π Useless Fact of the Day
Porcupines can float in water.
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An AI-trained robot successfully performed gall bladder removals on dead pig organs with 100% accuracy and no human assistance. This breakthrough, led by Johns Hopkins University researchers, suggests automated surgery on humans could be trialled within a decade. Experts consider it a significant step toward autonomous surgical systems.
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OpenAI is set to launch an open-weight language model, potentially straining its relationship with Microsoft. This model will be accessible via multiple cloud providers, impacting Microsoftβs exclusive deal and revenue-sharing arrangement with OpenAI.
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Shopify's Head of Engineering, Farhan Thawar, discussed Shopify's AI integration, emphasizing the use of internal LLMs, unlimited AI tokens, and custom tools. The company encourages AI in interviews, supports non-engineering uses, and remains committed to high hiring standards, including coding tests for senior roles.
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Cloudflare is urging Google to split its bots used for AI data scraping and search indexing to allow website owners more control. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince claims negotiations are ongoing, and legal measures might be pursued if talks fail. Critics worry about potential negative impacts on research and web accessibility.
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Ikea is embracing the Matter standard, launching over 20 new Matter-over-Thread devices to simplify and enhance smart home integration. This includes a reboot of its Dirigera hub and new affordable smart products, maintaining their commitment to accessibility and interoperability.
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π± Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: Uno Platform
(OSS project for creating pixel-perfect, single-source C# and XAML apps which run natively on iOS, Android, macOS, Linux and Web via WebAssembly.)
Why: Simple task that improves test reliability and familiarizes you with the project.
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β 3, π 0
Pyhoff β Connect Python ML Models to Beckhoff/WAGO IO Hardware
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β 2819, π 164
β‘ Fast, async, stream-based link checker written in Rust. Finds broken URLs and mail addresses inside Markdown, HTML, reStructuredText, websites and more!
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β 792, π 38
FlopperZiro β A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone
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β 2741, π 129
BookLore is a web app for hosting, managing, and exploring books, with support for PDFs, eBooks, reading progress, metadata, and stats.
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β 2032, π 190
Containerized versions of hundreds of MCP servers π‘ π§
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