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A FIRST LOOK AT APPLE INTELLIGENCE AND ITS (SLIGHTLY) SMARTER SIRI

Siri received a big update in iOS 18's latest developer preview. The update comes with meaningful improvements to language understanding. Future updates will add features like awareness of what's happening on users' screens and the ability to take actions on users' behalf. This article takes a look at the updated Siri and the other AI features introduced in the developer preview.

TIKTOK IS THROWING $20 MILLION A MONTH AT OPENAI VIA MICROSOFT

TikTok has been spending $20 million a month to purchase OpenAI models through Microsoft. The purchases make up about 25% of Microsoft's AI revenue. TikTok's parent ByteDance is reportedly building its own AI models - if successful, TikTok would no longer need OpenAI or Microsoft. Other companies reportedly purchasing OpenAI models through Microsoft include AT&T, Coca-Cola, Fidelity, Volvo, and Walmart.

AUSTRALIA STARTS WORLD-FIRST PEANUT ALLERGY TREATMENT FOR BABIES

Eligible babies with peanut allergies in Australia will be offered treatment to build immunity under a world-first program. The babies will be given gradually larger doses of peanut powder each day for at least two years to reduce sensitivity. The program will be extended to more hospitals and potentially other food allergies if it is found to be effective and safe. Families are advised not to try oral immunotherapy at home unsupervised.

THE SILICON VALLEY STARTUP USING AI TO SCOUR THE EARTH FOR COPPER AND LITHIUM

KoBold is using artificial intelligence to scour the earth for copper, lithium, nickel, and cobalt. The company says that machine learning allows it to collect and analyze more sophisticated data about deposits than conventional exploration methods. It attained a valuation of more than $1 billion in 2023 and is currently looking to raise funds at a valuation of at least $2 billion. The company has more than 60 exploration projects in North America, Africa, and Australia.

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NGTOP

ngtop is a command-line program for querying request counts from nginx's access.log files. It can count requests from various time periods, count requests to URLs matching a pattern, show top visited URLs matching a pattern, and more.

DICEDB

DiceDB is a drop-in replacement of Redis with SQL-based real-time reactivity. It is multithreaded and follows a shared-nothing architecture. DiceDB enables clients to listen to SQL queries and get notified in real-time whenever something changes. It currently only supports a subset of Redis commands and is not yet ready for production.

REDDIT CEO SAYS MICROSOFT NEEDS TO PAY TO SEARCH THE SITE

Reddit's CEO is calling on Microsoft and other companies to pay if they want to continue scraping the site's data. The site is now blocking companies that haven't signed agreements about how its data will be used or not used. Companies like Microsoft, Anthropic, and Perplexity have refused to negotiate. OpenAI's SearchGPT will be able to show Reddit results as the two companies reached a deal earlier this year.

80% OF DEVELOPERS ARE UNHAPPY. THE PROBLEM IS NOT AI, NOR IS CODING

Stack Overflow's most recent annual Developer Survey showed that a majority of developers hate their jobs. Reasons for the dissatisfaction include failed expectations, technical debt, hustle culture, bureaucracy, and uncertainty and fear when it comes to career prospects. While most developers are in favor of using AI tools, many don't consider the tools reliable. 70% of professional programmers don't see AI as a threat to their work - many are instead worried about the spread of misinformation and misguided tasks.

HOW I COMPUTER IN 2024

A look at how the VP of Engineering at Canonical uses his computer - it covers which applications he uses, how he sets up his desktop environments, and more.

WHY SOFT DELETES ARE EVIL AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD

Soft deletes create far more problems than they solve - use audit logs instead.

AMD IS BECOMING AN AI CHIP COMPANY, JUST LIKE NVIDIA

Nearly half of AMD's sales are now data center products.

T-MOBILE HAS A NEW SIDE GIG: FIBER INTERNET

T-Mobile has pieced together at least five partnerships with fiber-optic internet providers, putting the company on the cusp of becoming a major home internet provider in its own right.

XBOX CONSOLE SALES CONTINUE TO CRATER WITH MASSIVE 42% REVENUE DROP

While hardware sales are down, Microsoft's gaming content and services revenue are up a healthy-sounding 61 percent year-over-year.

10 CHARTS THAT CAPTURE HOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING

This article looks at emerging trends, such as the rise of ketamine, the decline of churches, and AI, and how they are set to change the world.