Subj : US TikTok ban 📱, Meta's $200B drop 📉, Node.js 22 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 10:36 am --X0clq6V6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that orders TikTok owner B= yteDance to sell the company within 270 days or lose access to the US mar= ket=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLD= R =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Bland AI] [4] TLDR 2024-04-25 AI PHO= NE CALLS?!? THE WORLD'S _FASTEST_ CONVERSATIONAL AI WAS RELEASED & IT SOU= NDS JUST LIKE A _HUMAN_. (SPONSOR) [4]=20 BLAND AI [4] is a lab that bu= ilt a hyper realistic sounding AI phone agent. It's blowing everyone's mi= nds. 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If Byt= eDance doesn't sell TikTok, app stores in the US will have to drop the ap= p and internet hosting services will be prohibited from providing service= s that enable distribution of TikTok in the US. ByteDance will file a law= suit to attempt to block the law.=20 META LOSES $200 BILLION IN VALUE A= S ZUCKERBERG FOCUSES EARNINGS CALL ON ALL THE WAYS COMPANY BLEEDS CASH (5= MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Mark Zuckerberg spent almost the entirety of his o= pening remarks during Meta's earnings call focused on the many ways the c= ompany loses money. This resulted in the company's shares dropping by as = much as 19% in extended trading on Wednesday, despite Meta reporting be= tter-than-expected profit and revenue for the first quarter. This article= discusses the earning call in detail. 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A team of researchers at MIT have demon= strated that light can cause water to evaporate in the absence of any sourc= e of heat. The discovery, named the photo molecular effect, could have sign= ificant implications in science and manufacturing. The effect happens widel= y in nature. It is strongest with green light that hits the water surface a= t a 45-degree angle with a certain type of polarization called transverse m= agnetic polarization.
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The Rabbit R1 is a $199 AI-powered devi= ce that can answer questions, translate speech, play music, take notes, sum= mon an Uber, and a few other things. This article presents an early review = of the device. While the roadmap for the device is ambitious, its current f= eature set is much more straightforward. So far, the device seems to be try= ing to be a useful companion rather than a smartphone killer.
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