Subj : Disney's Epic Games stake 🎮, Google's morale crisis 📉, jQuery 4.0 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Thu Feb 08 2024 11:36 am --bIl9l_1S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Disney has announced plans to invest $1.5 billion into Epic Games for an = equity stake=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View Online [4]= =20 =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-02-08 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & = STARTUPS APPLE ACTIVELY DEVELOPING FOLDABLE CLAMSHELL IPHONE PROTOTYP= ES, FOLDING 8-INCH IPAD (2 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Apple has been explori= ng foldable iPhones as early as 2018. It currently has at least two activ= e clamshell prototypes. Apple is also developing a larger form-factor fol= dable iPad. The company recently discussed component orders with manufact= urers in Asia. The project may still be canceled if the final product can= not meet Apple's design standards.=20 DISNEY INVESTS $1.5B IN EPIC GA= MES, PLANS NEW =E2=80=9CGAMES AND ENTERTAINMENT UNIVERSE=E2=80=9D (3 MINU= TE READ) [6]=20 Disney has announced plans to invest $1.5 billion into = Epic Games for an equity stake. The partnership will see the companies co= llaborate on an all-new games and entertainment universe. Disney has atte= mpted to enter the gaming industry several times - this is its biggest at= tempt yet. The announcement video is available in the article.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY EUROPE=E2=80=99S D= EEPEST MINE TO BECOME GIANT GRAVITY BATTERY (3 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Th= e Pyh=C3=A4salmi Mine, an abandoned mine in Finland, is set to be transfo= rmed into a giant gravity battery to store renewable energy. The 1,400-me= ter-deep mine holds the potential to store up to 2 MW of energy. Gravity = batteries are charged by lifting heavy weights - these weights are then r= eleased, and energy from the drop is used to power a turbine. The technol= ogy offers a potential future for mines approaching the end of their orig= inal service lives. Studies suggest that gravity batteries in abandoned m= ines could store enough energy to meet global electricity demands.=20 = MOMENTARY FUSION BREAKTHROUGHS FACE HARD REALITY (4 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 = A new paper has confirmed the National Ignition Facility's claim that= they finally achieved a breakeven fusion reaction. While there is stil= l considerable work to be done, the achievement signals a major milestone= in fusion science. It demonstrated that there is nothing fundamentally l= imiting scientists from being able to harness fusion in the laboratory. T= he team has since carried out six more experiments, four of which generat= ed significantly more energy than in the breakthrough experiment.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE JQUERY 4.0.0 BE= TA! (24 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 The jQuery 4.0.0 beta features bug fixes, p= erformance improvements, and some breaking changes, like the removal of s= upport for IE<11. Other breaking changes include the removal of previousl= y deprecated APIs, internal-only parameters to public functions, and supp= ort for some magic behaviors that were overly complicated. A comprehensiv= e upgrade guide will be published before the final release. This article= covers some of the highlights of the jQuery 4.0.0 beta.=20 SCRIPTIST= O (GITHUB REPO) [10]=20 Scriptisto is a language-agnostic shebang inter= preter that enables developers to write scripts in compiled languages. It= combines a scripting development experience with the performance of stro= ngly typed native languages such as C, C++, and Rust. Scriptisto can buil= d in Docker, so there is no need to have a compiler on users' machines -= static binaries can be linked in the container that has all the tools.= =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS MORALE PLUMMETS AT GOOGLE A= S WORKERS COMPLAIN BOSSES ARE 'INEPT' AND 'BORING' (5 MINUTE READ) [11] = Google staff morale is suffering badly and workers are increasingly= vocal about the slump. The company and its work culture are being desc= ribed as overly corporate and generally aimless. There is a growing rift = between leadership and employees. While executives seem excited about the= company's future, employees are much less enthusiastic as they feel they= might get laid off at any time.=20 MEET ME IN THE ETERNAL CITY (28 MIN= UTE READ) [12]=20 A network state is the idea that an online community = could eventually move offline into the real world, with the purchase of l= and and a community of inhabitants, and become large enough that at least= one pre-existing government is moved to offer diplomatic recognition. = There are many possible ways the idea can play out, but states must be ba= sed on something like a moral innovation or a 'one commandment'. There ar= e several network-state-inspired projects underway. 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Apple actively developing f= oldable clamshell iPhone prototypes, folding 8-inch iPad (2 minute read)

Apple has been exploring foldable iPhon= es as early as 2018. It currently has at least two active clamshell prototy= pes. Apple is also developing a larger form-factor foldable iPad. The compa= ny recently discussed component orders with manufacturers in Asia. The proj= ect may still be canceled if the final product cannot meet Apple's design s= tandards.
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Disney invests $1.5B in Epi= c Games, plans new =E2=80=9Cgames and entertainment universe=E2=80=9D (3 mi= nute read)

Disney has announced plans to invest $1= ..5 billion into Epic Games for an equity stake. The partnership will see th= e companies collaborate on an all-new games and entertainment universe. Dis= ney has attempted to enter the gaming industry several times - this is its = biggest attempt yet. The announcement video is available in the article.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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Europe=E2=80=99s deepest mi= ne to become giant gravity battery (3 minute read)

The Pyh=C3=A4salmi Mine, an abandoned m= ine in Finland, is set to be transformed into a giant gravity battery to st= ore renewable energy. The 1,400-meter-deep mine holds the potential to stor= e up to 2 MW of energy. Gravity batteries are charged by lifting heavy weig= hts - these weights are then released, and energy from the drop is used to = power a turbine. The technology offers a potential future for mines approac= hing the end of their original service lives. Studies suggest that gravity = batteries in abandoned mines could store enough energy to meet global elect= ricity demands.
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Momentary Fusion Breakthrou= ghs Face Hard Reality (4 minute read)

A new paper has confirmed the National = Ignition Facility's claim that they finally achieved a breakeven fusion rea= ction. While there is still considerable work to be done, the achievement s= ignals a major milestone in fusion science. It demonstrated that there is n= othing fundamentally limiting scientists from being able to harness fusion = in the laboratory. The team has since carried out six more experiments, fou= r of which generated significantly more energy than in the breakthrough exp= eriment.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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jQuery 4.0.0 BETA! (24 minu= te read)

The jQuery 4.0.0 beta features bug fixe= s, performance improvements, and some breaking changes, like the removal of= support for IE<11. Other breaking changes include the removal of previo= usly deprecated APIs, internal-only parameters to public functions, and sup= port for some magic behaviors that were overly complicated. A comprehensive= upgrade guide will be published before the final release. This article cov= ers some of the highlights of the jQuery 4.0.0 beta.
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Scriptisto (GitHub Repo)

Scriptisto is a language-agnostic sheba= ng interpreter that enables developers to write scripts in compiled languag= es. It combines a scripting development experience with the performance of = strongly typed native languages such as C, C++, and Rust. Scriptisto can bu= ild in Docker, so there is no need to have a compiler on users' machines - = static binaries can be linked in the container that has all the tools.
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Morale plummets at Google a= s workers complain bosses are 'inept' and 'boring' (5 minute read)

Google staff morale is suffering badly = and workers are increasingly vocal about the slump. The company and its wor= k culture are being described as overly corporate and generally aimless. Th= ere is a growing rift between leadership and employees. While executives se= em excited about the company's future, employees are much less enthusiastic= as they feel they might get laid off at any time.
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Meet Me in the Eternal City= (28 minute read)

A network state is the idea that an onl= ine community could eventually move offline into the real world, with the p= urchase of land and a community of inhabitants, and become large enough tha= t at least one pre-existing government is moved to offer diplomatic recogni= tion. There are many possible ways the idea can play out, but states must b= e based on something like a moral innovation or a 'one commandment'. There = are several network-state-inspired projects underway. This article looks at= the concept of the network state and the projects that are building toward= s it.
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Lessons Learned From Paymen= ts Startups (13 minute read)

This post contains a collection of thou= ghts and lessons learned from working at a number of payments companies and= startups.
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JavaScript in SVGs (3 minut= e read)

SVG is an XML-based format, so it is po= ssible to use tags like CDATA, which allows the embedding of JavaScript cod= e within XML documents, to create SVGs that interact with APIs.
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YouTube TV is the US=E2=80= =99s 4th-biggest cable TV provider, with 8 million subs (2 minute read)

YouTube TV bundles over 100 channels in= to one of the most expensive streaming subscriptions at $73 a month.
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Meet =E2=80=98Smaug-72B=E2= =80=99: The new king of open-source AI (6 minute read)

Abacus AI's Smaug-72B, technically a fi= ne-tuned version of Qwen-72B, a powerful language model released by a team = of researchers at Alibaba Group, surpasses GPT-3.5, Mistral Medium, and Qwe= n-72B in several of the most popular benchmarks.
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Node.js Community Debate In= tensifies Over Enabling Corepack by Default and Potentially Unbundling npm = (12 minute read)

Enabling Corepack, which allows develop= ers to use Yam, npm, and pnpm without having to install them, could eventua= lly lead to the uncoupling of Node.js releases and npm releases.
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Data Industry Primer (22 mi= nute read)

This article looks at the history of da= ta platforms, what a modern data platform looks like, and important compani= es in the data ecosystem.
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