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APPLE'S FOLDABLE MACBOOKS RUMORED TO SHIP IN 2026

DAYLIGHT DEBUTS WORLD'S FIRST 'BLUE-LIGHT-FREE COMPUTER' WITH A 120HZ LIVEPAPER DISPLAY

Daylight's DC1 is the world's first computer that is totally blue-light-free. Its 10.5-inch LivePaper display refreshes at up to 120Hz. The tablet enables for a paper-like reading and writing experience while offering compatibility with Android apps. The screen is readable in sunlight. It is available for preorder for $729.

BIONIC EYE GETS A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

Pixium Vision, a company with an innovative retinal implant that tackles vision loss, has been acquired by Science, a bioelectronics startup run by Neuralink's co-founder, Max Hodak. Pixium was in danger of disappearing completely after running out of money last November. Studies suggest that its technology is safe and potentially effective. Science will push to get the technology approved in Europe as quickly as possible.

SEC APPROVES RULE CHANGE TO ALLOW CREATION OF ETHER ETFS

The SEC has approved a rule change that paves the way for ETFs that buy and hold ether. The commission approved bitcoin ETFs less than six months ago - those funds have proven a big success for the industry. Many of the companies that sponsor bitcoin ETFs have already started the process of launching an ether fund. The approval of ether ETFs is a sign that the SEC's stance toward crypto may be softening. The approval for ether ETFs does not extend to other crypto projects on the Ethereum network.

DESIGN SYSTEM RETROSPECTIVE

This post discusses how to build a design system. It covers the benefits of design systems, the potential problems with using them, the best way to go about building a design system, ways to improve existing design systems, and more. It is important to design systems that users understand and want to use. Making a system too strict or complicated can cause adoption issues.

CONTRAST

Contrast enables developers to deploy and manage confidential containers on Kubernetes at scale. It is designed to keep all data always encrypted and to prevent access from the infrastructure layer. Contrast integrates with existing Kubernetes workflows and is compatible with managed Kubernetes. It can be used to increase the security of containers, move sensitive workloads, shield code and data, simplify regulatory compliance, and more.

A GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF THE AI HYPE CYCLE

The AI industry has seen several hype cycles throughout the decades, each producing genuinely useful technology and lasting longer than the last. Every cycle follows the process of a sigmoid curve rather than an exponential one. All strategies for developing the technology inevitably have a limit that doesn't take too long to find. While the current AI hype cycle is unlike any that have come before it, it will likely follow a similar trajectory as previous cycles.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM STUDYING 4,000+ YC COMPANIES

Getting into YC represents a success that involves a significant amount of capital, often pre-revenue. This article analyzes companies' value propositions to learn from them. It examines how businesses can bring efficiencies to existing markets, provide value to underserved communities, and advance technology. The two biggest causes of failure for startups are offering something that customers don't want and overestimating the size of a market.

MAGIC UI

Magic UI is a library of animated components that can be copied and pasted into apps for free.

MY HOUR OF MEMORYLESS LUCIDITY

This post details an experience of being completely lucid but with almost zero short-term memory caused by sedation due to surgery.

MICROSOFT OUTAGE TOOK DOWN COPILOT, DUCKDUCKGO, AND CHATGPT SEARCH FEATURES

An issue that appeared to be linked to Bing's API caused several services, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and DuckDuckGo, to stop working on Thursday morning.

A ROOT-SERVER AT THE INTERNET'S CORE LOST TOUCH WITH ITS PEERS. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHY

One of the 13 root servers that provision the Internet's root zone experienced an unexplained glitch that could have caused stability and security problems worldwide.

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matcha.css is a pure CSS library designed to style HTML elements, ideal for fast prototyping, static HTML pages, Markdown-generated documents, and developers seeking to streamline their workflow.

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MISTRAL X HARVEY PARTNERSHIP

Harvey, a legal startup, has partnered with Mistral. The announcement is low on details, but it's likely that they will develop a custom legal model together.

H RAISES $220M SEED ROUND

H, which aims to build action models and was started by DeepMind scientists, raised a monster seed round. Another win for French AI talent.

REFLECTIONS ON OUR RESPONSIBLE SCALING POLICY

Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy aims to prevent catastrophic AI safety failures by identifying high-risk capabilities, testing models regularly, and implementing strict safety standards, with a focus on continuous improvement and collaboration with industry and government.

COHERE'S AYA MODEL

The Aya project has 3 different models of increasing size and can converse in 101 languages, many of which are extremely low resource. This project is an incredible step for the open and general access research community.

TEXT-VIDEO RETRIEVAL

Researchers have developed a new method, Global-Local Semantic Consistent Learning (GLSCL), to enhance text-video retrieval while significantly reducing computational costs.

TEXT-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF PROTEINS

Researchers present ProtT3, a new framework designed to enhance text-based understanding of proteins by combining Protein Language Models (PLMs) with traditional Language Models (LMs). ProtT3 integrates a PLM for processing amino acid sequences and a language model for generating high-quality textual descriptions using a cross-modal projector called Q-Former.

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DISTRIBUTED INFERENCE ON LLAMA CPP

Llama cpp now supports distributed inference across multiple machines. It is limited to FP16 for now, but is a great step for open source deployment.

ENHANCING LONG-TERM MEMORY FOR LANGUAGE MODELS

Streaming Infinite Retentive LLM (SirLLM) is a new approach that helps large language models maintain longer memory during extended dialogues.

REMOTE SENSING IMAGE CAPTIONING

This project introduces a new probabilistic diffusion model for Remote Sensing Image Change Captioning (RSICC), which describes environmental changes over time.

PALIGEMMA: OPEN SOURCE MULTIMODAL MODEL BY GOOGLE

Google has introduced PaliGemma, an open-source vision language model with multimodal capabilities that outperforms its contemporaries in object detection and segmentation. Optimized for fine-tuning on specific tasks, PaliGemma opens possibilities for custom AI applications and provides comprehensive resources for immediate use. PaliGemma demonstrates superior results in OCR and shows promise for various use cases when fine-tuned with custom data.

AI IS THE REASON INTERVIEWS ARE HARDER NOW

This article discusses the rising complexity of technical interview questions, with companies now requiring candidates to solve harder problems in shorter times. It highlights the use of AI tools like Ultracode that can assist even non-technical users in passing such interviews. The piece suggests in-person interviews as a solution to ensure that candidates actually possess the programming skills needed for the job.

WHAT I'VE LEARNED BUILDING INTERACTIVE EMBEDDING VISUALIZATIONS

An individual passionate about interactive embedding visualizations shares their refined workflow for creating such visualizations, which convey the intricate relationships between entities represented as points in high-dimensional spaces. The process involves data collection, building a co-occurrence matrix, sparsifying the matrix, embedding with PyMDE, and projecting to 2D for clear visualization. The creator utilizes web apps for the UI, advocating for their accessibility and GPU-accelerated rendering capabilities.

KREA AI (PRODUCT)

Generate an AI video from keyframe images based on users' unique styles, concepts, or products.

BYT5 FOR TEXT RENDERING

Glyph ByT5 is a model that operates over bytes and has dramatically improved text rendering in synthesized images.

CASPER LABS ANNOUNCES AI GOVERNANCE SOLUTION, PROVE AI

Casper Labs has introduced Prove AI, developed with IBM, to bring transparency and auditability to enterprise AI applications.

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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION STATEMENT ON FIT21

Though Biden's administration opposes the passage of FIT21, it says it is willing to work with Congress to create a balanced regulatory framework for digital assets. Its goal is to reinforce United States leadership in the global financial system. This statement comes at a time when crypto is becoming an increasingly politicized issue with the 2024 election looming.

SEC APPROVES 8 ETHEREUM ETFS INCLUDING BLACKROCK AND FIDELITY

The SEC has approved eight spot Ethereum ETFs from issuers, including BlackRock, Fidelity, and Grayscale, months after approving spot Bitcoin ETFs. While the approval of the 19b-4 forms marks a significant step, trading will only start after the S-1 statements have been registered, which may take weeks.

INTERNET COMPUTER SMART CONTRACTS WORK WITH ANY EVM

The Dfinity Foundation has released a new API that enables Internet Computer smart contracts to be compatible with any EVM (improves cross-chain interaction and app potential). This move is part of Dfinity's broader Chain Fusion initiative, which looks to increase blockchain interoperability.

EVM NATIVE SEQUENCING RULES

Ethereum has been criticized for block builders' increasing dominance over their chain control, which is a consequence of how time-discrete systems create varied value in their storage slots. This author proposes a specification for native transaction bundling for onchain applications, which gives more control over sequencing.

DEEP DIVE INTO FIT21

FIT21 divides digital assets into three categories: digital commodities (regulated by the CFTC), restricted digital assets (regulated by the SEC), and permitted stablecoins. Classification depends on factors such as the level of decentralization and functionality of the blockchain, how the asset is acquired, and who holds the asset. While the bill is a thoughtful approach to bridging the gap between traditional finance and crypto, it could be improved by expressly discarding the Howey and Reves tests for digital asset categorization to prevent SEC jurisdiction backdoors.

10 RULES FOR CRYPTO MARKETING & COMMUNITY

Effective crypto marketing and community building should be approached as a complex system with various interconnected events and outputs, rather than one-off strategies. Projects should prioritize investing in their community, interacting with community content, emphasizing quality over quantity, and treating community members as real people with valuable feedback. These tips help give projects sustainable community flywheels to set them apart in the attention economy.

HOW DO LAYER 2S REALLY DIFFER FROM EXECUTION SHARDING?

While layer 2s and execution sharding may seem like opposite strategies for blockchain scaling, they share the same underlying technologies, such as data sharding, fraud proofs, and cross-communication solutions. The primary difference is that L2s allow for greater creativity and independent innovation, with each L2 having its own rules, while shards are protocol-level. The L2-centric ecosystem does face coordination challenges, smart contract wallet support, and decentralized validation infrastructure.

CRYPTO'S KILLER USE-CASES

This article discusses some of the use cases in web3, specifically the potential of Web3 publisher-exchanges. Web 3 publisher-exchanges combine the abilities of publishers and exchanges to streamline user interactions and financial transactions on content platforms. The combination improves UX/UI by removing friction from transactions and making transactions more immediate and integrated with content consumption.

WHAT IS THE BANANA ZONE?

The Banana Zone refers to 4-year crypto and tech market cycles.

GRAYSCALE LAUNCHES TWO NEW TRUSTS INVESTING IN NEAR AND STX

Crypto asset manager Grayscale has launched two new investment trusts for Near Protocol (NEAR) and Stacks (STX) available to individual and institutional accredited investors.

DECENTRALIZED ORACLE BENCHMARKS

Chainlink is 300-800ms behind in reporting CEX data, which is faster than competitors Pyth and RedStone.

U.S. SUPREME COURT LOSS FOR COINBASE LEAVES COMPANY WITH MIXED RECORD

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Coinbase in a technical arbitration dispute concerning which legal agreement should apply when parties have entered into two different contracts, one of which involved a Dogecoin sweepstakes.