Subj : Samsung Galaxy leaks ¨, Byju's $20B crash ¨, SpaceX launches 2 moon landers ¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Jan 16 2025 11:37:42 --HGhicS2H Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Images of the Samsung Galaxy 25 Slim have leaked. 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The Resilience lander, which is carrying a 5kg rover dubbed Tena= cious, will reach the moon in approximately four to five months, after wh= ich it will complete a lunar flyby before entering orbit around the Moon.= =20 CHINA PLANS TO BUILD ENORMOUS SOLAR ARRAY IN SPACE =E2=80=94 AND IT= COULD COLLECT MORE ENERGY IN A YEAR THAN 'ALL THE OIL ON EARTH' (3 MINUT= E READ) [8]=20 Chinese scientists plan to build an enormous, 0.6-mile= -wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous energy back = to Earth via microwaves. The project has been dubbed 'another Three Gorge= s Dam project above the Earth'. The Three Gorges Dam is the world's large= st hydropower project. Based in China, it generates 100 billion kilowat= t-hours of electricity each year. 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Leaked Samsung Galaxy S25 S= lim images show off its super-thin design (2 minute read)

Images of what appears to be the Samsun= g Galaxy 25 Slim have leaked. The super-thin smartphone has a flat front, f= lat back, flat sides, and three cameras on the back. It will be 6.4mm thick= , about 1.2mm thinner than the Galaxy S24 and nearly 2mm thinner than the G= alaxy S25 Ultra. The phone's camera system will include a 200-megapixel mai= n camera, a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera, and a 50-megapixel telephoto len= s with 3.5X optical zoom and a special design. It will have a Snapdragon 8 = Elite chip and 12GB of RAM. The phone will apparently launch in May and may= be showcased at Samsung's January 22 Galaxy Unpacked event.
TikTok Says Employees Will = Have Jobs Even if Ban Takes Effect (2 minute read)

TikTok employees in the US will still h= ave jobs even if the app is banned in the country. The company is apparentl= y not planning to leave the US in the near term even if it is banned. The S= upreme Court is expected to make a decision on whether to overturn the ban = before the law takes effect on Sunday. TikTok's leadership team remains las= er focused on planning for various scenarios and is continuing to plan the = way forward.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

SpaceX launches 2 lunar lan= ders on path to the Moon (2 minute read)

SpaceX's 100th launch of a Falcon rocke= t from pad 39A yesterday sent two landers on their way to the Moon. The mis= sion also featured a successful landing of the Falcon 9 first stage on the = Just Read The Instructions drone ship. It will take about 45 days for Firef= ly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander to reach lunar orbit, after which the land= ing process will take just over an hour. The Resilience lander, which is ca= rrying a 5kg rover dubbed Tenacious, will reach the moon in approximately f= our to five months, after which it will complete a lunar flyby before enter= ing orbit around the Moon.
China plans to build enormo= us solar array in space =E2=80=94 and it could collect more energy in a yea= r than 'all the oil on Earth' (3 minute read)

Chinese scientists plan to build an eno= rmous, 0.6-mile-wide solar power station in space that will beam continuous= energy back to Earth via microwaves. The project has been dubbed 'another = Three Gorges Dam project above the Earth'. The Three Gorges Dam is the worl= d's largest hydropower project. Based in China, it generates 100 billion ki= lowatt-hours of electricity each year. The US, EU, and Japan have also been= investigating solar satellite array technology - Japan's JAXA is set to la= unch its proof-of-concept satellite this year.
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Designing for developers me= ans designing for LLMs too (3 minute read)

Most large language models (LLMs) aren'= t great at using less popular frameworks. This shouldn't be surprising, but= it is an important developer experience problem. A simple and effective so= lution is for the framework to tailor instructions specifically designed fo= r LLMs, rewriting documents, adding conventions and rules, and packaging th= e instructions. This can make LLMs much better at building apps for less we= ll-known frameworks.
Structured Logprobs (GitHub= Repo)

This Python library enhances OpenAI cha= t completion response by adding detailed information about token log proper= ties. It works with OpenAI Structured Outputs, a feature that ensures model= s will always generate responses that add here to a supplied JSON Schema. T= he library provides utilities for analyzing and incorporating token-level l= og probabilities into structured outputs to help developers understand the = reliability of structured data extracted from OpenAI models.
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The Downfall of India's Hot= Startup Is Wiping Out US Debtholders (6 minute read)

Byju's, the most valuable startup in In= dia's history, was willing to pay handsomely to borrow hundreds of millions= of dollars in the US. It received $1.2 billion towards a global expansion.= The company collapsed, setting off legal proceedings that may leave invest= ors recouping only a small fraction of what they're owed. The case is a les= son about the perils of lending when money can rapidly disappear across bor= ders.
NYC Congestion Pricing: Ear= ly Days (28 minute read)

This article looks at the effects of co= ngestion pricing and its impacts on traffic, time, enforcement, rideshare s= ervices, the people living in congestion pricing zones, and more. New York = City now has congestion pricing - people have to pay $9 to enter Manhattan = below 60th Street. This has dramatically improved traffic in tunnels and br= idges. The policy is aimed in part at getting people to switch from cars to= trains, but trains have not seemed more crowded than usual.
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Startup necromancy: Dead Go= ogle Apps domains can be compromised by new owners (5 minute read)

Google Workspace user accounts remain u= ntil an organization's Google account is deleted - if the company account i= sn't deleted, anyone with access to the domain can reactivate the Google ac= counts for former employees.
Bluesky is getting its own = photo-sharing app, Flashes (4 minute read)

Flashes is powered by the AT Protocol -= while it supports photo posts, it is not meant to be an Instagram clone an= d will not offer all the same features.
Google is making AI in Gmai= l and Docs free =E2=80=94 but raising the price of Workspace (2 minute read= )

Google has removed its $20 per user per= month price tag on its Gemini Business plan but increased the price of all= Workspace plans by roughly $2 more per month per user.
Age of the panzootic: scien= tists warn of more devastating diseases jumping between species (4 minute r= ead)

Panzootic diseases have the ability to = infect, spread between, and kill a wide range of creatures and could be one= of this era's defining threads to human health and security.
Replit CEO on AI breakthrou= ghs: =E2=80=98We don't care about professional coders anymore' (6 minute re= ad)

Replit wants to focus on enabling non-c= oders to use AI tools to build software themselves.
She Is in Love With ChatGPT= (30 minute read)

A 28-year-old woman is in love with her= AI boyfriend after moving away from her husband and friends to go to nursi= ng school.

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