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40 years of Macintosh! Do you remember your first time using one?
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Sepolia & Holesky Dencun Announcement
Important update: since the initial publication of this post, Lodestar has published a new release, v1.15.0, which Holesky users must upgrade to prior to Dencun's activation on February 7th. Additionally, Prysm and Nimbus have both published highly recommended releases for Holesky. Prysm users are encouraged to use v4.2.1, and Nimbus...
Wrapping up the KZG Ceremony
The KZG Ceremony was the largest multi-party computation of its kind (by number of participants). Through an open, accessible process, it produced a secure cryptographic foundation for EIP-4844. Learn more about how the Ceremony worked in Carl Beekhuizen's Devcon talk: "Summoning the spirit of the Dankshard" As the...
Chrisβ Corner: Type
Iβm in the mood for a typography focused edition. I have some links saved up Iβve been meaning to read. Iβm going to start reading now and the links that turn out any good Iβll put below. Mike Mai put together a Typography Manual (for type on the web). Itβs a pretty random spattering of [β¦]
Issue 644
Is today's opening comment going to be on the Vision Pro or App Store guidelines?
AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-level AI system for geometry
Advancing AI reasoning in mathematics
Goerli Dencun Announcement
The blobs are coming: Dencun will go live on Goerli at 6:32 UTC on January 17, 2024. Dencun will be Goerli's last upgrade before core teams stop supporting it. More on this in a previous post. Assuming the Goerli upgrade goes well, the Sepolia and Holesky testnets will activate Dencun...
Chrisβ Corner: Swinging For It
New year, new local code editor? Itβs maybe worth a peak at Zed, at least. They do a good job in the one-sentence pitch: Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter. All tech things have to be fast, so check. No shade either, speed is vital in all [β¦]
Chrisβ Corner: Switch
The βswitchβ is a pretty common design pattern on the web. Itβs pretty much a checkbox. In fact, under the HTML hood, it really ought to be an or perhaps a with just two s (or a third if there is an indeterminate state). But unfortunately, the web doesnβt give us any [β¦]
Samsung Project Moohan:the latest news for the Android XR headset
Here's everything you need to know about the rumored price, release date, and specs of the Samsung Android XR headset.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025: the first showcase of the year saw the launch of the Galaxy S25 series and a tease of the Galaxy S25 Edge
The first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked of 2025 was a showcase of Galaxy S25 phones, Galaxy AI and a few surprises.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025: get ready for the Galaxy S25 series and a lot of AI
January 22 will play host to the first Samsung Galaxy Unpacked of 2025.
Issue 642
Let's make 2024 a year of amazing blogging in the Swift community, shall we?
InVision design collaboration services shutdown
InVision Community, Today I am writing to share that after careful consideration we have made the difficult decision to discontinue [β¦] The post InVision design collaboration services shutdown appeared first on Inside Design.
Shaping the future of advanced robotics
Introducing AutoRT, SARA-RT, and RT-Trajectory
Southeast Asia welcomes Devcon 7!
Hey Ethereum family! We're delighted to start this new year by sharing an update that's not just about revealing the location and date for Devcon 7, but rather an exciting expansion of our vision. This year, we're embracing the whole Southeast Asia region as the stage for our...
Images altered to trick machine vision can influence humans too
In a series of experiments published in Nature Communications, we found evidence that human judgments are indeed systematically influenced by adversarial perturbations.
DCU Chapter One: every upcoming DC movie and TV show plus known release dates
Here's everything we know about DCU Chapter One, the first phase of James Gunn's rebooted superhero franchise.
Wednesday season 2: everything we know about the wildly popular Netflix show's sophomore chapter
Here's everything we know about Wednesday season 2 ahead of its eventual Netflix release.
Issue 641
As 2023 draws to an end, it's time for the annual "Best Of And Finallyβ¦" issue!
2023: A Year of Groundbreaking Advances in AI and Computing
This has been a year of incredible progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and its practical applications.
Chrisβ Corner: Very Simple Web Components
Letβs do a Web Components issue this week. We gotta do it. As Scott Vandehey says: HTML Web Components Are Havinga Moment. Scott links to a pretty healthy stew of other peopleβs writing where they have their own ah-ha moments where they can picture the usefulness of native Web Components in their own work. I [β¦]
Allocation Update - Q3 2023
Before we wrap up the year, we'd like to showcase the fantastic projects that were funded in the previous quarter. Dive into the details below to learn more about the Q3 grantees and their work!...
Issue 640
Setting a breakpoint on 2023 and looking forward to 2024!
FunSearch: Making new discoveries in mathematical sciences using Large Language Models
In a paper published in Nature, we introduce FunSearch, a method for searching for βfunctionsβ written in computer code, and find new solutions in mathematics and computer science. FunSearch works by pairing a pre-trained LLM, whose goal is to provide creative solutions in the form of computer code, with an automated βevaluatorβ, which guards against hallucinations and incorrect ideas.
Puppeteer Support for the Cross-Browser WebDriver BiDi Standard
Puppeteer now supports the next-generation, cross-browser WebDriver BiDi standard. This new protocol makes it easy for web developers to write automated tests that work across multiple browser engines. The post Puppeteer Support for the Cross-Browser WebDriver BiDi Standard appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.
Chrisβ Corner: More Surprising Powers of CSS
Kilian Valkhof has a good one this week, You donβt need JavaScript for that, as part of the HTMLHell yearly Advent Calendar (of blog posts). He opens with the rule of least power: Choose the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose. Thatβs fun for us CSS nerds, because CSS is a pretty low [β¦]
One Piece season 2: everything we know so far about the hit Netflix show's return
Looking for the latest seafaring intel on One Piece season 2? TechRadar has got you covered.
Google DeepMind at NeurIPS 2023
The Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) is the largest artificial intelligence (AI) conference in the world. NeurIPS 2023 will be taking place December 10-16 in New Orleans, USA.Teams from across Google DeepMind are presenting more than 150 papers at the main conference and workshops.
Issue 639
Did Apple just unlock a speed upgrade for on-device AI with Apple Silicon?
Introducing Gemini: our largest and most capable AI model
Making AI more helpful for everyone
React Native 0.73 - Debugging Improvements, Stable Symlink Support, and more
Today we're releasing React Native 0.73! This release adds improvements to debugging with Hermes, stable symlink support, Android 14 support, and new experimental features. We are also deprecating legacy debugging features, and are releasing the next pillar of the New Architecture: Bridgeless Mode!
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...
Chrisβ 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 βmental modelβ right away, because thatβs 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 [β¦]