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APPLE TO UNVEIL AI-ENABLED SAFARI BROWSER ALONGSIDE NEW OPERATING SYSTEMS

Apple is testing a version of its Safari web browser that includes an AI-powered tool called Intelligent Search. Intelligent Search leverages Apple's on-device AI technology to identify topics and key phrases within a web page to create summaries. The exact implementation of the feature is still unknown. The new Safari will also have a feature called Web Eraser that will allow users to remove specific portions of web pages. Apple is working on a powerful visual search feature that will allow users to obtain information on consumer products when browsing through images, scheduled for integration sometime in 2025.

TESLA TO LAY OFF EVERYONE WORKING ON SUPERCHARGERS, NEW VEHICLES

Tesla is laying off its director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci, the head of new vehicle development Daniel Ho, as well as the teams that operated under the two executives. These layoffs are part of a larger effort by CEO Elon Musk to reduce costs and headcount within the company. Tesla plans to continue building out some new Supercharger locations and finish those currently under construction. Musk is also dissolving the company's public policy team in this latest cull.

ENZYMES OPEN NEW PATH TO UNIVERSAL DONOR BLOOD

Researchers have discovered enzymes that are able to remove specific sugars that make up the A and B antigens in the human ABO blood groups when mixed with medicine blood cells. The researchers are close to being able to produce universal blood from group B donors, but there is still more work to be done to convert the more complex group A blood type. There is now a higher need for donor blood due to a larger proportion of the population being elderly and more patients undergoing blood-intensive medical procedures. Successfully converting A or B blood types into universal donor blood would markedly reduce the logistics and costs currently associated with storing four different blood types and increase the supply of donor blood by reducing waste.

PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS UNVEILS SUPERNOVA, AN ULTRA-MOBILE SPACECRAFT

Portal Space Systems' ultra-mobile Supernova satellite bus could propel transfers from low Earth orbit to geostationary orbit in a matter of hours. The 500 kg vehicle is designed to be payload agnostic and survive in orbit for at least five years while being continuously maneuvered. It uses a solar-thermal propulsion system that produces a delta-V of 6 kilometers per second. Portal aims to conduct an in-flight demonstration in late 2025 or early 2026. It is looking to scale up its team and grow manufacturing to support the production of multiple spacecraft per year.

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THE BORGO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go. It is more expressive than Go but less complex than Rust. Borgo's syntax is similar to Rust but with optional semicolons. It is fully compatible with existing Go packages. An online playground that provides a tour of the language is available.

"RUN0" AS A SUDO REPLACEMENT

run0 is a sudo replacement that will be part of the upcoming systemd 256 release. It avoids the use of setuid permissions entirely. Using setuid permissions results in an execution context for privileged code that is half under the control of unprivileged code and needs careful manual cleanup. This page contains the Mastodon stream that discusses replacing sudo with run0.

APPLE POACHES AI EXPERTS FROM GOOGLE, CREATES SECRETIVE EUROPEAN AI LAB

Apple's top AI team is made up of former key figures from Google. The company has bought about two dozen AI startups in the past decade. Apple is focusing on bringing on-device AI capabilities to the iPhone. The next iPhone could feature a voice-activated smart personal assistant that interacts with apps. More details about these AI features will likely be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

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BINANCE FOUNDER CHANGPENG ZHAO SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao has been sentenced to four months in prison for failing to establish adequate anti-money laundering protections on the crypto exchange.

APPLE MUST OPEN IPADOS TO SIDELOADING WITHIN 6 MONTHS, EU SAYS

Apple's iPadOS is now classified as a gatekeeper under the EU's DMA, meaning it will soon be subject to the same regulations as the iPhone.

HOW AN EMPTY S3 BUCKET CAN MAKE YOUR AWS BILL EXPLODE

AWS S3 charges for unauthorized incoming requests - anyone who knows the name of any S3 bucket can ramp up its owner's AWS bill as they like.

WHY SQLITE USES BYTECODE

SQLite uses bytecode because bytecode is easier to understand and debug, smaller than the corresponding AST coming out of the parser, faster because fewer decisions need to be made for each computation, and can be run incrementally.

THE BROWSER COMPANY RELEASES ARC FOR WINDOWS

Arc for Windows is now available to all users without a waitlist.

SCREENSHOTS SUGGEST TIKTOK IS CIRCUMVENTING APPLE APP STORE COMMISSIONS

TikTok is presenting some of its users with a link to its website to purchase coins used for tipping digital creators.

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META RELEASES EXECUTORCH FRAMEWORK FOR LLM ON EDGE DEVICES

Meta's ExecuTorch Framework is a post-training quantization toolkit that enables running Llama models on various iPhone and Galaxy devices. It is able to get as much as 11 tokens per second on mobile phones running 7B sized language models.

APPLE POACHES AI EXPERTS FROM GOOGLE, CREATES SECRETIVE EUROPEAN AI LAB

Apple has aggressively expanded its artificial intelligence capabilities by hiring numerous AI experts from Google and establishing a secretive AI research lab in Zurich, Switzerland. The lab, known as the "Vision Lab," focuses on developing advanced AI models that integrate text and visual inputs.

TEXT RETRIEVAL WITH FASTER EMBEDDING SEARCHES

Seismic is an innovative approach to organizing inverted indexes that significantly enhances the speed and accuracy of text retrieval using learned sparse embeddings.

EXPLORING MAMBA: A VISUAL FOUNDATION MODEL FOR ADVANCED COMPUTER VISION

The Mamba model is a state-of-the-art approach that excels in handling long sequences without the computational drawbacks of traditional Transformers.

ADAPTING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS TO CHANGING STRUCTURES

The Cluster Information Transfer (CIT) mechanism is a new method designed to enhance the adaptability of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to different and changing graph structures.

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CUDA CHECKPOINTING

A new toolkit from Nvidia that allows checkpointing the CUDA state for transfer and restarting. It is useful for distributed training of very large AI models.

FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS MAKE BAD VISUALIZATIONS

Visualizing eval scores for models is key in today's AI research world. However, many charts are bad at conveying the intended information. This repository shows some great charts and comes with dos and don'ts for visualizing results.

META-PROMPTING IN LLMS

Meta-prompting is a technique that turns a single language model into a multi-skilled team. This method breaks down complex tasks into simpler parts, handled by specialized instances of the same model, leading to significantly improved performance across various tasks.

SPEEDING UP LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS WITH QUICK

QUICK is a new set of optimized CUDA kernels that boosts the efficiency of large language models by solving memory issues. This leads to a notable speed increase on NVIDIA GPUs, making AI models faster and more efficient.

DIDDO'S NEW FUNDING WILL BRING ITS SHOPPABLE TV AI API TO STREAMING PLATFORMS

Diddo is a CV/AI API for streaming and media companies that can make their content instantly shoppable without the use of QR codes or second screens, opening up new revenue streams for them. Diddo's API keeps the purchase capabilities on platform and 100% native so it is truly an end-to-end commerce solution for video owners.

COGNITION SEEKS $2 BILLION VALUATION FOR AI CODE-WRITING TOOL

Cognition Labs, which is transitioning from crypto to AI, is seeking a $2 billion valuation for its code-writing AI tool, Devin. Amidst a trend of soaring valuations in AI startups, Cognition's success reflects the sector's growth and the importance of substantial investments in data and computational resources. Key players like Google and Microsoft continue to advance aggressively in AI with large language models.

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APPLE TO UNVEIL AI-ENABLED SAFARI BROWSER

Safari 18 will introduce UI enhancements, an AI-powered Intelligent Search for content summarization, and a 'Web Eraser' for advanced content blocking.

PHOSPHO

A text analytics platform for LLM apps.

FLOWTESTAI

FlowTestAI stands as the world's first GenAI-powered OpenSource Integrated Development Environment (IDE) specifically designed to craft, visualize, and manage API-first workflows.

BUMBLE'S APP REDESIGN LETS WOMEN AUTOMATE CONVERSATION STARTERS

Bumble's updated app introduces the "Opening Move" feature, designed to help women initiate conversations quickly with prewritten prompts or custom messages that the app sends to all matches. The refresh includes "dating intention" badges and profile enhancements, which aim to foster better match insights.

YELP'S ASSISTANT AI BOT WILL DO ALL THE TALKING TO HELP USERS FIND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Yelp is enhancing its platform with Yelp Assistant. This AI chatbot helps users find local service professionals by asking detailed questions to generate service requests and provide more accurate quotes. The assistant uses OpenAI's large language models. It is available on iOS. The assistant supports various services, including food, massage, pet care, and financial services.

AXURE RP: PROTOTYPING GETS FASTER AND EASIER

Axure RP has introduced new features to improve efficiency in the prototyping workflow. These include easy widget nesting within dynamic panels, enhanced selection tools for busy canvases, and quick alignment options for widgets in parent containers. These updates simplify arranging and customizing widgets using keyboard shortcuts and selection boxes, greatly enhancing the user experience for designers.

TYPOGRAPHY VARIABLES IN FIGMA ARE HERE

Figma has introduced color variables in gradients for improved design consistency and reduced manual adjustments, facilitating easy adjustments across modes or brands. Variables support typography, enabling the creation of font-related variables like family, size, line height, spacing, and weight and streamlining text management within components and systems.

MITIGATING HATE SPEECH ONLINE USING AI

Online hate speech has real-world consequences, including increased hate crimes. Current AI tools understand hate speech semantics and can generate empathic replies for effective counter-speech. Social media platforms can combat hate speech by flagging instances and providing context while providing emotional guidance for counter-speech, which can help reduce its prevalence.

THE AGE OF GENERATIVE AI: OVER HALF OF AMERICANS HAVE USED GENERATIVE AI AND MOST BELIEVE IT WILL HELP THEM BE MORE CREATIVE

A new study found that over half of Americans have used generative AI in the last year and more than 80% believe it will make life easier or help them learn a skill shortly. 41% of Americans expect brands to use generative AI in their customer experiences today to assist them with price comparisons, shopping, and customer support. Most consumers surveyed are more likely to shop with brands that use generative AI on their websites and 58% believe it has already improved their online shopping experience.

3D MOCKUP IMAGES AND MOVIES IN MINUTES

Create stunning 3D mockups with your app and web designs on the device screens.

IMAGE UPSCALER, ENHANCER, AND TRANSFORMER

Magnific AI upscales and enhances your images, guided by your prompts and parameters, allowing you to reimagine as many details as you wish.

TURN ANY PROCESS INTO A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE, INSTANTLY

Scribe quickly auto-generates step-by-step guides with text and screenshots, saving you hours in training and explaining how to do something.

5 LEAD DESIGNERS ABOUT AN EXPIRATION DATE OF CREATIVE CAREER PATH

Designers need to continually learn and innovate to stay relevant in the rapidly changing industry. They prioritize mastery of design fundamentals over tool proficiency. Embracing curiosity, adaptability, and a proactive mindset fuels a designer's growth and impact, with career trajectories influenced by various factors rather than a singular path or expiration date.