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💻 Framework’s computers aren’t perfect, but they are exciting

Framework's approach to sustainability and repairability in their laptops is exciting and reminiscent of the first unique and cool laptop the author ever owned from an unlikely source, Best Buy's short-lived house brand VPR Matrix, although the author notes that the MacBook Pro is currently the objectively best laptop, and while they may not buy a Framework laptop, they appreciate and feel excited by the potential it offers.

🦠 Exotic bacteria species show promise as rare-earth element recyclers

Exotic bacterial species have been identified as potential rare-earth element recyclers, as researchers have found that certain cyanobacterial species are particularly good at absorbing rare-earth elements, which could be used to reclaim desirable elements and clean up the land and water.

🤐 Musk loses in court, has to delete tweet threatening workers who join union

Elon Musk has lost his case in court and will have to delete a tweet threatening Tesla workers who join a union, and also has to reinstate a pro-union worker who was illegally fired - the ruling was made by a federal appeals court, which affirms that Musk violated US labor law.

🕵 The Tor Project’s new privacy-focused browser doesn’t use the Tor network

The Tor Project has partnered with Mullvad VPN to launch a privacy-focused browser called the Mullvad browser, which aims to reduce a user's browser "fingerprint" and make it harder for advertisers and other companies to track them across the internet by connecting to a VPN instead of a decentralized onion network.

🤖 GPT-4 Was Deeply Racist Before OpenAI Muzzled It

OpenAI's latest large language model, GPT-4, was found to be deeply racist and prone to generating potentially harmful content by a task force put together by the company to head off horrible outputs from the AI model, although efforts by the "red team" appear to have paid off, according to OpenAI's recently released technical paper.

🔒 Users fume after My Cloud network breach locks them out of their data

MyCloud users are unable to access their data after a network breach allowed hackers to steal information, potentially raising the possibility of ransomware.

🔍 ChatGPT data leak has Italian lawmakers scrambling to regulate data collection

Italian regulator imposes temporary ban on ChatGPT due to concerns over unlawful data collection, lack of age verification system, and potential for sharing misinformation, while experts debate on how governments should regulate AI.

🔍 Proton’s mass radius is apparently shorter than its charge radius

Experimental work has created a value for the proton's mass radius, which describes the distribution of mass within the particle, and it turns out the value is significantly different from the proton's charge radius due to the quantum properties of the quarks and gluons that make up the proton.

🐶 Twitter’s new homepage logo is doge-y

Twitter's homepage logo has been changed to the popular Doge meme, which could be either an April Fool's joke or a serious endeavor, as the price of Dogecoin starts to go up, and Elon Musk faces a $258 million racketeering lawsuit over promoting the cryptocurrency.

🎼 Why can’t more music apps be like Apple Music Classical?

Apple's Music Classical app, which addresses problems with metadata for classical music, has been praised for its richness and nuance, with some questioning why other music apps aren't as detail-focused.

🚫 Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by margin

Parisians have voted overwhelmingly in favor of banning rental electric scooters from the city, citing safety concerns and flouting of rules of the road by riders.

👥 Apple's Tim Cook says AR and VR headsets are for connection and communication

Apple CEO Tim Cook emphasizes the importance of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in enhancing communication and connection between people, along with discussing privacy and the company's upcoming mixed-reality headset in a GQ profile.

🌍 Stable Diffusion copyright lawsuits could be a legal earthquake for AI

The use of generative AI by startups like StabilityAI could face legal repercussions in copyright lawsuits, as the technology is uncharted legal territory, with both fair use and infringement arguments on both sides, leading to a potentially massive legal earthquake for the industry.

💡📚 Articles

🚀 The Software Development Odyssey: A Journey Through Time and Tech (2 min read)

Join the Software Development Odyssey: A Journey Through Time and Tech, where we'll explore the key milestones, trends, and technologies that shaped our industry, all from the perspective of a battle-hardened developer. Expect to chuckle, reminisce, and perhaps even shed a nostalgic tear. Let's get this journey started!

🏗️ Embracing Clean Architecture: The Key to Scalable and Maintainable Software (4 min read)

Unlock Scalability and Maintainability with Clean Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide

🛠 Building a reusable REST api framework for Salesforce.com apps (3 min read)

Revolutionize Your Salesforce API Development with a Reusable, Enterprise-Ready Framework

💻 Five Things You Should Know About the M2 Chip by Apple (3 min read)

Get Ready for the Next Wave of Power and Portability with Apple's Newest M2 Chip: Everything You Need to Know!

💻 On interfaces and composition (6 min read)

Let's explore the benefits of using interfaces and composition for storage in your applications. By using interfaces, you can isolate and test individual layers, while also making it easier to swap out storage solutions in the future. Additionally, using the technique of wraps allows you to create multiple layers of storage with fallbacks, making it easy to add additional layers as needed. With this approach, unit testing becomes easier and you can have more confidence in your application code.

🔍 Data Consistency in the Microservice Architecture (5 min read)

Unlocking the mystery of Data Consistency in Microservice Architecture: A Saga of Availability and Consistency

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