Scientists from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, have developed tiny robots called anthrobots made of human cells capable of repairing damaged neural tissue. The technique involves synthetically controlling a range of developmental processes and could be used in the future for personalized medicine. The scientists think that anthrobots made from a person's own tissue could be used to clear arteries, break up mucus, or deliver drugs with or without genetic engineering. Anthrobots could have applications in sustainable construction and outer-space exploration.
2023.12.04·nature.com·3 min read·TLDR Sponsored
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GQL is a query language with a syntax similar to SQL. It executes queries on .git files without the need to create database files or convert the files into any other format. Keywords in GQL are case-insensitive, similar to SQL.
2023.12.04·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR SQLSync is a collaborative offline-first wrapper around SQLite designed to synchronize web application state between users, devices, and the edge. It features eventually consistent SQLite, optimistic reads and writes, reactive query subscriptions, real-time collaboration, and more. A live demo is available.
2023.12.04·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR Apple's soaring stock price over the last two decades was driven by its consumer devices powered by custom chips. The company debuted its first homegrown semiconductors in 2010. As of this year, all new Mac computers are powered by Apple's own silicon. This article takes a look at the development of Apple's custom hardware over the years and what will come next for the biggest US company by market cap.
This repository contains a very rough list of 500 companies that tend to pay a relatively high amount for software engineering-related roles. The data is based on median software engineering total compensation as it appears on levels.fyi. The analysis is not meant to be serious and it skips over many important steps.
2023.12.04·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR Home row mods turn keyboards into more than just text input devices and they also help make the typing experience more ergonomic.
2023.12.04·precondition.github.io·93 min read·TLDR Google was originally going to launch Gemini next week, but the release of the next-generation foundation model has now been delayed until January.
2023.12.04·9to5google.com·1 min read·TLDR This article discusses HTML hacks that developers have used throughout the years to make sites work despite code failures created by larger entities who failed to properly implement HTML code.
2023.12.04·tedium.co·19 min read·TLDR While the Cybertruck looks remarkably similar to how it did four years ago, its price, range, and performance has shifted dramatically.
2023.12.04·theverge.com·4 min read·TLDR unsloth provides 80% faster and 50% less memory local QLoRA finetuning without any change in hardware.
2023.12.04·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR This document contains a collection of facts about ASCII, hardware serial terminals, RS-232, modems, and related technologies - while the information is not likely to be directly useful today, it's good to know for cultural-literacy reasons.
2023.12.04·catb.org·76 min read·TLDR Elon Musk handed the first Cybertrucks over to a select group of customers at Tesla's Cybertruck delivery event. The event, which went for around 30 minutes, featured pomp and pump music, VIP guests, and Musk. This article shares everything known about the Cybertruck so far. The Cybertruck is a lot more expensive than the targets Musk shared in 2019.
2023.12.01·techcrunch.com·3 min read·TLDR Apple has unveiled the winners of the 2023 App Store Awards. This year's winners were chosen by the App Store's Editorial team for providing users with meaningful experiences and inspiring cultural change. The 14 winners were selected from nearly 40 finalists for delivering exceptional technical innovation, user experiences, and design. This article contains the list of winners.
2023.12.01·apple.com·7 min read·TLDR Frore Systems, a California-based startup, has developed what it describes as the first solid-state active cooling chip. It recently equipped the M2 15-inch MacBook Air with three of its chips, bringing MacBook Pro-comparable performance to sustained heavy workloads on the device. Frore has no publicly disclosed deals with any laptop vendors, but it is in collaboration with a number of the major laptop OEMs. The company is getting interest from various consumer segments and the industrial, data center, and automotive spaces.
2023.12.01·arstechnica.com·5 min read·TLDR Human aviation is one of the most improbable of all human achievements, yet we live in a world with a global fleet of airplanes in the tens of thousands. There is still much to be desired in the aviation industry, but progress seems to be difficult to achieve. This article looks at the principles upon which the aviation industry was built and the challenges holding it back today. The incredibly large sonic booms produced by going supersonic made supersonic travel unacceptable. Several organizations, including NASA, are working on ways to quiet the boom.
2023.12.01·contrary.com·23 min read·TLDR Mozilla Firefox's .deb package is now available for Developer Edition and Beta. A new APT repository has been set up for users to install Firefox as a .deb package. These packages are compatible with the same Debian and Ubuntu versions as Mozilla's traditional binaries. The .deb package provides better performance, faster updates, more security, and convenience when upgrading.
2023.12.01·hacks.mozilla.org·3 min read·TLDR GitHub Wrapped presents a summary of your GitHub profile. The summary includes a Lines of Code analysis and a Contribution Breakdown, with charts showing the data in a visual way. GitHub Wrapped is powered by GitHub Trends and is not affiliated with GitHub.
2023.12.01·githubwrapped.io·Tool·TLDR The rate of change in the technology world has rapidly accelerated in the past year. Cloud technologies, machine learning, and generative AI have become more accessible, impacting nearly every aspect of our lives. The coming years will see innovations in areas designed to democratize access to technology and help us keep up with the increasing pace of everyday life. This article makes some predictions on what technologies generative AI will enable over the next few years.
2023.12.01·allthingsdistributed.com·17 min read·TLDR This article contains a list of life observations and advice based on those observations. It covers a wide range of topics for general life advice.
2023.12.01·delian.io·10 min read·TLDR Software Applications Incorporated, a startup by three ex-Apple employees, aims to bring generative AI to the desktop in a way that pushes operating systems forward.
2023.12.01·theverge.com·4 min read·TLDR The Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, a state-backed foundry, managed to scrape together equipment from existing plants and those received before Washington’s sanctions to keep its 7 nm production line going.
2023.12.01·arstechnica.com·11 min read·TLDR Taipy is a Python library for building web application front and back ends.
2023.12.01·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR Anduril's Roadrunner is a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vertical take-off and landing air vehicle that's designed for low costs.
2023.12.01·techcrunch.com·2 min read·TLDR Founder's Friend is a voice-first chatbot that provides a safe space for founders to have conversations they can't have with employees, investors, or friends.
2023.12.01·every.to·15 min read·TLDR The mantra 'code is read more than written' conveys that it's usually a good investment to make code maintainable by keeping it simple and writing tests and documentation - developers should also remember that code is useless if it doesn't fulfill its purpose and provide a good experience to the user.
2023.12.01·olano.dev·6 min read·TLDR Sponsored
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Sam Altman felt defiant, hurt, and angry when OpenAI's board asked him to return a day after they fired him. This article contains an interview with Altman and OpenAI CTO Mira Murati on the attempted boardroom coup. Altman repeatedly declined to say exactly why he was fired during the interview. OpenAI's new board will conduct an independent investigation into what went down.
2023.11.30·theverge.com·7 min read·TLDR Firefox extensions compatible with Android will be openly available to users on December 14. There will be over 400 extensions available at launch. The update involves giving developers a route to port desktop extensions to Android. Mozilla will be redesigning the add-on library to better show the new options.
2023.11.30·9to5google.com·1 min read·TLDR Perplexity AI's combination of a web index and up-to-date information with a conversational AI chatbot-style interface has the potential to dethrone Google. The company recently released fine-tuned and augmented versions of open source models from Mistral and Meta. The models aim to offer helpful, factual, and up-to-date information. They are the first-ever live LLM APIs that are grounded with web search data and have no knowledge cutoff.
2023.11.30·venturebeat.com·6 min read·TLDR Google DeepMind researchers have discovered 2.2 million crystal structures using an AI tool known as GNoME. The researchers plan to make 381,000 of the most promising structures available to fellow scientists to make and test their viability. The discovery of inorganic crystals has always been bottlenecked by expensive trial-and-error approaches. The venture shows how AI can be used to shortcut years of experiments and potentially deliver improved products and processes.
2023.11.30·arstechnica.com·2 min read·TLDR jaq is a clone of the JSON data processing tool jq that focuses on correctness, performance, and simplicity. It aims to support a large subset of jq's syntax and operations. Examples of how to use jq and benchmark results are available.
2023.11.30·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR pgxman is a command for implementing extensions and updates in PostgreSQL. It allows developers to install and upgrade Postgres extensions with confidence. pgxman automatically detects and streamlines extension operations based on the local development environment. It integrates with the system package manager to ensure correct versions are installed without extra packages from any shared dependencies between extensions.
Y Combinator invests in, educates, and promotes early-stage companies, especially in software. It has helped birth companies like Airbnb, Reddit, Twitch, and Instacart. YC exerts a wide cultural and intellectual influence on Silicon Valley, the core driver of US economic growth and technological dynamism in the present day. This article looks at YC and its impact on the industry and how the company will be affected as the contemporary political economy of the US changes and software successes become less impactful.
2023.11.30·brief.bismarckanalysis.com·32 min read·TLDR Spotify Wrapped is a yearly summary of the songs and artists that users have listened to throughout the year. It has become one of the most successful and shareable marketing ploys on social media since its inception in 2016. 2023's Spotify Wrapped has launched. This article shows readers how to access the feature, how it works, the most popular artists of the year, and more.
This repository contains both TrueType and WOFF/WOFF 2 files for Reddit Sans, Reddit Mono, and Reddit Condensed.
2023.11.30·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR Stability AI has engaged in preliminary discussions with multiple companies for an acquisition due to mounting pressure from investors over its financial position.
2023.11.30·pymnts.com·2 min read·TLDR This post steps through the various eras of a venture investing career to create a context for the current startup funding environment.
2023.11.30·bryce.medium.com·7 min read·TLDR llamafile allows anyone to distribute and run LLMs that work with multiple CPU microarchitectures with a single file.
2023.11.30·github.com·GitHub repository·TLDR A mistake resulted in the connector interface sending a surge of electricity straight into the Spirit spacecraft instead of its RAT-Revolve motor.
2023.11.30·chrislewicki.com·20 min read·TLDR This article presents a guide to creating documentation for a house for homeowners to refer to for a whole slew of scenarios.
2023.11.30·luke.hsiao.dev·6 min read·TLDR MOVEit’s MFT solution helps your organization meet regulatory compliance standards, and provides visibility and control over file transfer activities.
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Managed file transfer (MFT) technology helps businesses move data in a secure and compliant manner. The fall report by G2 [5] ranked the top vendors in this space, placing MOVEit at the top and above
2023.11.28·progress.com·Sponsor·TLDR Shein has filed to go public in the US. It could start trading on public markets as soon as 2024. It is unclear how much the company is currently worth, but it was last valued at $66 billion. Numerous lawmakers have called on the SEC to ensure that Shein isn't using forced labor in its supply chain before it's allowed to start trading in the US.
Virgin Galactic has announced a state-of-the-art spaceship manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona. The announcement was made in a recent company release that outlines Virgin Galactic's ambitious plans for its next-generation Delta class spaceships. It is expected to be fully operational by late 2023. The facility holds the promise of generating hundreds of highly skilled aerospace engineering and manufacturing jobs in the region.
2023.11.28·interestingengineering.com·3 min read·TLDR