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Oxygen-28 has been detected for the first time. While the isotope was predicted to be stable, it disintegrated rapidly after creation. Oxygen-28 is an isotope of oxygen with 12 extra neutrons in its nucleus. The new findings mean that physicists might have to update theories of how atomic nuclei are structured.
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Most QA teams are too resource-constrained to maintain an automated end-to-end test suite for their entire product. But costs to scale QA are hard to justify. The end result? Gaps in test coverage and bugs shipped to production. Here's a cost-effective solution. QA Wolf
Croner is Cron for JavaScript and TypeScript. It can trigger functions in JavaScript using Cron syntax, evaluate Cron expressions and get a list of upcoming run times, target different time zones, and more. Croner doesn't require any dependencies. A live demo is available.
React Server Components (RSCs) are React components that run on the server instead of the client. Frameworks that support RSCs allow developers to define where code runs. Server components are able to fetch data from directly within the component and stream that data to the client, making fetching data fast and simple. This article discusses how Mux moved over to using RSCs and covers why Server Components matter, what they're good and bad at, how to use them, how to incrementally adopt them, and the kind of advanced patterns to use to keep RSCs under control.
USENET is a set of text-only social discussion forums run on multiple servers around the world. It is older than the web. This article explains how to access USENET. There are many active free communities available on USENET that cover a huge range of niche topics.
Anguilla is a tiny British island territory in the Caribbean. The country's top-level domain is '.ai'. This appears to be particularly attractive to tech companies. Experts estimate that the country may bring in up to $30 million in revenue this year from its domain. Registrars pay Anguilla $140 for a two-year domain registration, but prices are rising due to demand.
Nushell is designed to be a typechecked language with IDE support and nice error messages.
ChatGPT could be used to help students translate languages clearly and correctly, as a grammar tutor, as an idea generator, and more.
X is planning to collect users' biometric information, employment history, and educational history starting from September 29.
The population of breeding individuals was reduced to just 1,280, implying that our ancestors lived in a very localized area during that period.
'Copy Video Frames' allows users to capture high-quality, non-overlayed frames from source videos.
The report basically said that Google's products will completely surpass OpenAI's by the end of the year.
Meta has released a new AI benchmark, FACET, designed to evaluate the “fairness” of AI models that classify and detect things in photos and videos, including people.
Chinese tech giant Baidu officially launched its Ernie chatbot after the government approved its application.
Google is one of the few large organizations with hardware that can take on Nvidia. It has been challenging to use in the past with somewhat poor PyTorch support. Now, with even faster chips, and better software support - it seems like a compelling offering from the search giant.
In its continued push to be an open source contributor for AI, Meta released their amazing DINO v2 model under a more permissive license that allows the community to build on top of it. In addition, they released a data set that helps determine and benchmark bias in various computer vision models.
Predicting video content is tricky because the system must guess object movements and keep them looking consistent. This new system, MMVP, separately handles motion and appearance using special "motion matrices" that focus just on movement. This method is not only more accurate but also more efficient and compact than current top systems.
Producing diverse images from just a few examples is challenging. TexMod uses unique techniques to blend in details from various images and makes sure the created images have a logical layout.
This project developed a method that adjusts how images are decoded, especially for unfamiliar datasets. This process updates certain settings in the decoder, ensuring high-quality images without using much data. The system also adapts on the fly, depending on the type of image, for optimal results.
When training large language models to understand and match human values, do we use scores (rating) or comparisons (ranking) as feedback? This study found that the choice matters a lot. For instance, models trained with rankings are preferred when evaluated by comparison but not always by scoring. This shows that how we choose to give feedback has big implications for how well the model works in real-life situations.
Despite what you may see in the media, there are a number of issues with the polls and surveys saying that a majority of people want to slow down AI development.
Inverse scaling problems are things that get worse as model size increases. Sycophancy is when a model tends to agree with a human regardless of the truth. Anthropic released great work recently that showed larger models are more sycophantic. However, recent experiments show that OpenAI models don’t suffer from this same problem.
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A team of researchers from the University of Zürich and Intel announced the development of an autonomous drone system named Swift that can beat human champions in first-person view (FPV) drone racing.
Anguilla, a tiny British island territory in the Caribbean, may bring in up to $30 million in revenue this year thanks to its ".ai" domain name.
The SEC has postponed its decision on the approval of bitcoin ETF applications from firms like BlackRock and WisdomTree until October. The delay will allow for extended comment periods and broader public feedback on the applications. This came as somewhat of a disappointment as the markets seemed to have been anticipating a quick approval after the SEC’s loss in the Grayscale case.
Swift announced successful tests showing its infrastructure can facilitate tokenized asset transfers across several blockchains. The project used existing security frameworks to provide multiple network access points, decreasing requisite outlay for institutions' tokenized asset endeavors. Swift collaborated with major financial institutions and web3 service platform Chainlink to make this happen.
Beam, a crypto-to-fiat on/off ramp, introduced a feature for developers that will allow them to easily include one-click conversion from crypto to fiat in their apps. This new feature is aimed at simplifying, scaling, and expanding access to the crypto ecosystem. The service includes handling compliance, liquidity management, and traditional rail connectivity, allowing developers to focus on building their apps rather than the underlying infrastructure.
Arbitrum announced the launch of Stylus, expanding Arbitrum's interoperability with additional languages like Rust, C, and C++. The announcement includes the launch of a live testnet and availability of the open-source SDK. The new tech brings enhanced speed, cost-efficiency, and expanded use cases. As part of its launch, Arbitrum is holding a Stylus Hackathon with $20,000 in bounties.
This article suggests that stablecoins should simply be digital versions of the assets they are linked to without additional utilities which could dilute the benefits of the base stablecoin. It goes on to propose five key utilities for stablecoins: Medium of Exchange, Store of Value/Peg Stability, Capital Efficiency, Fiat On-Ramp/Off-Ramp, and Censorship Resistance.
In under two months, the market cap of Rollbit has surged tenfold from $63 million to $622 million, and the platform's on-chain metrics have been showing an increasing adoption rate. This thread dives into Rollbit and some other projects that look like promising alternatives within the GambleFi narrative.
Coinbase has announced the listing of PayPal's stablecoin, PYUSD-USD, on its platform. However, the listing carries an "Experimental" label, a tag used by Coinbase for newly listed assets or those with low trading volume to caution users about potential risks. Despite mixed opinions on PayPal's stablecoin, it has been listed across various exchanges steadily and could pose competition to the leading stablecoins, USDC and USDT.
Adidas' digital arm, Three Stripes Studio, is launching a global digital artist residency program, Residency by Adidas, to support and showcase digital artists. The program debuts this month during Korea Blockchain Week and will feature works from artists MonkeeMoto and Adra Kandil as Ethereum NFTs. Additionally, the program will offer limited edition NFT drops and future collaborations on physical items.
Entheos and Plural Energy are partnering to enable blockchain-based financing of smart battery assets, aiming to make renewable energy solutions more effective and attractive.
ERC-6551 introduces Token Bound Accounts, equipping NFTs with Smart Wallets for asset management. This post from Coinbase explains the standard and its potential use cases.
SolLinked is a Solana-based email and calendar platform that prioritizes messages based on the amount of $USDC sent. This dev spun this app up after Toly, Solana’s founder, mentioned he’d like to see a product like this in the space.
Crypto Leaks accused Nansen of favorably reviewing Avalanche due to a potential business relationship between the two entities.
Whenever a user visits Reddit, usually coming from a search engine, they get asked five times to download and use the app. The screen has so many modals that it’s impossible to see the content below. None of the prompts explain why opting for the app is a better choice despite the mobile website experience being unintuitive and pushy with cluttered interfaces.
Upload a reference photo of a product, describe the picture you want, and receive the image almost instantly. It's like having a product photographer 24/7!
Check out examples of inspirational animations for items connected by a grid. The items animate on scroll. There are four different variants of animations.
Blend enables easy removal of background from photos and replacing it with AI-generated backgrounds for a more polished look.