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In today's Techpresso:

🎥 Midjourney leaps into AI video creation

🛰️ SpaceX launches first set of satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities

🤖 Humanoid robots are getting to work

👓 Jony Ive imagined the Vision Pro giving you Zoom eyes and sunglasses

🔍 Mozilla shifts focus to AI amid Firefox's decline

🎁 + 8 other news you might like

🔮 + 7 handpicked research papers and tools

🎥 Midjourney leaps into AI video creationLINK

  • Midjourney plans to introduce a 'text to video' model within the next few months, building on its existing image model to stir competition in the generative video industry.
  • The company is now entering a crowded field with competitors like Stability AI and Meta already showcasing their video generators.
  • This venture represents a significant shift for the creative and media industries, as it opens up possibilities for content generation and interaction, potentially reshaping how reality is perceived.

    • 🛰️ SpaceX launches first set of satellites with direct-to-cell capabilitiesLINK

  • Starlink has launched its first-ever Direct-To-Cell satellites, aiming to significantly reduce areas with poor or no cell coverage by allowing direct cell phone connection to mobile networks without needing a Starlink terminal
  • The six newly launched satellites are specifically designed for Direct-to-Cell capabilities, primarily targeting regions without existing cellular infrastructure.
  • SpaceX plans to collaborate with international network providers to broaden Direct to Cell services, with several agreements already in place, marking a stride toward eradicating global cell service dead zones.

    • 🤖 Humanoid robots are getting to workLINK

  • Agility Robotics and seven other companies plan to launch commercial humanoid robots in 2024, targeting labor-intensive tasks in logistics and beyond.
  • Digit, Agility Robotics' humanoid robot, is designed for tasks like moving standardized containers in warehouses, aiming to improve efficiency and alleviate workforce shortages.
  • Amazon is testing Digit in its research and development warehouse, examining the robot’s potential to handle tasks in spaces unsuitable for traditional automation.

    • 👓 Jony Ive imagined the Vision Pro giving you Zoom eyes and sunglassesLINK

  • Apple has been granted a patent that suggests the Vision Pro headset may display what the user is seeing to observers through an external screen.
  • The patent includes different applications, such as showing weather, a do not disturb sign, or even Zoom icons in place of the user's eyes.
  • While the patent shows potential features, it's not confirmed that these will be included in Apple's final Vision Pro product.

    • 🔍 Mozilla shifts focus to AI amid Firefox's declineLINK

  • Mozilla is focusing on AI and countering Big Tech's influence as Firefox's market share falls.
  • The company's financial health appears stable despite overall revenue decline and Firefox's decreasing popularity.
  • Mozilla's CEO, Mitchell Baker, receives a significant pay increase amidst the strategic shift towards artificial intelligence.

    • Other news you might like

    iPhone 15 Pro users are experiencing unexpected peeling at the edges of the back glass, which Apple attributes to improperly applied adhesive.LINK

    Apple dominates the premium smartphone market with over 70% share, as global premium sales grow and foldables make significant gains.LINK

    Shield AI secures $500M for AI-driven drone tech, now valued at $2.8 billion, enhancing autonomous V-BAT deployments.LINK

    AI creators are rapidly leveraging newly public domain Mickey Mouse cartoons to train models that generate novel Mickey images.LINK

    Suspended Amazon sellers increasingly seek legal assistance to restore accounts and funds amidst concerns over Amazon's opaque suspension practices and growing legal industry support.LINK

    Supreme Court's year-end report discusses AI's potential and challenges in transforming the legal system, stressing the need for balance and human oversight.LINK

    MIT scientists created a vibrating pill that mimics fullness, potentially offering a non-invasive, cost-effective alternative to weight loss drugs and surgeries.LINK

    13-year-old achieves a historic first by triggering Tetris's end-game "kill screen" glitch on level 157, surpassing the long-standing level 29 barrier.LINK

    Latest research and tools

    uutils coreutils: a rewritting of traditional GNU core utilities in the Rust programming language for use across different operating systems.LINK

    Possible Meissner effect near room temperature: the study suggests that a material similar to lead apatite with copper might display superconductivity at temperatures much higher than usual.LINK

    Rail Flow Visualizer: a tool that presents the flow of passengers in UK rail stations throughout 2022 using imagery.LINK

    Programming Language Benchmark v2 (plb2): a comparison of 20 programming languages' performance on CPU-intensive tasks like N-queens and matrix multiplication without relying on library functions.LINK

    MalbolgeLisp: a Lisp interpreter for Malbolge Unshackled designed to be the most advanced and usable Malbolge program as of 2020 - 2021, complete with features typically found in Lisp languages.LINK

    Gemini in Reasoning: unveiling how big language models that use text and pictures can understand everyday concepts.LINK

    Improving Text Embeddings with Large Language Models: the paper explains how using big language models can make text representations better for various tasks.LINK


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