Was Vision Pro a Mistake? - TechLinked July 5, 2023

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SLICED APPLES

Apple Makes "Major Cuts" to Vision Pro Production Plans, Says Report

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-makes-major-cuts-to-vision-pro-production-plans-says-report

https://financialpost.com/technology/apple-cuts-vision-pro-goals-production-issues

https://www.ign.com/articles/apple-is-reportedly-scaling-back-production-plans-of-its-3499-vision-pro-mixed-reality-headset

https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/07/03/apple-will-reportedly-make-fewer-than-400000-vision-pro-headsets-next-year-due-to-production-snags/?sh=6ce8a4011f58

 

PATH-TRACING AD POPULUM

Intel Strives to Make Path Tracing Usable on Integrated GPUs

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-trying-to-make-path-tracing-usable-on-integrated-gpus

What’s the difference between Path Tracing and Ray Tracing?

https://www.hardwaretimes.com/path-tracing-vs-ray-tracing-what-is-the-difference/

https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-reveals-ambitious-plans-to-enable-the-ultimate-in-path-traced-eye-candy-on-integrated-graphics/

https://hothardware.com/news/intel-enable-path-tracing-on-igps

 

BOOKTOK

ByteDance wants to publish books

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/books/tiktok-book-publishing-bytedance.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/bytedance-launches-publishing-company-authors-worry-about-future-of-booktok-2023-7

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/09/tiktoks-parent-bytedance-eyes-a-new-chapter-in-book-publishing/

https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/bytedances-new-book-company-threat-for-publishers-and-authors

 

QUICK BITS

 

ATTACK OF THE CLONES

Meta's Threads launches tomorrow

https://www.pcgamer.com/with-elon-musks-twitter-in-chaos-mark-zuckerberg-sees-his-chance-metas-threads-launches-tomorrow/

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66094072

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23784160/instagram-threads-twitter-competitor-web

 

GIFYCAT OR JIFYCAT?

GIF-hosting site Gfycat shutting down Sept. 1

https://mashable.com/article/gfycat-shut-down-gifs

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/the-link-rot-spreads-gif-hosting-site-gfycat-shutting-down-sept-1/

https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/03/gfycat_snap_shutdown/

 

RAW DIET

China imposes export curbs on crucial raw materials for chips

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/04/1185940293/china-imposes-export-controls-on-two-metals-used-in-semiconductors-and-solar-pan

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-firm-axt-applying-permits-after-china-restricts-chipmaking-exports-2023-07-04/

US considers cutting China off from Cloud

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/us-considering-cutting-china-cloud-computing-access

 

LEAKED PIX

Leaked Pixel 8 Pro photos

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/4/23783499/google-pixel-8-pro-leaked-testing-photos-camera-flat-screen

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/google-pixel-8-pro-leak-reveals-our-best-look-yet-at-the-upcoming-flagship

Fairphone 4 is coming to the US

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/fairphone-is-coming-to-america/

 

THE ONLY WINNING MOVE

People Hire Phone Bots to Waste Telemarketers Time with Distracted Rambling

https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-hire-phone-bots-to-torture-telemarketers-2dbb8457 .

Company https://jollyrogertelephone.com/how-does-it-work/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/02/16/if-you-hate-telemarketers-youll-love-this-robot-designed-to-waste-their-time/