A Billion Pixels a Second: =
I Got a Rare Look Inside Apple's Secret iPhone 16 Camera Labs (14 minute re=
ad)
Apple's iPhone 16 brings parity between=
regular videos and slow motion in terms of image quality and dynamic range=
.. It also introduces a new feature that allows users to adjust the quality =
of the audio on videos they record by moving around a few sliders in the Ph=
otos app. This article looks into how Apple designed these features. It tak=
es a tour through Apple's labs to see how the company tests and calibrates =
its technology.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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o3, Oh My (53 minute read)<=
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OpenAI presented o3 the Friday before C=
hristmas. o3 improves on some of the most challenging benchmarks and repres=
ents substantial progress in general-domain reasoning with reinforcement le=
arning. It potentially ranks as one of the best competitive programmers in =
the world. This article looks at o3, its strengths and weaknesses, how o3 i=
mpacts the AI industry, and much more.
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In 2025, People Will Try Li=
ving in This Underwater Habitat (7 minute read)
Ocean exploration organization Deep has=
embarked on a multiyear quest to enable scientists to live on the seafloor=
at depths of up to 200 meters. It aims to develop and test a small modular=
habitat called Vanguard this year. The underwater shelter is capable of ho=
using up to three divers for up to a week. It is a stepping stone to a more=
permanent modular habitat system called Sentinel set to launch in 2027. De=
ep aims to have a permanent human presence in the ocean by 2030.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Things we learned about LLM=
s in 2024 (37 minute read)
The GPT-4 barrier was comprehensively b=
roken in 2024 - some of those models can run on consumer laptops. Last year=
saw prices crash thanks to competition and increased efficiency, with mode=
ls developing more capabilities. A lot happened in the world of large langu=
age models last year - this article provides a review of the things researc=
hers figured out in the last twelve months.
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Why it's hard to trust soft=
ware, but you mostly have to anyway (42 minute read)
Most people who use software have to ju=
st trust that the manufacturer is honest. There is no practical way to dete=
rmine whether software really does what the manufacturer says it does, even=
if it is open source. While there are some technologies that have the pote=
ntial to reduce the amount of trust required, there isn't any plausible way=
to reduce things down to the level where there aren't a number of single p=
oints of trust. This problem isn't likely to be solved anytime soon.
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The Collapse of Mid-Range S=
martphones (2 minute read)
The mid-range smartphone segment, which=
includes devices between $200 to $600, will plummet to a projected 23% in =
2027 from 35% in 2021. The demand for the range has declined due to a lack =
of revolutionary technology upgrades and a more conservative consumption of=
middle class amid macro challenges. Premium devices are expected to accoun=
t for 74% of industry revenues by 2027, up from 56% in 2021. The used and r=
efurbished phone markets have grown.
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US Treasury Is Latest Victi=
m of Most =E2=80=98Persistent' Hacking Threat (7 minute read)
The US Treasury Department disclosed on=
Monday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had breached its network via a=
third-party provider. Details of the hack remain scant, but it is known th=
at the hackers accessed some unclassified documents. Chinese officials have=
denied the state's involvement in the attack. China's hacking capabilities=
have increased over the last decade as the country built up its talent.
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