After a three-year hiatus due to pandemic challenges, the search for gravitational waves has resumed. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has two massive detectors in Washington and Louisiana, which now have improved sensitivity after a multimillion-dollar upgrade. The improvements should allow the facility to pick up signals from colliding black holes every two to […]
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Mojo, a new programming language designed to address limitations found in Python’s complex ecosystem and performance issues, has launched to tackle the challenges faced by machine learning (ML) inference developers. Developed by Chris Lattner and a team of specialised developers, Mojo aims to be a fully-compatible Python superset that can enhance performance at a low […]
Deno Deploy now supports importing Node.js built-in modules such as http, fs, and path, allowing users to run existing Node.js apps at the edge without hassle. Deno Deploy is a next-generation cloud platform that supports JavaScript isolates and runs JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly at the edge in its 35 global regions. It comes built-in with […]
Tree of Thoughts is a powerful and flexible algorithm that advances model reasoning by 70%. It’s an easy-to-use plug-in that connects to your own models and offers superintelligence. The project is brought to you by Agora, an organization that advances humanity with open source SOTA Multi-Modality AI research. The algorithm is a general problem-solving framework […]
The XY problem arises when people fixate on a solution instead of the actual problem. Users often ask for help with their attempted solution, rather than the underlying issue, wasting both their own and others’ time and energy. The solution to this problem is to provide a broader picture and explain attempted solutions in detail, […]
A group of biologists are conducting a bioblitz on Hecate Island, part of the Great Bear Rainforest on the coast of British Columbia. They are primarily focusing on bryophytes, the ancient group of plants that include mosses and liverworts. The researchers, including bryophyte experts Randal Mindell and Dan Tucker, are working on a larger project […]
Sweden’s 250-year-old Freedom of the Press Act has been recognized by UNESCO as part of the country’s national identity and awarded Memory of the World status. Despite this achievement, Sweden’s press freedom ranking has dropped this year according to Reporters Without Borders. The president of the organization’s Sweden branch, Erik Larsson, says that journalists in […]
JSON Stream Editor JJ is a command line tool designed to update or retrieve values from JSON documents speedily. It uses a path syntax for retrieving or setting values, and is powered by GJSON and SJSON. JJ avoids parsing irrelevant sections of JSON, skips over values that do not apply, and aborts as soon as […]
Garret Merriam, an associate professor of philosophy at Sacramento State University, caught 40 out of 96 students cheating on an exam. After finding a previous exam uploaded to websites such as Quizlet, he uploaded a poisoned exam online and waited. When the students turned in their finals, Merriam compared them to the poisoned exam and […]
The Neanderthal flute, discovered in Divje babe cave near Cerkno, is the oldest musical instrument in the world, dating back to 60,000 years ago. Made out of the left thighbone of a young cave bear, the flute has four pierced holes, two of which are entirely preserved, and two partly. It was confirmed through musical […]