Tuesday, January 2, 2024
TECHPRESSO
Good morning! This is your daily ☕️ Techpresso.
On this day, 20 years ago, NASA's Stardust spacecraft soared past Comet Wild 2, capturing precious samples that were later delivered back to our planet.
In today's Techpresso:
📈 OpenAI's revenues soared 5,700% last year
🔒 US pressured Netherlands to block chipmaking machine shipments
🚗 Tesla's record year
🧬 We are about to enter the golden age of gene therapy
🎓 Nobel prize winner cautions on rush into STEM after rise of AI
🎁 + 8 other news you might like
🔮 + 6 handpicked research papers and tools
Fidelity reduces its valuation of Musk's Twitter by 11%, as advertiser pullout from the platform impacts projected 2023 ad sales revenue.LINK
Brad Smith commended the UK's CMA as "tough and fair" after Microsoft revised the Activision Blizzard deal, securing approval despite initial resistance and harsh criticism.LINK
In California, self-driving cars can't get moving violation tickets, sparking calls for updated laws and better regulation.LINK
Apple may have to enable iPhone sideloading in the US, as global regulatory pressures mount.LINK
Humane's AI Pin now boasts water resistance, enduring sweat and light rain, after thorough durability testing.LINK
Bitcoin surges above $45,000, reaching a 21-month high, spurred by optimism for a potential U.S. spot bitcoin ETF approval.LINK
HSBC is launching the Zing app to compete in international payments, targeting both HSBC and non-HSBC customers, expanding beyond the UK soon.LINK
Baidu dropped its $3.6 billion acquisition of YY Live due to unmet regulatory approvals, seeking to diversify beyond search amid stiff competition and modest revenue growth.LINK
Mathematical Introduction to Deep Learning: Methods, Implementations, and Theory: the paper explains the mathematical concepts behind deep learning, how they're put into practice, and the underlying theories.LINK
uBlacklist: an easy-to-use browser extension that lets you block specific websites from showing up in your Google search results, with options for syncing and subscribing to shared blocklists.LINK
Fish shell 3.7.0: a command-line shell that has enhanced its history features, improved performance, introduced multi-key sequence timeout settings, and made numerous bug fixes in its last update before a planned rewrite in Rust.LINK
Zig cookbook: a resource providing examples of common programming tasks in Zig to help developers write better code.LINK
Hook: a tool that lets you edit and tweak your C/C++ program while it's running, helping you experiment faster without recompiling every time.LINK
Framework for identification of chaotic systems with symbolic regression: the paper presents a method for recognizing chaotic systems using a type of equation-based model-finding.LINK
See you tomorrow for a new dose of ☕️ Techpresso!