All the news from OpenAIās first developer conference (12 minute read)
OpenAI has hosted its first-ever developer conference, almost a year after the company released ChatGPT to the public. This article provides an overview of the announcements from the event. The company plans to launch a GPT store later this month. It has introduced a copyright shield that defends customers from legal action. GPT-4 Turbo is now available. Anyone can now create custom versions of ChatGPT.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Scientists Are Researching a Device That Can Induce Lucid Dreams on Demand (6 minute read)
Prophetic is a tech startup that aims to bring lucid dreams to a wider audience by developing a wearable device designed to induce the experience when desired. It uses ultrasound and machine learning models to detect when dreamers are in REM to induce and stabilize lucid dreams. Propheticās Halo device is slated for release in 2025. A render of the device is available in the article.
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Apple aims to reinvent the battery with high-performance cathode technology (2 minute read)
Apple is designing a battery with a new composition of raw materials. It aims to dramatically increase the silicon content to increase capacity and shorten charging times. One of the main issues with using silicon for batteries is that silicon expands during charging and powering. Apple is also researching the use of carbon nanotubes as a conductive material to improve battery performance. The new battery may be launched as soon as 2025.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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New models and developer products announced at DevDay (12 minute read)
Some of the new additions and improvements announced at OpenAI's DevDay include a new GPT-4 Turbo model, a new Assistant's API, and new multimodal capabilities. Pricing was reduced across many parts of OpenAI's platform. The new features are now available to customers. This article covers the update in detail.
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Shoelace (Website)
Shoelace is a forward-thinking library of web components that works with all frameworks and CDNs. It is fully customizable with CSS, includes a dark theme, and was built with accessibility in mind. Shoelace features first-class React support and built-in localization.
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A Video Game that Pays: Lessons Learned from Working Remotely (10 minute read)
Remote work is like a video game that pays. There are many similarities between video games and remote software engineering. This blog post looks at insights and lessons learned over almost two years of remote work. Remote work can be very rewarding, but it is not all rainbows and unicorns. Getting to know the people that you work with in person can help improve communication and collaboration immensely.
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My Company Died ā Learn From My Mistakes (14 minute read)
Braid was a company that designed and shipped a type of multi-user financial account called a money pool - it took two and a half years for the company to find product-market fit, after which it grew - but the company was dead just a few months later.
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