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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 22, 2024?

The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, The First Computer User Group Was Founded in 1955, First Person to Enter Space Twice in 1963, Masatoshi Shima Birthday in 1943, and we present you with these top quality stories. From A Journey Through the Secrets of Firmware: From BIOS/UEFI to OS to What Three Months in Colombia Taught Me About Life, let’s dive right in.


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life-hacking

What Three Months in Colombia Taught Me About Life

TL;DR Discover how three months in Colombia transformed my perspective on life. From slowing down to finding joy in simplicity, these lessons are worth embracing.

By @benoitmalige [ 8 Min read ]

Three months ago, I decided to take what I thought would be a temporary detour to Colombia—a quick escape from the relentless hustle of the U.S. It was supposed to be a brief flirtation with a different kind of life.

But as the weeks went by, something strange happened....

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tech-companies

Google AI Did Not Write This Headline (Though It Should Have)

TL;DR Googles annual Made by Google had one singular focus: artificial intelligence.

By @sheharyarkhan [ 4 Min read ]

Artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence, and more artificial intelligence. That's the best way to sum up Google's annual 'Made by Google' event that took place recently. The star of the show? Artificial intelligence.

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programming

A Journey Through the Secrets of Firmware: From BIOS/UEFI to OS

TL;DR Learn how modern firmware supports complex features and applications. Explore the transition from BIOS to UEFI, boot processes, and OS loaders. L

By @tristejoursoir [ 20 Min read ]

By understanding these connections, you will get a clearer picture of foundational elements that bring your system to life. Our primary focus will be on the Intel x86 architecture, but many principles apply across other architectures as well.

Key Responsibilities of FSBL:

Key Responsibilities of SSBL:

Boot Services..

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machine-learning

Why Are AI Content Detectors So Popular in 2024?

TL;DR With the rise of AI writing tools, AI content detectors have become essential for maintaining content authenticity, especially in education and marketing.

By @zedism [ 5 Min read ]

AI content detectors are tools for processing and examining a text to determine whether it's AI-generated. This software analyzes a text's structure and linguistic features by comparing it to existing AI-and human-written content datasets and differentiating between them.

"What's wrong with that?" you may ask.

But:..

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On This Day

The First Computer User Group Was Founded

Following a Los Angeles symposium hosted by IBM, a group of representatives from seventeen groups that had ordered the IBM 704 mainframe computer met at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California. The outcome of the meeting was the first computer user's group, SHARE. The name was chosen to promote...

Poll Of the Week

Who Should Be Primarily Responsible for Protecting Children Online?

California recently passed a law requiring businesses to assess and mitigate potential harm to children on their platforms. However, a court blocked this law, citing potential free speech violations. This raises an important question about Children's online safety.

The Government
Tech Companies
Parents/Guardians
Others (please share in the comments)

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