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APPLE LAUNCHES NEW INTERNAL STUDY FOCUSED ON BUILDING SMART GLASSES

Apple has been conducting internal studies on building smart glasses. Apple often gathers secret groups when it has plans to launch a new category of product to collect feedback from. The company prefers to use employees for these studies in order to keep its plans secret. It will be years before Apple will have its smart glasses ready for consumers - until then, the company will be working on a cheaper version of the Apple Vision Pro and a second-generation device with a faster chip.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF DROPBOX'S LOAD BALANCING SERVICE

Dropbox's Robinhood load balancing service improved its hardware utilization, reducing fleet sizes by 25% and saving millions annually. Robinhood operates by collecting load reports from services, using these reports to distribute traffic evenly across servers based on metrics like CPU utilization and geographic location. The performance indicators for Robinhood include max/avg ratio, p95/avg ratio, and p5/avg ratio.

OPENAI'S O1 MODEL LEAKED ON FRIDAY AND IT IS WILD — HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED

OpenAI is set to unveil the full version of its o1 model sometime in the next few weeks. The model was briefly accessible by changing a parameter in the URL, but this has since been fixed. An OpenAI spokesperson said that OpenAI experienced some issues while it was preparing for limited external access to the o1 model. Examples of outputs from the model made while it was accessible are available in the article.

PLANT-ANIMAL HYBRID CELLS MAKE SOLAR-POWERED TISSUES, ORGANS, OR MEAT

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells - animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The team inserted chloroplasts sourced from red algae into animal cells cultured from hamsters and found that the cells continued to perform photosynthetic functions for at least two days. The cells grew faster than usual when cultured alongside chloroplasts, suggesting that the chloroplasts were providing a new carbon source. The study's findings could have major benefits for lab-grown tissues, such as artificial organs, artificial meat, and skin sheets.

CHINA REVEALS A NEW HEAVY LIFT ROCKET THAT IS A CLONE OF SPACEX'S STARSHIP

China has been revising its Long March 9 rocket over the last decade in response to the development of reusable rockets by SpaceX. The design now looks almost exactly like SpaceX's Starship rocket. China intends to fly the vehicle for the first time in 2033. The Chinese space industry recognizes that the future of space flight is fully reusable, so it is re-calibrating its projects to align more with SpaceX's designs.

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