Tesla teases its upcoming U=
ber-like self-driving ride-hailing app (3 minute read)
Tesla teased screenshots of its ride-ha=
iling feature along with the release of its Q1 2024 financial results. The =
feature allows people to summon self-driving Teslas for rides. Riders can a=
djust the temperature and music inside the vehicle from their phones. The f=
eature will be integrated into the existing Tesla app. Tesla has yet to ach=
ieve unsupervised self-driving, so it is unknown when the ride-hailing feat=
ure will be available. The screenshots are available in the article.
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Apple Reportedly Developing=
Its Own Custom Silicon for AI Servers (2 minute read)
Apple reportedly has ambitious plans to=
design its own artificial intelligence server processor using TSMC's 3nm n=
ode. TSMC's 3nm technology is one of the most advanced semiconductor proces=
ses available. A specialist AI server processor would allow Apple to tailor=
hardware specifically to its software needs, potentially leading to more p=
owerful and efficient technologies. While Apple is rumored to be prioritizi=
ng on-device processing for many of its upcoming AI tools, some operations =
will inevitably have to occur in the cloud.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Here's why RISC-V is so imp=
ortant (8 minute read)
RISC-V is an instruction set architectu=
re freely available for commercial purposes. The open source chip design is=
helping to drive innovation in custom hardware. RISC-V competitors may eve=
ntually emerge to challenge AMD and Intel. The combined resources working t=
o develop faster and more efficient RISC-V chips may one day outpace that o=
f major players in the CPU space.
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Is UMaine's Experimental 3D=
-Printed Dwelling the Future of Affordable Housing? (3 minute read)
UMaine's experimental 3D-printed dwelli=
ng, BioHome3D, is the result of a two-and-a-half-year effort to create a te=
chnology for building homes faster, more efficiently, and less expensively =
than conventional construction. BioHome3D is made from logging and sawmill =
wood waste. It has an open-concept living/kitchen/dining room, one bedroom,=
and one bath. The dwelling has two mini-split heat pumps and roughly 30 se=
nsors that measure temperature, humidity, wind, and other weather factors. =
Pictures of the dwelling are available in the article.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Linux can finally run your =
car's safety systems and driver-assistance features (4 minute read)
Elektrobit's EB corbos Linux for Safety=
Applications is a new Linux distro designed to comply with the automotive =
industry's functional safety requirements. It was developed with Canonical,=
who will help with keeping the system compliant with safety requirements o=
ver time. The operating system uses an external safety monitor to intercept=
and validate kernel actions. This allows its developers to keep up to spee=
d with the developer community.
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Hashquery (GitHub Repo)
Hashquery is a framework for defining a=
nd querying BI models in data warehouses. Its expressions are defined in Py=
thon, compiled into SQL, and run directly against a data warehouse. It is c=
apable of expressing complex, multi-layered data queries. Hashquery nativel=
y integrates with upstream semantic layers and can be used together with Ha=
shboard as a headless BI interface.
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When Was the Last Time We B=
uilt a New City? (32 minute read)
California Forever announced plans in A=
ugust 2023 to build a new city of up to 400,000 people in Solano County, fo=
rty miles northeast of San Francisco. The company purchased 50,000 acres of=
land for an estimated $900 million in 2017. Most of the land is zoned for =
agricultural use and is subject to slow-growth laws. This may change after =
a vote in November. The project may be the most ambitious new development b=
uilt in California in over 50 years. This article features an interview wit=
h Jan Sramek, the founder and CEO of California Forever, where he discusses=
the project.
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Senate passes TikTok ban bi=
ll, sending it to President Biden's desk (6 minute read)
The Senate has passed a bill for a fore=
ign aid package that includes a measure that will force China-based ByteDan=
ce to sell TikTok or have it banned from the US. The bill will now head to =
President Joe Biden, who has already committed to signing the legislation. =
Once signed into law, ByteDance will have up to a year to complete a sale o=
f TikTok. Enforcement of the law may be delayed by legal challenges. The bi=
ll is aimed at preventing foreign adversaries from conducting espionage, su=
rveillance, maligned operations, and otherwise harming vulnerable Americans=
, rather than a punishment against ByteDance or any other individual compan=
y.
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Meta and Open (26 minute re=
ad)
Apple's closed model may have been succ=
essful in the mobile market, but closed models don't always win - Meta is b=
etting the open model will win with virtual and mixed reality headsets.
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