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2023-06-06

Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer​

  • Apple has unveiled the Apple Vision Pro, a spatial computer that seamlessly combines digital content with the physical world, incorporating a fully three-dimensional user interface controlled by a user's eyes, hands, and voice.
  • Featuring visionOS, the world's first spatial operating system, Vision Pro allows users to interact with digital content in a way that feels like it is physically present in their space.
  • Apple Vision Pro can transform any space into a personal movie theatre, enables users to capture and relive memories, access a range of app experiences, and features an advanced Spatial Audio system.

Industry Reactions​

  • Apple has announced its first spatial computer, the Apple Vision Pro, with an impressive resolution of 23 million pixels but some users criticize the dot pitch of the display and discomfort for extended use.
  • The headset is priced at $3,500, limiting its consumer adoption, but could be used for remote work, presentations, and gamers.
  • The headset has potential use cases in various fields, including AR‐based instruction, home decoration, and watching movies alone. However, concerns about discomfort, battery life, cost, and lack of killer apps remain.

Our right to challenge junk patents is under threat​

  • The U.S. Patent Office has proposed new rules that could make it more difficult for everyday users and creators to challenge wrongly granted patents.
  • The proposed rules could offer new protections to patent trolls, making it impossible for organizations like EFF to file patent challenges altogether.
  • Supporters who care about a fair patent system are urged to file comments using the government's public comment system to express their opposition to the proposed rules.

Industry Reactions​

  • The USPTO is attempting to limit IPRs for invalidating patents without protection domains, which the EFF believes will limit challenges to patents that should be open to all.
  • Patent challenges should be open to all, regardless of for-profit or non-profit status, as organizations of all sizes are protected by challenges from others.
  • The suggested USPTO rule change to limit third-party challenges to frivolous patents deemed non-litigious could have a chilling effect on innovation, according to critics.

The Rust I wanted had no future​

  • Former lead developer of Rust, Graydon Hoare, reveals significant differences between the Rust language as it exists today and the Rust he originally envisioned.
  • Hoare's priorities for Rust included simplicity over performance and expressivity, which differs from the community's focus on "zero cost abstraction" and expressive features.
  • The Rust community has created a successful and popular language that differs from Hoare's original vision, which he believes would have been unpopular.

Industry Reactions​

  • Rust's async functions and function coloring are both topics of discussion among developers.
  • The conversation also touches on alternative solutions to Rust's async functions, such as Java's Loom.
  • Some mention the possibility of an effects system, marking functions with specific effects to determine their behavior in a project.

Google no longer automatically indexes websites?​

  • Google is no longer automatically indexing new websites as they used to in the past.
  • This means new site owners will need to manually submit their site to Google's index for it to appear in search results.
  • Google states that this change will not affect the ranking of existing websites.

Industry Reactions​

  • Users report a decline in quality and accuracy of Google's search results, with an emphasis on sponsored content- Some attribute the decline in quality to Google's focus on generating revenue through ads and AI predictions- Alternative search engines like Kagi are emerging due to Google's perceived decline.

My Reddit account was banned after adding my subs to the protest- The post details how a user added their subreddits to a protest for racial justice and was subsequently banned from the platform for violating community guidelines.​

  • They express frustration with their inability to appeal the ban and argue that it is an infringement on their right to free speech.
  • The post has garnered significant attention and debate on the censorship and moderation practices of social media platforms.

Industry Reactions​

  • Reddit moderators are joining an upcoming protest against Reddit's API fee increase that many believe will lead to the end of third party apps on the platform.

  • One moderator's account was locked by Reddit for suspicious activity after adding their subreddits to the protest list, and their posts and comments were subsequently deleted.

  • The new policies of Reddit around third- party apps are leading to hostility from users and may cause a loss of meaningful users from the platform.

SEC Sues Binance and CEO Zhao for Breaking US Securities Rules​

  • The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Binance Holdings Ltd. and its CEO Changpeng Zhao for breaking securities rules.
  • The complaint filed by the SEC alleges that Binance mishandled customer funds, misled investors and regulators, and flouted basic know-your-customer rules by letting Americans improperly open accounts and trade.
  • This is the latest legal trouble for the world's biggest crypto exchange and its CEO.

Industry Reactions​

  • The SEC has sued Binance and its CEO for breaking US securities rules, accusing the company of operating an unlicensed securities exchange and not registering with regulatory bodies.
  • The post discusses the risks of leaving a paper trail and the differences between common law and civil law systems.
  • There is debate about whether cryptocurrencies are securities and the potential risks and benefits of cryptocurrency use.

GPT Best Practices​

  • The post provides strategies and tactics to improve results from GPT models, including clear instructions, reference text, task splitting, "thinking" time, external tools, and systematic testing.
  • Context and details are essential, and embeddings can be used for efficient knowledge retrieval.
  • OpenAI suggests additional tactics and strategies, such as evaluating model outputs and using external tools like embeddings-based search and code execution, with OpenAI Evals as an example.

Industry Reactions​

  • OpenAI released GPT Best Practices, offering guidelines to optimize the language model's output, including clear writing, using delimiters, and specifying output length.
  • Some users worry about ChatGPT's potential to exacerbate inequality, while others see it as a valuable coaching or tutoring tool.
  • The article discusses challenges and limitations in using language models like GPT, including prompt injections and the black-box nature of these systems, requiring human-in-the-loop for mitigation.

Generative AI learning path​

  • The Generative AI learning path is a curated collection of content on Generative AI products and technologies.
  • The path starts with the fundamentals of Large Language Models and includes creating and deploying generative AI solutions on Google Cloud.
  • This learning path is managed by Google Cloud and includes 10 learning activities.

Industry Reactions​

  • Qwiklabs offers new Generative AI learning path on Google Cloud- Comments express frustration with Qwiklabs integration and Google's customer service, and share alternative AI learning resources- Some express negative bias against Google, while others defend the company for its contributions to AI field

Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web apps​

  • Sandstorm is an open source platform for self-hosting web apps that allows users to host productivity apps securely.
  • Sandstorm ensures data privacy and security by using containerization for each application.
  • Sandstorm allows individuals, businesses, and developers to make use of its service to run applications and modify them according to their needs.

Industry Reactions​

  • Sandstorm is an open-source platform for self-hosting web apps that offers a capability-based security model, granular access control, and individual document isolation for each user.
  • Sandstorm-native apps are easier and quicker to make and maintain, but updating and integrating apps with centralized authorization can be a challenge.
  • Sandstorm is more secure than other self-hosting tools, but other self-hosting platforms like Umbrel and YunoHost exist, although they are less secure than Sandstorm due to their lack of isolation. Tempest, an alternative to Sandstorm, has generated significant attention and is architecturally different from Sandstorm in fundamental ways that make it easier to implement new features.

Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple Silicon to Mac Pro​

  • Apple has announced the release of new Mac Studio and Mac Pro, featuring M2 Max and M2 Ultra, respectively.
  • The Mac Studio is a compact performance powerhouse with enhanced connectivity, while the Mac Pro combines PCIe expansion and M2 Ultra's unprecedented performance.
  • The new Mac Studio and Mac Pro are the two most powerful Macs ever made, completing the Mac transition to Apple silicon and delivering improved performance, productivity, and environmental sustainability.

Industry Reactions​

  • Apple unveils new Mac Studio with Apple Silicon and advanced ML capabilities during WWDC keynote- Post discusses AI in gaming and difference between ML and AI in various fields- Apple's M1 Max chip offers faster RAM connection and enables feasible desktop training of large AI models