Waymo and Cruise have driven a combined total of over 8 million driverless miles. The two companies have reported 102 crashes, with most of the crashes being low-speed collisions that did not pose a serious safety risk and a large majority being the fault of the other driver. It will still take hundreds of millions more driverless miles to answer the question of whether driverless cars are safer than human drivers, but the evidence is starting to pile up.
Kidney cells housed within the Kidney Project's bioreactor can survive inside the body of a pig and mimic several important kidney functions for at least one week. The Kidney Project aims to create a device that can improve on dialysis. A bioartificial kidney would make treatments for kidney disease more effective, tolerable, and comfortable. The next steps for testing will be month-long trials, first in animals and then eventually in humans.
This article analyzes the SQL Iceberg meme, which shows increasingly complex or advanced SQL commands or operations. The article goes through each of the zones and explains every concept. It starts with simple commands like CREATE TABLE, JOIN, and NULL and moves into intermediate and advanced topics like connection pools, denormalization, the volcano models, and the Halloween problem.
Biome can format and lint JavaScript, TypeScript, JSON, and CSS code in a fraction of a second. It requires minimal configuration and displays detailed and contextualized diagnostics. Biome is designed to eventually replace Babel, ESLint, webpack, Prettier, Jest, and more. It has first-class IDE support and top-notch error recovery.
California Forever, the parent company of Flannery Associates, a company that has purchased over 50,000 acres in Solano County, has revealed a website showing a planned city. The site promises a safe walkable city with solar farms and good local jobs that won't ruin the nearby agriculture. It doesn't discuss population, size, or how the city will sustain itself. The company plans to get locals to get on board with the project using surveys and a local advisory board.
This page contains highlights from an hour-long podcast with Mustafa Suleyman, one of the three co-founders of DeepMind, where he discusses ways to limit the negative and unforeseen consequences of emerging technologies and many other AI-related topics. Suleyman thinks that AI and biotechnology will soon enable small groups to cause harm on previously unimaginable scales. While the technology could provide humans with many benefits, such as eliminating the need to work to live, future generations of AI may 'go rogue' and cause harm to people. This may become a legitimate concern within the next 12 years.
There are many definitions of what success is - this article discusses how to figure out if you authentically want something and set your own success criteria.
The paid service, which is still under consideration and may not be released, is an attempt by Meta to quell concerns by the EU around data privacy and ads.
Founded by leaders in the retrieval research domain, this group hopes to allow enterprises to build on top of generative technologies by cheaply and effectively using their own data.
Ex-Meta researchers founded EvolutionaryScale, raising $40M and valued at $200M to fast-track AI-driven protein structure predictions. With claims of outpacing Google's AlphaFold in speed, the startup eyes breakthroughs in medicine and biotech.
Audio deep learning has seen a revival recently. By using a classifier followed by effect-specific modules, a general system can be built to gradually remove effects such as reverb or delay from already mixed audio.
Another exciting result in the recent string of 3D generation methods. This time the resulting meshes are globally consistent and semantically coherent. There is also room to make this technique much faster.
The first public work on scaling between these two efforts found that they yield essentially identical final model performance with humans preferring them ~70% of the time over baselines.
WASM, or web assembly, is a compiler target built into modern browsers. It runs almost as fast as native code and has seen a flurry of interest. This post walks through how to build a plugin system for generative apps using WASM.
This article discusses data around OpenAI and ChatGPT traffic. OpenAI traffic has declined around 29% since May. Around 29% of ChatGPT prompts are related to programming, while education accounted for around 10% of all use cases. Other use cases include writing assistance, content creation, and creative ideation. Charts showing data on how people use ChatGPT are available.
Despite China's nationwide ban on cryptocurrency, the People’s Court has published a report indicating that individual-held digital assets should be considered legal and protected by law according to the existing policy framework. This marks a paradigm shift in Chinese legal thought, as it argues digital currency possesses economic attributes, therefore qualifying it as property. The report also offered suggestions on handling cases involving digital asset-related crimes.
MakerDAO's co-founder, Rune Christensen, recently proposed using the Solana codebase for a dedicated appchain aiming to improve the DeFi lending protocol. This new appchain, part of MakerDAO's five-phases Endgame strategy, aims to improve governance and sustainability. Maker will not be directly building on Solana, but rather will be using the Solana stack. This proposal could potentially lead to a mutually beneficial relationship between MakerDAO and Solana.
Kana Labs has introduced its omni-chain smart contract wallet, "Mirai SDK." This solution aims to simplify crypto transactions by offering social login and straightforward transaction management functionality. It supports both EVM and non-EVM chains and seamless cross-chain token swaps. It currently supports Aptos and it will soon integrate other non-EVM chains like Solana and Sui.
The Colorado DMV has started accepting cryptocurrency payments for online services such as driver’s licenses and vehicle registrations via PayPal. This makes the DMV the first governmental body in the state to do so. The move is part of the state's wider initiative to find practical uses for crypto.
This post explains how Liquid Staking Derivatives, including Lido, present potential threats to the Ethereum protocol due to possible cartelization and centralization. While this was written over a year ago, it’s still relevant as LDO has gained nearly 33% share of staked Ether. The author suggests self-limiting to avoid any potential issues and advises capital allocators to be conscious of these risks and limit allocation to LSD protocols that exceed 25% of total staked Ether.
This thread from Punk6529 emphasizes the importance of security regarding NFTs. He walks through his thoughts on a security survey he ran, going over the answers to each question and pointing out the issues and the solutions to them. The thread ends on a hopeful note, claiming that better security is possible as builders continue to innovate on the underlying infrastructure and user experiences around digital asset storage.
Robinhood has finalized the buyback of a 7.6% stake in the company, valued at $606 million, in seized shares from FTX founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, as confirmed in an SEC filing. The shares were confiscated by the US Justice Department as a part of the fraud charges being levied against SBF.
YouTube star MrBeast has announced the Creator League, an esports competition featuring top influencers and their fans. The league garnered some negative press soon after launch, as one of the streamers that was going to be involved in the launch backed out after learning the league would be leveraging NFTs as part of its tech stack.
When Sam Trabucco left Alameda, he mentioned he would be spending time on his new boat. Filings discovered as part of FTX’s bankruptcy have now revealed that his $2.5m boat was purchased by FTX/Alameda.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sold all his MakerDAO MKR tokens for $581,000 after Rune Christensen mentioned using Solana’s tech stack to create an appchain for MakerDAO.
WhatsApp is about to go through a considerable revamp that includes updated Material Design 3 UI elements and a more modern look and feel. There are also structural changes. New filters will allow you to see your unread, personal, and business messages.
Designing with accessibility in mind is highly facilitated by using Stark's plugin for Figma and Sketch. The process has become even more integrated into the way developers enhance accessibility. Stark’s plugin now supports ARIA notes and touch target indications.
The Google Chrome Web Store redesign brings its aesthetic closer to the Play Store. The timeframe of its official arrival isn’t clear yet, but Google is asking users and developers for feedback.
When a product matures and covers more scope, complexity tends to follow. However, does it need to be this way? The advent of AI might provide the answer for evolving products without hurting the experience for new users.
You don't need plugins or color generators to create balanced color palettes. This practical guide helps you find equivalent colors in multiple hues based on the HSB color model.
How does Spotify build products for mobile devices, TVs, and websites that look and feel the same? The answer is Encore, its design system combined with cross-team collaboration with representatives for each platform.
Transitioning from a designer to a design leader requires a shift in mindset and the development of new skills and competencies. Now that designers have a seat at the table, they need to understand their role as design leaders, improve their communication with other stakeholders, contribute to building a solid team culture, and lead by example.
AI Analysis for Surveys is a new feature for Sprig that uses generative AI large language models to go through survey data intelligently. This functionality allows the platform to provide instantaneous insights.
Thirteen new accessibility audits have been added to Lighthouse since version 10. Manual audits are now available after the automatic audits are completed to help developers make their sites more accessible.
Every product will have not-so-ideal users, so anti-personas should be something to consider! This quick and funny guide may help you to avoid tricky situations down the road.
This deep dive shows how tooltips can involve multiple aspects and design decisions. Packed with examples, the article outlines best practices and what you should consider when designing and adopting them.
The biennial, multi-day celebration of Adobe's internal design culture is a powerful way to spread its design ethos across the company. But now it's beyond that. Check out the lessons from those who attended the event.
The UX research field has changed considerably since 1998. UX education expanded, usability became user experience, and job titles changed. Many businesses began to see the value of design and research. UX research now occurs earlier in the design process, and the number of UX jobs has increased significantly.
Ray-Ban stayed relevant for eight decades in a very crowded space. Part of that success is related to the solid design culture that guides the company.