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Bugs sneak out when less than 80% of user flows are tested before shipping. However, getting that kind of coverage (and staying there) is hard and pricey for any team.
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Bugs sneak out when less than 80% of user flows are tested before shipping. However, getting that kind of coverage (and staying there) is hard and pricey for any team.
Tesla claims to have produced the first builds of its new, more affordable electric car models in June. Volume production has been planned for the second half of the year. Plans for a 2025 launch remain on track. The vehicle is expected to be a 'stripped-down' Model Y with fewer materials, fewer features, and possibly a slightly smaller size.
T-Mobile and SpaceX's T-Satellite service is now available to subscribers, allowing smartphone users to remain connected even in deadzones. Existing T-Mobile customers can purchase the cellular Starlink service as an add-on - those on pricier plans like Experience Beyond and Go5G Next get it as a free perk. People on other networks can also subscribe through a secondary eSIM. Those who participated in the free trial should now expect to be charged for the service.
Meta's wristband reads the electrical signals that pulse through the muscles when people move their fingers. It uses a technique called electromyography to gather electrical signals from muscles in the forearm. These signals can reveal what people are about to do even before they do it. With enough practice, people using the wristband can control devices simply by producing the right thought.
Neuralink expects to put its chips in 20,000 people a year and generate at least $1 billion in annual revenue by 2031. It plans to have about five large clinics in operation and at least three versions of its device available. The company's figures assume a conservative reimbursement of $50,000 per surgery. Several other brain companies are building and testing similar devices. No brain-computer interfaces have yet been commercially approved for permanent implantation by the US FDA - Neuralink expects to gain regulatory approval in the US for its first device by 2029.
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Agent docs are a way to get better results from agents. They make agent output more consistent, more aligned with codebase conventions, and more accurate. This post discusses how to implement agent docs into a project. It covers how agent docs are different from internal eng docs, best practices for AI docs, and reasons why agent and eng docs should be kept separate.
One way to deal with aggressive web crawlers that don't respect robots.txt is to exhaust their resources. This post goes through how to build a valid HTML zip bomb that exhausts bots' RAM. The implementation technique exploits the asymmetry of the resources needed to serve the zip bomb versus those needed to detect it. Bots that respect robots.txt won't be affected by the zip bomb as the path to the zip bomb is forbidden in the specification.
Bee's wearable bracelet transcribes users' conversations and then uses artificial intelligence to turn that data into searchable history. The company's chief executive recently announced that Bee is joining Amazon in a yet-to-be-signed deal. The data that such a device could gather could help Amazon build more advanced AI models. Amazon hasn't provided any official details on its motivations for acquiring the company.
Jeff Bezos has signaled his interest in buying CNBC. The network would serve as a credible 'neural voice' in his media portfolio. Bezos also owns the left-leaning Washington Post. Comcast plans to spin off its struggling cable assets by the end of the year. CNBC will become part of a publicly-traded company called Versant - there will be a two-year period where Versant will not be able to sell major assets without major tax implications.
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OSS Rebuild is a Google Security project aimed at providing build attestations for open source packages released through the NPM, PyPI, and Crates ecosystems.
There will be far fewer ads in the age of AI as advertisers stop optimizing for clicks and publishers start competing to be the most useful source.
WhoFi, a system developed by researchers at La Sapienza University of Rome, can identify specific people and track them in a physical space and across locations based on how their body interacts with Wi-Fi signals.
Apple's new retention messaging API allows developers to show offers to users when they cancel subscriptions in the global Subscriptions screen inside the Settings app.
The design and colors of the devices line up with the flood of leaks seen in recent weeks.
Apple Podcasts on macOS only allows users to copy 200 words of transcript at a time - this post details how to view and copy the whole thing.