TLDR 2022-12-15

Feature flags are a must-have if you want to test and release new features quickly. With the right tools to implement them, you can innovate faster, deploy fearlessly, and make each release a masterpiece.

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Tesla's newest vehicles can now access and play titles from Steam. The 2022.44.25.1 update is currently only available on Model S and X vehicles released in 2022. The vehicles will be able to run any of the 6,000 titles that can run on Valve's Steam Deck handheld gaming console. Bluetooth controllers and mouse/keyboard setups are supported.

Apple has launched a new app with its iOS and iPadOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1 update. Freeform is an infinite canvas for creative brainstorming and collaboration. Users can add photos, files, drawings, links, notes, and more to a virtual canvas alone or with up to 99 other people. iMessage and FaceTime can be easily accessed through the app for users to discuss what is on the virtual canvas. Screenshots of the app are available in the article.

Moderna's new mRNA cancer vaccine reduced skin cancer patients' risk of recurrence or death by 44% compared to using only Merck's FDA-approved cancer treatment, Keytruda. The vaccine instructs patients' bodies to make up to 34 proteins found on tumor cells. The immune system learns to identify and target cancer cells as they are covered in the proteins. The process requires doctors to send samples of a patient's tumor to Moderna, who then manufactures a personalized mRNA vaccine. It takes several weeks to produce each vaccine.

Antihelium, the antimatter twin of the helium atom, may be the key to discovering the nature of dark matter. No one has ever conclusively found a naturally occurring antihelium particle on Earth, but it could be abundant in our galaxy. It was first observed in 1970 after scientists produced the antiparticle in a collider. A team at the Large Hadron Collider recently generated around 18,000 antihelium nuclei. The data has been used to calculate the odds of Earth-based detectors capturing antihelium from space.

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SvelteKit 1.0 is now available after two years in development. The framework helps developers build web applications on top of Svelte, a UI component framework. SvelteKit defaults to client-side navigation after the initial server-rendered page load, enabling faster page transitions, state that persists between pages, and less data usage. It can be deployed wherever JavaScript runs.

This Hacker News thread discusses crafty workarounds that other developers have found and are proud of. The top replies include a radio hack that was used at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics and at the Sochi Winter Olympics, a Tetris hack, and a hack that fixed a memory leak in a database product.

This article discusses the idea of the 'unbundled' web. It talks about a vision of how social media ought to be. The vision involves different publishing services, reading apps, and community platforms all working together through RSS. Community apps should provide the option of publishing an RSS feed, publishing apps should compile a social feed from community posts, and reading apps should make it easy to subscribe to RSS feeds.

Google employees raised concerns about the company's competitive edge in AI-chat technology during a recent all-hands meeting. Sundar Pichai and Jeff Dean responded to the inquiry by saying the company has similar capabilities as ChatGPT, but if something goes wrong the cost would be greater as people trust the answers they get from Google. Google has a lot planned in the space for 2023 but it needs to be responsible. OpenAI's CEO has acknowledged ChatGPT's limitations and has warned users to be careful about relying on the answers they receive from the AI.

What do you get for someone who has everything? A custom pair of jeans— built unique to their actual body from a 3D iPhone scan. Gift kits from unspun include fabric swatches and a look book to build their perfect pair; get it rushed before you head home for the holidays!

This article takes a look at tech markets from Hong Kong, Jakarta, Lagos, Mexico City, Bengaluru, Taipei, Tokyo, and São Paulo.

Runway ML's AI Film Festival will showcase films with AI-generated content or that were pieced together with AI-powered editing techniques.

This article discusses tips for analyzing logs in the context of distributed systems debugging.

Apple is considering removing its requirement for iOS browsers to use WebKit as part of its plans to allow third-party app stores in EU countries.

Foundation, a framework used in nearly all Swift projects, is going open source.

SkyPilot is a framework for running machine learning workloads on any cloud.