Subj : Apple World Cup bid ⚽, Meta opens VR OS 🌎, Anthropic's prompt library 🤖 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Apr 23 2024 10:38 am --uc9KKATj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple is working to secure an exclusive TV deal with FIFA=C2=A0=20 Sign= Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHE= R WITH [WorkOS] [4] TLDR 2024-04-23 WORKOS IS THE ONLY AUTH PROV= IDER YOUR B2B SAAS APP NEEDS TO START SELLING TO ENTERPRISES (SPONSOR) [4= ]=20 =E2=86=92 WorkOS supports the foundational auth [4] you need and m= ore complex enterprise features [4] like single sign-on (SSO ). = =E2=86=92 It provides flexible and easy-to-use APIs, helping companies like= Vercel, Loom, and Webflow offer enterprise-grade auth [4]. = =E2=86=92 It streamlines the onboarding experience [4] for your customers'= IT teams =E2=80=94 saving _your_ engineers hours of troubleshooting. = =E2=86=92 And best of all, WorkOS User Management is FREE for up to 1 = million MAUs [4]. 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The prototypes look just like t= he renders that came out back in January. The device features a new pill-= shaped camera bump with rounded corners that match the body shape. The fr= ont and back of the phone are totally flat, with a metal band around the = side. There will be three models of the phone this year: the Pixel 9, Pix= el 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC= TECHNOLOGY GENERATIVE A.I. ARRIVES IN THE GENE EDITING WORLD OF CRIS= PR (8 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Profluent, a Berkeley startup, has used gen= erative AI technology to create new gene editors based on CRISPR. The com= pany has used one of the AI-generated gene editors to edit human DNA, but= it has yet to put any of them through clinical trials. While Profluent p= lans to open source the gene editors generated by its AI technology, it w= ill not be open sourcing the AI technology itself. The project is part of= a wider effort to build AI technologies that improve medical care.=20 = MEET QDEL, THE BACKLIGHT-LESS DISPLAY TECH THAT COULD REPLACE OLED IN= PREMIUM TVS (14 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Quantum dot electroluminescent (= QDEL) screens produce wide color spaces and are bright, affordable, and r= esistant to burn-in. Also known as NanoLED, the technology is being eyed = as one of the most potentially influential developments for consumer disp= lays over the next two years. There aren't any QDEL products yet and they= may not be released for a while yet. This article explains how the techn= ology works, looks at its advantages, and explores competing technologies= ..=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE BRAVE S= EARCH LAUNCHES AI-POWERED ANSWER ENGINE, AVAILABLE FREE TO ALL USERS ACRO= SS PLATFORMS (SPONSOR) [9]=20 _Brave Search provides detailed generativ= e answers alongside its high-quality, independent search results. 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Apple Working to Secure Str= eaming Rights to FIFA Club World Cup (1 minute read)

Apple is working to secure an exclusive= TV deal with FIFA, who plans to launch a revamped version of Club World Cu= p in 2025. Apple wants the TV rights to the event, which will feature 32 te= ams from each of the six confederations. The first tournament will take pla= ce in the US next summer. The deal could be worth around $1 billion. Apple = has already paid $2.5 billion to secure global broadcasting rights to Major= League Soccer and it has also secured a deal with Major League Baseball. T= he company sees live sports as a way to lure new customers to the Apple TV+= streaming service.
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Real-life pictures of the Pixel 9 Pro h= ave leaked. The prototypes look just like the renders that came out back in= January. The device features a new pill-shaped camera bump with rounded co= rners that match the body shape. The front and back of the phone are totall= y flat, with a metal band around the side. There will be three models of th= e phone this year: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL.
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Generative A.I. Arrives in = the Gene Editing World of CRISPR (8 minute read)

Profluent, a Berkeley startup, has used= generative AI technology to create new gene editors based on CRISPR. The c= ompany has used one of the AI-generated gene editors to edit human DNA, but= it has yet to put any of them through clinical trials. While Profluent pla= ns to open source the gene editors generated by its AI technology, it will = not be open sourcing the AI technology itself. The project is part of a wid= er effort to build AI technologies that improve medical care.
Meet QDEL, the backlight-le= ss display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs (14 minute read)

Quantum dot electroluminescent (QDEL) s= creens produce wide color spaces and are bright, affordable, and resistant = to burn-in. Also known as NanoLED, the technology is being eyed as one of t= he most potentially influential developments for consumer displays over the= next two years. There aren't any QDEL products yet and they may not be rel= eased for a while yet. This article explains how the technology works, look= s at its advantages, and explores competing technologies.
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Good Ideas in Computer Scie= nce (3 minute read)

Programmers love to argue for their fav= orite technologies, but there are some ideas that are universally agreed on= .. This article provides a list of ideas within computer science that are un= iversally considered good and the year each idea appeared. These ideas are = so widespread and effective that many may not even think of them as being i= nvented. The list focuses on ideas, not implementations, so some things lik= e Unix aren't on the list. Some example items from the list include binary = numbers, boolean algebra, arrays, and version control.
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Meta plans to partner with external har= dware companies to build virtual reality headsets using its Meta Horizon op= erating system. The move will result in new hardware devices that run on th= e same operating system and software as Meta's current first-party virtual = reality hardware. It will recreate the Android versus iOS dynamic in smartp= hones with virtual reality headsets. Apple will soon have to compete agains= t a range of different hardware devices at various prices, all running on M= eta's operating system.
Sam Altman Invests in Energ= y Startup Focused on AI Data Centers (5 minute read)

Sam Altman and other investors, includi= ng venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, have put $20 million into Exow= att, a company that aims to provide big data centers with clean energy. The= AI industry uses a lot of energy - a single new data center can use as muc= h electricity as hundreds and thousands of homes. Exowatt has developed mod= ules roughly the size of shipping containers that hold solar lenses that co= nvert energy from the sun into heat. The company hopes to eventually offer = electricity as cheap as 1 cent per kilowatt-hour without subsidies.
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