Cloudflareâs engineering headcount surged 45 percent in the weeks after the company cut 1,100 jobs in May, according to BNP Paribas data drawn from LinkedIn profiles. The finding, first reported by Business Insider, shows Cloudflareâs engineering staff grew from 1,308 to 1,894 even as its total workforce shrank by a fifth. CEO Matthew Prince confirmed [âŠ] This story continues at The Next Web Read more âș
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It was the veritable search for a needle in a haystack. With drug-resistant bacteria on the rise, researchers at MIT were sifting through a database of more than 100 million molecules to identify a few that might have antibacterial properties. Fortunately, the search proved successful. But it wasnât a human who found the promising molecules. It was a machine learning program. One compound has been patented under the name Halicin... Read more âș
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The USB-C standard has been long touted as a âone port to rule âem allâ solution. Sure, itâs universal in the sense of the shape of the port. But the capabilities of a USB-C port and cable can vary widely. Last month, I wrote about why itâs so hard to differentiate one USB-C cable from another. Experts I talked to also noted that there are very few visual markers that... Read more âș
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The first serious accident involving a self-driving car in Australia occurred in March this year. A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a Tesla Model 3, which the driver claims was in âautopilotâ mode. In the US, the highway safety regulator is investigating a series of accidents where Teslas on autopilot crashed into first-responder vehicles with flashing lights during traffic stops. A Tesla model 3 collides with a stationary... Read more âș
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This article was originally published on .cult by Neil Green. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Itâs a waste of time to try to learn every new technology. Instead, focus on learning how to learn. The tech industry thrives on the insecurity of software developers. The less... Read more âș
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Letâs suppose you were an astronaut who just landed on the planet Mars. What would you need to survive? For starters, hereâs a short list: Water, food, shelter â and oxygen. Oxygen is in the air we breathe here on Earth. Plants and some kinds of bacteria provide it for us. But oxygen is not the only gas in the Earthâs atmosphere. Itâs not even the most abundant. In fact,... Read more âș
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Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 and its twin, Voyager 2, carry little pieces of humanity in the form of their Golden Records. These messages in a bottle include spoken greetings in 55 languages, sounds and images from nature, an album... Read more âș
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On Sunday, popular American singer songwriter Halsey shared a video on TikTok with tinny music in the background, the on-screen text reading: Basically I have a song that I love that I wanna release ASAP but my record label wonât let me. Iâve been in this industry for 8 years and Iâve sold over 165 million records. And my record company is saying that I canât release it unless they... Read more âș
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I tend to gravitate toward ebikes that are light and nimble. I like ebikes that feel more like regular bikes, especially those that use torque sensors for the smoothest pedaling experience. The Velotric Discover 1 isnât quite that. But for an MSRP of $1,899 (currently on sale for $1,399), itâs a pretty sweet ride in an accessible form factor and a strong first entry for a new company entering a... Read more âș
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Jason Silva, futurist and host of National Geographicâs âBrain Games,â recently published a mind-bending YouTube video combining the technological prowess of AI with the artistic creativity of someone who believes in the power of psychoactive experiences. Itâs called âDreaming while awake: a journey into ourselves.â The description on Silvaâs YouTube channel describes the video as: The first art piece of the singularity: born from a human-AI collaboration by Jason Silva,... Read more âș
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The year is 2030 and we are at the worldâs largest tech conference, CES in Las Vegas. A crowd is gathered to watch a big tech company unveil its new smartphone. The CEO comes to the stage and announces the Nyooro, containing the most powerful processor ever seen in a phone. The Nyooro can perform an astonishing quintillion operations per second, which is a thousand times faster than smartphone models... Read more âș
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This week, new research found that roundabouts are overrepresented in bike accidents. Dutch traffic bureau VIA looked at registered accidents at intersections that involved cyclists between 2014 and 2021. It found most of the intersection bike crashes in the Netherlands occur at roundabouts. Specifically, 12% of the total bike crashes involved intersections or almost one in eight. Roundabouts are designed to improve traffic flow â particularly for car drivers â... Read more âș
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This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. If an adversary gives you a machine learning model and secretly plants a malicious backdoor in it, what are the chances that you can discover it? Very little, according to a new paper by researchers at UC Berkeley, MIT, and the Institute of Advanced Study. The security of machine learning is becoming increasingly critical as ML models... Read more âș
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If you want to find your dream job, you need to stand out from the crowd. Itâs not enough to meet the job requirements, have a decent CV, and a few good references. In todayâs competitive job market, job seekers need to go above and beyond to cut through the noise and kick off their career. One of the best ways to do this is to create an online portfolio.... Read more âș
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Over the last few years, weâve seen more and more new kinds of aviation vehicles come on the market, from flyboards to flying motorbikes to eVTOLs. So when we saw a video of a hoverboard being flown in Paris this week, we just knew we had to share it with you. Whatâs a better fuck you to city traffic than whizzing through the air above it? A video on YouTube... Read more âș
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Sorry if this triggers your anxiety: remember how we once to charge our phones overnight so they were ready for action the next day? It took hours to charge devices from 0 to 100%, and we would frantically look for chargers if the battery level went below a certain threshold. That has changed in the last couple of years, during which weâve seen the evolution of charging tech that fully... Read more âș
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Parks, small woodlands and even simple patches of grass not only keep a city attractive, but also help people find a sense of bliss in an otherwise bustling urban environment. With new technologies, we can plan and monitor these urban âgreen spacesâ better than ever before. As several studies have highlighted, nature within urban settings plays a pivotal role in combating many of the global public health challenges commonly associated... Read more âș
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Omar Sultan Al Olama, the United Arab Emirates minister of artificial intelligence, yesterday told an audience at the World Economic forum in Davos that itâs his belief that people who commit âserious crimesâ in the metaverse should be punished with real-world criminal consequences. Per an article by CNBCâs Sam Shead, the minister views this as a necessary measure to protect peopleâs mental health: If I send you a text on... Read more âș
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DuckDuckGoâs reputation for protecting privacy has taken a hit after revelations emerged of a tracking deal with Microsoft. Security researcher Zack Edwards this week revealed that DuckDuckGoâs mobile browsers allow some Microsoft sites to bypass its block on trackers. While the browser blocks Facebook and Google trackers, DuckDuckGo makes an exception for Microsoft. Edwards found that the browsers allow allows data to be sent to Microsoftâs LinkedIn and Bing domains... Read more âș
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions â or, as you may call them, âcookie pop-ups.â The pop-ups have scarred the internet since the EU made them mandatory for most sites. The lawmakers were understandably concerned about companies tracking users as they browse the web. The notifications are their attempt to protect our privacy. Well, thanks â I hate them. No one reads the stoopid banners, sites use... Read more âș
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For a long time, weâve been hearing that cobalt is terrible. Its mining is linked to child labor, environmental damage, and loss of habitat to local wildlife â and its use is increasing. But there are some signs for the better. We decided to take a look. The numbers are going up According to The Cobalt Institute, electric vehicles are the highest drivers of cobalt demand, consuming 59,000 tonnes, or... Read more âș
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