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Russia Plans to Cut Off Some Internet Access Next Week | Russia planned a test of its RuNet program on December 23. The test temporarily shut off many of its citizens' internet access. RuNet aims to help the government better control internal digital traffic, launch cyber and information attacks against other nations, and track and censor dissidents. The test evaluated RuNet... | 4Miscellaneous |
Russian Researchers Clone Cow To Produce Milk for Lactose Intolerance People | Researchers from Russia cloned a cow and edited its genes to remove beta-lactoglobulin, the main allergen in milk that causes lactose intolerance. Around 70 percent of the world has some form of lactose malabsorption. The team now aims to impregnate a herd with modified embryos to create a generation of cattle that pro... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Git Alias (GitHub Repo) | GitAlias is a collection of git version control alias settings with short aliases such as s for status, command aliases such as chart and churn, and lookup aliases such as whois and whatis. This repository contains a collection of GitAlias commands, sorted into sections such as workflow aliases, tooling aliases, and co... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Bud (GitHub Repo) | Bud is a full-stack Go framework for web development. It reduces the cost of building, launching, and maintaining rich web applications by providing a well-tested set of building blocks that every serious website needs. It is the Ruby on Rails for the Go ecosystem. A video on how to build a Hacker News clone with Bud i... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
U.S. government sides with Apple and Amazon, effectively denying Bloomberg 'spy chip' report
The plot thickens with respect to the story last week where Bloomberg reported that Chinese spies had used tiny microchips to infiltrate over 30 tech companies including Apple and Amazon. Apple and Amazon (as well as the hardwa... | The plot thickens with respect to the story last week where Bloomberg reported that Chinese spies had used tiny microchips to infiltrate over 30 tech companies including Apple and Amazon. Apple and Amazon (as well as the hardware company Supermicro, which was named as the company that spread the infected hardware) have... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Mutiny at HQ Trivia fails to oust CEO | Internal struggles within HQ Trivia have seen the third most popular game on the App Store in 2018 drop out of the top 1,500 games within a year. The management of the company had always been questionable, with many controversies over the various CEOs’ behaviors. While the company had been successfully funded multiple ... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Amazon is opening a new store that sells items from its website rated 4 stars and above | A new store called Amazon 4-star will open today in New York's SoHo neighborhood. The store is permanent (not a pop-up store) and will only sell items that have 4 star ratings or above on Amazon. Amazon Prime members will pay "the Amazon.com price" when they shop there. The store will have digital price tags, presumabl... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Air-Gap Attack Turns Memory Modules into Wi-Fi Radios | A new proof-of-concept attack turns SDRAM buses into Wi-Fi radios that leak data. The clock speed of memory modules is typically around the frequency of 2.4 GHz or its harmonics, so they can generate electromagnetic emissions around standard Wi-Fi frequency bands. It is not a quick attack, with a top speed of only 100 ... | 4Miscellaneous |
SpaceX’s successfully lands Starship prototype for the first time | SpaceX's latest Starship prototype successfully landed on Wednesday for the first time. It demonstrated a few complex dances in mid-air before safely touching down. Two minutes after landing, the rocket exploded. The test's main objective was to demonstrate the computer-controlled movements of the rocket's four aerodyn... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
The Army's New Night-Vision Goggles Look Like Technology Stolen From Aliens | The army's new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars are a huge upgrade from traditional night vision goggles. They use white tubes that produce better contrast and brighter images. The goggles offer stereo vision and can see through obstructions like dust and smoke even with zero illumination. Augmented reality enha... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Modular optical computer chip allows stackable swappable functions | Engineers at MIT have developed a modular computer chip with components that can communicate using flashes of light. Its layer components can be stacked or swapped to build chips to perform specific functions or for upgrades. They have unlimited expandability depending on the combination of layers. The technology could... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Would You Trust a Cartoon Cat with Your Money? | eGirl Capital is a crypto investment firm staffed by 12 anonymous cartoon characters and two real identities. It started as a joke in 2019, but it has since made an impression in the crypto VC world, investing up to $10 million in a range of serious projects. The group does not take money from outside investors, prefer... | 4Miscellaneous |
CRISPR flies have been gene edited so they can eat poison | Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have created genetically modified fruit flies that are able to eat poison and store it in their bodies. Milkweed is a common plant that is toxic to most animals and insects, but an adaptation in the monarch butterfly allows it to eat milkweed and store its toxins wit... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Google lowers Play Store fees for subscriptions and music streaming apps | Google has announced that more categories of apps will be eligible to pay significantly less than the usual 30 percent fee. Subscription-based apps will now pay a 15 percent fee. Ebooks and on-demand music streaming services are now eligible for fees as low as 10 percent. Google will determine at their discretion which... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Scientists Used CRISPR to Engineer a New ‘Superbug’ That’s Invincible to All Viruses | All of life is made from a combination of 64 DNA codons which are translated into 20 amino acids by tRNA. Viruses use the same code to use a host cell's machinery to build the proteins it needs to reproduce. A team of scientists used CRISPR to replace redundant codons in the E. Coli bacterial genome with their synonyms... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Sblack (Desktop Tool) | Sblack is an ultra-lightweight Mac client for Slack that comes with a light mode and dark mode. This is a native (non-Electron) app, so it's only 20MB instead of 180MB like the official Slack client. If you use Slack on a Macbook and want the desktop client to be a bit snappier, this is definitely worth a look. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Wireit (GitHub Repo) | Wireit makes npm scripts smarter and more efficient. It automatically runs dependencies between npm scripts in parallel, watches and re-runs scripts on changes, caches output locally and remotely on GitHub actions for free, and it works with single packages, npm workspaces, and other monorepos. Wireit is still in alpha... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Ask HN: What are your favorite developer-efficiency tips? (Hacker News Thread) | Recording yourself or pretending to stream your work is a novel way of increasing productivity at work as it gets you into a certain mindset. Sometimes it can get difficult to start working. A technique to get started faster is to spend some time at the end of a work session to make it easier to accomplish something ea... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
The Arctic Circle Hit 101°F Saturday, Its Hottest Temperature Ever | Last weekend, the small Russian town of Verkhoyansk, located in the Arctic Circle, recorded a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Once verified by experts, it will be the hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic Circle. The average high temperature in January in the town is -44 degrees Fahrenheit. Temperatu... | 4Miscellaneous |
WTF Python (GitHub Repo) | This repository contains Python code snippets that have surprising behaviors. It aims to explain what is happening under the hood for some of the lesser-known features of Python. A Google Colab interactive version is available where you can run the code examples in-browser. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
EventNative (GitHub Repo) | EventNative is an event collection service. It can capture events generated by an application and stream to any Data Warehouse. EventNative can capture events stopped by AdBlock, push data to multiple destinations at once, determine location from a user's IP address, and more. A demo page is available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
CLUI: Building a Graphical Command Line | CLIs are powerful, and text input is predictable and constant. While CLIs are efficient, users must memorize commands to fully utilize them. GUIs address many of these issues by making things easier to access and do, but they can become complex and programs can easily become bloated as developers try to cram features w... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Uber launches app aimed at connecting workers with businesses | Uber has launched an app that will connect temporary workers looking to work shifts with businesses trying to fill up rosters. The Uber Works app will only be available in Chicago during its testing period. It will display information about shifts such as gross pay, work location, required skills, and dress code. Tempo... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Crypto design challenges (20 minute read) | This article discusses how several areas in the crypto space could be improved with better design. Crypto has been around for long enough to prove that there's something there, but the tech is still young enough that there's plenty of things left to figure out, define, and invent. While the technology behind crypto is ... | 4Miscellaneous |
SnapFont (Website) | SnapFont is a browser extension that allows you to easily test any font on any website. It doesn't require any login to use. There are almost 1,000 fonts available and it will work on websites that use React, Vue, or any other Javascript framework. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Researchers ready world-first vision restoration device for human clinical trials | Scientists at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia have produced a device that can restore vision to the blind using a combination of smartphone-style electronics and brain-implanted microelectrodes. The researchers are now preparing for the first human clinical trials to take place after successful preclinical st... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC (10 minute read) | Slow Ventures is a startup that invests in people. It offers creators a deal where the creator gets a large payout upfront to do whatever they want with, and the firm gets 5% of the creator's earnings for 30 years. The firm's plan could help it find the next Jeff Bezos before they get rich. Creators only start paying b... | 4Miscellaneous |
A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculum (GitHub Website) | This website contains a modern computer science curriculum designed for someone with an interest in theory. Each resource is self-contained and covers all necessary background reading. Previous experience in programming and a basic understanding of calculus is highly recommended for the course. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
gotify/server (GitHub Repo) | gotify/server is a self-hosted server for sending and receiving messages in real time. While there are plenty of free and commercial push services available, they are not open-source, self-hosted, or customizable. Server admins are able to manage users, clients, and applications, and create and install plugins. Users c... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Uber Lays Off 400 as Profitability Doubts Linger After IPO | Uber has laid off a third of its marketing team in a cost-cutting effort. After its initial public offering in May, investors questioned whether the unprofitable company could make money. In the past few months, Uber has lost many key executives and employees. Uber posted its slowest growth in years and a loss of more ... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
'Mighty mice' stay musclebound in space, boon for astronauts | 40 mice have returned to Earth after a month-long stay at the International Space Station. Eight of the mice were genetically engineered to grow more muscle, and these mice were able to maintain their bulk after the trip. The 24 regular untreated mice lost considerable muscle and bone mass as expected. Eight of the nor... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Breaking GitHub Private Pages for $35k | In the spring of last year, GitHub had two CTF bonuses posted as part of GitHub's private pages private bug bounty. One was for reading the flag at flag.private-org.github.io without user interaction, with a bonus for reading the flag from an account outside of the organization. The other was for reading the flag with ... | 4Miscellaneous |
SEC charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk with fraud | The SEC is suing Elon Musk for fraud due to his "funding secured" tweet regarding taking Tesla private at a price of $420 per share in August. Among other remedies, the SEC is seeking to bar Musk from serving as an officer or director of a publicly traded company if found guilty. The SEC suit alleges, "According to Mus... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
I attended a virtual conference with an AI version of Deepak Chopra. It was bizarre and transfixing | The AI Foundation creates avatars with artificial intelligence that look and sound like the people they are meant to represent. Each avatar is trained by the person they emulate in order to learn to become digital extensions that can communicate on behalf of their real selves. If an AI doesn't know the answer to a ques... | 4Miscellaneous |
Magic Leap introduces MICA : AI Avatar (1 minute video) | Magic Leap has created an AI virtual assistant that exists in augmented reality. Mica is a female with short hair, and she is ridiculously human looking. She doesn't talk yet, but she uses AI to look people in the eye and her facial ticks, body language, and posture make her look and feel really realistic. | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Twitter CEO pushes out top execs, freezes hiring | Twitter's consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour and general manager of revenue Bruce Falck have been asked to leave the company. Jay Sullivan will take over as both the head of product and interim head of revenue. Twitter had goals to deliver big growth in audience and revenue but it did not hit its milestones. The c... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Getting scanned for a pint: How facial recognition technology is being used in a London pub | A pub in England is using facial recognition technology to form a digital queue to prevent people from cutting in line. A display in the pub shows the crowd and a virtual number showing their place in the queue. Bartenders control the queue with tablets. The bar claims that the data never leaves the building and is del... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Scientists Extract and Sequence Million-Year-Old Mammoth DNA | A team of 22 researchers from nine countries has sequenced ancient DNA from the remains of three different mammoth species. The DNA was estimated to be 0.7-1.2 million years old, the oldest that has ever been recovered and sequenced. One of the mammoths was found to belong to an unknown genetic lineage, which was unexp... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
US teenager wins $3m as Fortnite world champion | Kyle Giersdorf has won $3 million becoming the world champion of the computer game Fortnite. Other competitors also walked away with a share of the record-breaking $30 million prize pool. However, the record for the largest prize pool will soon be broken by The International, an event taking place in August. The e-spor... | 4Miscellaneous |
Robotic fish powered by electronic blood can swim for 36 hours | Researchers at Cornell University have developed a robot that is powered by its own artificial circulatory system. The robot can swim at a rate of 1.5 body lengths per minute, which is around 10 meters per hour. It is powered by flow batteries, so power is generated as liquid moves through the robot. The flow of the li... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Sweetviz (GitHub Repo) | Sweetvis is a Python library that generates visualizations for exploratory data analysis with a single line of code. It outputs a fully self-contained HTML application. An example report from the Titanic dataset is available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
"Biologically inspired" A.I can beat the world's strictest internet censorship | Authoritarian governments are known for strictly censoring what their citizens can see on the internet in order to control their people and protect those in power. A new tool called Geneva uses AI to automatically detect bugs and gaps in a country's censorship system so users can view uncensored content. It uses a biol... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Why the global chip shortage is making it so hard to buy a PS5 (38 minute read) | Many industries have stalled as they wait for chip orders to be filled and delivered. There are many types of chips and most devices have multiple chips in them. A lot of manufacturers are only missing a few components, but this means that they can't complete products. This article features an interview with Dr. Willy ... | 4Miscellaneous |
500 Free Computer Science Courses from the World’s Top CS Universities (Website) | This page lists the best online courses for studying computer science. There are 500 online courses listed from 50 of the world's best universities for studying computer science. Subjects listed include AI & Machine Learning, Algorithms & Data Structures, Cybersecurity, Software Development, and Quantum Computing. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Byte flight | People have protested against tech workers in Silicon Valley in the past. Now that many tech workers are no longer required to head into offices for work, a lot of them are choosing to leave the area. Some companies have plans to reopen offices in 2021, so it is too early to tell how large the impact the switch to remo... | 4Miscellaneous |
A complete guide to using CSS filters with SVGs (16 minute read) | CSS has several filters to help improve websites. These can be used to blur images, adjust contrast and saturation, change the hue, reduce opacity, and more. This article looks at how to use SVG filters. It includes an overview of SVGs and a list of 17 filter primitives. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will transport medicine to CVS customers in Texas | Nuro is an autonomous vehicle startup founded by two ex-Google engineers that developed a fleet of road-legal delivery robots. The robots will soon be used to transport pharmaceuticals to CVS customers in Houston, Texas. CVS has seen an increased demand for deliveries since the pandemic started. Customers will be able ... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
FortuneSheet (GitHub Repo) | FortuneSheet is a drop-in JavaScript spreadsheet library based on Luckysheet. It uses a data structure that is compatible with Luckysheet and has features that make it comparable to Excel and Google Sheets. An online demo is available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
The New Super Sub Can Dive to 1,000 Feet and Move Faster Than a Bottlenose Dolphin | The Super Sub is a high-performance cruiser from U-Boat Worx that was designed to keep up with large marine life. The 17-foot submersible is equipped with a propulsion system that is capable of churning out 60 kW, allowing it to hit speeds of up to 8 knots. It is two knots faster than a bottlenose dolphin and adept at ... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Magic Leap 2 Hands-On: AR Glasses That Can Dim The Real World | This article presents a hands-on experience with Magic Leap's new augmented reality glasses. The Magic Leap 2 features a larger field of view, lenses that can dim the world and become blackout sunglasses, spatial audio, and more. It is notably smaller than the first version, with improved eye and hand tracking. No pric... | 4Miscellaneous |
Tasting Coca-Cola’s first “gamer” flavor—and the history of game-and-soda tie-ins (12 minute read) | Coca-Cola has released a gamer flavor called Coca-Cola Byte. The drink launch was paired with a Fortnite 'creator island' zone made by an advertising agency. It has a fruity flavor similar to Coca-Cola's Creations line of limited-time sodas launched earlier this year. This article discusses the new drink and Coca-Cola'... | 4Miscellaneous |
These lizards use bubbles to breathe underwater | New research shows that a dozen species of Caribbean and Latin American anoles can exhale air underwater to create oxygen-filled bubbles that cling to their heads. Scientists theorize that the bubbles could be helping the animals remove carbon dioxide and pull in more oxygen from water via diffusion. An analysis of the... | 4Miscellaneous |
FedEx to end ground delivery business with Amazon | FedEx has announced that it will no longer make ground deliveries for Amazon, two months after it terminated its air delivery contract with Amazon. In a regulatory filing in February, Amazon stated that its competitors included transportation companies such as FedEx, and it appears that FedEx is treating Amazon like an... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
A Mysterious Desert Bacterium Has Evolved Its Own, Unique Ability to Photosynthesize | 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 ... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 Lite will launch in the US on April 17th for $650 | The Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite will be available in the US starting April 17 for $650. It will feature a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-O display, a Snapdragon 855 processor, and a triple-lens rear camera setup. Samsung recently announced the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, a budget version of the Galaxy Tab S6, which will be availab... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Blockly (GitHub Repo) | Blockly is a library that adds a visual code editor to web and mobile apps. The editor uses graphical blocks to represent code concepts, allowing users to apply programming principles without having to worry about syntax. A live demo is available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality | Virtual reality is gaining momentum as a training tool, allowing people to practice doing things that would be impossible otherwise. It is being used to train new employees at places like Walmart and Chipotle, and some offices are starting to use the technology to train for soft management skills such as interviewing, ... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Inside Google's Plan to Disrupt the College Degree | Google recently announced plans to launch new certificate programs designed to help people bridge skill gaps and get qualifications without a college degree. The plan includes three new Google Career Certificates on Coursera, a new Associate Android Developer Certification course, over 100,000 need-based scholarships, ... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
TDengine (GitHub Repo) | TDengine is a big data platform designed for the Internet of Things (IoT), Connected Cars, Industrial IoT, and IT Infrastructure and Application Monitoring. It performs faster for less cost while providing full features without a steep learning curve. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Need to design, automate, and monitor critical business processes? (Sponsor) | Boost productivity with a tool that integrates seamlessly with your current tech stack and is optimized for scalability, resiliency, high-performance throughput, and low latency. Camunda Platform: The Universal Process Orchestrator. Try free now. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon and Facebook | As tech giants become bigger and richer, they have started acting more like governments rather than companies, bullying cities and states into showering them with taxpayer handouts in return for doing business. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new law that will create two tiers of companies - companies that have... | 4Miscellaneous |
Life Has Been Found in a Low-Oxygen, Super-Salty, Sub-Zero Arctic Spring | Scientists have discovered life in the extremely cold and salty waters of the Lost Hammer Spring in the Canadian Arctic. The microbes had adaptations that allowed them to thrive in water with temperatures of around minus five degrees Celsius, less than one part per million of dissolved oxygen, and around 24% salinity. ... | 4Miscellaneous |
Facebook Parent Meta Is Opening Its First Store. Here's What It's Like Inside | Meta has opened its first store at its campus in Burlingame, California. The store allows customers to demo several of the company's devices, such as the Portal Go, Oculus Quest 2 headset, and Ray-Ban smart glasses. It is open Monday to Friday from 11 AM to 6 PM. A gallery of images showing what it is like inside the s... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Belarusian hackers are trying to overthrow the Lukashenko regime | A group of activist-hackers in Belarus have infiltrated almost every part of the country's government, leaking sensitive information and defacing government websites as an act of protest. The Belarus Cyber Partisans are 15 IT and cybersecurity experts whose aim is to bring democracy and rule of law back into the countr... | 4Miscellaneous |
Join Chief Measurement Strategist at Google, Neil Hoyne, for a moderated Q&A (Sponsor) | Join Chief Measurement Strategist at Google, Neil Hoyne, for a moderated Q&A . 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 "Conv... | 0Sponsor |
NASA Astronauts Go On Spacewalk to Upgrade the Space Station (YouTube Video) | In this 5.5 hour video, NASA astronauts are observed upgrading the nickel-hydrogen batteries with more powerful lithium-ion ones on the International Space Station. Viewers can hear the audio communication between the astronauts and NASA, and there is also additional commentary to explain what is occurring. The video s... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air will arrive within a year | Apple is working on a 15-inch MacBook Air and a 12-inch MacBook. The 15-inch MacBook Air will have the same overall design as the 13.6-inch MacBook Air. It will use the same M2 processor. The new laptops could arrive in 2023, but Apple could abandon its 12-inch MacBook plans. New MacBook Pros with M2 chips could arrive... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Loaders (Website) | This site contains a collection of free loaders and spinners. The components are built with HTML, CSS, and SVG. The code for the components can be easily copied from the site. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Professional Programming (GitHub Repo) | This is a collection of books, articles, and other materials to self-study any area of being a professional programmer (algorithms, project management, dotfiles, security etc.). Incredibly comprehensive. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
polynote (GitHub Repo) | Polynote is a notebook environment that supports multiple languages. It currently supports Scala, Python, SQL, and Vega. It features auto-complete, parameter hints, a WYSIWYG editor for composing text cells, and runtime insight. Runtime insight includes features such as showing you what the kernel is doing at any time,... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
If DARPA Has Its Way, AI Will Rule the Wireless Spectrum (14 minute read) | A major problem with Bluetooth is that it shares similar wireless frequencies as WiFi, which means that there is always the chance of interference. DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge aims to have many teams across the world developing AI systems that will be able to effectively manage the switching of frequencies... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
On the Road to Full Autonomy With Elon Musk (Podcast) | Elon Musk discusses the market for electric vehicles, the development of autonomous driving, and Bitcoin. Regulations and safety of autonomous vehicles are discussed and Musk discusses why Tesla will be able to solve the complex problem of autonomous driving. Tesla has an advantage when it comes to data collection and ... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
unspun - custom-built jeans via 3D iPhone scans (Sponsor) | unspun - custom-built jeans via 3D iPhone scans . Tired of online returns or wasting time in stores? unspun is an ultra-sustainable denim brand, recently named one of TIME's Best Inventions. They guarantee their $200 bespoke jeans will be your new favorite pair, and they're recruiting beta testers to give UX feedback i... | 0Sponsor |
How to SSH Properly (13 minute read) | SSH is the de facto tool for *nix server administration. It is secure and there is a lot of support to make it easy to use. There are different levels of security in SSH. Using SSH certificates is more secure than using a password or SSH keys, and they can be configured with just a few extra steps. A bastion host is a ... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
React Native Newsletter (Newsletter) | React Native Newsletter offers a curated list of blog posts, libraries, and important updates about the React Native ecosystem. It's curated by Infinite Red, these guys really know their stuff, I've used some of their open source projects in the past and it's always been top notch. Definitely worth checking out if you'... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
The World Is Losing Fish to Eat as Oceans Warm, Study Finds | A study published in January found that oceans were warming a lot faster than previously thought. As fish are very climate sensitive, they are moving to cooler waters, resulting in a decrease in fish populations in many areas. Overfishing is happening faster in certain areas as fish populations decline. Fish and seafoo... | 4Miscellaneous |
Impossible Burgers are hitting their first grocery stores tomorrow | The Impossible Burger will be available in grocery stores starting September 20 in 27 Gelson's Markets stores in Southern California. It will eventually be available in other areas, and Impossible Foods plans to reach every region of the US by the middle of next year. This move will bring Impossible Foods into closer c... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Uber Lays Off More Than 180 Postmates Employees, Including CEO Bastian Lehmann | Uber has laid off 185 employees from its Postmates division, including most of the executive team, totaling about 15% of Postmates' workforce. Rival companies are gaining market share in the food delivery business. DoorDash went public in December and has recently acquired food delivery startup Caviar. Just Eat acquire... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Revolutionary microscopy technique sees individual atoms for first time | Cryo-electron microscopy is a technique for imaging molecules that produces images so detailed that individual atoms can be seen. The technique will allow researchers to understand the workings of proteins that cannot be studied using other imaging techniques. It works by firing electrons at flash-frozen samples and re... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
SpaceX is almost ready to start turning Starship’s launch tower into ‘Mechazilla’ | SpaceX plans to use a giant tower with arms to catch its rockets. Mechazilla will be around 145m tall and will be outfitted with at least three arms. Construction started a few weeks ago, and the tower is almost complete. Pictures of the tower are available in the article. | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Automatic App Landing Page (GitHub Repo) | Developers can quickly and easily deploy a landing page for their apps using this GitHub repository. All they need to do is fork the repo and enter their iOS app ID into the config file, and the page will be built automatically. Users can customize the page further if desired, and include screenshots and videos if avai... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
MLGO: A Machine Learning Framework for Compiler Optimization | MLGO is the first industrial-grade general framework for integrating ML techniques systematically in LLVM. | 4Miscellaneous |
List of (Advanced) | This repository contains a list of JavaScript questions presented in a multiple choice test format. Users are presented with code and then asked what the output of the code should be. Answers are initially hidden. There are 43 questions listed. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Meta reportedly canceled a 300-person VR / AR operating system project | Meta was reportedly working on a custom operating system to power virtual and augmented reality headsets but suspended development in November. XROS development began in 2017, with more than 300 people working on the project. Canceling the OS will mean that Meta will have to continue to rely on Google's Android OS. XR ... | 4Miscellaneous |
Crypto Cities (17 minute read) | 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... | 4Miscellaneous |
aiosql (GitHub Repo) | aiosql allows developers to organize SQL statements in .sql files and load them into a Python application as methods to call. The project supports standard and asyncio based drivers for SQLite and PostgreSQL, with support for custom database drivers available. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
ECMAScript-new-features-list (GitHub Repo) | This repository contains a comprehensive list of new ES features. Each list contains explanations and examples of how features are used in the ECMAScript 10 language. | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets green light for Las Vegas tunnel system | The Boring Company has won approval from Las Vegas officials to build a network of vehicle tunnels underneath the city. The Vegas Loop will allow passengers to travel to and from several landmarks inside Tesla vehicles. As many as 57,000 passengers will be able to travel through the tunnels every hour. A smaller versio... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Writing a Blockchain in Node.js (13 minute read) | Blockchain has become a popular topic due to Bitcoin. A Blockchain is where blocks, or pieces of information, are stored on a public database, the chain. In a Blockchain, every piece of data must contain data presenting the previous block. This means that data is more difficult to change and can be verified easily. Ran... | 3Programming, Design & Data Science |
UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space | Russia has been accused of testing a weapon-like projectile in space that could be used to target satellites in orbit. The country has been testing new technology that it claims is for performing checks on Russian space equipment. Both US and UK officials have made statements on the threat posed by Russia. Russia is pa... | 4Miscellaneous |
Musk plans IPO for SpaceX's Starlink business | Elon Musk plans to list Starlink on the market in several years when revenue growth is smooth and predictable. Starlink is an important new revenue stream for SpaceX. It is racing to offer broadband internet commercially by the end of 2020. Musk tweeted that he would give small retail investors top priority in the init... | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Why we should fear a cashless world | Health food chain Tossed has just opened the UK's first cashless cafe, another step towards the death of cash, an alarming trend. A cashless society would make every payment traceable, allowing for unprecedented control by financial institutions and governments over the lives of citizens. In addition, it is primarily t... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
Apple announces iPad Pro and Mac event for October 30th | Apple has issued invites to an event on October 30th in Brooklyn, New York. It is expected to unveil the new iPad Pro, a successor to the Macbook Air, and potentially a new Mac Mini designed for power users. The iPad Pro is rumored to have slim bezels and Face ID. | 1Big Tech & Startups |
Samsung’s C-Lab class features a diaper sensor, smart guitar, and modular robot | Samsung's C-Lab division allows employees to create personal pet projects. While the projects aren't always practical, they're often fascinating, displaying ideas that are traditionally outside of Samsung's scope. This year at CES, C-Lab will split its products into three categories: C-Lab Inside, C-Lab Outside, and pr... | 4Miscellaneous |
Ultrashort laser pulses shred superbugs without harming human cells | Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have shown that ultrashort pulses of laser light can kill bacteria and viruses without harming human cells. While antibiotics have been one of the most important inventions of the 20th century, bacteria develop resistances to them, so it is important to find other met... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
For The First Time, Physicists Have Recorded The Flowing Sound of a 'Perfect' Fluid | Physicists have recorded sound waves moving through a perfect fluid with the lowest possible viscosity. A link to the sound recording is available in the article. The research can help scientists understand the most extreme conditions in the Universe, for example, the interiors of ultradense neutron stars. The interior... | 4Miscellaneous |
Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road | A driverless electric truck has received permission to start making deliveries via a public road in Sweden. The truck does not have a driver cabin, which reduces the freight operating costs by an estimated 60 percent compared to a diesel truck with a driver. Freight operators are under pressure to reduce delivery times... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
How My Fears Doomed My First Startup | As a nerdy engineer that went to software development conferences for holidays, David Smith believed that if he could just build a great product, people would buy it. He developed a great program but never sold it because he never let anyone know about it. His fears of communicating with others about his product stoppe... | 4Miscellaneous |
Seagate just unveiled the first-ever PCIe NVMe hard disk drive | Seagate has unveiled the first-ever PCIe NVMe hard disk drive. The HDD is based on a proprietary controller that works with all major protocols without requiring a bridge. Bringing the NVMe protocol to HDDs will lower the total cost of ownership, improve performance, save energy, and reduce the complexity of datacenter... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
ColorBox (Web Tool) | ColorBox is a free colorpicker made by Lyft's design team. It allows you to easily pick any number of shades of a color and have the shades be distinguishable. For example, if you wanted to have 5 shades of blue that are all easy to tell apart when they're right next to each other you can do that just by using a slider... | 2Science and Futuristic Technology |
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