Subj : SpaceX rocket failure 🚀, OpenAI revenue breakdown 📈, ChatGPT for data science 📊 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Jul 15 2024 10:36 am --v9N7iSfF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade. The upp= er stage engine of the Falcon 9 rocket malfunctioned just minutes into fl= ight=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TL= DR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Swarmia] [4] TLDR 2024-07-15 DOES = YOUR ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION RUN ON VIBES? (SPONSOR) [4]=20 In 2024, t= he name of the game is effectiveness. But if you're not measuring the rig= ht things - or not measuring at all - you're not going to get better. = Swarmia [4] gives you the visibility you need to build the right thing= s, faster: >>Less guesswork, more data [4]. Understand where precious = engineering time goes and catch delivery risks early. >>Measure heal= thy productivity metrics [4], fix common anti-patterns, and systematicall= y improve the way you work. >>Improve developer experience [4] with te= am-wide working agreements, automated feedback loops, and developer surve= ys. Put your team on the path to continuous improvement with Swarmia [= 4] =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS GOOGLE REPORTEDLY IN A= DVANCED TALKS TO ACQUIRE CYBER STARTUP WIZ FOR $23 BILLION, ITS LARGEST-E= VER DEAL (2 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Google may be acquiring cybersecurity f= irm Wiz for $23 billion. Wiz, founded in 2020, had been eyeing an IPO as = recently as May, when it achieved a valuation of $12 billion. Its securit= y offering gives companies insight into their full cloud presence. If com= pleted, the deal will be Google's largest acquisition yet.=20 SPACEX = ROCKET ACCIDENT LEAVES THE COMPANY'S STARLINK SATELLITES IN THE WRONG ORB= IT (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time= in nearly a decade. The upper stage engine of the Falcon 9 rocket malfun= ctioned several minutes into flight. It left 20 Starlink satellites in an= orbit less than half of what was intended. The company is attempting to = boost some of the satellites to a higher orbit using onboard ion thruster= s, but it is unlikely to be successful. The satellites will likely return= to the atmosphere and burn up. The Federal Aviation Administration say= s the problem must be fixed before SpaceX can fly its Falcon rockets agai= n.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY EX-META S= CIENTISTS DEBUT GIGANTIC AI PROTEIN DESIGN MODEL (7 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 = EvolutionaryScale, a company launched by ex-Meta scientists, applies = cutting-edge machine learning models trained on language and images to bi= ological data. It has developed a model that speaks the language of prote= ins called ESM3. ESM3 can be used to create proteins to specifications pr= ovided by users. It has been used to create new fluorescent molecules. A = small version of the model that was trained without data from specific vi= ruses, pathogens, and toxins has been open sourced.=20 THIS IS THE FA= STEST OBJECT EVER MADE BY HUMANS, AND IT'S NOT SLOWING DOWN (3 MINUTE REA= D) [8]=20 NASA's Parker Solar Probe was recorded traveling at 635,266= kilometers per hour on June 29. It is expected to reach a top speed of= around 692,000 kph when it makes its closest approach to the Sun in 20= 25. The probe uses Venus' gravity to create a sort of gravity-powered sli= ngshot to reach its incredible speeds. It will eventually get within 6.12= million kilometers of the layer of ionized gas considered to be the Sun'= s surface.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE = @[LIVE HACK SESSION] EXPLOITING AI GENERATED CODE. LEARN AND EARN CPE= CREDITS =F0=9F=8E=93=C2=A0(SPONSOR) [9]=20 Join Snyk's Live Hack Wor= kshop [9] to learn how to proactively identify security weaknesses in you= r AI generated code. Get live support in the hands-on lab as you build a = demo app with AI-assisted coding tools, then exploit and remediate vulner= abilities. 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