Subj : Apple joins Google antitrust ¨, how to profit from AGI ¨, NASA flew into the sun ¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Dec 25 2024 11:35:41 --gh9709D7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple is seeking to intervene in Google's US antitrust trial over online = search, saying that Google can no longer adequately represent its inter= ests=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Dollar Flight Club] [4] TLDR 202= 4-12-25 =F0=9F=8E=81 THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, SPEND $1 TODAY FOR $2K OFF = VACATIONS TO THE WORLD'S MOST SPECTACULAR DESTINATIONS (SPONSOR) [4]=20 = Would you spend one dollar if it meant you could travel the world = =E2=80=93 for your next holiday adventure? Dollar Flight Club [4] ma= kes that dream a reality. Try for just $1 today to join a club of over 1 = million members saving up to 90% on every flight. Just select your depart= ure airports, relax, and they'll alert you when great deals roll in. = Here are just a few holiday-ready destinations you could explore: = =F0=9F=87=AB=F0=9F=87=B7France: $282 roundtrip =F0=9F=87=A8= =F0=9F=87=B7Costa Rica: $173 roundtrip =F0=9F=87=AA=F0=9F=87=B8Spain: = $247 roundtrip =F0=9F=87=AF=F0=9F=87=B5Japan: $455 roundtrip = =F0=9F=87=BA=F0=9F=87=B8Hawaii: $161 roundtrip It's the season of givi= ng. What better gift to yourself than seeing the world for next to nothin= g? =F0=9F=8E=89 _Special Holiday Offer_ for TLDR readers! Try for $1 [= 4] =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS APPLE JOINS GOOGLE ANT= ITRUST FIGHT TO PROTECT $20B SEARCH PARTNERSHIP (4 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 = Apple is seeking to intervene in Google's US antitrust trial over onl= ine search, saying that Google can no longer adequately represent its int= erests in the case. The company has concerns over its multi-billion dolla= r revenue-sharing agreement with Google. Apple received an estimated $20 = billion from Google in 2022 for making Google the default search engine o= n Safari. The trial could potentially force Google to divest its Chrome b= rowser or Android operating system to restore competition in the online s= earch market.=20 GOOGLE IS USING ANTHROPIC'S CLAUDE TO IMPROVE ITS GEMI= NI AI (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Google contractors working to improve Ge= mini are comparing its answers against outputs produced by Anthropic's Cl= aude. It is unknown whether Google has permission for its use of Claude i= n testing against Gemini. Anthropic's terms of service forbids customers = from accessing Claude to build competing products or services or train co= mpeting AI models without approval. Google is a major investor in Anthrop= ic.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY NASA SPA= CECRAFT JUST PLUNGED INTO THE SUN AND BROKE STUNNING RECORDS (6 MINUTE RE= AD) [7]=20 The Parker Solar Probe swooped through the Sun's atmosphere = early on Christmas Eve. Flying around 3.8 million miles above the solar= surface, the probe was designed to explore how solar storms are formed= .. It is fitted with instruments to measure and image solar winds, which m= ay enable us to better forecast when and where a potent coronal mass ejec= tion or solar flare may hit. Solar storms have huge implications for ener= gy grids and communications systems on Earth.=20 UNITREE B2-W ROBOT DOG= GETS UPGRADED, CAN NOW PERFORM A HANDSTAND (2 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Th= e Unitree B2-W robot dog can now do handstands thanks to a few upgrades, = including high-powered wheel motors, M107 joint modules, and replaceable = wheel/foot legs. It is equipped with a 32 wire automotive-grade LiDAR, a = depth camera, and an ultra large 2200Wh battery, and can achieve a top sp= eed of 12.4 miles per hour. It can travel 31 miles with an 88 pound load = and pull up to 220 pounds. A video of the robot dog performing tricks is = available in the article.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DA= TA SCIENCE AUTHORTRAIL (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 AuthorTrail lets user= s explore Git repositories' history by author. It can find and browse fil= es users have contributed to. Once found, users are able to quickly acces= s to view and edit them. AuthorTrail features file search by author email= , hierarchical file tree visualization, a built-in code viewer with synta= x highlighting, quick open in the default editor, and dark mode support. = ASK HN: PROGRAMMERS WHO DON'T USE AUTOCOMPLETE/LSP, HOW DO YOU DO IT= ? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [10]=20 Many IDE features, like autocomplete, = language servers, and Copilot, can be taken for granted today. However, n= ot every developer uses these tools. Some developers work in environments= where they aren't able to access IDEs (for example, on remote servers th= at only have Vim), so they have had to learn different ways of doing thin= gs. Organizing software in a way where every piece of code has a clear an= d logical place is a skill - tooling that helps with code navigation can= result in code that lacks structure.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANE= OUS HOW TO (HOPEFULLY ETHICALLY) MAKE MONEY OFF OF AGI (38 MINUTE REA= D) [11]=20 This article contains an interview with Will Eden from Cos= mos, Zvi Mowshowitz (an economist who spent 2.5 years trading at Jane Str= eet Capital), and Noah Kreutter, who has roughly four years of quant-y = finance experience at IMC and Bridgewater. The interview covers how to co= nstruct a portfolio that will go well when Artificial General Intelligenc= e (AGI) becomes a bigger deal, the broad market effects of AGI, career ca= pital in an AGI world, debt in interest effect of AGI, and much more. The= interview was in November last year - the interviewer recently posted an= update showing that the investment advice in the interview backtested we= ll.=20 I SENSED ANXIETY AND FRUSTRATION AT NEURIPS'24 (13 MINUTE READ) = [12]=20 Late-year PhD students and postdocs at NeurIPS'24 expressed anx= iety and frustration as the job market looks and feels very different fro= m what they expected when they were applying for PhD programs five or so= years ago. Years ago, competition for artificial intelligence research= ers with PhDs was fierce - companies were recruiting them to prepare them= selves for a revolution. Many of the researchers, who were paid well, wer= e free to choose what they wanted to work on and publish whatever they wa= nted to publish. This incentivized a large number of brilliant students t= o apply to PhD programs. Universities have started to train undergraduate= , graduate, and master's students on these technologies, making PhDs less= valuable to companies.=20 =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS DON'T LOOK = NOW, BUT CHINA'S AI IS CATCHING UP FAST (5 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 Despi= te restrictions in buying advanced chips, China is showing signs of catch= ing up with America's leading AI models more quickly than many in the ind= ustry had expected.=20 ASK HN: HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN A CAREER BREAK OR GA= P YEAR TO HACK? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [14]=20 Taking a career break ca= n be good for mental health and growth, but you have to weigh the decisio= n against the opportunity cost of lost earnings, the amount of savings yo= u have available, and your sense of value for the time you'll take off. = NETFLIX SUES BROADCOM'S VMWARE OVER US VIRTUAL MACHINE PATENTS (2 = MINUTE READ) [15]=20 Netflix says that VMware's vSphere virtualization = platform for deploying and managing virtual machines infringes on its pat= ents related to virtual-machine communications.=20 APPLE'S BAD BLOOD = WITH NVIDIA CONTINUES, AFTER DECADES OF FIGHTING (3 MINUTE READ) [16]=20 = Apple is looking to further sever its ties with Nvidia by partnering = with Broadcom to design its own AI server chip.=20 OPEN SOURCE MAINTAIN= ERS ARE DROWNING IN JUNK BUG REPORTS WRITTEN BY AI (4 MINUTE READ) [17] = AI has ushered in a new era of slop security reports for open source= .. OPENAI =E2=80=98CONSIDERED' BUILDING A HUMANOID ROBOT (1 MINUTE = READ) [18]=20 OpenAI closed its robotics division in 2021 but it recent= ly explored the topic of building its own humanoid robot again.=20 Lov= e TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards! Share your referral link b= elow with friends to get free TLDR swag!=20 https://refer.tldr.tech/1fd= 848fa/ [19]=20 =09=09 Track your referrals here. [20]=20 Want to adve= rtise in TLDR? =F0=9F=93=B0 If your company is interested in reaching= an audience of tech executives, decision-makers and engineers, you may w= ant to ADVERTISE WITH US [21].=20 If you have any comments or feedbac= k, just respond to this email!=20 Thanks for reading,=20 Dan Ni & Stephe= n Flanders=20 If you don't want to receive future editions of TLDR, plea= se unsubscribe from TLDR [22] or manage all of your TLDR newsletter sub= scriptions [23].=20 =20 Links: ------ [1] https://tldr.tech/signu= p?utm_source=3Dtldr [2] https://advertise.tldr.tech/?utm_source=3Dtldr&ut= m_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_campaign=3Dadvertisetopnav [3] https://a.tldrne= wsletter.com/web-version?ep=3D1&lc=3Db5bb39ac-a04f-11ee-8692-6388dbdd6fd1&p= =3D8763621a-c299-11ef-b846-b5588bf24d3b&pt=3Dcampaign&t=3D1735126541&s=3D1d= 105f08289de48c473d1a6ff4457fd130896d2ba1e7ea0e617e4bc6c094b70b [4] https:= //app.dollarflightclub.com/signup/cheapflights4?utm_source=3Dtldr&utm_mediu= m=3Dpaidplacement [5] https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/apple-joins-google-= antitrust-fight-protect-20b-search-partnership?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter= [6] https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/24/google-is-using-anthropics-claude-= to-improve-its-gemini-ai/?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [7] https://mashabl= e.com/article/nasa-parker-solar-probe-sun-breaks-record-speed-closest-appro= ach?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [8] https://www.techeblog.com/unitree-b2-= w-robot-dog-upgrade/?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [9] https://github.com/s= arimabbas/authortrail?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [10] https://news.ycomb= inator.com/item?id=3D42492508&utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [11] https://ww= w.lesswrong.com/posts/CTBta9i8sav7tjC2r/how-to-hopefully-ethically-make-mon= ey-off-of-agi?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [12] https://kyunghyuncho.me/i-= sensed-anxiety-and-frustration-at-neurips24/?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter = [13] https://links.tldrnewsletter.com/Ua2X9E [14] https://news.ycombinato= r.com/item?id=3D42492405&utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [15] https://links.t= ldrnewsletter.com/oMp2Lo [16] https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/12/24/= apples-bad-blood-with-nvidia-continues-after-decades-of-fighting?utm_source= =3Dtldrnewsletter [17] https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/ai_slop_bug= _reports/?utm_source=3Dtldrnewsletter [18] https://techcrunch.com/2024/12= /24/openai-considered-building-a-humanoid-robot-report/?utm_source=3Dtldrne= wsletter [19] https://refer.tldr.tech/1fd848fa/ [20] https://hub.sparkl= p.co/sub_32edf8dd66ae/1 [21] https://advertise.tldr.tech/?utm_source=3Dtl= dr&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_campaign=3Dadvertisecta [22] https://a.tld= rnewsletter.com/unsubscribe?ep=3D1&l=3Dcfa2d55a-b7be-11e8-a3c9-06b79b628af2= &lc=3Db5bb39ac-a04f-11ee-8692-6388dbdd6fd1&p=3D8763621a-c299-11ef-b846-b558= 8bf24d3b&pt=3Dcampaign&pv=3D4&spa=3D1735124453&t=3D1735126541&s=3D5477ade7c= a04cc60ca034869a5b00cd621d0cda6e215a449c3a000f581225f45 [23] https://tldr= ..tech/tech/manage?email=3Dtldr%40synchro.net --gh9709D7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable TLDR
Apple is s= eeking to intervene in Google's US antitrust trial over online search,= saying that Google can no longer adequately represent its interests = =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C = =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C = =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C = =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C = =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C = =E2=80=8C  =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C=  =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C=  =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C=  =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C=  =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C=  =E2=80=8C =E2=80=8C 

TLDR

=
Together With 3D"Dollar

TLDR 2024-12-25

=F0=9F=8E=81 This Holiday S= eason, Spend $1 Today for $2k off Vacations to the World's Most Spectacular= Destinations (Sponsor)

Would you spend one dollar if it meant = you could travel the world =E2=80=93 for your next holiday adventure?

Dollar Flight Club mak= es that dream a reality. Try for just $1 today to join a club of over 1 mil= lion members saving up to 90% on every flight. Just select your departure a= irports, relax, and they'll alert you when great deals roll in.

Here are just a few holiday-ready destinations you could explore:

=F0=9F=87=AB=F0=9F=87=B7France: $282 roundtrip

=F0=9F=87=A8=F0=9F=87=B7Costa Rica: $173 roundtrip

=F0=9F=87=AA=F0=9F=87=B8Spain: $247 roundtrip

=F0=9F=87=AF=F0=9F=87=B5Japan: $455 roundtrip

=F0=9F=87=BA=F0=9F=87=B8Hawaii: $161 roundtrip

It's the season of giving. What better gift to yourself than seeing the = world for next to nothing?

=F0=9F=8E=89 Special Holiday Offer for TLDR readers! Try for $1

=F0=9F= =93=B1

Big Tech & Startups

Apple joins Google antitrus= t fight to protect $20B search partnership (4 minute read)

Apple is seeking to intervene in Google= 's US antitrust trial over online search, saying that Google can no longer = adequately represent its interests in the case. The company has concerns ov= er its multi-billion dollar revenue-sharing agreement with Google. Apple re= ceived an estimated $20 billion from Google in 2022 for making Google the d= efault search engine on Safari. The trial could potentially force Google to= divest its Chrome browser or Android operating system to restore competiti= on in the online search market.
Google is using Anthropic's= Claude to improve its Gemini AI (3 minute read)

Google contractors working to improve G= emini are comparing its answers against outputs produced by Anthropic's Cla= ude. It is unknown whether Google has permission for its use of Claude in t= esting against Gemini. Anthropic's terms of service forbids customers from = accessing Claude to build competing products or services or train competing= AI models without approval. Google is a major investor in Anthropic.
=F0=9F= =9A=80

Science & Futuristic Technology

NASA spacecraft just plunge= d into the sun and broke stunning records (6 minute read)

The Parker Solar Probe swooped through = the Sun's atmosphere early on Christmas Eve. Flying around 3.8 million mile= s above the solar surface, the probe was designed to explore how solar stor= ms are formed. It is fitted with instruments to measure and image solar win= ds, which may enable us to better forecast when and where a potent coronal = mass ejection or solar flare may hit. Solar storms have huge implications f= or energy grids and communications systems on Earth.
Unitree B2-W Robot Dog Gets= Upgraded, Can Now Perform a Handstand (2 minute read)

The Unitree B2-W robot dog can now do h= andstands thanks to a few upgrades, including high-powered wheel motors, M1= 07 joint modules, and replaceable wheel/foot legs. It is equipped with a 32= wire automotive-grade LiDAR, a depth camera, and an ultra large 2200Wh bat= tery, and can achieve a top speed of 12.4 miles per hour. It can travel 31 = miles with an 88 pound load and pull up to 220 pounds. A video of the robot= dog performing tricks is available in the article.
=F0=9F= =92=BB

Programming, Design & Data Science

AuthorTrail (GitHub Repo)

AuthorTrail lets users explore Git repo= sitories' history by author. It can find and browse files users have contri= buted to. Once found, users are able to quickly access to view and edit the= m. AuthorTrail features file search by author email, hierarchical file tree= visualization, a built-in code viewer with syntax highlighting, quick open= in the default editor, and dark mode support.
Ask HN: Programmers who don= 't use autocomplete/LSP, how do you do it? (Hacker News Thread)

Many IDE features, like autocomplete, l= anguage servers, and Copilot, can be taken for granted today. However, not = every developer uses these tools. Some developers work in environments wher= e they aren't able to access IDEs (for example, on remote servers that only= have Vim), so they have had to learn different ways of doing things. Organ= izing software in a way where every piece of code has a clear and logical p= lace is a skill - tooling that helps with code navigation can result in cod= e that lacks structure.
=F0=9F= =8E=81

Miscellaneous

<= /div>
How to (hopefully ethically= ) make money off of AGI (38 minute read)

This article contains an interview with= Will Eden from Cosmos, Zvi Mowshowitz (an economist who spent 2.5 years tr= ading at Jane Street Capital), and Noah Kreutter, who has roughly four year= s of quant-y finance experience at IMC and Bridgewater. The interview cover= s how to construct a portfolio that will go well when Artificial General In= telligence (AGI) becomes a bigger deal, the broad market effects of AGI, ca= reer capital in an AGI world, debt in interest effect of AGI, and much more= .. The interview was in November last year - the interviewer recently posted= an update showing that the investment advice in the interview backtested w= ell.
I sensed anxiety and frustr= ation at NeurIPS'24 (13 minute read)

Late-year PhD students and postdocs at = NeurIPS'24 expressed anxiety and frustration as the job market looks and fe= els very different from what they expected when they were applying for PhD = programs five or so years ago. Years ago, competition for artificial intell= igence researchers with PhDs was fierce - companies were recruiting them to= prepare themselves for a revolution. Many of the researchers, who were pai= d well, were free to choose what they wanted to work on and publish whateve= r they wanted to publish. This incentivized a large number of brilliant stu= dents to apply to PhD programs. Universities have started to train undergra= duate, graduate, and master's students on these technologies, making PhDs l= ess valuable to companies.
=E2=9A= =A1

Quick Links

Don't Look Now, but China's= AI Is Catching Up Fast (5 minute read)

Despite restrictions in buying advanced= chips, China is showing signs of catching up with America's leading AI mod= els more quickly than many in the industry had expected.
Ask HN: Have you ever taken= a career break or gap year to hack? (Hacker News Thread)

Taking a career break can be good for m= ental health and growth, but you have to weigh the decision against the opp= ortunity cost of lost earnings, the amount of savings you have available, a= nd your sense of value for the time you'll take off.
Netflix sues Broadcom's VMw= are over US virtual machine patents (2 minute read)

Netflix says that VMware's vSphere virt= ualization platform for deploying and managing virtual machines infringes o= n its patents related to virtual-machine communications.
Apple's bad blood with Nvid= ia continues, after decades of fighting (3 minute read)

Apple is looking to further sever its t= ies with Nvidia by partnering with Broadcom to design its own AI server chi= p.
Open source maintainers are= drowning in junk bug reports written by AI (4 minute read)

AI has ushered in a new era of slop sec= urity reports for open source.
OpenAI =E2=80=98considered'= building a humanoid robot (1 minute read)

OpenAI closed its robotics division in = 2021 but it recently explored the topic of building its own humanoid robot = again.

Love TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards!

Share your referral link below with friends to get free TLDR swag!
https://refer.tldr.tech/1fd848fa/
Track your referrals here.

Want to advertise in TLDR? =F0=9F=93=B0

If your company is interested in reaching an audience of tech executives, d= ecision-makers and engineers, you may want to advertise with us.

If you have any comments or feedback, just respond to this email!

Thanks for reading,
Dan Ni & Stephen Flanders


If you don't want to receive fu= ture editions of TLDR, please unsubscribe = from TLDR or manage all of your TLDR newsletter subscriptions<= /a>.
3D"" --gh9709D7-- --- þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net .