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Daily Edition · Page 1

THE DAILY INDEX

Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and business

Across today’s newsletters

Today’s Index

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DON'T REOPEN

Some moderators participating in the protest against the Reddit API changes received messages from the company saying to reopen their subreddits or be removed from their positions. Many large subreddits have reopened out of fear that their mod teams will be forcibly replaced. A Reddit spokesperson has confirmed that moderators taking part in the protest may be in violation of the code of conduct. The company is planning to pursue changes that would let regular users vote moderators out more easily.

theverge.com · 5 min

TLDR Web Dev

POSTMAN

API performance testing can help you ensure your API can handle expected loads, optimize and improve API performance, and identify any bottlenecks or issues to determine the scalability of a system. Postman, an API client, can be used to simulate load by having multiple parallel virtual users hit your endpoints. It can also visualize the performance of your APIs under the simulated load in real time. Postman allows you to observe response times, throughput (requests hit per second), and error rates so you can keep tabs on your API performance metrics.

blog.postman.com · 8 min

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NEW NANO-TATTOOS DON'T NEED BATTERIES OR WIRES

Researchers from Istanbul have created nanotattoos capable of passive wireless communications with nearby devices without the need for an external power source. Backscattering-based nanotattoo sensor (BNTS) tattoos are made by painting a zinc oxide ink containing embedded nanowires on top of a graphene aerogel conductive ink using separate needles. As the tattoos change shape, they convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. Data from the tattoos can be extracted using a smartphone. The tattoos can be placed on any surface, not just on the human body.

spectrum.ieee.org · 7 min

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MARK ZUCKERBERG WAS EARLY IN AI. NOW META IS TRYING TO CATCH UP.

Mark Zuckerberg saw the promise for artificial intelligence a decade ago and invested large amounts of money into its advancement, hiring one of its early visionaries, Yann LeCun, to lead the charge. Meta fell behind in the field and is now scrambling to refocus its resources to generate usable AI products and features. It previously prioritized academic discoveries while struggling to capitalize on their commercial potential. Meta had attempted to launch several chatbots before ChatGPT was released but these systems were criticized for their incorrect and biased answers.

archive.md · 14 min

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GPT-4 CAN USE TOOLS - NOW THAT'S A BIG DEAL

The GPT API was recently updated with a tool called function calling. Function calling allows GPT to call out to external code, databases, or other APIs whenever it needs to. GPT can decide which tools to use and when. This ability makes GPT models significantly more powerful as it helps them overcome many of their limitations. It also makes some open-source projects obsolete. OpenAI's release should remind developers that projects built at the infrastructure layer can be easily obviated by a future OpenAI update.

every.to · 10 min

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