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A QUICK POST ON CHEN'S ALGORITHM

Chen's algorithm is a new quantum algorithm that, if proven correct, could potentially break lattice-based cryptography schemes, which are currently used to secure many systems today.

OPTIMIZING NODE.JS PERFORMANCE

To profile the CPU usage of a Node.js application, launch the application with the ‘--inspect flag' and connect to it using Chrome DevTools via ‘chrome://inspect'. Start and stop the CPU profiling using the Record button in the Performance panel of DevTools to capture how CPU time is spent during application execution.

SITE CLAIMS TO HAVE HARVESTED 4B+ DISCORD CHATS, ALL ON SALE

A service named Spy.pet has collected over 4 billion Discord messages from public chat servers and is now selling access to this data.

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TESLA WILL LAY OFF MORE THAN 10% OF GLOBAL WORKFORCE: READ THE ELON MUSK MEMO

Elon Musk sent a memo to Tesla employees saying that the company will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce. Tesla had 140,473 employees as of December 2023. Its shares have fallen 31% year to date. Electric vehicle sales are gaining popularity worldwide, but the company is facing more competition now than ever. It is also dealing with other challenges, such as logistical problems caused by Yemeni Houthi maritime attacks in the Red Sea and production suspension at its gigafactory near Berlin due to suspected arson at a nearby electricity substation. A copy of the memo from Musk is available at the end of the article.

CYBERTRUCK OWNERS ALLEGE PEDAL PROBLEM AS TESLA SUSPENDS DELIVERIES

Tesla has canceled dozens of Cybertruck deliveries due to an unexpected delay. The reason for the suspended deliveries is unknown. There is some evidence that it may be due to an issue with the electric pickup truck's accelerator. Several sources have reported issues with sudden acceleration, with some pointing to possible causes for the issue.

LIMITLESS IS A NEW AI TOOL FOR YOUR MEETINGS — AND AN ALL-HEARING WEARABLE GADGET

The Limitless Pendant is a device that records everything its wearers hear and then uses AI to help them remember and make sense of it. Designed to be clipped onto a shirt or worn on a string around the neck, it uses a beam-forming technology that can more clearly record people around the user and not the rest of the room. The Pendant is part of a system that uses data from different apps to provide users with useful information. The company plans to eventually create AI agents that do things on users' behalf.

GOT TINNITUS? A DEVICE THAT TICKLES THE TONGUE HELPS THIS MUSICIAN FIND RELIEF

Lenire is a device that treats tinnitus using electrical stimulation of the tongue. Approved by the FDA in March last year, the device consists of a plastic mouthpiece with stainless steel electrodes. A clinical trial found that 84% of participants who tried Lenire experienced a significant reduction in symptoms. While the device costs around $4,000, more than 80% of the participants in the clinical trial said they would recommend the device to a friend with tinnitus. It is unclear how long the benefits last as clinical trials have only evaluated the device over a 1-year period.

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INTRODUCING THE BATCH API

OpenAI's Batch API helps developers save costs and get higher rate limits on async tasks such as summarization, translation, and image classification. Developers just have to upload a file of bulk requests and they'll receive results within 24 hours, with 50% off API prices. A link to the Batch API reference docs is available.

REDKA

Redka is Redis re-implemented with SQLite. The project aims to reimplement the good parts of Redis with SQLite while remaining compatible with Redis API. It features ACID transactions, SQL views for better introspection and reporting, Redis-compatible commands and wire protocol, and more. Redka does not support Lua scripting, authentication and ACLs, multiple databases, watch/unwatch, Cluster, or Sentinel.

LINUX FOUNDATION IS LEADING FIGHT AGAINST FAUXPEN SOURCE

The Linux Foundation is fighting against the rise of faux open source licenses such as BSL and SSPL. It is actively promoting open source projects such as OpenTofu and Valkey, whose faux open source parent companies switched to more restrictive licenses after profiting on top of open source projects. While some companies are ticked off by the move, the Linux Foundation is simply defending the method these businesses used to build their fortunes on in the first place.

CALIFORNIA IS LOSING TECH JOBS

This article takes a close look at how California's tech industry has changed over the last few years as well as how this has impacted the state itself and the rest of the tech industry in the US. Many of the tech industry's traditional hubs have suffered significantly since late 2022, with nowhere more so than California. The state has lost its share of US employment across wide swaths of the tech industry. Its share of jobs in subsectors like software publishing and computer system design has fallen to some of the lowest levels on record. The drop has been especially pronounced within Silicon Valley.

WOULD YOU DO A CS MASTERS IF IT WAS PAID FOR BY EMPLOYER? (REDDIT THREAD)

The replies are mixed, but it's important to check how long you are required to stay with the company if you take up the offer.

META IS MAKING IT EASIER TO BRING QUEST HEADSETS INTO THE CLASSROOM

Meta is launching a new hub later this year that will let teachers access education-specific apps, features, and tools on Quest headsets, along with tools to manage all Quest headsets in a classroom.

DO YOU *REALLY* NEED TO STORE ALL THAT TELEMETRY?

Changing how engineers and operators think about telemetry production and consumption can result in vastly decreased costs and increased fidelity for helping to understand and fix product issues that are actively problematic.

T-MOBILE EMPLOYEES REPORT BEING LURED INTO SCAMMING CUSTOMERS

Scammers are offering current and former T-Mobile employees $300 per SIM swap.

FRAMEWORK'S SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE HAVE BEEN A MESS, BUT IT'S WORKING ON THEM

Framework is working on new features, security updates, and Linux support.

PRODUCT-MARKET FIT ISN'T A BLACK BOX

This article presents a framework to help B2B founders find product-market fit faster.

INTRODUCING OPENAI JAPAN

OpenAI has opened an office in Japan. ChatGPT Enterprise is being adopted in Japan by businesses such as Daikin, Rakuten, and TOYOTA Connected. The Japanese government, focusing on AI policies for societal benefit, has collaborated to share ChatGPT best practices.

ADOBE'S WORKING ON GENERATIVE VIDEO

Adobe is developing an AI model to generate video, which will be integrated into Premiere Pro later this year. It will feature object addition, removal, and generative extend capabilities. Adobe is collaborating with third-party vendors and addressing deepfake concerns through Content Credentials.

OPENAI AND META REPORTEDLY PREPARING NEW AI MODELS CAPABLE OF REASONING

OpenAI and Meta are teasing the next iterations of their AI models, expected to feature enhanced reasoning and planning capabilities. Dubbed GPT-5 and Llama 3, the models aim to advance toward artificial general intelligence, with vague release timelines and application details. The tech community remains skeptical given the history of overhyped AI promises with limited substantive evidence.

PILE-T5

T5 is a workhorse of modern AI. Eleuther has retrained it with a modern tokenizer and for much longer. The result is a greatly improved base model for encoding tasks.

DEEP DIVE: VIDEO DIFFUSION MODELS

This post explores how to train diffusion models to generate video, how to adapt image models, and even how to generate video from an image model without additional training.

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3D HUMAN MOTION CAPTURE

Addressing the challenges in monocular egocentric 3D human motion capture, especially under difficult lighting and fast movements, researchers introduce a novel method using a fisheye event camera.

ZERO-SHOT DIALOGUE STATE TRACKING IN LLMS

Researchers have developed a new approach called Mixture of Prefix Prompt Experts (MPPE) to enhance zero-shot dialogue state tracking, which transfers knowledge to unseen domains without needing new dataset annotations.

3D UNDERSTANDING WITH ANY2POINT

Any2Point is a new method that efficiently translates capabilities from vision, language, and audio models into the 3D domain without losing spatial geometries.

THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF REVIEWING HUMANE'S AI PIN

Humane's Ai Pin, an AI-powered wearable, has many technical issues, from music streaming to AI assistant malfunctions. Despite its ambition to create an ambient computing experience, the first-generation device suffers from performance lags and a lack of essential features, though future software updates are promised. The Ai Pin is designed with attention to detail but struggles to replace traditional smartphones, positioning itself as a companion device for a more present and less screen-focused lifestyle.

YOU CAN'T BUILD A MOAT WITH AI

AI differentiation is challenging, but the key lies not in AI models like LLMs, which are becoming commoditized, but in the unique data fed into these models. Effective data engineering is crucial as it directly impacts AI performance, with applications requiring integration of customer-specific data to provide accurate responses. Thus, creating a competitive edge in AI applications hinges on innovative data use rather than the AI technology itself.

GITHUB2FILE

A quick utility that dumps GitHub repositories into files that can be used with long context models that cannot browse the web.

TIKTOK MAY ADD AI AVATARS THAT CAN MAKE ADS

Internal tests have shown these AI avatars are not yet as effective as human influencers in driving sales.

GOOGLE LAUNCHES CODE ASSIST, ITS LATEST CHALLENGER TO GITHUB'S COPILOT

Google's Gemini Code Assist, an AI code completion tool for enterprises, features a one million-token context window for more accurate code suggestions and supports on-premises codebases across multiple platforms.

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HONG KONG SPOT ETFS MAY ONLY HAVE $500M IN INFLOWS

Senior ETF Analyst at Bloomberg Eric Balchunas speculates that the upcoming Hong Kong Bitcoin ETFs will not have substantial inflows or market effects. The ETFs will not be available to Chinese locals, and the Hong Kong ETF market is only $50 billion. With no big players involved and less liquidity, the market will be less efficient with spreads beyond where Bitcoin normally trades. These factors and relatively high 1-2% fees make this more of a moral victory than a financial one for Bitcoin.

OKX LAUNCHES ETHEREUM LAYER-2 NETWORK IN CHALLENGE TO COINBASE'S BASE

OKX, a major cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its own Ethereum layer-2 scaling network called X Layer, built using Polygon's AggLayer solution. X Layer aims to provide faster and cheaper transactions, as well as seamless interoperability across different blockchains. The launch positions OKX as a competitor to Coinbase's Base, another layer-2 network built on Optimism's OP Stack.

ARBITRUM BOLD RELEASED ON TESTNET

Offchain Labs has released Arbitrum BOLD on testnet, a new dispute resolution protocol for optimistic rollups that enhances permissionless validation and security. Now, anyone can secure claims about Arbitrum's state on Ethereum, promising increased network security and democratizing the validation process. Following thorough testing, including community engagement and a tally vote, BOLD is expected to further align Arbitrum with Ethereum's decentralization goals.

INTRODUCING SUBSCRIPTION MINTING

Subscription Minting is being launched as a solution to high gas fees and minting inconveniences, allowing users to prepay for future mints at lower costs, with the flexibility to opt in or out of specific mints while still adhering to the established allowlist process. This system aims to relieve stress for collectors by providing a quick, secure way to manage mints without bots or season passes, ensuring a fair chance for all participants.

RUNES - BITCOIN'S NEW FUNGIBLE TOKEN STANDARD

Franklin Templeton Digital Assets highlights the upcoming Runes standard and its significance for Bitcoin. After the success of Ordinals, which has a market cap of around $2 billion, creator Casey Rodarmor is introducing Runes as a more efficient version of BRC-20 tokens that better uses Bitcoin's UTXO design. Specifically, Runes will be entirely onchain, Lightning network compatible, and will not require wasted UTXO transactions. Bitcoin's current fungible token market cap is $600 million, but the adoption of Runes could drive it higher.

20 OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ONCHAIN EXPERIMENTS FROM THE LAST 3 YEARS

General Partner at Electric Capital Maria Shen divides her list of the most innovative onchain experiments from the last 3 years into four categories. For human coordination mechanisms, she highlights Nouns DAO for its complex treasury system and spin-off projects and Curta for its recognition of solving hard problems. In the “pricing historically difficult assets” category, Love on Leverage prices momentum during a live dating show and Orb Land allows users to access Q&As with influencers. Her “markets for unique assets” category includes liquid NFT markets. The final category is for incentive mechanisms for onchain art, represented by the 5/9 chess engine's NFT-per-move mechanic.

SREERAM DISCUSSES EIGENLAYER GOALS

The most suitable asset for staking should be the one that mirrors the denomination of risk, minimizing cross-volatility risks. Ethereum is identified as the most common digital asset for risk denomination in internet-native applications, especially with the rise of Ethereum rollups.

BREAKDOWN OF “AN ANALYSIS OF INTENT-BASED MARKETS”

Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra's recent paper about intents researches how effort, congestion, and entry costs affect intent markets. To receive the most tokens during an intent swap, reduced competition helps since it increases the win rate of solvers, reducing their cost. A system similar to a Dutch auction can be used to maximize user utility when there's no possible arbitrage between an onchain AMM and a solver.

THE RISE OF DIGITAL COLLECTIBLES

Blockchain presents an opportunity to reshape how we think about ownership and collecting, but we need to be careful to prevent scams to make blockchain applications more mainstream.