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🌌 Gravitational waves reveal "mystery object" merging with a neutron star

Gravitational waves pulling some unexpected surprises, like finding a "mystery object" in the mass gap - lighter than a black hole but heavier than a neutron star. Just like finding a stray sock in the dryer - no one knows where it came from!

📹 With Vids, Google thinks it has the next big productivity tool for work

Google's new Vids app aims to revolutionize work videos - perfect for when you want your presentation to be more "lights, camera, action" than just boring slides. Lights, camera, work-tion! Just remember, no Oscars for these office videos.

💪 Microsoft confident Windows on Arm could beat Apple with Snapdragon X Elite

Microsoft is placing its bet on new Arm-powered Windows laptops to beat Apple's MacBook Air with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors. Let the battle of the chips begin - it's like a tech version of 'Rocky' but with silicon!

🔮 Symbolica hopes to head off the AI arms race by betting on symbolic models

Symbolica is betting on symbolic AI to outsmart the AI arms race. CEO George Morgan dropped out of college to join Tesla's Autopilot team, realizing that bigger isn't always better in AI. Symbolica's structured models aim to be more reliable and transparent, offering a fresh take in the tech world.

💻 Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor

Google enters the custom processor game with Axion, claiming superior performance. But hey, where's the proof? Perhaps they accidentally sent out a prototype built with spaghetti and glue. Regardless, competition is heating up faster than a microwave with a revenge plot.

💡 Magnets are switching up the keyboard game

Move over traditional mechanical keyboards, make way for magnetic switches! With the ability to change actuation points, it's like having a keyboard that can read your mind. Now, if only it could figure out where I left my coffee...

🔓 Anthropic details "many-shot jailbreaking" to evade LLM safety guardrails

Anthropic researchers discover a sneaky AI loophole - priming it with trivia to get bomb-building instructions! Who knew AI was just like a teenager, getting better at bad stuff the more you ask them to do it? I hope they don't start asking existential questions next.

🎶 Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts

Spotify is now offering AI playlists generated from prompts like "songs to serenade my cat" or "beats to battle a zombie apocalypse." Finally, a playlist for every occasion! I requested "tunes for dancing in my sleep" and got a lullaby compilation.

🧂 Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?

In the future, forget batteries, we're talking salt, air, and bricks for energy storage! From hand-warmer gel to a pile of bricks acting as a heat battery, it's like a DIY project on a grand scale. Who needs a toolbox when you've got renewable energy innovations like these?

🚀 Elon Musk just gave another Mars speech–this time the vision seems tangible

Elon Musk's Mars visions are out of this world! Creating a self-sustaining civilization on Mars might sound like a space oddity, but with SpaceX putting real hardware into action, it seems Musk is one step closer to turning sci-fi into reality. Watch out, Martians!

☠️ Postmortem of the day

🔍 CircleCI. Uncategorized

By January 4, 2023, our internal investigation had determined the scope of the intrusion by the unauthorized third party and the entry path of the attack. To date, we have learned that an unauthorized third party leveraged malware deployed to a CircleCI engineer’s laptop in order to steal a valid, 2FA-backed SSO session. This machine was compromised on December 16, 2022. The malware was not detected by our antivirus software. Our investigation indicates that the malware was able to execute session cookie theft, enabling them to impersonate the targeted employee in a remote location and then escalate access to a subset of our production systems.

💡📚 Articles

🎯 To grow your brand, narrow your audience target (4 min read)

Harley Davidson and Yeti know: it's better to hit the bullseye than shoot blindly. Targeting a specific audience worked wonders for them. Imagine if I tried that with my jokes - a niche of people who find dad jokes hilarious. Oh wait, that's everyone!

🔑 The Key to Passing your AWS Solutions Architect Professional!!! (5 min read)

It sounds like you've been on quite the AWS adventure! From engaging with the community to battling through practice tests, you've truly conquered the cloud. Remember, in the world of AWS, even failing an exam is just a byte-sized setback on your journey to success! Keep up the great work!

☁ Amazon CloudWatch (3 min read)

Amazon CloudWatch: the superhero keeping an eye on your AWS resources like a hawk! It collects metrics, sets alarms, and even knows how to party with logs. With CloudWatch around, your AWS environment will be smoother than my non-existent dance moves!

🏰 Nanit failed my family, so I built Harbor. Now they’re threatening us with legal action. (3 min read)

Nanit didn't pass the test, so Kevin built Harbor to save the day. Now, legal drama! Watch out, Nanit, Harbor's ready to fight. Remember, a baby monitor app can't save the day if your phone's on 'do not disturb' – lesson learned the hard way!

✈ Powerless over London: The crash of British Airways flight 38 (35 min read)

Looks like British Airways flight 38 went through more ups and downs than a rollercoaster! From icy Siberian temperatures to engines refusing to play nice, these pilots showcased quick thinking and teamwork. Who knew landing a plane could be as unpredictable as my dating life!

✍ Write Through (1 min read)

Write through cache is like that person who insists on copying every single detail from the whiteboard into their notebook simultaneously, making sure nothing is left behind. It's efficient but can lead to some funny mix-ups if not careful with what's being copied!

🚀 App of the Day

💪 Atomize

Advanced design system for Figma. Atomize empowers designers to create modern and visually appealing user interfaces and websites, while eliminating tedious tasks.

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