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AlphaFold reveals the structure of the protein universe
Today, in partnership with EMBLβs European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), weβre now releasing predicted structures for nearly all catalogued proteins known to science, which will expand the AlphaFold DB by over 200x - from nearly 1 million structures to over 200 million structures - with the potential to dramatically increase our understanding of biology.
Goerli/Prater Merge Announcement
For the last testnet proof-of-stake transition, Goerli will merge with Prater. The combined Goerli/Prater network will retain the Goerli name post-merge. Bellatrix, the Prater upgrade readying it for The Merge will happen at epoch 112260, expected at 12:24PM UTC on August 4, 2022. After Bellatrix is activated, the Goerli/Prater merge...
How web hosting affects SEO
Find the right web hosting solution can be a huge boost for your business.
Before You Start as a VP β Please, Please, Please. Do a 60-Day Plan. And Make Sure the CEO Agrees With It.
If youβre feeling relieved you finally got that great VP to join the company, read this from @jasonlk next. (And if you are that VP, definitely read it first.) https://t.co/cVodwksp3N β James Cham (@jamescham) July 23, 2022 Iβve now worked with or invested in ~30 successful start-ups beyond my own companies and Iβve watched a... Continue Reading
2022 Bentley Continental GT Speed Review: Excessive, Unnecessary Excellence
A road trip to the desert proves that the range-topping Continental GT doesn't really need to exist, but I'm so glad it does.
Issue 568
To embrace or resist the new wave of AI-based APIs. That is the question!
Putting the power of AlphaFold into the worldβs hands
When we announced AlphaFold 2 last December, it was hailed as a solution to the 50-year old protein folding problem. Last week, we published the scientific paper and source code explaining how we created this highly innovative system, and today weβre sharing high-quality predictions for the shape of every single protein in the human body, as well as for the proteins of 20 additional organisms that scientists rely on...
Devcon Scholars Returns & Announcing Devcon Week!
Queridos Amigos, Yesterday, Wave #01 of Devcon tickets sold out just a few minutes after going online! After two years of anticipation, the whole team awaited this moment with curious suspense. But donβt worry, more ticket waves are coming soon. Today we are excited to announce the return...
2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 Review: 6-Cylinder Serenity
The redesigned S-Class' base engine feels anything but entry level.
The virtuous cycle of AI research
We recently caught up with Petar VeliΔkoviΔ, a research scientist at DeepMind. Along with his co-authors, Petar is presenting his paper The CLRS Algorithmic Reasoning Benchmark at ICML 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Perceiver AR: general-purpose, long-context autoregressive generation
We develop Perceiver AR, an autoregressive, modality-agnostic architecture which uses cross-attention to map long-range inputs to a small number of latents while also maintaining end-to-end causal masking. Perceiver AR can directly attend to over a hundred thousand tokens, enabling practical long-context density estimation without the need for hand-crafted sparsity patterns or memory mechanisms.
2023 Genesis GV60 Review: Sprightly and Stately
This EV has plenty of get-up-and-go, but the GV60 always seems happiest when it's playing the role of a small luxury car.
Issue 567
Thank you for all of your help and support helping to make sure the Package Index is sustainable
DeepMindβs latest research at ICML 2022
Starting this weekend, the thirty-ninth International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2022) is meeting from 17-23 July, 2022 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland, USA, and will be running as a hybrid event. Researchers working across artificial intelligence, data science, machine vision, computational biology, speech recognition, and more are presenting and publishing their cutting-edge work in machine...
DEVCON VI: TICKET SALES BEGIN & MORE!
Amigos y amigas! Today, we want to bring everyone a few details on the ticketing process in advance of Mondayβs launch, and we have updates on supporter, volunteer, and discount-ticket applications. As the icing on the cake, we'll also introduce you to the Devcon Community Hubs! But first,...
Intuitive physics learning in a deep-learning model inspired by developmental psychology
Despite significant effort, current AI systems pale in their understanding of intuitive physics, in comparison to even very young children. In the present work, we address this AI problem, specifically by drawing on the field of developmental psychology.
Hermes as the Default
Last October, we announced that we had started work towards making Hermes the default engine for all React Native apps.
Issue 566
We need some help making sure the Swift Package Index is around for the long term? Can you help?
Human-centred mechanism design with Democratic AI
In our recent paper, published in Nature Human Behaviour, we provide a proof-of-concept demonstration that deep reinforcement learning (RL) can be used to find economic policies that people will vote for by majority in a simple game. The paper thus addresses a key challenge in AI research - how to train AI systems that align with human values.
Issue 565
How do you like to format your code? I like mine formatted automatically!
Sepolia Merge Announcement
Note: on July 5, 2022, the recommended releases for go-ethereum and Erigon were modified. See "Client Releases" for details. Sepolia will be the second of three public testnets to run through The Merge. The network will transition to proof-of-stake when the total difficulty on the proof-of-work chain exceeds 17,000,000,000,000,000, which...
Devcon VI: First Tickets & FINAL WEEK of Speaker Applications
Three weeks ago, we opened the speaker and volunteer applications as well as the discount builder and student tickets, and we are excited about the quality of submissions! This year, weβve opened applications for those looking to attend Devcon with Builder and Student discounts, as [Speakers...
Issue 564
Discoverability and Siri. What's the answer?
Leading a movement to strengthen machine learning in Africa
Avishkar Bhoopchand, a research engineer on the Game Theory and Multi-agent team, shares his journey to DeepMind and how heβs working to raise the profile of deep learning across Africa.
What is Magento hosting? A definitive guide
Everything you need to know about the hosting plan that's compatible with the ecommerce software Magento.
Ropsten, Rinkeby & Kiln Deprecation Announcement
Reminder: the Gray Glacier upgrade is scheduled for block 15,050,000, expected June 29, 2022 The Kiln Merge testnet, launched earlier this year, will be shut down shortly after the Ethereum mainnet's transition to proof-of-stake. Ropsten, Ethereum's longest-lived proof-of-work testnet, has transitionned to proof-of-stake. It will be shut down in Q4...
Fellowship Program: Cohort #2 Applications Open & Cohort #1 Roundup
Ethereum is a living thing. Yes, at its core there is a virtual machine (the EVM) that runs and faithfully calculates a new state from block to block, but the magic of Ethereum is that one little state machine can be shared by millions of people who might not have...
Announcing React Native 0.69
We are excited to release a new version of React Native, 0.69.0. This version comes with several improvements for the New Architecture of React Native and new features: React 18 support & bundled Hermes. Read on to learn more!
Big Companies Donβt Churn. They Quit You.
It is a lot of work to switch vendors. A total pain. So be very embarrassed when you lose an existing customer to the competition. And really find out why. No one wants to switch if they don't need to. And β do something about it before it happens again β Jason SaaStr 2025 is... Continue Reading
Issue 563
The best way to think about SwiftUI and how you should treat new technology.
Helping migrate React Native libraries to the New Architecture
tl; dr: We are working on improving the resources supporting the React Native New Architecture. We have already released a repository to help migrate your app (RNNewArchitectureApp) and one for your libraries (RNNewArchitectureLibraries). We are also revamping the New Architecture guide on the Website and we created a GitHub Working Group to answer questions related to the New Architecture.
Gray Glacier Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled network upgrade at block 15,050,000, which is expected to occur on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and time zones. Please upgrade your node before Monday, June 27, 2022 to account for...
Issue 562
So many announcements and new APIs, and all we can talk about is regular expressions?
Mobile-First CSS: Is It Time for a Rethink?
The mobile-first design methodology is greatβit focuses on what really matters to the user, itβs well-practiced, and itβs been a common design pattern for years. So developing your CSS mobile-first should also be great, tooβ¦right? Well, not necessarily. Classic mobile-first CSS development is based on the principle of overwriting style declarations: you begin your CSS with default style declarations, and overwrite...