March 20, 2025
Software

The Road Not Taken is Guaranteed Minimum Income

The following is drawn from a speech I delivered today at Cooper Union’s Great Hall, where I joined Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman to discuss the future of the American Dream. This shared address, Rebuilding the American Dream: A Path Forward, outlined both immediate actions and a long-term plan to give every American a fair chance at achieving the dream that was promised when our nation was founded. What is the American Dream? In 1931, at

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Jeff Atwood March 20, 2025

Remedy unveils FBC: Firebreak — a 3-player co-op multiplayer FPS in the Control universe

Remedy Entertainment unveiled a new gameplay trailer for FBC: Firebreak, a three-player co-op FPS where the Federal Bureau of Control’s first-response unit must contain an escalating paranatural threat.  When the Oldest House, the Bureau’s shifting headquarters, falls under siege by a relentless paranatural force, only Firebreak – its most adaptabl…Read More

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Dean Takahashi March 20, 2025
Software

How Do Researchers Use Our Blacklight Privacy Inspector Tool? | HackerNoon

Hello World is a weekly newsletter—delivered every Saturday morning—that goes deep into our original reporting and the questions we put to big thinkers in the field. Browse the archive here. Hello! I’m Ramsey Isler, and I’m the director of product here at The Markup. I manage the Product & Technology team, which maintains our website and helps develop the many awesome tools The Markup is known for. We accomplish all that without a single tracker on

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The Markup March 20, 2025
Robotics

Figure AI unveils BotQ high-volume humanoid manufacturing facility – The Robot Report

The floor plan for Figure AI’s BotQ manufacturing facility. | Source: Figure AI Humanoid robots have been slowly making their way into the workforce. However, one question remains unanswered: How will robotics companies make these complex systems at scale? Figure AI Inc. last week introduced BotQ, its new high-volume factory for humanoids. The company said BotQ’s first-generation production line will be capable of manufacturing up to 12,000 robots per year. Figure AI said is bringing

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The Robot Report Staff March 20, 2025

The One Giant Cluster Approach: One Giant Kubernetes Cluster for Everything | HackerNoon

The ideal size of your Kubernetes clusters is a day 0 question and demands a definite answer. You find one giant cluster on one end of the spectrum and many small-sized ones on the other, with every combination in between. This decision will impact your organization for years to come. Worse, if you decide to change your topology, you’re in for a time-wasting and expensive ride. I want to list each approach’s pros and cons

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Nicolas Fränkel March 20, 2025
AI

Load balancing with random job arrivals

Cluster management systems, such as Google’s Borg, run hundreds of thousands of jobs across tens of thousands of machines with the goal of achieving high utilization via effective load balancing, efficient task placement, and machine sharing. Load balancing is the process of distributing network traffic or computational workloads across multiple servers or computing resources, and it is one of the most critical components of a modern cluster management system. Effective load balancing is critical to

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Aaron Birnbaum and Matthew Makansi March 20, 2025
Robotics

ABB launches RoboMasters app-based robotics training tool – The Robot Report

RoboMasters includes interactive lessons, simulations, and challenges to enhance the user’s robotics expertise. | Source: ABB ABB today launched RoboMasters, a new app-based training tool that offers a flexible way for users to to program and operate ABB robots. The program provides access to a wide range of ABB robot training courses delivered in modules. This enables users of any level of experience to learn at their own pace, said the company. “With over 4

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The Robot Report Staff March 20, 2025

Next Insurance gets scooped up by Munich Re for $2.6B | TechCrunch

Germany’s Munich Re has signed a definitive agreement to acquire digital insurance company Next Insurance for $2.6 billion, the firms announced on Thursday. Founded in 2016, Palo Alto-based Next Insurance is focused on providing insurance to small-to-medium-sized businesses. It was last valued at $2.5 billion in late 2023 when it raised $265 million. Next Insurance’s backers include Group 11, Allstate, Allianz X, Battery Ventures, Capital G, Redpoint Ventures, Nationwide, Amex Ventures, Ribbit Capital, and others.

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Mary Ann Azevedo March 20, 2025

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