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Agile is killing software innovation ☠️, AI boosts mental health, Quantum internets takes a step forward ⚛️, JWST finds 6 new rogue worlds 🪐

Agile is killing software innovation ☠️, AI boosts mental health, Quantum internets takes a step forward ⚛️, JWST finds 6 new rogue worlds 🪐
This stunning new mosaic of images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope showcases the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana
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Agile is killing software innovation, says Moxie Marlinspike
Layers of abstraction and speedy development have left engineers unable to understand what lies beneath
We love a good argument 😄 Security-legend Moxie Marlinspike argues that Agile practices are killing software innovation. He calls for a more ground-up approach to building software. At the same time, the opinion piece below from Rupert Goodwin's argues the opposite.
Blaming practices (which you can take or leave as needed) seems like an oversimplification of the problems facing software development. What's your view?
Sorry, Moxie. Blaming Agile for software stagnation is wrong
Innovation dead for twenty years? Tell that to 2004
UK innovation limited by infrastructure issues, cyber risks and economic challenges - Techerati
UK businesses see AI as a powerful innovation tool, but major challenges are holding back enterprises from realising its potential.

🤖 Top AI Stories

How Companies Tap Virtual Reality and AI to Boost Mental Health - Decrypt
An international research study showed how immersive VR environments show promise in treating anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
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We've already seen this in practice with other customers, across different use cases. The ability of VR to embed the user in an environment, and let them focus on a task is huge. Tying in AI to allow for more freeform interactions is great, assuming the relevant guardrails are in place. More here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-024-00334-9#Ack1
Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service - SiliconANGLE
Cerebras Systems throws down gauntlet to Nvidia with launch of ‘world’s fastest’ AI inference service - SiliconANGLE
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Competition can be great, and it's excellent to see a competitor facing up to Nvidia's dominance. As always, the hardware is only going to be as good as the software, so it's awesome to see them supporting key libraries such as Torch 👍
20 Generative AI Tools For Creating Synthetic Data
Explore 20 generative AI tools designed to create synthetic data, helping industries from healthcare to finance simulate real-world scenarios.
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I have to support generating synthetic data every day for our innovation projects. This is a game-changer for teams, and free's up a time to be better spent on engineering efforts. A great use of AI!

🖥️ Top Technology Stories

New Experiment Brings The Quantum Internet a Step Closer to Reality
While the idea of a quantum internet has a huge amount of potential, getting it hooked up to the regular old internet has its challenges.

🔬 Top Science Stories

In six new rogue worlds, Webb Telescope finds more star birth clues
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted six likely rogue worlds—objects with planetlike masses but untethered from any star’s gravity—including the lightest ever identified with a dusty disk around it.
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With billions of planets out there, it's not surprising we keep finding a few more to add to the collection. However, the rogue planets are the most interesting - plant-sized masses that are untethered from any central star, that travel through the vast emptiness if space.
Another blow for dark matter as biggest hunt yet finds nothing
The hunt for particles of dark matter has been stymied once again, with physicists placing constraints on this mysterious substance that are 5 times tighter than the previous best
Europe’s JUICE probe snaps hi-res pics of Earth and the moon on its way to Jupiter (photos)
A recent Earth-moon flyby slowed JUICE enough to divert it toward Venus, where it will receive an important gravitational slingshot in 2025.