TLDR 2024-11-20

Auth0 by Okta have significantly expanded the Auth0 free tier and pricing plans. This makes it even easier for developers to defend against increasingly sophisticated attacks on their customers' identities and build the next generation of applications securely and reliably.

The free plan now includes 25,000 MAUs, unlimited Social Connections, a custom domain, and more. Paid plan limits have also been increased significantly.

→ Read the details on the Auth0 blog

P.S.: If you're a startup, you have access to everything you need to keep building securely - free for 12 months.

→ Apply to join Auth0 for Startups

Meta is creating a new product unit to develop AI tools for business. It will be led by Clara Shih, who was most recently the CEO of Salesforce AI. Shih will be responsible for building new tools and getting businesses to adopt them. Most of Meta's business-facing AI tools have so far centered around ad creation and optimization. The new product group will build tools that create deeper customer relationships beyond advertising.

SpaceX launched the sixth Starship test flight yesterday near Brownsville, Texas, before intentionally splashing down in the Indian Ocean an hour later. The company had originally aimed to catch the rocket's Super Heavy booster with its launch tower but decided to splash down the booster in the Gulf of Mexico instead as it did not clear the 'commit criteria' needed for the catch attempt. This was the first time Starship made a daylight splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Video of the flight test is available in the article.

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer, El Capitan. El Capitan can perform over 2,700 quadrillion operations per second at its peak. It will be used to model and predict nuclear weapon performance, aging effects, and safety. It will also aid in fusion and AI projects. Planning for the system began in 2018, with construction starting four years ago. El Capitan was built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which has built all of the current top 3 supercomputers.

A study in which rats were taught how to drive found that rats housed in enriched environments learned to drive faster than those in standard cages. The finding supports the idea that complex environments enhance neuroplasticity. The study found that the rats had an intense motivation for their driving training. Its results suggest that anticipating positive experiences may help drive persistence to keep searching for life's rewards. Pictures and videos of the rats and their automobiles are available in the article.

With the rise of AI and evolving customer expectations, businesses have to adopt a culture of continuous transformation. Get the guide by Camunda to find out how to engage stakeholders, leverage technology and data to enhance agility, and embed a mindset of continuous change. Read the guide

The Android 16 Preview SDK and tools are now available for download. This page contains all the information needed to make apps compatible with the next version of Android. The final release is planned for next year. Android 16 is expected to reach Platform Stability at Beta 3 in March 2025.

Fireproof is a realtime database that runs on any backend. It can create multi-player by default apps that can sync changes between browsers and backend functions. Fireproof is network aware, encrypted, and multi-writer safe. It is designed for real-time collaboration with CRDTs and offers cryptographic causal integrity for all operations. Built for the web, Fireproof has a small package size and no WebAssembly.

A US congressional commission has proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart or smarter than humans. The Manhattan Project was a large-scale collaboration between the US government and the private sector that produced the first atomic bombs. The commission says that public-private partnerships will be key in advancing artificial general intelligence, but did not give any specific investment strategies in its report. The commission also recommends repealing the de minimis trade exemption that allows Chinese goods under $800 to bypass tariffs with minimal paperwork and inspection.

This site shows visitors what lies underneath the surface of the sea. Just scroll down and you will see what creatures can be found at different depths. It goes all the way down to The Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the ocean at 10,924 meters below sea level. Humans reached this level in 1960, about nine years before the moon landing.

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This post summarizes a developer's experience in serving for and implementing an optimal observability stack at their workplace.

Minecraft and Merlin Entertainments will open Minecraft-themed attractions in the UK and US in 2026 and 2027 - there are plans to expand to other countries and territories.

The Starlink waitlist is back in certain parts of the US.

Moving oncall from Monday to Monday to Tuesday to Tuesday would improve everyone's quality of life and also improve schedule accuracy.

Integrate is a Rust library for performing numerical integration of real-valued functions.

Multiple GitHub projects have been targeted with malicious commits and pull requests - a few of the accounts involved in the project attempted to frame security researcher Mike Bell as the culprit.