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The article discusses a ban on the use of Clearview AI facial recognition technology by the New York Police Department and the New York Fire Department, as well as a protest at Columbia University regarding Palestinian rights.

The article explores how US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has gained access to state Medicaid data, raising concerns about the agency's ability to use the information to identify and potentially detain immigrants. The report examines the privacy implications and legal issues surrounding this data sharing between federal immigration authorities and state healthcare programs.

The article discusses how AI-driven automation, known as 'Honey AI', has had a significant impact on the economy, particularly in reducing capital expenditures and leading to job losses in various industries. It explores the implications of this technological shift and the ongoing challenges it presents.

A third patient has died after receiving a gene therapy treatment developed by Sarepta Therapeutics. The article discusses the potential impact of these deaths on the company's gene therapy programs and the ongoing investigation into the causes.

The article discusses LibreOffice's criticism of Microsoft for using complex file formats in Office, which they claim is a strategy to lock in users. LibreOffice argues that these proprietary file formats make it difficult for users to switch to other productivity suites, and calls on Microsoft to adopt open standards.

Researchers have developed a new blood test that can detect multiple types of cancer by analyzing DNA fragments from tumors. This test could potentially be used for early cancer screening and monitoring, offering a non-invasive alternative to traditional diagnostic methods.

The article discusses the differences between asynchrony and concurrency, emphasizing that they are not the same concept. It explains how asynchrony is about handling multiple tasks simultaneously, while concurrency is about managing multiple tasks that are interleaved.

The article discusses the reversal of Section 174 of the US tax code, which previously allowed companies to immediately deduct research and development (R&D) expenses. The reversal means companies must now amortize these expenses over five years, which could impact innovation and investment in new technologies.

Valve confirms that credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games from Steam, citing concerns over the nature of the content. The article explores the implications of this decision on the game industry and the ongoing debate around censorship and content moderation on digital platforms.

DuckDuckGo now allows users to hide AI-generated images in their search results, providing more control over the content displayed. This feature aims to address concerns about the potential spread of misleading or synthetic media on the internet.

Meta announces the release of its European AI code, a set of guidelines and principles aimed at promoting the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence in Europe. The code covers transparency, accountability, and respect for human rights, with the goal of building trust and fostering ethical AI practices.

The article discusses the Department of Homeland Security's stance that filming or photographing law enforcement officers, such as those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is considered a 'violent tactic' that could lead to arrests. It highlights concerns about the implications for press freedom and citizens' rights to document public officials.

The article discusses the growing trend of college students taking prescription stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin without a medical diagnosis, in order to improve academic performance. It examines the ethical and legal concerns surrounding this practice, as well as the potential health risks and consequences for students.

This article discusses a study on mapping servers for Minecraft Pocket Edition (MCPE) using an approach called Minecraft Connector Protocol (MCP). The study explores the process of identifying and mapping MCPE servers, highlighting the techniques used and the insights gained about the MCPE server landscape.

The article explores a new geometric framework that could unify Einstein's theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics. It presents a novel approach to describing spacetime and the fundamental forces of nature, potentially leading to a more comprehensive understanding of the universe.

Several French villages are facing a drinking water crisis due to PFAS pollution, a group of synthetic chemicals used in various industries. The contamination has forced authorities to restrict water usage and seek alternative sources, highlighting the growing environmental and public health concerns surrounding these persistent pollutants.

We launched marimo [1], an open-source reactive Python notebook, last year on HackerNews. Today, the most popular recent feature request in Google Colab’s issue tracker asks for marimo support in Colab [2].

Rather than try to convince Google to replace their notebook with marimo, we decided to just build our own cloud-hosted notebook service instead. We're calling this molab (mo for marimo), and we're launching it today.

You can try it at https://molab.marimo.io

Some features:

- Persistent storage

- Link sharing (notebooks are public but undiscoverable, like secret GitHub Gists)

- Download notebooks to your machine, reuse them as Python scripts or apps

- Upload local notebooks to the cloud from our CLI (coming soon)

- Real-time collaboration (coming soon)

- Configure computational resources to obtain more CPU or GPU (coming soon)

marimo is a modern notebook for modern data workflows; we also built molab on a modern tech stack:

- Notebook dependencies are managed by uv, enabling lighting-fast package installation (thanks to uv’s cache and more generally its performant implementation). uv makes it easy to run molab notebooks locally, too: uvx marimo edit <notebook-url> brings the notebook down to your machine.

- Persistent storage is powered by R2, Cloudflare’s zero-egress object store.

- We use Pydantic logfire to monitor our deployment.

- While our implementation is agnostic to the compute backend (stay tuned!), we’re currently running on Modal for fast startups (not to mention a slick developer experience). Modal sandboxes make it easy for us define containers at runtime, containing notebook code and their dependencies. (Shout out to Eric Zhang from Modal for helping us get started.)

molab is free to use, as long as usage is reasonable. Our goal is to make is as easy as possible for our community to use marimo notebooks.

Finally, learn more at our announcement blog: https://marimo.io/blog/announcing-molab

If this interests you, please give molab a shot and please share feedback — here or on Discord (https://marimo.io/discord).

P.S. This is not our commercial product, this is really just for our community.

[1] https://github.com/marimo-team/marimo [2] https://github.com/googlecolab/colabtools/issues?q=is%3Aissu...

The U.S. government is introducing a new 'Visa Integrity Fee' for travelers entering the country, starting in 2025. The fee is intended to help fund enhanced security measures and processing for visa applications.

An exhausted software engineer defeats a highly advanced AI model in a global coding championship, highlighting the continued importance of human ingenuity and problem-solving skills in the field of computer programming.

The article discusses the state-of-the-art in matrix multiplication algorithms for modern hardware, including CPU, GPU, and specialized AI accelerators. It explores the challenges and trade-offs in achieving high performance across different platforms and workloads.