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WorkWhat is the Two Generals Problem in Distributed Systems? Network reliability is one of the mistaken beliefs about distributed systems that focuses on network behavior. When designing large-scale applications, we often assume some messages will be lost during communication between two nodes. Work
WorkWhy is money so hard? Every year, we spend and resolve to figure things out later. Now's the time to make a plan. On the Money is a monthly advice column. Work
WorkThe First Sleep Apnea Drug Is Here The weight-loss drug Zepbound (tirzepatide) now has another major benefit: on Dec. 20, it became the first drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat obstructive sleep apnea. Work
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WorkWorkBananas Have Died Out Once Before Modern bananas are a monoculture. It's only a matter of time before some bug or fungus strikes, and many experts believe that strike is coming very soon. WorkWorkA Sublime Example of Organic Architecture in Joshua Tree-3-(1).jpg) The Doolittle house should theoretically be hard to miss. Designed by architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg in the 1980s, the 4,643-square-foot home rises up out of the California desert like an arachnid, its stony spines hovering in the landscape like a UFO just about to settle down. WorkWorkWorkWhy Does OpenAI Need So Much Money? Early last year, OpenAI raised $10 billion. Just 18 months later, the company had burned through most of that money. So it raised $6.6 billion more and arranged to borrow an additional $4 billion. WorkFyodor fever how Dostoevsky became a social media sensation Being popular on TikTok can make just about anything fly off the shelves, from beauty products to cucumbers, which became one of the most-ordered Deliveroo items after "cucumber guy" Logan Moffitt's recipe videos went viral earlier this year. WorkWorkNeed a research hypothesis? Ask AI. Crafting a unique and promising research hypothesis is a fundamental skill for any scientist. It can also be time consuming: New PhD candidates might spend the first year of their program trying to decide exactly what to explore in their experiments. What if artificial intelligence could help? WorkHow Your Car Might Be Making Roads Safer Darcy Bullock, a civil engineering professor at Purdue University, turns to his computer screen to get information about how fast cars are traveling on Interstate 65, which runs 887 miles from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. WorkWorkThe next generation of neural networks could live in hardware Networks programmed directly into computer chip hardware can identify images faster, and use much less energy, than the traditional neural networks that underpin most modern AI systems. That's according to work presented at a leading machine learning conference in Vancouver last week. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkA day in the life of Toyosu, the worlds greatest fish market - The Economist (No paywall) Wiry and frenetic in a white headband, Yamazaki Yasuhiro presides over his corner stall. Around him underlings cut and package fish. Like much of Tokyo, his stall is not exactly cramped but has little space to spare. He navigates through a maze of tanks holding twitching prawns and seething crabs; blue buckets in which fish swim in anxious tight circles, as if aware that plates and chopsticks await; and stacks of white boxes packed with seafood of all kindsapologising for his paltry inventory. A typhoon the previous day grounded planes across Japan, halting deliveries. What looks like abundance is only a tenth of his usual daily trade, Mr Yamazaki explains. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkTeenager's brain becomes key marketing tool for companies After dropping out of an elite junior high school in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Keita Noda transferred to a public school but refused to attend classes. Instead, he stayed at home and immersed himself in the world of an online video game. WorkWorkWorkIf climate tech is dead, what comes next? Humans have an innate desire to name things, but to be honest, we're not always that good at it. Take climate tech: it's a category of companies and technologies that, broadly speaking, seek to minimize or reverse our impact on the climate while also helping us adapt to its increasing changes. WorkThe Germany We Knew Is Gone When I recently picked up a rental car in Las Vegas -- I was in America to cover the elections -- the agent at the counter insisted on "upgrading" me to a BMW. "So you feel at home," he said, looking at my German driver's license, smiling. WorkWorkWorkHow Feminism Can Guide Climate Change Action - Scientific American (No paywall) This year is projected to be the hottest on record. The latest United Nations estimates indicate that, without radical and immediate action, we are headed toward an increasingly unlivable planet with an increase of up to 3.1 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Solving the climate crisis requires urgent, global cooperation. WorkThe G.O.P.'s Elon Musk Problem - The New Yorker (No paywall) Musk, who funnelled more than two hundred and seventy million dollars into Trump's Presidential campaign, has become somewhat ubiquitous in the weeks since the election: co-chairing a budget-cutting advisory commission called DOGE, touring Congress, and vociferously supporting the far-right Alternative f
WorkWorkElon Musk's journey from Obama to Trump aligns with many Americans Billionaire Elon Musk, who quickly became part of President-elect Donald Trump's inner circle, reflects the political trajectory of many Americans and a demographic shift moving from support for former Democratic President Barack Obama to backing Republican Trump. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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