Apple targeting March release for new wall-mounted smart display product (3 minute read)
Apple could be releasing its first Apple Intelligence-powered smart home device as early as March. It is rumored to be developing a wall-mounted display that resembles a traditional home security panel. The display will serve as a command center for the home. It will be a standalone device, but an iPhone will be required for some tasks, including parts of the initial setup. Apple is also working on a higher-end smart home product that features a robotic arm.
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Amazon ready to use its own AI chips, reduce its dependence on Nvidia (5 minute read)
Amazon is already testing its Trainium 2 chips with Anthropic, Databricks, Deutsche Telekom, and Japan's Ricoh and Stockmark. Developed by Annapurna Labs, an Austin-based chip startup that Amazon acquired in early 2015, Trainum 2 is aimed at reducing Amazon's reliance on market leader Nvidia. The biggest advantage of Amazon's chips is that they use less power, which helps drive down costs. Amazon avoids making direct comparisons of its chips and doesn't submit its chips for independent performance benchmarks, but experts are confident the company's claims of a 4x performance increase between Trainum 1 and Trainium 2 are accurate.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Groundbreaking: 'Sleepy weed' shown to significantly improve sleep (5 minute read)
Cannabinol, a lesser-known component of the cannabis plant, delivers better quality and longer sleep. Cannabis folklore has suggested for decades that aged cannabis makes consumers sleepy due to the build-up of cannabinol, but this was only recently supported by scientific evidence. Cannabinol increases total sleep time with a comparable effect to zolpidem, or Ambien. It may be best suited for patients who have trouble staying asleep or experience early morning awakening insomnia because it has a delayed onset but enduring effects.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Spin (GitHub Repo)
Spin is a framework for building, deploying, and running fast, secure, and composable cloud microservices with WebAssembly. It offers a simple command-line interface for creating, distributing, and executing applications. Spin aims to be the easiest way to get started with Web Assembly microservices. Demos and sample apps are available.
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Announcing .NET 9 (25 minute read)
.NET 9 includes thousands of performance, security, and functional improvements. This post looks at the highlights of the update across developer languages, workloads, and tools. There are enhancements across the entire .NET stack that enable developers to build with a unified platform and easily infuse apps with AI. The .NET team, its partners, and the .NET community will be showcasing what's new in .NET 9 at .NET Conf 2024, a three-day virtual developer event happening now (November 12-14).
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Growth of AI adoption slows among U.S. workers (2 minute read)
The percentage of workers in the US who are using AI has remained largely the same over the last three months. The flattening of growth could affect the very high market valuations tied to the technology. Many workers are uncomfortable with telling their managers they use AI at work. Leaders need to encourage employees to talk about and experiment with AI out in the open to ensure the adoption of the technology.
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Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week (2 minute read)
Bluesky now has more than 14.5 million users in total. The majority of the new users on the decentralized social network are from the US. Bluesky added 500,000 new users in one day after X announced it would allow blocked users to still see posts from the person that blocked them. The app recently added features like pinned posts, support for posting videos, and the ability to send DMs.
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