Inside Microsoft's mission =
to take down the MacBook Air (7 minute read)
Microsoft recently spent an entire day =
pitting its new hardware against the MacBook Air. Its new Surface devices, =
equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips, pulled ahead in tests ag=
ainst Apple's category-leading laptop. Microsoft's Copilot Plus PCs feature=
an improved emulator that can emulate apps twice as fast as the previous g=
eneration of Windows on Arm devices. They are equipped with a neural proces=
sing unit that can perform more AI task operations per watt than the MacBoo=
k Air M3 and Nvidia's RTX 4060. Microsoft's Copilot Plus PCs will hit the m=
arket this summer.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink Gets =
FDA Green Light for Second Patient, as First Describes His Emotional Journe=
y (5 minute read)
The US Food and Drug Administration has=
given the green light for Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a second =
person. Most of the threads implanted in the first participant have come lo=
ose and are no longer reading the electrical signals needed to translate hi=
s thoughts into cursor movements. While software changes have helped him re=
gain many of the device's capabilities, only around 15% of the threads inse=
rted in his brain remain in place. Neuralink's proposed fix for the problem=
that occurred in the first test participant involves embedding some of the=
device's ultrathin wires deeper into the brain.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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We take a stab at decoding =
SpaceX's ever-changing plans for Starship in Florida (21 minute read)
The Federal Aviation Administration is =
kicking off a new environmental review of SpaceX's plan to launch Starships=
from Florida. The US Space Force is overseeing a similar Environmental Imp=
act Statement review for SpaceX's proposal to take over a launch pad at Cap=
e Canaveral Space Force Station. While the reviews can take a while and may=
delay SpaceX's plans, they show that SpaceX is finally cementing its plans=
to launch Starship from Florida.
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Single brain implant restor=
es bilingual communication to paralyzed man (5 minute read)
Researchers found that the area of the =
brain where the intention to speak gets translated into control over the vo=
cal tract produces consistent signals for both English and Spanish, allowin=
g systems trained on English phrases to improve on their recognition of Spa=
nish. The process of detecting these signals is complex, and it can result =
in high error rates. Piping the output through a large language model resul=
ted in lower error rates. The study showed that the parts of the brain that=
control the muscles needed to speak aren't picky about which language they=
're handling.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Writing commit messages (58=
minute read)
This post discusses how to write a good=
commit message that focuses on information. It's important to consider the=
audience when writing a commit message, as many people might read them for=
lots of different reasons. The post covers what to include in a commit mes=
sage and other places to post messages. It also covers typography, but atte=
mpts to keep the topic to a bare minimum.
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importx (GitHub Repo)
importx is a unified tool for importing=
TypeScript modules at runtime. It makes it easy to switch between differen=
t loaders. The library aims to swallow the complexity of the underlying imp=
lementations so developers can focus on the feature sets they need.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on=
AI-powered search and the future of the web (42 minute read)
This article contains an interview with=
Google CEO Sundar Pichai conducted the day after the Google I/O developer =
conference last week. Google is building AI into virtually all of its produ=
cts. The company is currently rolling out AI Overviews in Search, a move th=
at will change the internet ecosystem as we know it. Pichai says that injec=
ting AI into Search is about creating value for users and that users are cl=
icking on links at higher rates in the AI previews. There is a deep tension=
between Google's vision for the future and the very real fears and anxieti=
es creators and website owners are feeling about how search has changed and=
how AI might change the internet forever.
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Taking Risk (9 minute read)=
Startup founders in the US imagine the =
range of possible scenarios and pitch the top one percent outcome. This app=
roach matches what venture Capitalists are looking for - it's an industry b=
ased on outlier returns. While most investments will fail completely, some =
will make a modest return, and a small percentage will be worth a thousand =
times what was paid initially - these successes easily pay for all of the o=
ther failures. The downside of early-stage investing is losing 1x your mone=
y, but the upside is that you make 1,000x - this is where you should focus =
your attention.
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The Lunacy of Artemis (42 m=
inute read)
There's a lot to NASA's Artemis' techni=
cal design - it goes beyond complex, with none of the puzzle pieces seeming=
to come from the same box and half of the breakthroughs the program requir=
es making the other half unnecessary.
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Fundamentals (21 minute rea=
d)
It's a better investment of time to stu=
dy fundamentals, rather than specifics - once you have some foundation know=
ledge, you can apply it in many circumstances.
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