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US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold (2 minute read)
President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that orders TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the company within 270 days or lose access to the US market. Biden can extend the deadline by up to 90 days if a sale is in progress. If ByteDance doesn't sell TikTok, app stores in the US will have to drop the app and internet hosting services will be prohibited from providing services that enable distribution of TikTok in the US. ByteDance will file a lawsuit to attempt to block the law.
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Meta loses $200 billion in value as Zuckerberg focuses earnings call on all the ways company bleeds cash (5 minute read)
Mark Zuckerberg spent almost the entirety of his opening remarks during Meta's earnings call focused on the many ways the company loses money. This resulted in the company's shares dropping by as much as 19% in extended trading on Wednesday, despite Meta reporting better-than-expected profit and revenue for the first quarter. This article discusses the earning call in detail. Topics mentioned on the call include Meta's plans for turning its AI investment into ad dollars, Llama 3, potential opportunities for expansion within the mixed reality headset market, and Meta's AR glasses.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Tesla expects its 4680 battery cells to be cheaper than suppliers by end of year (3 minute read)
Tesla says that its own 4680 battery cells, a new cell format enabled by new technologies like tabless cells, are expected to become cheaper than cells coming from suppliers by the end of the year. Tesla's 4680 battery cell was first revealed in 2020 with promises of enabling significantly lower cost, more range, and faster charging. They are currently exclusively used in the Cybertruck. Tesla plans to continue to purchase its cells from LG, Panasonic, and CATL.
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How light can vaporize water without the need for heat (10 minute read)
A team of researchers at MIT have demonstrated that light can cause water to evaporate in the absence of any source of heat. The discovery, named the photo molecular effect, could have significant implications in science and manufacturing. The effect happens widely in nature. It is strongest with green light that hits the water surface at a 45-degree angle with a certain type of polarization called transverse magnetic polarization.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Node.js 22 is now available! (5 minute read)
Node.js 22 contains highlights such as require()ing ES modules, a WebSocket client, updates of the V8 JavaScript engine, and more. It will enter long-term support in October. This blog post expands on the changelog for the release, adding additional context to the changes. Node.js 18 will go End-of-Life in April 2025.
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Pragmatic drag and drop (GitHub Repo)
Pragmatic drag and drop is a low-level drag and drop toolchain that enables safe and successful usage of browsers' built-in drag and drop functionality. It can be used with any view layer. While the package includes its own design guidelines, users are free to use whatever design languages they like.
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Google search boss warns employees of ‘new operating reality,' urges them to move faster (9 minute read)
Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, recently addressed staff in Google's knowledge and information organization about upcoming changes to how the company will operate. Growth for Google is getting harder, so the company needs to react and move faster. The company is shortening the amount of time some teams have to complete certain projects, despite having fewer resources after cost cuts, in an effort to move faster. It plans to build teams closer to users in key markets, including India and Brazil.
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A morning with the Rabbit R1: a fun, funky, unfinished AI gadget (7 minute read)
The Rabbit R1 is a $199 AI-powered device that can answer questions, translate speech, play music, take notes, summon an Uber, and a few other things. This article presents an early review of the device. While the roadmap for the device is ambitious, its current feature set is much more straightforward. So far, the device seems to be trying to be a useful companion rather than a smartphone killer.
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What can LLMs never do? (37 minute read)
LLMs as they are today can't solve problems that require long series of reasoning steps, especially if they're dependent on previous states or predicting future ones.
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