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[META] I added a basic article filter
Hi all! I frequently see irrelevant garbage posts being published on these so-called tech news sources, frustrating you and me alike.
This morning, I've updated the bot to support loading a list of blocked phrases from its config. As of writing this, the block list currently contains:
"blockedPhrases": [ "couches", "vegan", "diet", "progressives", "save $", "astrology", "disney plus", "hulu", "apple deals", "prime day", "linoleic acid", "freedom caucus", "mental health", "laptop deals", "smart gadget", "and your money", "folding phones", "chatgpt" ]
If there are common phrases that are usually used in blog spam, but not in real tech news, feel free to let me know and I can update the config when I have a few minutes to SSH in and tweak it.
- techcrunch.com Will X's addition of audio and video calling create stickiness in the app? | TechCrunch
Elon Musk announced Wednesday that an early version of video and audio calling is now available on X, formerly known as Twitter. The move is another step
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- techcrunch.com ULA aims to launch Astrobotic lunar lander on Christmas Eve | TechCrunch
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic’s first lunar lander is set to take off on United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket on Christmas Eve.
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- techcrunch.com Ford and UAW negotiators reach 'tentative agreement' to end strike | TechCrunch
Ford has reached a "tentative agreement on a new labor contract" with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union for the automaker's U.S. operations. The UAW
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- www.theverge.com Ford and UAW reach tentative agreement to end strike
The UAW says this contract raises the starting wage by 68 percent.
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- techcrunch.com Electron will likely return to the skies before the year is out, Rocket Lab says | TechCrunch
Rocket Lab's Electron will likely fly missions again before the year is out, the company said in a new statement Wednesday.
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- www.wsj.com X’s Tumultuous First Year Under Elon Musk, in Charts
The platform is struggling to attract users and advertisers, third-party data suggest. Musk has voiced optimism, saying the company “can be thought of as an inverse startup.”
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- jina.ai Jina AI Launches World's First Open-Source 8K Text Embedding, Rivaling OpenAI
Jina AI introduces jina-embeddings-v2, the world's first open-source model boasting an 8K context length. Matching the prowess of OpenAI's proprietary models, this innovation is now publicly accessible on Huggingface, signaling a significant milestone in the landscape of text embeddings.
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- techcrunch.com TwitchCon 2023 was better than last year, but everyone hated Las Vegas | TechCrunch
Compared to the shitshow that went down last year, TwitchCon Las Vegas was largely a success. The problem? Nobody liked Las Vegas. This year’s TwitchCon Though attendees said Twitch itself had improved, they complained that the Las Vegas Strip, an area that’s expensive, not walkable and lacks ...
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- www.theverge.com Honor says its new phone lets you open apps with your eyes
Control your phone by gazing upon it.
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- techcrunch.com AMD and Korean telco KT back AI software developer Moreh in $22M Series B | TechCrunch
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Korean telco KT are among the investors of Moreh, which builds an AI software tool that optimizes and creates AI models.
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- manas.tech Approaching unconventional problems | Manas.Tech
Or <em>"How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?"</em>
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- www.wired.com The UK Lists Top Nightmare AI Scenarios Ahead of Its Big Tech Summit
Ahead of a global summit on how to keep artificial intelligence from doing harm, a UK government report warns that the tech could be used to help create bioweapons, or escape human control altogether.
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- www.reuters.com Why is Israel attacking south Gaza after telling people to go there?
Israel has told civilians in the northern Gaza Strip, including residents of Gaza City, to move to the south of the enclave, saying it will be safer there as the military attacks Hamas following its Oct. 7 cross-border assault.
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- techcrunch.com Carta’s CEO reaches out to customers about bad press, alerting them to bad press | TechCrunch
Henry Ward told customers today that if they are concerned about “negative press” tied to the outfit, they should read a Medium post of his.
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- techcrunch.com Kids on Roblox are hosting protests for Palestine | TechCrunch
In the Lego-like world of Roblox, about a hundred blocky avatars march through a lamplit street, wielding Palestine flags that are larger than their own
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- www.theverge.com X is officially rolling out audio and video calls
One step closer to the “everything” app.
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- www.epicweb.dev Why I Won't Use Next.js
From the perspective of web standards to concerns about increasing complexity, Kent C. Dodds shares his opinions on why he won't use Next.js.
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- techcrunch.com Pony.ai gets $100M, establishes JV with Saudi Arabia's Neom | TechCrunch
Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has scored $100 million from Neom, Saudi Arabia's futuristic city and development project. As part of the deal,
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- https:// www.stairways.com /press/2023-10-24
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- techcrunch.com Singapore-based fintech YouTrip picks up $50M led by Lightspeed | TechCrunch
YouTrip, a Singapore-based fintech that offers multi-currency wallet for consumers and business accounts with corporate cards for SMEs, has its eyes on YouTrip, a Singapore-based fintech that offers multi-currency wallet for consumers and business accounts with corporate cards for SMEs, has its eyes...
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- techcrunch.com EU commissioner sidesteps MEPs' questions about CSAM microtargeting | TechCrunch
The European Union's home affairs commissioner, Ylva Johansson, has confirmed the Commission is investigating whether or not it broke recently updated
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- investor.fb.com Meta Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. "We had a good quarter for our community and business," said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. "I'm proud of the work our teams have done to advance AI and mixed reality with the ...
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- www.wsj.com Meta Sees Continued Rebound in Advertising, Reports Largest Sales in Years
The Facebook parent posted quarterly profit of $11.6 billion and reported its largest sales in years.
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- www.nature.com AI ‘breakthrough’: neural net has human-like ability to generalize language
A neural-network-based artificial intelligence outperforms ChatGPT at quickly folding new words into its lexicon, a key aspect of human intelligence.
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- a16z.com The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox | Andreessen Horowitz
The pressure the cloud puts on margins can start to outweigh the benefits you scale and growth slows. Understand how much market cap is being suppressed by the cloud to help inform the decision-making framework on managing infrastructure as companies scale.
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- www.theverge.com Spotify is reportedly making major changes to its royalty model
More of that streaming money will be directed to bigger artists.
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- theconversation.com What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
Whether you call them rotaries, traffic circles or roundabouts, they offer a safer alternative to the four-way stop. But the modern roundabout has been decades in the making.
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- talkpython.fm PyPI Security
Do you worry about your developer / data science supply chain safety? All the packages for the Python ecosystem are much of what makes Python awesome. But the are also a bit of an open door to your code and machine. Luckily the PSF is taking this seriously and hired Mike Fiedler as the full time PyP...
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- buttondown.email The Case of a Curious SQL Query
Languages that suffer success often have to do so by selling out and adding features that go against some of the original purposes of their design. SQL is a...
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