Subj : Tesla's Texas HQ vote 🚗, Arc reimagines browsers 🌎, learning new tools with ChatGPT 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Fri Feb 02 2024 11:37 am --r_DYoA_o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tesla is holding a shareholder vote on whether the company should transfe= r its state of incorporation to Texas.=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Adv= ertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-02-02 = =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS ELON MUSK SAYS TESLA WILL HOLD= A SHAREHOLDER VOTE TO INCORPORATE IN TEXAS AFTER DELAWARE PAY SNUB (1 MI= NUTE READ) [5]=20 Tesla is holding a shareholder vote on whether the co= mpany should transfer its state of incorporation to Texas. The company is= currently incorporated in Delaware. The vote comes after a Delaware judg= e voided Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package granted in 2018. A decision = to reincorporate could be challenged by shareholders as a breach of fid= uciary duty according to Delaware law as it could be seen as a choice mad= e for selfish reasons.=20 THE ARC BROWSER IS GETTING BETTER BOOKMARKS A= ND SEARCH RESULTS, ALL THANKS TO AI (2 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 The Browse= r Company has made some big AI-powered changes to its Arc desktop browser= .. The new features turn search queries into bookmarks and keep users up t= o date on things they care about. The Browser Company aims to make some o= f the many-step processes of using the internet simpler, faster, more int= uitive, and more useful. A video explaining Arc's new features is availab= le in the article.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY= FOR THE FIRST TIME NASA HAS ASKED INDUSTRY ABOUT PRIVATE MISSIONS TO= MARS (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 NASA is taking its first steps towards o= pening a commercial pathway to Mars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued= a new solicitation titled 'Exploring Mars Together: Commercial Services = Studies'. The request asks for proposals from the US space industry on ho= w they would complete one of four private missions to Mars. The missions= include delivering small satellites to orbit and providing imaging ser= vices around the red planet. NASA plans to award multiple contracts of $2= 00,000 for one study or up to $300,000 for a maximum of two studies. Deta= ils about the studies are available in the article.=20 NEW TYPE OF CHER= RY TOMATO SELF-DRIES WHILE STILL ON THE VINE (2 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 S= upree, a food tech company, has created tomatoes with microscopic cracks = in their skin that allow moisture to naturally evaporate from within them= , resulting in tomatoes that have lost 80% of their original weight by th= e time they're packed. The tomatoes can be dried further after harvest to= tweak their content, but that process doesn't involve the use of any add= itives. The dried tomatoes can be reportedly kept for a year after being = frozen for shipping and storage without any negative effect on their tast= e, texture, or nutritional value. Supree will sell its product directly t= o corporate clients for now.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN &= DATA SCIENCE ACCESSKIT (GITHUB REPO) [9]=20 AccessKit provides U= I accessibility infrastructure across platforms and programming languages= .. It features a data schema that defines all of the data required to make= a UI accessible to screen readers and other assistive technologies. The = schema, largely based on Chromium's cross-platform accessibility abstract= ion, also defines actions that can be requested by assistive technologies= ..=20 STANCHION (GITHUB REPO) [10]=20 Stanchion is an SQLite 3 exten= sion that enables column-oriented storage in SQLite. It brings all of the= benefits of column-oriented storage and data warehousing to anywhere SQL= ite is already deployed. Column-oriented storage outperforms row-oriented= storage for storing and processing metric, log, and event data, time ser= ies data storage and analysis, change tracking, and anchor modeling. Stan= chion uses compression techniques that significantly reduce the size of s= tored data, greatly reducing the cost of large data sets.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS WHY TIM COOK IS GOING ALL IN ON THE = APPLE VISION PRO (22 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 When Tim Cook first experie= nced the Apple Vision Pro maybe eight years ago, it needed a supercompute= r in the other room to run. Over the years, Apple engineers shrunk the de= vice to a pair of goggles that weigh a little more than a box of spaghett= i. This article talks about what using the Vision Pro is like. The device= 's high-resolution displays can overlay digital objects that look real. = GOOGLE IS PREPARING TO FULLY RENAME BARD TO GEMINI (2 MINUTE READ)= [12]=20 Google appears to be ditching the 'Bard' branding altogether= and switching entirely to 'Gemini'. All of Bard's phone experience was= renamed 'Gemini' earlier this week. The app now says 'Bard is now Gemi= ni' across mobile devices and the web. 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Big Tech & Startups

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Elon Musk says Tesla will h= old a shareholder vote to incorporate in Texas after Delaware pay snub (1 m= inute read)

Tesla is holding a shareholder vote on = whether the company should transfer its state of incorporation to Texas. Th= e company is currently incorporated in Delaware. The vote comes after a Del= aware judge voided Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package granted in 2018. A d= ecision to reincorporate could be challenged by shareholders as a breach of= fiduciary duty according to Delaware law as it could be seen as a choice m= ade for selfish reasons.
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The Arc browser is getting = better bookmarks and search results, all thanks to AI (2 minute read)

The Browser Company has made some big A= I-powered changes to its Arc desktop browser. The new features turn search = queries into bookmarks and keep users up to date on things they care about.= The Browser Company aims to make some of the many-step processes of using = the internet simpler, faster, more intuitive, and more useful. A video expl= aining Arc's new features is available in the article.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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For the first time NASA has= asked industry about private missions to Mars (3 minute read)

NASA is taking its first steps towards = opening a commercial pathway to Mars. Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued = a new solicitation titled 'Exploring Mars Together: Commercial Services Stu= dies'. The request asks for proposals from the US space industry on how the= y would complete one of four private missions to Mars. The missions include= delivering small satellites to orbit and providing imaging services around= the red planet. NASA plans to award multiple contracts of $200,000 for one= study or up to $300,000 for a maximum of two studies. Details about the st= udies are available in the article.
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New type of cherry tomato s= elf-dries while still on the vine (2 minute read)

Supree, a food tech company, has create= d tomatoes with microscopic cracks in their skin that allow moisture to nat= urally evaporate from within them, resulting in tomatoes that have lost 80%= of their original weight by the time they're packed. The tomatoes can be d= ried further after harvest to tweak their content, but that process doesn't= involve the use of any additives. The dried tomatoes can be reportedly kep= t for a year after being frozen for shipping and storage without any negati= ve effect on their taste, texture, or nutritional value. Supree will sell i= ts product directly to corporate clients for now.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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AccessKit (GitHub Repo)

AccessKit provides UI accessibility inf= rastructure across platforms and programming languages. It features a data = schema that defines all of the data required to make a UI accessible to scr= een readers and other assistive technologies. The schema, largely based on = Chromium's cross-platform accessibility abstraction, also defines actions t= hat can be requested by assistive technologies.
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Stanchion (GitHub Repo)

Stanchion is an SQLite 3 extension that= enables column-oriented storage in SQLite. It brings all of the benefits o= f column-oriented storage and data warehousing to anywhere SQLite is alread= y deployed. Column-oriented storage outperforms row-oriented storage for st= oring and processing metric, log, and event data, time series data storage = and analysis, change tracking, and anchor modeling. Stanchion uses compress= ion techniques that significantly reduce the size of stored data, greatly r= educing the cost of large data sets.
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Miscellaneous

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Why Tim Cook Is Going All I= n on the Apple Vision Pro (22 minute read)

When Tim Cook first experienced the App= le Vision Pro maybe eight years ago, it needed a supercomputer in the other= room to run. Over the years, Apple engineers shrunk the device to a pair o= f goggles that weigh a little more than a box of spaghetti. This article ta= lks about what using the Vision Pro is like. The device's high-resolution d= isplays can overlay digital objects that look real.
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Google is preparing to full= y rename Bard to Gemini (2 minute read)

Google appears to be ditching the 'Bard= ' branding altogether and switching entirely to 'Gemini'. All of Bard's pho= ne experience was renamed 'Gemini' earlier this week. The app now says 'Bar= d is now Gemini' across mobile devices and the web. Bard is powered by Gemi= ni Pro, the middle option in Google's newest family of AI models.
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Quick Links

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Making a PDF that=E2=80=99s= larger than Germany (11 minute read)

The claim that the maximum size of a PD= F is 381 km x 381 km is completely false - there's no set limit to the size= of a file.
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The web just gets better wi= th Interop 2024 (21 minute read)

The Interop project aims to improve int= eroperability by encouraging browser engine teams to look deeper into vario= us web technologies and their compatibility between browsers.
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How to Learn Unfamiliar Sof= tware Tools with ChatGPT (9 minute read)

A guide on how to use AI to turbocharge= your ability to dive into unfamiliar software tools and quickly learn how = to use them.
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Mark Zuckerberg calls Apple= =E2=80=99s DMA rules =E2=80=98so onerous=E2=80=99 he doubts any developer w= ill opt in (2 minute read)

Apple's compliance with the DMA involve= s reduced commissions, but the company added new fees that make going to al= ternate app stores too expensive.
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VersionFox (GitHub Repo)

VersionFox is a cross-platform tool for= managing SDK versions that allows users to quickly install and switch betw= een different versions of SDKs using the command line.
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You Are Not Late to Artific= ial Intelligence (4 minute read)

A lot of people thought they were late = to the internet, but there are even more opportunities now because of the a= dvance in technology.
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