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IOS 18 MAY FEATURE ALL-NEW 'SAFARI BROWSING ASSISTANT' (2 MINUTE
READ) [4]

iOS 18 will apparently feature a new Safari browsing assistant. While
the code for the feature has been confirmed to exist, not many details
about it are known. Apple is also apparently working on an 'Encrypted
Visual Search' feature. iOS is set to be unveiled during Apple's WWDC
keynote on June 10.

GOOGLE BRINGS AI-POWERED EDITING TOOLS, LIKE MAGIC EDITOR, TO ALL
GOOGLE PHOTOS USERS FOR FREE (3 MINUTE READ) [5]

Google has made a handful of editing features previously exclusive to
Pixel devices and paid subscribers free to all Google Photos users.
The features include the AI-powered Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, Photo
Unblur, and Portrait Light. They will only work on devices running
Android 8.0 or iOS 15 or higher and on Chromebook Plus devices with at
least 3GB RAM and ChromeOS version 118+. The tools will start rolling
out on May 15 - it may take weeks for them to make it to all users.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

ASTRANIS UNVEILS OMEGA `MICROGEO' SATELLITES FOR BEAMING
DEDICATED BROADBAND DOWN FROM HIGH ORBIT (5 MINUTE READ) [6]

Astranis, a company that builds and operates relatively small
broadband satellites in high orbits, has unveiled a new generation of communications satellites that will serve broadband to Earth from
geostationary orbit faster than any existing comsat. The new class of satellites, called Omega, can provide 50 gigabits per second of
bandwidth each in both civilian and military bands. Astranis'
relatively smaller satellites make them harder to target, making the infrastructure more resilient to attacks. The company plans to
complete its first Omega satellite in 2025 and launch as many as 24
per year to orbit starting in 2026.

HOPES RISE FOR MRNA CANCER VACCINE AFTER MODERNA TRIAL SHOWS PROMISE
(1 MINUTE READ) [7]

Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine, developed to target melanoma, might
also treat a form of head and neck cancer. Data from an early trial
showed a greater survival rate for patients who took Moderna's cancer
vaccine alongside immunotherapy treatments. The news sent Moderna's
share price soaring.

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PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

SHELL HISTORY IS YOUR BEST PRODUCTIVITY TOOL (8 MINUTE READ) [8]

Shell history can be a personal knowledge vault, documentation, and
command reference. This personal documentation can provide huge boosts
to productivity. This article provides tips on how to optimize shell
history configuration and usage to get the most out of it. The tips in
the article focus on ZSH, but similar results can be achieved in Bash
and other shells.

CLIENT LIBRARIES ARE BETTER WHEN THEY HAVE NO API (7 MINUTE READ) [9]


csvbase uses a client library with no API. It can pull dataframes
using any dataframe library that uses the fsspec standard file system
interface library. fsspec, which is well used but not well known,
comes with built-in adaptors for object stores, webdav, GitHub,
Dropbox, and more. This post explains how to use fsspec in your own
programs.

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MISCELLANEOUS

GEMINI 1.5 AND GOOGLE'S NATURE (14 MINUTE READ) [10]

Google claims to have the best infrastructure for AI. Its deep
investments into AI have helped customers train and serve cutting-edge
language models and put the company at the forefront of the AI
platform shift. This article looks at how Google's infrastructure
helps companies transform their operations and what that says about
Google's ability to compete. Google may have to shift to a different
business model, but its reliance on scale and overwhelming
infrastructure advantage won't change - because it's the company's
nature.

ALTERNATIVE BROWSERS REPORT UPLIFT AFTER EU'S DMA CHOICE SCREEN
MANDATE (12 MINUTE READ) [11]

A month since the Digital Markets Act came into application, there
are early signs that it is having an impact in stirring the
competitive pot and helping smaller browser makers gain share. The new
rules require internet gatekeepers to display browser choice screens
that point users to alternatives. It is still early days, but several
browser companies have shared positive stories of increased interest.
Many regional mobile users have yet to see a choice screen appear on
their devices as changes are still rolling out.

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QUICK LINKS

NVIDIA EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING RICHER WITH A 'SPECIAL JENSEN GRANT'
THAT BOOSTS THEIR STOCK AWARDS BY 25% (2 MINUTE READ) [12]

The Jensen special grant will vest over four years, with the first
portion coming in September.

AVI WIGDERSON, COMPLEXITY THEORY PIONEER, WINS TURING AWARD (8 MINUTE
READ) [13]

Wigderson was named the winner of the A.M. Turing Award for his
foundational contributions to the theory of computation, which has
touched nearly every area of the field.

META'S NEW AI CHIPS RUN FASTER THAN BEFORE (3 MINUTE READ) [14]

The Meta Training and Inference Accelerator chip, which makes
training more efficient and inference easier, was not expected to be
released until 2025, but a second version of the chip is already in
production.

THE $10,000 BYD SEAGULL EV IS SCARING THE U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY (4
MINUTE READ) [15]

While BYD isn't planning to enter the US, its entry into North
America is considered an eventuality, and other Chinese automakers
likely won't be far behind.

HOW DEEP DOES LIFE GO? (16 MINUTE READ) [16]

Microbial life could exist beneath Earth's surface in extreme
environments long thought to be inhospitable.

THE RISE AND IMPENDING FALL OF THE DENTAL CAVITY (28 MINUTE READ)
[17]

A new treatment for cavities will soon be available for home delivery
in the US for the price of a single dental filling - it could
eliminate the bacteria that causes dental cavities in humans
completely.

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