Virgin Galactic starts commercial spaceflights in two weeks
After years of tests, space tourism line Virgin Galactic is finally beginning commercial spaceflight services at the end of the month, the company announced today. After these initial flights, they will move to monthly ones and start working through the ticket-holder backlog. Galactic 01 will, barring any delay, launch some
Read MorePost, a publisher-focused Twitter alternative, launches on iOS
One of many buzzy apps competing to be “the next Twitter,” Post launched its iOS app on Thursday. Launched in beta just days after Elon Musk finalized his purchase of Twitter, Post wants to reinvent how people get their news on social media. When using the app, you can toggle
Read MoreTwitter competitor Spill launches in beta on iOS
From a team of ex-Twitter employees, the new social platform Spill launched in an invite-only beta on the App Store. It’s been quite the year for Spill CEO Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell. This time last year, he was global head of social and editorial at Twitter, a company that had not
Read MoreThe week in AI: Apple makes machine learning moves
Keeping up with an industry as fast moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own.
Read MoreStart Your Stream Processing Journey With Just 4 Lines of Code
A decade ago, I stumbled upon an intriguing big data project called Stratosphere. What immediately captured my interest was a particular section in its introduction: the ability to initiate a cluster on a single machine and execute MapReduce-based WordCount computations with just 3 lines of code! During a time dominated
Read MoreBreaking news: Several U.S. federal departments hit by MOVEit hack
Several U.S. government departments are the latest reported victims of the hack of the MOVEit file transfer tool. CNN quotes the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as saying it is providing support to several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions affecting their MOVEit applications. “We are working urgently to
Read MoreGovernments of Canada and Ontario invest $71 million to bring high-speed internet to rural Eastern Ontario
Today, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced a combined investment of more than C$71 million to bring high-speed internet access to more than 22,000 homes in 74 rural communities across eastern Ontario. Minister of rural economic development Gudie Hutchings made the announcement today in Osgoode, Ont. alongside Ontario’s minister
Read MoreHow two founders approach building ethical AI startups in health care
The speed at which AI companies are evolving is making a lot of people nervous. That’s because moving fast could lead to potential ethical issues that aren’t able to be addressed. Building ethical algorithms takes time. Models that were built quickly are more likely to have ingrained bias while lacking
Read MoreIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, no, it’s a crypto whale
Follow me on Twitter @Jacqmelinek for breaking crypto news, memes and more. Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Earlier this week, I took a look at what some major crypto whales’ wallets were doing, where they parked their funds and how their activity signals movement in the broader market. I examined
Read MoreOptimizing Anki Flashcards with Prompt Engineering
I did some prompt engineering experiments to create better Anki flashcards using ChatGPT and GPT4Continue reading on Better Programming »
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