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The Mac mini is getting its first major redesign since 2010. The new
Mac mini will be almost the size of an Apple TV and continue to
feature an aluminum shell. There will be two versions, one with the
standard M4 chip and one with an M4 Pro chip. The base model is set to
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
INSIDE SILICON VALLEY'S GRAND AMBITIONS TO CONTROL OUR PLANET'S
THERMOSTAT (23 MINUTE READ) [8]
Private interests have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into
reversing climate change in recent years. These private investment organizations claim that they have been forced to act as governments
and the academic world have been dawdling. There is little regulation
to govern geoengineering. This article looks at different projects in
the space and their challenges.
ARE SYNTHETIC WOMBS THE FUTURE OF CHILDBIRTH? NEW CHINESE EXPERIMENT
SPARKS DEBATE (7 MINUTE READ) [9]
Chinese researchers recently announced a groundbreaking synthetic
womb experiment without the use of extra corporeal membrane
oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO allows for oxygenation of fetus blood after
removal from the mother's body, bypassing the heart and lungs,
allowing these organs to rest and heal. It is expensive and comes with
risks such as blood clots and infections. An ECMO-free artificial womb
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IS IT TIME TO VERSION OBSERVABILITY? (SIGNS POINT TO YES) (17 MINUTE
READ) [15]
The observability industry has stuck to metrics, logs, and traces
over the years because they describe the daily reality for engineers.
While the language used to describe the problems and solutions has
evolved, the solutions are still largely the same as they were a
decade ago. While they have massively improved, they're structurally
variations on the same pre-aggregated metrics. It's now getting harder
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ENGINEERING THE FIRST FITBIT: THE INSIDE STORY (16 MINUTE READ) [16]
Inspired by the Wii, entrepreneur James Park came up with the Fitbit
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sold more than 136 million units since 2009. Google bought the company
in 2021 for $2.1 billion and absorbed it into its hardware division.
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WHY GOOGLE DECIDED NOW'S THE TIME TO MOVE ON FROM CHROMECAST (7
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Google is phasing out the Chromecast in favor of the new Google TV
streamer after more than a decade. The company decided to focus on a
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OPENAI WORRIES PEOPLE MAY BECOME EMOTIONALLY RELIANT ON ITS NEW
CHATGPT VOICE MODE (3 MINUTE READ) [18]
A report from OpenAI on the safety review it conducted on its new
voice mode revealed a risk of users becoming too reliant on ChatGPT
for companionship.
MAN VS. MACHINE: DEEPMIND'S NEW ROBOT SERVES UP A TABLE TENNIS
TRIUMPH (5 MINUTE READ) [19]
Google DeepMind's AI-powered robotic table tennis player is capable
of competing at an amateur human level.
DOJ ANTITRUST CHIEF IS `OVERJOYED' AFTER GOOGLE MONOPOLY VERDICT
(38 MINUTE READ) [20]
This is a transcript of an interview with Jonathan Kanter, the
assistant attorney general for antitrust at the United States
Department of Justice, where he discusses the recent antitrust ruling
against Google, what it means for the law, and what remedies he will
seek to try to restore competition in search.
A NEW REPORT FINDS BOEING'S ROCKETS ARE BUILT WITH AN UNQUALIFIED
WORK FORCE (4 MINUTE READ) [21]
The lack of a qualified workforce has resulted in significant program
delays and increased costs.
WHY ARE SO MANY CAR YOUTUBERS QUITTING? (14 MINUTE READ) [22]
Many blame private equity for creators leaving the platform.
ELON MUSK CONTINUES TO SIPHON TESLA TALENT TO TRAIN XAI'S GROK (2
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xAI has now hired over a dozen Tesla employees to train Grok.
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