AlphaProof, a reinforcement-learning based system, and AlphaGeometry 2, an improved geometry-solving system, together solved four out of six problems from the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) for the first time, achieving the same level as a silver medalist. The systems were trained on millions of problems and used formal mathematical language to prove or disprove solutions, ...

TypeScript files can be executed by setting the experimental flag --experimental-strip-types, which transpiles the code into JavaScript without type checking or preserving types. The @swc/wasm-typescript package is used for simplicity, as it is a small package with a wasm and js file to bind it, and is battle-tested by Deno.

Central States Manufacturing, a billion-dollar company, is owned by its employees, who receive a percentage of their salary in stock ownership, promoting wealth equality. This model, known as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), is gaining popularity, with 6,533 companies in the US adopting it, and could help reduce wealth disparity.

The user explored corrupted Winamp skins, finding various files including a PDF, images, and encrypted zip files, which led to a series of unexpected discoveries. The user found sensitive information, such as email passwords and a biography, and even discovered a potentially malicious executable file that was later found to be harmless.

Reverse engineering is the process of deconstructing an artificial object to reveal its design, architecture, or code, similar to scientific research. This tutorial set covers x86, x64, 32-bit ARM, and 64-bit architectures, aiming to make reverse engineering simple and accessible for beginners and those looking to refresh their knowledge.

The canvas-based IDE that makes navigation and refactoring 10x faster

Apple Maps is now available in public beta on the web, offering driving and walking directions, place information, and actions like ordering food. The feature is currently available in English on Safari, Chrome, and Edge, with additional languages, browsers, and platforms to be supported in the future.

The WAT Inspector is a powerful tool that allows you to inspect and explore unknown objects in Python, providing information such as the object's type, module, parents, and methods, making it easier to understand and use the object. It can be used to quickly inspect objects by using the division operator, and also provides features such as listing methods, functions, and sub-modules of a ...

The median-of-medians algorithm is a deterministic linear-time approach to find the median of a list, using quickselect and a pivot selection algorithm to achieve linear performance. The algorithm is proven to be linear time, but its implementation is complex and not commonly used in practice due to its slow computation time.

A prototype of new search features, using the strength of our AI models to give you fast answers with clear and relevant sources. We plan to get feedback on the prototype and bring the best of this experience into ChatGPT.

CrowdStrike's recent update caused widespread damage, disabling 8.5M computers and causing $5.4B in damages, with the company likely liable for damages. The incident is similar to the OVH case, where the court ruled the provider was responsible for damages due to negligence and failure to follow best practices.

Jacek Karpiński, a Polish engineer, created the K-202, a revolutionary computer that could fit into a briefcase and conduct a million operations per second, but was blocked from production by the communist regime. Despite his achievements, Karpiński faced opposition and was eventually forced to leave Poland, but his technology continued to exist in a free Poland after the fall of communism.

The European Parliament member Daniel Freund, a critic of Hungary, hit in another spyware attack. It's our friends in Candiru friends in Israeli again No suspect here yet but Hungary, Poland, Greece, Cyprus and Spain and earlier illegally found to spy their citizens using Israeli spyware. This is the same EU who wanted to have Chat Control and access to all messages of everyone in the EU.

Canary, a security company, has chosen to use a unique architecture that runs each customer's services on a separate VM, providing complete customer isolation and a strong security boundary, despite being less fashionable and more expensive. This approach has allowed Canary to avoid common security vulnerabilities and has proven effective in security assessments, providing a high level of ...

Undermind is building a search engine for complex scientific research, aiming to help researchers quickly find relevant papers and avoid wasting time on manual searches. The search system uses a pipeline that mimics human research strategies, carefully searching for results and providing a report, with the goal of achieving high accuracy and exhaustiveness in its findings.

The user upgraded to new powered speakers with streaming service integrations, but found the volume range too loud and difficult to adjust precisely. They built a custom volume knob using a web API and a small server to control the volume within their preferred range.

Decaffeination methods, such as carbon dioxide, Swiss water, and solvent-based methods, remove most of the caffeine from coffee beans while retaining flavor and aroma compounds. These methods, which have a rich history, use various techniques like high-pressure CO2, hot water, and organic solvents to extract caffeine, with some methods able to reintroduce flavor compounds back into the beans.

The automotive industry is plagued by a proliferation of tools, languages, and file formats, leading to fragmentation and extra effort for developers and vendors. The quest for a powerful language to conquer the software landscape has led to a never-ending cycle of tool development, with each tool introducing its own language, syntax, and file formats, creating a rift between systems and ...

Read the Docs, a community-supported site hosting open-source documentation, has been experiencing abusive site crawling from AI products and services, causing significant bandwidth charges and server load issues. The site is asking AI companies to be more respectful of the sites they are crawling and to implement basic checks in their crawlers to prevent abuse, and is seeking a deal to crawl ...

You and your son want to build a small battle bot from scratch, but lack knowledge of electrical engineering and robotics. You're looking for resources and books to learn the basics together, rather than buying a pre-made kit.

The author, who has no background in finance, shares their experiences and learnings in startup finance, including setting up a company bank account, managing cash flow, and negotiating credit limits. They also discuss the basics of accounting, invoicing, and contracts, and provide examples of how they structured their company's financial operations, including master services agreements and ...

PyDPainter is a Python-based pixel art program inspired by the 1985 Deluxe Paint, aiming to create a usable and enhanced tool for modern pixel art enthusiasts. The project is licensed under the GPLv3 and aims to bring back a reliable tool with modern features.

Secure Boot, a security feature designed to prevent BIOS malware, has been compromised on over 200 device models due to a leaked cryptographic key. The leak allows attackers to bypass Secure Boot and execute malware during system boot, raising concerns about the integrity of Secure Boot on over 300 additional device models.

The author describes a custom setup for large-scale embedded projects, using an AMD Xilinx Kintex-7 or Artix FPGA paired with a STM32H735 MCU, with a memory-mapped interface between them. The setup allows for a high-speed data plane and a control plane, with features such as decentralized pinout, security boundaries, and a flexible memory controller.

Roboto Mono is a monospaced font designed by Christian Robertson and released as open-source through Google Fonts, available in 5 weights and italics. It has variable features and has been downloaded over 133,000 times, making it a popular choice for use on computers and websites.

The project aims to create a practical guide to developing quality predictive models from tabular data, focusing on feature engineering and post-modeling activities, and is licensed under Creative Commons for non-commercial use. The guide is intended for data analysts and professionals, assuming no prior expertise in machine learning or statistics, and will provide applied knowledge on ...

Researchers at Shandong University and Nanjing University developed a lightweight artificial neural network for real-time rendering of woven fabrics, enabling realistic representations of various fabrics. The algorithm encodes fabric patterns into a small latent vector, which is then processed by a decoder to produce high-quality renderings at 60 frames per second.

Switzerland's government has implemented a unique law requiring all public sector agencies to use open-source software and open-source any developed code, except in cases of conflicts or security issues. This "public money public code" law aims to reduce vendor lock-in, increase competition, and innovation, benefiting the government, IT industry, and society.

This book aims to provide a foundation in statistics and regression for first-year PhD students in political science, covering topics such as estimation, inference, and asymptotics. The book focuses on applying these concepts to regression models, introducing the least squares estimator and its statistical properties, with the goal of enabling readers to make methodological choices with confidence.

The CAP theorem is often considered important for distributed systems engineers, but it is nearly irrelevant for most cloud-style distributed systems and applications, where other trade-offs are more practically important. The theorem is more relevant for intermittently connected mobile and IoT applications, where it is often considered common sense, and engineers designing these systems ...

SearchGPT is a temporary AI search prototype that provides fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources, combining the strength of AI models with web information. The prototype is designed to help users connect with publishers, with clear attribution and links, and will be integrated into ChatGPT in the future.

Switzerland has enacted a law requiring government agencies to use open-source software and disclose source code, increasing transparency, security, and efficiency. This move is part of a growing trend in Europe, but faces less support in the US, where no laws mandate the use of open-source software.

The Department of Defense (DoD) provides guidance on detecting true agile development versus "agile-scrum-fall" in software projects, emphasizing the importance of user feedback and involvement. Key indicators of agile development include version control systems, issue tracking, and direct user feedback mechanisms, as well as a product charter and team understanding of mission and strategic goals.

Toybox is a BSD-licensed executable that combines common Linux command line utilities into a single executable, aiming to provide a minimal native development environment for Android. The project aims to make Android self-hosting by improving Android's command line utilities and providing a reproducible and auditable base system.

The user implemented a database Finite-State Machine (FSM) with PostgreSQL, improving Felix Geisendorfer's original implementation by using enums for states and events, and creating a mapping table for transitions. The user also added versioning to the FSM, allowing for changes to the transition function and table without breaking existing data, and introduced a trigger to restrict ...

The TinyMoon library calculates the moon phase for any given date and time, working offline and compatible with future updates. It provides two types of calculations: Moon, which prioritizes major phases, and ExactMoon, which returns exact values for a specific date and time.

Null Island is a fictional island located at the coordinates 0° latitude and 0° longitude, which has become a phenomenon in the world of cartography and mapping, with various versions of the island appearing on different maps and platforms. The island has been the subject of much fascination and humor, with its size and shape varying across different maps and platforms, and its presence often ...

The Senate unanimously passed the DEFIANCE Act, a bipartisan bill allowing victims of deepfake pornography to sue producers, distributors, and recipients who knew or recklessly disregarded the victim's non-consent. The bill aims to provide legal recourse to victims of image-based sexual abuse, which can cause trauma, depression, and suicidal ideation, and would be the first federal law to ...

William Levitt, the founder of Levitt and Sons, attempted to bring mass production methods to homebuilding, building thousands of homes in the 1940s and 1950s, but ultimately failed due to changing market conditions, increased land use controls, and his own financial struggles. Despite his efforts, Levitt's company was eventually sold, and he himself died in poverty, his dreams of ...

The author discusses the challenges of allowing persistent constexpr allocation in C++20, including the need to ensure that the allocation is not mutated during runtime and that its contents can be used as a constant expression. The author presents several solutions, including the introduction of a new cv-qualifier "propconst" and a library function to mark allocations as immutable, and ...

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A new nasal spray treatment has been developed to clear away toxic tau protein build-ups in the brain, improving memory and paving the way for new treatments for Alzheimer's disease. The treatment, which targets and clears away tau tangles, has shown promise in preclinical trials and could potentially be used to treat not only Alzheimer's but also other neurodegenerative diseases.

Pongamia trees, a climate-resilient species, are being grown in Florida to replace citrus trees that were devastated by disease, offering a sustainable source of renewable energy and plant-based protein. The trees require minimal care, produce oil that can be used as biofuel, and have the potential to replace soybean and yellow pea protein in food products.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that "boneless wings" refers to a cooking style, not the absence of bones, and consumers should be aware that chickens have bones. The court rejected a lawsuit from a man who suffered medical complications from eating a bone in his "boneless wings" at a restaurant.

Apple's iOS 18 adds Live Video support to Emergency SOS, allowing users to video chat with 911 dispatchers and responders. This feature joins existing safety features like Crash Detection, Emergency SOS via satellite, and Fall Detection, aiming to enhance user safety.

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) bill, set to be voted on by the Senate, would impose a "duty of care" on digital companies to protect minors from online harms, but critics argue it would lead to censorship and privacy violations. The bill's proponents claim it would keep kids safe online, but experts warn it would instead block helpful content and send kids to unmonitored services, with ...

The Tracking Protection Working Group recommends removing third-party cookies from the web platform to improve privacy, citing their use in tracking networks and data collection. Replacement technologies, such as FedCM and CHIPS, should be designed to respect user privacy and avoid recreating the same issues as third-party cookies.

Treescope is an interactive HTML pretty-printer and tensor visualizer for machine learning and neural networks research in IPython notebooks, offering features like expanding/collapsing subtrees, faceted visualizations, and copy path buttons. It can be used with various libraries, including Penzai, Equinox, Flax NNX, PyTorch, JAX, and Numpy, and can be configured as the default pretty printer ...

Cameo, a company that allows people to pay celebrities for short video messages, is struggling financially and cannot pay a $600,000 fine for violating Federal Trade Commission rules. Instead, it will pay a reduced $100,000 fine and implement features to ensure future compliance with endorsement regulations.

The author created a facial recognition system to identify NYPD cops, using a dataset of 11,000 images and the DeepFace library. The system can be used to find a user's "cop doppelganger" and has limitations due to speed and accuracy trade-offs.

PostgREST is a RESTful API server that provides a fast and secure interface to a PostgreSQL database, written in Haskell and using Warp HTTP server. It features versioning through database schemas, OpenAPI documentation, and safeguards to prevent data corruption, making it a robust and reliable choice for building long-lived APIs.

A Coulombic explosion occurs when an intense electric field excites a solid, ejecting electrons and leaving behind positively charged ions, which then repel each other, causing an explosion. This process is used in laser-based machining and appears naturally in high-energy reactions, such as nuclear explosions.

HellPot is an endless honeypot that sends unruly HTTP bots to hell, implementing a toml configuration file, JSON logging, and significant performance gains. It uses a Markov engine to serve an infinite stream of data, and can be configured with environment variables and a GNU Makefile.

A study of 850 million people across 794 cities found that more than half still commute to work by car daily, with regional patterns showing cars dominate in America and Canada, while public transport is more common in Asia and Europe. Despite this, cities are increasingly adopting policies to encourage car-free options, with some cities like Singapore and Paris having reduced car usage to ...

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world

The user has set up a packet radio system using a Commodore 64, PK232 TNC, and Yaesu FTM7250 transceiver, and has successfully transmitted and received data packets, including a beacon and status updates, using the International Space Station as a repeater. The user has also connected the PK232 to a Psion 5MX handheld computer, allowing for serial communication and data transmission using the ...

Japan's population shrank by 0.7% in 2023, with a record high inflow of foreign nationals, but the birthrate continued to slow, and areas like Tohoku suffered heavy losses. Tokyo was the only area to see an increase in population, driven by people moving to the capital from elsewhere in Japan, while other major metropolitan areas saw declines.

Gaia-X, an initiative aimed at developing a digital governance framework for cloud and edge technologies, is considered a distraction and a waste of resources, as it is not creating a European cloud and its standards are incomplete and impractical. The author suggests abandoning Gaia-X and focusing on creating a credible alternative to hyperscalers by combining the cloud-native smarts of ...

Architecture Astronauts are overly abstract thinkers who create complex, high-level concepts that often miss the point of real-world problems. They tend to focus on grand, utopian ideas that promise revolutionary changes, but ultimately deliver little practical value, and are often impressed by themselves and their own hype.

A new antibiotic, macrolone, works by disrupting two different cellular targets, making it nearly impossible for bacteria to evolve resistance. By targeting both protein production and DNA structure, macrolones can evade resistance mechanisms, providing a promising solution to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.

China's rapid growth and industrialization led to massive raw material consumption, but recent economic struggles and official efforts to shift away from resource-intensive industries suggest a decline in commodity demand.

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The US faces a strategic choice about the future of artificial intelligence, with authoritarian regimes seeking to catch up and potentially overtake the US, and the US must develop a global coalition and innovative strategy to ensure a democratic vision for AI. The US must prioritize robust security measures, infrastructure development, human capital investment, commercial diplomacy, and ...

The US has seen a surge in laws requiring age verification for online pornography, with 19 states passing laws since 2022, leading to a pornography blackout in many areas, and the issue is now being reviewed by the US Supreme Court. The debate surrounding age verification laws has raised concerns about privacy, free speech, and the potential for unintended consequences, with some arguing that ...

A software update by CrowdStrike caused global computer outages, leaving many workers unable to log in. Help-desk heroes and support superstars stepped in to rescue colleagues and stranded passengers, finding meaning in their stressful work.

The author shares their experience switching from Arch Linux to NixOS, highlighting the benefits of NixOS's package management and configuration system, which provides reliable and reproducible system configurations and package management. Despite the initial learning curve, the author finds NixOS to be a strong tool, but notes that the benefits may not yet outweigh the costs of learning Nix and NixOS.

Japanese supermarket chain AEON uses AI to gauge staff smiles and speech tones to improve customer service, but the policy has sparked concerns over workplace harassment. The system, called "Mr Smile", rates employees' service attitude based on facial expressions, voice volume, and tone of greetings, and has been implemented across 240 AEON shops in Japan.

Rupert Murdoch, a 93-year-old media tycoon, built a global media empire over 70 years, owning Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, and other outlets. He's now in a court battle with his children over the future of the business, which has faced scandals including phone-hacking and spreading election falsehoods.

Oracle Java subscribers are moving away from the platform due to high costs, with 53% citing expense as the reason, and 47% opting for open-source alternatives. The majority of users who have switched to OpenJDK chose a paid or free supported platform, with 25% finding Oracle's pricing significantly more expensive.

CrowdStrike's attempt to thank workers who helped resolve a global IT outage with $10 UberEats vouchers was blocked by Uber due to high usage rates triggering a fraud alert. The outage, caused by a bug in CrowdStrike's Falcon product, affected 8.5m devices worldwide and cost US Fortune 500 companies an estimated $5.4bn.

Odaraia alata, a 500-million-year-old arthropod, had a unique body plan with 30 pairs of spiny limbs and a trident-shaped tooth, and its fossilized remains have provided insights into the evolution of mandibles and filter-feeding mechanisms. The study of Odaraia's mandible and filter-feeding mechanism has shed light on its role in the Cambrian explosion and its potential contribution to the ...

The Electric Giraffe, a robotic giraffe project, has been making progress and has even been to the White House, where it was petted by President Barack Obama. The project's creator, Lindsay, has been working on the giraffe's software and hardware, overcoming various challenges and setbacks along the way.

The constant connection provided by phones can hinder parents' ability to trust their children and themselves, leading to increased anxiety, as they become accustomed to being in constant contact and reassurance. By giving up the need for constant tracking and reassurance, parents can build trust and allow their children to develop independence, which is essential for their emotional and ...

The architecture of our brain and neurons allows for individual behavioral choices through various decision-making architectures, including dictatorships, oligarchies, and democracies, with each type suited for specific behaviors and situations. Neuronal democracies, where multiple neurons contribute to a decision, can provide more precise and robust outcomes, and can coexist with other forms ...

A US bill has been introduced to ban the commercial farming of octopuses for meat, as well as imports linked to the practice, citing concerns over animal welfare and environmental impact. The bill, titled the OCTOPUS Act, aims to prevent US companies from participating in the practice and impose fines for violations, with supporters including animal advocates and scientists.

A study found that twice-yearly shots of Gilead's Sunlenca were 100% effective in preventing new HIV infections in young women and girls in South Africa and Uganda. However, experts are concerned about the affordability of the shots, with Gilead yet to agree on a price for the drug, which could be a game-changer in the fight against HIV.

Namibian Michelle Nehoya has spent nearly $500 on a Canadian visa application that has taken over two years to process, despite providing multiple forms and documents. Namibia has recently introduced visa requirements for Canadian citizens, which will allow them to buy a 90-day visa on arrival, unlike African passport holders who must apply beforehand.

The survey highlights trends in developer education, tools, and ethics, with 66% of developers having a BA/BS or MA/MS degree, and 82% using online resources to learn code. The survey also reveals preferences for programming languages, tools, and technologies, with PostgreSQL being the most popular database, and Rust being the most-admired programming language.

This is a proof-of-concept for compiling Erlang to WebAssembly and running it as a HTTP handler under WASI runtime, requiring specific installations and tools. The project can be run with `make run` and accessed at :8080, with a warning about potential reporting of location to СБУ if a Russian keyboard is detected on Windows.

The author started with Arch Linux but found it painful to set up and maintain due to the lack of a declarative configuration system. They switched to NixOS, which provides a concise and easy-to-read configuration language, allowing for a more elegant and maintainable system setup.

CrowdStrike offered a $10 UberEats gift card to some affected by its recent security update that caused BSODs, but some users reported the voucher was canceled due to high usage rates. The company apologized for the incident, which affected 8.5 million Windows machines, and promised transparency on how it occurred and steps to prevent future issues.

The author shares various backpocket optimizations they've learned from past experiences to reduce cloud workload costs, including reducing frequency and amount of work, eliminating unnecessary data processing, and simplifying code. They also emphasize the importance of right-sizing infrastructure, using efficient database queries, and minimizing data transfer to reduce costs and improve performance.

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of chemicals used in various consumer products and industrial applications, but recent studies have shown that exposure to PFAS can decrease immunity, increase cancer risk, and cause other health problems. To reduce exposure, individuals can take small steps such as buying non-PFAS cookware and using drinking water filters, but larger ...

The user uses Git worktrees to manage concurrency in their tasks, creating separate trees for different purposes such as reviewing, fuzzing, and scratch work, rather than using branches. They find this approach more efficient and flexible than traditional branching, allowing them to work on multiple tasks simultaneously without getting lost in the Git state.

A new blue screen issue has been confirmed in Windows 10, 11, and Server after the July Microsoft Patch Tuesday security update, asking for a BitLocker encryption recovery key. Microsoft has issued a workaround, advising users to enter their recovery key to boot up their device normally, and is investigating the issue.

Arm's Mbed platform and OS will reach end of life in July 2026, affecting Arduino boards like GIGA, Nano 33 BLE, and others that used Mbed OS. Arduino is transitioning to ZephyrOS and plans to release a beta by the end of 2024, with a rollout for various boards starting in 2025, ensuring users can continue to program their boards without disruption.

Mobile app development is becoming increasingly frustrating due to frequent OS updates, restrictive requirements, and unnecessary complexity, leading many developers to leave the platform. The web, on the other hand, offers a more sane and enjoyable development experience, with fewer restrictions and more freedom, making it an attractive alternative for many developers.

Researchers have discovered a mysterious source of oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where photosynthesis is impossible, and suspect that polymetallic nodules may be catalyzing the splitting of water molecules. The finding raises many questions, including the source of energy driving the process, and could have implications for understanding life on Earth and potentially even on other planets.

The author discusses the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and its potential effects on work and society, citing a recent experiment where 2% of participants stopped working when given $1000 a month. The author argues that UBI is unlikely to be a viable solution, as it would increase costs and potentially lead to a decrease in economic value, and that the intellectual culture around UBI ...

A new CNN poll finds that 39% of US adults worry most or all of the time about their family's income not being enough to meet expenses, up from 28% in December 2021. Many Americans are coping by taking on side jobs, cutting expenses, and using credit cards, with lower-income households and minorities being disproportionately affected.

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Replay.io, a DevTools startup, has struggled to find product-market fit, pivoting from bug reports to flaky browser tests, but ultimately realizing that developers are satisfied with existing solutions. The company will discontinue Replay Test Suites, lay off some employees, and focus on new directions, including next-gen React features and exploring replayability's potential in AI training ...

The Hugo Awards administration discovered 377 fraudulent votes, about 10% of total votes, cast to help one finalist win, with voters using fake names and suspicious voting patterns. The fraudulent votes were omitted from the final tally, and the finalist has not been disqualified, but the integrity of the awards has been preserved.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center used a high-resolution weather model to track carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere from January to March 2020, revealing emissions from power plants, fires, and cities. The data showed pulsing patterns due to day-night cycles, plant photosynthesis, and the planetary boundary layer, highlighting the interconnectedness of carbon emissions and ...

Wall Street analysts and tech investors are warning of a potential financial bubble in the artificial intelligence market, citing concerns over the sustainability of the technology and the massive investments being made by Big Tech companies and venture-capital firms. Despite the hype, some experts argue that AI is not yet mature enough to justify the billions being invested, and that the ...

Southwest Airlines will start assigning seats to passengers, ending its policy of allowing seat selection after boarding, to increase revenue and respond to customer feedback. The change aims to bring the airline more in line with conventional carriers, with expected earnings from assigned seating and extra legroom seats exceeding $1 billion.

OpenAI is launching SearchGPT, an AI-powered search engine that organizes and summarizes search results, with plans to integrate it into ChatGPT. The search engine is currently available as a prototype in limited release, with 10,000 test users, and aims to eventually compete with Google and Perplexity.

Tolerance is not a moral absolute, but rather a peace treaty that allows different people to coexist without being at each other's throats, with the understanding that its protections extend only to those who would uphold it in turn. When fundamental incompatibilities arise, tolerance may not be possible, and instead, measures may be taken to restore peace, which can include proportional ...

The photographic mind influences one's style by imagining scenes and compositions, and exercises like recalling a favorite photo or imagining ideal compositions can improve photography skills. By connecting with a scene through all senses and visualizing ideal compositions, photographers can create more engaging and rewarding photos.

The concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI) has gained popularity as a potential solution to alleviate economic anxiety and provide a better standard of living, but its feasibility and cost remain major concerns, with estimates suggesting it would require a significant tax increase on the top 1% of earners. While some proponents argue that UBI could be a game-changer, others, including ...

Employee-owned companies have varying advantages and challenges depending on their governance structure, with some structures providing more power to employees while others may not significantly change the corporate structure. The rarity of employee-owned companies and the difficulty of raising capital due to limited ownership options are also significant factors to consider.

Rupert Murdoch is in a secret legal battle to secure his heir Lachlan's control of the family's media empire, arguing that Lachlan's conservative views are essential to maintaining the value of the right-leaning media company. The move has blindsided Murdoch's other children, who were not informed of the plan to rewrite the family trust and give Lachlan sole control of the company's assets.