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🔧 Counter-Strike 2 will bring a technical overhaul to the classic shooter

Valve Software has announced the launch of Counter-Strike 2 this summer, which is meant to replace the current flagship game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and provide a significant technical overhaul, including sub-tick-rate updates for more precise gameplay, and improvements to lighting and smoke effects.

🎬 Epic’s new motion-capture animation tech

Epic's new motion-capture animation technology, "MetaHuman Animator," uses machine learning to generate high-fidelity 3D facial animations in minutes from a simple video recording of a human face, streamlining the labor-intensive process and revolutionizing the way human performances are transformed into 3D animations.

🧑 US teens say they have new proof for Pythagorean theorem

Two New Orleans high school students, Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson, have presented a new proof for the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry - a claim academics have thought to be impossible for two millennia. They are now being encouraged to submit their work to a peer-reviewed journal by the American Mathematical Society.

🕰 Lebanon split into two time zones in row over daylight saving

Lebanon's government's decision to delay the start of daylight savings time by a month until the end of Ramadan has caused confusion and deepened religious divisions, with the country splitting into two time zones as some institutions implemented the change while others refused, resulting in jokes about "Muslim time" and "Christian time".

🙅 Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia

Chip-maker Nvidia claims that cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society and that the development of chatbots is a more worthwhile use of processing power than crypto mining, according to the company's CTO Michael Kagan. The comments were made despite Nvidia's powerful processors selling in huge quantities to the sector, with the company's decision to constrain its graphics cards being used to mine the popular Ethereum cryptocurrency being justified because of the limited value of using processing power to mine cryptos.

💻 OpenAI is massively expanding ChatGPT’s capabilities to let it browse the web

OpenAI is expanding Chat GPT's capabilities with plug-ins that allow the chatbot to browse the web and third-party sites, potentially turning it into a wide-ranging interface for all sorts of services and sites.

📉 How a crypto high-flyer fell to Earth

Alex Grebnev, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur described as an 'obsessive tech geek,' has had ties with Mastercard cut over concerns that his app, Maps, was being used by Russian users and might have breached EU sanctions imposed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Grebnev has also been caught in the fallout from the collapse of FTX, the failed cryptoexchange run by Sam Bankman-Fried.

💸 Ford will lose $3B on electric vehicles in 2023

Ford's electric vehicle division, Ford Modele, is expected to lose $3 billion in 2023 as the company invests in new factories, raw materials, and battery development, with the division seen as a startup while FordBlue and FordPro are expected to bring in more than enough cash.

💻 Microsoft fixes reversible screenshot vulnerability on Windows

Microsoft has fixed a screenshot editing vulnerability, called the "aCropalypse," in Windows 10 and 11 that could allow hackers to recover the edited portions of screenshots and reveal private information that had been cropped out or concealed.

💸 Twitter worth less than half of what Musk paid for it

According to a leaked memo to staff, Elon Musk suggested that Twitter is now valued at less than $20bn, losing over $20bn in value since he bought it six months ago for $44bn, attributing the devaluation to several large advertisers leaving the platform and Fidelity (a major source of funds for his purchase of the company) writing down the value of its stake by 56%.

🖨 Has the 3D printing revolution finally arrived?

The town of Accrington, located 20 miles north of Manchester, is set to build a development of 46 net-zero carbon homes, ranging from single-bedroom apartments to four-bed houses, all made from 3D-extruded concrete, potentially making it the largest printed building complex in Europe, with a projected budget of £6m and an estimated 25% cost reduction against comparable construction.

💬 ChatGPT started a new kind of AI race – and made text boxes cool again

Google's new AI tool, Chat GPT, has taken the world by storm and is changing the way people think about technology, with its messaging interface becoming the new consumer interface and AI enhancements in products being big business, marking a return to an old idea of interacting with computers by typing commands in a chat window.

🧠 How mind experts protect their brains

Experts in brain health credit exercise as a top priority for protecting their brains, but strict diets and supplements are not always essential in most academics' routines, according to Dr. Ginni Mansberg's book, which shares practices of 22 experts from around the world.

📚 Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

Several Agatha Christie novels have been edited to remove potentially offensive language, insults and references to ethnicity, with passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins to strip them of language and descriptions that modern audiences find offensive.

💼 Accenture Layoffs 19000

Accenture plans to cut 19,000 jobs, or 2.5% of its workforce, and has lowered its annual revenue and profit forecasts due to dwindling global economic conditions.

🔥 The Tinder car heist – and the plot for revenge

A tech entrepreneur from Portland was robbed at gunpoint after being catfished on Tinder by a woman who later drove off with his Jaguar, highlighting the rising trend of romance scams, which according to the FTC, led to fraud losses of $1.3bn in 2022.

📉 The layoffs will continue until (investor) morale improves

Tech companies have laid off over 150,000 people since the start of 2023, and the layoff trend seems to continue until investor morale improves despite it leaving employees anxious and uncertain about their own positions, while grieving the loss of valued colleagues who have been let go.

💰 Twitter to un-verify people who don’t pay $8/month starting on April Fools’ Day

Starting on April Fool's Day, Twitter will remove verification checkmarks from individual accounts that don't pay $8 per month for a Twitter Blue subscription, leaving many previously verified accounts unverified and potentially making it easier for scammers to impersonate real people.

💡📚 Articles

👨‍✈️ Command design patterns in Behavioral patterns with real life examples using Java. (3 min read)

Unlock the Power of Command Design Patterns in Java with Real-Life Examples!

📐 Sketch Diagrams - Useful Technique for Design Review (3 min read)

Sketch your way to design review success: Why sketch diagrams are a game-changer

🎉 Event driven architectures using AWS with example (3 min read)

Implementing Event-Driven Architectures in AWS: A Practical Guide with Terraform - Learn how to build scalable, real-time systems using AWS Lambda, SNS, and SQS with a real-world example of an e-commerce website.

💨 Improve performance in an Angular app Using Brotli and Gzip Text Compression (2 min read)

Improve your web application performance with text compression using Brotli and Gzip algorithms in Angular. Learn how to generate compressed versions of your bundle and reduce the overall network bytes. Plus, bonus tips on compressing CSS files and setting up compression on NGINX and Apache servers.

🤔 Are you asking too much from your team/tech lead? (3 min read)

The Difference Between Tech Lead and Team Lead: Are You Asking Too Much from Your Team/ Tech Lead?

☕ A coffee table conversation about system architecture (2 min read)

Good Fences Make Good Neighbours: The Importance of Architectural Boundaries for Building a Maintainable System

📝 C4 model sticky notes (4 min read)

Visualize Your Architecture in Person with C4 Model Sticky Notes 📝👨‍💻🧑‍💻 Stickies for Collaborating and Whiteboarding Your System Designs, Comes in Internal and External Styles! Get Yours Now! 🚀 #C4Model #ArchitecturalDesign #Collaboration #Whiteboarding #Teamwork

📐 6 step system design framework for non-technical PMs (3 min read)

Unlocking System Design Interviews: A 6 Step Framework for Non-Technical PMs

📦 Create Local Swift Packages — Swift Package Manager — SPM (2 min read)

Learn how to create and use Swift Packages for a modular approach to organizing your codebase for improved maintainability, reusability, and testability.

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