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Big Tech & Startups

YouTube puts third-party cl= ients on notice: Show ads or get blocked (2 minute read)

YouTube is strengthening its enforcemen= t on third-party apps that violate its Terms of Service, specifically ad-bl= ocking apps. It recently made a post on the official YouTube Community Help= Forum putting third-party ad-blocking apps on notice. People using these a= pps may start experiencing buffering issues or errors when trying to watch = videos.
Baidu Says Ernie AI Chatbot= Now Has 200 Million Users (2 minute read)

Baidu's ChatGPT-style chatbot Ernie Bot= has doubled its number of users since December. The chatbot now has over 2= 00 million users and more than 85,000 enterprise clients. Its API is being = used 200 million times each day. Ernie Bot was launched in March 2023 and r= eleased publicly last August. It is competing with other Chinese generative= AI models including Alibaba Group's Tongyi Qianwen, Tencent's Hunyuan, and= Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI's Kimi.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

ALOHA Unleashed =F0=9F=8C= =8B (3 minute read)

ALOHA Unleashed by Google DeepMind is a= new generation of AI-powered robots with impressive dexterity. DeepMind re= cently released a series of videos showing the robots hanging shirts, inser= ting precise gears, and even tying shoelaces. The robots can generalize to = untrained objects. The videos are available in the link.
New charging algorithm coul= d double life of li-ion batteries (3 minute read)

A team of researchers from Berlin has d= eveloped a charging solution that makes lithium-ion batteries last much lon= ger than they do now. It uses a pulsed current (PC) protocol that results i= n reduced mechanical stress and cracking in graphite particles within batte= ries and suppressed structural degradation in cathodes. Using PC charging c= an double the service life of commercial lithium-ion batteries with an 80% = capacity retention. High-frequency pulsing with square-wave current produce= d the best results.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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Effect 3.0 (9 minute read)<= /strong>

Effect 3.0 is the first stable release = of the core Effect Ecosystem. Effect is a TypeScript library that works in = every runtime and project. It aims to solve some issues in TypeScript in ar= eas such as dependency injection, error management, data modeling, and logg= ing. Effect was designed from day one with production-grade software in min= d.
A quick post on Chen's algo= rithm (4 minute read)

A recent paper authored by Yilei Chen c= alled 'Quantum Algorithms for Lattice Problems' has roiled the cryptography= research community. The preprint, whose results are still being evaluated,= claims a new quantum algorithm that efficiently solves the 'shortest indep= endent vector problem' in lattices with specific parameters. If true, the r= esult could allow future quantum computers to break schemes that depend on = the hardness of specific instances of these problems. If the result can be = improved upon, it could render an entire generation of 'post-quantum' latti= ce-based schemes obsolete, forcing cryptographers and the industry back to = the drawing board.
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How Neopets' nostalgic revi= val tripled users in six months (9 minute read)

Neopets announced a rebrand in 2023 and= has been consciously courting former fans with promises of reuniting them = with old digital companions that have remained largely unchanged. The site'= s resurgence is led in large part by millennials, for whom the site brings = feelings of nostalgia. This article looks at Neopets' strong start, long de= cline, and recent revival. Neopets' new owners seem to be actively engaging= with the community, with several projects aimed at working with fans to im= prove the site and user experience.
The invisible seafaring ind= ustry that keeps the internet afloat (58 minute read)

A small number of ships maintain the su= bsea cables that carry 99% of the world's data. Positioned in strategic loc= ations around the planet, these ships stand ready to sail out and fix fault= s as soon as they are detected. This article tells the story of how these s= hips operate and the problems they face. Cable industry professionals perfo= rm a function vital to the world, which if done right, will continue to be = unaware of their service.
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Quick Links

Apple's iOS 18 AI will be o= n-device, preserving privacy, and not server-side (3 minute read)

The initial batch of AI features on iOS= 18 will function without the need for an internet connection.
Open sourcers say suspected= xz-style attacks continue to target maintainers (7 minute read)

The attempt to plant a backdoor into Li= nux's xz data compression library is likely not an isolated incident.
Trying Out Cloudflare's `fo= undations` Library for Rust (13 minute read)

Cloudflare's `foundations` library is a= modular set of tools and utilities for building networked services/microse= rvices.
Failures, mistakes, and con= fusion (3 minute read)

Basically every error handling model in= program languages conflates two or more separate concepts into a single sy= stem.
MKBHDs For Everything (21 m= inute read)

MKBHD's review of the Humane Ai Pin has= some people up in arms due to its title and thumbnail, sparking debate abo= ut influencers and their responsibilities to the companies they talk about.
Prism in 2024 (32 minute re= ad)

Prism is a parser for the Ruby language= exposed as both a C library and a Ruby library.

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