Hacker News

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The first movies in which the iconic mouse appeared – most famously, Steamboat Willie­[1] – were made in 1928 and works from that year go into the public domain in the United States on New Year’s Day 2024.[2] by Jennifer Jenkins, Director, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0

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MARCH 26, 2024

Almost 1,600 participants registered for the challenge, 70% of whom had never worked with Earth observation data before. The top countries, in order, were Bangladesh, Brazil, India, the United States, and Argentina. It’s exciting to see the innovative solutions being proposed by these diverse teams from around the world.

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Hacker News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Assessing this hypothesis has been difficult because previous measures of socioeconomic mixing have relied on static residential housing data rather than real-life exposures among people at work, in places of leisure and in home neighbourhoods7,8. Using mobile phone mobility data to represent 1.6 billion

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JUNE 7, 2023

it amazed me how many people (including some smart people I know and work with) jumped on the bandwagon because they didn’t want their ISP spying on their traffic. Let’s talk about VPN’s When consumer VPN’s hit the mainstream 8-10 years ago (I’m talking about things like Mulvad/Nord/etc.) Anyways, I digress.

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Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Unit testing private methods. Unit testing private methods. I wrote a blog post called Unit Testing Private Methods , where I argued that you might as well make them package private, so you can easily write tests for them. It is simple and effective, and works in many situations. Working remotely.

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Hacker News

MAY 13, 2023

The CHIPS and Science Act , aimed at kick-starting chip manufacturing in the United States, only began taking requests for pieces of its US $50 billion in March, but chipmakers were already gearing up beforehand. Engineering schools in the United States are now racing to produce that talent.

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Hacker News

MARCH 27, 2024

With help from law enforcement in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Argentina, the authorities took down more than a hundred sites and services, while several suspects were arrested. Following its initial successes, several new waves ‘Operation 404’ were initiated over the ensuing years. More to Come?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While it is a Text-to-Video generative model, OpenAI highlights that Sora can work with a diverse range of prompts, including existing images and videos. What is the current state of Sora? What is the current state of Sora? Let’s take a look at what we know about the platform so far and what it has to offer. What is Sora?

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FlowingData

MARCH 18, 2022

Changing the clocks twice a year can be a hassle, so some people in the United States want to permanently keep Daylight Saving Time. However, that also means some areas in the country end up with late sunrise, which means going to work or school in the dark.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Education on AI for kids in primary schools in the United States has already been put into action. As far as technological advancements go, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly been one of the greatest. However, in the last couple of years, there has been exploration into the prospect of AI in the healthcare industry.

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Hacker News

APRIL 24, 2024

In 2023, robocall blocking service Youmail estimates there were more than 55 billion robocalls in the United States. David Frankel: Twelve years ago, I was working in telecommunications and a friend of mine called me about a contest that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was starting. Frankel: It’s been fairly steady state.

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MARCH 22, 2024

In truth, if I hadn’t taken that initial path with a deep dive into how people search sites work, Onerep wouldn’t have the best tech and team in the space. “We’re working now to solidify a transition plan that will provide customers with a seamless experience and will continue to put their interests first.” Mozilla Monitor.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

economy gave birth to important large enterprises—telecommunications, railroads, manufacturing—the need to coordinate the work of individuals and dispersed locations led to the mechanization of information. ITR soon became known as the company for time-recording products in the United States and Canada. Or are you?

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 24, 2024

CEO Frank Martell admitted in a filing that the company is working tirelessly to restore its systems and resume normal operations. CEO Frank Martell admitted in a filing that the company is working tirelessly to restore its systems and resume normal operations. This incident, which unfolded earlier this month, has left around 16.6

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 20, 2023

NotebookLM is designed to operate solely within your document repository, working its magic on text files and PDFs, all without venturing into the vast wilderness of the internet. NotebookLM’s ability to produce quote-level citations for each response is its distinguishing feature. Go to the official webpage.

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Hacker News

MARCH 28, 2023

Unlike the state of things in mid 2021—when crimps in the semiconductor supply chain cropped up in big ways—supply and demand have become much less of a mismatch. One looming artifact of the pandemic that remains in 2023—the global chip shortage —has gratefully begun to recede. In March of 2023, the U.S. In March of 2023, the U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The new London hub will be focusing on advancing state-of-the-art language models, foundational model tooling, and infrastructure. The new London hub will be focusing on advancing state-of-the-art language models, foundational model tooling, and infrastructure. It complements the company’s recent £2.5

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Hacker News

AUGUST 24, 2023

The key idea and primary advantage of GoT is the ability to model the information generated by an LLM as an arbitrary graph, where units of information ("LLM thoughts") are vertices, and edges correspond to dependencies between these vertices.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Over the lengthy Memorial Day holiday in the United States, the attacks began on May 27. The disclosure increases the number of victims of a massive cyber attack that started two weeks ago and has affected state governments and major US colleges. The Clop ransomware group claimed to have stolen data from hundreds of businesses.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

How does cyber kidnapping work? The recent incident in Riverdale, Utah, involving a 17-year-old Chinese exchange student, Kai Zhuang, has brought the unsettling phenomenon of cyber kidnapping to the forefront. So, first, let’s understand the meaning of cyber kidnapping and understand recent cases better. What is cyber kidnapping?

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OCTOBER 16, 2023

Cramly AI is your newfound study buddy! This ingenious platform isn’t just another educational tool—it’s a game-changer. Picture this: while you’re wrestling with the intricacies of a challenging topic, Cramly AI sweeps in, lending a hand by automating those pesky repetitive tasks. But wait, there’s more! What is Cramly AI?

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Flipboard

DECEMBER 3, 2023

81% of surveyed professionals feel that AI will help them progress in their careers, whether by saving time, strengthening their networks, or changing the way they work. Somewhere between these two sentiments lies working individuals who understand that new technology brings new opportunities. AI is no different.

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Flipboard

JULY 18, 2023

I’ve heard “WebMD said it could be cancer” countless times in my 15 years working as an emergency medicine physician. ChatGPT passed the United States Medical Licensing Exams, the series of standardized tests required for medical licensure in the U.S. Change is already on the horizon. Read the rest…

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Dataconomy

JULY 31, 2023

Brigadeiro Luiz Antônio, 4553 – Jardins São Paulo – SP, 01401-002 Akasa Itaim: Rua Sader Macul, 96 – Itaim São Paulo – 04542-090 Club Co-working: Av. Sam Altman’s new cryptocurrency Worldcoin is out, but it requires people to scan their eyes using the company’s own “orbs.”

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

For instance, women working on Google’s sales team earn more on average than their male counterparts. However, it’s worth noting that Google’s average “minimum base salary” is relatively low in some of the most expensive areas to live in the United States, such as New York City and Silicon Valley.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Here is all you need to know The Apple Watch is facing a potential ban in the United States due to an ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Masimo , a medical device manufacturer. Apple has taken proactive measures to comply with this potential ban by discontinuing the sales of these specific watch models in the United States.

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Hacker News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

He also led the team that designed Google’s AI chips, known as tensor processing units or TPUs, which accelerated machine-learning workloads. Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers.

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Hacker News

APRIL 24, 2024

This worked well, so well that more than a dozen other streaming services were launched, all with their own exclusive releases. For online media consumers, things have improved significantly over the years. More content is being made available on-demand than ever before. This revelation isn’t new. Piracy habits are relatively stable.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

People disagree whether the United States is in a recession or not, because there isn’t a generalized formula you can just plug some numbers into. For The Washington Post, Alyssa Fowers and Kevin Schaul report on work from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Things feels worse, but some indicators show better days.

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APRIL 12, 2023

It is true that the United States is the only advanced economy without guaranteed paid vacation. Tags: vacation , Washington Post , work Despite available vacation days, it appears that American workers are taking less and less vacation. So we looked instead at vacation-day demand: Who uses the most? Has that changed?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Washington, DC played host to a high-profile gathering of tech industry giants and lawmakers at the recent AI Insight Forum, convened by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. While the discussions remained private, some tech leaders shared their perspectives with the media.

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Hacker News

MARCH 25, 2024

“Digital piracy has inflicted a huge economic toll on those industries and, by extension, on their ability to invest in new creative works and the artists who make them. The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve digital history for generations to come. RIAA, MPA, et al.

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Dataconomy

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It seems everyone and their grandmother wants to work in data science these days, and there are plenty of good reasons why that’s the case. First, the salaries are attractive: recent data from O’Reilly indicates the average compensation of a data scientist in the United States is $112,000 per year.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

million patients in the United States. Welltok, a prominent Healthcare SaaS provider, has reported a security incident involving a Welltok data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 8.5 The group leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit software to infiltrate Welltok’s systems. million U.S.

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 21, 2023

In a recent twist that has stirred conversations across the spheres of technology, art, and law, United States District Court Judge Beryl A. As AI systems continue to play a larger role in generating art, music, and other creative works, we find ourselves at the crossroads of innovation and tradition.

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

According to PISA ranking 2023 , the children are not doing well at all. The most recent findings from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a leading global organization for ranking students, are causing concerns throughout Europe. PISA ranking 2023 unveiled some noteworthy trends that shape the current educational landscape.

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