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iPhone 17 'Air' will have a smaller Dynamic Island, an aluminum
chassis, a 6.6-inch display, and a lesser camera setup. It is designed
to look much cooler than the standard iPhone without the performance,
screen size, or cameras of a Pro model. The new slim model is expected
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AI IS MINING THE SUM OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE FROM WIKIPEDIA. WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN FOR ITS FUTURE? (11 MINUTE READ) [6]

The proliferation of AI tools means there's a growing disconnect
between where people are getting their information and where it comes
from. This could affect contributions to Wikipedia in the long run as
people are less likely to contribute if they don't visit the site
directly. Wikipedia hasn't seen any decline in traffic due to AI so
far. Without clear attribution and source links, AI applications risk introducing an unprecedented amount of misinformation into the world.

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NOVEL IDEAS TO COOL DATA CENTERS: LIQUID IN PIPES OR A DUNKING BATH
(7 MINUTE READ) [7]

Nvidia's upcoming GB200 server racks will be mainly cooled with
liquid circulated in tubes. The company is also working on other
cooling technologies, including one that involves dunking entire
computers in a non-conductive liquid that absorbs and dissipates heat.
Cooling accounts for a significant amount of power consumption in data
centers. Liquid-cooled data centers would be able to pack much more
computing power in the same space.

621-MPH MAGLEV VACUUM TRAIN "T-FLIGHT" TEST SUCCESSFUL (4 MINUTE
READ) [8]

The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has
successfully tested its ultra-high-speed maglev train under low vacuum conditions. The test showed that all systems were nominal. CASIC plans
to run the train at its full 621 mph speed in the second phase of
testing, which will require an extended track. There may also be phase
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manner to solve a problem. LLMs are good at pattern matching, matching distributions, and being creative. DSPy uses this to create 'reasoning
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project that is working together to improve it.

VIKING ¨ (GITHUB REPO) [11]

Viking provides developers with a simple way to manage their remote
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MISCELLANEOUS

WHAT GOOGLE RIVALS WANT AFTER DOJ'S ANTITRUST TRIAL WIN (5 MINUTE
READ) [12]

While Google has been ruled as an illegal monopoly, the Department of
Justice has yet to announce what remedies it will seek. It has
previously indicated that any remedies would be structural, meaning
break-ups rather than mandates to change certain behaviors. Google
rivals have suggested changes such as choice screens that pop up
periodically, a ban on dark pattern popups that push people back to
the default, and barring Google from buying default status or
pre-installation and self-preferencing its own content in serve
results. The final decision will be at least as consequential as the
Microsoft antitrust case 23 years ago, which spurred an era of
unprecedented innovation that allowed promising startups to flourish - including Google.

INDIVIDUAL EFFICIENCY VS ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY (11 MINUTE READ)
[13]

In a perfect world, everyone would be able to use their own favorite
tools, but this doesn't always work out in real world settings where
teams have to work and collaborate together. While individual autonomy
should be the main goal, local optimization doesn't lead to global optimization, which is what organizations should be aiming for. There
are many legitimate times when administrative needs should supersede
the individual. This article looks at when policies should optimize
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Agile teams work separately from each other without much visibility
into what other teams are doing, preventing them from combining
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RISE OF THE NEW YORK TECH SCENE (5 MINUTE READ) [16]

New York may become a place where technology is turned into
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HOW I CREATED 175 FONTS USING RUST (30 MINUTE READ) [17]

This article walks through the process of creating a toolchain for
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INSTAGRAM IS TESTING ITS OWN TAKE ON SNAP MAPS (2 MINUTE READ) [18]

Instagram is testing a new feature that lets users post text and
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