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Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a method to harvest energy from air humidity in a consistent, scalable manner. The team created a harvester with nanopores, allowing water molecules to pass through and create a charge-imbalance that functions as a battery. This breakthrough builds upon previous research using natural proteins and a […]
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URGENT: It appears that the @ledgerhq/connect-kit package has been compromised and is distributing malicious versions. The package allows dApps to load Connect Kit at runtime from a CDN, but this approach is now considered extremely dangerous as it exposes all downstream dApps. Several projects have been affected, including wagmi and MetaMask SDK. The compromised versions […]
In 1995, director Iain Softley released a film called Hackers that tells the story of a group of teenage computer hackers driven by curiosity and a desire to expose wrongdoing. The hackers break into a high-profile company’s computer system and unknowingly download a worm program created by the company’s own security chief. The film showcases […]
In this article, the author discusses the importance of a streamlined and robust data stack in today’s fast-paced data landscape. They introduce an integrated setup that utilizes three critical tools in modern data engineering: DuckDB, Dagster, and dbt. The article highlights the benefits of this setup, such as reduced costs, increased development experience, and improved […]
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, is laying off 900 employees, around 24% of its workforce, as part of a plan to cut costs following an incident involving one of its robotaxis. The layoffs primarily affect non-engineering positions, and the company is focusing on returning to service in a limited number of markets. Employees […]
Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered that the effects of alcohol consumption can linger in a father’s sperm for longer than previously believed. Previous research has shown that paternal alcohol consumption can have negative effects on fetal development. This new study found that even after a man stops drinking, his sperm is still negatively […]
S-LoRA is a system designed for scalable serving of many LoRA adapters, which are derived from a base model using the parameter-efficient fine-tuning method called Low-Rank Adaptation (LoRA). S-LoRA stores all adapters in main memory and fetches the ones needed for currently running queries to GPU memory. It introduces Unified Paging, a mechanism that manages […]
Last year, the author experienced burnout in their software industry career. They decided to take a break, quit their job, and started therapy. They also disconnected from social media, including Twitter. During this time, they read a book called How to Do Nothing, which led them to discover Mastodon, an alternative online community. After trying […]
In this technical report by Jürgen Schmidhuber, he addresses the issue of plagiarism in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He claims that three Turing Awardees for deep learning failed to credit his team for their key methods and ideas. Schmidhuber highlights several priority disputes with these researchers, citing specific instances where they republished his […]
Dropbox has received criticism for its new AI features that involve sending user data to OpenAI for training. Concerns have been raised about the privacy of users’ files and whether Dropbox is using customer data without consent. Despite Dropbox’s denial, many believe that their private data is being funneled into the OpenAI training process. Similarly, […]