Subj : Third party iOS app stores 📱, Boston Dynamics next-gen bot 🤖, Stable Diffusion 3 API 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 10:41 am --qF6rzHKF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable AltStore PAL, a third-party iOS app store, is now live in the EU=C2=A0=20 = Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09= =09TOGETHER WITH [TLDR] [4] TLDR 2024-04-18 WANT TO=C2=A0ADVERTI= SE=C2=A0IN=C2=A0TLDR? (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Fortune 50 companies like AWS an= d Google Cloud as well as fast growing startups like Vercel and Securefra= me work with=C2=A0TLDR=C2=A0to reach our audience of over 4 million tech-= savvy=C2=A0decision=C2=A0makers=C2=A0with highly customized campaigns (li= ke this one!). We help manage your campaigns from end=C2=A0to end, ens= uring that your performance marketing efforts hit your internal KPIs with= out breaking your budget.=C2=A0Learn more about working with us [4]. = =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS THIRD-PARTY IPHONE APP STOR= E ALTSTORE PAL IS NOW LIVE IN EUROPE (4 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 AltStore = PAL, a third-party iOS app store, is now live in the EU. Access to the st= ore costs =E2=82=AC1.50 (plus tax) per year to cover Apple's Core Technol= ogy Fee for installing the marketplace. AltStore PAL will integrate its m= arketplace with Patreon for monetization. It will support developers who = want to distribute beta apps as a reward for crowd-sourced funding. AltSt= ore PAL is open to submissions from third-party developers.=20 TIKTOK= NOTES STARTS ROLLING OUT AS A NEW RIVAL TO INSTAGRAM (2 MINUTE READ) [6]= =20 TikTok Notes is now rolling out to select Android and iOS users for= download and limited testing in Australia and Canada. Besides a couple= of small tweaks, the app is similar to Instagram. The messaging around= TikTok Notes suggests that the app may be populated with users' existi= ng and future public TikTok photo posts unless they opt-out. It is uncert= ain when TikTok will roll out the app to the US and elsewhere.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY BOSTON DYNAMICS' N= EW HUMANOID MOVES LIKE NO ROBOT YOU'VE EVER SEEN (6 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 = Boston Dynamics' next-generation Atlas robot features all-electric 36= 0-degree joints that enable it to move in inhuman ways. The company has r= etired the previous Atlas' hydraulic system to create a new robot a fract= ion of the size and weight that also looks like a product. It has some im= pressive capabilities, like being able to stand up from a lying face-down= position. A short video of Atlas demonstrating the new way it moves is a= vailable in the article.=20 NASA CONFIRMS NUCLEAR-POWERED DRAGONFLY DRO= NE IS GOING TO TITAN (3 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 NASA's Dragonfly rotorcra= ft mission is heading to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. The mission has be= en approved for a 2028 launch with a scheduled arrival at Titan in 2034. = The Dragonfly dual-quadcopter drone, powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisot= ope Thermoelectric Generator, is expected to travel hundreds of kilometer= s during its planned two-year exploration of Titan. The total lifecycle c= ost of the mission is currently $3.35 billion, approximately double the p= roposed cost, with increases blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chai= n issues, and design changes.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIG= N & DATA SCIENCE THE QA WOLF CHALLENGE: 80% AUTOMATED END-TO-END TEST= COVERAGE BEFORE AUGUST (SPONSOR) [9]=20 In just 4 months, QA Wolf au= tomates hundreds (sometimes thousands) of tests, ready to run in the QA W= olf cloud on every deploy. They can test third-party integrations, APIs, = extensions, email & SMS deliverability, audio & video accuracy =E2=80= =94 whatever you've got [9], really. =F0=9F=A4=A8 Skeptical? Challen= ge the QA Wolf team [9] STABLE DIFFUSION 3 API NOW AVAILABLE AS STABL= E ASSISTANT EFFORT LOOMS (4 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Stability AI has rel= eased its next-generation Stable Diffusion 3 generative AI model. The mod= el is now available for use via an API on the Stability AI developer plat= form. 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Third-party iPhone app stor= e AltStore PAL is now live in Europe (4 minute read)

AltStore PAL, a third-party iOS app sto= re, is now live in the EU. Access to the store costs =E2=82=AC1.50 (plus ta= x) per year to cover Apple's Core Technology Fee for installing the marketp= lace. AltStore PAL will integrate its marketplace with Patreon for monetiza= tion. It will support developers who want to distribute beta apps as a rewa= rd for crowd-sourced funding. AltStore PAL is open to submissions from thir= d-party developers.
TikTok Notes starts rolling= out as a new rival to Instagram (2 minute read)

TikTok Notes is now rolling out to sele= ct Android and iOS users for download and limited testing in Australia and = Canada. Besides a couple of small tweaks, the app is similar to Instagram. = The messaging around TikTok Notes suggests that the app may be populated wi= th users' existing and future public TikTok photo posts unless they opt-out= .. It is uncertain when TikTok will roll out the app to the US and elsewhere= ..
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Boston Dynamics' new humano= id moves like no robot you've ever seen (6 minute read)

Boston Dynamics' next-generation Atlas = robot features all-electric 360-degree joints that enable it to move in inh= uman ways. The company has retired the previous Atlas' hydraulic system to = create a new robot a fraction of the size and weight that also looks like a= product. It has some impressive capabilities, like being able to stand up = from a lying face-down position. A short video of Atlas demonstrating the n= ew way it moves is available in the article.
NASA confirms nuclear-power= ed Dragonfly drone is going to Titan (3 minute read)

NASA's Dragonfly rotorcraft mission is = heading to Titan, one of Saturn's moons. The mission has been approved for = a 2028 launch with a scheduled arrival at Titan in 2034. The Dragonfly dual= -quadcopter drone, powered by a Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric G= enerator, is expected to travel hundreds of kilometers during its planned t= wo-year exploration of Titan. The total lifecycle cost of the mission is cu= rrently $3.35 billion, approximately double the proposed cost, with increas= es blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, and design changes= ..
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Stable Diffusion 3 API now = available as Stable Assistant effort looms (4 minute read)

Stability AI has released its next-gene= ration Stable Diffusion 3 generative AI model. The model is now available f= or use via an API on the Stability AI developer platform. Making the model = production-ready was a key focus for the company as part of the API release= .. Stability AI has implemented a number of safeguards to prevent the model'= s misuse. It is planning to release an open model soon. Stability AI has al= so just released an early beta preview of Stable Assistant, a chatbot power= ed by Stability AI's text and image generation technology.
Portr (GitHub Repo)

Portr is a tunnel solution that exposes= local HTTP, TCP, or WebSocket connections to the public internet. It utili= zes SSH remote port forwarding under the hood to securely tunnel connection= s. Portr is designed for small teams looking to expose development servers = on public URLs and is not recommended for use alongside production servers.= It features an admin dashboard for user/team management and an inspector f= or inspecting and replaying requests.
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Manufacturing Bliss (37 min= ute read)

The jhanas is a growing meditation tren= d that has made its way into some corners of tech. Its practitioners claim = that it can induce extremely blissful mental states that rival life's peak = experiences. Jhanas could open the path to new inroads to understanding and= improving how our brains work. This article takes a look at what jhanas ar= e, what the experience is like, how the tech community is embracing the con= cept, and more.
Tesla asks shareholders to = approve Texas move and restore Elon Musk's $56B pay (5 minute read)

Tesla is asking shareholders to approve= a move to Texas and to re-approve a $55.8 billion pay package for CEO Elon= Musk that was recently voided by a Delaware judge. The vote will be held a= t Tesla's 2024 annual meeting on June 13. Renegotiating a replacement compe= nsation plan that Musk would agree to would likely take substantial time an= d incur new accounting charges of billions of dollars. Musk has not been pa= id for any of his work over the last six years at Tesla, where he helped ge= nerate significant growth and stockholder value, with the company's stock u= p more than 630% since March 2018.
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TikTok Faces Washington Rec= koning as Divest-or-Ban Vote Nears (3 minute read)

TikTok divestiture legislation already = passed by the House will be included in a fast-moving aid package for Ukrai= ne and Israel that the chamber is set to clear on Saturday.
Is Attention All You Need? = (29 minute read)

Several new architectures have recently= emerged that are designed to outperform full attention Transformers in lon= g-context learning/generation and inference speed/cost.
Desbordante (GitHub Repo)

Desbordante is a high-performance data = profiler capable of discovering many different patterns in data and running= data cleaning scenarios using various algorithms.
Fintech Mercury, whose B2B = business is caught up in regulatory scrutiny, expands into consumer banking= (7 minute read)

The expansion is a natural move for Mer= cury, who serves more than 100,000 businesses, many of which are startups a= nd have expressed interest in a personal banking product.
Compute Thresholds are Inef= fective (12 minute read)

Compute thresholds are a poor tool for = policymakers because compute is a cost for AI developers and thus they are = heavily incentivized to lower it.
Stop Acting Like You're Fam= ous (2 minute read)

Focus on what makes you enjoy your leis= ure activities and stop optimizing for a non-existent audience.

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