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Microsoft has been secretly testing its Bing chatbot ‘Sydney’ for years (5 minute read)
Microsoft began testing its Sydney chatbot in Bing in early 2021. The user experience was similar to the one launched this month, with a blue Cortana-like orb appearing in the chatbot interface. Microsoft started creating bots in 2017 as part of a broader effort to move Bing search engine to a more conversational model. Sydney's development is the culmination of many years of work by the Bing team and Microsoft plans to release more information about its history in future blog posts.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Scientists Growing Skin That Can Be Slipped on Like a Glove (2 minute read)
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center have implanted lab-grown skin onto irregularly-shaped mice limbs. This was made possible through a technique that can grow skin in a cylinder, allowing it to be adapted to any shape. The team is now working on creating enough skin to cover an adult male hand. The ultimate goal is to create a piece of tissue that can be slipped on like a glove.
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Scientists grow electrodes in brain, thanks to a simple viscous gel (2 minute read)
Researchers from Linköping, Lund, and Gothenburg universities in Sweden have successfully grown electrodes in living tissue by using the body's molecules as triggers. They developed a gel composed of enzymes that could be used to grow electrodes in the body. The injected gel and electrode formation did not affect the animals. This method could potentially create nerve stimulation interfaces and pave the way for forming fully integrated electronic circuits in living organisms.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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xc (GitHub Repo)
xc is a task runner that simplifies the process of creating executable documentation. It allows users to define tasks using human-readable Markdown, meaning that even those without the xc tool installed can access useful commands via the README.md file. xc also provides editor tools for VSCode and Vim.
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Sonner (Website)
Sonner is a toast component for React. It is styled by default and includes an animation for swiping to dismiss messages. Sonner allows users to easily customize their toast messages.
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What the heck is OAuth? (Sponsor)
When you click on the "Login with Google" button on a website form, that is OAuth in action. It's the standard that lets users grant websites access to their information on other sites. But how does it work? We put together an expert guide based on hundreds of conversations and implementations of an OAuth server that has been downloaded millions of times. No fluff, just a real-world perspective covering the modern use cases of OAuth.
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Tech Layoffs Are Feeding a New Startup Surge (4 minute read)
The tech industry has seen a significant decrease in the number of employees in the past two years, with at least 260,000 workers laid off. Many of these individuals have decided to become entrepreneurs, taking advantage of their severance packages to pursue their own business ventures. Investors view startups as an opportunity as they are agile, cost-efficient, and it can be a sign of success if customers are willing to pay for a new product during a recession. Early indications show that this trend of laid-off workers becoming entrepreneurs is on the rise.
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The job market for new grads: worse than in 2008, but better than 2002 (9 minute read)
This article discusses the current job market and how it compares to the Dotcom Bust and the financial crisis in 2008. The current downturn is far worse than in 2008 but not nearly as bad as in the Dotcom Bust. It is fundamentally different from the Dotcom Bust as many companies and venture capital firms still have a lot of money, they're just not investing right now. While there is a current downturn in hiring, it appears that no one is panicking and many are crafting a plan for the next few years.
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TLDR AI Newsletter (Newsletter)
Hey guys, if you're interested in AI, we just launched the TLDR AI Newsletter, it's curated by a team of founders, AI researchers, and ML engineers who have worked at places like OpenAI, Google, and Stanford, and covers new startup launches, research, and engineering tools/practices in AI and machine learning. You can sign up for free here!
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Setting (GitHub Repo)
Setting is a library that simplifies the process of creating beautiful preference panels.
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