Fail fast, fail early â weâve all heard the motto. Still, itâs frustrating when youâve written a beautiful piece of code, just to realize that it doesnât work as youâd expected. Thatâs where unit tests come in. Checking each piece of your code helps you localize and fix your bugs. But not all bugs are created the same. Some bugs are unexpected, not obvious to see at all, and hard... Read more âș
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In a new paper, researchers at OpenAI have revealed details about Codex, a deep learning model that generates software source code. Codex powers Copilot, an âAI pair programmerâ tool developed jointly by OpenAI and GitHub. Copilot is currently available in beta test mode to a limited number of users. The paper is a fascinating read that explains the process through which the scientists at OpenAI managed to repurpose their flagship... Read more âș
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One of my biggest complaints about Windows 10 was that it was simply updated too often. I even wrote a little rant about it; two âmajorâ updates a year were simply too frequent and offered too little in the way of meaningful changes. It turns out Microsoft had already decided on its update approach for Windows going forward. Although the announcement is a few weeks old now, I thought it... Read more âș
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What would you say if I told you there was a completely uncensorable, 100% secure phone you could buy that would not only stick it to those Silicon Valley elites, but itâd also help support good old American freedom and democracy? Well, hell, Iâd say: sign me up! Give me 10 Freedom phones and a side of making shit great again. First though, letâs take a look at what weâre... Read more âș
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Virtual assistants are a lagniappe technology. Almost nobody actually needs them, but when they work properly they bring a little something extra to your life. Even though theyâre heavily flawed and a clear-and-present danger to our privacy, itâs still super nice to be able to yell âHey Google, play some Skynyrd!â while Iâm doing the dishes and, lo and behold, itâs Freebird time. But not all virtual assistants are created... Read more âș
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As EVs are booming, itâs only natural that automakers are trying to step up their marketing strategies to get a piece of the pie. Among the various notable examples, Ford undeniably gets the prize of the most what-the-fuck sales tactic ever. You could give it a guess, but Iâm afraid youâd fail. Because itâs a FRAGRANCE. Yes, a perfume that imitates the scent of petrol, designed for all those who... Read more âș
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TLDR: With the Ofiyaa Portable Dual Screen Display, youâve got a great second screen for your laptop or a cool expanded screen for a smartphone or portable device. Nobody is in a big hurry to get back to their office. If youâve been working remotely for the past year, you probably wish the exodus from the old work desk could be a permanent thing. Of course, there are a very... Read more âș
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TLDR: The iScanner app is the no. 1 way iOS users can handle, convert, or edit documents their way â and itâs now 79 percent off. We all love our phones. And over the past decade, their functionality has exploded to the point that thereâs now precious little your iPhone canât do in a pinch. However, there are some tasks you face that immediately make you think, eww, Iâm going... Read more âș
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A 14-year-old Black girl has become another victim of a facial recognition failure. Lamya Robinson was kicked out of a skating rink in Michigan after a facial recognition system misidentified the teen as someone whoâd been banned by the business. The incident has escalated concerns about machine-driven segregation. But letâs dive into what exactly happened. Not even skating is safe from facial recognition When Robinson tried to enter the roller... Read more âș
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More than 100 countries, including the United States and members of the European Union, have committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The world is going to need a lot of metal, particularly copper. Recently, the International Energy Agency sounded the warning bell on the global supply of copper as the most widely used metal in renewable energy technologies. With Goldman Sachs predicting copper demand to grow up to 600%... Read more âș
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Well, itâs a no brainer: EVs are good for the environment and ICEs are bad. Itâs as simple as that. Yet, there are of course the electrification opposers, flaunting as an argument that electric vehicles arenât actually âzero-emission.â Okay, Iâll give them that, no vehicle is 100% green, and there are indeed greenhouse emissions in the life-cycle of EVs. But even when you take that into account, EVs are still... Read more âș
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Iâm puzzled as to why the planets, stars and moons are all round (when) other large and small objects such as asteroids and meteorites are irregular shapes? â Lionel Young, age 74, Launceston, Tasmania This is a fantastic question Lionel, and a really good observation! When we look out at the Solar System, we see objects of all sizes â from tiny grains of dust to giant planets and the... Read more âș
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Pure joy often strikes you in the most unexpected places. Take this morning, for example. I woke after an awful nightâs sleep, expecting a terrible day, and instead I was met with OCEARCH, a shark tracker app. Wonder what Iâm talking about it? Well, OCEARCH is an organization dedicated to supporting marine life. One of the things it does to try and achieve this is to track marine life across... Read more âș
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Xiaomi is not really a household name in every part of the world, but thanks to its exponential growth in several regions, it has managed to beat Apple in Q2 2021 smartphone shipments worldwide. According to a report by analytics firm Canalys, the Chinese tech company grabbed 17% percent of the market, while Apple registered a 14% market share. Samsung was on the top of the charts with a 19%... Read more âș
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With Windows 11 dramatically changing the way Windows looks, itâs only natural that Microsoft would radically redesign its emoji. The companyâs design team today announced that it had redesigned over 1,800 emoji, coming later this year. And just as promised, one of those changes includes redesigning the paper clip emoji as Clippy, everyoneâs favorite virtual assistant. While the reintroduction of Clippy is a cute easter egg â I expect the... Read more âș
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Facebook may technically have more users than any other social media platform, but that doesnât mean itâs necessarily the most popular. Now it looks like someone at Facebook is at least a little jealous of Instagramâs success. At least, thatâs what a new test hitting the Instagram app suggests. As noted by Engadget, Instagram is testing a blurb at the top of usersâ feeds that reminds them of features that... Read more âș
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A gap-year student will join Jeff Bezos on his ego trip to the edge of space â because the original passenger is too busy. The anonymous auction winner had spent an eye-watering $28 million for a ticket on the spaceship, but has dropped out âdue to scheduling conflicts.â The seat will now be taken by Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen, who will become the first paying customer to fly on the... Read more âș
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IBM today announced a new machine-learning, end-to-end pipeline starter kit for its Cloud Native Toolkit. The big idea here is that wrangling the myriad open-source and enterprise ML and AI platforms and solutions into production can be a challenging prospect. Per IBMâs developer blog: Moving an application from a Jupyter notebook to a production environment requires numerous components to work together. These components cover a wide range of tasks that... Read more âș
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Valve today officially announced the existence and launch window for the long-rumored Steam Deck. Coming this December, the Steam Deck is a portable gaming PC rocking a custom AMD APU (Zen2, RDNA2). Introducing Steam Deck: powerful, portable PC gaming starting at $399. Designed by Valve, powered by Steam. Shipping December 2021. Learn more at https://t.co/ZOTx3KUCVK and reserve yours tomorrow. #SteamDeck pic.twitter.com/jcgbaKfT9c â Steam (@Steam) July 15, 2021 It looks fantastic... Read more âș
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Some of the biggest retailers in the US are using facial recognition to monitor people in their stores, according to new research. A coalition of civil rights groups says that retails giants including Macyâs, Ace Hardware, and Loweâs are currently using the tech to monitor people who enter or work in their stores. The group is calling for the companies to end the practice. âConstant surveillance, tracking, and data collection... Read more âș
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