Subj : Apple joins OpenAI board 🤖, SpaceX scales launches 🚀, OpenSSH vulnerability 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed Jul 03 2024 10:34 am --pNmFs5_5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple Fellow Phil Schiller has been selected for an observer role on the = OpenAI board. He will not have any voting power=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |A= dvertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [So= uthern New Hampshire University] [4] TLDR 2024-07-03 CRAFT YOUR = BRIGHTEST FUTURE WITH AN ONLINE DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN, GAME DEVELOPMEN= T, OR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY (SPONSOR= ) [4]=20 Thinking about your next step over the long holiday weekend? S= outhern New Hampshire University will help you realize your creative and = tech ambitions with its wide range of online art and design degrees (BA,= BSc, and MS [4]). 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The arrangement will take e= ffect later this year - details of the situation could still change.=20 = THIS IS GOOGLE AI, AND IT'S COMING TO THE PIXEL 9 (4 MINUTE READ) [6]= The upcoming Google Pixel 9 series will introduce new machine l= earning abilities under the branding of Google AI. Google AI includes fea= tures such as Add Me, Studio, and Pixel Screenshots. Add Me appears to be= an upgraded version of Best Take and Studio is likely a previously seen = Creative Assistant app. Pixel Screenshots is a feature that closely resem= bles Microsoft's controversial Recall feature except that it uses screens= hots users take themselves instead of recording everything users do on th= eir devices.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY = SPACEX WANTS TO LAUNCH UP TO 120 TIMES A YEAR FROM FLORIDA =E2=80=94 AND= COMPETITORS AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT (5 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Several age= ncies are now preparing impact statements for SpaceX's Starship launch pl= ans. 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University of Michigan researchers have= created mice with supercharged hearing abilities by dialing up the express= ion of a nerve growth gene called neurotrophin-3 (Ntf3). Previous research = has shown that increasing Ntf3 expression can improve hearing in middle-age= d mice and help recover some hearing in mice with damaged inner ears. The t= reatment works by increasing the number of connections between hair cells i= n the ear's cochlea and the brain. The researchers believe the treatment co= uld potentially work in humans.
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Earth's Mysterious, Deep-Dw= elling Microbes We're Only Starting to Understand (37 minute read)

This article looks into the history of = the research into subterranean life and how it has changed the way scientis= ts see life and the planet. Earth's crust is teeming with subterranean life= that scientists are just starting to begin to understand. These microbes m= ay closely resemble some of the earliest single-celled organisms that ever = existed. They make up an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the biomass on Earth= ..
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Planning programming involves providing= an initial state, a set of actions, and a target, then using a tool to fin= d the shortest sequence of actions that reaches the target.
With Fifth Busy Beaver, Res= earchers Approach Computation's Limits (10 minute read)

BB(5) may be the last busy beaver numbe= r that humans discover.
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