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Weβre introducing Veo, our most capable model for generating high-definition video, and Imagen 3, our highest quality text-to-image model. Weβre also sharing new demo recordings created with our Music AI Sandbox.
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Watermarking AI-generated text and video with SynthID
Announcing our novel watermarking method for AI-generated text and video, and how weβre bringing SynthID to key Google products
How to Deploy Apache Airflow on Vultr Using Anaconda
Learn how to deploy an Airflow app in a Conda environment and secure the app using Nginx and request SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt. Continue reading How to Deploy Apache Airflow on Vultr Using Anaconda on SitePoint.
Allocation Update - Q1 2024
We're welcoming the new year with a fresh wave of grants! Discover the projects that received funding in the first quarter of this year, listed down below:...
Chris Corner: Platforms and Tools
Late last year Google made this showcase microsite The Web Can Do What!?. Itβs nicely done! I like how it talks about various somewhat-recently unlocked use cases, while itself being a showcase for other rather impressive things you can do on a website (cool usage of sticky sections, view transitions, etc). Google invests a lot [β¦]
Announcing the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 5
TL;DR: - Review the program details for EPF5 - Applications for EPF5 are open until May 26 - A town hall will be held for an overview and questions on May 21 at 4PM UTC. We are excited to announce that the applications are now...
Issue 660
Happy Birthday to β¦ the Worldwide Developers Conference!
Lessons on building hardware from the founders of Eight Sleep
The co-founders of Eight Sleep share some things they've learned about building hardware over the last 10 years
AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of lifeβs molecules
Introducing a new AI model developed by Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs.
Cross Platform development with FlutterβββHow Google Classroom gets teachers and students on theβ¦
Cross Platform development with FlutterβHow Google Classroom gets teachers and students on the samepageGoogleβs Classroom app, which originally launched in 2014, is used by 150 million educators and students around the world to organize homework, grades, and communication in the classroom. Available on Android and iOS, development originally began earlier that year and has spanned eras of tremendous change on both...
Best practices for optimizing Flutter web loading speed
As a Flutter developer working with the Google Flutter team and personally in my private time, I encounter and understand the concerns regarding the loading speed of Flutter web apps. Optimizing loading speed is crucial for better performance and a positive user experience, especially as Flutter developers expand into web development. This guide offers actionable strategies and best practices to accelerate the...
Chris Corner: Unusual Ideas with Great Results
SVG Short Circuiting SVG is normally a pretty efficient file format. If an image is vector in nature, leaving it as vector is normally a good plan as it will like scale well and look pretty darn crips. But of course, It Depends. Super complex vector graphics can get huge, and a raster (i.e. JPG, [β¦]
Google DeepMind at ICLR 2024
Developing next-gen AI agents, exploring new modalities, and pioneering foundational learning
Issue 659
Is Swift 6 hitting one of the REAL hard problems? Not generics, not data race safety, but naming things!
Secure Randomness in Go 1.22
ChaCha8Rand is a new cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator used in Go 1.22.
The State of the Subreddit (May 2024)
Hello fellow programs! tl;dr some revisions to the rules to reduce low quality blogspam. The most notable are: banning listicles ("7 cool things I copy-pasted from somebody else!"), extreme beginner articles ("how to use a for loop"), and some limitations on career posts (they must be related to programming careers). Lastly, I want feedback on these changes and the subreddit in general and invite you to vote and use...
Cloud Native: How Ampere Is Improving Nightly Arm64 Builds
Learn how the CNCF make their nightly native arm64 builds more secure, more efficiently use resources, and be much faster. Continue reading Cloud Native: How Ampere Is Improving Nightly Arm64 Builds on SitePoint.
Evolving the Go Standard Library with math/rand/v2
Go 1.22 adds math/rand/v2 and charts a course for the evolution of the Go standard library.
How to Create Content in WordPress with AI
Learn how to install and use the AI Bud WordPress plugin, a powerful AI tool for simplifying your WordPress content creation process. Continue reading How to Create Content in WordPress with AI on SitePoint.
Congratulations to the 2024 YC Top Companies!
Weβre excited to announce the 2024 YC Top Companies list! This list features the YC alumni with the highest revenue in 2023.
A Beginnerβs Guide to Setting Up a Project in Laravel
In this Laravel tutorial, you'll learn about the building blocks of Laravel and how to use it to set up a small project. Continue reading A Beginnerβs Guide to Setting Up a Project in Laravel on SitePoint.
Chrisβ Corner: Design the Job
Yβall use Figma for design work? Iβd be willing to bet a lot of you do at your organization. Iβm still wrapping my brain around the fact that Adobe has to write a billion dollar check to not acquire it. Itβs no wonder why they wanted it β there is a new household name in [β¦]
Enhancing DevSecOps Workflows with Generative AI: A Comprehensive Guide
The advent of generative AI is set to revolutionize DevSecOps practices by addressing the manual aspects of the development lifecycle Continue reading Enhancing DevSecOps Workflows with Generative AI: A Comprehensive Guide on SitePoint.
Issue 658
Meet the Swift Student Challenge winners for WWDC 2024
Llamafileβs progress, four months in
When Mozillaβs Innovation group first launched the llamafile project late last year, we were thrilled by the immediate positive response from open source AI developers. Itβs become one of Mozillaβs top three most-favorited repositories on GitHub, attracting a number of contributors, some excellent PRs, and a growing community on our Discord server. The post Llamafileβs progress, four months in appeared first on Mozilla...
Getting to know YC's newest Group Partner, David Lieb
Last week we shared some awesome news: David Lieb, the creator of Bump (part of the summer 2009 batch!) and Google Photos, has joined YC as a Group Partner. I sat down with David to hear more about his incredible story so far.
Foundational Tools in iOS
This course provides a solid foundation in Swift programming, along with hands-on experience in utilizing Xcode and Version Control tools.
Porting a cross-platform GUI application to Rust
In this blog post, we delve into the motivations for choosing Rust for our crash reporter, outline the unique challenges of designing an application that operates when the main browser has failed, and discuss the new architecture we've implemented. We also share insights into the technical nuances of the implementation, demonstrating how Rust's features are leveraged to handle crashes more effectively and securely. The...
Creating Fluid Typography with the CSS clamp() Function
We dive into the intricacies of how to use the CSS clamp() function to scale the size of text across a range of device sizes. Continue reading Creating Fluid Typography with the CSS clamp() Function on SitePoint.
Chrisβ Corner: Server Side Reconnaissance
If you tend to follow React stuff, you might know that React has a new thing called βServer Componentsβ. Mayank has an excellent blog post about them. It starts out with calling out the nice things about them, and then fairly calls out all sorts of not-so-good things about them. Me, I think itβs all [β¦]
Comparing Full Stack and Headless CMS Platforms
This article dives CMS, both full stack and headless, to help you understand which CMS is suitable to what conditions. Continue reading Comparing Full Stack and Headless CMS Platforms on SitePoint.
React Native 0.74 - Yoga 3.0, Bridgeless New Architecture, and more
Today we're releasing React Native 0.74! This release adds Yoga 3.0, Bridgeless by default under the New Architecture, batched onLayout updates (New Architecture), and Yarn 3 as the default package manager for new projects.
Ethereum Protocol Fellowship Cohort 4 Recap
TL;DR: The EPF concluded the fourth cohort and is preparing for a fifth cohort. Applications will be open soon. In the meantime, explore the new EPF.wiki and sign up to get notified when they open. The Ethereum Protocol Fellowship recently completed its fourth successful cohort, culminating with EPF Day...
The ethics of advanced AI assistants
Exploring the promise and risks of a future with more capable AI
Issue 657
Whatβs the easiest and least hassle path to launching a custom app store in the EU?