Subj : SpaceX successfully returns Starship 🚀, Netflix's redesign 📺, how Google devs use AI 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Jun 07 2024 10:33 am --QPWWyPVW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable SpaceX's Starship launched successfully and made a controlled splashdown = for the first time on Thursday. The test was a large success=C2=A0=20 = Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TO= GETHER WITH [QA Wolf] [4] TLDR 2024-06-07 =F0=9F=A4=AF GET 80% A= UTOMATED TEST COVERAGE IN UNDER 4 MONTHS (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Traditional Q= A solutions take years to scale, and high test coverage is never guarante= ed. QA Wolf [4] gets web apps to 80% automated test coverage in just 4= months =E2=80=94 so dev teams can ship with confidence at high speed. = They'll build and maintain your test suite in Playwright (no vendor lo= ck-in, you own the code) + include unlimited parallel test runs on their = infrastructure. 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SpaceX h= as already test-fired the ship for the next test flight, and the booster = could be hot-fired soon. The next test flight, which could happen within = a couple of months, may involve an onshore landing.=20 NETFLIX'S LATEST= REDESIGN AIMS TO SIMPLIFY YOUR HOMEPAGE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Netfl= ix is testing a homepage redesign on its TV app that replaces the static = tiles with boxes that extend when they're selected. It is also removing t= he menu that pops out from the left side of its homepage and replacing it= with a more streamlined selection of options at the top of the screen. T= he new homepage will be tested among a small group of users to start and = expanded to more members if it goes well.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENC= E & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY MOST LIFE ON EARTH IS DORMANT, AFTER PULLIN= G AN =E2=80=98EMERGENCY BRAKE' (11 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Researchers ha= ve discovered a new hibernation factor called Balon. 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The Justice Department and the Federal = Trade Commission have reached a deal that allows them to proceed with antit= rust investigations into the dominant roles that Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvi= dia play in the artificial intelligence industry. The Justice Department wi= ll take the lead in investigating Nvidia, while the FTC will examine the co= nduct of OpenAI and Microsoft. A similar deal in 2019 resulted in Google, A= pple, Amazon, and Meta being sued on claims that they violated anti-monopol= y laws.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk could l= eave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned (3 minute= read)

Tesla shareholders will decide whether = to approve a $56 billion compensation package for Elon Musk on June 13. Tes= la board chair Robyn Denholm wrote a letter to shareholders, urging them to= approve the package. Not approving the package may mean Musk may leave the= company. While several proxy firms have recommended against approving the = pay proposal, early voting suggests that the package will be approved.
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