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AMD LAUNCHES AI CHIP TO RIVAL NVIDIA'S BLACKWELL

GOOGLE TESTS SHOWING FULL RECIPES RIGHT IN SEARCH RESULTS

Google's new Quick View feature shows full cooking recipes with ingredients, photos, and step-by-step instructions within Google Search results.

TYPEDDICTS ARE BETTER THAN YOU THINK

TypedDicts are primarily used for creating type annotations for dictionaries.

DESIGNING A FAST CONCURRENT HASH TABLE

This post dives into the design and research that went into creating Papaya, a fast and feature-complete concurrent hash table for Rust.

NYT GAMES IS TESTING ZORSE, A NEW ‘PHRASE GUESSING' PUZZLE GAME

Zorse is a new phrase guessing game where every puzzle is a mash-up of two phrases currently only available in Canada.

SB 1047: OUR SIDE OF THE STORY

A look at the story of SB 1047 from the supporting side that examines why it was vetoed and plans for the next iterations of the bill.

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DOJ INDICATES IT'S CONSIDERING GOOGLE BREAKUP FOLLOWING MONOPOLY RULING

The Department of Justice has indicated that it is considering behavioral and structural remedies as a result of its monopoly ruling against Google. The remedies could include contract requirements and prohibitions, non-discrimination product requirements, data and interoperability requirements, and structural requirements. They may include limiting or prohibiting default agreements and other revenue-sharing arrangements related to search and search-related products. The remedies are still far from being decided - Judge Amit Mehta says he'll aim to rule on the remedies by August 2025, and an appeal by Google will likely draw out any impact for potentially years.

TESLA ROBOTAXI REVEAL: WHAT TO EXPECT

Tesla plans to reveal its Robotaxi today at an event at Warner Bros. Discovery's movie studio in Burbank, California, starting at 7 pm. The vehicle will be a two-door, two-seater, Cybertruck-like compact vehicle likely without a steering wheel or pedals. Tesla may run into regulatory issues for the design - Elon Musk is expected to use this as a reason for why getting the vehicle to market will be difficult. The movie studio features large sound stages and sets. The environment is closed and controlled, with no other traffic, making it the perfect place for Tesla to demo its new technology.

GOOGLE IDENTIFIES LOW NOISE “PHASE TRANSITION” IN ITS QUANTUM PROCESSOR

Google has published a paper that identifies a phase transition in its quantum processor and uses it to identify conditions where the processor can operate with low noise. The paper shows that it would take a supercomputer a dozen years to simulate things even in those conditions. This article details the findings and their implications in more detail.

ZAP ENERGY SHOWS OFF ITS NEW FUSION POWER PROTOTYPE, CENTURY

Zap Energy recently raised a $130 million Series D to build its Century device, an approach to fusion power that sends bolts of electricity through plasma streams instead of using magnets or lasers to squeeze the plasma. The current generates a magnetic field that compresses the plasma, which results in fusion. The final commercial-scale model, which should produce 50 megawatts of electricity, will occupy a footprint around the size of a double-decker bus. This article provides an overview of how Zap's technology works and the problems the company has to overcome before its technology becomes commercially viable.

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ANNOUNCING DENO 2

Deno is a modern, all-in-one, zero-configuration toolchain for JavaScript and TypeScript development. The recently announced Deno 2 update includes backwards compatibility with Node.js and npm, native support for package.json and node_modules, a stabilized standard library, support for private npm registries, work spaces and monorepo support, and more. This article highlights the main changes. Links to resources to learn more about Deno are available.

DON'T LET DICTS SPOIL YOUR CODE

Dicts make functions difficult to modify and their mutable nature hinders the structure of data and makes it dependent on the workflow of applications. This article discusses some better ways to handle data. The longer a developer postpones introducing proper data structures, the more complex the transition becomes.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER PAY HEATMAP

This site contains an interactive heatmap of total compensation pay ranges for software engineers across the US. It provides insights on salary percentiles, breaks down total compensation components, and reveals top-paying companies. The data is organized by DMA regions and accompanied by a color-coded legend.

THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS UNDER ATTACK, WITH A BREACH REVEALING INFO FOR 31 MILLION ACCOUNTS

The Internet Archive was hacked and defaced with a notification telling users their information was stolen. Have I Been Pwned? received a file containing email addresses, screen names, password change timestamps, Bcrypt-hashed passwords, and other internal data for 31 million unique email addresses from the attackers and confirmed that it was valid by matching data with a user's account. The Internet Archive also experienced a DDOS attack, which has been fended off for now - the attackers implied that another attack has been planned.

EATING LESS CAN LEAD TO A LONGER LIFE: MASSIVE STUDY IN MICE SHOWS WHY

Dietary restriction boosts longevity due to favorable metabolic changes.

AMAZON'S NEW WAREHOUSES WILL EMPLOY 10X AS MANY ROBOTS

Amazon's next-generation fulfillment center located in Shreveport, Louisiana, will employ 2,500 humans once fully ramped up.

OPENAI PROJECTIONS SUGGEST NO PROFITS UNTIL 2029

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FROM SOFTWARE TO REALITY?

Computer scientists are changing how natural sciences are studied, promising a new era of discovery and efficiency, but we have yet to see this era in concrete terms.

THE OPEN SOURCE AI DEFINITION RC1 IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS

The Release Candidate clarifies that all training data needs to be shared and disclosed.

ARE THESE 18 THINGS ALL THAT'S KILLING YOU?

This post contains a list of factors for aging that are under investigation and what you can do about each.

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SPACEX'S NEXT STARSHIP LAUNCH—AND FIRST CATCH—COULD HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND

SpaceX's Starship rocket could fly again as soon as Sunday. The test is still pending FAA approval. The last public statement released by the FAA suggested the agency didn't expect to determine whether to approve the license before late November, but there is some optimism at SpaceX that it will issue a launch license much sooner. The fifth Starship test flight will attempt the first-ever return to the launch site and catch of the Super Heavy booster. SpaceX won't attempt to reignite Starship's Raptor engines in space on the upcoming flight - the spacecraft will come to a soft splashdown in a target area in the Indian Ocean.

SAMSUNG SAYS IT'S IN “CRISIS,” APOLOGIZES FOR MISSING PROFIT TARGET

Samsung issued a public apology and acknowledged it is in a 'crisis' following the release of its profit guidance on Tuesday. It reported a preliminary profit that undershot market expectations, and its share price has fallen almost 30% over the past six months. The worse-than-expected guidance underlines investor concerns about deteriorating memory market conditions and the possibility of slowing AI investment by big tech groups. Samsung is cutting some of its overseas staff and wrestling with growing worker discontent at home.

GROUNDBREAKING OVARIAN CANCER VACCINE AT AN "EXCITING" MOMENT, LEAD SCIENTIST SAYS

Scientists at Oxford have started developing an ovarian cancer vaccine that imbues the immune system with the ability to recognize and attack early-stage ovarian cancer cells. The research is currently focusing on women with one or two specific mutations known to be linked to a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The vaccine still needs to go through several rounds of trials, a process that could take years, before human clinical trials can begin.

HOW LONG TIL WE'RE ALL ON OZEMPIC?

The supply of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic has been plagued with shortages. While companies are doing what they can to increase supply, it is extremely unlikely that demand will be met in the near term. This article looks at growth for GLP-1 drugs over the next six years and how many people will stand to benefit from them over this time. More than two in five people in the US are overweight, so increasing access to the drug will have a large benefit on the population.

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COGNITIVE LOAD IS WHAT MATTERS

Cognitive load is how much a developer needs to think in order to complete a task. Confusion, which is caused by high cognitive load, costs time and money. Developers spend far more time reading and understanding code than writing it, so they should constantly ask themselves whether they are embedding excessive cognitive load into their code and reduce that load.

FIND YOUR PLAYER

This site contains video and audio player themes for every web player and every web app framework. The themes are searchable and can be copied easily into any site. They can be customized using just HTML and CSS.

AUTOMATTIC IS DOING OPEN SOURCE DIRTY

Automattic demanding 8% of WP Engine's revenues for not 'giving back enough' to WordPress is a violation of general open source ideals and the specifics of the GPL license. The potential damage to the open source world extends far beyond WordPress. Open source has been successful over the last several decades because of the clarity and certainty of its licensing regime, which allows people to build a business on open source without fear of frivolous claims or surprise shakedowns. The integrity of these licenses is under direct assault by Automattic's claim for WP Engine's revenues. Automattic is able to change its license away from the GPL if it wishes.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN INTERNET DOMAIN

The British Government announced last week that it was transferring the sovereignty of an island in the Indian Ocean to the country of Mauritius, spelling the end of the .io domain suffix. This article looks at how geopolitical changes can unexpectedly disrupt the digital world. It explores historical precedents and office valuable context for tech founders, users, and observers. It also provides a look at the unexpected intersection of international relations and internet infrastructure.

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WHAT IS “FOUNDER MODE”?

CEOs should stay connected to the details of their product, have an incredibly high bar for quality, manage for output, delegate only to the extent that leaders have earned trust, and not feel embarrassed about how they want to run their companies.

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rust-gpu is a project still in an early stage that aims to make Rust a first-class language and ecosystem for GPU shaders.

TEEN ACHIEVES FIRST NES TETRIS “REBIRTH,” PROVES ENDLESS PLAY IS POSSIBLE

The record was achieved using a modified version of the game that avoids some of the crashes that stopped previous runs.

ENGINEERING MANAGERS' GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE ANNUAL FEEDBACK

Providing effective feedback is a great way for Engineering Managers to make a difference in the professional lives of their workers.

APPLE PASSWORDS' GENERATED STRONG PASSWORD FORMAT

Apple Passwords' generated passwords contain gibberish two-syllable 'words' that help to make them memorable briefly, but still not memorizable.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW EFFECTIVE CHINA'S WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM IS

China is using cloud seeding technology to increase rainfall to reduce desertification, fight wildfires, and refill depleted reservoirs, lakes, and wetlands.