Details about Samsung's Galaxy S24 devices, expected to be out in early 2024, have been leaked. The CAD-derived renders for the S24 Ultra, S24, and S24 Plus show the important parts of the device down to the millimeter. The Plus and base models will share a design that features a flat metal band that wraps around the perimeter. The Ultra version has the same Ultra design used since the S22. It is rumored to have a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, a 5000 mAh battery, and 2TB of max storage.
Apple is rumored to be eyeing Formula 1 as its next big sports investment. The company is reportedly considering an offer worth about $2 billion per year that would make it the exclusive streaming rights holder of Formula 1 racing. Apple will not be able to secure global rights for a while due to existing contracts. The company is also rumored to be considering deals with various other sports leagues, including the NBA, English Premier League, and NFL Sunday Ticket.
Space scientists study the physiology and psychology of people living in the Antarctic and other remote outposts due to their similarities with other worlds. There are around 20 analog space facilities around the world that host volunteers for isolation studies over weeks or months in polar stations, desert outposts, and even sealed habitats inside NASA centers. The research helps scientists test medical and software tools, enhance indoor agriculture, and address the difficulties analog astronauts face.
Ethylene, the world's most widely produced and used petrochemical, is used to make products lightweight, durable, or waterproof. Conventional ethylene production releases enormous amounts of greenhouse gasses. CERT Systems Inc. has developed a technology that removes fossil fuels from the process of producing ethylene. The technology works at ambient temperatures, uses renewable energy, and produces no harmful emissions. CERT's process could be used to make other carbon-based building block chemicals.
Database migrations can be one of the most annoying problems to deal with for a software engineer. There are a ton of things to consider when doing database migrations. This article discusses the complexities that arise during database migrations. It covers why they can be hard, why nobody wants to work with them, different scenarios, downtime, and more. The article concludes with a list of best practices.
CSS has implemented auto-expanding textareas. It is already available in the Chrome Canary with the web experiments flag enabled. It is unknown whether the feature will be usable across all browsers or if it will ship in the same format.
Meta's Codec Avatars is a research project that aims to revolutionize remote communication using headsets with face-tracking sensors and eventually glasses. A video was recently released showing Mark Zuckerberg being interviewed in VR using the technology. The interview was conducted through a set of Quest Pro headsets, with the interviewer frequently expressing feelings of disbelief at what they were experiencing. The video is available in the article.
Sam Bankman-Fried apparently wanted to pay Donald Trump not to run for president. He played a video game during his first TV interview. Bankman-Fried was friends with Tom Brady, who reportedly adored him. He was invited to sponsor the Met Gala as a social experiment. Bankman-Fried faces more than 100 years in prison if convicted. His biggest fear is potentially losing access to the internet.
AI turns the marginal cost of content to zero and drastically changes workflows, making it likely to be the next dominant layer on which applications are built.