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TLDR 2023-11-28

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01GENERAL

Sponsored

MOVEIT RANKED TOP MFT VENDOR BY G2

Managed file transfer (MFT) technology helps businesses move data in a secure and compliant manner. The fall report by G2 [5] ranked the top vendors in this space, placing MOVEit at the top and above

progress.comSponsor

established MFT vendors.

MOVEit’s MFT solution helps your organization meet regulatory compliance standards, and provides visibility and control over file transfer activities.

progress.com

02BIG TECH & STARTUPS

SHEIN FILES FOR U.S. IPO AS FAST-FASHION GIANT LOOKS TO EXPAND ITS GLOBAL REACH

Shein has filed to go public in the US. It could start trading on public markets as soon as 2024. It is unclear how much the company is currently worth, but it was last valued at $66 billion. Numerous lawmakers have called on the SEC to ensure that Shein isn't using forced labor in its supply chain before it's allowed to start trading in the US.

cnbc.com3 min read

VIRGIN GALACTIC ANNOUNCES STATE-OF-THE-ART SPACESHIP HUB IN ARIZONA

Virgin Galactic has announced a state-of-the-art spaceship manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona. The announcement was made in a recent company release that outlines Virgin Galactic's ambitious plans for its next-generation Delta class spaceships. It is expected to be fully operational by late 2023. The facility holds the promise of generating hundreds of highly skilled aerospace engineering and manufacturing jobs in the region.

interestingengineering.com3 min read

03SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

MEET STRANGE METALS: WHERE ELECTRICITY MAY FLOW WITHOUT ELECTRONS

Some strange metals carry currents through them without electrons. A new quantum phenomenon is likely responsible for electricity flow within metals. Currents move more like liquids than a collective movement of electrons when moving through these metals. Research is starting to show that there is a different phase of matter within these materials.

quantamagazine.org9 min read

SOME THOUGHTS ON CAUSALITY IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

It can be difficult to establish causality in biology. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that something can be an important factor but not a cause of a disease. In biology, 'X causes Y' tends to many 'X is necessary and sufficient for Y'. We have to start thinking of systems where we can talk about causation in a more realistic way to make progress in biology.

nintil.com7 min read

04PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

DEMYSTIFYING WEB PUSH NOTIFICATIONS

This post walks through the pieces needed to implement web push notifications. It includes a minimal working example with a Node.js backend. The post explains how Web Push works and provides code for those looking to implement it.

pqvst.com8 min read

05MISCELLANEOUS

VITALIK BUTERIN'S TECHNO-OPTIMISM

Vitalik Buterin believes in a future that is vastly brighter than the present thanks to radically transformative technology. He rejects the idea that we should keep the world roughly the same as today but be less greedy with more public health care. Some technologies will reliably make the world better than other types of technology - we need active human intention to choose the directions that we want as the best outcome will not be achieved automatically.

vitalik.eth.limo72 min read

WHY DO COMPANIES HIRE PEOPLE TO BE IDLE A LOT OF THE TIME?

Big Tech employs a lot of engineers, some of whom do very little. Some say that companies do this to keep talent off the market, but that might not be the case. Large projects sometimes require a lot of people to be idle - even if they don't seem like they're doing anything at the moment, they might play a critical role in the process later. Prestige and budgets are also factors that can also lead to idle engineers.

ntietz.com3 min read