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Apple announces revamped full-size HomePod two years after discontinuing original (2 minute read)
Apple has announced a new HomePod with support for Thread and Matter. The $299 smart speaker has a similar form factor to the original HomePod, an upgraded S7 chip, and temperature and humidity sensors. It has a single four-inch woofer paired with five tweeters and five microphones. The speakers can sense how they are positioned in a room and adjust their sound accordingly. The second-generation HomePod is now available for preorder and will start shipping on February 3.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Moderna's mRNA RSV vaccine delivers impressive Phase 3 trial results (2 minute read)
Moderna's mRNA vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults is nearly 84% effective at preventing moderate disease according to results from its Phase 3 trials. The company is expected to file for US FDA approval this year. There are three different RSV vaccines that could reach clinical use over the next 12 months. Moderna is investigating a vaccine that combines its RSV vaccine with antigens for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and human metapneumovirus.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Awesome Software and Architectural Design Patterns (GitHub Repo)
This repository contains a curated list of software and architecture-related design patterns. Categories include programming language design patterns, general architecture, microservices and distributed systems, Internet of Things, mobile, security, and frontend development. A design pattern is a description or template for how to solve a problem that can be used in many different situations.
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Codeium (GitHub Repo)
Codeium is a free and ultrafast Copilot alternative for Vim and Neovim. It autocompletes code with AI in all major IDEs. A playground is available for trying Codeium online.
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Firefox found a way to keep ad-blockers working with Manifest V3 (3 minute read)
Firefox's version 109 update includes a version of Manifest V3 that lets users continue to access privacy tools and ad-blockers. The implementation makes most extensions cross-compatible between Chrome and Firefox. Chrome's Manifest V3 removes a feature that content and ad-blocking extensions use to block certain network requests. While there are security risks to keeping the feature, the Mozilla team believes it's worth the risk to preserve content blocking.
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Meet Claude (11 minute read)
Claude is an AI assistant from Anthropic, an AI startup co-founded by former OpenAI employees. This article provides an informal comparison between Claude and ChatGPT. Claude's writing is more verbose, but also more natural. It appears to be better than ChatGPT in many areas, but it is worse at tasks like code generation or reasoning about code.
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HC-tree (7 minute read)
HC-tree is a database backend that improves on regular SQLite with better concurrency, support for replication, and removal of database size limitations.
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