Subj : Apple home accessory leaks 📱, OpenAI security breach 🤖, understanding DNS 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Jul 05 2024 10:34 am --VYoZHFvk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple is working on a new home accessory. The accessory's internal identi= fier name suggests that it will receive Apple's upcoming A18 chip=C2= =A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 = =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Southern New Hampshire University] [4] TLDR 20= 24-07-05 REACH YOUR CAREER GOALS WITH AN ONLINE DEGREE FROM THE SOUTH= ERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY (SPONSOR) [4]=20 A high quality educatio= n shouldn't cost an arm and a leg =E2=80=94 and it shouldn't mean putting= your career on hold, either. SNHU offers over 200 degrees [4], 100% o= nline [4] (perfect for busy adult learners). 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Apple may be launching an updated Apple TV = later this year.=20 A HACKER STOLE OPENAI SECRETS, RAISING FEARS THAT C= HINA COULD, TOO (8 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 A hacker gained access to Open= AI's internal messaging systems early last year. They accessed details fr= om discussions in an internal online forum but did not get into the syste= ms where the company houses and builds its artificial intelligence. Detai= ls of the incident were revealed to employees in April 2023. Executives d= ecided not to share the news publicly because no information about custom= ers or partners was stolen. It is believed that the hacker was a private = individual with no known ties to a foreign government. OpenAI did not inf= orm the FBI or anyone else in law enforcement about the incident.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY FIGURE 01: COFFEE-= MAKING HUMANOID ROBOT NOW SHOWS CAR ASSEMBLY SKILL AT BMW (4 MINUTE READ)= [7]=20 Figure has released a video showcasing its 01 humanoid robot = participating in the vehicle assembly process. The 01 robot is fully auto= nomous and can execute a wide range of manufacturing jobs, including hand= ling sheet metal, operating in the body shop, and overseeing the warehous= e. It is fully electric and is 1.6 meters tall, weighs 132 pounds, and ca= n run for 5 hours on a charge. The video is available in the article.=20 = JAPAN INTRODUCES ENORMOUS HUMANOID ROBOT TO MAINTAIN TRAIN LINES (2 M= INUTE READ) [8]=20 Japan Railway's new humanoid robot employee is being= put to use for maintenance work on the company's rail network. The 12-me= ter-high robot can carry objects as heavy as 40kg, hold a brush to paint,= and use a chainsaw. Its current primary tasks are to trim tree branches= along rails and paint the metal frames that hold cables above trains. = The technology is aimed at filling worker shortages in the aging country = as well as reducing worker accidents.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING,= DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE YOU'RE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK: THE ONLY 6 DNS C= ONCEPTS YOU REALLY NEED (11 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 There are only six co= re concepts (A records, CNAMEs, MX records, TXT records, NS records, and = TTL) needed to understand DNS. This article looks at these essentials, wh= ich will cover most DNS needs. It includes a table that contains a comple= te list of DNS functionality with descriptions.=20 0X.TOOLS (GITHUB R= EPO) [10]=20 0x.tools is a set of utilities for analyzing application p= erformance on Linux. It allows users to measure individual thread level a= ctivity and drill down into the CPU usage of any thread or the system as = a whole. 0x.tools enables users to be systematic in their troubleshooti= ng. Some of the tools work on over-decade-old Linux kernels.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS APPLE M5 CHIP'S DUAL-USE DESIGN WILL= POWER FUTURE MACS AND AI SERVERS (1 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Apple will = reportedly use a more advanced System on Integrated Chip (SoIC) technolog= y for its M5 chips. SoIC technology allows for the stacking of chips in a= three-dimensional structure. It provides better electrical performance a= nd thermal management compared to traditional two-dimensional chip design= s. Apple intends to start mass producing the chips in 2025 and 2026 for n= ew Macs and AI cloud servers. 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Apple is working on a new home accessor= y. The accessory's internal identifier name suggests that it will receive A= pple's upcoming A18 chip, which means it will have the power for Apple Inte= lligence. The home accessory will likely run a software variant of tvOS. Ap= ple may be launching an updated Apple TV later this year.
A Hacker Stole OpenAI Secre= ts, Raising Fears That China Could, Too (8 minute read)

A hacker gained access to OpenAI's inte= rnal messaging systems early last year. They accessed details from discussi= ons in an internal online forum but did not get into the systems where the = company houses and builds its artificial intelligence. Details of the incid= ent were revealed to employees in April 2023. Executives decided not to sha= re the news publicly because no information about customers or partners was= stolen. It is believed that the hacker was a private individual with no kn= own ties to a foreign government. OpenAI did not inform the FBI or anyone e= lse in law enforcement about the incident.
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Figure has released a video showcasing = its 01 humanoid robot participating in the vehicle assembly process. The 01= robot is fully autonomous and can execute a wide range of manufacturing jo= bs, including handling sheet metal, operating in the body shop, and oversee= ing the warehouse. It is fully electric and is 1.6 meters tall, weighs 132 = pounds, and can run for 5 hours on a charge. The video is available in the = article.
Japan introduces enormous h= umanoid robot to maintain train lines (2 minute read)

Japan Railway's new humanoid robot empl= oyee is being put to use for maintenance work on the company's rail network= .. The 12-meter-high robot can carry objects as heavy as 40kg, hold a brush = to paint, and use a chainsaw. Its current primary tasks are to trim tree br= anches along rails and paint the metal frames that hold cables above trains= .. The technology is aimed at filling worker shortages in the aging country = as well as reducing worker accidents.
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There are only six core concepts (A rec= ords, CNAMEs, MX records, TXT records, NS records, and TTL) needed to under= stand DNS. This article looks at these essentials, which will cover most DN= S needs. It includes a table that contains a complete list of DNS functiona= lity with descriptions.
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0x.tools is a set of utilities for anal= yzing application performance on Linux. It allows users to measure individu= al thread level activity and drill down into the CPU usage of any thread or= the system as a whole. 0x.tools enables users to be systematic in their tr= oubleshooting. Some of the tools work on over-decade-old Linux kernels.
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Apple M5 Chip's Dual-Use De= sign Will Power Future Macs and AI Servers (1 minute read)

Apple will reportedly use a more advanc= ed System on Integrated Chip (SoIC) technology for its M5 chips. SoIC techn= ology allows for the stacking of chips in a three-dimensional structure. It= provides better electrical performance and thermal management compared to = traditional two-dimensional chip designs. Apple intends to start mass produ= cing the chips in 2025 and 2026 for new Macs and AI cloud servers. The M5's= dual-use design is believed to be part of Apple's plans to vertically inte= grate its supply chain for AI functionality across computers, cloud servers= , and software.
Against Innovation Tokens (= 21 minute read)

The idea of using innovation tokens to = identify which technologies are innovative implies that everyone knows whic= h technologies are innovative. It also assumes that innovative technologies= are inherently costly and that their supply should be restricted. This mod= el is reactionary and borders on anti-intellectualism. It is better to look= at whether using a particular technology will introduce a boundary between= two different technologies with different conceptual models.
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Meta has released pre-trained models th= at leverage a novel multi-token prediction approach that forecasts multiple= future words simultaneously, promising enhanced performance and drasticall= y reduced training times.
SpaceX pushes ahead with a = second tower launch site in South Texas (2 minute read)

SpaceX has started building a second la= unch tower in Boca Chica.
Gradually, then Suddenly: U= pon the Threshold (9 minute read)

AI development isn't a steady curve but= a series of thresholds that, when crossed, suddenly and irrevocably change= aspects of our lives.
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