WWDC, Apple into AR/VR, GPT-4 into Minecraft, Mojo and more...
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Fun Fact 🤯
Did you know that the name for “robot” has dark origins?
If you look into the etymology of “robot,” it comes from the Czech word “robota,” which translates to forced labor or work.
The word was first used to refer to a fictional humanoid in a play in 1920.
Tech News 📰
Here’s what happened in Apple’s WWDC23
Apple's WWDC 2023 announced the AR/VR headset Vision Pro, the M2 Ultra-powered Mac Pro, and iOS 17 with various enhancements. Key updates also include iPadOS 17, MacOS Sonoma, WatchOS 10, and new features across health and audio product.
Community Backlash Over Reddit's Proposed Shutdown of Third-Party Apps
Reddit plans to impose high API fees on third-party apps, potentially leading to their closure. Developers, criticizing the fees as exorbitant, and users are planning a protest on June 12. Over a thousand subreddits, including some of the most popular ones, will participate in a 48-hour blackout.
Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations
Microsoft will pay a $20 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after it was found to have illegally collected and retained data on underage Xbox users without parental consent, violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Reads and Resources 📚
GPT-4 Into Minecraft—and Unearthed New Potential for A
AI researchers from Nvidia used GPT-4 to create a Minecraft bot, Voyager, that uses the language model to solve in-game problems and improve over time. This reveals AI's potential to automate tasks beyond just conversation, such as routine office work.
Apple’s Mixed-Reality Headset, Vision Pro, Is Here
Apple has unveiled Apple Vision Pro, a mixed-reality headset offering spatial computing. Starting at $3,499, it combines VR and AR modes, features 4K displays and runs on Apple's M2 and R1 chips. Apple expects the device to revolutionize communication and collaboration.
An Introduction to Mojo (Suvash Thapaliya)
An introduction to the new 🔥 Mojo programming language presented by Suvash Thapaliya.
Global warming is gradually ridding Antarctica of its ice cap and opening its surface to researchers and NASA satellites.
On the southernmost continent, a strange formation of apparently artificial origin was seen. If the rest of the tracks were similar to the channels of ancient rivers, it is more like the structure of the city - clear square shapes and branches of the passages make sure that the icing of the continent was not so long ago, as scientists used to think.
We are talking about thousands of years rather than millions. Or we have to admit that traces of human activity may have occurred millions of years ago.
GitHub repositories to check out 📈
New Grab Applications: The 2024 full time grind has begun! Use this repo to share and keep track of any full time positions for computer science majors 🧑💻
Summer 2024 Tech Internships by Pitt CSC & Simplify: Use this repo to share and keep track of software, tech, CS, PM, quant internships for Summer 2024
Redream: (Kind of) Realtime Stable Diffusion from a screen area using Automatic1111's API.
Get Hooked: Podcast of the Week!
Welcome to "Get Hooked," where we share our top podcast of the week for you to listen to. Enjoy (:
About the podcast:
Chris Lattner discusses the creation of Mojo, a programming language optimized for AI that is a superset of Python offering increased usability and performance.
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