Subj : Big Tech's AI playbook 🤖, Pixel 9 uses iPhone screens 📱, Google's next-gen version control  👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Jul 02 2024 10:34:30 --SgNjlUdW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Big Tech has turned to aquihiring - hiring most of a company's employees = and acquiring everything in a company but its name=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]= |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH = [Confluent] [4] TLDR 2024-07-02 WATCH ON-DEMAND: BUILD REAL-TIME= CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES WITH SAP DATASPHERE AND CLOUD-NATIVE APACHE KAFKA= =C2=A0(SPONSOR) [4]=20 Confluent and SAP have partnered to bring the po= wer of real-time data streams to SAP customers. Watch the recorded demo a= nd Q&A to learn how to: =E2=86=92 Build real-time applications at a = lower cost [4] with fully managed data streams=C2=A0powered by Confluent'= s Kora Engine, which reduces Kafka's total cost of ownership by up to 60%= .. =E2=86=92 Move SAP data anywhere it needs to go [4], merge with thir= d-party sources in real time=C2=A0via 120+ pre-built connectors [4], and = process it with serverless Apache Flink. =E2=86=92 Maintain strict s= ecurity and governance standards [4]=C2=A0with the industry's only fully = managed governance suite for Kafka. Watch the video now =F0=9F=91= =80 [4] =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS THIS IS BIG TECH'= S PLAYBOOK FOR SWALLOWING THE AI INDUSTRY (4 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Buil= ding leading AI models is extremely costly - raising $400 million isn't e= ven enough to compete these days. Big Tech has the cash, but it isn't all= owed to buy companies like it once did due to antitrust enforcement. It h= as turned to aquihiring - hiring most of a company's employees and acquir= ing everything in a company but its name. While the current antitrust enf= orcement regime will likely try to block these types of acquisitions, it = may not have a strong legal argument for doing so.=20 GOOGLE PIXEL 9 = SERIES REPORTEDLY USES THE SAME DISPLAY AS IPHONE 16 PRO (2 MINUTE READ) = [6]=20 Google is reportedly planning to use the same Samsung OLED displ= ay in the Pixel 9 series as Apple will use in the iPhone 16 Pro. It will = be utilizing an updated M14 OLED panel from Samsung in the Pixel 9, Pixel= 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The Pixel 9 series is set= to launch on August 13, well ahead of the company's usual schedule and= ahead of the launch of the new iPhones expected in September.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY SCIENTISTS CREATE = ROBOT CONTROLLED BY BLOB OF HUMAN BRAIN CELLS (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 = Chinese researchers have created a robot controlled by a tiny organoid ma= de from human stem cells. The brain tissue is hooked up to a neural inter= face, allowing it to pass instructions to the humanoid robot body. The se= tup will allow researchers to study brain-computer interfaces and help de= velop techniques for integrating organoids with the human brain. Organoid= s could one day be used to repair the human brain through transplantation= ..=20 CHINESE SPACE FIRM UNINTENTIONALLY LAUNCHES ITS NEW ROCKET (2 MINU= TE READ) [8]=20 Chinese space startup Space Pioneer accidentally laun= ched its Tianlong-3 rocket during a static fire test. The booster broke f= ree from the test stand due to a structural failure. It flew several hu= ndred meters into the sky before crashing explosively into a mountain 1.5= kilometers away from the test site. The test site is located about 5 kil= ometers away from the downtown area of a city with 800,000 people and les= s than a kilometer from a smaller village. The company reported that ther= e were no casualties as a result of the accident.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 = PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE CASE STUDY: BLAND AI GAINS SLAC= K-BREAKING NUMBER OF LEADS AND 20,000 CLICKS WITH TLDR (SPONSOR) [9]=20 = Bland AI ran ad placements in TLDR newsletters to drive brand awarene= ss and visibility amongst decision-makers at scale-ups and enterprises, a= s well as generate leads to fuel growth. Bland AI's Head of Growth calls = out TLDR being one of their top performing channels and his experience wo= rking with TLDR's team as reasons for their multiple placements in severa= l TLDR newsletters. Read the full case study here [9].=20 JJ INIT (72= MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Jujutsu is a new version control system that is o= n track to replace Google's existing version control systems. It has an i= nteresting approach to its design choices in terms of both implementation= details and user interface. Jujutsu can be used with existing Git repo= sitories. This article introduces the system and walks readers through ho= w to use it.=20 PROBLEMATIC SECOND (13 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 The lea= p second was invented to compensate for the difference between the value = measured by atomic clocks and the actual time the Earth revolves around t= he Sun. These seconds are usually added on the last day of June or Decemb= er. Poor time synchronization can lead to data loss and other problems. L= eap seconds are added rarely, so they inevitably cause problems almost ev= ery time they are added. This article looks at leap seconds and the vario= us problems they have caused.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS = SUPREME COURT PROTECTS THE FUTURE OF CONTENT MODERATION (11 MINUTE RE= AD) [12]=20 A decision issued by the Supreme Court on Monday explicitly= extends First Amendment protections to how social media platforms organi= ze, curate, and moderate their feeds. The compilation and curation of o= thers' speech into an expressive product of its own is entitled to First = Amendment protection. Platforms are making expressive choices when they u= se their Standards and Guidelines to decide which content to display or h= ow the display will be ordered and organized. The government cannot get i= ts way just by asserting an interest in better balancing the marketplace = of ideas.=20 LIVING IN A LUCID DREAM (24 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 This = article looks at lucid dreaming, the history behind its research, what th= e experience is like, how to get into a lucid dream, and more. More than = half of adults will have a lucid dream experience or one like it at some = point in their lives. It is possible to learn how to lucid dream. The pat= h to learning the skill involves developing an awareness of the differenc= e between waking and dreaming. This usually results in small habits that = spill into dreams that help identify whether a person is dreaming.=20 = =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS TESLA STOCK JUMPS AND SOME THINK IT'S BEC= AUSE OF THIS ELON MUSK MOVE (2 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 Some believe that= Tesla stock jumped because CEO Elon Musk followed Uber founder Travis Ka= lanick on X.=20 NEW WEB DEVELOPMENT. OR, WHY COPILOTS AND CHATBOTS ARE = PARTICULARLY BAD FOR MODERN WEB DEV (24 MINUTE READ) [15]=20 Web deve= lopment is on the verge of a paradigm shift - built-in browser APIs are m= uch more capable than they were when React was first invented.=20 LET= 'S STOP ASKING "WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR US?" 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Big Tech & Startups

This is Big Tech's playbook= for swallowing the AI industry (4 minute read)

Building leading AI models is extremely= costly - raising $400 million isn't even enough to compete these days. Big= Tech has the cash, but it isn't allowed to buy companies like it once did = due to antitrust enforcement. It has turned to aquihiring - hiring most of = a company's employees and acquiring everything in a company but its name. W= hile the current antitrust enforcement regime will likely try to block thes= e types of acquisitions, it may not have a strong legal argument for doing = so.
Google Pixel 9 series repor= tedly uses the same display as iPhone 16 Pro (2 minute read)

Google is reportedly planning to use th= e same Samsung OLED display in the Pixel 9 series as Apple will use in the = iPhone 16 Pro. It will be utilizing an updated M14 OLED panel from Samsung = in the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The Pixe= l 9 series is set to launch on August 13, well ahead of the company's usual= schedule and ahead of the launch of the new iPhones expected in September.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Scientists Create Robot Con= trolled by Blob of Human Brain Cells (3 minute read)

Chinese researchers have created a robo= t controlled by a tiny organoid made from human stem cells. The brain tissu= e is hooked up to a neural interface, allowing it to pass instructions to t= he humanoid robot body. The setup will allow researchers to study brain-com= puter interfaces and help develop techniques for integrating organoids with= the human brain. Organoids could one day be used to repair the human brain= through transplantation.
Chinese space firm unintent= ionally launches its new rocket (2 minute read)

Chinese space startup Space Pioneer acc= identally launched its Tianlong-3 rocket during a static fire test. The boo= ster broke free from the test stand due to a structural failure. It flew se= veral hundred meters into the sky before crashing explosively into a mounta= in 1.5 kilometers away from the test site. The test site is located about 5= kilometers away from the downtown area of a city with 800,000 people and l= ess than a kilometer from a smaller village. The company reported that ther= e were no casualties as a result of the accident.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Case study: Bland AI gains = Slack-breaking number of leads and 20,000 clicks with TLDR (Sponsor)

Bland AI ran ad placements in TLDR news= letters to drive brand awareness and visibility amongst decision-makers at = scale-ups and enterprises, as well as generate leads to fuel growth. Bland = AI's Head of Growth calls out TLDR being one of their top performing channe= ls and his experience working with TLDR's team as reasons for their multipl= e placements in several TLDR newsletters. R= ead the full case study here.
jj init (72 minute read)

Jujutsu is a new version control system= that is on track to replace Google's existing version control systems. It = has an interesting approach to its design choices in terms of both implemen= tation details and user interface. Jujutsu can be used with existing Git re= positories. This article introduces the system and walks readers through ho= w to use it.
Problematic second (13 minu= te read)

The leap second was invented to compens= ate for the difference between the value measured by atomic clocks and the = actual time the Earth revolves around the Sun. These seconds are usually ad= ded on the last day of June or December. Poor time synchronization can lead= to data loss and other problems. Leap seconds are added rarely, so they in= evitably cause problems almost every time they are added. This article look= s at leap seconds and the various problems they have caused.
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Miscellaneous

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Supreme Court protects the = future of content moderation (11 minute read)

A decision issued by the Supreme Court = on Monday explicitly extends First Amendment protections to how social medi= a platforms organize, curate, and moderate their feeds. The compilation and= curation of others' speech into an expressive product of its own is entitl= ed to First Amendment protection. Platforms are making expressive choices w= hen they use their Standards and Guidelines to decide which content to disp= lay or how the display will be ordered and organized. The government cannot= get its way just by asserting an interest in better balancing the marketpl= ace of ideas.
Living In A Lucid Dream (24= minute read)

This article looks at lucid dreaming, t= he history behind its research, what the experience is like, how to get int= o a lucid dream, and more. More than half of adults will have a lucid dream= experience or one like it at some point in their lives. It is possible to = learn how to lucid dream. The path to learning the skill involves developin= g an awareness of the difference between waking and dreaming. This usually = results in small habits that spill into dreams that help identify whether a= person is dreaming.
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Quick Links

Tesla stock jumps and some = think it's because of this Elon Musk move (2 minute read)

Some believe that Tesla stock jumped be= cause CEO Elon Musk followed Uber founder Travis Kalanick on X.
New Web Development. Or, wh= y Copilots and chatbots are particularly bad for modern web dev (24 minute = read)

Web development is on the verge of a pa= radigm shift - built-in browser APIs are much more capable than they were w= hen React was first invented.
Let's Stop Asking "Why Do Y= ou Want To Work for Us?" in Interviews (1 minute read)

Most people want to work for a company = because they need money, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Netflix and Amazon Dominate= Commissioning by Streamers, Tilting the Content Market Away From U.S., Tow= ards Local: Study (3 minute read)

Netflix and Amazon accounted for more t= han half of worldwide streamers' commissions from January to March this yea= r.
Elon Musk says Grok 2 due i= n August, Grok 3 by end of year (2 minute read)

Not too much is known about the models,= but Elon Musk has mentioned that Grok 3 will be trained on 100,000 Nvidia = H100s.
doggo (GitHub Repo)

doggo is a modern command-line DNS clie= nt that outputs information in a neat concise manner and supports protocols= like DoH, DoT, DoQ, and DNSCrypt.

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