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How do businesses share data and knowledge? Many are still reliant on homegrown solutions—untidy collections of manual operations, scripts and unofficial FTP clients—to transmit even their most sensitive files.
Anthropic's new Computer Use tool can take control of users' mouse cursors and perform basic tasks on their computers. It is now available exclusively with Anthropic's mid-range 3.5 Sonnet model via the API. It works by taking rapid successive screengrabs, so it can miss short-lived notifications and other changes and is incapable of some common actions like drag-and-drop. The tool is still cumbersome and error-prone at times. A video from Anthropic explaining the tool is available in the article.
Apple is reportedly working on a new App Store-like app dedicated to games that combines functionality from the App Store and Game Center in one place. It is not expected to replace Game Center, but will integrate with users' Game Center profiles. The app will allow users to find and play games and show things like challenges, leaderboards, and achievements. It will be used to promote special gaming events and information about important updates. Apple is experimenting with some kind of integration with FaceTime and iMessage on the app.
Colossal, a company founded to try to restore the mammoth to the Arctic tundra, released a progress report last week on the work involved in resurrecting the thylacine, which went extinct in 1936. Marsupial biology has features that may make de-extinction somewhat easier, and it appears that the technology available for working with marsupials is expanding rapidly. Colossal has a nearly complete genome sequence from a thylacine sample and it expects to complete the genome shortly. It is working on technology that will allow marsupial embryos to develop inside artificial uteruses.
Three Chinese patients received treatment for autoimmune disorders using engineered immune cells made from donor cells. All three recipients reported improvements to their conditions. The treatment involved genetically engineering healthy-donor-derived CD19-targeting CAR-T cells using CRISPR-Cas9 to address issues with immune rejection. The study demonstrates the high safety and promising immune modularity effect of off-the-shelf CAR-T cells in treating severe refractory autoimmune diseases.
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JSON has become the go-to format for handling semi-structured and unstructured data in modern data systems. While it seems simple, leveraging the format effectively at scale presents unique challenges. This article explains some of the challenges ClickHouse, one of the fastest analytical databases on the market, experienced in implementing JSON support. It outlines how ClickHouse developed a new JSON type from scratch designed to address the limitations and improve the overall functionality of the now deprecated Object('json') data type.
Svelte 5 is finally stable after almost 18 months of development. It is the most significant release in the project's history. Svelte 5 is a ground-up rewrite, which means that apps will be faster, smaller, and more reliable. It allows developers to write more consistent and idiomatic code and there's less stuff to learn for newcomers. Svelte 5 is almost completely compatible with Svelte 4 and the initial upgrade will be completely seamless for the majority of users.
Luke Durant, a researcher, former Nvidia employee, and the most prolific contributor to the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), has discovered a new largest known prime number. Short-handed as M136279841, the number can be calculated by multiplying two together 136,279,841 times and then subtracting one. GIMPS has discovered the last 18 Mersenne primes. Durant used a supercomputer comprising thousands of GPUs in 17 different countries to find the number.
When you're starting something new, the most important thing is knowing what to learn. The optimal learning flow involves very quickly identifying what the foundational knowledge is, building a personal curriculum to become an expert, and sprinting hard in the first hours to impress initial memory, then decelerating to a more regular place. Knowing how to learn is an extremely high-leverage skill. Being productively honest is one of the most effective and kindest things you can do for yourself.
sudoku-in-python-packaging can solve Sudoku puzzles entirely using the Python package resolver.
FinalSpark, a Switzerland-based startup that offers a platform which allows researchers interested in biocomputing to write code that interacts with brain organoids, created a virtual world with a butterfly model to demonstrate its platform.
This article looks at Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet model and new API mode called 'Computer Use'.
NASA's new telescope prototype, part of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission led by the ESA, can detect gravitational waves, which are created during collisions between two black holes.
Rwf is a comprehensive framework for building web applications in Rust that comes with everything required to easily build fast and secure web apps.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized rules that will allow customers to transfer their bank data to other banks or allow third-party apps to access it without having to pay fees or clear other hurdles.