Elon Musk confirms X is soon launching two new premium tiers
Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings. The owner of the platform said that one tier will cost lower than the current $8 per month plan, but won’t reduce ads. The other tier will
Read moreForget “No Code.” Adios “Low Code.” Say hello to “Yes Code!”
We chat with Lee Robinson, VP of Developer Experience at Vercel, about v0: a generative AI Vercel built that produces code for web components based on a user's text description of a UI or interface.
Read moreMeta has a moderation bias problem, not just a ‘bug,’ that’s suppressing Palestinian voices
Earlier this year, Palestinian-American filmmaker Khitam Jabr posted a handful of Reels about her family’s trip to the West Bank. In the short travel vlogs, Jabr shared snippets of Palestinian culture, from eating decadent meals to dancing at her niece’s wedding. “I hadn’t been in a decade, so it’s just
Read moreVarda Space will land its next capsule in Australia as it continues to coordinate first mission reentry
In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space Industries will land its next spacecraft in Australia as it continues working with U.S. regulators to get its first mission approved for reentry in Utah, the company announced Thursday. The U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration last month rejected Varda’s application to
Read moreAll I want from the internet is Homer Simpson singing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
In a recent New Yorker essay, Kyle Chayka poses a dread-inducing question: When was the last time you had fun on the internet? For his example of pure online fun, he points to a retro Flash gaming site, but I have a more recent answer: The last time I had
Read moreThree leading space companies agree: No new regulations on human spaceflight
Three leading space companies told Congress this week that the industry needs time to mature before federal regulators introduce new safety guidelines for human spaceflight — but that existing regulatory processes for launch are in dire need of improvement. SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic were all in agreement that
Read moreThird Point managing director doubles down on SBF investor fraud in trial testimony
Robert Boroujerdi, managing director at Third Point, testified on Thursday at Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial in assistance with the government’s case to try and find the defendant guilty on seven counts related to fraud and money laundering. Boroujerdi formerly served as the head of global securities research at Goldman Sachs. He
Read moreDecentralized ActivityPub Could Be the Future of Social Networks
Image Source: WikipediaActivityPub is an open, distributed social network protocol standardized by the World Wide Web Consortium. Its first version was released in 2018, so it is not new. It is used by several social networks, including Mastodon, which has recently seen a significant increase in popularity when Elon Musk
Read moreStream Processing: Is SQL Good Enough?
SQL’s expressiveness might be limited compared to Java, yet SQL-centric data systems manage to generate more revenue. Why is that?Current 2023, organized by Confluent, is one of the biggest events in real-time data streaming space | image by authorTwo weeks ago, Current 2023, the biggest data streaming event in the world, took
Read moreAmazon, Microsoft, and India crack down on tech support scams
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazon, Microsoft, and India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country’s federal enforcement agency, have announced a major crackdown on tech support fraud. The CBI’s post details two instances where scammers pretended they were customer support agents for two “well-known multi-national companies”
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