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On this day, 56 years ago, Surveyor 7, the final lunar lander of America's Surveyor program, embarked on its journey from Cape Canaveral to study the Moon's surface.


In today's Techpresso:

🍎 Apple sees worst ever start to the year

🛰️ New milestone achieved in quantum communications technology

🚗 Tesla competitor BYD has carmakers ‘in a state of shock’ over its prices

🏝️ Insider confirms iPhone Dynamic Island changes

🤨 X users report an increase in crypto scam ads

🎁 + 6 other news you might like

🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools

🍎 Apple sees worst ever start to the yearLINK

  • Apple's stock has had its worst start to the year, with a loss for five consecutive days and a potential antitrust case by the Justice Department looming.
  • The company has faced two analyst downgrades ahead of an earnings report, contributing to a significant drop in market value.
  • Apple's market lead over Microsoft has narrowed, with concerns over iPhone sales and competition in China adding to Apple's challenges.

    • 🛰️ New milestone achieved in quantum communications technologyLINK

  • Russian and Chinese scientists used quantum communication to securely send two images via satellite over a distance of 2,300 miles.
  • The successful test involved encrypted messages transmitted using quantum keys between ground stations in Russia and China, leveraging the Mozi quantum satellite.
  • This advancement in quantum communication could lead to hack-proof global communication networks, but technical challenges like signal fragility and distance limitations remain.

    • 🚗 Tesla competitor BYD has carmakers ‘in a state of shock’ over its pricesLINK

  • BYD has surpassed Tesla in global electric vehicle sales and is shocking competitors with its low prices.
  • The company keeps costs down by controlling its battery supply chain, which is crucial since batteries are a large part of an EV's cost.
  • Even with import tariffs, BYD's aggressively priced models are expected to become major competitors in the global market, including the US.

    • 🏝️ Insider confirms iPhone Dynamic Island changesLINK

  • Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts significant design changes for the iPhone 17, including updates to the selfie camera.
  • The iPhone's dynamic island may be resized in future models to display more information and less hardware.
  • Kuo suggests the iPhone 18 may have a full, uninterrupted display by hiding sensors underneath the screen.

    • 🤨 X users report an increase in crypto scam adsLINK

  • Twitter users are encountering more ads promoting cryptocurrency scams, including fake airdrops and crypto-wallet drainers.
  • Even verified accounts on Twitter, which are paid premium subscriptions, are spreading the majority of these scam ads.
  • Following the platform's reduced content moderation and a significant loss of major advertisers, Twitter's ad screening seems inadequate.

    • Other news you might like

    Android's ChatGPT might soon replace Google Assistant, unlike iPhone where Siri remains unchallenged due to Apple's restrictions.LINK

    Peloton launches a #TikTokFitness hub featuring live classes and instructor content, expanding its collaboration strategy after teaming up with Lululemon.LINK

    Researchers developed a new technique creating ultra-thin transistors from 2D materials, maintaining high conductivity and structural integrity.LINK

    Instagram head Adam Mosseri apologizes for poor content recommendations on Threads, acknowledging the influx of hate speech, and promises improvements.LINK

    Substack faces criticism and user departures for refusing to block or demonetize Nazi and extremist writers, challenging its free speech stance.LINK

    Xreal's Air 2 Ultra AR glasses target Apple's Vision Pro with immersive AR apps support, 6DOF tracking, and 3D environment mapping.LINK

    Latest research and tools

    Libwebsockets: a flexible, lightweight C library for various internet protocols and services, with extensive examples and support for encryption and different event loops.LINK

    Chess-GPT's Internal World Model: a tool that assesses how machine learning models trained on chess games understand the game, with abilities to train, evaluate, and visualize their knowledge of chess positions and player skill levels.LINK

    STB: simple single-header libraries for C/C++ that offer a range of functionality, easy integration, and dual public domain/MIT licensing for flexibility.LINK

    Thorium: a high-speed browser that achieves over 600 points on the Mac M3 Pro Speedometer and introduces various enhancements like better JavaScript performance, expanded search engine options, live captioning, and new user features.LINK

    1977 Zork source code: the original code for the interactive fiction game Zork, provided from MIT's archives, written in MDL language for research and historical purposes.LINK

    MozillaSocial: an early-stage Android client for the mozilla.social platform.LINK


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