Musk Rebrands Twitter as X, WorldCoin's Iris Scans, India Faces Barbie Malware Attacks, and More!
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Fun Fact 🤯
Did you know that the first computer virus was called Creeper.
It was created in 1971 by Bob Thomas. Creeper would spread from computer to computer by sending itself over the ARPANET.
Tech News 📰
Elon Musk rebrands Twitter as X
The Tesla CEO has announced that he is rebranding Twitter as X. The move comes after Musk acquired the social media platform for $44 billion in April. Musk has said that he wants to make Twitter a more open and free platform for speech.
Sam Altman launches WorldCoin
AI entrepreneur Sam Altman has launched a controversial cryptocurrency project called Worldcoin, where people receive digital coins in exchange for a scan of their irises. The initiative aims to distinguish humans from AI online and potentially pave the way for a universal basic income funded by AI. However, privacy concerns and regulatory issues prevent US citizens from participating.
Barbie malware: India among top five countries facing attacks
According to McAfee research, India is among the top countries facing major malware attacks related to the Hollywood film Barbie. Cybercriminals are using scams, fake videos, and downloads to install malware and steal personal information from unsuspecting users.
Reads and Resources 📚
Full Stack Next.js & Supabase Twitter Clone – Full Course
Learn Full Stack development with Next.js 13, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, and Supabase. In this course, you will build a Twitter clone.
'Verified human': Worldcoin users queue up for iris scans
Worldcoin, founded by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is offering free cryptocurrency to users who undergo iris scans for a digital ID, despite privacy concerns raised by campaigners and regulators. The project has issued IDs to over two million people in 120 countries.
OpenAI Quietly Shuts Down Its AI Detection Tool
OpenAI has quietly shut down its AI detection tool, AI Classifier, due to its low rate of accuracy in distinguishing between content created by humans and AI. The tool was launched in January but has been decommissioned due to its limitations and poor performance.
A simple guide to fine-tuning Llama 2
This guide explains how to fine-tune Llama 2, a dialog summarizer, using Huggingface libraries. It covers downloading the model, converting it to Hugging Face format, running fine-tuning notebooks, and performing inference on the fine-tuned model.
A Glimpse in History
It is quite interesting who and how could build it, because the weight of these logs is truly colossal.
Yes, and the windows, are very high, and below we see, cut 'windows' or holes? What for?
Because it is clearly seen that the average person is not comfortable to live here, to put it mildly, but the giants - ideally, giants and it was easier to build it.
GitHub repositories to check out 📈
InvokeAI: InvokeAI is a leading creative engine built to empower professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Plane: Open-source, self-hosted project planning tool
lo: Iterate over slices, maps, channels.
Get Hooked: Podcast of the Week!
Welcome to "Get Hooked," where we share our top podcast of the week for you to listen to. Enjoy (:
About the podcast:
Lane chats with Melkey, a senior Go developer at Twitch about how he would reverse engineer his successful backend software engineering career at FAANG if he were starting over.
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