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BIG TECH & STARTUPS

OPENAI TO RELEASE THINKING `STRAWBERRY' AI MODEL WITHIN 2 WEEKS (2
MINUTE READ) [5]

OpenAI's Strawberry can reportedly solve math problems it has never encountered before and 'think' about a question before answering. The
model is aimed at enhancing AI models' advanced reasoning
capabilities, improving their ability to understand and process
complex information. OpenAI aims to push the boundaries and spark new possibilities in every sector. The company now has more than one
million paying business users.

HUAWEI'S NEW TRI-FOLD PHONE COSTS MORE THAN A 16-INCH MACBOOK PRO (2
MINUTE READ) [6]

Huawei has launched a dual-hinged, triple-screen foldable phone with
prices starting at 19,999 yuan (about $2,809) for the 256GB model. All
models come with 16GB of RAM. The OLED display measures 6.4 inches
when fully collapsed - when unfolded, that display increases to 10.2
inches. It can be used in a partially unfurled 7.9-inch configuration.
The device has a 5,600mAh battery that supports 66W of wired charging.
It is unclear whether the device will be available outside of China,
where there have already been at least 3.7 million preorders. A video
showing the phone's design is available in the article.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

SPACEX LAUNCHES POLARIS DAWN, WHERE ASTRONAUTS WILL VENTURE FARTHER
THAN ANY HUMANS IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS (4 MINUTE READ) [7]

The Polaris Dawn mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the early
hours of Tuesday morning. The mission will travel to the highest
altitude humans have traveled since the Apollo 17 mission to the moon
in 1972. The four-person crew will fly through the high-energy Van
Allen belt and also attempt the first spacewalk not involving
government astronauts. They will be testing new extravehicular
activity suits designed by SpaceX. The mission is a partnership
between tech billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX - neither party has disclosed the cost of the flight.

APPLE WILL START SELLING AIRPODS WITH BUILT-IN HEARING AIDS (2 MINUTE
READ) [8]

A feature in Apple's new AirPods Pro allows the device to be used as
an over-the-counter hearing aid designed for users with mild to
moderate hearing loss. Users can take hearing tests on devices running
iOS 18 after which their AirPods will make personalized dynamic
adjustments allowing them to properly hear their immediate listening environments. The test takes about five minutes and the results are
stored privately within the Health app. The AirPods also have a
passive noise-reduction hearing loss prevention feature that
automatically dampens ambient loud noises while retaining audio
integrity.

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ell is a lightweight functional prompt engineering framework that
treats prompts as programs instead of strings. It supports rich type
coercion for multimodal inputs and outputs. ell provides tools for
monitoring, versioning, and visualization to help users empiricize
their prompt optimization processes. It is designed to be an
unobtrusive library that doesn't require users to change their coding
style or use special editors.

FEATURES OF YOUR FONT YOU HAD NO IDEA ABOUT (14 MINUTE READ) [11]

Quality fonts often come with extra features. The minimal package
users should expect from a font includes different weights and maybe
italic, but OpenType allows much more, including variable axes,
stylistic alternates, swashes, numerals, small caps, and contextual
alternates. This article covers some of the most interesting features
and how to implement them.

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MISCELLANEOUS

THE FRIENDSHIP THAT MADE GOOGLE HUGE (13 MINUTE READ) [12]

Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat changed the course of Google by
optimizing the computing power the company needed through software.
This article discusses their relationship, highlighting how pair
programming can help drive better results. Studies of close creative
groups find that the best insights emerge when groups collaborate and
respond to one another in pairs. The pair's roles have now diverged,
but they are still working together on some projects.

"ARE YOU SAYING NO TO ELON MUSK?": SCENES FROM THE SLASH-AND-BURN
BUYOUT OF TWITTER (30 MINUTE READ) [13]

This excerpt from the book, Character Limit, by Kate Conger and Ryan
Mac, tells the story of the final days before Elon Musk closed the
deal to purchase Twitter and the subsequent takeover of the company.
It details how Musk's 'goons' instilled fear and uncertainty among the
rank and file and how his inner circle employed hardball tactics
throughout the transaction. The book will be published on September
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EXCLUSIVE HANDS-ON: I PLAYED SONY'S ALL-NEW PS5 PRO (11 MINUTE READ)
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The PS5 Pro promises more ray-tracing and a fluid 4K and
60-frames-per-second for games that get Pro upgraded and automatic AI
upscaling for other games.

GOING OPEN-SOURCE AS A VC-BACKED COMPANY (14 MINUTE READ) [16]

This article looks at how companies can structure their open-source
offerings in a way that's good for both users and the business.

APPLE MUST PAY 13 BILLION EUROS IN BACK TAXES, EU'S TOP COURT RULES
(3 MINUTE READ) [17]

The European Commission filed the case in 2016, claiming that Apple
had received illegal tax benefits from Ireland over the course of two
decades.

OPEN SOURCE IS NOT A BUSINESS MODEL (10 MINUTE READ) [18]

The license you choose is a component of your product's packaging -
it can't be a choice based exclusively on your belief system.

WHY I PREFER EXCEPTIONS TO ERROR VALUES (17 MINUTE READ) [19]

Exceptions have several advantages over error return values, for
example, they keep the error path distinct, making it easy to provide root-cause context by default.

SPACEX SAYS REGULATORS WILL KEEP STARSHIP GROUNDED UNTIL AT LEAST
NOVEMBER (6 MINUTE READ) [20]

SpaceX says its Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage have
been ready to launch since the first week of August.

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