Net Neutrality, DALL-E image editing, and Germany ditches Windows

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Weekly issue #17

MY PICKS 👇️

1. Net Neutrality 🗳️ — FCC will vote to reinstate net neutrality, overruling prior administration

2. DALL-E image editing 🖼️ — ChatGPT now allows users to edit images with DALL-E

3. Germany + LibreOffice 🐧 — Germany ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

HIGHLIGHTS 🔍️

1. ❌ Altman removed from OpenAI Startup Fund's leadership

2. 🛰️ Mystery of Voyager 1's strange data solved by NASA

3. 🕵️‍♂️ Google to delete incognito browsing data after lawsuit

4. 🤝 AI safety treaty between US and UK

5. 🏥 'Artificial pancreas' to benefit Type 1 diabetics in England

6. 📺 Roku aims to display ads over any connected TV content

7. 💽 SSD prices soar, signaling end of affordability

8. 🕶️ A decade later, Oculus hasn't quite changed the world

9. 💬 Discord begins showing ads; users wary of impact

10. 🎯 AI system identifies Hamas targets, raises ethic concerns

OTHER NEWS 📰

• 🧠 Neuralink's first human subject assured of no fatalities in monkey trials

• 💻 Single Microsoft engineer thwarts large-scale cyberattack attempt

• 🕸️ GOP praised for broadband projects despite opposition to funding

• 📉 Trump Media stock nosedives after $58M loss reported for 2023

• 🚀 President Biden targets SpaceX for tax scrutiny

• ⚖️ Cable industry fights potential bans on service restrictions

• 🤖 Musk's X falsely reported Iran-Israel conflict, AI to blame

• 💤 Geek Squad layoffs lead to 'Sleeper Agents'

• 📱 California's 'right to disconnect' bill gains traction

• 🔒 US prisons debate total social media ban, citing rights

• 🎮 Campaign urges end to game server shutdowns

• 🗳️ China's AI strategies could target overseas elections

• 🌞 Korean 'artificial sun' hits fusion milestone

• ⚖️ Fake AI law firms send fake DMCA threats for SEO

• 🏷️ Meta moves to tag AI-generated material on its platforms

• 🛸 Drones may lead to home insurance cancellations

• 🍎Apple slashes jobs post-project closures

• 🌞 New film cools interiors by 45 degrees

• 🧠 Thought-controlled tech aids brain disability

• 💉 Brain-cell transplants for epilepsy treatment

• 👁️ Blink-harvesting power for smart lenses

• 🤖 Apple to explore home robots

• 🌌 Giant digital camera to unravel cosmic secrets

• 🐍 Snake-like robot the best for extraterrestrial life search

• 🚗 Waymo's self-driving cars start Uber Eats deliveries

• 🌐 Opera browser experiments with local LLM downloads

TOP REPOSITORIES 🧑‍💻

1. codecrafters-io / build-your-own-x — Master programming by recreating your favorite technologies from scratch. |

2. freeCodeCamp / freeCodeCamp — Open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.

3. upscayl / upscayl — Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler for Linux, MacOS and Windows built with Linux-First philosophy.

4. oven-sh / bun — Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager – all in one.

5. DioxusLabs / dioxus — Fullstack GUI library for web, desktop, mobile, and more.

6. immich-app / immich — High performance self-hosted photo and video management solution.

7. Atlas-OS / Atlas — An open and lightweight modification to Windows, designed to optimize performance, privacy and security.

8. donnemartin / system-design-primer — Learn how to design large-scale systems. Prep for the system design interview. Includes Anki flashcards.

9. awesome-selfhosted / awesome-selfhosted — A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers.

10. airbnb / javascript — JavaScript Style Guide.

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