ChatGPT now offers web search with links to relevant sources, available at chatgpt.com and on desktop and mobile apps. It blends natural language interface with up-to-date information on sports, news, and more.

Alyssa Rosenzweig gave an update on the Apple M1 and M2 GPU driver at XDC 2024, discussing its progress and new features. The driver now supports Vulkan 1.3 and OpenGL 4.6, with conformant OpenCL 3.0 support.

The author is a senior engineer who works on an enterprise data warehouse platform, known as the Pain Zone, which is plagued by complexity and poor design. The author has decided to leave their job, citing the toxic culture and lack of respect for craftsmanship.

The Wait Until 8th pledge encourages parents to delay giving children smartphones until at least 8th grade to reduce distractions and dangers. Over 82,000 parents have signed the pledge to support each other in this effort.

qBittorrent had a 14-year vulnerability in its DownloadManager class, ignoring SSL certificate validation errors. The default behavior changed to verifying on October 12 2024 with commit 3d9e971.

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Researchers at Physical Intelligence developed a general-purpose robot foundation model called π0, which enables robots to acquire physical intelligence and perform various tasks. π0 combines large-scale multi-task and multi-robot data collection with a new network architecture to achieve high-frequency dexterous control.

Zed now allows remote development through SSH, running language servers and tasks on a cloud server for faster performance. This feature supports collaboration and maintains local changes, making it seamless to work on projects with others.

Hazel is a live functional programming environment that allows users to typecheck, manipulate, and run incomplete programs with holes. It provides a principled approach to working with incomplete programs, rooted in type theory, and is being developed as a web-based programming environment for a functional programming language.

Google hosted a unique event for 20 independent site owners who were shadowbanned by their updates, but it seemed like a funeral for their own industry. The event was an opportunity for Google to gather information from the site owners, but they were met with indifference and gaslighting when they asked about recovering from being shadowbanned.

Activist collective Modest Proposals created a parody website Repaer to criticize the LNG industry, but energy companies TotalEnergies and Equinor threatened legal action. EFF helped push back against the companies' claims, and they eventually backed off without admitting wrongdoing.

Colorado's Department of State accidentally posted a spreadsheet with partial voting system passwords, but officials say there's no immediate security threat due to multiple password requirements. The department is working to complete password changes by the end of the day to ensure voting system security.

A probability-generating function is a polynomial that encodes a sequence of probabilities into a single object. It has convenient properties, such as evaluating the first derivative at t=1 giving the expectation of the probability distribution.

Companies post fake job listings, known as "ghost jobs," to gauge employee replaceability, build a talent pool, or create a stable appearance during hiring freezes. Job seekers should research and verify job listings before applying, as 40% of employers post fake listings, according to a 2024 survey.

Fuzzing the ZBar barcode scanning library found serious bugs, including an out-of-bounds stack buffer write and a memory leak, despite the library being barely fuzzed. The bugs were discovered using AddressSanitizer and libFuzzer, and the memory leak was fixed by adding missing memory cleanup in error paths.

The author tried to install Windows XP in DOSBox-X, but encountered several issues, including driver and compatibility problems, and finally managed to install it after upgrading from Windows 2000. The installation ran smoothly, but the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) was plagued by poor performance and distortion.

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A superyacht called the Bayesian sank in a storm off Sicily, killing 7 people including its owner Michael Lynch and his teenage daughter. The yacht's design flaws and crew mistakes are being investigated.

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The user is a seasoned programmer who has learned many programming languages, with some languages like OCaml, Prolog, and Rust having a significant impact on their perspective and approach to programming. They have a long list of programming languages they've used, with some being more influential than others, and are now working with languages like Rust and exploring new areas like quantum computing.

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The article discusses the dual role of events in event-driven architecture, serving as both triggers and data carriers. The author suggests a balanced approach, using wide events that include the reason for the event, while also being mindful of the data included to ensure the event stream is an API.

The user created a Solitaire game for the Nintendo E-Reader, a Game Boy Advance peripheral, using z80 assembly and ERAPI, and developed a debugger for E-Reader apps in VS Code. They are now planning to create more E-Reader apps and have a goal to build at least 10 apps and have them professionally manufactured.

Alice, a uveal melanoma patient, was enrolled in a clinical trial for an Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) targeting the protein PMEL17, which has shown promising results in shrinking her liver metastases. Enhertu, an ADC targeting HER2-positive solid tumors, has been approved by the FDA and has shown significant efficacy in treating various types of cancer, including breast, gastric, and ...

Monokai is a popular coding color scheme created by Wimer Hazenberg in 2006 for TextMate, offering a fresh and functional design. It has since become a beloved choice across editors and IDEs, with various adaptations and a light theme added in 2024.

React Gnome is a renderer for building native Gnome GTK applications using React. It requires bundling or manual imports due to GJS limitations and is still in early development.

TikTok's web scraper, Bytespider, is aggressively scraping content to fuel generative AI models, making up 90% of traffic to haproxy.com. Businesses must decide whether to allow AI crawlers to access their content or protect it, as they pose a threat to content value and replication.

Voyager 1 spacecraft used a backup radio transmitter after experiencing a brief pause in communications due to a power-saving measure. The team is now investigating what triggered the spacecraft's fault protection system, which may take weeks to identify.

The writer has been suffering from Long Covid for over three years and is sharing their story to raise awareness and funding for the global healthcare crisis. Their article has helped thousands of fellow sufferers feel seen and understood by their families.

To deliver beautiful software without designers, decouple design from engineering by turning off your analytical brain and using your creative brain to design first. Then, build your design without cheating or talking yourself out of details.

Skydio is rationing drone batteries due to Chinese sanctions, impacting customers, but the company remains committed to supporting critical infrastructure and national security. Skydio is working to develop alternative suppliers and secure its supply chain to minimize the impact on customers.

Microsoft delays Recall feature for Copilot Plus PCs until December due to security concerns. The feature creates screenshots of user activity and will be an opt-in experience that can be fully removed.

C++ and Rust are compared side-by-side in a deep dive on Software Engineering Daily, featuring experts Herb Sutter and Steve Klabnik. The discussion focuses on their use in systems programming and safety.

Qodo's platform now supports four new AI models, including Claude Sonnet 3.5 and OpenAI's o1, for advanced coding tasks. These models offer improved problem-solving skills and code understanding, allowing developers to tackle complex challenges efficiently.

Ethernet technology has evolved significantly over the past 50 years, with recent developments focusing on increasing capacity, reach, and connections. New Ethernet standards, such as 200Gbps and 400Gbps, are being defined to meet the demands of large-scale AI platforms and high-performance data centers.

Asankhaya and Rohan founded Patched to accelerate dev tasks like code reviews and patches through customizable workflows. Patched offers a workflow builder and chat-based interface to automate the software development lifecycle.

OpenAI introduces Model Distillation, a workflow to fine-tune cost-efficient models using outputs from large frontier models. This integrated process includes Stored Completions, Evals, and fine-tuning, available to all developers at no extra cost.

Electronic Arts is removing Apex Legends from Steam Deck due to concerns about anti-cheating on Linux OS. The game's developers say Linux cheats are harder to detect and the platform's openness makes it more vulnerable to cheating.

XPANCEO showcased several smart contact lens prototypes at AWE, including a holographic display lens and a soft hydrogel lens with an intraocular pressure sensor. The company aims to unveil a fully functional smart contact lens prototype by 2026, with a focus on creating a commercially available product.

The author reflects on the impact of ChatGPT and Large Language Models on the tech industry, highlighting the need for domain expertise and understanding user workflows to compete with foundation models. Halcyon's value proposition is built on integrating domain knowledge into AI pipelines and fitting AI into existing workflows.

MikroTik and Ampere collaborate to develop new networking products with state-of-the-art CPUs for cost-effective and efficient performance. The products will combine MikroTik's RouterOS with Ampere's Cloud Native Processors for top-tier performance at a lower cost.

OpenAI's AI models are complex and delayed due to limitations and hard decisions about compute allocation. The company is working on new hardware and prioritizing its "reasoning" models, with some features coming later this year.

IBM Research achieved a breakthrough in High NA EUV lithography, a key technology for sub-2 nm nodes. The US Commerce Department established the NSTC EUV Accelerator at Albany NanoTech Complex to secure leading-edge semiconductor research and manufacturing in North America.

Ford plans to shut down its Michigan F-150 Lightning factory by year's end due to waning EV demand. This move affects Ford's electric vehicle strategy and adoption test.

Ecuador's Los Cedros cloud forest is being petitioned to be recognised as co-creator of the song "Song of the Cedars". The song's creators are seeking moral authorship for the forest, which would be a groundbreaking legal precedent.

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In early modern England, numbers were a tactile experience, with people using tally-sticks, counting boards, and Roman numerals to record and calculate. The introduction of Arabic numerals and arithmetic textbooks helped to spread mathematical literacy, laying the groundwork for a quantified political culture.

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Cerebellum is a lightweight browser agent that uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to accomplish user-defined goals on webpages. It analyzes page content and interactive elements to find new nodes and executes planned actions until the goal is reached or deemed unachievable.

Food adulteration with toxic mineral salts was a widespread problem in Europe and the US from ancient times to the early 20th century. Laws and regulations eventually prohibited the use of these additives, leading to the development of safer, synthetic food colors.

A study analyzed 1,728 open-source Python projects on GitHub to test for gender differences in code quality and style. The results found significant gender differences in code structure, but no evidence of gender differences in code quality.

The author values quality and care over speed and productivity, believing that thoughtful work and collaboration lead to better solutions. They advocate for a more balanced approach to coding, prioritizing simplicity, readability, and maintainability over fast typing and delivery.

Handling overflows in numerical computations is crucial for correct results, especially in database systems, and can be done by using larger integer types, checking for overflows, or leveraging hardware flags. Different programming languages handle overflows differently, with some like C++ allowing undefined behavior, while others like Rust and Python handle them explicitly, and database ...

Software often keeps data indefinitely, but deliberately forgetting data can be beneficial for user experiences and managing clutter. Implementing features like scheduled deletion, virtual garbage collection, and intentional archiving can help users manage their digital data more effectively.

Researchers at Decart and Etched released Oasis, a real-time, open-world AI model that generates video games entirely by AI. Oasis uses a transformer-based architecture and can run at 20 frames per second, enabling real-time interactivity.

Splitting YouTube from Google could impact services like Google TV and YouTube Music, but YouTube's ad revenue ($9B last quarter) suggests it's a viable business on its own. A split could allow YouTube to increase prices or reduce investment, but it might also encourage competition and innovation.

A Redditor claims to have received a refund request from Star Citizen with a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) requirement. This may be against UK and EU law, and the game's refunds FAQ does not mention an NDA.

Hurmet is a live text editor with calculation cells that update automatically. It supports vectors, unit conversions, and arbitrary precision rational numbers.

The author learned that teaching writing to kids is more effective when they copy good writing and summarize passages rather than being given prompts and expected to express themselves. This method, known as the copybook method, helps build muscle memory and fluency in writing and is more effective than traditional teaching methods that focus on correction and creativity.

Old vulnerabilities in devices include exposing file systems, weak AES encryption, and poor sanitization of user input. These issues can be exploited to gain access, extract data, or execute arbitrary code, often due to design oversights or lack of security considerations.

Researchers discovered a submerged Nabataean temple in the port of Puteoli, Italy, during underwater archaeological documentation. The temple's layout and inscriptions suggest it was a place of worship and exchange for Nabataean merchants in the Augustan era.

Raspberry Pi can be used as a network emulator to test internet speed and rate limit. It involves setting up a bridged network, enabling WiFi, and configuring the device to limit bandwidth and test performance.

Dating apps have become increasingly expensive and gamified, leading to burnout and a lack of success for many users, with some arguing that companies intentionally design their apps to keep users from finding love. Some countries, including Japan and Australia, are experimenting with government-subsidized and government-run dating services to address low marriage and birth rates, raising the ...

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A new documentary reveals over 21,000 worker deaths and 100,000 disappearances in Saudi Arabia's NEOM construction. Executives, including Australian Wayne Borg, are accused of corruption, racism, and human rights abuses.