Cheaper sequencing, bigger payoff: New software could bring advanced metagenomics to more labs

Metagenomics relies on the use of software programs called assemblers, which can reconstruct tens of thousands of individual ...
GitHub

annintech-cmyk/dat-learning-with-bigquery

Ecommerce Data Source (CSV / App / API) ↓ BigQuery (Raw Layer) ↓ dbt Models ┌─────────────────────┐ │ Staging Layer │ → Clean + deduplicate data │ Mart Layer │ → Business KPIs & metrics ...
TechCrunch

Poke makes using AI agents as easy as sending a text

Is Poke an OpenClaw for the rest of us? That’s the idea coming from a new startup offering an AI agent that you can access via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and, in some markets, WhatsApp. The AI agent ...
Wall Street Journal

Locals Are Using AI to Fight Data Centers Being Built in Their Backyards

CINCINNATI—Late at night, or when her 18-month-old daughter is napping, Jessica Sharp logs onto Chat GPT and asks it to help her in her fight to stop a data center from being built just steps away ...
New York Post

13 shots pumped into Indianapolis official’s front door raises fears over violent data center opposition: ‘Deeply unsettling’

A terrifying attack on an Indianapolis city councilman’s home has ignited fears that mounting opposition to the data centers that power artificial intelligence is taking an increasingly violent turn.
Reuters

Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use in US data centers

LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet's Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the companies are ...
The New York Times

Shots Fired at Indianapolis Councilman’s Home, After Vote Backing Data Center

No one was injured, but the councilman, Ron Gibson, called it “deeply unsettling.” By Alice Callahan Bullets hit the home of an Indianapolis city councilman early Monday morning, leaving shattered ...
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Mount Dukono volcano erupts in Indonesia, sending ash 13,000ft into sky

Mount Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupted on Thursday morning, producing a thick ash cloud that rose around 13,000ft above the summit. Footage from North Halmahera in North Maluku province shows ...
GitHub

An end-to-end batch data pipeline that ingests GitHub Archive event data, stores it in a GCS data lake, loads it into BigQuery, transforms it with dbt, and visualises it in a ...

GitHub generates millions of public events every day — pushes, pull requests, forks, stars, and more. This project answers two questions: What types of activity dominate GitHub? — Distribution of ...
The New York Times

The Artemis II Toilet Had a Problem

The Universal Waste Management System aboard the Orion capsule is an innovation in deep space toiletry (it seems to be fixed now). By Katrina Miller While in orbit around Earth, the Artemis II crew ...
Marine Link

Bahrain Push for Hormuz Shipping Resolution Hits Hurdles at UN

Bahrain's effort to secure a U.N. resolution to authorise "all necessary means" to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz ran into new obstacles on Wednesday, underscoring ...