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BIG TECH & STARTUPS
NVIDIA INTRODUCES DEVICE AIMED AT SMALL COMPANIES, HOBBYISTS FOR AI
USE (2 MINUTE READ) [5]
Nvidia is introducing a $249 version of its Jetson computer, which is essentially a portable brain mostly designed to allow developers of
robots, industrial automation, and other hardware to run sophisticated
AI computations without connecting to a remote data center. The Jetson
lineup makes it easier for small companies, hobbyists, and students to
try creating new products that integrate AI functions. The $249 Orin
Nano Super nearly doubles the speed and efficiency of the previous
device and can process about 70% more computational tasks. Despite
trade restrictions, it will be available in China through local
distributors.
HIS STARTUP IS NOW WORTH $62 BILLION. IT GAVE AWAY ITS FIRST PRODUCT
FREE (9 MINUTE READ) [6]
Databricks has quietly become one of the fastest-growing startups in
Silicon Valley. It is now valued at $62 billion after securing $10
billion from investors. Databricks' software is used by data
scientists at some of the US' largest companies to analyze the large
volumes of information they collect. CEO Ali Ghodsi says the company's
success is thanks to the 'strategic surgeries' he performed to keep
the company healthy. This article looks at how Ghodsi turned the
company around and made it what it is today.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
CHINA ORBITS FIRST GUOWANG INTERNET SATELLITES, WITH THOUSANDS MORE
TO COME (8 MINUTE READ) [7]
The first batch of 10 Internet satellites for China's Guowang megaconstellation launched Monday on the country's heavy-lift Long
March 5B rocket. The fleet of up to 13,000 spacecraft will beam
low-latency high-speed Internet signals using an architecture similar
to SpaceX's Starlink network. China hasn't published many details
about the satellites other than their intended use as broadband
Internet relay stations. Guowang is managed by a secretive company
called China SatNet, which was established by the Chinese government
in 2021.
A TRANSPLANTED PIG KIDNEY OFFERS A GRANDMOTHER HOPE FOR LIFE WITHOUT
DIALYSIS (20 MINUTE READ) [8]
Towana Looney, a 53-year-old grandmother from Gadsden, Ala,
volunteered to become the first living person in the world to get a
kidney from a new kind of genetically modified pig. Looney's operation
took place on November 25 and she seems to be in good condition. While
there are some risks to the procedure, such as the organs spreading
pig viruses to people, as well as other ethical concerns, the
technology may one day provide an unlimited supply of organs for transplantation and save thousands of patients every year.
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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE
OPENAI'S API USERS GET FULL ACCESS TO THE NEW O1 MODEL (3 MINUTE
READ) [9]
Application developers now have access to OpenAI's full o1 model
through the API. The new API is more accurate in its use of structured
outputs and has improvements in its use of internal function calling.
The o1 model uses 60% fewer thinking tokens than o1-preview and it
generates better results. Access to the $200/month o1 Pro model is
promised to be coming soon.
OPENAUTH (GITHUB REPO) [10]
OpenAuth is a standards-based auth provider for web apps, mobile
apps, single-page apps, APIs, or third-party clients currently in
beta. It can be deployed as a standalone service or embedded into
existing applications. OpenAuth works with any framework or platform
and can be employed on Node.js, Bun, AWS Lambda, or Cloudflare
Workers. It comes with a prebuilt themeable UI that developers can
customize or opt out of.
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MISCELLANEOUS
"FOUNDER MODE" AND THE ART OF MYTHMAKING (47 MINUTE READ) [11]
This article presents a deep analysis of 'Founder Mode' from the lens
of another CEO. Brian Chesky could have reached a wider audience if he
had told his story in a different way. The way he told the story, the
problem was always everyone else, and the solution was always more
Brian Chesky, while ignoring the fact that Chesky created the problems
by being bad at running the business. Being a CEO is hard and making
mistakes is expected, but it's important to be able to hold yourself accountable.
KLARNA'S CEO SAYS IT STOPPED HIRING THANKS TO AI BUT STILL ADVERTISES
MANY OPEN POSITIONS (3 MINUTE READ) [12]
While Klarna's CEO says that the company essentially stopped hiring a
year ago due to generative AI, the company has not completely stopped
hiring. It is currently hiring for more than 50 roles around the globe according to job postings on its website. Klarna managers said that
they were actively hiring or growing their teams at least half a dozen
times throughout 2024 according to posts on LinkedIn. The company has
recently filled roles on its policy, software engineering, and global partnerships teams. A Klarna spokesperson said that the company is not
actively recruiting to expand but only backfilling some essential
roles.
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QUICK LINKS
THE RISE OF THE AI CRAWLER (3 MINUTE READ) [13]
This post looks at how AI tools crawl and process web content.
CODE ASSIST, GOOGLE'S ENTERPRISE-FOCUSED CODING ASSISTANT, GETS
THIRD-PARTY TOOLS (2 MINUTE READ) [14]
Code Assist can now pull real-time data and access information from
outside applications.
BITCOIN SETS ANOTHER ALL-TIME HIGH IN CLIMB TOWARD $110,000 (2 MINUTE
READ) [15]
The crypto market has seen large gains as the industry expects a more
friendly regulatory environment in the near future.
GRAMMARLY ACQUIRES PRODUCTIVITY STARTUP CODA, BRINGS ON NEW CEO (2
MINUTE READ) [16]
Coda's CEO and co-founder Shishir Mehrotra will become the new CEO of Grammarly.
PG_INCREMENTAL (GITHUB REPO) [17]
pg_incremental is an extension that helps developers perform fast,
reliable, incremental batch processing in PostgreSQL.
CHIP CITIES RISE IN JAPAN'S FIELDS OF DREAMS (16 MINUTE READ) [18]
This article looks at TSMC's activities in Japan.
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