Subj : Galaxy S24 📱, DeepMind solves Olympiad geometry 📉, Kindle LLM 🤖 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Jan 18 2024 11:35 am --VBOLwAwo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Samsung just held its Galaxy Unpacked event, announcing three new smartph= ones to start the new year=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|V= iew Online [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-01-18 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 = BIG TECH & STARTUPS GOOGLE CEO SAYS MORE JOB CUTS ARE NEEDED IN 20= 24 IN ORDER TO REACH =E2=80=98AMBITIOUS GOALS=E2=80=99 (2 MINUTE READ) [5= ]=20 Google CEO Sundar Pichai has warned employees that more job cuts a= re coming this year. The company leadership is preparing its AI goals for= the year and will publish its 2024 objectives and key results this wee= k. Pichai says that the layoffs won't be at the scale of last year's redu= ctions and will not touch every team. Alphabet shares jumped 55% last yea= r and its revenue in the third quarter returned to double-digit growth al= ongside a rebound in the digital ad market.=20 EVERYTHING SAMSUNG ANNOU= NCED AT ITS GALAXY S24 EVENT TODAY (5 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Samsung jus= t held its Galaxy Unpacked event, announcing three new smartphones to sta= rt the new year. It also introduced an artificial intelligence platform. = The Galaxy S24 Ultra has a 6.8-inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a= 1-120Hz refresh rate. The Samsung Galaxy S24 boasts a 6.2-inch FHD+ Dyna= mic AMOLED 2X display that supports a 1-120Hz refresh rate, and the Galax= y S24 Plus features a 6.7-inch QHD+ display. All phones come with Samsung= 's new Vision booster, which enhances outdoor visibility with its 2,600-n= it peak brightness. Galaxy AI includes five key features: Live Translate,= Interpreter, Chat Assist, Note Assist, and Transcript Assist.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY MEET HELIOS, A NEW= CLASS OF SPACE TUG WITH SOME REAL MUSCLE (2 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Spac= e tugs are miniature spacecraft that ferry small satellites to designated= orbits. They are particularly useful for satellites that launch as part = of a rideshare mission that seek to reach a different altitude or inclina= tion than that of the primary payload. Impulse Space has built an in-spac= e tug that can haul bigger satellites to more distant orbits. Helios is s= ized to fit within a Falcon 9 fairing and designed to fly on any medium- = or heavy-lift vehicle to boost its capability. It will allow satellites t= o reach geostationary orbit within a day at a much lower cost than curren= t alternatives.=20 ALPHAGEOMETRY: AN OLYMPIAD-LEVEL AI SYSTEM FOR GEOME= TRY (5 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 AlphaGeometry is an AI system that solves = complex geometry problems at a level approaching a human Olympiad gold me= dalist. It can solve 25 out of 30 Olympiad geometry problems within the s= tandard Olympiad time limit - the average human gold medalist solves 25.9= problems in the same time. AlphaGeometry uses a neural language model wi= th a rule-bound deduction engine to find solutions. Its output is both = verifiable and clean and it uses classical geometry rules with angles and= similar triangles just as students do.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMIN= G, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE BEWARE OF MISLEADING GPU VS CPU BENCHMARKS (= 4 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 Nvidia's RAPIDS project claims that cuDF, a GPU-b= ased Pandas replacement, is up to 80 times faster than Pandas. While thes= e speed-ups are impressive, they're also misleading. The benchmarks com= pare against Pandas running on a single CPU core - while the Pandas libra= ry is single-threaded, fixing this doesn't require using a GPU. It also i= gnores costs - switching to a GPU may make things faster, but they are si= gnificantly more expensive. GPUs may still be an appropriate solution for= some tasks, but it will require careful experimentation to determine if = they are right for the use case and budget.=20 BRACE YOURSELF, IPV6 I= S COMING (5 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 AWS will start charging around $4 per = month for IPv4 addresses on February 1. While IPv6 is clearly a good thin= g, there are still challenges to switching to it. The biggest challenge t= o global adoption is ISP support. A lot of developer tools aren't set up = for IPv6 yet. If you want to ensure your company continues to run smoothl= y after February 1, start making as many changes as possible now.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS I SPENT THE MORNING WITH THE APPLE V= ISION PRO (11 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 Apple is giving select members of th= e media Vision Pro demos this week. This article describes to readers wha= t the experience is like. The demo aims to walk through as many elements = as possible in roughly 60 minutes, from face scans to the spatial desktop= to movie watching, while unfortunately skipping over gaming. The author = wasn't fully convinced the device was a compelling buy at $3,500 as the p= rice is prohibitively expensive for the majority of people interested in = the system and there is still a lack of Vision Pro-specific apps on the= system.=20 AMAZON REPORTEDLY UNSATISFIED WITH A PAID VERSION OF ALEX= A, FACES INTERNAL CONFLICT (3 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Amazon has been wo= rking on a paid subscription for Alexa, but there have been company confl= icts revolving around the new technology. Alexa Plus will supposedly feat= ure all the functionalities that the current Alexa offers, but with a mor= e personalized and conversational AI. It is expected to launch on June 30= .. 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Big Tech & Startups

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Google CEO says more job cu= ts are needed in 2024 in order to reach =E2=80=98ambitious goals=E2=80=99 (= 2 minute read)

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has warned emp= loyees that more job cuts are coming this year. The company leadership is p= reparing its AI goals for the year and will publish its 2024 objectives and= key results this week. Pichai says that the layoffs won't be at the scale = of last year's reductions and will not touch every team. Alphabet shares ju= mped 55% last year and its revenue in the third quarter returned to double-= digit growth alongside a rebound in the digital ad market.
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Everything Samsung announce= d at its Galaxy S24 event today (5 minute read)

Samsung just held its Galaxy Unpacked e= vent, announcing three new smartphones to start the new year. It also intro= duced an artificial intelligence platform. The Galaxy S24 Ultra has a 6.8-i= nch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a 1-120Hz refresh rate. The Samsung= Galaxy S24 boasts a 6.2-inch FHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X display that supports = a 1-120Hz refresh rate, and the Galaxy S24 Plus features a 6.7-inch QHD+ di= splay. All phones come with Samsung's new Vision booster, which enhances ou= tdoor visibility with its 2,600-nit peak brightness. Galaxy AI includes fiv= e key features: Live Translate, Interpreter, Chat Assist, Note Assist, and = Transcript Assist.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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Meet Helios, a new class of= space tug with some real muscle (2 minute read)

Space tugs are miniature spacecraft tha= t ferry small satellites to designated orbits. They are particularly useful= for satellites that launch as part of a rideshare mission that seek to rea= ch a different altitude or inclination than that of the primary payload. Im= pulse Space has built an in-space tug that can haul bigger satellites to mo= re distant orbits. Helios is sized to fit within a Falcon 9 fairing and des= igned to fly on any medium- or heavy-lift vehicle to boost its capability. = It will allow satellites to reach geostationary orbit within a day at a muc= h lower cost than current alternatives.
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AlphaGeometry: An Olympiad-= level AI system for geometry (5 minute read)

AlphaGeometry is an AI system that solv= es complex geometry problems at a level approaching a human Olympiad gold m= edalist. It can solve 25 out of 30 Olympiad geometry problems within the st= andard Olympiad time limit - the average human gold medalist solves 25.9 pr= oblems in the same time. AlphaGeometry uses a neural language model with a = rule-bound deduction engine to find solutions. Its output is both verifiabl= e and clean and it uses classical geometry rules with angles and similar tr= iangles just as students do.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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Beware of misleading GPU vs= CPU benchmarks (4 minute read)

Nvidia's RAPIDS project claims that cuD= F, a GPU-based Pandas replacement, is up to 80 times faster than Pandas. Wh= ile these speed-ups are impressive, they're also misleading. The benchmarks= compare against Pandas running on a single CPU core - while the Pandas lib= rary is single-threaded, fixing this doesn't require using a GPU. It also i= gnores costs - switching to a GPU may make things faster, but they are sign= ificantly more expensive. GPUs may still be an appropriate solution for som= e tasks, but it will require careful experimentation to determine if they a= re right for the use case and budget.
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Brace yourself, IPv6 is com= ing (5 minute read)

AWS will start charging around $4 per m= onth for IPv4 addresses on February 1. While IPv6 is clearly a good thing, = there are still challenges to switching to it. The biggest challenge to glo= bal adoption is ISP support. A lot of developer tools aren't set up for IPv= 6 yet. If you want to ensure your company continues to run smoothly after F= ebruary 1, start making as many changes as possible now.
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Miscellaneous

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I spent the morning with th= e Apple Vision Pro (11 minute read)

Apple is giving select members of the m= edia Vision Pro demos this week. This article describes to readers what the= experience is like. The demo aims to walk through as many elements as poss= ible in roughly 60 minutes, from face scans to the spatial desktop to movie= watching, while unfortunately skipping over gaming. The author wasn't full= y convinced the device was a compelling buy at $3,500 as the price is prohi= bitively expensive for the majority of people interested in the system and = there is still a lack of Vision Pro-specific apps on the system.
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Amazon reportedly unsatisfi= ed with a paid version of Alexa, faces internal conflict (3 minute read)

Amazon has been working on a paid subsc= ription for Alexa, but there have been company conflicts revolving around t= he new technology. Alexa Plus will supposedly feature all the functionaliti= es that the current Alexa offers, but with a more personalized and conversa= tional AI. It is expected to launch on June 30. Amazon has been struggling = to improve the AI, which still provides inaccurate information, and reduce = costs.
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Quick Links

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Notion=E2=80=99s new calend= ar app is designed to keep your meetings organized (2 minute read)

Notion Calendar is a standalone app tha= t integrates with databases and notes in Notion.
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DOJ antitrust lawsuit again= st Apple expected as soon as March (2 minute read)

Apple is alleged to have imposed softwa= re and hardware limitations on its iPhones and iPads to stop rivals from ef= fectively competing.
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Kindllm (Website)

Kindllm is a large language model chat = web app optimized for the Kindle.
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How Apple built iCloud to s= tore billions of databases (14 minute read)

Apple uses FoundationDB and Cassandra f= or iCloud and CloudKit, using billions of databases in its extreme multi-te= nant architecture.
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Microsoft taught Apple noth= ing (3 minute read)

Apple is protecting its App Store racke= t with the same kind of indignant entitlement that characterized Microsoft = in the late 90s, during its darkest monopoly days.
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Evaluations are all we need= (32 minute read)

While large language models seem intell= igent and highly capable, we still don't know how to evaluate them and spot= talent within them.
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