Subj : Nvidia hits #1 📈, Apple halts Vision Pro 🌎, Meta launches Threads API 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Jun 19 2024 10:30:04 --4jS4xuZK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nvidia is now the most valuable public company in the world. Its market c= ap surpassed Microsoft's $3.32 trillion on Tuesday=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]= |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH = [MUD\WTR] [4] TLDR 2024-06-19 DITCH THE CAFFEINE JITTERS. EMBRAC= E A CALMER WAY TO START THE DAY (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Does your on-again-o= ff-again relationship with coffee have you locked in a never-ending cycle= of fatigue and pulse-racing anxiety? What if you could get all that e= nergy without risking addiction, elevated blood pressure, and jitters? = Tried MUD\WTR [4]? 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Nvidia's rise has been so rapid the company has yet to be= added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the stock benchmark of the = 30 most valuable US companies.=20 APPLE HALTS WORK ON VISION PRO, AIMS = TO RELEASE CHEAPER VISION HEADSET NEXT YEAR (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Ap= ple will repeatedly release a cheaper, cut-down version of the Apple Visi= on Pro at the end of 2025. Development work on a second generation of the= high-end model of the Vision Pro has been shelved. Reports suggest that = the cheaper Vision Pro will cost around $1,500. Apple is apparently strug= gling to find ways to cut the price and weight of the device without sacr= ificing too much of the experience.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTU= RISTIC TECHNOLOGY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE GREAT AT DRIVING STRAIGHT (= 4 MINUTE READ) [7] A recent study, which analyzed over 37,000 acci= dents involving autonomous and human-driven vehicles, found that while au= tonomous vehicles (AVs) were generally less prone to accidents than hum= an-driven vehicles, they significantly underperformed against humans in s= ome situations. The study found that level 4 AVs were over five times mor= e likely to be involved in an accident at dawn and dusk and that the odds= of an accident during a turn were almost double in AVs compared to human= -driven vehicles. It highlights the need for better data and stronger int= elligence for decision-making.=20 =E2=80=98IT'S THE PERFECT PLACE': LON= DON UNDERGROUND HOSTS TESTS FOR =E2=80=98QUANTUM COMPASS' THAT COULD REPL= ACE GPS (5 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Scientists in the UK are developing very= precise new sensors using quantum mechanics to create a quantum compass = - an instrument that exploits the behavior of subatomic matter to accurat= ely pinpoint their locations no matter where they're placed. This could r= esult in a new generation of underground and underwater sensors that can = provide location information without interference from weather and other= obstructions. Their device could be ready for widespread use in just a= few years. It works well in a stable laboratory environment but needs = to be tested in more extreme conditions to be turned into a transportable= , standalone device that can be used in remote or complex locations.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE =E2=9C=82= =EF=B8=8F CUT YOUR QA CYCLES DOWN TO MINUTES WITH AUTOMATED TESTING (SPON= SOR) [9]=20 QA Wolf [10] offers a cost-effective approach to getting 80= % automated test coverage in just 4 months =E2=80=94 even for the most co= mplex web apps. And they guarantee zero flakes. [9] Plus, they inclu= de unlimited parallel runs [9] on their infrastructure + 24-hour maintena= nce and triage. The result? This case study shows how AutoTrader saved= $600K+/year [11] on QA engineering, reduced QA cycles from days to 15 mi= nutes and boosted release velocity by 15-20%. Ask about their 90-day= pilot [9] PS: Rated 4.8/5 =E2=AD=90 on G2 THE THREADS API IS FI= NALLY HERE! (2 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Meta's Threads API is now available= to all developers. The API will enable creators, developers, and brands = to build their own unique integrations, manage their Threads presence at = scale, and easily share content with their communities. It allows people = to publish posts, fetch content, set reply and quote controls, retrieve a= nd respond to replies, hide and unhide specific replies, and retrieve key= metrics. Links to developer documentation and a sample app are available= ..=20 COGNITIVE LOAD IS WHAT MATTERS (20 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 Confus= ion, which costs time and money, is caused by high cognitive load. Cognit= ive load is how much a developer needs to think in order to complete a ta= sk. Developers should constantly ask themselves whether they are embeddin= g excessive cognitive load into their code as far more time is spent read= ing and understanding code than writing it. They should make things easy = to understand to avoid creating unnecessary cognitive load for themselves= and their colleagues.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS THE PUB= LIC INTEREST INTERNET (73 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 This article looks at th= e global digital architecture required to make the internet a public inte= rest technology. It looks at what should be considered as digital infrast= ructure and the consequences of its capture, the problems with current ap= proaches to internet standards, limits to the main approach to digital re= gulation that states are deploying, how to approach the governance of tra= nsnational public infrastructure, how to pay for this, and more. While cr= eating a public interest internet would be difficult, the alternative, ke= eping our digital infrastructure entirely in the hands of a few megacor= porations, could be more costly.=20 AIS ARE COMING FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS = (4 MINUTE READ) [15]=20 Butterfly is a social network made up of AI cha= racters. 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