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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to All on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 15:22:00
    * Originally in: Dovenet TechTalk

    From TLDR 2024-02-27

    INSTAGRAM IS WORKING ON A `FRIEND MAP' FEATURE THAT WOULD LET YOU
    TRACK FRIENDS' LOCATIONS (2 MINUTE READ) [14]

    The feature is currently an internal prototype that is not being
    tested externally.

    MISTRAL AI RELEASES NEW MODEL TO RIVAL GPT-4 AND ITS OWN CHAT
    ASSISTANT (4 MINUTE READ) [7]

    Mistral AI has launched a new language large model called Mistral
    Large to rival other top-tier models like GPT-4 and Claude 2. The
    company is also launching a new service called Le Chat to compete with
    ChatGPT. Access to Mistral Large costs $8 per million input tokens and
    $24 per million output tokens through the company's API. The model
    supports a context window of 32k tokens and English, French, Spanish,
    German, and Italian. Le Chat is free, but it can't access the web.

    MICROSOFT INVESTS IN EUROPE'S MISTRAL AI TO EXPAND BEYOND OPENAI (3
    MINUTE READ) [16]

    Microsoft is investing in Mistral AI to unlock new commercial
    opportunities and expand to global markets.

    THE ODYSSEUS LUNAR LANDER IS ON ITS SIDE AND WILL LIKELY RUN OUT OF
    ENERGY SOON (2 MINUTE READ) [9]

    The Odysseus lander will likely stop operating today as its panels
    and antennas aren't oriented exactly as planned, making it difficult
    to generate power and communicate. The lander almost failed its
    landing due to issues with its range finder lasers, but a last-minute
    software patch allowed engineers to use one of NASA's experimental
    LIDAR systems to retrieve the required data to ensure its safe
    landing. Despite this, Odysseus landed on its side. The only cargo on
    the side facing down is a piece of art sent by a commercial customer.

    DECODING APPLE'S PLOY TO SCUTTLE PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS (24 MINUTE
    READ) [12]

    Apple plans to stop supporting Progressive Web Apps on March 6. The
    EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) mandates that Apple must allow
    competing browsers on its App Store. Apple's response to this is to
    geofence browser choice and kneecap web apps. This choice will break
    many apps across the EU, affecting schools, governments, startups,
    gamers, and more. None of this is required by the DMA, despite Apple
    blaming its decision on the law. By doing this, Apple is cementing a
    future where the mobile web will never be permitted to grow beyond
    marketing pages for native apps.

    SAMSUNG HAS BIG AMBITIONS FOR THE GALAXY RING (4 MINUTE READ) [17]

    Samsung's Galaxy Ring is part of the company's vision for a future of
    ambient sensing, which involves data gathering from multiple sources
    to provide connected care around the home.

    JENSEN HUANG SAYS KIDS SHOULDN'T LEARN TO CODE - THEY SHOULD LEAVE
    IT UP TO AI (4 MINUTE READ) [18]

    Huang says that AI will allow programming languages to be replaced
    with human language prompts, thus enabling everyone to be a
    programmer.

    GOOGLE'S NEW AI CAN GENERATE ENTIRE 2D PLATFORMER GAMES (2 MINUTE
    READ) [19]

    Genie is a foundation world model trained exclusively on videos from
    the Internet that can create playable 2D environments from a single
    image prompt.

    Links:
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    [7] https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/26/mistral-ai-releases-new-model-to-rival-gpt-4-and-its-own-chat-assistant/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [9] https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/26/24083973/odysseus-lunar-lander-tipped-over-intuitive-machines?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [12] https://infrequently.org/2024/02/home-screen-advantage/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [14] https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/26/instagram-confirms-developing-snap-map-like-friend-map-feature/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [16] https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/26/microsoft-invests-in-europes-mistral-ai-to-expand-beyond-openai.html?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [17] https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/26/24082729/samsung-has-big-ambitions-for-the-galaxy-ring?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [18] https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/jensen-huang-advises-against-learning-to-code-leave-it-up-to-ai?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    [19] https://80.lv/articles/google-s-new-ai-can-generate-entire-2d-platformer-games/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

    --- https://tldr.tech/tech?ref=6061602

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:342/200 to Mike Powell on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 17:37:14
    INSTAGRAM IS WORKING ON A `FRIEND MAP' FEATURE THAT WOULD LET YOU
    TRACK FRIENDS' LOCATIONS (2 MINUTE READ) [14]

    The feature is currently an internal prototype that is not being
    tested externally.

    That sounds like an efficient way to track down conservatives.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Aaron Thomas on Friday, March 01, 2024 18:35:11
    INSTAGRAM IS WORKING ON A `FRIEND MAP' FEATURE THAT WOULD LET YOU TRACK FRIENDS' LOCATIONS (2 MINUTE READ) [14]

    The feature is currently an internal prototype that is not being tested externally.

    That sounds like an efficient way to track down conservatives.

    Only if your friends are conservatives.

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