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On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes
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FEBRUARY 29, 2024
The loss of the tail is among the most notable anatomical changes to have occurred along the evolutionary lineage leading to humans and to the ‘anthropomorphous apes’1–3, with a proposed role in contributing to human bipedalism4–6. Yet, the genetic mechanism that facilitated tail-loss evolution in hominoids remains unknown. Here we present evidence that an individual insertion of an Alu element in the genome of the hominoid ancestor may have contributed to tail-loss evolu
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The Shift from Models to Compound AI Systems
BAIR
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
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California's fast food law exempts Panera Gov. Newsom's relationship
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
As California prepares to implement a new law that requires major fast food chains to pay workers a minimum of $20 an hour starting in April, a new report explains why the governor's relationship with a billionaire helped exempt Panera Bread and chain restaurants like it.
Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
The game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
I'm unsure how popular GameNOW magazine was, but over the course of two years, they pulled off one of the weirdest running gags I've seen in a game magazine, just to have fun at the expense of an irate reader who didn't like Final Fantasy VIII.
Rendering protein structures inside cells at the atomic level with Unreal Engine
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
While the recent development of cryogenic electron tomography (CryoET) makes it possible to identify various macromolecules inside cells and determine their structure at near-atomic resolution, it remains challenging to visualize the complex cellular environment at the atomic level. One of the main hurdles in cell visualization is to render the millions of molecules in real time computationally.
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More than 1 billion people have obesity, including 159 million young people, study estimates
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
More than 1 billion people — or one in eight people worldwide — are now estimated to have obesity, a new study finds. Obesity rates grew particularly fast among children and teens, quadrupling from 1990 to 2022, the latest year the analysis looked at, while rates among adults more than doubled. That comes to 159 million children and teens with obesity, and 879 million adults, according to the study, published Thursday in the Lancet and conducted by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration
US Used AI to Help Find Middle East Targets for Airstrikes
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The US used artificial intelligence to identify targets hit by air strikes in the Middle East this month, a defense official said, revealing growing military use of the technology for combat.
Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to generative AI
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.
Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Google launched a private program for a handful of independent publishers last month, providing the news organizations with beta access to an unreleased generative artificial intelligence platform in exchange for receiving analytics and feedback, according to documents seen by ADWEEK. As part of the agreement, the publishers are expected to use the suite of tools.
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst
We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.
How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe.
Testcontainers
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Testcontainers is an opensource framework for providing lightweight, throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container.
Expedia to Eliminate 1,500 Jobs as Travel Growth Moderates
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Expedia Group Inc. is eliminating about 9% of its workforce after announcing a leadership transition earlier this month while the online travel company attempts to revive growth and regain market share.
European summer weather linked to North Atlantic freshwater anomalies
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FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Abstract. Amplified Arctic ice loss in recent decades has been linked to the increased occurrence of extreme mid-latitude weather. The underlying mechanisms remain elusive, however. One potential link occurs through the ocean as the loss of sea ice and glacial ice leads to increased freshwater fluxes into the ocean. Thus, in this study, we examine the link between North Atlantic freshwater anomalies and European summer weather.
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know
Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science
Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.
Inside North Korea's Forced Labor Program
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Workers sent from the country to Chinese factories describe enduring beatings and sexual abuse, having their wages taken by the state, and being told that if they try to escape they will be “killed without a trace.
Intel Previews Sierra Forest with 288 E-Cores, Announces Granite Rapids-D for 2025 Launch at MWC 2024
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
At MWC 2024, Intel confirmed that Granite Rapids-D, the successor to Ice Lake-D processors, will come to market sometime in 2025. Furthermore, Intel also provided an update on the 6th Gen Xeon Family, codenamed Sierra Forest, which is set to launch later this year and will feature up to 288 cores designed for vRAN network operators to improve performance in boost per rack for 5G workloads.
Disrupting malicious uses of AI by state-affiliated threat actors
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
We terminated accounts associated with state-affiliated threat actors. Our findings show our models offer only limited, incremental capabilities for malicious cybersecurity tasks.
NTIA Solicits Comments on Open-Weight AI Models
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) launched a Request for Comment on the risks, benefits and potential policy related to advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models with widely available model weights – the core component of AI systems.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
The leap year is February 29, not December 32 due to a Roman calendar quirk
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Monks who failed to factor in the leap day placed spring equinox on the wrong day, which meant Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Week and Pentecost were also marked on the wrong day.
I turned my open-source project into a full-time business
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
When I started writing and publishing open-source software about 15 years ago, I was pretty radical about it. I only used permissive licenses like MIT or BSD, as all I cared about was reach. Using a copyleft license with strings attached seemed to hinder that reach.
Korea slaps $327,067 fine on Twitch for suspending service
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 24, 2024
The Korean telecommunications watchdog said Friday it has slapped a fine of 435 million won ($327,067) on the U.S. live video streaming platform Twitch, which suspended its video-on-demand (VOD) service in the country last year.
German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Nach langer politischer Auseinandersetzung hat der Bundestag am Freitag, 23. Februar, den kontrollierten Umgang mit Cannabis gebilligt. Mit dem Gesetz soll Erwachsenen künftig der Besitz von bis zu 50 Gramm Cannabis für den Eigenkonsum im privaten Raum erlaubt werden. Im öffentlichen Raum soll die Höchstgrenze bei 25 Gramm liegen. In namentlicher Abstimmung votierten 407 Abgeordnete für das Gesetz, 226 stimmten dagegen und vier enthielten sich.
Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Privacy Isn't Dead. Far from It
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Welcome! The fact that you’re reading this means that you probably care deeply about the issue of privacy, which warms our hearts. Unfortunately, even though you care about privacy, or perhaps because you care so much about it, you may feel that there's not much you (or anyone) can really do to.
FDA Approves First Medication to Reduce Allergic Reactions to Multiple Foods
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
The FDA approved a new medication for the reduction of allergic reactions that may occur with accidental exposure to one or more foods. Patients who take this medication must continue to avoid foods they are allergic to.
The Fed Is Behind the Capital One/Discover Merger
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
In 2010, Congress capped fees for debit card networks so merchants don't get gouged by Visa and Mastercard. But the Fed stuck in a loophole for Discover. And that is leading Capital One to buy it.
Stable Diffusion 3
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Announcing Stable Diffusion 3 in early preview, our most capable text-to-image model with greatly improved performance in multi-subject prompts, image quality, and spelling abilities.
The Big Payoff of Application Analytics
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“Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 EV in direct attack on legacy makers
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
BYD has launched its low cost sedan in China which industry observers are calling the Corolla Killer. The post “Corolla killer:” BYD launches $US15,000 EV in direct attack on legacy makers appeared first on The Driven.
YouTube dominates TV streaming in US, per Nielsen's latest report
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Nielsen today released its January report on viewing usage across linear TV and streaming, which revealed that YouTube is once again the overall top streaming service in the U.S., with 8.6% of viewing on television screens. Netflix, meanwhile, saw 7.9% of TV usage.
How an African streaming service dethroned Netflix
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Showmax sits at the top of the market with a vast library of local content, partnerships with Comcast and HBO, and exclusive access to the biggest football leagues in the world.
Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion
Hacker News
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. At the heart of the problem are utility companies that refuse to pursue interregional transmission projects, and sometimes even impede them, because new projects threaten their profits and disrupt their industry alliances.
Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options
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