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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:
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Apple Vision Pro faces security challenge as researcher uncovers kernel exploit:
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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:
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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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🏎️ IAC AV-24: Next Gen Autonomous Vehicle Unveiled

Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) has revealed its Next Gen Autonomous Vehicle Platform, IAC AV-24 →, at CES 2024. The new platform will speed up the development of AI drivers capable of safely operating vehicles at speeds over 190 mph.

The IAC engineering team collaborated with global industry partners, such as Bridgestone, Cisco, Continental, Luminar, and others, to develop this cutting-edge robotics system.

The IAC AV-24 will be showcased at the Milan Monza Motor Show and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, where it will participate in a historic autonomous hill climb challenge.

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It's Thursday! And the news is:

Disney invests $1.5 billion in Epic Games to build a new gaming universe:
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Disney Plus will put restrictions on password sharing starting this summer:
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🎨 Guided Image Editing

Apple unveils AI model → for image editing with text commands. The model's advanced capabilities allow users to issue simple or ambiguous text prompts, which MGIE then translates into detailed editing instructions.

For example, you just command "make a pizza healthier", it adds vegetable toppings to a photo of a pepperoni pizza.

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🤖 Radiation Inspection: Meet CERN's New Robodog

CERN has unveiled the CERNquadbot →, a groundbreaking four-legged robot designed to navigate challenging radiation zones. Equipped with advanced control algorithms, the robot can detect anomalies such as water or fire leaks, marking a new chapter in CERN's quest for adaptable and agile robotic companions.

With its unparalleled stability and maneuverability, the CERNquadbot promises to revolutionize how robots interact within CERN's unique environments, offering a promising addition to the research center's robotics family.

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It's Friday! And the news is:

Former Apple engineer sentenced to prison for stealing Project Titan trade secrets:
durovscode.com/4233

Bluesky surges with almost a million new users following public launch:
durovscode.com/4234

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👓 Frame: the Revolutionary AI Glasses by Brilliant Labs

Brilliant Labs has unveiled Frame →, the world's first glasses with an integrated multimodal AI assistant named Noa. Noa operates using a neural engine CPU, allowing it to run multiple generative AI models at once.

The glasses utilise a geometric prism optic display, projecting information directly onto the user’s field of vision. Frame offers AR capabilities, allowing users to translate languages, identify objects and locations, and search the internet without the need for a traditional screen.

With a price of $349, Frame is available for pre-order and is set to ship in April 2024.

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It's Saturday! And the news is:

Samsung Galaxy Watch receives approval for sleep apnea detection feature:
durovscode.com/4235

iOS 18 expected to integrate visionOS-inspired design features, rumor suggests:
durovscode.com/4236

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🎮 Console battles

PlayStation 5 → is selling twice as well as Xbox Series X|S, according to a Take-Two report. As of December 31, about 77 million Gen 9 consoles had been sold.

Last year, Microsoft openly admitted to having “lost the console wars”, after consistently ranking third behind PlayStation and Nintendo in terms of sales since entering the market with the original Xbox in 2001.

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It's Sunday! And the news is:

Tesla enhances Phone Key performance with UWB connectivity:
durovscode.com/4237

Apple nears settlement in trade secret theft case against startup Rivos:
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🔑 Huawei push

Support for Huawei Mobile Services has been discovered in the Telegram X client code →

This will allow Huawei devices to receive notifications via the company's own service, bypassing Google Services.

Native support for Huawei services ensures smooth operation of notifications on smartphones where the use of Google services is impossible due to sanctions.

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It's Monday! And the news is:

Google’s and Microsoft’s chatbots misinforming users with false Super Bowl stats:
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US judge orders Elon Musk to testify in SEC’s investigation of his Twitter takeover:
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