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GOOGLE'S AI SEARCH GIVES SITES DIRE CHOICE: SHARE DATA OR DIE (12
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The tool Google uses to sift through web content to come up with AI
answers is the same one that keeps track of web pages for search
results. Sites that block Google's AI bot may not show up in search.
Publishers either have to choose to offer up their content for use by
AI models, which could make their sites obsolete, or disappear from
Google search, a top source of traffic. Google has signaled to
publishers it is not interested in negotiating data-sharing deals and
media companies have little leverage in the situation.
STARLINK COMPETITOR AST SOARS AFTER CONFIRMING SATELLITE LAUNCH (3
MINUTE READ) [6]
AST SpaceMobile's market value closed at a record high of more than
$8 billion after the satellite communication company confirmed an
early September window for its inaugural commercial launch of a
network in low-Earth orbit. The company is working with AT&T, Verizon,
and other partners to provide wireless service from space to regular
consumer smartphones. AST plans to use a SpaceX rocket to send its
first five commercial satellites to orbit.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
A.L.S. STOLE HIS VOICE. A.I. RETRIEVED IT (14 MINUTE READ) [7]
A patient suffering from 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 voice. The implant is able to recognize
the words the patient is trying to speak and produce sounds that come
close to matching his true voice. It has significantly improved the
patient's life, allowing him to communicate with loved ones and
express his needs to carers. It is unclear whether the implant would
have the same effect on more severely paralyzed people - the patient's
speech had deteriorated, but not disappeared.
NASA AND ROCKET LAB AIM TO PROVE WE CAN GO TO MARS FOR 1/10 THE PRICE
(6 MINUTE READ) [8]
Two Rocket Lab-made spacecraft are almost ready to head to Mars.
Their mission will be to study the interaction between 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 rocket. Getting
to Mars has historically been very expensive - Rocket Lab's system is
two orders of magnitude cheaper than everything else. This article
details how Rocket Lab designed the spacecraft.
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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE
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FONT WITH BUILT-IN SYNTAX HIGHLIGHTING (14 MINUTE READ) [10]
This blog discusses how to implement syntax highlighting within a
font. Using a font instead of a framework for syntax highlighting
allows for an easier installation process and fewer dependencies. It
also makes pages load faster, can work everywhere, and doesn't require maintenance or updating. While this method is not a direct replacement
for more robust syntax highlighting libraries, it works well enough
for simple needs.
ONBOARDING TO A 'LEGACY' CODEBASE WITH THE HELP OF AI (19 MINUTE
READ) [11]
Generative AI can help us understand code better, particularly in
large codebases. This is especially handy for older codebases that are
getting hard to maintain and for onboarding. The author of this
article attempted to use AI to help understand an issue in an open
source project. While they didn't figure out how to solve the ticket,
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MISCELLANEOUS
EX-GOOGLE CEO SAYS SUCCESSFUL AI STARTUPS CAN STEAL IP AND HIRE
LAWYERS TO `CLEAN UP THE MESS' (3 MINUTE READ) [12]
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt advised students to create a clone TikTok
app with copied resources if it was ever banned during a recent talk
at Stanford when talking about a future world in which AI agents can
do complex tasks on behalf of humans. The example was used to drive a
point that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs should create things as fast
as possible and use lawyers to clean the mess up if they become
successful. He added that it doesn't matter if content is stolen if
nobody is using 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) [13]
Primate Labs has released Geekbench AI, an app designed to test CPUs,
GPUs, and NPUs. In addition to measuring speed, the app also attempts
to measure accuracy, which is important for learning workloads that
rely on producing consistent outcomes. Geekbench AI supports 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
tools, the ability to run benchmarks without uploading results to the
Geekbench Browser, and a few other benefits.
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A poorly targeted remedy would just allow another predator to thrive.
IT WORKS ON MY MACHINE. WHY? (5 MINUTE READ) [16]
A checklist of things to investigate when something works just fine
on your computer but not on someone else's.
PASSKEYS ARE NOT PASSWORDS (3 MINUTE READ) [17]
A key requirement of passkeys is that they are unphishable - it is
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Google Meet also has new AI-powered features, including the ability
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