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Daily Update 2022-10-24
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Eliminate data blind spots with CData’s data connectivity as a service (Sponsor)
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The new Mac Pro chip could double or quadruple the power of the M2 Max (2 minute read)
Apple is expected to launch a new Mac Pro next year. It will come with chip options that are at least two to four times as powerful as the M2 Max. The M2 Max will supposedly feature 12 CPU cores and 38 GPU cores. The M2 Ultra will have 24 CPU cores and 76 GPU cores and the M2 Extreme will have 48 CPU cores and 152 GPU cores. The first version of macOS Ventura 13.3 launches on Monday.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Merck pays Moderna $250m for personalized cancer vaccine (3 minute read)
Merck and Moderna are co-developing a personalized cancer vaccine based on mRNA technology. The vaccines are created based on tumor samples taken from patients. The samples are used to identify proteins called neoantigens. Moderna then uses its mRNA technology to create a vaccine that teaches patients' immune systems to target the neoantigens. The vaccine is currently in a phase 2 trial.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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pyinfra (GitHub Repo)
pyinfra automates, provisions, manages, and deploys infrastructure at massive scale. It can be used for ad-hoc command execution, service deployment, configuration management, and more. pyinfra is super fast, extendable with any Python package, and integrated with Docker, Vagrant/Mech, and Ansible out of the box. It supports agentless execution against SSH/Docker/subprocess/winrm hosts.
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Futuristic CSS (10 minute read)
This article looks at CSS trends and some futuristic CSS features that might one day make it to the browser. It is based on data from an annual State of CSS survey. The features include toggles, a switch function, intrinsic typography, sibling functions, and random numbers.
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A Former Facebook Manager Started America’s Top New App (3 minute read)
Gas, a social network app created by a former Meta product manager, overtook TikTok and BeReal as the top free download on Apple's App Store for several days over the last week. The app allows high schoolers to send compliments anonymously to their friends through polls. Gas is adding close to 100,000 users per day with very little advertising, relying mostly on word of mouth to spread across the US. The app doesn't allow messaging and it was designed to have an extreme level of privacy.
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The Computer Scientist Who’s Boosting Privacy on the Internet (10 minute read)
The internet was not built with security and privacy in mind. Most privacy protection efforts have focused on browsers, apps, and other advanced functionality. Nym Technologies is building a new kind of overlay network that uses the existing internet but alters crucial components to make some communications truly anonymous. This article features an interview with Harry Halpin, the founder of Nym Technologies, where he discusses what it is like being under surveillance, how to create a more private network, and the value of privacy.
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