2024 Daily Tech News Show


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5			On this episode of DTNS, A new type of RAM can make powerful laptops, thinner, better battery and upgradeable! Plus the US tightens restrictions on Huawei and Apple targeted artists with its new iPads. Artist Scott Johnson tells us if they succeeded with him.	Twitch Chat Pop-out Window
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8			This is the Daily Tech News for... Wednesday May 8th, 2024. In LA, I'm Tom Merritt
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19		sl	Reuters' sources say the US Department of justice is considering whether it will file charges of misleading investors about the self-driving capabilities of Teslas. It is also considering whether wire fraud was committed because of interstate communications to consumers about the capabilities. Like any probe, it may not result in any charges.	https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-securities-wire-fraud-2024-05-08/
20		tm	Microsoft has closed a number of studios under Bethesda and made job cuts at the game company as well. Microsoft will also move Roadhouse Studios into ZeniMax Online Studios and close Alpha Dog Games. The game Redfall will no longer received updates or new Downloadable Content but will remain online to play.	https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-closes-redfall-developer-arkane-austin-hifi-rush-developer-tango-gameworks-and-more-in-devastating-cuts-at-bethesda
21		sl	At Apple's iPad event Tuesday that included a refreshed line of the iPad Air and new iPad Pros, Apple didn't note that it's removed the ultra-wide camera from the rear camera module altogether on the Pro. 9to5Mac also notes that with the performance jump of the 10-core CPU found inside the new M4 chip, highly touted by Apple, only arrives in 1 TB and 2 TB iPad Pro models. Lower storage iPads get an M4 chip with 9-core CPU, 10-core GPU and 8 GB of RAM, rather than 16.	https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/new-ipad-pro-missing-specs-camera/
22		tm	Reddit released its first earnings report since it publicly issued stock in March. Revenue is up 48% over the previous year. Ad revenue was a big driver, up 39%. It reported 82.7 million daily active users, beating expectations.	https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/reddit-rddt-q1-2024-earnings.html
23		sl	Google DeepMind has unveiled AlphaFold 3, the newest version of the transformative machine learning model. AlphaFold first debuted back in 2018 as a model at predicting protein structure from the sequence of amino acids that make them up. AlphaFold 3 is more accurate and can predict interactions with other biomolecules as a research tool. It also allows multiple molecules to be simulated at once. So, a strand of DNA, some DNA-binding molecules, and even ions. Google DeepMind is offering AlphaFold Server, a free, fully hosted web application making the model available for non-commercial use.	https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/google-deepmind-debuts-huge-alphafold-update-and-free-proteomics-as-a-service-web-app/
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27		tm	The US Department of Commerce confirmed to the Financial Times that it has indeed revoked "certain" export licences to Huawei, directly affecting both Intel and Qualcomm, both of which sell semiconductors to Huawei for use in Huawei's laptop computers and mobile devices. Huawei already had restrictions on buying US technology since 2019, and some US lawmakers continue to say it conducts cyber espionage around the world, although Huawei has repeatedy denied this.	https://www.ft.com/content/cf965960-b083-49ee-bae1-6ce95fe872a3
28		sl	As a result of the revoked licenses, Intel said in a statement Wednesday that it now expects its second-quarter revenue to fall below the midpoint of its previously guided $12.5 billion to $13.5 billion range. Intel also said it continues to expect revenue and earnings per share to grow in 2024 from a year earlier. Many companies have and continue to benefit from the global market. Scott, thoughts on "trade wars" affecting multiple companies the opposite way?
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31			NOTES: - Canalys data says Huawei’s PC shipments grew 11% to almost 4 million units in 2023. - Huawei had 10% global market share, behind Lenovo and HP - Huawei was formerly China’s largest smartphone vendor pre-2019 sanctions - Huawei introduced the Mate 60 Pro last year, which used the 7-nanometre Kirin 9000S processor and was reportedly produced by China’s SMIC, despite US sanctions aimed at limiting China’s chip-making capabilities.
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37		tm	- Micron is shipping upgradable memory modules called LPCAMM2. They cost around $330 and you can find them in the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 - They are less than half the size of SO-DIMMs with more power. - Right now if you want the power efficiency of LPDDR memory you need to solder it because of low voltage. - LPCAMM2 sockets in near the CPU and has some other interface designs that let you get the low voltage of LPDDR5X while still being able to upgrade it - This means you can get powerful gaming laptop that's also slim AND upgradeable.	https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-laptops/a-new-form-of-easily-upgradeable-memory-promising-thinner-laptops-and-low-power-is-now-available/
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40			NOTES - Dell developed it and opened it as a standard - Samsung and ADTA among folks backing it. - Also supports dual channel with one card unlike SO-DIMM - Stands for Low-Power Compression-Attached Memory Module 2.
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51		sl	Yesterday we covered Apple's new iPad event which included on the hardware side new Ipad Airs, new iPod Pros with an M4 chip, a new Apple Pencil Pro, a new Magic Keyboard, and on the software side some nifty additions like multi-cam support in Final Cut Pro . Scott, as a working artist who already loves the Apple Pencil and uses Apple products as creation devices, what stood out to you from Apple's announcements?
52				https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/apple-pencil-pro-launches-with-swappable-tips-eraser-squeeze-gesture-and-findmy-support/
53				https://9to5mac.com/2024/05/07/apple-debuts-pro-magic-keyboard/
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55			- Price point vs the old wacom way (ie This is SOOOO much cheaper) (iPad Pro: 11-inch starts at $999, 13-inch at $1299) - Advantages of OLED for color grading etc. - Pencil improvements mostly comes down to latency. (skeptical of squeeze menu stuff) - The texture tech on the optional screen upgrade is VERY interesting to artists. Nano-texture Glass. - Yet to see how Procreate and others will react to the upgrades. Mine will be here in a week or two, and I will report back on DTNS.
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64			Ryan wrote in - "Regarding the weight difference on the iPad Pro, I can say confidently that in daily use, the weight matters. As a DJ who works in more production-heavy private events, I'm always making sure there's backups to things, my backpack on event days always has two laptops and an iPad Pro, plus an assortment of small tools, adapters, and accessories. Every pound that can get shaved off of device weight makes it that much easier to lug around. I have to say, I was not in the market for a "faster/more powerful/lighter/etc" iPad Pro at the moment, my 12.9" original M1 iPad Pro is still serving my needs quite well. However, what won me over was the anti-glare design of the new screen. I find myself working outside nearly every weekend for wedding ceremonies, and trying to read notes and remote-control audio devices via an iPad on a sunny day is definitely a challenge. I may have to pick up one of the new ones and see how much improvement there is working outdoors."
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66		tm	"As a South African living in Australia I was interested to hear about Amazon finally launching in South Africa. Thanks for always keeping me informed! Regarding the lack of Amazon Prime: When Amazon launched in Australia in 2018 they were also missing a Prime offering. That only arrived about 9 months later. I guess that's the expected gestation period? :-) To this day, Prime in Australia is still missing many of the benefits that the USA gets, so I'd expect a slow rollout in South Africa too. While there are competing services in South Africa, none of them are of Amazon quality. The launch of Amazon will hopefully mean those competitors will have to up their game. This very much happened in Australia. Online retail here was pretty dire before Amazon launched, but the competition has definitely delivered improvements." Andy
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95		sl	Apple's presentation about iPads yesterday included a short video of a giant cement thing crushing a bunch of stuff. That was followed by announcing how thin the new iPad Pros are. That video is now an ad. And some folks are upset by it since it appears quite wasteful.	https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/05/08/apples-crush-ipad-pro-ad-sparks-intense-backlash-from-creatives	2
96		tm	Scientists at MIT CSAIL and Project CETI used machine learning to uncover what looks like an alphabet for the language of sperm whales. Their study is called “Contextual and Combinatorial Structure in Sperm Whale Vocalizations,” and has not yet been peer reviewed. They studied what they call codas, as series of clicks made but he whales. The research found that the types of codas appear not to be arbitrary and they noted 150 different types. They used machine learning algorithms to analyze a dataset of 8,719 codas collected off Dominica in the Caribbean. They used musical terminology to classify contextual details of how the codas related. So far they think they've identified which ones relate to the individual and its clan.	https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/machine-learning-aids-in-discovery-of-sperm-whale-alphabet/
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