can be very comfortable. It aims to pay the top 5% in the market, which means that leaving will almost always mean a significant pay cut. All the benefits and compensation make it difficult to leave, but eventually many people get burnt out and start leaving anyway." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "On Leaving Facebook" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Meta recently unveiled a collection of VR headset prototypes. The company is aiming to develop a headset that can completely convince the visual system that what's inside is actually real. It has identified four key visual challenges that VR headsets need to solve before the visual Turing Test can be passed. The prototype headsets function as proof-of-concept for potential solutions to these challenges. Details about the challenges and the prototype headsets are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Meta Reveals VR Headset Prototypes Designed to Make VR ‘Indistinguishable From Reality’" } ]
[ { "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": "Apple will release new iPad Pros in April with M1 chips, better cameras, and better screens. An iPad mini with a bigger screen is also on the way. Apple will hold an event on March 23 where it will likely announce the long-rumored AirTags, the AirPods 3, and the iPad Pro updates." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple's new iPad Pro leaks ahead of rumored event" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Iranian government blocked access to the Persian desktop version of Wikipedia for 24 hours after a top advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader died from the coronavirus. The mobile version remained available. Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites remain restricted as the government seeks to control the spread of information. All Friday prayers in provincial capitals have been canceled in the country as it faces the deadliest outbreak of the disease outside of China. Iran now has 2,922 confirmed cases and 92 deaths. 23 of the country's lawmakers have been infected with the virus. There are rumors that Iran's official figures are false and that many more people have died. The Iranian police have arrested 24 people and warned a further 118 internet users for spreading rumors about the coronavirus online. Iran is deploying hundreds and thousands of health workers across the country to stop the outbreak. 54,000 prisoners have also been temporarily released from jail on bail in order to halt the spread of the virus." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Iran's Answer to the Coronavirus Outbreak: Cut the Internet" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Emotionally-charged memories can seem to transport us back to those life events, creating vivid visions. Studies have found that a special group of cells in the hippocampus synchronize their activity to speak to the amygdala every time mice recall trauma. Disruption to this pathway could potentially be an easy and specific path towards emotional relief." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Towards ‘Eternal Sunshine’? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Harvard's Office of Technology Development has granted an exclusive technology license to Adden Energy to scale a solid-state lithium-metal battery for commercial deployment. The battery prototype can charge in three minutes and last over 10,000 charge cycles. Adden aims to create a full-scale vehicle battery within the next five years. Enabling electric vehicles to charge within minutes with batteries that last for many years will make EV technology accessible to many more people." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Fast charging over 10,000 cycles" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Finally, useful engineering metrics you define. Meet Code Insights Transform your code into a queryable database to create customizable, visual dashboards in seconds. You can track everything in your codebase, from migrations to code smells, in a seamless and precise way based on the power and accuracy of Sourcegraph Code Search. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Finally, useful engineering metrics you define. Meet Code Insights" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Earthgrid is a startup that is developing a plasma boring robot that it plans to use to start rewiring America's energy, internet, and utility grids. Its robot will be able to tunnel up to one kilometer per day in its high-speed configuration. The robot's low-cost configuration will cost as little as $300 per meter, making previously unfeasible projects economically viable. Earthgrid will sell drilling as a service and build, own, operate, and maintain tunnels for customers on long-term leases or toll arrangements." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Earthgrid aims to re-wire the USA using super-cheap tunnel tech" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "China has greenlighted a technology-driven economic zone called the Greater Bay Area that will link Hong Kong, Macau, and nine other cities including Shenzhen and Guangzhou into a giant science and IT hub about the size of San Francisco and Tokyo combined. It's part of China's plan to integrate expertise in finance, manufacturing and technology, and to grow Hong Kong. Hong Kong's chief executive says \"Our Bay Area has been described by some as combining Silicon Valley with New York City.\"" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Beijing approves plan for Greater Bay Area to rival San Francisco's Silicon Valley in the United States" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon has agreed to acquire iRobot for approximately $1.7 billion. The deal is subject to approval by shareholders and regulators. Amazon hasn't had much success with household robots, but the acquisition will provide a massive foothold in the consumer robot market. iRobot's CEO Colin Angle will remain in his position. The purchase of iRobot is Amazon's fourth-largest acquisition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon is buying Roomba vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook's Oculus Insight was created so that the Oculus headsets could be completely wireless and independent of outside sensors. It uses inside-out tracking, which uses computer vision algorithms to analyze data from multiple sensors in order to fix the position of an object within a constantly updated digital map. The technology has been used before in robotics and smartphones, but the Oculus required an unprecedented level of precision and efficiency. Using special cameras and machine learning, the team at Facebook trained an algorithm to recognize the environment and the locations of the Oculus controllers. The technology is still developing, with the aim of eventually being able to create lightweight, stylish AR glasses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "From the lab to the living room: The story behind Facebook’s Oculus Insight technology and a new era of consumer VR" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Samsung has revealed another foldable smartphone at its annual developer conference. The phone has yet to be named. It resembles a traditional flip phone as the phone is able to be folded in half vertically. Samsung did not release many details about the device, stating only that they were exploring new form factors. A video demonstration is available showing off the design of the new device. In addition to the announcement of the new phone design, Samsung also detailed further improvements to its Bixby personal assistant." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Samsung gives us a glimpse of another foldable phone and it’s pretty nice" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A bright green meteor was filmed crossing the sky and breaking up in front of a CSIRO research vessel on November 18. The 19-second video is available in the article. At the time of the capture, the ship was approximately 10km south of the Tasmanian coast. It was carrying out several activities, including seafloor mapping, oceanographic studies, and running sea trials for a variety of marine equipment. A camera on the ship streams 24-hours a day. While other people report seeing the meteor, no other footage of it has emerged." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Live Footage Shows Bright Meteor Breaking Up Over Tasmania" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Universal Data Tool is a web app for editing and annotating images, text, audio, and documents. Users can collaborate with others in real-time, scale to tens of thousands of data points per dataset, use CSV or JSON, integrate UDT into a React application, and more. Screenshots of usage and GIF demos are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Universal Data Tool" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Temporal date time API is a proposed replacement to JavaScript's current date time API. Temporal features support for time zones, non-Gregorian calendars, and specialized classes for Temporal values. All objects are immutable, and January is month 1. This blog post is a guide on how to get started with Temporal. It goes through the basics, covers the classes of the API and how they fit together, and ends with a comprehensive section with examples." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Temporal: getting started with JavaScript’s new date time API" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "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." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ford’s self-driving cars will be available on Lyft’s platform in Miami and Austin" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Are you looking to eliminate security gaps in your software supply chain? Download this ebook to learn about common software supply chain attacks and how to mitigate third-party risks throughout your organization. Learn more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Guide to Software Supply Chain Security" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "There has been a growth of interest from local governments in engaging with tech and crypto communities over the last year as crypto becomes more mainstream. Some cities are trying to create coins, NFTs, and DAOs. The blockchain could make some existing processes, such as registries, lotteries, and voting, more trusted and transparent. This article looks at city crypto projects and explores how the blockchain can be used for different forms of governance." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Crypto Cities" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "InfluxDB University offers free training to teach developers the skills to build powerful real-time applications. Live and self-paced courses cover data collection and analysis with InfluxDB, Telegraf, and Flux. Enroll for free today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Learn how to build application with InfluxDB" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "All text inside computers is encoded with numbers, with the most popular system being Unicode. Unicode defines around 150k characters, which covers all the scripts used on Earth, along with other symbols. Emojis are included in the Unicode table, which is why they can behave like any other text. This article explores the seven different ways emojis can be encoded and shows how the techniques can be combined to construct complex messages." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Emoji under the hood" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists at the Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have developed an ultrathin magnet that operates at room temperature. The one-atom-thin magnet could make big advances in next-gen memory devices, computing, spintronics, and quantum physics. Researchers have been searching for decades for ways to make thinner and smaller 2D magnets to enable higher density data storage. Previous attempts have failed to perform at room temperature, but the new magnets still work at 100 degrees Celsius. The magnets can be mass-produced." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Main Attraction: Scientists Create World’s Thinnest Magnet – Just One Atom Thick!" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Uber's special investigations team has rules which prevent it from escalating issues to law enforcement, filing official police reports, or advising victims of crimes to seek legal counsel. The investigators' main priority is to protect Uber and to make sure that the company is not liable for any crimes committed by its contractors. Neutral language is always to be used when communicating with victims, and investigators are not to specifically ask alleged perpetrators about claims made against them. Uber justifies its actions by maintaining that it is a business, not a unit of law enforcement, and that victims are free to file complaints directly with the police. It has a three-strikes approach to enforcing driver behavior. This approach has allowed some perpetrators to continue to assault victims until their fourth offense." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Uber stopped its own investigators from reporting crimes to the police" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Bitcoin's third halving has finally happened. The 630,000th block was produced at 19:23 UTC on May 11, triggering the halving event. Bitcoin was designed to reduce the rewards for mining each block by half every 210,000 blocks. The mining reward is paid to those who contribute computing power to secure the Bitcoin network. Mining rewards are reduced in order to slow down the injection of new supply into the network as time goes by. The mining reward is now 6.25 bitcoin per block. Bitcoin's mining difficulty is expected to increase by 4.9% in the next week." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Bitcoin Halving Arrives: Mining Rewards Drop for Third Time in History" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "According to an official briefing given to London's most senior doctors, the city's hospitals are less than two weeks from being overwhelmed by covid, even under the best scenarios. Even at the lowest likely infection rate, the National Health Service in London would still be short of nearly 2,000 beds by January 19. The report looks at different scenarios for both general and intensive care capacities. Due to this, senior clinical leaders have considered significantly reducing the number of elective work or sending patients to other regions or private providers. Other regions are also seeing rapid growth in covid occupancy caused by the new strain spreading across the country." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Exclusive: London will be overwhelmed by covid in a fortnight says leaked NHS England briefing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Free Agency is a startup that provides career representation to mid to C-level candidates across product, engineering, marketing, and design. It helps candidates secure jobs and negotiate salary offers. The company estimates that it has so far set up 4,700 interviews and secured $200,000,000 in negotiated compensation. Candidates are charged 5% to 10% of their first year's salary as a fee. Employers can subscribe to a free service where Free Agency will share up to five candidates per week with them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Could the Great Resignation force techies to get career agents?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "When purchasing computers, many people do not consider what software may come prepackaged, or what vulnerabilities the computer may have. Dell laptops come with a software called Dell SupportAssist, and a Remote Code Execution vulnerability was discovered in the software. The details of how the vulnerability was discovered and then exploited are available in the article. Dell was contacted about the issue and are still investigating for a fix." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Remote Code Execution on most Dell computers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The 2022 Rivian R1T is the first fully electric pickup to go on sale. It will be available in January 2022 with a starting price of $67,500. The R1T is powered by four motors, one on each wheel, making light work of any obstacles or steep inclines. It can put out more than 800 horsepower and over 900 pound-feet of torque between the front and rear wheels. This article describes what it's like to ride in an R1T. Pictures of the vehicle are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Rivian built an electric truck before Tesla. We got to drive it" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Up to 8% of people report avoiding vaccines due to the pain of needles. Constant use of needles can also pose health risks, such as an increased risk of infection. Scientists at Rutgers University have developed a patch full of microscopic needles that can be attached to the skin and deliver a drug without causing any pain. The needles are 3D-printed with polymers and the core structure can be programmed and reshaped. They can be attached for long periods of time, which means they can be used to track antibodies or changes in the DNA. The researchers were able to show that the microneedles could be used to deliver a drug over the course of a full, 24-hour day." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The race is on to replace the hypodermic needle" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "ZTE has unveiled the ZTE Axon 20 5G, a device with a behind-the-screen camera. The under-display camera works by thinning out the pixels above the display to allow light to reach the camera. ZTE claims the camera is completely invisible, and an unboxing video seems to support this claim. The phone has a 6.92-inch 2460x1080 OLED display, a Snapdragon 765G SoC processor, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, and a 4220 mAh battery. The phone costs around $321 US in China. It is unlikely to be sold in the US as ZTE is banned in the country." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "ZTE announces the world’s first phone with a behind-the-screen camera" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new book from a long-time Android engineer offers a behind-the-scenes look at early Android development. This article features two chapters from the book that covers the startup's search for venture capital and the team's eventual meeting with Google. Slides from the original investor presentation are available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Excerpt: How Google bought Android—according to folks in the room" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new species of giant rhino has been unearthed in north-western China. A completely preserved skull and jawbone was found in the Linxia Basin of Gansu Province, where people have been looking for mammal fossils since the 1980s. The giant rhino had a long neck, slender skull, and two cone-shaped upper first incisors. It would have looked more like a horse than a rhino, but with a head height of 7 meters. The rhino is estimated to have weighed about 21 tonnes." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Giant rhino unearthed in China was one of largest mammals ever to live" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Another monolith, similar to the recent Utah monolith, has appeared in Romania. It stands at around the same height as its Utah twin, with deliberate scribbles scratched on its entire face. The David Zwirner gallery claims that the monolith is the work of a minimalist artist who died in 2011. A Redditor investigated the Utah monolith and discovered it was installed around five years ago. Officials at Utah's Bureau of Land Management announced that the monolith had disappeared over the weekend." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mysterious Monolith Update: New Mysterious Monolith Appears in Romania" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from MIT have developed a way to produce holograms nearly instantly using a deep-learning based method. Holograms require an extraordinary amount of data to create the illusion of depth in an image. The new convolutional neural network learns shortcuts to generating holograms, which reduces total operations by orders of magnitude. It can produce new holograms from images with depth information, which can be provided from a multi-camera setup or with lidar sensors. The system uses less than 620 kilobytes of memory. It can generate 60 1920x1080 color holograms per second on a single consumer-grade GPU. The system can run on an iPhone 11 Pro at the rate of 1.1 holograms per second." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Deep Learning Enables Real-Time 3D Holograms On a Smartphone" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Barnes & Noble has announced a new Nook e-reader. The Nook GlowLight 4e features USB-C, 8GB of storage, a 6-inch 212 PPI E Ink display with illumination, and page-turning buttons. It won't have any ads and users will be able to easily sideload content on the device. The Nook GlowLight 4e is now available for preorder for $119.99 and it will start shipping on June 7." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Barnes & Noble introduces a cheap e-reader to compete with the Kindle" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "India shut down the internet in the state of Assam during protests against a new citizenship rule. The Citizenship Amendment Bill, which creates a pathway for citizenship for minorities in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, was recently approved. Residents in the state of Assam were protesting as they were unhappy about immigration from nearby Bangladesh. Governments are increasingly turning to shutting off internet access as a way to stop protests. In 2016, the United Nations condemned internet shutdowns as a violation of human rights and freedom of expression. There were 196 internet shutdowns worldwide in 2018, with most of the shutdowns occurring in India." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "India has once again shut down the internet to control protesters" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers from Israel connected a dead locust's ear to a robot, replacing the robot's electronic microphone with the ear. The robot was then programmed to respond to the signals it received from the ear. Using biological systems requires less energy than electronic systems. The blend of biology and technology could dramatically alter both technological and biological industries. It might be possible to use other animals' sensory organs for various applications, such as bomb or disease detection." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researchers Linked Dead Locust's Ear to Robot and It Works" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Safari 15.4 is available now for macOS Monterey 12.3, iPadOS 15.4, and iOS 15.4. It features over 70 additions to WebKit, new web technologies, updates, and fixes. This article covers the changes in detail. A link to the full Safari 15.4 release notes is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New WebKit Features in Safari 15.4" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Palantir Technologies is relocating its headquarters to Denver, Colorado from Palo Alto, California. It is unclear how many of Palantir's employees will be affected by the move. Reasons for the move include the increasing intolerance and monoculture of Silicon Valley and the high housing prices in the area. Palantir announced in early July that it had filed confidentially for a public stock offering." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Palantir to relocate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Colorado" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Artificial intelligence is being used to generate content for news websites. The technology, which was first used in financial reporting, is being used to quickly generate articles which can then be edited and published by human reporters. The tool allows journalists to focus on more substantive work rather than having to worry about reporting on statistics and numbers. AI may also help journalists by identifying patterns and anomalies in data for further investigation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Rise of the Robot Reporter" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Two brothers associated with one of South Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchanges have disappeared. The exchange claimed that it was the victim of a hack in April. It asked investors at the time to not report the incident to the authorities. A group involved with the exchange hired a law firm to investigate the incident. The law firm was able to trace the stolen money, but not the missing brothers. South Africa’s Finance Sector Conduct Authority isn't able to launch an investigation as cryptocurrency is not legally considered a financial product in the country." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Founders of South African Bitcoin exchange disappear after $3.6 billion 'hack'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Huawei overtook Apple to become the world's second best selling smartphone manufacturer in 2019. Samsung remained in the lead, with Xiaomi and Oppo making up the rest of the top five. Huawei is still on the USA's entity list, which means that it can't install Google's apps and services on its new devices. 60 percent of Huawei phone sales were in China. While Apple ended up as third for the year, it beat out Samsung in the last quarter due to its iPhone 11 sales. Samsung will be launching its flagship Galaxy S20 series next month, and Apple is set to launch its successor to the iPhone SE soon. Overall, the industry sold fewer phones in 2019 than it did in 2018." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Huawei overtakes Apple in annual race to Samsung’s smartphone crown" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok's in-app browser inserts code that allows the company to monitor user activity on websites. This includes keystrokes and whatever users tap on the page. The tracking makes it possible for TikTok to capture information such as passwords or credit card numbers. TikTok confirmed that the tracking features exist but it claims that it is not using them." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok’s In-App Browser Includes Code That Can Monitor Your Keystrokes, Researcher Says" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A better way to SSH Ditch bastions, keys, and certs with Tailscale SSH. Connect to a production Linux server, even from your iPad. Re-verify high risk connections and more. Get started in just 5 minutes, our free plan is free forever." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A better way to SSH" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok is testing a 'Nearby' feed designed to display local content to users in Southeast Asia. Users who are part of the test will see a new feed tab displayed alongside the 'Following' and 'For You' feeds. The feed is testing alongside a feature that lets creators add location tags to their videos. It could open up new opportunities for local advertisers and help users discover nearby venues and products. TikTok says the feature may change before launch or be scrapped altogether." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok is testing a new ‘Nearby’ feed to display local content" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The first death in the US from coronavirus was a man in his 50s with chronic underlying conditions. Two new cases in Washington state have recently been announced, with the cases linked to a long-term care facility. One of the new confirmed cases is a healthcare worker. Out of 108 residents and 180 staff at the healthcare facility, 27 residents and 25 staff members have symptoms of the virus. Testing is underway as public health officials rush to contain the outbreak. The recent patterns of cases in the US indicate that the disease is likely circulating within the population. COVID-19 has spread to 57 countries, infecting more than 85,000 people and killing more than 2,900. There have been 66 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First U.S. coronavirus death confirmed in Washington state" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This website contains an easy-to-read, quick reference for popular PHP coding standards. It aims to introduce PHP developers to multiple options while explaining the difference in approach and use case. Many different translations are available. The website also links to tutorials and other resources." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "PHP: The Right Way" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The FIDO Alliance, an industry association that specifically works on secure authentication, has published a white paper on its vision for solving the usability issues associated with passwordless features. It identifies the process for switching or adding devices as being the main thing preventing passwordless schemes from achieving mass adoption. The proposed solution involves operating systems developing a credential management system that can sync between devices. It would allow people to use existing hardware to physically authenticate new devices. Introducing passwordless schemes will make phishing a thing of the past." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A big bet to kill the password for good" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok Library is a new in-app creation tool that allows creators to access select content from GIPHY. TikTok plans to expand the Library with additional content sources over time. GIPHY, launched in 2019, allows content makers to share short-form videos anywhere across the web with a link. It is owned by Meta, but the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has blocked Meta from fully integrating the service. TikTok Library will roll out to select markets on Android first before rolling out to iOS and users worldwide." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok partners with GIPHY on new video creation tool, ‘TikTok Library’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists at the Fermilab in Illinois have measured the mass of a subatomic particle called the W boson. The ultraprecise measurement found that the particle had a mass seven standard deviations higher than the Standard Model predicts. The Standard Model is a framework that governs the world of quantum physics. There is an incredibly small probability that the result occurred by chance. Another experiment will be conducted to confirm the measurement. If the result can be replicated, it could mean a revision or extension of the Standard Model." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Oddly heavy particle may have just broken the reigning model of particle physics" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Military voters from West Virginia stationed overseas will be able to use a mobile app to vote during the 2020 elections. Voatz is an app that uses a private blockchain to guarantee the integrity of votes, but experts are unsure about the security of the system. Some states currently allow military voters to vote via email. West Virginia has already tested the system during the midterms last year and saw a good response rate." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "West Virginia will allow “blockchain voting” in the 2020 election. That’s a risky idea." } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Caddy-SSH is a general-purpose, extensible, modular, memory-safe SSH server built in Go. It creates an SSH server with safe, modern, and secure defaults. This article discusses why the project was created, the current state of its development, and the future of the project." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing Caddy-SSH" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Some popular apps are starting to appear in the Microsoft Store on Windows 11. The Microsoft Store is changing to include traditional desktop apps. Any app can now be part of the store. Developers are allowed to use their own payment platforms and keep all of the revenue from apps if they choose to do so. The improvement to the store means that Windows users will have an easier time finding trusted installers for their apps." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Windows 11 app store is already more useful after just a week" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have recorded the largest ever underwater volcanic eruption after investigating a weird seismic event off the coast of Africa. Researchers were trying to determine the source of a seismic hum that could be heard across the world when they discovered the volcano forming in the Indian Ocean. It is unknown whether the volcano is completely new or whether it has formed on top of older volcanic structure. A nearby French Island, Mayotte, has sunk 13 centimeters and moved about 10 centimeters to the east as a result of the volcano." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Geologists Discover Largest Underwater Volcano, Explain Weird Hum Heard Around the World" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The World Wide Consortium (W3C) is an online community where the people who operate the internet discuss how the internet should work. Decisions are made by consensus in public GitHub forums or open Zoom meetings. The W3C has become a key battleground in the war over web privacy. As browsers have started to embrace and implement web privacy measures, the companies that rely on cross-site tracking are fighting for their survival. This article covers the privacy debate from both sides." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The ugly, geeky war for web privacy is playing out in the W3C" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "First Light Fusion is celebrating its first confirmed fusion reaction. The company's approach to fusion involves firing a projectile from a railgun at a falling target in a process designed to generate pressure levels high enough to create shockwaves that cause small deuterium fuel pellets to implode and start fusion reactions. The technique was inspired by the pistol shrimp, which can snap its claws so fast that the water around them is vaporized, creating shockwaves and bubble cavities that heat to tens of thousands of degrees. First Light is working towards creating a pilot plant in the 2030s. Many more details about the technology, including a video showing the reactor design, are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Oxford spinoff demonstrates world-first hypersonic \"projectile fusion\"" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Symantec, a leading cybersecurity firm, has unveiled that Chinese intelligence agents had acquired hacking tools developed by the National Security Agency and repurposed them to attack American allies and private companies around the world. An analysis revealed that the agents did not steal the code from the NSA, but instead reverse engineered the tools after capturing an attack on their own systems. Security experts debate whether the US should continue developing sophisticated hacking tools if they can not keep them safe from other parties. Cybersecurity companies work internationally and tend to avoid naming specific governments in their reports, instead opting to use nicknames for government-sponsored hacking groups. It has become common for international groups to steal technology developed by US intelligence agencies, but this is the first time an exploit has been reversed engineered and used to attack others." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.’s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Israeli food technology startup Aleph Farms has successfully grown meat in a lab on the International Space Station. Bovine cells were harvested on Earth and sent to space, where they were grown into small-scale muscle tissue using a 3D bioprinter. The technique could potentially be used to provide meat for people living on the space station. In December, Aleph Farms was successful in growing a strip of steak from cells in two weeks, but it admitted that the taste could be improved. One kilogram of natural beef requires 10,000 to 15,000 liters of water to produce. Aleph Farms' technology could potentially ensure food security for the future while preserving our natural resources." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First meat grown in space lab 248 miles from Earth" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple and Google have announced a ban on the use of location tracking in contact tracing apps. The companies are working together to create a contact tracing system that public health authorities will have access to use. Privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on its citizens is a primary goal of the project. Apple and Google's contact tracing system uses Bluetooth signals from phones to detect encounters and doesn't use or store GPS location data. If public health authorities want to continue using GPS data they will need to use unstable and battery draining workarounds. Apple and Google will only allow one app per country to use the system but will support countries that opt for a state or regional approach." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "MoviePass is coming back under the ownership of cofounder Stacy Spikes. The company was acquired out of bankruptcy for an undisclosed amount below $250,000. Spikes plans to relaunch the business sometime next year. Customer data and emails were not part of the sale. Spikes currently runs a company called PreShow Interactive that offers gamers the ability to unlock in-game currency by viewing branded content. It is unknown if PreShow tech will be part of MoviePass." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "MoviePass cofounder Stacy Spikes has bought the company back and is planning a relaunch" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Julich-Brain is a probabilistic map of human brains that accounts for individual differences using a computational framework. It is dynamic, continually changing to incorporate more recent brain mapping results. The Julich-Brain is essentially a neuromapping API that could unite previous brain mapping methods with more modern methods. The map currently has data from over 24,000 sections from 23 postmortem brains covering most years of adulthood at the cellular level. Using a probabilistic map is far more precise than using the brain's visible landmarks as these landmarks can differ between people." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "These Scientists Just Completed a 3D ‘Google Earth’ for the Brain" } ]