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SPACEX ANNOUNCES FIRST HUMAN MISSION TO EVER FLY OVER THE PLANET'S
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SpaceX plans to perform the first-ever human space flight over the
Earth's poles before the end of this year. The Fram2 mission crew will
comprise a Chinese-born cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a polar explorer,
a roboticist, and a filmmaker. They will fly aboard Crew Dragon
Endurance, which will be fitted with a cupola for both photography and
filming. This will be SpaceX's third free-flying mission aboard Crew
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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GOOGLE'S PIXEL 9 EVENT (10 MINUTE READ) [12]

Google's Pixel hardware event is scheduled for today. The company has
already confirmed it will be launching the Pixel 9 and the Pixel 9 Pro
Fold at the event. There may be other announcements, such as a smaller
Pro option, AI features, the Pixel Buds Pro 2, a Pixel Watch 3, and
more. This article summarizes the rumors for all the things Google may
present at the event.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

SCIENTISTS SAY THEY'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO REGENERATE KNEE CARTILAGE
(2 MINUTE READ) [13]

Scientists at Northwestern University have invented a goo that could
open the door to regenerating human knee cartilage. The goo mimics the
chemical structure of cartilage. Animal subjects who had their joints
treated with the biomaterial grew new cartilage within six months. If
the goo works in humans, it could benefit people who need knee
replacement surgeries, athletes who experience ACL tears, and people
who suffer from degenerative diseases like arthritis.

IT TOOK MY SAVINGS AND 14 YEARS Ä BUT I'M ABOUT TO BEAT ARTHRITIS
(8 MINUTE READ) [14]

Simon Westbrook started a biotech company with his wife Dominique
after they were made redundant by Pfizer in 2011. Their mission was to
develop a game-changing drug to treat osteoarthritis. 14 years after
starting their mission, the effectiveness of their company's treatment
has exceeded all expectations. The treatment, which restores
protective processes to diseased joints and enables the regeneration
of affected tissues, can be delivered via a once-a-month injection.
This article tells the story of how the drug was developed.

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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

GIL BECOME OPTIONAL IN PYTHON 3.13 (4 MINUTE READ) [15]

Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) can be disabled in Python version 3.13.
GIL is a mechanism used by the C Python interpreter to ensure that
only one thread executes the Python bytecode at a time. Free-threaded
mode, which disables GIL, is currently experimental. Disabling GIL
makes a massive difference in the performance of multithreaded tasks.

GO IS MY HAMMER, AND EVERYTHING IS A NAIL (5 MINUTE READ) [16]

Go can do basically anything. It's simple, easy to read, and
consistent. Using only Go means less context switching and leads to a
deeper understanding of the language. There are basically an infinite
number of projects out there, so there's still plenty to build even if
only knowing one language was a restriction.

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MISCELLANEOUS

REPLIKA CEO EUGENIA KUYDA SAYS IT'S OKAY IF WE END UP MARRYING AI
CHATBOTS (56 MINUTE READ) [17]

Replika offers customizable AI-powered avatars for users to interact
with. Users can talk to these avatars through a chat interface,
through video calls, or in virtual and augmented reality. This article
contains an interview with Replika founder and CEO Eugenia Kuyda,
where she discusses how AI tech makes companions possible and what the
limits of current models are. Kuyda says the company's goal is not to
replace real-life humans, but instead create an entirely new
relationship category - a virtual being that can be used for whatever
purposes users might need.

AMERICAN WORKERS ARE STUCK IN PLACE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS TOO AFRAID OF
A RECESSION TO QUIT (5 MINUTE READ) [18]

The stagnation in hiring has resulted in a rise of 'stuck' workers
who want to quit their jobs but are staying put due to a fear of a
potential recession. Americans are quitting their jobs at the slowest
pace since the pandemic, despite job satisfaction falling. Job market forecasters say the slowdown in hiring will likely continue.

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A CONTROVERSIAL EXPERIMENT TO ARTIFICIALLY COOL EARTH WAS CANCELED
Ä WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT WHY (4 MINUTE READ) [20]

Harvard researchers canceled plans to send sunlight-reflecting
particles up into the atmosphere because the project struggled with
intense attention from the media and the scientific advisory
committee.

HISTORY OF HTTPS USAGE (20 MINUTE READ) [21]

Netscape built SSL, a protocol for creating secure channels between
clients and servers that can be run over HTTP: combining HTTP and SSL
resulted in HTTPS.

THE CHEAPEST TESLA CYBERTRUCK IS $99,990; PROMISED $60K MODEL
CANCELED (2 MINUTE READ) [22]

Tesla's Cybertruck has been outselling Ford's F-150 Lightning despite Lightnings being available with price tags $20,000-$30,000 less.

CROWDSTRIKE EXEC SHOWS UP TO ACCEPT 'MOST EPIC FAIL' AWARD IN PERSON
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CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas said it was important that he
accept the award in person so that CrowdStrike could 'own' its
mistakes.

APPLE SAYS PATREON MUST SWITCH TO ITS BILLING SYSTEM OR RISK REMOVAL
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Patreon will move all creators to Apple's iOS in-app purchase system
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