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Big Tech & Startups

Tesla’s big price cuts mean ‘a major shift in the EV market’ (6 minute read)

Tesla revealed steep price cuts on its lineup of cars on Thursday. Its car prices have been lowered by up to 30 percent when the latest EV tax credits are applied as well. The price cuts could signal the beginning of a price war in the EV market. Several manufacturers are launching new EVs this year, but production will be limited. Tesla's offerings are now well below several competitors.

ChatGPT has investors drooling, but can it bring home the bacon? (8 minute read)

Microsoft is rumored to be considering a $10 billion investment into OpenAI despite the fact that none of the company's models are generating significant amounts of income. OpenAI's demos have been impressive but the company has yet to create a lucrative product or business. ChatGPT has excited many investors in the tech industry with its potential for search and many other applications. Microsoft's investment could accelerate OpenAI's ability to commercialize its products.

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Science & Futuristic Technology

Airbus is testing out autonomous flying tech in some of its planes (2 minute read)

Airbus' DragonFly project is a suite of new automated technology designed to improve safety and efficiency in flying. It includes automated emergency diversion in cruise, automated landing, and taxi assistance. Airbus is testing the features on an A350-1000 aircraft at its Toulouse-Blagnac Airport test site. The aircraft was able to recognize and respond to flight zones, certain terrains, and weather during the tests, generating new flight paths and communicating the information autonomously.

New killer CRISPR system is unlike any scientists have seen (5 minute read)

Researchers in the US and Germany have published papers detailing a new CRISPR protein, Cas12a2. Cas12a2 is able to bind to any genetic material, including RNA, single-stranded DNA, and double-stranded DNA. It changes shape and starts making multiple cuts in indiscriminate locations when it binds to its target. Cas12a2 may be programmable and could potentially be used to kill certain cells while leaving other cells unharmed. It could also be used as a really sensitive diagnostic system.

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Programming, Design & Data Science

Our cloud spend in 2022 (4 minute read)

This article is a followup to an article from October last year where 37signals, who runs Basecamp and HEY, discussed leaving the cloud. It looks at what the company's current bills look like, whether the cost savings justified the decision, and where the company will go from here. 37signals spent a total of $3,201,564 on its cloud services in 2022. The company plans to dramatically cut costs by moving a lot of services and dependencies out of the cloud and onto its own hardware.

sysm (GitHub Repo)

sysm allows users to configure specific sounds to be played on any arbitrary internal system event or external event. It gives users visibility into their systems without taking up screen space. Users just need to specify the source where data is fetched from and how and when they want audio to be played.

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Miscellaneous

Internal Google Document Compares Company to Slime Mold As It Grows (5 minute read)

Google employees, including its CEO, have complained that the company has become too slow and bureaucratic and not productive enough. An internal document written by a former longtime employee explains why the company is faced with a coordination headwind. It claims that the company's size and bottom-up organizational structure are the cause of the sluggishness. Google's many individual moving parts can lead to messy behavior that can be hard to predict and control.

China’s version of Starlink is government-backed — and has global ambitions (5 minute read)

A Chinese competitor to Starlink backed by the Chinese government has ambitions that span beyond the country's borders. The Guo Wang, or national network, is a network of nearly 13,000 satellites that will provide broadband satellite internet worldwide. Countries that have signed on or are interested in signing on to China's Belt and Road initiative may also be interested in a Chinese-made satellite internet service. There are now roughly two dozen satellite constellation projects underway in China. It is virtually impossible to separate China's commercial space startups from the government.

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History of Web Browser Engines from 1990 until today (14 minute read)

A look at the major browser engines, their forks, and their historical usage.

Elon Musk: Twitter will publish code for tweet recommendations “no later than next month.” (2 minute read)

Elon Musk has spoken several times about the importance of transparency for building trust in Twitter.

Google’s Muse model could be the next big thing for generative AI (4 minute read)

Muse, which was released earlier this month, uses token-based image generation, which makes its output much more stable.

CircleCI says hackers stole encryption keys and customers’ source code (2 minute read)

The hackers compromised an employee's laptop with malware that stole session tokens, allowing them to gain access to encrypted customer data and the encryption keys needed to decrypt the data.

imessage-exporter (GitHub Repo)

A Rust library and binary for interacting with iMessage data.

Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs (4 minute read)

The shutdown appears to target the most popular third-party Twitter clients.

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Equilibrium Energy is a Series A clean energy startup backed by prominent climate investors. We are hiring engineers across many positions to build a digital native power company operating at the intersection of grid variability and market volatility. Our mission is to accelerate our collective path to climate, energy, and societal equilibriums.

Alley - Software Developer (Remote, $85k - $125k)

Software Developers at Alley work collaboratively to understand the challenges facing our clients and implement effective and meaningful technological solutions, frequently using WordPress.

SmartAC.com - Senior Software Engineer (Houston, US, $80k - $125k)

SmartAC.com is looking for a senior engineer familiar with AWS, Java, and SQL to help build the future of the HVAC (air conditioning) industry. Experience with machine learning, IoT system and sensor data, and software for mechanical or HVAC applications are all big pluses!

Entain - .NET developer (Manchester, UK, $60k)

Entain is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, we are looking for multiple developers to build the next generation of betting products by designing highly available and scalable high traffic web applications. We are looking for developers with experience in C# and .NET, experience in betting and gaming would be an advantage.

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Tesla's 30% price drop 🚗, Twitter shuts down API 🖥️, inside a startup's cloud spend 👨‍💻

Daily Update 2023-01-16

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ChatGPT's first competitor 🤖, Meta rescinds offers 💼, storing state in the URL 👨‍💻

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