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01BIG TECH & STARTUPS

TESLA OPEN SOURCES ALL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING OF ORIGINAL ROADSTER

Tesla has open-sourced all of the design and engineering of the original Roadster. This includes everything from Owner's Manuals to Circuits and Connectors. The next-gen Roadster is now several years behind schedule. The release of the design may be a hint that the next-gen Roadster is close to being produced. Elon Musk had said earlier this year that the final design and engineering of the Roadster will be completed by the end of 2023, so the vehicle should reach production by the end of 2024.

teslarati.com2 min read

EXCLUSIVE-OPENAI RESEARCHERS WARNED BOARD OF AI BREAKTHROUGH AHEAD OF CEO OUSTER

OpenAI researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery they said could threaten humanity days before Sam Altman's ouster. The letter and algorithm were key developments that contributed to the decision. The development could be a breakthrough in the startup's search for artificial general intelligence. This article collates some of the rumors about what the breakthrough may be.

finance.yahoo.com3 min read

02SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

NASA WILL LAUNCH A MARS MISSION ON BLUE ORIGIN’S FIRST NEW GLENN ROCKET

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket will be launching a pair of Mars probes for NASA on its first mission. The mission is a relatively low-cost one, with a budget significantly less than any mission NASA has sent to Mars in recent history. It aims to measure plasma and magnetic fields around Mars. Mars launch windows typically come every 26 months, so if the mission doesn't launch by late 2024, the next opportunity will be in late 2026.

arstechnica.com4 min read

ZOOM FATIGUE IS REAL, ACCORDING TO BRAIN SCANS

A new study found that virtual meetings exhaust the brain more than face-to-face conversations. The rise in remote work and online learning has revealed a phenomenon called Zoom fatigue, a feeling of exhaustion linked with videoconferencing. It results in a deterioration in the quality of communication and collaboration and can impact both professional and personal relationships. The absence of nuanced nonverbal cues makes it challenging for participants to fully engage and connect in a meaningful way.

spectrum.ieee.org3 min read

03PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

EMAIL OBFUSCATION: WHAT STILL WORKS IN 2023?

This article looks at different ways to obfuscate email addresses from bots on websites. The author set up live examples for each obfuscation technique to test how effective they were in blocking spam. It covers obfuscation techniques for both clickable links and plain text.

spencermortensen.com5 min read

RETRIES

Developers need to write robust software to handle request failures or they might be presented to users as errors. One of the most common techniques for handling a failed request is to retry it. This post presents a visual exploration of the different methods for retrying requests and demonstrates why some common approaches are dangerous. It aims to present readers with a solid understanding of what makes safe retry behavior and what doesn't.

encore.dev11 min read

04MISCELLANEOUS

REFLECTING ON 18 YEARS AT GOOGLE

This blog post was written by someone who worked at Google for 18 years starting in October 2005. They experienced the early post-IPO Google and watched the company throughout the years as it received criticisms for actions that were sincerely intended to be good for society. The culture at Google has changed significantly since it started. The deterioration of its culture will eventually become irreversible as the people who are needed to act as a moral compass are the same kinds of people who don't join an organization without a moral compass.

ln.hixie.ch5 min read

SPREADSHEETS AND SMALL SOFTWARE

Anyone who has spent enough time working on spreadsheets will have experienced similar issues. There are similar problems when programming, except there's usually a way to solve them. Spreadsheets are used for storage, presentation, and computation. They are like regular programs in many ways. This article looks at problems with spreadsheets and ways to overcome them.

blog.nilenso.com8 min read