Subj : New MacBook Airs 💻, AWS nuclear data centers ⚛️, CSS for printing 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Mar 05 2024 11:49 am --JyfYuglD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple has announced next-generation M3 MacBook Airs in 13-inch and 15-inc= h sizes.=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-03-05 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STAR= TUPS APPLE LAUNCHES NEW 13-INCH AND 15-INCH MACBOOK AIR WITH M3 CHIP,= SUPPORT FOR TWO EXTERNAL DISPLAYS, FASTER WI-FI (2 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 = Apple has announced next-generation M3 MacBook Airs in 13-inch and 15= -inch sizes. Besides the M3 chips, the new laptops feature an upgraded Ne= ural Engine, up to 2x faster Wi-Fi, and the ability to connect to two dis= plays at once - when the laptop lid is closed. The overall design of the = M3 MacBook Air is the same as the M2 model. The new MacBook Airs can be o= rdered from the Apple online store starting at $1099 for the 13-inch and = $1299 for the 15-inch model. Shipping will start on March 8.=20 THE A= I WARS HEAT UP WITH CLAUDE 3, CLAIMED TO HAVE =E2=80=9CNEAR-HUMAN=E2=80= =9D ABILITIES (4 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Anthropic's Claude 3 apparently = sets new industry benchmarks across a range of cognitive tasks. The compa= ny claims that it approaches 'near-human' capability in some cases. Claud= e 3 has three models: Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet (which powers the C= laude.ai chatbot), and Claude 3 Opus (available through a subscription se= rvice). All three models feature a 200,000-token context window and are a= vailable through an API. Claude 3 beats GPT-4 on a range of widely used= benchmarks.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY = BLUE ORIGIN IS GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT DEVELOPING A HUMAN SPACECRAFT (3= MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Blue Origin's new chief executive Dave Limp is w= orking to instill a more productive culture at the firm. The company plan= s to launch its own heavy-lift rocket later this year, possibly as soon a= s August. It has been developing hardware to fly on the heavy-lift rocket= , including a transfer vehicle for ferrying satellites into precise orb= its, and working on a private space station called Orbital Reef. Blue Ori= gin is now hiring staff to develop a commercial space transportation syst= em for humans.=20 AWS ACQUIRING DATA CENTER CAMPUS POWERED BY NUCLEAR E= NERGY (3 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 Amazon Web Services purchased a data cen= ter campus powered by a nearby nuclear power station in Pennsylvania for = $650 million. The nuclear power plant has been in operation since 1983. I= t will supply AWS with electricity for 10 years as part of the purchase a= greement. The data center campus comprises 1,200 acres. AWS also plans to= invest $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia over the next few years to create an= AWS Infrastructure Region.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN = & DATA SCIENCE THE HUNT FOR THE MISSING DATA TYPE (16 MINUTE READ) [9= ]=20 While developers see graphs everywhere and use them to analyze all= sorts of systems, there is almost no graph support in any mainstream l= anguage. This is because there are too many different kinds of graphs, re= presentations of each kind of graph, and graph algorithms. Also, graph al= gorithm performance is very sensitive to graph representation and impleme= ntation details. Languages don't support graphs in their standard librari= es because there are too many design decisions and tradeoffs and too much= maintenance burden. This also explains why programmers avoid third-party= graph libraries - they're either too limited to too slow.=20 CSS FOR= PRINTING TO PAPER (17 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 This article explains how C= SS controls how webpages look when printed. It covers the @page property,= @media print, element positioning, how to handle multi-page documents wi= th repeating elements, and more. An 'essentials cheatsheet' is provided a= t the end of the article.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS GO= OGLE CO-FOUNDER SERGEY BRIN SAYS IN RARE PUBLIC APPEARANCE THAT COMPANY = =E2=80=98DEFINITELY MESSED UP=E2=80=99 GEMINI IMAGE LAUNCH (7 MINUTE READ)= [11]=20 Alphabet co-founder Sergey Brin, who came out of retirement = to work on AI, spoke to a group of artificial intelligence enthusiasts ov= er the weekend at the 'AGI House' in Hillsborough, California, about AI's= impact on search and how Google might maintain its leadership position= as AI continues to grow. 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Big Tech & Startups

Apple launches new 13-inch = and 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 chip, support for two external displays, fa= ster Wi-Fi (2 minute read)

Apple has announced next-generation M3 = MacBook Airs in 13-inch and 15-inch sizes. Besides the M3 chips, the new la= ptops feature an upgraded Neural Engine, up to 2x faster Wi-Fi, and the abi= lity to connect to two displays at once - when the laptop lid is closed. Th= e overall design of the M3 MacBook Air is the same as the M2 model. The new= MacBook Airs can be ordered from the Apple online store starting at $1099 = for the 13-inch and $1299 for the 15-inch model. Shipping will start on Mar= ch 8.
The AI wars heat up with Cl= aude 3, claimed to have =E2=80=9Cnear-human=E2=80=9D abilities (4 minute re= ad)

Anthropic's Claude 3 apparently sets ne= w industry benchmarks across a range of cognitive tasks. The company claims= that it approaches 'near-human' capability in some cases. Claude 3 has thr= ee models: Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet (which powers the Claude.ai chat= bot), and Claude 3 Opus (available through a subscription service). All thr= ee models feature a 200,000-token context window and are available through = an API. Claude 3 beats GPT-4 on a range of widely used benchmarks.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Blue Origin is getting seri= ous about developing a human spacecraft (3 minute read)

Blue Origin's new chief executive Dave = Limp is working to instill a more productive culture at the firm. The compa= ny plans to launch its own heavy-lift rocket later this year, possibly as s= oon as August. It has been developing hardware to fly on the heavy-lift roc= ket, including a transfer vehicle for ferrying satellites into precise orbi= ts, and working on a private space station called Orbital Reef. Blue Origin= is now hiring staff to develop a commercial space transportation system fo= r humans.
AWS Acquiring Data Center C= ampus Powered by Nuclear Energy (3 minute read)

Amazon Web Services purchased a data ce= nter campus powered by a nearby nuclear power station in Pennsylvania for $= 650 million. The nuclear power plant has been in operation since 1983. It w= ill supply AWS with electricity for 10 years as part of the purchase agreem= ent. The data center campus comprises 1,200 acres. AWS also plans to invest= $5.3 billion in Saudi Arabia over the next few years to create an AWS Infr= astructure Region.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

The Hunt for the Missing Da= ta Type (16 minute read)

While developers see graphs everywhere = and use them to analyze all sorts of systems, there is almost no graph supp= ort in any mainstream language. This is because there are too many differen= t kinds of graphs, representations of each kind of graph, and graph algorit= hms. Also, graph algorithm performance is very sensitive to graph represent= ation and implementation details. Languages don't support graphs in their s= tandard libraries because there are too many design decisions and tradeoffs= and too much maintenance burden. This also explains why programmers avoid = third-party graph libraries - they're either too limited to too slow.
CSS for printing to paper (= 17 minute read)

This article explains how CSS controls = how webpages look when printed. It covers the @page property, @media print,= element positioning, how to handle multi-page documents with repeating ele= ments, and more. An 'essentials cheatsheet' is provided at the end of the a= rticle.
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Google co-founder Sergey Br= in says in rare public appearance that company =E2=80=98definitely messed u= p=E2=80=99 Gemini image launch (7 minute read)

Alphabet co-founder Sergey Brin, who ca= me out of retirement to work on AI, spoke to a group of artificial intellig= ence enthusiasts over the weekend at the 'AGI House' in Hillsborough, Calif= ornia, about AI's impact on search and how Google might maintain its leader= ship position as AI continues to grow. Brin commented on the launch of Goog= le's image generator, saying that the company messed up due to a lack of th= orough testing. He also spoke about other topics such as virtual and augmen= ted reality hardware and Gemini's potential impact on products like Google = Maps and Street View.
Aggregator=E2=80=99s AI Ris= k (27 minute read)

The Internet made publishing and distri= bution zero marginal cost activities. It created a new world of abundance, = but it also created a new type of power given to those who had the ability = to make sense of that abundance. Allowing anyone to publish didn't further = decentralize power - new powers emerged to control discovery. Generative AI= flips that paradigm around, collapsing all published knowledge into a sing= le answer. This answer is unlikely to make everyone happy. A potential solu= tion to this problem is to personalize AIs so they do a better job of givin= g people what they want to see.
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Quick Links

What happens when you impro= ve the developer experience? (Sponsor)

The way your team builds software matte= rs. When they=E2=80=99re able to focus on features=E2=80=94rather than wran= gling infrastructure=E2=80=94they can innovate faster, ensure consistent SL= As, shorten feedback loops, and scale code health and security. This articl= e suggests a frontend workflow that helps you achieve all four of these goa= ls. Read t= he article.
ElysiaJS (GitHub Repo)

ElysiaJS is a Bun TypeScript framework = that features end-to-end type safety, a unified type system, and an outstan= ding developer experience.
Epic Games Hackers Say They= Faked The Whole Thing (2 minute read)

Mogilevich, a group that faked a hack o= n Epic Games, sold fake data to eight buyers without providing proof of the= hack.
Gleam version 1 (10 minute = read)

Gleam is a programming language that ma= kes writing and maintaining software systems predictable and stress-free - = it is easy to read and understand and can be learned in just a few hours.
MIT just released direction= s for commercializing perovskite solar cells (4 minute read)

The paper is essentially a guidebook fo= r how to tune perovskite surfaces to make sure that energy is not lost due = to defects.
Google launches $5m prize t= o find actual uses for quantum computers (2 minute read)

While quantum computers can perform spe= cific tasks faster than classical computers, none of these tasks have real-= world applications.
Deploying Fiber In The Home= (27 minute read)

Wiring a connection to a building entra= nce is not enough - this post documents a DIYer's experience of upgrading t= heir building's wiring directly to their home.

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