GPT-4o is a new flagship model that can reason across audio, vision, and text in real-time, accepting any combination of inputs and generating outputs in the same format. The model has been designed with safety features built-in and has undergone extensive testing to mitigate risks, with plans for iterative rollouts of its capabilities across various modalities.

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Static Chess is a plain, brutalist chess website with no animations or interactivity, allowing users to make moves by clicking links. The site aims to support real gameplay and may be extended to include features like static AI opponents and long-form game interfaces.

Apple and Google have collaborated to create an industry specification for detecting unwanted location trackers, alerting users if such devices are unknowingly being used to track them. The new capability will be implemented on iOS 17.5 and Android 6.0+ devices, allowing users to receive alerts and take action if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is moving with them.

GPT-4o has made a breakthrough on the Needle in a Needlestack benchmark, outperforming other LLMs, while Mistral's models struggled with the task. The benchmark measures an LLM's ability to focus on specific information within its context window, and repeating information can significantly improve performance.

The USDA has updated its plant hardiness zone map, which shows that winters are warming at a faster pace than other seasons, and gardeners should use this information as one tool among many to assess plant survival. The new map does not account for summer temperature extremes or microclimates, so local nurseries and botanical gardens can provide more specific guidance on what plants will ...

The narrator converses with Benjamin Franklin, discussing how modern inventions and discoveries have changed the world since his time. The things that astound Franklin are not always what one might expect, as he is impressed by everyday advancements like CAT scans and GPS technology.

The author, who loves their iPad, highlights several limitations and issues with iPadOS, including missing apps like Calculator and TextEdit, inconsistent app features compared to macOS, and fundamental problems with the Files app. The author argues that these issues hold back the potential of the iPad as a laptop replacement and calls for Apple to take a more serious approach to improving iPadOS.

Pipecat is a framework for building voice and multimodal conversational agents, allowing developers to create personal coaches, customer support bots, and more. It provides tools for real-time media transport, text-to-speech synthesis, and voice activity detection using services like Daily and ElevenLabs.

Pi-card is an AI-powered voice assistant running on a Raspberry Pi, capable of conversational tasks and camera control with image description and question answering. The system runs locally without internet connection, prioritizing user privacy, and can be customized with external APIs or services using specific keywords.

Amazon S3 will no longer charge customers for unauthorized requests that return an HTTP 403 error response. This change applies to all S3 buckets and regions, requiring no changes to customer applications.

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Squarespace, a design-driven platform, has agreed to go private in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.9 billion with Permira, a global private equity firm. The deal will see Squarespace's stockholders receive $44 per share and Anthony Casalena, the company's CEO and founder, will roll over a substantial majority of his existing equity and continue to lead the company.

Disney Research's entertainment robotics team is developing robots that can fall from the sky and land safely, using ducted fans to stabilize orientation and absorb impact. The team has successfully tested various prototypes, including one that uses water rockets for high-speed deceleration and another that demonstrates mid-air stops before landing.

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The Technology Innovation Institute launched Falcon 2, an open-source AI model with multilingual and multimodal capabilities, outperforming Meta's Llama 3 and matching Google's Gemma 7B. The model can convert visual inputs into textual outputs and has applications across industries such as healthcare, finance, e-commerce, education, and legal sectors.

The pattern language describes how to design and build a community by starting with global patterns that define the town or community, then gradually building up to individual buildings and spaces. The language provides step-by-step guidance on laying out buildings, designing spaces, and constructing structures from rough schemes to detailed plans.

A new mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida has shown promising results in reprogramming the immune system to attack glioblastoma, with patients experiencing a rapid and vigorous immune response. The vaccine will now be tested in a Phase 1 pediatric clinical trial for brain cancer, with plans to expand to up to 24 adult and pediatric patients to validate its effectiveness.

The Dex3-1 three-fingered hand has varying degrees of freedom and maximum torque in its joint motors. Users are cautioned to keep a safe distance from the humanoid robot, which has complex structure and powerful power, with some features still under development.

The user maintains different product offerings by using environment variables and feature gates in a single codebase, with updates pushed daily to the SaaS offering and bi-annually for self-hosted releases. They also use plugins to enable additional features in their SaaS products, and believe that having a single codebase with smart feature enabling is best for most web-based SaaS applications.

pg_lakehouse is an extension that transforms Postgres into an analytical query engine over object stores like S3 and table formats like Delta Lake, using Apache DataFusion for excellent analytical performance. It supports various object stores and formats through OpenDAL and can be used to query data directly from Postgres without moving it to a cloud data warehouse or operating a new query engine.

The radiance field method has been improved with 3D Gaussian splatting, addressing training and rendering speed issues while preserving quality. Deblur-GS proposes a joint optimization method to reconstruct sharp radiance fields from camera motion blurred images, achieving superior performance and quality compared to previous methods.

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Pivotal's newsletter discusses startup experimentation and avoiding mediocre success. The worst outcome is getting a small but non-zero number of sales, leaving you uncertain about whether to double down or pull the plug.

A developer has built a Generative AI tool for the Commodore 64, allowing it to create 8x8 sprites at 64x64 resolution. The project uses a probabilistic PCA algorithm trained on a modern computer and runs on the Commodore 64, demonstrating that even old hardware can be used for AI tasks with patience and determination.

Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, aka NeroWolfe and Putinkrab, was charged by the US Department of Justice as the leader of the LockBit ransomware group, accused of extorting over $100 million from hundreds of organizations. The government alleges that Khoroshev created and sold malicious code for 14 years, using various aliases and email addresses to evade detection.

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The author discusses the design and significance of Imperial Star Destroyers in the Star Wars universe, exploring their role in Imperial military doctrine and how they fit into the larger narrative of the Galactic Empire. The author also touches on related topics such as the history of the Old Republic, centralization under Palpatine's rule, and inequality within armies.

The user is looking for solid cognitive psychology findings that can be applied to education, specifically strategies that have been replicated and are effective in improving learning outcomes. They are interested in building on their existing knowledge and would like a recent book recommendation that provides practical advice for educators who are not psychologists.

The newsletter discusses ancient Roman playwright Plautus and his works, which are still shrouded in mystery due to incomplete scripts and unclear authorship. The article also explores the development of timekeeping devices, from sundials to water clocks, highlighting their evolution and creative designs throughout history.

The author reflects on their personal experience with their mother's schizophrenia and how it taught them that people tend to attribute negative traits to those who warn them of threats, rather than addressing the actual issue. This phenomenon, known as spontaneous trait transference, can lead to people being misjudged and misunderstood for trying to raise concerns or warnings about important issues.

Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent, according to a case study published last week by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan.

SCCS and RCS commands allow finding source code for binaries without running them, while keyword expansion in files helps track changes. The user enjoys keeping old version control features working, like SCCS and RCS, despite their limited usefulness if unknown to others.

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The Windows Forms app allows users to download YouTube videos as MP3 files by entering a URL and clicking a button. The app uses YoutubeExplode and MediaToolkit to fetch, download, and convert the video to MP3 with real-time progress updates.

OpenAI introduced a new AI model, GPT-4o, and a desktop version of ChatGPT with improved capabilities in text, video, and audio. The update brings faster and more accurate language processing to all users, including free ones, and also enables developers to build applications using the new model.

Researchers in Japan have developed Fugaku-LLM, a large language model with enhanced Japanese capabilities, using the RIKEN supercomputer Fugaku. The model has 13 billion parameters and outperforms other Japanese models, with potential applications in research and business, including AI for science and social simulation of virtual communities.

In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. He unpacks the root causes and effects of this "great intergenerational theft," asking why we let it continue and showing how we could make it end. (Note: This talk contains mature language.)

Pinnacle Bank Texas purchased Burnett Plaza, the tallest building in Fort Worth, for $12.3 million at a foreclosure auction after its former owner defaulted on a loan. The 40-story building was sold just three years after being purchased for over $137.5 million and has over one million square feet of commercial office and retail space.

Australian Border Force officials allegedly forced an Australian-US dual national to hand over his phone passcodes by threatening to keep the device indefinitely, and then searched it out of his view. The man claims this invasion of privacy has occurred three times in the past year during trips to visit his family, and he is concerned about the lack of transparency and safeguards around ...

Micron releases LPDDR5X-based LPCAMM2 memory modules under Crucial brand, available in 32 GB and 64 GB capacities. Users discuss module prices, adoption prospects, and potential for higher-capacity modules with improved performance.

The author discusses programming modern hobbyist plotters, which produce hand-drawn results and are fun to watch, by controlling their movement and generating artwork. They share tips on optimizing plotting efficiency through path ordering, joining, and simplification, as well as implementing features like scaling, rotating, and rendering PNGs.

Elite is an open-ended space game where players start with a poorly equipped ship and must slaughter ships to attain the rank of Elite, trading and completing missions along the way. The MSX version has procedural generation, allowing for a vast universe with varied solar systems, but also features pirate attacks, Thargoids, and five mission objectives that reward players with upgrades and credits.

QBE is a compiler backend that aims to provide high performance with minimal code, focusing on essential features and offering a compact user-friendly interface. It can target various architectures and provides optimizations, integration with foreign systems, and supports defining simple functions and calling C functions.

The introduction of references (pointers) in programming languages has been a step backward, as it allows for shared mutable state and can lead to bugs and complexity. A better approach is to use techniques like Rust's lifetimes and ownership system or value semantics, which guarantee that state is not aliased while being mutated, making it easier to write correct and efficient code.

Gezgin is a pathfinding tool developed using C++ and raylib, allowing users to visually explore Istanbul's streets with different route options. The application was created by a newbie developer who learned various concepts such as geohash and Cartesian system conversion during its development.

The LibreJS project seeks JavaScript programmers to maintain its browser extension, which blocks non-free JavaScript while allowing free and trivial scripts. To contribute or report issues, email [email protected] or join the discussion mailing list for GNU LibreJS.

GxHash is a fast non-cryptographic hashing algorithm that uses AES hardware acceleration and SIMD intrinsics to achieve high performance, passing SMHasher tests with low collisions and uniform distribution. It is seeded, making it more DOS resistant, but not recommended for cryptographic use due to lack of preimage resistance assessment.

Google Cloud accidentally erased UniSuper's private account, leaving over half a million fund members without access for a week. The incident was described as "one-of-a-kind" and Google has taken measures to prevent it from happening again, but raises concerns about cloud service reliability.

An international agreement to end plastic pollution is expected to be signed this year, with Rwanda and Peru proposing a target to cut primary plastics production by 40% by 2040. However, achieving this goal will require significant changes in consumer behavior, product design, and waste management practices, as well as innovative solutions to reduce plastic production and eliminate pollution.

The 404 Media Podcast discusses companies potentially listening to conversations through smart device microphones for targeted ads and a Stanford study removing AI's largest dataset due to child sexual abuse material. The podcast also covers stolen, AI-generated art on Facebook and marketing company claims about using microphone audio for targeted ads.

Intel's Crestmont architecture, used in Meteor Lake mobile CPUs, features improvements over Gracemont, including a wider renamer and larger L2 TLB, but remains conservative in its design changes. Despite some limitations, such as low power consumption and limited bandwidth to DRAM, Crestmont shows promise for efficient performance in mobile devices.

Chatbots can reinforce ideologies and lead to more polarized thinking on controversial issues by providing answers that reflect users' preexisting attitudes. Researchers found that chatbots can create an "echo chamber" effect, where users become more invested in their original ideas and have stronger reactions to opposing views.

In Germany, taking photos of people requires permission unless it's for family or public events, and sharing photos without consent can result in fines or imprisonment. There are exceptions for certain situations, such as film photography or unidentifiable subjects, but generally permission is required to take and share photos of individuals.

The book "Prolog and Natural-Language Analysis" by Pereira and Shieber is a digital edition available for free download, covering topics such as logic programming, computational linguistics, and natural language processing. The book provides an introduction to Prolog programming language and its applications in linguistic analysis and representation.

A 16-year study of 2.4 million people found that internet use may boost measures of well-being, such as life satisfaction and sense of purpose, challenging the idea that internet use has negative effects on welfare. The study analyzed data from 1,000 people in 168 countries and found that those with internet access scored higher on measures of life satisfaction and positive experiences ...

The article discusses the various string types in Haskell, including String, Text, ByteString, ShortByteString, OsString, and others, explaining their properties and use cases. The author argues that each type has its own unique characteristics and trade-offs, making it difficult to justify removing any of them from the language.

Europe is considered a meme in the international startup ecosystem due to its poor opportunities, bureaucracy, and lack of innovation. To change this, a group of ambitious individuals are proposing simple solutions to standardize legal entities and documents across Europe, making it easier for startups to succeed.

Colorectal cancer incidence has increased dramatically among younger adults, with a 333% rise in teenagers aged 15-19 over 20 years. The study's findings suggest that while early widespread screening may not be necessary, physicians should remain vigilant for signs and symptoms of CRC in patients under 45.

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IBM has open-sourced its large language models (LLMs), called Granite, which are trained on code data and natural language datasets, and licensed under Apache 2.0 for research and commercial use. The models can be used for programming tasks such as generating unit tests, writing documentation, and finding bugs, with IBM providing tools like InstructLab to lower the entry level for developers.

The article discusses the relevance and significance of Surrealism, an art movement that emerged in the early 20th century, and its founder André Breton's influence on the movement. The author argues that while Surrealism may seem outdated or irrelevant today, it can still be seen as a powerful force for social change and artistic innovation.

The Linux kernel uses various GNU extensions, such as case labels and __builtin_unreachable, to optimize code and improve performance. Additionally, the kernel leverages inline assembly, built-in functions, and compiler-specific features like __builtin_constant_p to interact with hardware and implement specific functionality.

The PicoMEM is an 8-bit ISA expansion card based on the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, offering various features and aiming to be an all-in-one solution for vintage PCs. It has built-in MicroSD card reader, USB support, NE2000 network emulation, and firmware updates via Micro USB cable.

Jason Calacanis, an early-stage venture capitalist, has become one of the technology industry's most recognizable talking heads through his popular podcasts, which have helped him raise funds and build relationships with founders. Many venture capital firms are now following suit, launching their own podcasts to burnish their brands and attract deal flow, with some even buying small media ...

Alexander's tetralogy identifies 15 fundamental properties that contribute to wholeness in objects and buildings, including dynamic scale profiles, centers, boundaries, rhythm, and symmetry. Wholeness emerges from the composition and arrangement of these elements, which interact with each other to create a cohesive whole that reflects its surroundings.

The FORGE API uses POSIX filing calls to manipulate GUI resources, allowing for rapid prototyping and development of applications. It enables users to build native look-and-feel applications as shell scripts or interactively compose programs one line at a time.

Goldboot is a tool that helps achieve immutable infrastructure by building machine images for real hardware, allowing users to create customized systems with ease. The tool uses declarative configuration files and can be integrated with CI platforms like GitHub Actions to automate the build and deployment process.

Frank Ramsey was a brilliant mathematician, philosopher, and economist who made significant contributions to multiple fields, including economics, philosophy, and mathematics. Despite his short life cut off at age 26 due to illness, Ramsey's work had a profound impact on various disciplines and continues to influence thinkers today.

The code uses Boxwood to compile and render HTML templates, with examples of node components and layouts. Tests are written using Node.js' built-in testing module to verify rendering of title and optional description elements.

The FDA warns against using Cue Health's COVID-19 tests due to increased risk of false results, advising users to dispose of remaining tests and consider retesting with a different authorized test. The FDA issued a Warning Letter to Cue Health after an inspection revealed changes that reduced the reliability of their tests, prompting the warning.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been criticized for its flawed analysis of Tesla's Autopilot system, which found that it reduced crashes by 40%. A new analysis by Quality Control Systems (QCS) found that the activation of Autosteer actually increased crash rates by 59%, contradicting NHTSA's findings and raising questions about the agency's methodology and transparency.

ChatGPT introduces GPT-4o, its newest flagship model, which provides advanced AI capabilities and improves language understanding, with features like image translation and real-time voice conversation. The company is rolling out GPT-4o to ChatGPT Plus and Team users, with availability for Enterprise users soon, and starting to roll out more intelligence and advanced tools to ChatGPT Free ...

The author rewrote an autocomplete feature in TypeScript using a Haskell library, learning Haskell through a whimsically titled tutorial book and finding it challenging but rewarding. Despite being considered an impractical language by some, Haskell has influenced the development of other programming languages and its functional paradigm has become more widely adopted.

OpenAI's mission is to provide free AI tools, with ChatGPT being a prime example, and generate revenue through other means to support its services. The new voice and video mode in ChatGPT offers a revolutionary computer interface that feels natural and human-like, enabling fast, smart, and helpful interactions.

The author argues that AI will not replace human workers in most jobs, except for bad managers who can be easily replaced by algorithms. The author proposes using AI to emulate the behaviors of bad managers, such as using buzzwords and annoying employees with pointless questions and requests.

ZenDB is a document analytics system that leverages semantic structures in templated documents to answer ad-hoc SQL queries, achieving cost savings and improved accuracy. It extracts hierarchical structures from documents and uses a novel query engine to execute queries efficiently, outperforming LLM-based and RAG-based baselines in experiments on real-world collections.

Solomon Shereshevsky had an exceptional memory, able to recall everything he heard and saw. He used a technique called the "memory palace" to store images and associate them with specific locations in his mind.

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The DAKSH V2 is a fully 3D printed tool changer compatible with CoreXY platforms, featuring a servo-less mechanical locking mechanism and stiff wire looms. It can print high-temp materials like ABS and PC-CF, with examples of prints including 5-color PLA and TPU + PLA combinations.

A new book, "Just Here for the Comments", challenges traditional views on online participation by highlighting lurking as a digital literacy practice that resists dominant power structures. The book will be released on May 28th and proceeds will benefit The Children's Greenhouse, which provides childcare to student parents at SUNY Nassau Community College.

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Roaring Kitty, aka Keith Gill, posted on X for the first time in three years, sparking a rally in GameStop shares and other meme stocks. The post has garnered 63,000 likes and marked Roaring Kitty's return to online activity after a long hiatus.

The specification defines UUIDs (Universally Unique Identifiers) and a Uniform Resource Name namespace for them, providing guidelines for generating and representing unique identifiers. The document outlines various methods for generating UUIDs, including time-based, random, and custom algorithms, as well as considerations for ensuring uniqueness and sortability.

The project welcomes pull requests and stars, and issues should be created for bugs and feature requests. To get familiar with the library, run unit tests by installing dependencies and using a specific command.

Aider evaluates LLMs' code editing skills using two benchmarks, assessing their ability to follow prompts and edit code consistently. GPT-4o tops the aider leaderboard with 72.9% accuracy in code editing, while Opus scores 68.4%, and other models are also evaluated based on their performance in these benchmarks.

Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, announced her resignation effective June 7, citing a desire to move forward with her philanthropic work. She will receive $12.5 billion from Bill Gates' personal funds to continue her charitable efforts, and the foundation's name will be shortened to honor Bill Sr.'s legacy and Melinda's contributions.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew an autonomously-controlled X62A VISTA, which demonstrated AI capabilities rivaling human pilots, and could contribute to the Next Generation Air Dominance program. While concerns about "killer robots" exist, Kendall emphasized the need for regulations and accountability to ensure responsible use of autonomous technology.

British Columbia's public service head announced a high degree of confidence that a state or state-sponsored actor attempted to breach government systems. The investigation remains ongoing, with no evidence of sensitive information compromised and no ransom demand made.

New research suggests that the brain does not clear toxins during sleep, contradicting a widely-held scientific theory. Instead, the study found that brain fluid clearance was reduced by 30-50% in sleeping mice and humans, challenging our understanding of sleep's role in maintaining brain health.

The splat * and double splat operators in Ruby handle variable-length arguments, deconstructing arrays and hashes into arguments. When used with nil, * treats it as an empty array, while previously raised an error but now behaves similarly to {}, passing no keywords without conversion methods.

A 60-year-old man, Peter Abbott, was found guilty of using threatening words or behavior towards a TV producer and has been accused of reflecting an unpleasant aspect of modern life. Experts believe that new technologies have normalized anger and aggression, making it easier for people to express their emotions without shame or consequences.

Spanish police obtained identifying information from Wire and Proton through Swiss authorities to investigate Catalan pro-independence movement. The investigation targeted an activist who allegedly planned actions during King Felipe VI's visit to Catalonia in 2020.

Spending at least two hours outside each day can help protect children's eyesight from nearsightedness, which has been increasing rapidly worldwide. Research suggests that outdoor time is the best form of prevention for nearsightedness, and even small amounts of outdoor activity can make a difference.

The success of object-oriented programming can be attributed to its ability to provide interoperable extensions, which are essential for modern software design and reuse. This technical advantage is due to the service abstraction nature of objects, which enables different implementations to work together seamlessly, making it an inevitable response to the needs of modern software development.

Donald Chamberlin, co-author of SQL, supports the NoSQL database movement, saying it helps perform tasks relational systems were never designed for. He believes NoSQL databases are necessary for modern applications that require massive scalability and high performance, while also acknowledging that relational databases will continue to be used due to their robustness and reliability.

A set of emoji-like symbols was discovered within a Sharp Zaurus PI-4000 PDA device released in Japan in 1994, predating Softbank's 1997 emoji set and Docomo's 1995 Pocket Bell pagers. The discovery also led to the recreation of earlier emoji designs from other Sharp devices, including the PA-8500 released in October 1988, which is currently considered the earliest known example of an emoji set.

The user is frustrated with using Makefiles for building firmwares and libraries, citing issues with incremental builds, variable naming conflicts, and lack of checksum-based rebuilds. They are considering alternative build systems such as autotools, cmake, or Biomake to address these limitations.

The R Core Team addresses a serialization bug reported by HiddenLayer, emphasizing that while malicious code can be written, the language itself is not insecure. The bug has been fixed in R 4.4.0 and no wider security implications are associated with promises or serialization features.

Rust traits and generics are used to implement methods, ensure type safety, and provide guarantees about type behavior. Traits can be implemented on types, and generics can be used with traits to create flexible and reusable code.

Benchmark results for an iPad16,4 with an ARM processor.

The US government's highway safety agency is investigating Amazon's self-driving robotaxi unit, Zoox, after two vehicles braked suddenly and were rear-ended by motorcyclists. The probe will focus on the performance of Zoox's automated driving system and its behavior around pedestrians and vulnerable road users.

North Yorkshire council plans to remove apostrophes from street signs due to potential database issues, sparking controversy among residents and linguists. Some argue it sets a bad example for children's grammar education, while others see it as unnecessary given context can clarify meaning.

The UK police are developing a Ghostbusters-style device that fires electromagnetic rays to shut down ebike engines, potentially being available in months. The device tricks the engine into thinking it's overheating, shutting it down and stopping the vehicle, with potential use against normal combustion engine vehicles as well.

The author discusses JavaScript's prototypal nature and how it can be used to simulate classical inheritance, arguing that prototypalism offers more expressive power than the classical model. They provide examples of using an "object function" or "Object.create" method to create new objects that inherit from old ones, allowing for efficient and well-structured programming.

The increasing number of satellites and debris in low-Earth orbit poses a significant risk to space activities, with experts warning that the situation is poised to get much worse due to the rise of satellite "mega constellations". To address this issue, various solutions have been proposed, including debris removal technologies like nets, laser blasts, and harpoons, but experts agree that ...

YouTube creators like Michelle Khare and Rhett McLaughlin are producing high-quality content that rivals traditional TV, with millions of views on their channels. They believe their work warrants recognition from The Powers That Be, including Emmy Awards, due to its connection with consumers and cultural influence.

Detecting solar panels on an Earth-like exoplanet requires hundreds of hours of observation time with an 8m telescope, even with high panel coverage. The energy needs of human civilization are too low to cause thermal heating or reach Kardashev Type I levels, suggesting a galaxy-spanning civilization may not exist.

The author reflects on how they optimized their gameplay experience in Bioshock Infinite and Rise of the Tomb Raider, finding that these strategies were more enjoyable than intended by the game developers. The author argues that game designers should incentivize players to play the game in a way that is both fun and effective, rather than punishing them for playing differently.

Introducing GPT-4o and making more capabilities available for free in ChatGPT.

Tesla's quarterly results show declining sales and profits, with its aging product line and high prices contributing to the decline. The company's focus on AI and robotics has led to concerns about its Autopilot technology, which has been linked to several crashes, and its plans for a robotaxi service have raised regulatory questions.

Meta Quest 2 and 3 now have Travel Mode, allowing users to watch movies, play games, or work on a virtual screen while flying. The feature is optimized for use on planes and will automatically detect when you're on an airplane, with support for other modes of transportation planned in the future.

Blue Origin's Orbital Reef program aims to create a commercial space station in low Earth orbit, with partners reporting progress on life support systems and habitat modules. The initiative faces challenges including regulation, budget constraints, and operating in microgravity, but could pave the way for sustainable commercial presence in LEO.

Australian startup AMSL Aero is developing a hydrogen-powered electric aircraft, Vertiia, which has received its first commercial order from AirLink and could be flying regional passengers by 2027. The company's innovative design uses hydrogen fuel cells to power the aircraft, allowing for a range of 1,000 km without needing to refuel.

Nick, a former finance worker, shares his story of tech mischief where he and a colleague tested Reuters' new data format on their bank's system without checking if it was compatible. The colleague's friend at another bank crashed their system by trying to load the same page, but Nick escaped blame saying "it was Reuters who crashed their system - not us".

The traditional research methods course taught in universities needs to adapt to the modern digital age, where internet searching has become a central methodology and search engines' quality has declined. The dominance of Google, which prioritizes advertisers over users, makes it essential to revise the idea of search and develop solid information systems that serve public interests rather ...

The US and China are competing to return humans to the moon, with NASA's Artemis program aiming to establish a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface by 2026. The European Space Agency and other countries also have lunar programs, with plans for over 100 missions to fly past or circle the moon, land crewed or uncrewed spacecraft, and eventually use it as a proving ground for travel to Mars.

Doug Tompkins, an American expatriate, donated over one million acres of land to the Chilean government to create national parks and preserve wild Patagonian landscapes. The concept of wilderness is complex and nuanced, requiring consideration of human presence, domestication, and appropriation in relation to nature's freedom and independence.

Android Studio has changed its versioning and naming scheme to align with IntelliJ IDEA, introducing animal codenames for major releases. The Koala release includes platform updates and will be followed by feature drops that focus on Android-specific features, aiming to deliver more frequent and high-quality updates to the stable channel.

The user built "Vector IDB" as an experiment to create a vector database that can run directly in the browser, using IndexedDB and inspired by Pinecone. The project is a simple wrapper with basic functionality, but lacks optimizations and post-filtering capabilities, aiming to provide a quick starting point for developers who already have complex IndexedDB integrations.

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates near zero for at least three years to prop up the economy, but this trend is not new and has been occurring globally since the late Middle Ages. Low interest rates have historically been accompanied by government debt and economic growth, with cycles lasting between 22-27 years before reversing direction.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found remnants of bird flu virus in 20% of pasteurized milk samples, but tests have shown that standard pasteurization inactivates the virus, making it safe to drink. Despite this, some experts argue that raw milk consumption poses risks, including the potential transmission of bird flu from infected cows to humans.