Subj : Google's ultimatum 🔍, Starlink competitor launches 🚀, AI for legacy codebases 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Aug 16 2024 10:35:41 --T1KEper2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The tool Google uses to sift through web content to come up with AI answe= rs is the same one that keeps track of web pages for search results.= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Incogni] [4] TLDR 2024-08-16 NEW TLDR= NEWSLETTER IN YOUR INBOX IS GREAT, BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE SPAMMERS FILLING= IT UP WITH JUNK? (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Spam doesn't end with emails= =E2=80=94it's also pushed to the limit with robocalls, targeted ads, and = your data exposed to anyone with a couple of bucks to spare. In a di= gital world, protecting your privacy is crucial, and now you can do it wi= th Incogni [4]. 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Google has signaled to publishers it is not i= nterested in negotiating data-sharing deals and media companies have litt= le leverage in the situation.=20 STARLINK COMPETITOR AST SOARS AFTER CO= NFIRMING SATELLITE LAUNCH (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 AST SpaceMobile's ma= rket value closed at a record high of more than $8 billion after the sate= llite communication company confirmed an early September window for its i= naugural commercial launch of a network in low-Earth orbit. The company i= s working with AT&T, Verizon, and other partners to provide wireless serv= ice from space to regular consumer smartphones. AST plans to use a SpaceX= rocket to send its first five commercial satellites to orbit.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY A.L.S. STOLE HIS V= OICE. A.I. RETRIEVED IT (14 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 A patient suffering fro= m ALS received a surgical implant last July that connected his brain to a= computer, allowing him to speak with the assistance of an AI-powered voi= ce. The implant is able to recognize the words the patient is trying to s= peak and produce sounds that come close to matching his true voice. It ha= s significantly improved the patient's life, allowing him to communicate = with loved ones and express his needs to carers. It is unclear whether th= e implant would have the same effect on more severely paralyzed people - = the patient's speech had deteriorated, but not disappeared.=20 NASA A= ND ROCKET LAB AIM TO PROVE WE CAN GO TO MARS FOR 1/10 THE PRICE (6 MINUTE= READ) [8]=20 Two Rocket Lab-made spacecraft are almost ready to head t= o Mars. Their mission will be to study the interaction between solar wind= s and the Martian atmosphere. The mission is set to launch no earlier tha= n October on the first launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket. Getting= to Mars has historically been very expensive - Rocket Lab's system is = two orders of magnitude cheaper than everything else. This article detail= s how Rocket Lab designed the spacecraft.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMM= ING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE TIME TO VALUE IS THE ONLY METRIC THAT MATT= ERS WHEN ONBOARDING DEVELOPERS (SPONSOR) [9]=20 This LinkedIn post de= scribes how TLDR's founder hit a critical inflection point at his previou= s company, ScraperAPI, after discovering one key insight. They converted = free users to paid users at 2x the rate so long as they managed to send a= t least one API call within 24 hours. Follow Dan for more dev marketing t= ips.=20 FONT WITH BUILT-IN SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING (14 MINUTE READ) [10] = This blog discusses how to implement syntax highlighting within a = font. 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A patient suffering from ALS received a= surgical implant last July that connected his brain to a computer, allowin= g him to speak with the assistance of an AI-powered voice. The implant is a= ble to recognize the words the patient is trying to speak and produce sound= s that come close to matching his true voice. It has significantly improved= the patient's life, allowing him to communicate with loved ones and expres= s his needs to carers. It is unclear whether the implant would have the sam= e effect on more severely paralyzed people - the patient's speech had deter= iorated, but not disappeared.
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Two Rocket Lab-made spacecraft are almo= st ready to head to Mars. Their mission will be to study the interaction be= tween solar winds and the Martian atmosphere. The mission is set to launch = no earlier than October on the first launch of Blue Origin's New Glenn rock= et. Getting to Mars has historically been very expensive - Rocket Lab's sys= tem is two orders of magnitude cheaper than everything else. This article d= etails how Rocket Lab designed the spacecraft.
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This blog discusses how to implement sy= ntax highlighting within a font. Using a font instead of a framework for sy= ntax highlighting allows for an easier installation process and fewer depen= dencies. It also makes pages load faster, can work everywhere, and doesn't = require maintenance or updating. While this method is not a direct replacem= ent for more robust syntax highlighting libraries, it works well enough for= simple needs.
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Generative AI can help us understand co= de better, particularly in large codebases. This is especially handy for ol= der codebases that are getting hard to maintain and for onboarding. The aut= hor of this article attempted to use AI to help understand an issue in an o= pen source project. While they didn't figure out how to solve the ticket, t= hey learned a lot about what AI can and can't help with.
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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt advised stud= ents to create a clone TikTok app with copied resources if it was ever bann= ed during a recent talk at Stanford when talking about a future world in wh= ich AI agents can do complex tasks on behalf of humans. The example was use= d to drive a point that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs should create things a= s fast as possible and use lawyers to clean the mess up if they become succ= essful. He added that it doesn't matter if content is stolen if nobody is u= sing the product. Schmidt reportedly requested the removal of the video of = the talk, which has been taken down from YouTube.
New Geekbench AI benchmark = can test the performance of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs (4 minute read)

Primate Labs has released Geekbench AI,= an app designed to test CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs. In addition to measuring spe= ed, the app also attempts to measure accuracy, which is important for learn= ing workloads that rely on producing consistent outcomes. Geekbench AI supp= orts several frameworks on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS/iPadOS, and Android. = It is free to use, but there is a Pro version that enables command-line too= ls, the ability to run benchmarks without uploading results to the Geekbenc= h Browser, and a few other benefits.
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