Security researcher warns of chilling effect after feds search phone at airport
A U.S. security researcher is warning of a chilling effect after he was detained on arrival at a U.S. airport, his phone was searched, and was ordered to testify to a grand jury, only to have prosecutors reverse course and drop the investigation later. On Wednesday, Sam Curry, a security
Read moreCan Bird’s Spin acquisition give it the lift it needs?
Back in the scooter craze days of 2019, Bird was valued at a whopping $2.5 billion.
Read moreMeta’s 512GB Quest 3 now comes with 6 months of the Quest+ subscription
Meta’s VR subscription service, Quest+, is now being bundled with the company’s Quest 3 mixed-reality headset. The subscription, which provides VR device owners the ability to two handpicked games from the Quest library each month, will now be included as a free, 6-month trial with the 512GB model ($650) of
Read moreMistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone
The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground. Mistral, a French AI startup that raised a huge seed round in June, has just taken the wraps off its first
Read moreHow to Rise From Management to Leadership
Key practices that can help managers leap to the next levelContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreMeta Connect 2023: Everything you need to know about Quest 3 VR, smart glasses
Meta's annual Connect conference started today, and this means lots of new hardware and perhaps a Metaverse sighting.
Read moreCrafting Mazes
Inspired while creating a maze map for the Wall-E project. Follow this tutorial to explore ways to generate mazes using Graph Theory algorithmicallyPhoto by Ben Mathis Seibel on UnsplashIn my previous article, we delved into pathfinding problems in graphs, which are inherently connected to solving mazes.When I set out to create a
Read moreMeta Quest 3 convinced me to love VR by downplaying the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Meta Quest 3 VR headset on stage at Meta’s Connect event in California today, but I was lucky enough to get a chance to try it out last week in San Francisco. The Meta Quest 3 is similar to its two predecessors, and borrows a lot
Read moreRay-Ban’s new Meta smart glasses will be able to translate text
Meta just took the wraps off its latest smart glasses at today’s Connect event in Menlo Park. We were able to spend a bit of time with the new wearables and were impressed by what they can do — specifically livestreaming, the biggest missing feature from the last gen. Turns
Read moreThe Hidden Potential of Cellular Automata Systems
From simulating life’s patterns to optimizing network traffic flowContinue reading on Better Programming »
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