Cruise robotaxi involved in a crash with fire truck, one passenger injured
A Cruise robotoaxi and an emergency vehicle crashed late Thursday night and left a passenger injured. The crash is the latest in a string of incidents that occurred this week after winning approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand commercial operations in San Francisco. Cruise posted a few
Read moreTesting Out Llama Cpp Grammar Constraint-based Sampling
A promising new sampling methodPhoto by Element5 Digital on UnsplashSome weeks ago I heard of an innovative work going in the llama-cpp repository that would add grammar constraint-based sampling to the repository.What does that mean? In summary, this new feature would give us a huge potential for generating complex structural output, such
Read moreSpaceX’s new Bandwagon program is a big threat to small launch providers
SpaceX is expanding its rideshare program with a new series of missions aimed at meeting the demand for launches to mid-inclination orbits. The new program, which was quietly announced at a space industry conference earlier this month, is the latest sign that SpaceX intends to take no prisoners in the
Read morePentagon urges US space companies to stay vigilant against foreign intelligence
Investments, joint ventures, or acquisitions could be vehicles for foreign adversaries to gain a foothold in the U.S. space industry, the Pentagon said in a new bulletin published today. The new guidance, “Safeguarding the U.S. Space Industry,” warns that foreign intelligence entities (FIEs) could use a range of strategies –
Read moreTechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms
A recent PitchBook study that surveyed founders from top accelerators found that they are generally interested in just three things: Learning how to operate a startup Networking with potential customers Getting warm intros to VCs But now that so many venture capital firms provide these services — along with marketing
Read moreI’ve never seen so many crap startups
Startups are so full of shit right now. The pipes are jammed and there are so many companies that are full to bursting with the desire to un-pack them. We’ve just been through determining the shape of this year’s TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 and we are seeing a huge amount
Read moreHTTP-Modular: My Node.js Library for Converting Server-Side Functions Into ES Modules
Unleashing the power of ES modules for server-side logicPhoto by Christopher Gower on UnsplashRecently, I was inspired and developed a remarkable “programming magic.” I encapsulated this idea into a Node.js library called “http-modular.”The core concept was to transform server-side HTTP interfaces into JavaScript code that adheres to the ESM (ECMAScript Modules)
Read moreThe Ideal TabView Behaviour With SwiftUI Navigation Stack
Photo by Nick Fewings on UnsplashThere are tons of articles that explain Navigation Stack, which was introduced with iOS 16, but most of these pretty much reshare what Apple’s documentation says — and are similar to the sample Colors app that Apple shared. While that’s good to grasp the basics, it’s far from
Read moreJava 21: So How Should We Construct Strings Now?
Image by authorJava 21 brings in a lot of cool features, and one of them is the String Templates. While it serves more purposes than just classic String interpolation, for us Java developers, it’s yet another way to concatenate Strings in a “proper” way.What is proper, though? I poked around the bytecode
Read moreHow to cancel Disney+ and avoid the price hike
Many subscribers are fed up with Disney+ and its price hikes. The streaming service announced last week that it will increase the price of its ad-free plan on October 12, raising the tier by about 20% from $10.99 to $13.99 per month. The ad-free option cost $7.99/month a year ago;
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