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🕊️ Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies at 56
🛍️ Amazon is partnering with TikTok and Pinterest
❌ Signal blocked in Russia and Venezuela
🏃♂️ AI detects doping with minimal data
🏠 Largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completion
🎁 + 7 other news you might like
🔮 + 1 handpicked research papers and tools
🕊️ Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies at 56LINK
Long-time Google executive Susan Wojcicki, who contributed significantly to Google's growth and led YouTube for nearly a decade, has passed away at the age of 56.
Wojcicki joined Google in 1998, became YouTube's CEO in 2014, and stepped down in February 2023 due to health issues; she had been battling non-small cell lung cancer.
Throughout her career, Wojcicki was instrumental in developing Google's advertising business and played a key role in acquiring YouTube and DoubleClick, shaping the company’s digital advertising dominance.
🛍️ Amazon is partnering with TikTok and PinterestLINK
Amazon has partnered with TikTok and Pinterest to allow users to shop directly within the social media apps without leaving the platforms. Users can link their Amazon accounts to TikTok or Pinterest, enabling real-time access to product details, pricing, and purchasing options while browsing. This strategy builds on Amazon's existing in-app shopping partnerships with Meta and Snap, aiming to capitalize on the growing trend of social media-driven e-commerce.
❌ Signal blocked in Russia and VenezuelaLINK
Signal has been blocked in both Venezuela and Russia, preventing citizens from using the encrypted messaging app to avoid government scrutiny.
In Venezuela, the restriction followed disputed presidential election results, leading to internet provider blocks and additional measures against social media by President Nicolás Maduro.
In Russia, the communications regulator has restricted Signal usage, requiring users to rely on VPNs to register new accounts, as part of broader internet crackdown initiatives.
🏃♂️ AI detects doping with minimal dataLINK
Scientists at Saarland University developed AI software to detect doping in top athletes using minimal data, promising to streamline doping checks at events like the Olympics.
This AI system requires only three urine samples throughout an athlete's career to accurately identify doping, by analyzing seven specific steroid-related characteristics in each sample.
The software identifies unusual patterns in new urine samples, achieving 99% certainty in detecting non-doped athletes, while questionable cases undergo further manual DNA testing for confirmation.
🏠 Largest 3D-printed neighborhood nears completionLINK
A massive 3D printer, known as Vulcan, is constructing 100 homes in Georgetown, Texas, making it the largest 3D-printed neighborhood in the world.
ICON Technology, a Texas-based company, developed the nearly 5-ton, 45-foot wide printer, which builds homes faster, cheaper, and with less waste compared to traditional methods.
This construction method reduces the need for multiple crews, sparking concerns about its impact on the labor force, with the potential to make some jobs obsolete, according to industry experts.
Other news you might like
Almost unfixable “Sinkclose” bug affects hundreds of millions of AMD chips.LINK
Heat-trapping ‘glitter’ could make Mars more habitable for humans, scientists say.LINK
Warner Bros. Discovery pretty much wiped the Cartoon Network website.LINK
Infamous $30 Logitech F710 called out in $50M lawsuit over Titan sub implosion.LINK
Instagram is testing its own take on Snap Maps.LINK
Big Tech’s abuse of the patent system must end—take it from me, I’ve fought Google over IP for years.LINK
Anthropic launches $15K jailbreak bounty program for its unreleased next-gen AI.LINK
Latest research and tools
Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models: the paper explains the architecture, training process, data usage, inference optimization, evaluation results, and Responsible AI principles applied in the development of Apple's foundation language models for on-device and server-based intelligence features.LINK
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