[ad_1] Two new features have been added to GitHub, the most popular software development platform in the world, to improve developer safety and efficiency. New features in GitHub’s public beta release include passkey authentication for password-free account access and a merge queue for automated branch management. The two most common methods of account security are passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA). However, these approaches are not failsafe and can result in security holes in your accounts. In order to access your GitHub account, you no longer need a password or two-factor authentication if you use passkey authentication. Passkeys are a more…
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[ad_1] Let’s end the week with a bit of good news for our future as a species on this floating ball of dirt. Brimstone, a major player in the industrial decarbonization field, has passed a crucial third-party strength test, bringing the dream of net-zero construction one step closer to reality. The company’s proprietary portland cement met the American Society for Testing and Materials’ (ASTM) indicating that it can do everything traditionally-made portland cement can do with regard to construction projects. This is a big deal, as portland cement is not some niche product, as it comprises 95 percent of all…
[ad_1] That expression doesn’t look nice, but at least now the energy calculation is in terms of things that we actually know or can estimate. All we need to do is convert our estimates from imperial units to metric and we are all set. Using a wave traveling at 20 miles per hour, with these estimations I get a wave energy of 16 million joules.Is this a lot of energy? Here are some quick numbers for comparison. Suppose you pick up a textbook from the floor and put it on a table. This takes roughly 10 joules. Your smartphone’s battery…
[ad_1] Ah the emoji, the small, cartoonish pictographs that are seemingly able to summarize the entirety of the human condition in just a few character widths. Whether you use them for the meme of it all or to literally express how you’re feeling, emojis have nestled themselves firmly in the lexicon of digital communication, just be careful using that thumbs-up emoji.Gizmodo’s Favorite New EmojisApproximately every year, Unicode blesses us with a list of emojis we very well may see on our phone keyboards in the coming months. Today, Emojipedia has published a list of the icons that could be rolling…
[ad_1] Now, Twitter is giving some of its content creators a cut of the advertising money they bring in. This is part of the company’s strategy to entice more creators to use its service. The new content creator program allows authors to earn a cut of the advertising revenue generated by their responses. Verified users with at least 5 million cumulative post impressions over the past three months and a Stripe payment account are welcome to apply for this program. The program is designed for the most popular content producers on the service. For some time now, Twitter has been…
[ad_1] For almost three decades in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt has gone head to head in high-speed motorcycle battles, climbed Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, and hung from the side of a plane during takeoff. Oh, and he also died at one point (following an extended free dive into an underwater data bank). But in the latest film, Dead Reckoning Part 1, Ethan Hunt faces his toughest opponent yet: an omnipotent AI that could reshape geopolitics as we know it. After defying the laws of physics, it only makes sense that he has to defeat a god. As…
[ad_1] You know it’s bad when the cocreator of The Matrix thinks your artificial intelligence plan stinks. In June, as the Directors Guild of America was about to sign its union contract with Hollywood studios, Lilly Wachowski sent out a series of tweets explaining why she was voting no. The contact’s AI clause, which stipulates that generative AI can’t be considered a “person” or perform duties normally done by DGA members, didn’t go far enough. “We need to change the language to imply that we won’t use AI in any department, on any show we work on,” Wachowski wrote. “I…
[ad_1] When Christopher Nolan releases a new movie, it’s an event. Few filmmakers, even our most successful and well-known ones, carry the weight, expectations, and name recognition that Nolan does these days. So, as one might expect, film fans everywhere are currently getting ready to see his latest film Oppenheimer, which opens July 21.Will We See More of Uhura’s Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewNolan’s film before Oppenheimer, though, didn’t quite fit that typical narrative. That movie was Tenet and it released on September 4, 2020. Which, we’re sure you remember, was the height of the covid-19 pandemic. Despite that,…
[ad_1] In a further escalation of the technology clash between Washington and Beijing, ASML Holding NV, the leading provider of chipmaking equipment, is facing tighter restrictions on its ability to work with Chinese customers. The government of the Netherlands has stated their intention to further restrict the export of vital chipmaking tools, including the sale of equipment abroad. Under Dutch export control regulations, ASML will be unable to service, repair, or supply spare parts for controlled equipment without prior approval from the government. As of September 1st, 2018, ASML will be unable to ship certain so-called immersion deep ultraviolet lithography…
[ad_1] Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in ten years (and supposedly his last) premiered in Japan today — without any lead-up marketing from Studio Ghibli. Soon after, Gkids announced that it had acquired the animated movie’s North American rights. Called Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka (translated as “How Do You Live”) in Japan, the international release will use the title The Boy and the Heron. Gkids says it will arrive in North America “later this year.” Little is known about the new movie, but Gkids describes the hand-drawn animated feature as “an original story written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.” Studio Ghibli…