Subj : Microsoft Designer ‎‍🎨, Meta AI avoids EU 🤖, how to start a company 🚀 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Jul 18 2024 10:36 am --jV9n5QQF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now available to anyone with a per= sonal Microsoft account on Windows, iOS, and Android=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [= 1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR =09=09TOGETHER WITH= [QA Wolf] [4] TLDR 2024-07-18 =E2=9C=82=EF=B8=8F CUT YOUR QA CY= CLES DOWN TO MINUTES WITH AUTOMATED TESTING (SPONSOR) [4]=20 Are slow= test cycles bottlenecking your dev teams' release velocity? With QA Wolf= , your organization can run entire test suites in minutes for faster feed= back and developer confidence to ship.=C2=A0 QA Wolf [4] takes testing= off your plate. They can get you: =09* 80% test coverage in just fou= r months [4]=E2=80=94not years =09* Unlimited parallel test runs [4] = =09* 24-hour maintenance and on-demand test creation =09* Zero flakes, g= uaranteed The benefit? No more manual e2e testing. No more slow QA cyc= les. No more bugs reaching production. With QA Wolf, Drata's team of= 80+ engineers [5] achieved 4x more test cases and 86% faster QA cycles.= =E2=AD=90 Rated 4.8/5 on G2. Schedule a demo to learn more [4]= =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS MICROSOFT'S DESIGNER APP= ARRIVES ON IOS AND ANDROID WITH AI EDITING AND CREATION (3 MINUTE READ) = [6]=20 Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is now available to anyone w= ith a personal Microsoft account on Windows, iOS, and Android. The app = allows users to create custom images, stickers, greeting cards, and more = using templates. It uses AI to create and edit images on the go. Designer= can edit and remove backgrounds, remove people or objects from images, a= nd add text and branding to images. The app gives users 15 free daily 'bo= osts' that can be used to create or edit AI-powered images and designs. U= pgrading to a Copilot Pro subscription gives users 100 boosts per day. = META WON'T OFFER FUTURE MULTIMODAL AI MODELS IN EU (3 MINUTE READ)= [7]=20 Meta will withhold its next multimodal AI model from customer= s in the EU because of a lack of clarity from regulators. Apple has also = said it won't release its Apple Intelligence features in Europe because o= f similar concerns. Meta plans to incorporate its new multimodal models= in a wide range of products, including smartphones and its Meta Ray-Ba= n smart glasses. The upcoming larger text-only version of Meta's Llama 3 = model will be available in the EU.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTUR= ISTIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCHERS TRACK INDIVIDUAL NEURONS AS THEY RESPOND= TO WORDS (5 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 A recent study into the mechanism of= human language comprehension aimed to figure out if there was any struct= ure to the neuronal response to language. It involved playing recorded se= ts of words to patients who had implants that monitored the activity of n= eurons located in their left prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain lar= gely responsible for processing language. The study found that the neuron= s' responses changed based on context - neurons in certain areas would = light up if the patient heard specific words. Words presented with contex= t elicited a stronger response compared to when the context was not avail= able.=20 'SUPERMODEL GRANNY' DRUG EXTENDS LIFE IN ANIMALS (6 MINUTE REA= D) [9]=20 Researchers have discovered a drug that increases the life sp= ans of laboratory animals by nearly 25%. It works by lowering levels of a= protein called interleukin-11, which is associated with higher levels = of inflammation and other factors that control the pace of aging. Mice wi= th decreased interleukin-11 had lower levels of cancer, improved muscle f= unction, were leaner, had healthier fur, and scored better on many measur= es of frailty. The drug is already being tested in people, but it is unkn= own whether it will have the same anti-aging effect.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 = PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE HOW TO SET UP AN OBSERVABILITY = FRAMEWORK (SPONSOR) [10]=20 This playbook [10] outlines the specific st= eps you should take to establish a repeatable observability framework [10= ], including: =09* Standardizing and surfacing core metrics =09* P= roactive monitoring and alerting =09* Well-defined tagging and efficient= FTE allocation Get the playbook from Datadog [10] THE PITFALLS = OF IN-APP BROWSERS (9 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 In-app browsers have limited= functionality, privacy and security concerns, inconsistent UI/UX, and wo= rse performance than normal browsers. Businesses use in-app browsers to p= erform man-in-the-middle attacks by injecting arbitrary JavaScript code a= nd intercepting network traffic. This allows them to watch what users are= doing within their in-app browsers. Websites can detect when in-app brow= sers are being used and offer links to users to open them in the default= browser instead.=20 WHAT ARE THE WAYS COMPILERS RECOGNIZE COMPLEX PA= TTERNS? (6 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 While there are a lot of techniques t= hat could be used to apply to certain types of optimization, sometimes co= mpilers will opt to look for a more-or-less hardcoded pattern. Compilers = must consider many tradeoffs when choosing what optimizations to perform = and how to perform them. Extremely sophisticated algorithms may be avoide= d because they can be expensive, too complex, or not broadly applicable.= Hardcoded optimizations are fairly cheap and the maintenance burden is= very low.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS THE GREATEST EDUC= ATIONAL LIFE HACK: LEARNING MATH AHEAD OF TIME (18 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 = Learning math early guards you against numerous academic risks and op= ens doors to all kinds of career opportunities. It can make one appear to= be a genius in others' eyes and help them get a ticket to those opportun= ities usually reserved for top students. Faster learning leads to an earl= ier career start, which results in greater productivity and accomplishmen= ts over the course of a career. It is a myth that learning math early is = inappropriate for students' social/emotional and cognitive/academic devel= opment. A student is ready for advanced mathematics once they have master= ed the prerequisites.=20 EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT HOW TO START A COMPA= NY (3 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 Factors that matter most for starting a comp= any are market, team, growth, cycle time, ideas, new technology, and comp= etition. Startups should build minimal viable experiments and make a list= of unknowns. The exact idea is unimportant as long as founders are talki= ng to the right customers, so pick markets over a specific idea. Fund onl= y what is needed to run your experiment. 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Microsoft's Designer app ar= rives on iOS and Android with AI editing and creation (3 minute read)

Microsoft's AI-powered Designer app is = now available to anyone with a personal Microsoft account on Windows, iOS, = and Android. The app allows users to create custom images, stickers, greeti= ng cards, and more using templates. It uses AI to create and edit images on= the go. Designer can edit and remove backgrounds, remove people or objects= from images, and add text and branding to images. The app gives users 15 f= ree daily 'boosts' that can be used to create or edit AI-powered images and= designs. Upgrading to a Copilot Pro subscription gives users 100 boosts pe= r day.
Meta won't offer future mul= timodal AI models in EU (3 minute read)

Meta will withhold its next multimodal = AI model from customers in the EU because of a lack of clarity from regulat= ors. Apple has also said it won't release its Apple Intelligence features i= n Europe because of similar concerns. Meta plans to incorporate its new mul= timodal models in a wide range of products, including smartphones and its M= eta Ray-Ban smart glasses. The upcoming larger text-only version of Meta's = Llama 3 model will be available in the EU.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Researchers track individua= l neurons as they respond to words (5 minute read)

A recent study into the mechanism of hu= man language comprehension aimed to figure out if there was any structure t= o the neuronal response to language. It involved playing recorded sets of w= ords to patients who had implants that monitored the activity of neurons lo= cated in their left prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain largely respon= sible for processing language. The study found that the neurons' responses = changed based on context - neurons in certain areas would light up if the p= atient heard specific words. Words presented with context elicited a strong= er response compared to when the context was not available.
'Supermodel granny' drug ex= tends life in animals (6 minute read)

Researchers have discovered a drug that= increases the life spans of laboratory animals by nearly 25%. It works by = lowering levels of a protein called interleukin-11, which is associated wit= h higher levels of inflammation and other factors that control the pace of = aging. Mice with decreased interleukin-11 had lower levels of cancer, impro= ved muscle function, were leaner, had healthier fur, and scored better on m= any measures of frailty. The drug is already being tested in people, but it= is unknown whether it will have the same anti-aging effect.
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How to set up an observabil= ity framework (Sponsor)

This playbook outlines the specific steps you= should take to establish a repeatable observability framework, including:

  • Standardizing and surfacing core metrics
  • Proactive monitoring and alerting
  • Well-defined tagging and efficient FTE allocation

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The Pitfalls of In-App Brow= sers (9 minute read)

In-app browsers have limited functional= ity, privacy and security concerns, inconsistent UI/UX, and worse performan= ce than normal browsers. Businesses use in-app browsers to perform man-in-t= he-middle attacks by injecting arbitrary JavaScript code and intercepting n= etwork traffic. This allows them to watch what users are doing within their= in-app browsers. Websites can detect when in-app browsers are being used a= nd offer links to users to open them in the default browser instead.
What are the ways compilers= recognize complex patterns? (6 minute read)

While there are a lot of techniques tha= t could be used to apply to certain types of optimization, sometimes compil= ers will opt to look for a more-or-less hardcoded pattern. Compilers must c= onsider many tradeoffs when choosing what optimizations to perform and how = to perform them. Extremely sophisticated algorithms may be avoided because = they can be expensive, too complex, or not broadly applicable. Hardcoded op= timizations are fairly cheap and the maintenance burden is very low.
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The Greatest Educational Li= fe Hack: Learning Math Ahead of Time (18 minute read)

Learning math early guards you against = numerous academic risks and opens doors to all kinds of career opportunitie= s. It can make one appear to be a genius in others' eyes and help them get = a ticket to those opportunities usually reserved for top students. Faster l= earning leads to an earlier career start, which results in greater producti= vity and accomplishments over the course of a career. It is a myth that lea= rning math early is inappropriate for students' social/emotional and cognit= ive/academic development. A student is ready for advanced mathematics once = they have mastered the prerequisites.
Everything I know about how= to start a company (3 minute read)

Factors that matter most for starting a= company are market, team, growth, cycle time, ideas, new technology, and c= ompetition. Startups should build minimal viable experiments and make a lis= t of unknowns. The exact idea is unimportant as long as founders are talkin= g to the right customers, so pick markets over a specific idea. Fund only w= hat is needed to run your experiment. Start small - you will get good at wh= atever you spend time on.
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Panic! at the Job Market (7= 2 minute read)

Too much tech speculation tied to specu= lative funding caused the funding and customers to go away, and now the job= s are gone.
GitHub rival GitLab explori= ng sale, already attracted interest from Datadog, say reports (2 minute rea= d)

GitLab currently has a market value of = about $8 billion, more than the $7.5 billion Microsoft paid for GitHub in 2= 018.
Self Hosting 101 - A Beginn= er's Guide (13 minute read)

There are two ways to ensure that your = data cannot be accessed by anyone: using end-to-end encryption or self-host= ing your own server.
Why Dating Apps Don't Work = Well (4 minute read)

The current dating app concept doesn't = work well because of market dynamics and business incentives.
How we sped up Notion in th= e browser with WASM SQLite (12 minute read)

This article looks at how Notion improv= ed its performance in the browser by using the WebAssembly implementation o= f sqlite3.
The case for conferences in= 2024 (9 minute read)

Conferences allow you to make connectio= ns that will propel your career for years to come.

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