AppleGPT, AMD’s hot chips, Space News roundup + more! - TechLinked Jan. 24, 2024

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AI: APPLE INTELLIGENCE

Apple roundup

Apple aims to run an LLM locally on devices (AppleGPT)

https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/24/next-generation-siri-ios-18/

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/24/apple-big-ai-push-startup-acquisitions/

r1 takes around 20 seconds between prompt and answer

https://twitter.com/felix_red_panda/status/1749522604027682946

New iOS anti-theft feature limits changing password or security settings when not at trusted location.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/22/tech/apple-stolen-device-protection-update/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/ios-17-3-stolen-device-protection/

Fees and reviews may still apply to sideloading

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/24/apple-weighs-taking-commissions-on-sideloaded-apps-in-eu-report-says/

https://www.macworld.com/article/2217084/report-claims-apple-will-still-control-and-tax-sideloaded-apps.html

EU Spotify app

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/spotify-eu-dma-app-store

Vision Pro bots scalping

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/01/24/apple-vision-pro-and-taylor-swift-have-one-thing-in-common----bots

https://www.pcmag.com/news/an-apple-vision-pro-for-10000-scalpers-try-to-resell-headset-for-profits

 

THE ETERNAL UNDERDOG

AMD's customers begin receiving the first Instinct MI300X AI GPUs — the company's toughest competitor to Nvidia's AI dominance

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/amds-customers-begin-receiving-the-first-instinct-mi300x-ai-gpus-companys-toughest-competitor-to-nvidias-ai-dominance-is-now-shipping

https://www.amd.com/en/products/accelerators/instinct/mi300/mi300x.html  

The latest AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G processors are 50-67% faster than their predecessors

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/leaked-ryzen-7-8700g-and-ryzen-5-8600g-benchmarks-are-impressive-cpu-performance-slightly-behind-ryzen-7000-non-x-skus

https://gadgettendency.com/this-is-an-upgrade-the-latest-amd-ryzen-7-8700g-and-ryzen-5-8600g-processors-are-50-67-faster-than-their-predecessors/

TSMC's average wafer price jumped 22% in one year — nearly all semiconductor industry growth now comes from more expensive products, not higher production volumes

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/newer-chips-are-rapidly-becoming-far-more-expensive-tsmcs-average-wafer-price-jumped-22-in-one-year-and-nearly-all-semiconductor-industry-growth-now-comes-from-more-expensive-products

 

SPACE IS COOL

SPACE roundup

Sierra Space is blowing up stuff to prove inflatable habitats are safe

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/sierra-space-is-blowing-up-stuff-to-prove-inflatable-habitats-are-safe/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7NiBD3KqkQ

Astrobotic lander destroyed in Earth’s atmosphere

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/science/moon-lander-peregrine-nasa.html

Can private companies get us back to the moon? Well, Axiom and SpaceX seem to be doing well enough

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/23/24047818/nasa-moon-landing-private-missions-failure-astrobotic-spacex

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225191541/spacex-nasa-axiom-space-ax-3-international-space-station-iss

NASA reestablishes contact with Mars Helicopter

https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1748883252604236281

 

 

QUICK BITS

 

DISNEY’S HOLODECK

Disney AR treadmill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68YMEmaF0rs

Timestamp https://youtu.be/68YMEmaF0rs?t=202

https://kotaku.com/disney-world-new-holotile-vr-moving-treadmill-floor-1851189340

https://www.roadtovr.com/disney-vr-treadmill-multiple-user/

 

SCREW LOOSE

Alaska Airlines says it found many loose bolts on its Boeing 737 Max 9s

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/01/alaska-airlines-says-it-found-many-loose-bolts-on-its-boeing-737-max-9s/

Boeing, not Spirit, mis-installed piece that blew off Alaska MAX 9 jet, industry source says

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-not-spirit-mis-installed-piece-that-blew-off-alaska-max-9-jet/

Boeing 757 loses nose wheel preparing for takeoff amid rough stretch for plane maker

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/boeing-757-lost-nose-wheel-preparing-takeoff-rough-106638561

 

ROBOBIDEN

OpenAI bans bot dev over election rules

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/22/openai-bans-bot-impersonating-us-presidential-candidate-dean-phillips

Deepfake joe biden robocalls

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/robocall-with-artificial-joe-biden-voice-tells-democrats-not-to-vote/

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/ai-generated-biden-robocalls-house-democrat-seeks-probe

 

L’ESPIONAGE

France fines Amazon $35 million over ‘excessive’ worker surveillance

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/23/24048197/amazon-fine-employee-surveillance-france-cnil-gdpr-privacy

https://www.euronews.com/business/2024/01/23/amazon-fined-for-excessively-intrusive-surveillance-of-its-workers-in-france

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68067022

 

/JK

Young man in court over private joke sent over airport wi-fi that was picked up by authorities

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68056421

https://www.euronews.com/2024/01/22/spanish-defence-ministry-demands-9478247-from-briton-who-said-he-would-blow-up-plane

Contemporary reporting from 2022

https://www.businessinsider.com/bomb-hoaxer-easyjet-teenage-chess-star-barred-spain-2022-7