Subj : Google vs Safari 🌎, Epic Games Store 📱, Mongo on Postgres 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Jul 08 2024 10:34 am --ing8R4q8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Google reportedly considered limiting its AI Overviews feature to its own= apps, excluding Safari users, but ultimately decided against the move= =C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Vanta] [4] TLDR 2024-07-08 TUESDAY: L= EARN HOW TO AUTOMATE SOC 2 & ISO 27001 COMPLIANCE (SPONSOR) [4]=20 If= you've ever had questions about: =09* Why compliance is such a big fo= cus [4] for SaaS companies in 2024 =09* What it takes to achieve complia= nce with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or other in-demand frameworks [4] =09* How = automation tools like Vanta [4] can get you there faster and with much le= ss hassle Then you should definitely join this 45-minute live session = [4]. 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Google considered blocking = Safari users from accessing its new AI features, report says (3 minute read= )

Convincing iOS users to use Google's ow= n apps instead of Safari has been a challenge for Google. Google hired form= er Instagram and Yahoo executive Robby Stein to oversee the push from Safar= i. The company reportedly considered limiting its AI Overviews feature to i= ts own apps, excluding Safari users, but ultimately decided against the mov= e.
Apple green lights Epic Gam= es Store in rapid reversal (3 minute read)

Apple has given approval for the Epic G= ames store for iOS in the EU. Epic's submission was rejected twice previous= ly. The latest decision was reversed just hours after reports started circu= lating about it. Apple objected to Epic's inclusion of a download button an= d related copy and has asked the company to fix the buttons in a future sub= mission of the app. Epic still has a lot of work before its app store will = be ready - it plans to bring the store to iOS in the next couple of months.
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There will be blood (25 min= ute read)

ErythroMer is an experimental blood sub= stitute developed by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Me= dicine. It is made from recycled human hemoglobin wrapped in a membrane to = mimic a tiny cell. ErythroMer comes as a freeze-dried powder that remains u= sable for years. It can be reconstituted by simply mixing it with saline. E= rythroMer should be safe for any blood type as its membrane doesn't include= the red blood cell surface proteins that cause mismatches. It is still in = preclinical testing, but it is possible that ErythroMer could be more durab= le and versatile than real blood.
The world's first anode-fre= e sodium solid-state battery (6 minute read)

The Laboratory for Energy Storage and C= onversion has created the world's first anode-free sodium solid-state batte= ry. The battery brings the reality of inexpensive, fast-charging, high-capa= city batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage closer than ever. It = has an architecture with stable cycling for several hundred cycles and is m= ore affordable and environmentally friendly to produce than lithium batteri= es. Sodium, common in ocean water and soda ash mining, is an inherently mor= e environmentally friendly battery material.
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Pongo (GitHub Repo)

Pongo is Mongo on Postgres with strong = consistency benefits. It treats PostgreSQL as a document database with JSON= B support, adding significant performance and storage efficiency. Pongo tak= es the MongoDB API and translates it to native PostgreSQL queries. Using JS= ONB means that data is preparsed, allowing faster read and write operations= .. JSONB retains the flexibility of storing semi-structured data while allow= ing users to take advantage of PostgreSQL's robust querying capabilities.
DuckDB Community Extensions= (7 minute read)

DuckDB has a new extension mechanism th= at allows users to register new functions, support new file formats and com= pression methods, handle new network protocols, and more. Extensions can be= published via the DuckDB Community Extensions repository. The repository m= akes it easier for users to install extensions using a simple syntax. Exten= sion developers can use the repository to avoid the burdens of compilation = and distribution.
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A New Age of Materials Is D= awning, for Everything From Smartphones to Missiles (7 minute read)

Composite materials have the advantage = of being lighter than the metal parts they typically replace while being ju= st as strong and requiring fewer resources to make. The labor-intensive nat= ure of their manufacturing has made them expensive and limited their applic= ation to a handful of areas. New manufacturing techniques that can churn ou= t composite parts quickly and cheaply are changing the field. This article = takes a look at emerging composites technologies and the materials and prod= ucts they are creating.
Here's how Qualcomm's new l= aptop chips really stack up to Apple, Intel, and AMD (16 minute read)

Microsoft's 12-year-long attempt at mak= ing Windows on Arm happen is starting to pay off. Qualcomm's Snapdragon X E= lite and X Plus chips are turning Windows on Arm into a viable platform. Wh= ile the chips don't outright beat Apple's M3 chip in every benchmark, this = is the closest Microsoft has been able to compete so far with MacBooks in p= rice, performance, and battery life. Microsoft's new lineup could make Inte= l and AMD scramble to catch up.
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Something happens to everyo= ne (6 minute read)

You or someone you love will inevitably= go through a tragic situation at some point - knowing this reminds us that= suffering is a universal human experience, not a personal failing or uniqu= e misfortune.
How and why we built our st= artup around small teams (9 minute read)

Small teams enable a startup to scale w= hile retaining the culture and speed of an early-stage startup.
New AI Training Technique I= s Drastically Faster, Says Google (4 minute read)

Google's DeepMind researchers have deve= loped a new AI training method that significantly reduces the computation r= esources and time needed to do the work.
I'm Funding Ladybird Becaus= e I Can't Fund Firefox (3 minute read)

An open web requires a healthy system o= f several competing browsers where each has enough market share that no one= vendor has de facto control over web standards.
Why haven't biologists cure= d cancer? (25 minute read)

There are signs that feedback loops are= getting slower and fewer in number in medicine and upcoming regulations ma= y mean that the US will spend less on drug development.
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