- YouTube’s new thumbnail feature? Testing 3 thumbnails for two weeks: I did not even realize this as a person who uses YouTube daily, but if you are a creator on YouTube please let me know what you think of this feature.
- $50!? The shocking new price of the Raspberry Pi 5: The Raspberry Pi 5 features the Broadcom CVM2712 quad-core Arm Cortex A76 processor at a frequency of 2.4GHz. It offers RAM choices of up to 8 GB, making it the smoothest version for developers ever.
- Smaller than a grain of sand → MIT engineers unlocking the ability to power microscopic robots for jobs such as drug delivery or locating leaks in gas pipelines: The new battery being 0.1 mm long and 0.002 mm thick can capture oxygen and oxidize zinc with it, creating a current with a potential up to 1 volt. This is enough to power a small electrical device.
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) buys AI equipment maker for nearly $5 billion, intensifying competition in the AI landscape: AMD has agreed to pay $5 billion USD to acquire ZT Systems, an equipment designing firm for data center equipment for AI and cloud computing
- PyCharm Databricks integration: JetBrains is introducing a new and cutting-edge plugin called Databricks which can be seamlessly integrated with PyCharm Professional. It makes it easier to process, store, and analyze your data as a developer.
- A new release of PhpStorm 2024.2: This version of PhpStorm introduces an AI that is integrated with the terminal window for command generation and AI-assisted VCS conflict resolution. In addition, users can customize prompts for unit test creation!
- Sam Altman’s Worldcoin battling with the world’s governments: A project designed to destinguish humans from AI by scanning irises and offering cryptocurrency rewards. Authorities in multiple countries, including Hong Kong, Spain, and Kenya, have raised privacy concerns and launched investigations into its data practices. However, Worldcoin continues its mission, arguing that its technology is crucial for a future dominated by AI, where distinguishing between humans and machines becomes increasingly difficult. However, its reliance on its cryptocurrency's value and ongoing regulatory battles threaten its widespread adoption.
- 52% of Fortune 100 have pursued crypto or blockchain initiatives since the start of 2020 with even more companies planning to do so.
- Neural Radiance Fields for Agriculture with FruitNERF: OpenCV is introducing an innovative framework for counting various types of fruits directly in 3D. This includes segmenting the fruit in each image by processing an unordered collection of posed images taken with a monocular camera. They currently use a foundation model that produces binary segmentation masks applicable to any fruit. By using RGB and semantic data, OpenCV trains a semantic neural radiance field.
“AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future“ by Kai-Fu Lee, Chen Qiufan
- 6G technology is set to take place somewhere near 2030, allowing the transmission of high-fidelity internet at low latency
- 2041 Treaty? Could all countries agree that future wars will only be fought with robots, or better yet, only in software? At least it can promise no human casualties but also delivers new unforeseen outcomes of the war.
- The Age of Plenitude: a future era where technological advancements, particularly in AI and automation, lead to an abundance of resources, goods, and services.
- Rethinking AR and XR: it will become more realistic than ever and lead to potential digital immortality and reincarnation. Who is going to be responsible when a virtual character misleads people?
“Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't“ by Simon Sinek
- The responsibility of a leader is to provide a cover from above for their people who are working below
- In order for us to be led, there must be leaders we want to follow.
- Company is about culture which include the shared values, beliefs, and acceptable behaviors. If the culture goes away, so will the company.
- Leadership is not the ticket to doing less, it is the responsibility to doing more! It is a shared struggle. It is not the work we remember with fondness, but the camaraderie, how the group came together to get things done.
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