Google Pixel roadmap leaks 📱, first automated Mcdonalds 🍔, TikTok spies on journalists 🕵️

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Daily Update 2022-12-23

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Big Tech & Startups

Here’s Google’s entire 2023-2025 roadmap for Pixel phones (6 minute read)

This article looks at the next major shifts Google will take with its Pixel series in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The information comes from an anonymous and trustworthy source and the information has been vetted thoroughly, but some aspects of the plan may change. Google will launch a foldable Pixel in 2023. 2024 will see a Pixel 8a launch and three Pixel 9 devices. Google is considering a clamshell foldable for 2025.

TikTok’s parent company reportedly accessed US journalists’ data (3 minute read)

ByteDance employees accessed TikTok data for two US journalists and others connected to them. At least two of those employees were based in China and two were working from the US. The data was used during an investigation into internal leaks. TikTok has not indicated whether the data was accessed before or after the company started to route US user data through Oracle. Several senators are working on legislation that would ban TikTok in the US.

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Science & Futuristic Technology

McDonald's Tests New Automated Robot Restaurant With No Human Contact (3 minute read)

McDonald's is testing its first fully-automated restaurant in Fort Worth, Texas. Customers are able to go to the store and pick up a meal without interacting with anyone. The food is still cooked by humans, but they remain in the kitchen. Food is delivered via a conveyor belt. The restaurant only caters to takeaway and drive-thru orders. A TikTok video featuring the restaurant is available in the article.

A brief history of diffusion, the tech at the heart of modern image-generating AI (6 minute read)

This article discusses the history of the technology behind AI systems like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2. It covers Generative Adversarial Networks, how diffusion works, what diffusion can do, and the different applications of diffusion technology. Diffusion has already been applied to many areas, including generating art, sound, videos, and speech, as well as compressing data. The technology is still being refined for many other applications.

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Programming, Design & Data Science

Ripple UI (Website)

Ripple UI is a collection of components and utilities for modern interface design. The components are reusable and easy to implement. It comes with a set of pre-defined classes, styles, and layout options. Ripple UI supports dark mode out-of-the-box.

React Wrap Balancer (Website)

React Wrap Balancer is a React component that creates more readable titles. It balances multi-line titles and avoids single hanging words on the last line. React Wrap Balancer works for left aligned, non-latin content. Interactive examples are available.

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Miscellaneous

Mastodon is hurtling toward a tipping point (7 minute read)

Mastodon now has more than 9,000 instances and nearly 2.5 million active monthly users. The social platform relies on a decentralized network of server administrators, who have to run their networks in compliance with the law or be on the hook for lawsuits. Admins also have to deal with harassment from users who don't like their decisions. This has become an issue for some admins, many who started running their networks as a hobby, especially with the sudden influx of new users.

FTX founder released to parents on $250m bail (2 minute read)

Sam Bankman-Fried was released to his parents' home while awaiting trial on a $250 million bond. Federal prosecutors have accused Bankman-Fried of unlawfully using FTX customer deposits to fund Alameda Research, buy property, and make political donations. His charges include wire fraud, money laundering, and campaign finance violations. Bankman-Fried's parents co-signed the bond, which requires him to surrender his passport and submit to location monitoring.

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Quick Links

SantaCoder (4 minute read)

SantaCoder is a 1.1 billion language model for code that outperforms much larger open-source models on both left-to-right generation and infilling.

Quora launches Poe, a way to talk to AI chatbots like ChatGPT (4 minute read)

Quora's Platform for Open Exploration (Poe) allows users to ask questions, get answers, and have a dialogue with a number of different AI agents.

LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands (4 minute read)

Hackers have obtained encrypted and cryptographically hashed passwords and other data stored in customer vaults from LastPass.

Comprehensive Rust (Website)

Comprehensive Rust is a four-day course that covers the full spectrum of Rust with Android-specific content on the last day.

Twitter Adds Public View Counts To Tweets (2 minute read)

Twitter will now display view counts on tweets to give users more insight into the reach of other users' content.

Pixi3D (GitHub Repo)

Pixi3D is a 3D rendering library that features seamless integration with already existing 2D applications.

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Google Pixel roadmap leaks 📱, first automated Mcdonalds 🍔, TikTok spies on journalists 🕵️

Daily Update 2022-12-23

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