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APPLE RELEASES IOS 18.1 DEVELOPER BETA WITH THE FIRST `APPLE
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Apple's newly released developer betas for iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and
macOS Sequoia 15.1 contain the company's first set of AI features,
including a Siri with an updated design and ability to maintain
context across multiple requests, new Mail features like smart replay
and email summaries, and natural language search in Photos. The
features will likely not be rolled out to general users until well
into 2025. They will only work on the iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max or on
iPads and Macs with Apple Silicon chips. Beta testers will need to
join a waitlist for access to the features.

YOUTUBE'S WAR ON AD BLOCKERS CONTINUES, NOW MAKING ADS TRULY
UNSKIPPABLE (2 MINUTE READ) [8]

Multiple YouTube users are reporting that the site is serving them
with blank ads or black screens before a video when they are using an ad-blocker extension. The change makes users wait for their content,
partially defeating the purpose of using an ad blocker. YouTube began
testing server-side ad injection last month to further render ad
blockers obsolete. The solution inserts ads directly into the main
YouTube video feed so that ad blockers can no longer distinguish the
two pieces of media.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

SPACEX MOVING DRAGON SPLASHDOWNS TO PACIFIC TO SOLVE FALLING DEBRIS
PROBLEM (8 MINUTE READ) [9]

SpaceX will begin returning its Dragon crew and cargo capsules to
splashdowns in the Pacific Ocean sometime next year and end recoveries
of the spacecraft off the coast of Florida. This will eliminate the
tiny risk that a piece of debris from the ship's trunk section might
fall on someone and cause damage, injury, or death. Debris from
several Dragon missions have been discovered on properties over the
past couple of years. SpaceX is unaware of any structure damage or
injuries caused by this debris.

HOW LG AND SAMSUNG ARE MAKING TV SCREENS DISAPPEAR (9 MINUTE READ)
[10]

Both LG and Samsung demonstrated transparent television screens at
CES 2024. The companies have very different approaches to the
technology - Samsung is betting on microLED screens while LG is
pursuing OLED displays. Neither technology is ready yet. This article
takes a deep dive into each of these display technologies. It looks at
how they work, the problems they face, and the applications of
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MISCELLANEOUS

GHOSTERY'S CEO SAYS REGULATION WON'T SAVE US FROM AD TRACKERS (12
MINUTE READ) [14]

Ghostery was launched in 2009 to help people understand and block all
the ways that advertisers were tracking them. The world of online
advertising has changed dramatically since then. 15 years later,
Ghostery has been downloaded more than 100 million times and has 7
million monthly active users. This article contains an interview with
the company's CEO, Jean-Paul Schmetz, where he discusses the company's strategy, the state of ad tracking, and why regulation isn't the most
effective path to protecting online privacy.

AMAZON PAID ALMOST $1 BILLION FOR TWITCH IN 2014. IT'S STILL LOSING
MONEY (11 MINUTE READ) [15]

Twitch remains unprofitable despite periods of explosive popularity.
Its biggest users are paying less and growth in new users and
engagement has slowed. Staff are concerned about potential upcoming
layoffs this fall following an annual operational review. Investors
are worried that Twitch is at risk of becoming a 'zombie brand'.
Amazon remains confident in Twitch's potential.

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APPLE SAYS ITS AI MODELS WERE TRAINED ON GOOGLE'S CUSTOM CHIPS (4
MINUTE READ) [17]

Apple detailed its reasons for using Google's homegrown Tensor
Processing Unit for training in a recent technical paper.

A FEW BLOCKBUSTER PODCASTS ARE MAKING ALL THE MONEY (8 MINUTE READ)
[18]

Big brands like BMW, DraftKings, and Home Depot have started
advertising on podcasts over the past year.

RUNNING ONE-MAN SAAS, 9 YEARS IN (4 MINUTE READ) [19]

A look at how Healthchecks.io, a one-man business with 652 paying
customers and $14,043 in monthly recurring revenue, operates.

ATTRIBUTION IS DYING. CLICKS ARE DYING. MARKETING IS GOING BACK TO
THE 20TH CENTURY (11 MINUTE READ) [20]

Attribution fundamentally doesn't work anymore, so marketing
investments should be made based on knowing the audience and where/how
they can be influenced.

GPT-5: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW (73 MINUTE READ) [21]

This article looks at GPT-5, what we can expect from next-gen models,
new features that are appearing on the horizon, business pressures on
OpenAI, and the technical constraints the company's engineers are
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