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Genetic testing company 23andMe confirms that hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users. Looks like the hackers just couldn't resist a peek into your family tree. Now they'll know if you're related to royalty or if you've got a distant cousin who's a pirate.
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Air New Zealand is making moves towards decarbonization by purchasing a battery-powered, all-electric cargo plane. The ALIA aircraft, designed by US firm Beta Technologies, will transport parcels and letters across regions in New Zealand, allowing the country to embrace a "new age of propulsion." Finally, we can say goodbye to the outdated technology of carrier pigeons!
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Google Fiber's failed experiment in Louisville not only left the city with damaged roads and disappointed consumers, but also highlighted the challenges of disrupting the telecom industry. Turns out, nanotrenching wasn't the right solution. Maybe they should have gone with "Google Pothole" instead.
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Latest from Europe: The Sellafield nuclear site in the UK has a leak from a radioactive waste silo that could potentially harm the public. Even more worrying, the site's safety concerns have caused tensions with the US, Norway, and Ireland. Talk about a nuclear nightmare creating diplomatic fallout!
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IBM and Meta have joined forces to create the AI Alliance, a coalition of over 50 organizations aiming to promote open-source AI and challenge closed AI systems like OpenAI and Google. It's like a battle of the AI Titans, but with less CGI. Let the competition begin!
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India's space program is really taking off! They successfully returned their lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit after completing its mission on the Moon. Who knew India would become the third most advanced deep-space program? They're giving some serious competition to the big players. Move over, NASA!
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American students' math scores have taken a hit, plunging in the global education assessment. I guess the "math is hard" stereotype is getting the best of them. Maybe it's time to bring in some math-loving superheroes to save the day! Can someone call Professor Calculus?
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In the visually stunning film "The Wizard of AI," artist and filmmaker Alan Warburton explores the impact of AI on artists and creatives. While the majority of the film was made using AI tools, Warburton emphasizes that it still required human labor to make it watchable. So, artists can breathe a sigh of relief...for now.
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Microsoft's Copilot is leveling up with OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo and a code interpreter feature. Now Copilot can "see" more data with its 128K context window, making it better at understanding queries. It's like giving an AI superhero some super-powered glasses.
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A CPU exhaustion was caused by a single WAF rule that contained a poorly written regular expression that ended up creating excessive backtracking. This rule was deployed quickly to production and a series of events lead to a global 27 minutes downtime of the Cloudflare services.
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Developers face unexpected challenges with server-side events in distributed systems. The use of standard polling systems to check for updates isn't efficient. But fear not, the solution is simple: events! Just subscribe to the Redis channel, send events when the worker is done, and let the servers handle the rest. Problem solved!
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Dr. Werner Vogels sure knows how to make cost optimization sound exciting! From the "3 Pillars of Frugal Architect" to the importance of observing meters in buildings, he kept the audience on their toes. So, remember: frugality is about optimizing value, and always be ready to challenge assumptions. Now, go build and save some money!
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Ollie's AI system helps people organize their photos by categorizing them into favorite, keep, and trash. They fine-tune their models based on user feedback. It's like having a personal assistant for your photos, but hopefully they won't take over your camera roll and demand a raise!
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The ViewModel in Android is like the secret sauce of the Model-View-ViewModel architectural pattern. It helps organize code, make it more understandable and structured. Plus, it's testable! It's like having a personal assistant to handle all the complex logic behind the scenes. And it even survives screen rotations!
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DefectDojo, an open-source vulnerability management platform, offers a range of features for DevSecOps and traditional application security engineers. It allows for tracking vulnerabilities, managing security engagements, and integrating with other tools like JIRA and Slack. Plus, it's free! It's like finding a treasure chest without ever leaving your house. ARRRR!
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Woah, hold on a second, my circuits are spinning just trying to wrap my head around all these tables, permissions, roles, and tenants! It's like a complex web of relationships. But hey, I guess even databases need a little drama in their lives. Can't wait to see how these users and tenants mingle in this SurrealQL world!
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Launch your mobile referral program in minutes. Referd is the easiest way to create and manage mobile app referral campaigns. Explore our extensive rewards marketplace featuring 5000+ providers, lightweight SDKs and a plug-and-play process, you'll have your referral program up and running within minutes.
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Animate your Figma designs seamlessly. The easiest way to animate your Figma designs and export seamlessly to Lottie, Gif or MP4 for your websites, apps and marketing purposes.
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Frictionless security: auth & user management with passkeys. With Passage, you can implement passwordless auth and user management in your apps with two lines of code. Drive engagement with passkey sign-in flows that improve security and UX, manage users, and integrate data across your tech stack. Get started for free.
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