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AI, bots and robots
- Downloading files from S3 with multithreading and Boto3
- Remove background from image using machine learning
- MLJ.jl: A Julia package for composable machine learning
- “Fevers of Curiosity”: Charles Baudelaire and the Convalescent Flâneur
- Nvidia Unveils Grace: A High-Performance Arm CPU for Use in Big AI Systems
- Meta-Post on Meta-Learning
- Instructions around the usage of meta robot tags and robots.txt files
- Europe seeks to limit use of high-risk AI in society
The rules are proposals and could take several years to become law. - Digidog, a robotic dog used by the police, stirs privacy concerns
- National Security Commission on AI Report
- GANcraft: Unsupervised 3D Neural Rendering of Minecraft Worlds
- Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++
- Neurons might contain something within them
Neurons might contain something incredible within them.
Blockchain and decentralization
- CardanoCubes – Pokemon Red on the Cardano Blockchain
- Akon wants to run a Senegal city on cryptocurrency
The Senegalese-American singer has ambitious plans for “Akon City,” including conducting daily transactions using a digital currency. - Money corrupts; Bitcoin corrupts absolutely
- std::unique_ptr implementation backed by Ethereum NFTs
C++ `std::unique_ptr` that represents each object as an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain – zhuowei/nft_ptr - CEO of a top Bitcoin exchange warns: crackdown on cryptocurrencies may be coming
- HSBC bans customers from buying Bitcoin-backer MicroStrategy shares
- Coinbase’s listing may break records
But the success of the cryptoexchange is not guaranteed | Graphic detail - Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain
- Encore – Go framework for building distributed systems
The Go backend framework with superpowers. Contribute to encoredev/encore development by creating an account on GitHub. - Centralized Coin – A Centralized Coin
- Ethereum Fork Fails on OpenEthereum
OpenEthereum version: 3.2.1 Operating system: Linux Installation: built from source Fully synchronized: no Network: ethereum Restarted: yes Node issue after Berlin hard fork, not sync after block 1… - Bitcoin miners are buying power plants
- Turkey bans use of cryptocurrencies for payments
Bitcoin tumbled more than 4% on Friday after Turkey’s central bank banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets for purchases citing possible «irreparable» damage and transaction risks. - Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a speculative ponzi scheme
- EasyDNS is now accepting Dogecoin for payments
Yet again, we’re the ICANN registrar with another crypto-currency first: easyDNS is now accepting Dogecoin payments for all services.
Woman computer scientist of the week
Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson is an African-American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned spaceflights. During her 35-year career at NASA and its predecessor, she earned a reputation for mastering complex manual calculations and helped the space agency pioneer the use of computers to perform the tasks.
Cloud and architecture
- Evaluating Modest SaaS Business Ideas
I’m evaluating new SaaS business ideas, and I wanted to share a little bit about exactly how I’m evaluating them. - UML model and code examples of GoF patterns in Crystal
- CloudBeaver – Database Management from Browser
- Using the Switch(true) Pattern in JavaScript
- Cloudflare Pages is now Generally Available
- OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana
Today, we are introducing the OpenSearch project, a community-driven, open source fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana. We are making a long-term investment in OpenSearch to ensure users continue to have a secure, high-quality, fully open source search and analytics suite with a rich roadmap of new and innovative functionality. This project includes OpenSearch (derived from […] - AWS EC2 Having Issues
- Man found to have defamed Singapore prime minister by sharing news article
- Architecture of a desktop-like SPA
Development and languages
- Wonkey Game Programming Language (v2021.04)
- The GraphQL API for WordPress is transpiled from PHP 8.0 to 7.1
- The Kitten Programming Language
- Buy a phone, get a tracker: unauthorized tracking code on Android
- Cree#, a morphemic programming language with Cree keywords and concepts
Corbett discusses how Cree#, which began as a - Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps
- Chrome zero-day released on GitHub (fixed on V8 but still works on latest)
- Python 3 Types in the Wild: A Tale of Two Type Systems
- Kaboom – JavaScript game programming library and environment
a fun JavaScript game programming library & environment - The complete guide to working with strings in modern JavaScript
- Natto.dev – A Canvas for JavaScript
- In Python, «
- Is WebAssembly magic performance pixie dust?
Add WebAssembly, get performance. Is that how it really works? - Latino Programming Language
- Logica: Modern Logic Programming
We present Logica, a novel open source Logic Programming language. - One Letter Programming Languages
- New GitHub Themes for vs Code
New GitHub Themes for VS Code - Digital Audio 101: Playing Audio from a Microcontroller
- Work with GitHub Actions in Your Terminal with GitHub CLI
- Linus Torvalds on Rust support in kernel
- Unifying the CUDA Python Ecosystem
- Content-aware image resizing in JavaScript
JavaScript implementation of so-called Seam Carving algorithm for the content-aware image resizing and objects removal. Dynamic programming approach is applied to optimize the resizing time. - Battle of the Python Dashboarding Giants: Streamlit vs. Dash vs. Voilà vs. Panel
- Science and math flavored programming problems for beginners
Quote of the week
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
— Bill Gates
Enterprises
- Google is exploring a health record tool for patients
- Google used past bid data to boost win rate in advertising auctions
- Google’s lawyer accidentally made a sensitive document public
- Microsoft in advanced talks to buy speech-recognition company Nuance
- Tesla hikes solar roof price on contracts signed over a year ago
- NHS Covid-19 app update blocked for breaking Apple and Google’s rules
- Microsoft buys Nuance for nearly $20B
Microsoft is trying to leapfrog competitors like Google and Amazon as they face record antitrust scrutiny. - Intel: Advances in silicon photonics can break the I/O “power wall”
- FBI arrest man over alleged Amazon centre bomb plot
- NVIDIA announces GRACE CPU
- Establishing Twitter’s Presence in Africa
- CEO: Intel in talks to produce chips for automakers within six to nine months
The chief executive of Intel Corp (INTC.O) told Reuters on Monday the company is in talks to start producing chips for car makers to alleviate a shortage that has idled automotive factories. - Student’s physics homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers
- Tesla drastically increases price of Solar Roof
- The Vivaldi browser will not support Google’s FLoC
- NSA helps out Microsoft with critical Exchange Server vulnerability disclosures
- Effort to disrupt exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities
Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States - DuckDuckGo Announces Plans to Block Google’s FLoC
- General Availability of Aqua for Amazon Redshift
- Europe eyes strict rules for artificial intelligence
Non-compliant companies could face a fine of up to €20 million or 4 percent of turnover. - Don’t Use Google Chrome
Google has created a new tracking mechanism called FLoC, put it in Chrome, and automatically turned it on for millions of users. It’s bad for privacy, which is why we’re now blocking it in the DuckDuckGo extension. - Amazon 2020 Letter to Shareholders
To our shareowners: - Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
In the biggest update to Google Earth since 2017, you can now see our planet in an entirely new dimension — time. - Bezos says Amazon needs to do better for employees in last letter as CEO
- Element Matrix Services Launches Bridging for Microsoft Teams
- How to fight back against Google FLoC
Here’s a closer look at Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) initiative and how you can fight back and opt-out as a web user and a web developer. - Google misled consumers about the collection and use of location data
The Federal Court has found that Google LLC and Google Australia Pty Ltd (together, Google) misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December 2018, in a world-first enforcement action brought by the ACCC. “This is an important victory for consumers, especially anyone concerned about their privacy online, as the Court’s decision sends a strong message to Google and others that big businesses must not mislead their customers,” ACCC Chair Rod Sims said. - Nobody is joining Google’s FLoC
- Twitter Down: Service Experiences Widespread Outage
- Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series will cost at least $465M for first season
Other news
- Discovery of Lost ‘Golden’ City in Luxor, Egypt
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday that an Egyptian mission under the supervision of Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass discovered a city – dubbed the Rise of Aten – which had been under the sands for 3,000 years, dating back to the reign of Amenhotep III. The statement, which was shared on the […] - What happens after a bank closes all of your credit cards?
- The Hard Crowd by Rachel Kushner – New Journalism given a new lease of life
- M1 dev setup with a virtual Linux box
I love my new M1 Macbook Air. No fan but awesome performance. Working keyboard. And the feature of not having a touch bar is not only… - Big money bought the forests. Small timber communities are paying the price
- Using brain interfaces to learn about learning
- Linux, macOS, and Windows running simultaneously on a first gen Core i5
- A startup offering payment implants
- Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down
- Build a Raspberry Pi Linux System the Hard Way
- Quantum computing’s reproducibility crisis: Majorana fermions
- Learn C in Y Minutes
- ‘Counter Strike’ Bug Allows Hackers to Take over a PC with a Steam Invite
- Update on beta testing payments in Signal
- Morpheus Turns a CPU into a Rubik’s Cube to Defeat Hackers
- FBI Accesses Computers Around Country to Delete Microsoft Exchange Hacks
- Reducing code size with LLVM Machine Outliner on 32-bit Arm targets
- $7.5B In Stolen Bitcoin from 2016 Bitfinex Hack has just been moved
- An RFC that adds support for Rust to the Linux kernel
- RFC that adds support for Rust to the Linux kernel
- Build on Redis Hackathon
Experience the speed, simplicity, versatility, and fun of Redis. Register now to win awesome prizes! - “My Octopus Teacher” Defied Convention
- Understanding quantum computing through drunken walks
- FBI acts to remove backdoors from hacked Microsoft Exchange servers
- Reuters website goes behind paywall in new strategy
Reuters News (TRI.TO) on Thursday unveiled a new subscription website as part of a broad initiative to court business professionals. - The Sisyphean Task of DNS Client Config on Linux
- Reuters website goes behind paywall in new strategy
Reuters News (TRI.TO) on Thursday unveiled a new subscription website as part of a broad initiative to court business professionals. - Pangolin UI, a Desktop Shell, Written in Flutter, for Linux and Zircona
Pangolin Desktop UI shell, designed for dahliaOS, written in Flutter. - A ‘Worst Nightmare’ Cyberattack: The Untold Story of the SolarWinds Hack
- SolarWinds hacking campaign puts Microsoft in hot seat
