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  • Samsung S25 Edge ¨, Moderna's AI reorg ¨, fake GitHub stars ¨

    From TLDR@VERT to All on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 10:42:44
    Samsung has unveiled a thin version of its flagship smartphone called
    the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. The device is 5.8 millimeters
    thin


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    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    SAMSUNG LAUNCHES THIN S25 EDGE AS APPLE REPORTEDLY PREPARES THE
    IPHONE `AIR' (3 MINUTE READ) [9]

    Samsung has unveiled a thin version of its flagship smartphone called
    the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. The device is 5.8 millimeters thin and
    weighs 163 grams. It will go on sale on May 30, starting at $1,099.
    Samsung may be trying to get ahead of Apple, which is gearing up to
    launch the iPhone 17 Air.

    WHY MODERNA MERGED ITS TECH AND HR DEPARTMENTS (3 MINUTE READ) [10]

    Moderna's merging of technology and human resources into a single
    function is a sign of how artificial intelligence will change the
    workforce. The company is redesigning teams based on what work is best
    done by people versus what can be automated with technology. It has
    developed over 3,000 tailored GPTs designed for specific tasks like
    dose selection for clinical trials and drafting responses to questions
    from regulators. As a result, roles are being created, eliminated, and reimagined.

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    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    A NEW ERA IN CANCER THERAPIES IS AT HAND (5 MINUTE READ) [11]

    CAR-T cells are modified cells used in a form of immunotherapy that
    involves changing parts of the immune system into cancer-attacking
    instruments. It is one of the most promising modern cancer treatments.
    While some studies have linked the therapy to fatal complications, new therapies are beginning to surpass those challenges and provide safer,
    more targeted delivery directly to tumors. Improving on these
    strategies might lead to treatments for even the most resistant types
    of cancer.

    NEW MEXICO'S SPACEPORT AMERICA LOOKS UP AND INTO THE FUTURE (7 MINUTE
    READ) [12]

    Spaceport America, a purpose-built commercial spaceport with 6,000
    square miles of restricted airspace, has plans to further grow its
    launch complex. The company is currently expanding access roads and
    plans to build a hanger that acts as a security center, STEM education
    center, office and conference area, and center for handling small
    vehicle and payload processing. Spaceport America is currently working
    on a reentry license so it can do capsule return and other types of
    returns. Being an inland spaceport, it will never have the throughput
    that the Cape in Florida has, but it is a good alternative for quick
    small to medium-sized launches.

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    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

    HYPER-TYPING (6 MINUTE READ) [13]

    Hyper-typing, the act of making typings so complex that it makes them
    almost unusable, is becoming a trend in the TypeScript ecosystem.
    While there are very good reasons for using types, hyper-typing is a
    slippery slope that ends in a place where things work, and they might
    also look good for the caller, but the resulting types are a complex
    mess and the compilation errors produced are walls of inscrutable
    text. Less accurate and less safe libraries might be dumber, but
    working with them is overall more enjoyable, and the resulting code is
    more understandable and maintainable.

    STARGUARD (GITHUB REPO) [14]

    Fake stars are rampant and supply chain attacks are rising. StarGuard
    is a command-line tool for detecting fake-star campaigns, dependency
    hijacks, license red flags, and other signals of open-source risk. It
    was designed to automate open-source due diligence so it can be done
    in seconds. StarGuard only uses public metadata (unless a token is
    provided) and it doesn't execute any code.

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    APPLE CONSIDERS RAISING IPHONE PRICES, WITHOUT BLAMING TARIFFS (6
    MINUTE READ) [15]

    Apple is considering price increases for its fall iPhone lineup. It
    is determined to avoid any scenario in which it appears the price
    increases are attributed to US tariffs on goods from China. The US and
    China agreed yesterday to suspend most of the tariffs they had imposed
    on each other. Chinese factories will continue to handle the bulk of
    production for Apple's most profitable and high-end phones. While
    Indian factories are capable of producing Pro models, the country's infrastructure and technical capabilities are not yet able to support
    mass production at the same scale as China.

    ELON MUSK'S BORING COMPANY IS IN TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT OVER AMTRAK
    PROJECT (10 MINUTE READ) [16]

    The Federal Railroad Administration is in discussions with the Boring
    Company to see whether it can help with a multi-billion-dollar Amtrak
    project. The firm told officials that it could find ways to build the
    tunnels needed for the project more cheaply and efficiently. The
    Boring Company is one of several firms being consulted for the
    project. No decision has been made on bids yet.

    ¨

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    EMBEDDINGS ARE UNDERRATED (21 MINUTE READ) [17]

    The machine learning technology that might end up having the biggest
    impact on technical writing is embeddings, because they offer writers
    the ability to discover connections between texts at previously
    impossible scales.

    GOOGLE JUST CHANGED ITS `G' LOGO (1 MINUTE READ) [18]

    Google's new logo blends the colors into a gradient.

    REDIS IS OPEN SOURCE AGAIN. BUT IS IT TOO LATE? (4 MINUTE READ) [19]

    Redis' recent improvements show that the team is listening again, but
    many people have already moved on.

    HOW I HACKED MY CLOCK TO CONTROL MY FOCUS (2 MINUTE READ) [20]

    A script to display a reminder for what you want to focus on next to
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    A discussion on various IDEs available and how well each has
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