From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to All on Fri Mar 1 09:21:00 2024
* Originally in: Dovenet TechTalk
From TLDR 2024-02-29
APPLE SPENT MORE THAN $10 BILLION ON APPLE CAR BEFORE CANCELING
PROJECT (2 MINUTE READ) [16]
Apple spent more than $10 billion working on the Apple Car since the
project first launched in 2014. The money was spent on research and development, with thousands of engineers and car experts working on
the project. Apple was never able to find the right leader for the
project - the project had four different leads over its course of 10
years. Most of the more than 2,000 employees who worked on the car
project will be redistributed, while some will be laid off. Apple will
apply its learnings from the car project to other devices.
ADOBE'S NEW PROTOTYPE GENERATIVE AI TOOL IS THE `PHOTOSHOP' OF
MUSIC-MAKING AND EDITING (3 MINUTE READ) [6]
Adobe's Project Music GenAI Control is a prototype tool that allows
users to generate and edit music using text prompts. It has controls
for customizing results and remixing sections of audio. The tool can
generate audio based on a reference melody and extend the length of
audio clips. It is unclear whether the tool will allow uploads of any
audio as reference material or how long clips can be extended for. The
tool isn't available to the public yet and no release date has been
announced.
MAN IN REMISSION FROM BLOOD CANCER AND HIV AFTER REMARKABLE TREATMENT
(4 MINUTE READ) [7]
A Californian man who contracted blood cancer while living with HIV
is in remission from both. The patient's treatment involved receiving
a transplant of stem cells with a rare genetic mutation that provides resistance to HIV. The treatment targeted the blood cancer - HIV
resistance was an extra benefit. The patient is the fifth person ever
to overcome both illnesses.
VARDA CAPSULE REENTRY - FIVE MINUTES FROM LEO TO EARTH (6 MINUTE VIDEO) [8]
Varda Space Industries' W-1 spacecraft successfully landed in Utah on
February 21. This was the first time a commercial company landed a
spacecraft on US soil. The spacecraft reentered the Earth's atmosphere
at speeds over Mach 25 before safely deploying its parachute and
landing. Varda has released a video from a camera onboard the W-1
spacecraft showing it orbiting the Earth in low-Earth orbit, smoothly separating from Rocket Lab's satellite bus, and then reentering
Earth's atmosphere.
BITCOIN'S SO HIGH, IT CRASHED COINBASE TODAY (4 MINUTE READ) [19]
Bitcoin's recent surge to $60,000, close to its all-time high last
seen in 2021, caused Coinbase's app to show some of its customers a
zero balance across their accounts - customer funds are safe.
NVIDIA GEAR RESEARCH GROUP CREATED TO DEVELOP AI ROBOTS AND NPCS FOR
PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL WORLDS (3 MINUTE READ) [20]
Nvidia's Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group will further
advance and build capable AI-based entities that can operate with
skill in both the virtual and physical worlds.
STRIPE VALUATION SURGES TO $65BN AS IPO SPECULATION GROWS (3 MINUTE READ) [21]
Stripe has signed agreements with investors to provide liquidity to
its current and former employees for a tender offer.
INTEL PUTS 1NM PROCESS (10A) ON THE ROADMAP FOR 2027 - ALSO PLANS
FOR FULLY AI-AUTOMATED FACTORIES WITH 'COBOTS' (7 MINUTE READ) [22]
Intel's 10A process will begin development but not enter high-volume manufacturing in 2027.
GOOGLE CEO TELLS EMPLOYEES GEMINI AI BLUNDER `UNACCEPTABLE' (4
MINUTE READ) [24]
Google has taken Gemini's image-generation feature offline for
further testing due to problematic issues related to bias.