Subj : Apple smart glasses ¨, Op To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Nov 05 2024 11:35:00 --02Gd5tya Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple has been conducting internal studies on building smart glasses. 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Apple has been conducting internal stud= ies on building smart glasses. Apple often gathers secret groups when it ha= s plans to launch a new category of product to collect feedback from. The c= ompany prefers to use employees for these studies in order to keep its plan= s secret. It will be years before Apple will have its smart glasses ready f= or consumers - until then, the company will be working on a cheaper version= of the Apple Vision Pro and a second-generation device with a faster chip.
OpenAI's o1 model leaked on= Friday and it is wild =E2=80=94 here's what happened (2 minute read)

OpenAI is set to unveil the full versio= n of its o1 model sometime in the next few weeks. The model was briefly acc= essible by changing a parameter in the URL, but this has since been fixed. = An OpenAI spokesperson said that OpenAI experienced some issues while it wa= s preparing for limited external access to the o1 model. Examples of output= s from the model made while it was accessible are available in the article.
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Scientists in Japan have created hybrid= plant-animal cells - animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like = plants. The team inserted chloroplasts sourced from red algae into animal c= ells cultured from hamsters and found that the cells continued to perform p= hotosynthetic functions for at least two days. The cells grew faster than u= sual when cultured alongside chloroplasts, suggesting that the chloroplasts= were providing a new carbon source. The study's findings could have major = benefits for lab-grown tissues, such as artificial organs, artificial meat,= and skin sheets.
China reveals a new heavy l= ift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX's Starship (4 minute read)

China has been revising its Long March = 9 rocket over the last decade in response to the development of reusable ro= ckets by SpaceX. The design now looks almost exactly like SpaceX's Starship= rocket. China intends to fly the vehicle for the first time in 2033. The C= hinese space industry recognizes that the future of space flight is fully r= eusable, so it is re-calibrating its projects to align more with SpaceX's d= esigns.
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I've had a change of heart = regarding employee metrics (4 minute read)

The job of a manager is to know what th= eir reports are up to and whether they're doing a good job or are generally= effective. A manager that can't do that is themselves ineffective - which = is the responsibility of their manager and so on up the line. Improving emp= loyee metrics tooling won't help managers do their jobs better if they aren= 't able to notice what is going on. Managers can end up relying on these to= ols too much instead of doing their jobs properly.
Regulators deliver successi= ve blows to Amazon and Meta's nuclear power ambitions (2 minute read)

Amazon and Meta's plans for building da= ta centers near nuclear power plants to fuel its electricity needs have run= into regulatory roadblocks that have nothing to do with nuclear power itse= lf. Meta's data center faces issues due to the sighting of a rare bee speci= es on the land. Amazon's plans were blocked as it could cause other custome= rs of the nearby nuclear power plant to suffer lower reliability and higher= costs. Microsoft's plans to revive a reactor at Three Mile Island are stil= l moving ahead.
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Apple was previously targeting 2025 for= the next MacBook Pro overhaul but there were delays related to the display= technology.
We're leaving Kubernetes (2= 8 minute read)

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Hundreds of code libraries = posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines (3 minute read)

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Interview gone wrong (1 min= ute read)

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OpenAI's for-profit plan qu= estioned by Delaware Attorney General (2 minute read)

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