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Daily Update 2022-11-29

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Big Tech & Startups

Tesla readies revamped Model 3 with project 'Highland' (5 minute read)

Tesla is developing a revamped version of the Model 3. Project Highland aims to reduce the number of components and complexity in the vehicle. The vehicle will go into production in Tesla's Shanghai and Fremont plants. While the Model 3 still looks the same as when it launched, Tesla's software updates have led to improved performance over the years.

iPhone Pro Wait Times Hit New Peak After Factory Disruptions (3 minute read)

Protests and Covid lockdowns at Apple's key assembly plant in China are causing long delays on iPhone 14 Pro models. US customers can now expect to wait as long as 37 days for a device. Apple plans to catch up on production in 2023 to make up for orders lost this quarter. Wait times for iPhone 14 handsets remain at less than three days.

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Science & Futuristic Technology

New AI Speeds Computer Graphics by Up to 5x (5 minute read)

DLSS 3 (Deep Learning Super Sampling) combines AI-powered image upscaling and optical multiframe generation. It combines sequential frames with an optical flow field used to predict changes between frames, then it slots AI-generated frames between traditionally rendered frames. DLSS can speed up performance by over 500% in some games. A video with a side-by-side comparison of DLSS 3-rendered graphics and normal graphics is available in the article.

Scientists Have Found a Way To Manipulate Digital Data Stored in DNA (3 minute read)

Scientists from CNRS and the University of Tokyo have developed an enzyme-based technique that provides clues on how to read and manipulate data written on DNA. The enzymes react to create chemical neurons that reproduce the ability for complex calculations exhibited by true neurons. These chemical neurons can execute calculations with data on DNA and express the results as fluorescent signals. The technique could result in better screening for certain diseases.

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Programming, Design & Data Science

TorchScale (GitHub Repo)

TorchScale is a PyTorch library for scaling Transformers. It can improve modeling generality, capability, stability, and efficiency. TorchScale can scale Transformers to 1,000 layers and beyond. It supports arbitrary depths and widths.

JupyterLite (GitHub Repo)

JupyterLite is a JupyterLab distribution that runs entirely in the browser. It features a Python kernel running in a Web Worker and JavaScript and P5.js kernels running in an IFrame. Users can edit, save, and download Notebooks from the browser's IndexDB.

Guide: Login and authentication workflows for web, single-page and mobile apps (Sponsor)

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Miscellaneous

I’ve Been Laid Off 5.5 Times. Here Are 4.5 Lessons I Learned (9 minute read)

This article contains four and a half lessons from a developer who has been laid off six times in their life. Most of the time, being fired has nothing to do with competence. Choosing the right place to work will reduce a lot of stress and worry. Don't be afraid to leave a job if it isn't working out. Try to do your best and make sure you keep life in perspective.

text-davinci-003 (3 minute read)

OpenAI recently released text-davinci-003, a GPT-3 model that improves on a number of behaviors that are important to developers. It produces higher quality writing, can handle more complex instructions, and is better at longer form content generation than previous models. This Twitter thread looks at some of the issues that are still present in the model and provides some examples of what the model does better than its predecessor. The model still has issues with written math problems, but it is better at writing poetry and job descriptions.

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The World's Largest Active Volcano Is Erupting For The 1st Time in 38 Years (3 minute read)

Hawaii's Mauna Loa started erupting at about 11:30 pm local time on Sunday night.

WhatsApp rolls out a feature that makes it easier to message yourself (2 minute read)

Message Yourself allows users to send notes, reminders, and shopping lists to themselves on WhatsApp.

Elon Musk claims Apple has threatened to remove the Twitter app (3 minute read)

There are signs that Apple is watching Twitter closely to see if the platform is violating any App Store policies.

Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved feature (2 minute read)

Git notes allow developers to stow metadata about anything tracked by git without affecting the object itself.

Falsehoods programmers believe about undefined behavior (7 minute read)

Compilers make zero guarantees when it comes to undefined behaviors.

Twitter hit with wave of porn and spam obscuring tweets about China protests (3 minute read)

Twitter search results for major Chinese cities have been flooded with spam, obscuring any tweets about the protests.

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