Three 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”
Read moreDecodable SwiftData
A proof of concept to build offline-first iOS appsOur final prototype | screenshot by authorSince Apple announced the new SwiftData framework at WWDC23, I’ve been SUPER eager to try it out. It’s a new framework that matches SwiftUI’s style and makes working with persistent data (CoreData) much easier. Now that it's out
Read moreFinding a Random Point on a Polygon Using Jetpack Compose, Canvas, and Algorithms
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Read moreBuilding an Order Delivery Analytics Application With FastAPI, Kafka, Apache Pinot, and Dash, Part…
Building an Order Delivery Analytics Application With FastAPI, Kafka, Apache Pinot, and Dash, Part 1Image by Brett Jordan from UnsplashManaging orders efficiently is vital for businesses in today’s world of online shopping and fast deliveries. Data-driven insights have become the key to achieving this. Imagine having a tool that lets you track
Read moreWaymo’s new simulator helps researchers train more realistic agents
Autonomous vehicle companies use simulators to train their self-driving systems and teach them how to react to “agents” — things like pedestrians, cyclists, traffic signals and other cars. To have a truly advanced AV system, those agents need to behave and react realistically to the AV and to each other.
Read more23andMe says it’s looking into another possible data leak
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge 23andMe is investigating reports of a new data leak involving millions of user records. On Wednesday, TechCrunch reported that a hacker claims to have leaked 4 million genetic profiles belonging to people in Great Britain, along with “the wealthiest people living in
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