Subj : Google's plan for cookies 🍪, solid state batteries 🔋, the new internet 🌎 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Jul 29 2024 10:36:02 --UZ0Lb3nA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Google plans to introduce a prompt asking users to opt in or out of cooki= es in Chrome - its choice of wording could have widespread implications= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Okta] [4] TLDR 2024-07-29 AUTH0 IS TH= E COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION FOR APP LOGIN AND IT'S FREE IF YOU'RE A STARTUP.= WHY BOTHER WITH ANYTHING ELSE? (SPONSOR) [4]=20 If you're eligible for= the Auth0 Startup Program [4], you get: =09* Up to 100K monthly acti= ve users =09* 5 connections to external enterprise IdPs (Azure AD, Googl= e Workspace, etc.) =09* Everything in the Okta B2B Professional Plan [= 4] =E2=80=A6 and it's all FREE for the first year. Don't let your= startup fall behind with sub-par auth. 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Apple Intellig= ence will still be made available to software developers as soon as next = week with the first betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1.=20 THE $600 BI= LLION DIGITAL AD BUSINESS IS HANGING ON A FEW WORDS FROM GOOGLE (6 MINUTE= READ) [6]=20 Google plans to introduce a prompt asking users to opt in= or out of cookies in Chrome. The company's choice of wording for the pro= mpt could have widespread implications for the industry. It could result= in cookies being effectively deprecated because consumers opt out. Goo= gle still plans to develop and test its Privacy Sandbox, a suite of alter= native technologies to the cookie.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTUR= ISTIC TECHNOLOGY SEVENTH PATIENT =E2=80=98CURED' OF HIV: WHY SCIENTIS= TS ARE EXCITED (6 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 A 60-year-old man in Germany is= the seventh person with HIV to be announced free of the virus after rece= iving a stem-cell transplant. The patient received stem cells which only = had one copy of a gene that has been suggested as the best target for an = HIV cure. The findings widen the donor pool for stem-cell transplants - r= oughly 1% of people of European descent carry mutations in both copies of= the gene, while 10% of people carry one mutated copy. The procedure, whi= ch is risky and offered to people with leukemia, is unlikely to be rolled= out for most individuals with HIV.=20 SOLID-STATE BATTERIES ARE FINA= LLY MAKING THEIR WAY OUT OF THE LAB (10 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 This arti= cle takes a look at the history of batteries, the latest breakthroughs, a= nd the trends that suggest that solid-state batteries could soon overtake= lithium-ion ones. Battery design hasn't changed much since the first bat= tery in 1799 - solid-state batteries have been the major exception. Their= development has been held back by cost, manufacturing challenges, and a = tendency for them to short-circuit. 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Solid-state batteries are f= inally making their way out of the lab (10 minute read)

This article takes a look at the histor= y of batteries, the latest breakthroughs, and the trends that suggest that = solid-state batteries could soon overtake lithium-ion ones. Battery design = hasn't changed much since the first battery in 1799 - solid-state batteries= have been the major exception. Their development has been held back by cos= t, manufacturing challenges, and a tendency for them to short-circuit. Soli= d-state batteries seem to finally be ready to deliver on their promise, wit= h several companies getting ready to or already releasing products containi= ng the technology.
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The New Internet (16 minute= read)

This article discusses the big vision f= or Tailscale. The tech industry has evolved into a mess, making things hard= er for developers. While almost all devices are now supercomputers compared= to the standards of 20 years ago, they become useless once you turn off AW= S. This centralization is caused by a lack of connectivity. Tailscale aims = to increase connectivity by creating a new Internet that works how you thou= ght the Internet worked, before you learned how the Internet works. Its net= work slices out layers of nonsense so that every device can connect securel= y and safely and be a peer without adding latency or overhead.
Block to face =E2=80=98disr= uptive' internal overhaul, founder Jack Dorsey warns staff (3 minute read)<= /strong>

Fintech company Block is about to reorg= anize its entire internal reporting structure. The company has been conduct= ing rounds of layoffs since the end of last year. CEO Jack Dorsey says the = move may feel 'big and disruptive or uncomfortable'. The company is due to = report its latest quarterly earnings next week.
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This blog post presents an overview of = Kubernetes, ending with open-ended questions/rants about the system.
There is no fix for Intel's= crashing 13th and 14th Gen CPUs =E2=80=94 any damage is permanent (8 minut= e read)

Intel will issue a patch in mid-August,= but it won't fix 13th or 14th Gen Intel Core processors that are already c= rashing - any degradation of these processors is irreversible.
35% Faster Than The Filesys= tem (16 minute read)

SQLite reads and writes small blobs 35%= faster than fread() or fwrite().
Stripe acquires payment pro= cessing startup Lemon Squeezy (4 minute read)

Lemon Squeezy calculates and pays globa= l sales tax for digital products, handling legal processing and fees in eve= ry country.
Fear of over-engineering ha= s killed engineering altogether (10 minute read)

Organizations have taken the philosophi= es of the Agile Manifesto too far, shipping products as fast as they can wi= thout always fixing problems with them - some engineering practices are act= ually very useful.
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