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#General #Development #Mobile Development #Cloud & DevOps #Cybersecurity & Privacy #AI & Data Science #Hardware & Gadgets #Design & UXFinalized no. 37
~20 days until the Merge tl;dr The Merge Data Challenge is live! Collect, analyze, and visualize all of the data Merge Mainnet client releases are out. Did you upgrade yet?...
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Issue 573
Have we reached peak Regex with RegexBuilder?
Cybercriminals Are Selling Access to Chinese Surveillance Cameras
Tens of thousands of cameras have failed to patch a critical, 11-month-old CVE, leaving thousands of organizations exposed.
Advancing conservation with AI-based facial recognition of turtles
We came across Zindi β a dedicated partner with complementary goals β who are the largest community of African data scientists and host competitions that focus on solving Africaβs most pressing problems. Our Science teamβs Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) team worked with Zindi to identify a scientific challenge that could help advance conservation efforts and grow involvement in AI. Inspired by Zindiβs...
Twitter Whistleblower Complaint: The TL;DR Version
Twitter is blasted for security and privacy lapses by the companyβs former head of security who alleges the social media giantβs actions amount to a national security risk.
2023 Toyota Sequoia Review: Ups and Downs
There's a lot to like about Toyota's body-on-frame family tank, but there's still plenty of room for improvement.
Mainnet Merge Announcement
Ethereum is moving to proof-of-stake! The transition, known as The Merge, must first be activated on the Beacon Chain with the Bellatrix upgrade. After this, the proof-of-work chain will migrate to proof-of-stake upon hitting a specific Total Difficulty value. The Bellatrix upgrade is scheduled for epoch 144896 on the Beacon...
What is a Service Level Agreement (SLA) in web hosting?
Find out why diving deep into an SLA before signing up with a web host is a must.
Firewall Bug Under Active Attack Triggers CISA Warning
CISA is warning that Palo Alto Networksβ PAN-OS is under active attack and needs to be patched ASAP.
Fake Reservation Links Prey on Weary Travelers
Fake travel reservations are exacting more pain from the travel weary, already dealing with the misery of canceled flights and overbooked hotels.
iPhone Users Urged to Update to Patch 2 Zero-Days
Separate fixes to macOS and iOS patch respective flaws in the kernel and WebKit that can allow threat actors to take over devices and are under attack.
Issue 572
How did I do on my quest to have more "blank days" over the last year?
Google Patches Chromeβs Fifth Zero-Day of the Year
An insufficient validation input flaw, one of 11 patched in an update this week, could allow for arbitrary code execution and is under active attack.
Discovering when an agent is present in a system
We want to build safe, aligned artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems that pursue the intended goals of its designers. Causal influence diagrams (CIDs) are a way to model decision-making situations that allow us to reason about agent incentives. By relating training setups to the incentives that shape agent behaviour, CIDs help illuminate potential risks before training an agent and can inspire better agent...
Marvel Phase 5: every new MCU movie and Disney Plus show that'll be released by mid-2025
Here's all you need to know about Marvel Phase5 before it ends in July.
2022 Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid Review: Your Mileage Will Vary
In some situations, Bentley's plug-in hybrid sedan is blissful. In other situations, it's anything but.
Issue 571
Is SwiftUI less flexible or hackable than AppKit or UIKit? Maybe, but that's probably a good thing.
Finalized no. 36
tl;dr Merge sequence engaged ...
Realising scientists are the real superheroes
Meet Edgar Duéñez-GuzmΓ‘n, a research engineer on our Multi-Agent Research team whoβs drawing on knowledge of game theory, computer science, and social evolution to get AI agents working better together.
Dear SaaStr: How Long Does It Take the Average SaaS Startup to βExitβ?
Dear SaaStr: How Long Does It Take the Average SaaS Startup to βExitβ? I took a look a little while back at how long it took the average SaaS company that was sold for $1B+ to get that acquisition. The answer? 11.7 years on average, with a median of 10.0 years (maybe the better metric):... Continue Reading
2023 BMW iX xDrive50 Review: Pleasing Performer, Vexing Design
The all-new iX gets the EV fundamentals right -- performance, range, comfort and more. So why don't I love this otherwise excellent machine?
2022 Maserati MC20 Review: Visceral Excitement
The mid-engine MC20 is the halo car Maserati deserves.
Issue 570
Software development is a lot like rock climbing, I think!
2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid Review: Grow Up, Glow Up
Kia's fifth-generation compact SUV is a big improvement over its predecessors, and the new hybrid model is the best configuration to get.
2022 Nissan Rogue Review: Little Engine Makes a Big Difference
A new turbocharged inline-three gives Nissan's best seller more power and better fuel economy.
Sepolia Post-Merge Upgrade Announcement
The Sepolia testnet will undergo a post-merge execution layer (EL) upgrade at block 1735371, expected on August 17, 2022 The upgrade will cause EL clients on the network to disconnect from peers which have not transitioned to proof-of-stake. It does not add additional functionality beyond this. Sepolia node operators must...
Academic Grants Round grantee announcement
We are thrilled to announce the 39 grantees selected for the recent Academic Grants Round. This grants round invited researchers, think-tanks, Ph.D. students, and all those interested in advancing knowledge around the Ethereum ecosystem to submit academic proposals. Thank you to all those who submitted proposals, and congratulations to...
Issue 569
Where would you write Swift code without Xcode? TextEdit? Microsoft Word? Or β¦
The race to cure a billion people from a deadly parasitic disease
Accelerating the search for life saving leishmaniasis treatments
Tracing the evolution of proteins back to the origin of life
Looking into a proteinβs past to unlock the mysteries of life itself
How the honeybee could help protect species around the world
New insights into immunity to help protect the worldβs flora
AlphaFold transforms biology for millions around the world
Big data that leads to discoveries that benefit everyone
Advancing discovery of better drugs and medicine
Researchers are designing more effective drugs than ever before
Creating plastic-eating enzymes that could save us from pollution
Helping plastics become 100% recyclable
AlphaFold unlocks one of the greatest puzzles in biology
Piecing together one of the largest molecular structures in human cells