Weekly#604

  • Automatic takeoffs are coming for passenger jets and they’re going to redraw the map of the sky
  • Toyota and VW fall further behind in the software race…By 2040, digital services and software are expected to make up more than half of auto revenues
  • Half of U.S. states seek to crack down on AI in elections“…As the 2024 election cycle ramps up, at least 26 states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications, a new analysis by Axios shows…”
  • HP printers apparently have AI now
  • United Airlines Taps Elon Musk’s Starlink for In-Flight Wi-Fi…Starlink Surpasses 4 Million Subscribers, Cementing Dominance in Satellite Internet
  • Gmail rolling out Gemini-powered Contextual Smart Replies
  • Microsoft Windows Recall feature can also be uninstalled by users
  • “…OpenAI’s revenue in August more than tripled from a year ago, according to the documents, and about 350 million people — up from around 100 million in March…”
  • Google’s NotebookLM can help you dive deeper into YouTube videos
  • Meta’s new smart glasses look like the future

Weekly#603

  • Oracle Financial Analyst Meeting 2024
  • OpenAI Hires Former Coursera Executive to Expand AI Use in Schools
  • OpenAI closes in on largest VC round of all time…OpenAI  is expected raise around $6.5 billion at a $150 billion pre-money valuation
  • T-Mobile Announces Technology Partnership with NVIDIA, Ericsson and Nokia to Advance the Future of Mobile Networking with AI at the Center
  • AI will add $19.9 trillion to global economy by 2030
  • Nvidia teams up with AI firm G42 to create climate tech lab
  • Prompt Chaining Guide
  • Walmart Plans Instant Bank Payments
  • Dead Internet theory” comes to life with new AI-powered social media app
  • House committee approves bill requiring new cars to have AM radio
  • Python in Excel
  • Lionsgate, Studio Behind ‘John Wick,’ Signs Deal With AI Startup Runway
  • Qualcomm Approached Intel About a Takeover in Recent Days
  • JPMorgan, UBS Join BIS Blockchain-Based Plan to Overhaul Cross-Border Payments
  • Grok’s image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation
  • Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84
  • Large language models, explained with a minimum of math and jargon

Weekly#602

  • Exploring Generative AI
  • OpenAI acknowledges new models increase risk of misuse to create bioweapons
  • EU competitiveness report
  • Billionaire and engineer conduct first private spacewalk in SpaceX mission
  • Microsoft is building new Windows security features to prevent another CrowdStrike incident
  • Introducing OpenAI o1-preview
  • Mistral’s new multimodal AI can analyze images without any limits
  • Apple event summary
  • Unity is killing its Runtime Fee
  • As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its crypto library
  • Voyager 1 Team Accomplishes Tricky Thruster Swap
  • Building SaaS From Scratch Using Cloud-Native Patterns: A Deep Dive Into a Cloud Startup

Weekly#601

  • Compute North vs. Compute South: The Uneven Possibilities of Compute-based AI Governance Around the Globe
  • Telegram app, which serves nearly one billion monthly active users and more than 10 million subscribers
  • Everything to Expect From Apple’s iPhone 16 Launch on Sept. 9
  • Qualcomm explores acquiring pieces of Intel chip-design business
  • OpenAI Hits 1 Million Paid Users For Business Versions of ChatGPT
  • “…The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau estimated that 55.8 million Americans made an in-store payment with Apple Pay in the month of April 2023…”
  • Europe surpasses 900.000+ Public EV Charge Points
  • Resurfacing the past…More than 20,000 ships sank during World War II. One man is on a mission to map them all
  • Thinking Like an Architect
  • Visa debuts a new product designed to make it safer to pay directly from your bank account
  • Bluetooth Upgrade Boosts Precision Tracking and Device Efficiency
  • Transport for London outages drag into weekend after cyberattack