January 2024

There were 4 posts published in January 2024 (this is page 1 of 1).

Weekly#569

  • Apple announces sweeping EU App Store changes
  • Elon Musk’s AI start-up seeks to raise $6bn
  • Apple Podcasts now offers auto-generated transcripts in iOS 17.4
  • Google’s Project IDX brings Android and iOS simulators to the browser
  • The Future of Global Fintech: Towards Resilient and Inclusive Growth
  • AI and emerging technology at Davos 2024
  • Future of cities and local economies at Davos 2024
  • “…“The GitHub token gave ‘unrestricted’ and ‘unmonitored’ access to the entire source code hosted at the internal GitHub Enterprise Server,” Mittal explained in a report shared by TechCrunch…”
  • Kids spent 60% more time on TikTok than YouTube last year, 20% tried OpenAI’s ChatGPT
  • Apple opens App Store to game streaming services
  • Amazon released a new generative AI feature to answer shopper’s questions
  • Stopping Uber Fraudsters Through Risk Challenges
  • The Mac turns 40
  • Doomsday Clock stays at 90 seconds to midnight
  • Apple Dials Back Car’s Self-Driving Features and Delays Launch to 2028
  • Microsoft Launches Azure Quantum Development Kit 1.0
  • Discord Scales to 1 Million+ Online MidJourney Users in a Single Server

Weekly#568

  • Scott Galloway – 2024 Predictions
  • Apple begins selling Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 without the blood oxygen feature
  • Apple’s Vision Pro Won’t Launch With Netflix App
  • Meituan Dips Below 2018 IPO Price as Selloff Reaches Extremes
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  • 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2024
  • Can solar power be beamed down from space? Yes. Is it commercially viable? Not yet
  • Briq, a startup that uses AI to automate finances in construction, brings in $8M extension at a $150M valuation
  • Meta will have a stockpile of almost 600,000 GPUs by the end of 2024
  • Microsoft is expanding its Copilot AI subscription for Office apps
  • High-Level System Architecture of Booking.com
  • OpenAI announces first partnership with a university
  • Your Tablet’s Light Sensor Can Spy On You
  • Google DeepMind’s new AI system can solve complex geometry problems

Weekly#567

  • Presto at Uber
  • Evolution of Ads Conversion Optimization Models at Pinterest
  • Google Cloud launches new generative AI tools for retailers
  • Google reorganizing Pixel hardware
  • How AI Replaced the Metaverse as Zuckerberg’s Top Priority
  • How virtualisation came to Apple silicon Macs
  • Kuo: Apple Will Only Produce Up to 80,000 Vision Pro Headsets for Launch
  • Apple Vision Pro ordering process: iPhone or iPad with Face ID needed, ‘valid, unexpired prescription’ for optical inserts
  • Global Risk Report 2024
  • Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2024
  • Starlink relays SMS in space for unmodified phones on Earth
  • Vector Databases
  • X Announces Peer-To-Peer Payment Service Will Launch In 2024
  • Music streams hit 4 trillion in 2023
  • HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks
  • Volkswagen says it’s putting ChatGPT in its cars for ‘enriching conversations

Weekly#566

  • Lesson #24:  favorite engineering management tools
  • Design Startup InVision, Once Valued at $2B, Is Shutting Down
  • Tesla Recalls 1.6 Million Cars in China Due to Autopilot Crash Risk
  • OpenAI to Launch Online Store for Custom Versions of ChatGPT Next Week
  • Microsoft’s new Copilot key is the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years
  • RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth
  • Elon Musk: SpaceX needs to build Starships as often as Boeing builds 737s…Musk has previously said SpaceX might need 1,000 Starships to enable regular flights back and forth between Earth and Mars, and SpaceX would need to build one per week
  • Here’s how HSBC’s international payments app Zing compares to Wise and Revolut
  • New Images of Jupiter’s Moon Io Capture Infernal Volcanic Landscape
  • AI-generated bug reports are seriously annoying for developers
  • Google is preparing a paid version of Bard
  • Jeff Bezos Bets on a Google Challenger Using AI to Try to Upend Internet Search
  • Linux hits nearly 4% desktop user share on Statcounter
  • How crowded are the oceans? New maps show what flew under the radar until now