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In today's Techpresso:
⌨️ Microsoft changes PC keyboard for the first time in 30 years
🏭 Samsung is planning human-free, fully automated fabs within six years
👓 Qualcomm announces new chip to power Samsung and Google's competitor to Apple Vision Pro
🔍 Jeff Bezos bets on Google challenger
🛰️ AI and satellites expose 75% of fish industry ‘ghost fleets’ plundering oceans
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 4 handpicked research papers and tools
⌨️ Microsoft changes PC keyboard for the first time in 30 yearsLINK
Microsoft is adding a Copilot key to Windows keyboards as part of the most significant redesign since the 1990s. The new Copilot button, near the space bar, will activate Microsoft's AI chatbot and feature on new PCs, including Surface devices, with more reveals at CES. This change is part of a broader push to dominate the AI-integrated PC market, amidst a landscape where 82% of computers run Windows.
🏭 Samsung is planning human-free, fully automated fabs within six yearsLINK
Samsung is aiming to make its factories fully automated in six years, eliminating the need for human workers.
The company has developed a new Smart Sensing System to improve semiconductor processes like etching and cleaning.
Automation advancements, led by companies like Amazon, fuel concerns about the potential for widespread job losses.
👓 Qualcomm announces new chip to power Samsung and Google's competitor to Apple Vision ProLINK
Qualcomm unveiled a new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip designed to power upcoming mixed reality devices from Samsung and Google, potentially rivaling Apple's Vision Pro headset. The new chip promises enhanced processing power and graphics capabilities, aiming to offer a more affordable alternative to Apple's high-end device. Details about the launch of Samsung and Google's mixed reality devices are not yet available.
🔍 Jeff Bezos bets on Google challengerLINK
Jeff Bezos invests in Perplexity, an AI startup aiming to transform online search.
Perplexity operates with less than 40 staff from a San Francisco co-working space.
The company has created an "answer engine" that serves roughly 10 million users a month.
🛰️ AI and satellites expose 75% of fish industry ‘ghost fleets’ plundering oceansLINK
A study using satellite imagery and machine learning uncovered that up to 76% of global industrial fishing vessels aren't publicly tracked, suggesting widespread unreported fishing.
Researchers created a global map of maritime activities, revealing concentrated vessel activity with Asia accounting for the majority, and highlighted underreporting of industrial activities at sea.
The growing 'blue economy' is valued at trillions but poses environmental risks, with a significant portion of fish stocks overexploited and marine habitats lost due to industrialization.
Other news you might like
Georgia Tech researchers developed the first functional graphene semiconductor, showing potential for faster, more efficient electronics and advancing beyond silicon limits.LINK
ChatGPT-4 struggles with pediatric cases, showing only a 17% accuracy rate in a study, highlighting the need for better AI training and tuning.LINK
SpaceX is charged by NLRB for unlawfully terminating employees who criticized Elon Musk, challenging workplace conduct and free speech rights.LINK
Twitch updates policy to ban content that implies or suggests streamers are nude, increasing scrutiny on attire and sexual content.LINK
Xerox lays off 15% of workforce as it plots business ‘reinvention’.LINK
TikTok aims to grow shopping business tenfold to rival Amazon, Temu and Shein.LINK
Researchers improved path-following for autonomous ships using advanced simulations, considering adverse weather, aiding safer marine navigation.LINK
Shanghai University scientists developed a glass-ceramic that converts UV to visible light, enhancing solar panel efficiency and protecting cells.LINK
Latest research and tools
TinyGPT-V: a flexible and efficient multimodal large language model that can be adapted for various computing environments by using small backbone structures.LINK
uBlock Origin – 1.55.0: a browser extension for content-filtering, including ad-blocking and privacy protection.LINK
Origins of J: a brief account of how Arthur Whitney created the foundation for the J programming language in a single afternoon during a summer weekend in 1989 at Ken Iverson's residence.LINK
Self-Play Fine-Tuning Converts Weak Language Models to Strong Language Models: self-play training can turn simple language AI into powerful communicators.LINK
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