🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
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Bitcoin's value has plunged 23% from an all-time high of $109,000 on Inauguration Day, driven by unmet high expectations of crypto-friendly policies from President Trump's administration. Over $800 billion has been wiped off global cryptocurrency markets.
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Optifye.ai's demo video, showcasing AI-powered monitoring in factories, was removed by Y Combinator after intense backlash. Critics labeled it as "sweatshops-as-a-service," highlighting ethical concerns about AI surveillance in workplaces. The incident underscores growing unease with such technology.
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Netflix's gaming venture, which once thrived on high-quality indie games, faces turmoil with layoffs, cancelled projects, and strategic refocus under new leadership. Their latest game, "Squid Game Unleashed," flopped, raising concerns about Netflix's commitment to gaming innovation.
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Tea can help reduce heavy metal toxins in water due to its high surface area, which adsorbs contaminants during steeping. Studies show that brewing tea, particularly with cellulose tea bags, for longer periods enhances this effect, potentially improving health.
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Amazon unveiled Alexa+, an upgraded AI assistant, powered by a "model agnostic" system that selects the best AI model for each task. It leverages Amazon's Bedrock platform and models from partners like Anthropic. Alexa+ can handle device coordination, website tasks, and navigation, while supporting extensive integrations.
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Grok, Elon Musk's chatbot, was temporarily altered to block results implying Musk and Trump spread misinformation. The change, made by a rogue employee, was reversed after discovery. xAI's head of engineering clarified the incident and emphasized adherence to transparent values.
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⭐ 3253, 🖖 62
A from-scratch experimental AOT JS engine, written in JS
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⭐ 2212, 🖖 267
A Direct-to-Driver open mobility platform powering the next-generation of mobility applications in India.
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⭐ 23267, 🖖 3540
Integrate cutting-edge LLM technology quickly and easily into your apps
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⭐ 2107, 🖖 188
Efficient data transformation and modeling framework that is backwards compatible with dbt.
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⭐ 366, 🖖 12
A Database Written in Golang
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