Subj : Tesla's ride hailing app 🚗, Apple AI server chips 🤖, building a new city 🏙️ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Apr 24 2024 10:44 am --MjVEmd-y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tesla teased screenshots of its ride-hailing feature along with the relea= se of its Q1 2024 financial results=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]= |View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Dollar Flight = Club] [4] TLDR 2024-04-24 SAVE UP TO $2,000 ON EVERY FLIGHT FOR = LIFE (SPONSOR) [5]=20 Exclusive for TLDR readers =E2=80=93 sign up in t= he next 12 hours to get 93% off Dollar Flight Club's lifetime membership = for just $129 [5] (normally $1,690). Join over 1 million happy traveler= s today. 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The screenshots are available = in the article.=20 APPLE REPORTEDLY DEVELOPING ITS OWN CUSTOM SILICON F= OR AI SERVERS (2 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Apple reportedly has ambitious p= lans to design its own artificial intelligence server processor using TSM= C's 3nm node. TSMC's 3nm technology is one of the most advanced semicondu= ctor processes available. A specialist AI server processor would allow Ap= ple to tailor hardware specifically to its software needs, potentially = leading to more powerful and efficient technologies. While Apple is rumor= ed to be prioritizing on-device processing for many of its upcoming AI to= ols, some operations will inevitably have to occur in the cloud.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY HERE'S WHY RISC-V = IS SO IMPORTANT (8 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 RISC-V is an instruction set arc= hitecture freely available for commercial purposes. The open source chip = design is helping to drive innovation in custom hardware. RISC-V competit= ors may eventually emerge to challenge AMD and Intel. The combined resour= ces working to develop faster and more efficient RISC-V chips may one day= outpace that of major players in the CPU space.=20 IS UMAINE'S EXPER= IMENTAL 3D-PRINTED DWELLING THE FUTURE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING? (3 MINUTE R= EAD) [9]=20 UMaine's experimental 3D-printed dwelling, BioHome3D, is th= e result of a two-and-a-half-year effort to create a technology for build= ing homes faster, more efficiently, and less expensively than conventiona= l construction. BioHome3D is made from logging and sawmill wood waste. = It has an open-concept living/kitchen/dining room, one bedroom, and one b= ath. The dwelling has two mini-split heat pumps and roughly 30 sensors th= at measure temperature, humidity, wind, and other weather factors. 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The company purchased 50,000 acres of land for an estimate= d $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 Novem= ber. The project may be the most ambitious new development built in Calif= ornia in over 50 years. This article features an interview with Jan Srame= k, the founder and CEO of California Forever, where he discusses the proj= ect.=20 SENATE PASSES TIKTOK BAN BILL, SENDING IT TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S = DESK (6 MINUTE READ) [15]=20 The Senate has passed a bill for a forei= gn aid package that includes a measure that will force China-based ByteDa= nce 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 legislat= ion. Once signed into law, ByteDance will have up to a year to complete a= sale of TikTok. Enforcement of the law may be delayed by legal challenge= s. 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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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Senate passes TikTok ban bi= ll, sending it to President Biden's desk (6 minute read)

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U.S. bans noncompete agreem= ents for nearly all jobs (2 minute read)

The Federal Trade Commission has voted = to ban nearly all noncompete agreements - existing noncompetes for senior e= xecutives have been excluded from the ban as these agreements are more like= ly to have been negotiated.
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