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🍎 Apple debuts AI-boosted iPhone 16
🤖 xAI could help Tesla with FSD, Optimus, and Siri-like feature
⚖️ Google faces antitrust trial over its digital ad monopoly
🚀 Elon Musk says SpaceX will land on Mars in 2 years
🙃 WeTransfer to lay off 75% of staff follow Bending Spoons acquisition
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
🍎 Apple debuts AI-boosted iPhone 16LINK
Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 at its “Glowtime” event, featuring new generative AI functionalities designed into the device from the ground up, starting at a price of $799.
The smartphone boasts a dedicated camera button for quick photo and video capture, a 48-megapixel main camera with improved low-light capabilities, and a new vertical lens layout.
Powered by the 3 nm A18 chip, the iPhone 16 offers up to 30% increased speed and 35% better power efficiency, with larger batteries promoting enhanced battery life.
🤖 xAI could help Tesla with FSD, Optimus, and Siri-like featureLINK
Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, could help Tesla with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, Optimus humanoid robot, and a Siri-like voice assistant by licensing xAI’s AI models, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The potential revenue-sharing deal between Tesla and xAI would depend on the extent of xAI’s technology used, with discussions even suggesting an even split for FSD.
Musk has expressed intentions to integrate xAI more deeply with Tesla, discussing a potential $5 billion investment and highlighting xAI’s contributions to advancing Tesla's projects, though this has raised concerns among some investors and lawmakers.
⚖️ Google faces antitrust trial over its digital ad monopolyLINK
The Department of Justice is once again challenging Google, this time over allegations that it holds a monopoly in the advertising technology sector.
The trial, starting on September 9th in Alexandria, Virginia, will examine if Google unfairly dominates ad tech tools essential for publishers and advertisers.
This case follows a recent antitrust ruling against Google regarding its monopoly in the online search market by a DC District Court judge.
🚀 Elon Musk says SpaceX will land on Mars in 2 yearsLINK
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX plans to launch its first missions to Mars with the Starship rocket in November 2026, utilizing the next Earth-Mars transfer window.
China's space agency has accelerated its Mars mission timeline, rescheduling the Tianwen-3 sample return mission to 2028 instead of the original date.
SpaceX's ambitious Mars mission timeline hinges on the development of the Starship, aiming to carry 100 people, with hopes of creating a self-sustaining colony on Mars by 2050.
🙃 WeTransfer to lay off 75% of staff follow Bending Spoons acquisitionLINK
Following the acquisition by Bending Spoons, WeTransfer is set for significant layoffs, with approximately 75% of its workforce, or around 260 employees, expected to lose their jobs.
This major downsizing comes just weeks after the Italian tech firm acquired WeTransfer, marking its fifth tech merger of the year 2024.
Bending Spoons' CEO Luca Ferrari has confirmed the layoffs but has declined to provide specific details, stating the company envisions a smaller, more focused organization for WeTransfer's long-term success.
Other news you might like
Apple unveils AirPods that can work as hearing aids.LINK
Hyperloop: Elon Musk backed futuristic tube transport system takes step forward.LINK
The Meta Quest 3S leaks in Meta’s own PC app.LINK
Electro-hydraulic muscles help these robot legs stand straight on uneven terrain.LINK
LLM chatbots, search engines will co-exist, says Google's Raghavan.LINK
TSMC's $65 billion Arizona facility can now match Taiwan production yields according to early trials.LINK
Anthropic’s Mike Krieger wants to build AI products that are worth the hype.LINK
To be more useful, robots need to become lazier.LINK
Latest research and tools
Comfy: a 2D game engine developed in Rust that is now archived due to the developer's lack of time and the challenges of keeping up with dependencies in the Rust ecosystem.LINK
IOU: a Ruby gem that facilitates efficient input/output operations in Ruby applications by interfacing with the io_uring API, suitable for various concurrency models without assuming one.LINK
Gitea: it is a self-hosted Git service that allows users to manage repositories, collaborate on code, and track issues, without mentioning changes related to PR blocks or payments.LINK
ReMamba: Equip Mamba with Effective Long-Sequence Modeling: the paper introduces a method to enhance Mamba's ability in handling long sequences of data more efficiently.LINK
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