November, 2024

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OpenWRT One Released: First Router Designed Specifically for OpenWrt

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Today, we at SFC, along with our OpenWrt member project, announce the production release of the OpenWrt One. This is the first wireless Internet router designed and built with your software freedom and right to repair in mind. The OpenWrt One will never be locked down and is forever unbrickable. This device services your needs as its owner and user.

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Elon Musk files for injunction to halt OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit

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Attorneys for tech billionaire Elon Musk have filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI, several of its co-founders, and its investor and close collaborator, Microsoft, to prevent OpenAI and other named defendants from engaging in what Musk’s counsel claims is anticompetitive behavior.

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Humanity May Reach Singularity Within Just 6 Years, Trend Shows

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By one major metric, artificial general intelligence is much closer than you think. By one unique metric, we could approach technological singularity by the end of this decade, if not sooner.

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Robots perform like human surgeons by just watching videos

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In a groundbreaking development, researchers at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Stanford University have successfully trained a robotic surgical system to perform complex tasks with the skill of human doctors.

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Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!

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Artificial intelligence changes across the US

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An increasing number of companies are using artificial intelligence (AI) for everyday tasks. Much of the technology is helping with productivity and keeping the public safer. However, some industries are pushing back against certain aspects of AI.

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Fitbit data accurately predicts bipolar disorder mood swings

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Researchers have used everyday Fitbit data to train a machine learning algorithm to accurately predict mood episodes associated with bipolar disorder. It opens the door to using a personalized algorithm to drive treatment of the life-impacting condition.

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Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s with world-first law

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The Australian Parliament has passed a social media ban for young children in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts.

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ASML Twinscan EXE:5000 Lego Set

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Joining the ASML Lego Collection - the TWINSCAN EXE:5000. The latest addition to you ASML Lego collection has arrived. Rick Lenssen from D&E (designer of the Lego ASML Skyline and the Lego TWINSCAN NXE:3400C) has delivered another masterpiece in technology, once again made entirely of Lego: the TWINSCAN EXE:5000.

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Canadian news companies sue OpenAI

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A group of Canadian news and media companies filed a lawsuit Friday against OpenAI, alleging that the ChatGPT maker has infringed their copyrights and unjustly enriched itself at their expense.

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Study of ChatGPT citations makes dismal reading for publishers

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As more publishers cut content licensing deals with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, a study put out this week by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism — looking at how the AI chatbot produces citations (i.e. sources) for publishers’ content — makes for interesting, or, well, concerning, reading.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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ChatGPT’s $8 Trillion Birthday Gift to Big Tech

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Two years in, generative AI’s value to the world is still unclear. But these charts show that it’s been a bonanza for the largest tech firms. Saturday marks two years since OpenAI posted an oddly named widget called ChatGPT to the web.

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AI Outperforms Experts in Predicting Study Outcomes

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A new study demonstrates that large language models (LLMs) can predict the outcomes of neuroscience studies more accurately than human experts, achieving 81% accuracy compared to 63% for neuroscientists.

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RomCom exploits Firefox and Windows zero days in the wild

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ESET Research details the analysis of a previously unknown vulnerability in Mozilla products exploited in the wild and another previously unknown Microsoft Windows vulnerability, combined in a zero-click exploit.

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Linkup connects LLMs with premium content sources (legally)

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If you’ve used ChatGPT Search or Perplexity you know that being able to search the web and get citations inline greatly improves these AI chatbots. Results are better when they involve timely information, and web search may reduce so-called hallucinations (i.e.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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AI Won't Replace Humans – Here's The Surprising Reason Why

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The first time a computer beat a human chess champion, doomsayers proclaimed it was the beginning of the end. That was nearly three decades ago, and contrary to those dire predictions, humans haven't become obsolete – we've thrived.

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The UX of Lego Interface Panels (2020)

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LEGO interface panels are beautiful, iconic, and great for learning interface design basics. I bought 52 of them from BrickLink to explore the design, layout and organisation of complex interfaces.

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Murderbot, She Wrote. Martha Wells Article on Wired

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Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

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Developing a cancer drug without Big Pharma: this hospital shows it can be done

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Het Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis heeft een wereldwijde primeur: het ontwikkelde zonder hulp van commerciële investeerders een behandeling tegen uitgezaaide kanker. De behandeling is vijf keer goedkoper dan een vergelijkbare therapie uit de VS, maar de producent van dat middel dreigt roet in het eten te gooien.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Sleep regularity and major adverse cardiovascular events

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Background This study examines the associations between device-measured sleep regularity and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and aims to determine whether sufficient sleep duration attenuates or eliminates the effects of irregular sleep on MACE risk. Methods A prospective cohort study of adults aged 40–79 years from the UK Biobank who wore wrist-attached accelerometers for 7 days was conducted.

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Inside Elon Musk’s Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game

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Elon Musk spent the past year building his artificial intelligence startup xAI at breakneck speed. Now he has to turn it into a real business. Musk started xAI last summer in an effort to play catch-up with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he co-founded and left in 2018 after a power struggle.

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Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation from US FTC

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The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corp., drilling into everything from the company’s cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and artificial intelligence products.

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Brain learning differs fundamentally from artificial intelligence systems

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For both humans and machines, the essence of learning is to pinpoint which components in its information processing pipeline are responsible for an error in its output, a challenge that is known as ‘credit assignment’ It has long been assumed that credit assignment is best solved by backpropagation, which is also the foundation of modern machine learning.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Marshall Brain died hours after alleging retaliation at NC State

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Police found Marshall Brain, director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs Program, unconscious and nonresponsive in his office. Hours before, he sent an email to colleagues saying two University department heads retaliated against him after he filed several ethics complaints months before his death.

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In Praise of Print: Reading Is Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse

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When the witty and wry English fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett interviewed Bill Gates for GQ in 1995, only 39% of Americans had access to a home computer. According to the Pew Research Center, the number who were connected to the internet was a paltry 14%.

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How to get a handle on generative AI governance - SiliconANGLE

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The sudden explosion of generative artificial intelligence has created immense opportunities for companies and public sector organizations of all sizes – but with such opportunity comes increased ri

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BYD launches sodium-ion grid-scale BESS product

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Chinese EV giant BYD has launched what an executive claimed is the 'world's first high-performance' sodium-ion BESS product, using its proprietary form factor Long Blade Battery cell.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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The Only Code That Matters Is Integrity—Not Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence allegiance lies in the code we have crafted. This is both its strength and its peril. AI as we know it is mimicking a form of intelligence but hollow—it lacks a moral core.

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Ancient Sumerians Created the First Writing System

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“In Uruk he built walls, a great rampart, and the temple of blessed Eanna for the god of the firmament Anu, and for Ishtar the goddess of love. Look at it still today: the outer wall where the cornice runs, it shines with the brilliance of copper; and the inner wall, it has no equal.

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Cybertruck's Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent of All 2024 Vehicles

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Since launch, Tesla’s polarizing electric pickup has been beset by quality issues, and is now heading to be one of the most unreliable EVs made yet. Strangely, Cybertruck owners may not care one bit.

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Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc

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The world heritage object Nebra Sky Disc is one of the best investigated archaeological objects. The origin of the raw materials it is made of is well known. However, its manufacturing process was not completely clear. Investigations were made in order to clarify the steps of manufacturing from the initial casting to the finished disc using the latest metallographic techniques.

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Apache Airflow®: The Ultimate Guide to DAG Writing

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!