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Run a Node Grants Round Grantee Announcement
The Run A Node Grants Round wanted to reach different users exploring blockchain, learning, community efforts, and research purposes. The aim of this round was to encourage the exploration of a diverse range of ideas for operating nodes beyond running a validator, such as facilitating data queries for research, examining...
Published on: December 06, 2023 | Source:
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Chris’ Corner: Mentals and Models
Josh Comeau has a new learning guide out for CSS grid: An Interactive Guide to CSS Grid. I like how Josh gets into the “mental model” right away, because that’s the biggest thing with big APIs like this: you need to get the basics of how it works in your head so you know when […]
Published on: December 04, 2023 | Source:Issue 638
Taking a look at this year’s App Store Award winners, and something that all the apps have in common.
Published on: December 01, 2023 | Source:I Fight For The Users
If you haven’t been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year, I don’t blame you. There’s a lot going on right now. It’s a busy time. But let’s pause and take a moment
Published on: November 30, 2023 | Source:Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .deb package!
A month ago,we introduced our Nightly packagefor Debian-based Linux distributions. Today, we are proud to announce we made our.deb package available for Developer Edition and Beta! The post Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .deb package! appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Published on: November 30, 2023 | Source:Goerli Long Term Support Update
March 18, 2024 update: The Dencun network upgrade successfully activated on the Ethereum mainnet on March 13, 2024. As per the original wording of this announcement, this would imply an April 13, 2024 sunset date for the Goerli testnet. That said, as of this writing, **[nearly all Goerli...
Published on: November 30, 2023 | Source:Introducing llamafile
We're thrilled to announce the first release of llamafile, inviting the open source community to join this groundbreaking project. With llamafile, you can effortlessly convert large language model (LLM) weights into executables. Imagine transforming a 4GB file of LLM weights into a binary that runs smoothly on six different operating systems, without requiring installation. The post Introducing llamafile appeared first...
Published on: November 29, 2023 | Source:Millions of new materials discovered with deep learning
We share the discovery of 2.2 million new crystals – equivalent to nearly 800 years’ worth of knowledge. We introduce Graph Networks for Materials Exploration (GNoME), our new deep learning tool that dramatically increases the speed and efficiency of discovery by predicting the stability of new materials.
Published on: November 29, 2023 | Source:Application Open for Next Billion Fellowship Cohort 4
Decades from now, there will be many stories to tell about the early days of Ethereum. We will remenisce about how a peculiar and powerful technology began to change the landscape of trust on the internet. Some will remember being skeptical, while others may claim to have known all along...
Published on: November 28, 2023 | Source:Devconnect Istanbul 2023 - A celebration of progress and the Ethereum community
Devconnect, the week-long gathering of the Ethereum ecosystem and community, concluded its second edition in Istanbul. The week saw over 3,500 participants from diverse backgrounds come together from November 13-19 at the Devconnect Cowork in the Istanbul Congress Center, and many more join the 70+ deep-dive events organized by independent...
Published on: November 28, 2023 | Source:Chris’ Corner: Good & Useful Ideas
I was ogling the idea of Exit Animations recently, that is, a recent proposal for (something like) @exit-style which could allow us to animate elements as we remove them from the DOM. That is largely just a proposal at the moment, with many challenges ahead. But there is new tech that helps with exit (and […]
Published on: November 27, 2023 | Source:iOS 18: new features, compatible devices, and everything you need to know
iOS 18 is now available to download. Here’s everything you need to know about Apple's latest iPhone update.
Published on: November 25, 2023 | Source:Issue 637
I’ll keep using to represent the Vision Pro until Unicode adds a VR/AR headset emoji, and there’s nothing any of you can do to stop me!
Published on: November 24, 2023 | Source:Introduction to visionOS
The Vision Pro and visionOS present a new paradigm in computing. This is the beginning of spatial computing. Users will be able to view apps floating in front of their eyes and they will be able to interact with them with taps, gestures and their hands. This learning path will survey the various types of apps that you can build for spatial computing. We’ll explore building windowed apps; running existing iOS and iPad...
Published on: November 21, 2023 | Source:Chris’ Corner: Monaspace
I’m a sucker for a new coding font. I generally don’t think what coding font you use affects productivity in any significant way (unless it’s distracting) so farting around and switching it up is just a fun little thing to do. Like pushing around the furniture in your room or taking a different bike route […]
Published on: November 20, 2023 | Source:Issue 636
I, for one, welcome our new Copilot overlords.
Published on: November 17, 2023 | Source:Mozilla AI Guide Launch with Summarization Code Example
Mozilla has just launched the AI Guide, a collaborative hub for developers to join forces, inspire each other, and lead the way in groundbreaking generative AI advancements. The AI Guide’s initial focus begins with language models and the aim is to become a collaborative community-driven resource covering other types of models. The post Mozilla AI Guide Launch with Summarization Code Example appeared first on Mozilla...
Published on: November 16, 2023 | Source:Transforming the future of music creation
Announcing our most advanced music generation model and two new AI experiments, designed to open a new playground for creativity
Published on: November 16, 2023 | Source:Freehand joins the Miro team
We’re thrilled to announce that Miro has acquired Freehand. InVision has always been at the forefront of collaboration, by first […] The post Freehand joins the Miro team appeared first on Inside Design.
Published on: November 15, 2023 | Source:Empowering the next generation for an AI-enabled world
Experience AI's course and resources are expanding on a global scale
Published on: November 15, 2023 | Source:Beyond Borders - Unveiling Potential of Blockchain in a Crisis
Crisis is a cruel teacher. It can draw us together in our shared fragility, but paradoxically it can also distance us from our shared humanity. In times of great crisis, the institutions and structures of society that are supposed to protect and support us may become twisted, corrupted, or rendered...
Published on: November 15, 2023 | Source:Chris’ Corner: Galleries, Grids, and GreenPrimaryDark6
Footer.design is a pretty fun gallery site, itself, of course, with a pretty weird/bold footer. I’ve designed my fair share of footers over the years and it’s certainly an area where you just wanna look at like 50 footers before you start in. See what other people are doing. Can you be clever? Should you […]
Published on: November 14, 2023 | Source:GraphCast: AI model for faster and more accurate global weather forecasting
We introduce GraphCast, a state-of-the-art AI model able to make medium-range weather forecasts with unprecedented accuracy
Published on: November 14, 2023 | Source:Issue 635
The Swift Mentorship Program and package score transparency on the Swift Package Index.
Published on: November 10, 2023 | Source:Chris’ Corner: Buttons, Modes, and a Couple of Layout Situations That Are Still a Bit Tricky
If you ever need some inspiration for buttons, definitely check out Lucas Bonomi’s buttons.cool. This is a better-than-it-needs-to-be one-off site just for beautiful buttons: But it’s not just a design gallery, it’s made for front-end developers in that you can see the code, see them being live-rendered right on the page, and of course, the […]
Published on: November 06, 2023 | Source:Update 2 - Preparing for Devconnect Events
Last week, we posted an advisory update on recent events and potential travel considerations related to Devconnect. Safety is our first and primary consideration now, and we are closely monitoring the situation, including working closely with local security providers, law enforcement, and external risk advisory partners to understand and...
Published on: November 03, 2023 | Source:Issue 634
Content improvements and package metadata on Swift.org
Published on: November 03, 2023 | Source:Secured #6 - Writing Robust C - Best Practices for Finding and Preventing Vulnerabilities
For EIP-4844, Ethereum clients need the ability to compute and verify KZG commitments. Rather than each client rolling their own crypto, researchers and developers came together to write c-kzg-4844, a relatively small C library with bindings for higher-level languages. The idea was to create a robust and efficient cryptographic library...
Published on: November 02, 2023 | Source:Down and to the Right: Firefox Got Faster for Real Users in 2023
To deliver against our vision and enable a better online experience for everyone, we’ve been working hard on making Firefox even faster. We’re extremely happy to report that this has resulted in a significant improvement in speed over the past year. The post Down and to the Right: Firefox Got Faster for Real Users in 2023 appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Published on: October 31, 2023 | Source:A glimpse of the next generation of AlphaFold
Progress update: Our latest AlphaFold model shows significantly improved accuracy and expands coverage beyond proteins to other biological molecules, including ligands.
Published on: October 31, 2023 | Source:Chris’ Corner: Considering Code
I enjoyed Stefan Baumgartner’s 5 Inconvenient Truths about TypeScript. I like some philosophical hard-truths from someone who is clearly pretty close to the technology. It doesn’t “fix JavaScript”, it’s complicated, and ironically, it’s not truly type-safe. Every team is going to have to do their own math on whether they find it worth it or […]
Published on: October 30, 2023 | Source:Andor season 2: release date, trailer, confirmed cast, plot synopsis, and more on the popular Star Wars show's return on Disney+
Here's everything we know about Star Wars: Andor season 2, which will make its Disney+ debut in late April.
Published on: October 28, 2023 | Source:Issue 633
A milestone for Swift package documentation!
Published on: October 27, 2023 | Source:Chris’ Corner: Fresh Type
I like the feeling of a good fresh typeface. Like design itself, type design has trends, and without being able to articulate it particularly well, I feel like I can feel a fresh type look from a stale one. That’s probably the thinking of an amateur, and I’m sure the world’s fanciest designers probably used […]
Published on: October 23, 2023 | Source:Update - Advisory on recent events and potential travel considerations
Over the last weeks, we have been closely monitoring the security and safety in Istanbul. In particular, we have been focused on how events in Israel and the Gaza Strip may impact attendee safety. We try to assess risk whenever we host an event. In the case of Devconnect...
Published on: October 23, 2023 | Source: