It’s rarely flashy enough to earn a headline — but diseases from dirty water kill more people each year than all forms of violence. It's a crisis that affects 771 million people (more than twice the US population)!
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Google is working on a tool that uses machine learning to train code to write, fix, and update itself. The project started inside Alphabet's X research unit. Codenamed Pitchfork, the project is now part of a new group at Google Labs named the AI Developer Assistance team. Its original goal was to build a tool that could update Google's Python codebase to a newer version.
Protests have broken out at Foxconn's iPhone factory in Zhengzhou. The protests started after workers learned that bonus payments would be delayed. Footage of the protests on social media show workers clashing with riot police and hazmat-suited officials. The workers have been forced to live and work on-site due to Foxconn's strict Covid-19 controls.
Researchers have discovered two novel genes that increase an individual's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. The researchers used a technique called exome sequencing to identify the genes. Exome sequencing is able to identify rare mutations. The discovery brings scientists closer to finding treatment options and preventative measures for the disease.
This article discusses breathing and looks at the science behind it. Humans take about 20,000 breaths a day. The rate can change almost instantly in response to stress or arousal. Breathing can influence the mind. Many ancient traditions have practiced controlled breathing as a means of influencing their state of mind, and researchers are now discovering the biological mechanisms behind these effects and how they might be applied to help people with anxiety and mood disorders.
git-delete-merged-branches is a command-line tool for keeping repositories clean. It supports deletion of both local and remote branches and workflows with multiple release branches. The tool can detect multiple forms of de-facto merges and it is provider agnostic. It has several safety features to make sure nothing is deleted accidentally.
This blog post tells the story of how a bug hunter found a subdomain takeover vulnerability. The vulnerability was an edge case and could only be exploited when certain conditions were met. The post covers how the vulnerability was discovered and how they tested and confirmed the exploit. Submitting the bug report earned the bug hunter $2,000.
Stable Diffusion Version 2 has been released in open-source. The update brings powerful new features such as the ability to sense depth and higher resolution upscaling capabilities. Its models were trained using a new text encoder that greatly improves the quality of generated images. Examples of images generated with Stable Diffusion 2 are available in the article.
Tech companies have announced over 31,200 job cuts this month, the highest monthly total since September 2015. Workers experienced a boom during the pandemic. Only months ago, many workers felt safe job-hopping in pursuit of better salaries and benefits. The job market is now being flooded and there are fewer positions available.
