π Useless Fact of the Day
The buzz from an electric razor in America plays in the key of B flat; Key of G in England.
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Elecom has launched the Na Plus, a 9,000mAh portable power bank using sodium-ion batteries. It can be recharged up to 5,000 times and operates in extreme temperatures. Although more eco-friendly, itβs bulkier and pricier than lithium-ion alternatives.
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IBM CEO Arvind Krishna advocates for global trade and international talent as key to U.S. growth, countering isolationist policies. He downplays fears of AI replacing jobs, predicting only 20-30% code generation by AI, seeing it as a productivity tool. He emphasizes quantum computing over AI for groundbreaking scientific discovery.
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Google is introducing new AI features for its Gemini platform, allowing real-time analysis of screens and camera feeds for some Google One AI Premium subscribers. This includes live interpretations of smartphone camera feeds, enhancing Google's AI assistant lead over competitors like Amazon and Apple.
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Cloudflare introduces AI Labyrinth, a tool that diverts web-scraping bots into navigating through AI-generated, irrelevant content. This strategy aims to waste the resources of bots mining data without permission, while helping Cloudflare identify and counteract malicious bot behavior.
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π± Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: lxd
(System container and virtual machine manager.)
Why: This task is straightforward, introducing a new data member and loading logic.
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β 40, π 3
GoRead β Terminal epub reader
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β 4807, π 201
Unified embedding generation and search engine. Also available on cloud - cloud.marqo.ai
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β 2922, π 150
EhViewer overhauled with Material Design 3 and more, forked from https://github.com/Ehviewer-Overhauled/Ehviewer
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β 3485, π 146
A Community-led Hyper-Hackable Text Editor
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β 4581, π 171
DataBackup for Android 7.0+
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