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Netlify Composable Web Platform aims to modernize web architecture

Netlify, key proponent of the Jamstack web architecture, has unveiled the Netlify Compsable Web Platform, a unified platform for developers, architects, marketers, and content maintainers for building and deploying composable websites. Introduced October 19, the Netlify Composable Web Platform promises to simplify content orchestration, streamline and unify developer workflows, and accelerate production for enterprise teams.

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How Meta is struggling to moderate Israel-Hamas war content, amid internal friction and its moderation tools’ limited ability in parsing Arabic dialects (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: How Meta is struggling to moderate Israel-Hamas war content, amid internal friction and its moderation tools’ limited ability in parsing Arabic dialects  —  In trying to prevent Instagram and Facebook from contributing to further violence, Meta is juggling internal friction and limited tools

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Sources: Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, and most other G7 leaders plan to skip UK’s Bletchley Park AI summit in November, denting the profile of the event (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau, and most other G7 leaders plan to skip UK’s Bletchley Park AI summit in November, denting the profile of the event  —  – Scholz, Trudeau don’t plan to attend UK AI summit, people say  — Premier wants nations to brand AI capable of catastrophic harm

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Paddy Cosgrave steps down as the CEO of Web Summit, which plans to appoint a new CEO; the event, set to start on November 13 in Lisbon, will go ahead as planned (Amy Thomson/Bloomberg)

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Paddy Cosgrave steps down as the CEO of Web Summit, which plans to appoint a new CEO; the event, set to start on November 13 in Lisbon, will go ahead as planned  —  Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down from his role as chief executive officer of Web Summit after his remarks

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The Eternal Dilemma

It’s two weeks until Supercon! We can almost smell the solder from here. If you’re coming, and especially if it’s your first time, you’re soon to be faced with the eternal dilemma of hacker cons, only at Supercon it’s maybe a trilemma or even a quadralemma: hang out with folks, work on the badge, go

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The Eternal Dilemma

It’s two weeks until Supercon! We can almost smell the solder from here. If you’re coming, and especially if it’s your first time, you’re soon to be faced with the eternal dilemma of hacker cons, only at Supercon it’s maybe a trilemma or even a quadralemma: hang out with folks, work on the badge, go

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A look at the Allen Institute for AI’s plan to build “open” generative AI model OLMo; the nonprofit research center is led by former Apple ML leader Ali Farhadi (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

Steve Lohr / New York Times: A look at the Allen Institute for AI’s plan to build “open” generative AI model OLMo; the nonprofit research center is led by former Apple ML leader Ali Farhadi  —  The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is

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Digital Euro launch promotes financial stability

The European Central Bank (ECB) has declared the initiation of a two-year “preparatory stage” for introducing a digital euro that will allow people who share the same currency in 20 countries to make digital transactions securely and for free. The preparatory stage will begin on November 1. The ECB aims to establish regulations, select collaborators,

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A look at the Allen Institute for AI’s plan to build “open” generative AI model OLMo; the nonprofit research center is led by former Apple ML leader Ali Farhadi (Steve Lohr/New York Times)

Steve Lohr / New York Times: A look at the Allen Institute for AI’s plan to build “open” generative AI model OLMo; the nonprofit research center is led by former Apple ML leader Ali Farhadi  —  The nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, led by a respected computer scientist who sold his company to Apple, is

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CPU Cooler in a Printer’s Hot End

[Proper Printing] often does unusual 3D printer mods. This time, he’s taking a CPU cooler made for a Raspberry Pi with some heat pipes and converting it into a 3D printer hot end. Sound crazy? It is even crazier than it sounds, as seen in the video below. Heat pipes contain a liquid and a

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A look at Discord’s new Warning System, which limits users’ behavior based on their violation instead of relying on strikes, and avoids permanent bans (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: A look at Discord’s new Warning System, which limits users’ behavior based on their violation instead of relying on strikes, and avoids permanent bans  —  Most platforms ban their trolls forever.  Discord wants to rehabilitate them  —  Today, let’s talk about how the traditional platform justice system …

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