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It's Thursday! And the news is:

Unity officially rolls out tools to support developers in creating XR apps for Apple Vision Pro:
durovscode.com/4217

SpaceX, Voyager Space, and Airbus collaborate to launch private space station "Starlab" on single Starship rocket:
durovscode.com/4218

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👣 Show me the way to the next whiskey bar

What's it like to take a robot for a walk? Elon Musk reveals in a recent post →

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🚙 Polestar 4: The Electric SUV Coupé

Polestar, Volvo's premium electric car brand, has officially launched the highly anticipated Polestar 4 → in Europe and Australia.

The electric car features a high-definition screen that displays a real-time feed from a roof-mounted rear camera instead of a traditional rear-view mirror, offering motorists a "unique experience" and a better view of the road behind them.

The Polestar 4 will be available in both single- and dual-motor layouts, catering to diverse preferences, and will come with a 100kWh battery size and a heat pump to reduce battery losses in cold temperatures. Customers can now place their orders, with the first deliveries scheduled for August this year.

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It's Friday! And the news is:

Tim Cook confirms Apple's upcoming generative AI features set to debut later this year:
durovscode.com/4219

Meta сriticizes Apple's EU App Store policies:
durovscode.com/4220

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📉 BRAND FINANCE GLOBAL 500 2024

Apple tops → the list of the world's most valuable brands. According to the Brand Finance Global 500 ranking, the corporation's value increased by 74% over the year, reaching $516.6 billion. Interestingly, in the previous year's ranking, Apple held the second spot. However, the revenue growth for the iPhone maker hasn't been super fast, only going up by 2% to $119.6 billion in the first quarter of the 2024 fiscal year.

Microsoft secures the second spot on the most valuable brands list, jumping two places with a 78% increase in value to $340.4 billion.

Google claims the third position, maintaining its spot and showing a 19% value increase to $333.4 billion over the year.

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☀️ Aptera's Solar-Powered Car Enters Production Phase

After substantial development, the innovative solar-powered Aptera car → is transitioning into mass production.

The lightweight composite vehicle aims to redefine sustainable transportation with its groundbreaking solar technology, enabling drivers to go weeks without the need to plug in for charging.

Aptera Motors has secured over $120 million from 16,000 investors and received 46,000 orders, marking a significant milestone. The company's focus on eco-friendly driving is coming to fruition as the production of Aptera cars is on track for delivery by year's end.

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It's Saturday! And the news is:

Apple eyes launch of foldable device by 2026, potentially replacing iPad mini:
durovscode.com/4221

Tesla recalls 2.19 million vehicles due to font size issue in brake warning system:
durovscode.com/4222

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😎 There they are!

In ads for the headset, Apple showed people wearing Vision Pro all the time. At work! Doing laundry! Playing with their kids! And hey, there they are! → 

The ambition is enormous: to layer apps and information over the real world — to augment reality.

Sales of the headset have already started, so get yours!

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It's Sunday! And the news is:

Google set to rebrand Bard as Gemini, unveiling dedicated app and advanced paid tier:
durovscode.com/4223

Apple Vision Pro faces security challenge as researcher uncovers kernel exploit:
durovscode.com/4224

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🔝 For those who

...missed the recent Telegram update or haven't discovered the new features yet. Here's a quick recap →

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😈 A look inside Apple Vision Pro

Experts from iFixit took a detailed disassembly of Apple Vision Pro headset. Spoiler → like all Apple products, the new gadget has an extremely complex and unrepairable design.

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It's Monday! And the news is:

Microsoft considers releasing Indiana Jones game on PS5 after Xbox launch:
durovscode.com/4225

Apple reveals Vision Pro's iris authentication system:
durovscode.com/4226

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🚓 Inspector Gadget

Saudi Arabia has unveiled the world's first → Lucid Air electric police car with a drone launch pad on its roof.

There is a button in the cabin that opens the top cover, after which the police officer can activate the drone, and after the flight, land it back in a special section.

Police versions of the Lucid Air will appear on Saudi Arabian roads later this year.

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🤳 Snap Recalls Pixy Flying Camera Drones Over Fire Hazard Concerns

Snap's mini selfie drone, Pixy Flying Camera →, has been recalled due to a fire hazard caused by its lithium-ion batteries. With fewer than 71,000 drones sold, the recall was issued after reports of battery overheating and one fire incident.

The company has initiated a formal recall of all Pixy drones and their batteries. There are no plans to replace the batteries, and the functionality of the Pixy drone will be removed from the Snap app in mid-February 2024.

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It's Tuesday! And the news is:

Apple Vision Pro passcode reset requires store visit:
durovscode.com/4227

YouTube app possibly coming to Apple Vision Pro App Store:
durovscode.com/4228

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💍 Until Virtuality Do Us Part

Spanish artist Alicia Framis is set to make history as the first woman to marry a hologram → created by artificial intelligence.

The ceremony will take place at the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam this summer.

Framis created the holographic image, known as AILex, from profiles of her past relationships and envisions it as a companion capable of expressing empathy. The artist, in collaboration with Rabobank Art Collection, is also exploring the potential for mortgages and life insurance for holographic companions as well as specially designed homes for humans and holograms.

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It's Wednesday! And the news is:

Apple explores slimmer camera bump design for iPhone 16 base model:
durovscode.com/4229

OpenAI introduces watermarking to DALL-E 3:
durovscode.com/4230

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👾 Toothbrushes in DDoS attack

The story of how hackers used seemingly harmless bathroom gadgets, turning them into soldiers of a botnet army → that subsequently paralyzed the work of a Swiss company, resulting in hours of downtime and millions of euros in damage.

UPD: The story turned out to be a newspaper duck. Fortinet, the company that sourced the story, claimed → that it was purely theoretical and they were simply misunderstood in translation.

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