Apple has announced a multibillion-dollar deal with Broadcom to make several key components for Apple devices in the United States.
The multi-year agreement involves the use of 5G radio frequency and wireless connectivity components designed and manufactured in America, including FBAR filters.
The investment will help Apple meet its $430 billion commitment to the US economy, and there will be continued investment in automation projects and training programs for technicians and engineers.
Apple partners with Broadcom, invests $430 billion in a North Carolina facility to create 15,000 jobs and produce components for Apple products in the US.
Some concerns are raised about infrastructure, wages, and sourcing critical parts from China despite final assembly happening in the US or Mexico.
Broadcom will supply wireless components for Apple products, generating $15 billion in revenue, but concerns are also raised about the company's history of problematic hardware and drivers for open source operating systems.
The FBI misused surveillance powers over 280,000 times to conduct warrantless searches on individuals involved in George Floyd protests, January 6th riots, donors to a congressional campaign, and other surveillance.
The surveillance powers were authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is meant to permit surveillance on foreign individuals outside of America to prevent criminal and terrorist acts.
Although this law is not supposed to be used to surveil American citizens, the government has historically used this data to monitor activists, journalists, and others without obtaining a warrant, and these communications can be used to prosecute people for crimes.
Recipe writers often lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions, claiming that it only takes 5-10 minutes when it actually takes around 35-40 minutes.
Many popular cookbooks use this misleading information, but there are some writers who tell the truth about the proper caramelization process.
While some recipe writers claim to have shortcuts or different techniques for caramelizing onions faster, these methods still take twice the amount of time they claim and do not result in true caramelization.
Waymo and Uber have announced a new strategic partnership that will bring Waymo's autonomous driving technology to the Uber platform starting in Phoenix.
The integration will launch later this year with a set number of Waymo vehicles across Waymo's operating territory and include local deliveries and ride-hailing trips.
Uber users will experience the safety and delight of the Waymo Driver on both the Uber and Uber Eats apps, and riders can still hail a Waymo vehicle directly through the Waymo One app.
The blog post offers a comprehensive guide for starting a Go project in 2023, including installation, setting up, dependencies, testing, and more.
The guide provides tips for both newbies and experienced developers, with topics covering linting, profiling, deploying, and helpful resources for learning.
A pattern for creating multiple entry points to an application is to create a directory inside the root package and placing main.go files in there.
The post debates whether to use vendoring for dependencies in Go projects, with some advocating for it and others suggesting using a cache-proxy instead.
The use of UPX to strip binaries is also discussed, with opinions divided on its effectiveness.
The article covers various tools and patterns for Go development, making it ideal for newcomers. One user suggests using "goda" to analyze package dependencies and reduce binary file size.
Common Paper (YC W23) – SAFEs for Commercial Contracts
Common Paper, a contract management platform, has launched a series of standard, open-source contracts for free use, with feedback and suggestions from users similar to code contributions.
The platform charges for additional features, including contract management and support, and has seen success persuading Fortune 500 companies to sign six-figure deals on its paper.
Common Paper's contracts are released under a CC BY 4.0 license and are intended to help startups avoid costly legal fees; it aims to change the culture around legal documentation and incentivize lawyers to use standardized contracts.
Attention mechanisms in models are being questioned as token size increases and the granularity loss is a concern.
Transformers perform better for referencing within context, but require more memory and compute power.
RWKV is an innovative model architecture combining the parallelizable training of transformers with efficient inference of RNNs, leading to more efficiency and larger models on smaller datasets.
SimCity 4, a popular city-building game, turned 20 years old.
Despite its initial flaws, the game is hailed as the best-ever SimCity game due to its large cities, 3D terrain, and customizable buildings.
The game's thriving modding community and the Network Addon Mod, in particular, have extended its lifespan and continue to make it popular among players.
Ableton has released the Push 3, an updated MIDI controller that can also function as a standalone device for music production without a computer.
The device features advanced pads with MPE, upgradeable components, and integration with Ableton Live, making it a must-have for many musicians.
Discussions revolve around preferences in music creation workflows, with some users preferring physical instruments or MIDI keyboards over pad controllers like the Push, while others praise its self-explanatory controls and slick movement.