2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, Mixed Reality headsets move into the OR, and it's not just the Apple Vision Pro, Meta's smart glasses can recognise landmarks, and a company to help you deal with the complex legalities around death.	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Tuesday March 12th 2024. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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19		sl	Apple announced that starting later this Spring, some developers will be able to distribute apps directly from a website in the EU. The new feature will be part of a software update, giving developers a way to distribute iOS apps without needing a separate app store, as long as they follow Apple’s rules and developer guidelines. Apple says “Apps offered through Web Distribution must meet Notarization requirements to protect platform integrity, like all iOS apps, and can only be installed from a website domain that the developer has registered in App Store Connect.”	https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/12/24098334/apple-ios-web-distribution-eu-app-store-changes
20		tm	Google, Apple and Mozilla's browser engines along with Microsoft, have collaborated for years on a joint browser benchmark called Speedometer. The group just released Speedometer 3.0 which adds a wider variety of workloads and improves calculations and results. Simulated workloads now include a to-do app, complex web page, news site (single-page-application), charts apps & dashboards, and code editors.	https://9to5google.com/2024/03/11/speedometer-3-0/
21		sl	The all-electric Porsche Taycan Turbo GT has over 1,000 horsepower and can go 0 to 60 mph in 2.1 seconds. That makes it the fastest road legal Porsche of all time. Porsche revealed it Monday, noting that a pre-series model driven by Lars Kern, beat Tesla's Model S Plaid record lap by 18 seconds. The Tesla Plaid S still can go 0-60 faster at 1.99 seconds. Tesla and Porsche have been in a back and forth for title of fastest EVs since 2019.	https://electrek.co/2024/03/11/porsche-taycan-turbo-gt-tesla-record-fastest-vehicle/
22		tm	A lot of non-game developers use the Unreal Engine for projects like movies, or car information systems. Epic is changing the licensing model for Unreal Engine for non-game uses to a "per seat" model of $1,850 per year. Students, educators, hobbyists and companies that make less than $1 million a year are exempt from the fee.	https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/12/24098279/epic-unreal-engine-pricing-plan-non-game-developers-twinmotion-realitycapture
23		sl	Apple has begun testing a new AI-powered ad product with a small group of advertisers that automatically decides where to place ads within its App Store. Business Insider sources say the new product is very similar to Google's Performance Max and Meta's Advantage+ and Apple has told advertisers it is conducting the tests in an effort to learn how it can improve the performance of its Apple Search Ads. Apple's new tool appears to be limited to placements within the App Store, but, advertising experts said it could logically follow that Apple would eventually expand it to other properties.	https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tests-ai-app-store-ads-performance-max-2024-3
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29		tm	Meta's CTO Brian Bosworth wrote on Threads that the beta update to software for Ray-Ban's Meta glasses has updated the visual search feature to be able to recognize landmarks and explain them. His examples include the Golden Gate Bridge and Coit Tower in San Francisco. In addition to telling you what it is, the feature includes some extra information, like the story behind the color of the bridge and why Coit Tower was built. On Instagram, Mark Zuckerberg posted a video of himself asking the glasses questions about landmarks in Montana and one where he asked it to explain how snow is made and whether horses feel cold in the snow. This is similar to Google Lens. And the fact that Zuckerberg keeps starting with "look and tell me" indicates you will need to learn a formula, not just speak in natural language. So cool demo or real advance in usefulness?	https://www.engadget.com/ray-bans-meta-sunglasses-can-now-identify-and-describe-landmarks-054026843.html
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36		sl	A startup called Empathy says it now has 40 million people using its platform, which has a mission to “redefine bereavement care.” Empathy’s platform uses both AI and human guides to help people navigating the death of a loved one, from counseling services, to writing obituaries, to services to help automate shutting down cloud and subscription services that the loved one might have used, as well as help with settling more complex financial affairs, if they apply. Empathy, founded in Israel, launched in the US market in 2021, which is sort of impossible to note without also noting that was peak COVID and a lot of people were thinking about these things more than perhaps they had before. Empathy primarily sells services in partnership with insurance companies and employers. and the AI aspect includes practical stuff like being able to shut down bank accounts, and writing eulogies.	https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/12/empathy-berevement-death-ai/
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50		tm	A nurse used an Apple Vision Pro during a spinal surgery in the UK to identify instruments and processes as a double check on accuracy. Among the scrub nurse's jobs is to prepare, provide and keep track of surgical instruments and equipment. So needles, swabs, microscopes, lasers etc. At Cromwell Hospital in London, the nurse wore it to take advantage of virtual screens containing the surgery plan. The surgeon, Dr. Syed Aftab, had never worked with the scrub nurse, but said the access to the information made it feel like he had worked with the nurse for ten years.	https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/11/uk-surgeons-used-vr-goggles-operation-first-time-20443667/?ito=socialmetrouktwitter
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52		sl	A month ago, Dr. Robert Masson, a neurosurgeon in the US, brought an Apple Vision Pro into his operating room with similar effect and similar praise. Both surgeons were performing spinal surgeries, and both used software from a company called eXeX.	https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/exex-and-neurosurgeon-dr-robert-masson-achieve-world-first-using-apple-vision-pro-302054787.html
53		tm	Monday, Apple highlighted other medical apps for the Vision Pro from multiple developers. Surgeons use Stryker's Mako SmartRobotics to assist in a knee surgery and Stryker has an app for Apple Vision Pro to let surgeons visualize and review the surgery before it happens to better prepare. Boston Children's Hospital is using it to train nurses on new medical equipment with software from CyranoHealth. Microsoft's HoloLens and Meta's Quest Pro have had similar demonstrations assisting surgeries but haven't become commonplace. Is this just an impressive demo? What should we make of these announcements?	https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/apple-vision-pro-unlocks-new-opportunities-for-health-app-developers/
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80		tm	TheSpAndroid found code in the latest version of the TikTok app that references a "TikTok Photos" app. It seems to be an Instagram-like app that shows a feed of photos. Some of the strings of code describe ways to share photos from TikTok to TikTok Photos. This comes on the heels of TikTok encouraging more creators to make horizontal video along with vertical video.	https://thespandroid.blogspot.com/2024/03/Tiktok-Photo-Sharing-Platform.html
81			These platforms are merging. YouTube has photos, vertical video and horizontal video. Instagram has vertical video, photos, though no horizontal video. Snapchat is back there in the pack too. All of them do live streams now. The new platform for sharing content is the video app and YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are the main competitors.	https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-new-app-instagam-photo-feed/
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