August 2021 Archive
8041.
OpenAI Codex Challenge (challenge.openai.com)
8042.
Student proves Twitter algorithm ‘bias’ toward lighter, slimmer, younger faces (theguardian.com)
8043.
Autoplay now off by default in YouTube Kids app (blog.youtube)
8044.
Guinea confirms West Africa’s first case of deadly Marburg virus (newscientist.com)
8045.
NASA Is Recruiting for Yearlong Simulated Mars Mission (nasa.gov)
8046.
Orbital Speed (what-if.xkcd.com)
8047.
Facebook removes Russian network targeting influencers to push anti-vax messages (jpost.com)
8048.
14-year-old challenges UK police over secret “non-crime hate incident” lists (reclaimthenet.org)
8049.
2021 Django Developers Survey (djangoproject.com)
8050.
PG&E software issue allowed 2019 SF gas fire to burn longer, feds say (sfchronicle.com)
8051.
Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence – Lex Fridman Podcast (youtube.com)
8052.
Gateway Pattern (martinfowler.com)
8053.
Brazilian court concludes that electronic voting is secure (cnnbrasil.com.br)
8054.
The Smallest Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Carrier Board (tomshardware.com)
8055.
Rust in Action: Systems programming concepts and techniques by Tim McNamara (rustinaction.com)
8056.
Which Linux Distro for Gaming? Q2 2021 Survey Results (boilingsteam.com)
8057.
Want to help us make the Web ready for Firefox 100? (reddit.com)
8058.
The Largest Offshore Converter Station Has Set Sail (interestingengineering.com)
8059.
German police arrest Briton on suspicion of spying for Russia (theguardian.com)
8060.
NASA's 'Quiet' Supersonic X-59 Jet Approaches First Flight (interestingengineering.com)
8061.
Poly Network attacker starts returning the $611M in stolen cryptocurrency (theblockcrypto.com)
8062.
Thank the Babylonians, not Pythagoras, for trigonometry (dw.com)
8063.
Show HN: Smart Virtual Engagement Platform for Marketing Teams (goevex.com)
8064.
Things you must do to get a promotion (fastcompany.com)
8065.
GrayShift Keeps Its iPhone Unlocking Tech Secret (vice.com)
8066.
Foxconn’s MIH Alliance Has a Rival, and It Might Have TSMC’s Support (techtaiwan.com)
8067.
Julian Assange loses court battle to stop US expanding extradition appeal (theguardian.com)
8068.
Swiss ask Chinese media to remove quotes from ‘fake’ citizen (apnews.com)
8069.
Awk – A Tutorial and Introduction (2014) (grymoire.com)
8070.
New York Times Tech Staff to Walk Out in Growing Union Fight (msn.com)