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ALL THE RUMORS ABOUT THE IPHONE AIR (5 MINUTE READ) [10]
The iPhone Air may mark the biggest design shift for the line in many
years. Rumors suggest that the super-thin iPhone will debut as part of
the iPhone 17 lineup this fall. There are enough rumors to infer that
something real is in the works. This article rounds up all of the
current rumors about the upcoming device, which will sacrifice some
function for a sleeker, slimmer design. Apple is likely using the
device as a testing ground for new technologies, including its
in-house wireless and cell modem chips and the smaller tech needed to eventually build a folding iPhone.
THE 850 BILLION REASONS APPLE AND OTHERS AREN'T TAKING A CHANCE ON
TIKTOK (3 MINUTE READ) [11]
TikTok has been removed from app stores in the US despite the Biden administration issuing a statement that it didn't intend to try to
enforce the law and Trump saying there would be no liability for
ignoring the law while he tries to suspend the ban. The law allows for
app stores to be fined $5,000 per user, which would be a massive blow
even for a company of Apple's size. It is not clear whether Trump has
the power to shield companies from this liability. The providers that
have resumed service for TikTok are rapidly accruing tens, if not
hundreds of billions of dollars of liability.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
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A software engineer claims to have uncovered evidence of OpenAI's
long-rumored Operator, an AI tool that can take control of users' PCs
and perform actions on their behalf. OpenAI may be releasing the tool
this month. The company's site and apps now contain hidden references
to Operator. While AI agents are risky and speculative, tech giants
are already touting them as the next big thing in AI. Analysts say the
market for AI agents could be worth $47.1 billion by 2030.
CHINA TO HOST WORLD'S FIRST HUMAN-ROBOT MARATHON AS ROBOTICS DRIVES
NATIONAL GOALS (1 MINUTE READ) [13]
Beijing is holding a marathon for humans and robots in its Daxing
district in April. Around 12,000 humans will run alongside robots from
more than 20 companies at the event. Prizes will be offered to the top
three runners. China is ramping up efforts to develop artificial
intelligence and robotics to gain an edge in its tech rivalry with the
US and combat the challenges of an aging society and a falling birth
rate.
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ARE LOSING IT (3 MINUTE READ) [15]
Chinese AI research lab DeepSeek has unveiled its latest reasoning
models, DeepSeek-R1 and DeepSeek-R1-Zero. DeepSeek-R1 is fully
open-source and distributed under the MIT license. The lab has
released six distilled models, ranging from 32 billion to 70 billion parameters. They are designed to address tasks in math, code
generation, and reasoning.
WHAT SEPARATES THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN QA/QAE/SDET/AUTOMATION
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MISCELLANEOUS
THE MAKING OF COMMUNITY NOTES (40 MINUTE READ) [17]
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social media while there was obvious misinformation going around. The
main approaches that were used by other companies at the time were
slow, didn't scale well, and suffered from a fundamental trust problem
- people don't want a tech company deciding what is true. Wikipedia
showed that crowdsourcing was a potential solution space, and
follow-up studies by the team confirmed the idea was worth
implementing.
TWELVE DUDES AND A HYPE TUNNEL: SCENES FROM THE `SUPER BOWL FOR
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The Microsoft Excel World Championship was held last month in the Las
Vegas e-sports arena. During the event, finance professionals fluent
in spreadsheets gathered to solve complex Excel puzzles in front of an
audience of around 400 people, with more watching on livestream. There
was a $5,000 prize. The organizer, Andrew Grigolyunovich, hopes to
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