Hmmm iphones sort of vintage. When I think vintage I think: Lisa, or Mac2/M2ceye Apple2plus etc.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 9:58 AM Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > TLDR is a new daily tech newsletter that may be of interest to the rest of > us. It has a different slant on things, sorta refreshing. > > -- Owen > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: TLDR <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:18 AM > Subject: #GoogleWalkout ✊Apple's repairs 🔨hologram lecturers 🏫 > blockchain utopia 🏙 > To: <[email protected]> > > > Over 1,500 Google employees world wide walked out of the office today to > protest the company's handling of sexual harassment cases. The employees > have > > If you are just now finding out about TLDR, you can subscribe here > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.tldrnewsletter.com%3Futm_source=archives/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/iAR4L9eSHwJQ2uNk_vWUpZgvrNGkgSShy1aKBJQS1yU=61> > ! > > If you enjoy this newsletter, I would really, really appreciate it if you > took the time to forward this email to your friends! > > TLDR Daily Update 2018-11-02 > > Big Tech & Startups > Stories about tech giants, startups, and venture capital > > Google employees worldwide are walking out today to protest handling of > sexual misconduct (2 minute read) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2018%2F11%2F1%2F18051026%2Fgoogle-walkout-sexual-harassment-protest/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/Gjwr3yRHMQKruHiM67UFrOKD7P20hNfDOs0qINTVNkU=61> > > Over 1,500 Google employees world wide walked out of the office today to > protest the company's handling of sexual harassment cases. The employees > have five demands: an end to forced arbitration for harassment and > discrimination cases, an end to pay and opportunity inequity, a public > sexual harassment transparency report, an anonymous process for reporting > sexual harassment, and elevating the Chief Diversity Officer to report > directly to the CEO and appointing an employee representative to the board. > They are using the hashtag #GoogleWalkout to spread the message on Twitter. > > Apple launches vintage repair pilot program to fix aging iPhones, MacBooks > and more (1 minute read) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Fapple-launches-vintage-repair-pilot-program-to-fix-aging-iphones-macbooks-and-more%2F/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/P7sLdQ88hE7wlEFmOSYHAy5vg_Jy70CCPAlr5Qu7RC8=61> > > Apple is launching a new "Repair Vintage Apple Products Pilot" that will > repair older Apple products. Currently the program will let you get repairs > on the iPhone 5, 2012 Macbook Air, and 2011 iMac. They'll eventually add > support for the iPhone 4s, 2012 Macbook Pro, and 2012 Mac Pro. All repairs > are contingent on part availability. > > > Science & Cutting Edge Technology > Stories about scientific breakthroughs and futuristic technologies like > AI, blockchain, and space travel > > A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada (5 minute > read) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Ftechnology%2Fnevada-bitcoin-blockchain-society.html/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/K034ADZBUwabu7G_eVklscB99ksYx_94AdodGaKhfcg=61> > > Jeffrey Berns is a lawyer turned crypto-millionaire who made hundreds of > millions from investing in Ethereum. Now he wants to use that money to > create a city run by the blockchain in the middle of the Nevada desert, > complete with a high tech park, college, and e-gaming arena. He spent $170 > million buying a huge tract of land larger than Reno, and has spent over > $300 million in total on the project for offices, planning, and a staff of > 70. He's going to give away all of the decision making power to a > blockchain run by residents, and 90% of any dividends will go to residents, > employees, and future investors. Every resident and employee will have what > amounts to an Ethereum address, which they will use to vote on local > measures and store their personal data. Construction will begin in 2019. > Berns believes that his city will "either be the biggest thing ever, or the > most spectacular crash and burn in the history of mankind. I don't know > which one. I believe it's the former, but either way it’s going to be one > hell of a ride." > > 'Hologram' lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London (1 > minute read) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Ftechnology-46060381/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/Ea2CuObv1AaO-B_8JgvKHfdYJtVFEVEYf2_YokwnoZU=61> > > Imperial College in London will now be using hologram technology similar > to that used to animate images of Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and other > celebrities in order to beam in speakers from around the world. The > lecturers will have displays in front of them so they can point, speak, and > interact with people. The hologram is generated by projecting light onto a > glass screen and using a backdrop that gives the illusion of depth. It > costs only in the low thousands of dollars per session, so it's affordable > for universities to do regularly. > > $5bn project to map DNA of every animal, plant and fungus (1 minute read) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fscience%2F2018%2Fnov%2F01%2F5bn-project-to-map-dna-of-every-animal-plant-and-fungus/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/VbcahqqcCS0_Kbaox2zgERA0vadAecWhjtLAWuXz6P0=61> > > The Earth BioGenome Project is a $4.7 billion "moonshot for biology" that > aims to sequence the genomes of 1.5 million species. Less than 3,500 > species are currently sequenced, and only about 100 of those are at > reference quality. Harris Lewin, chair of the project, believes that the > project could be as transformational for biology as the Human Genome > Project. He says "Having the roadmap, the blueprints...will be a tremendous > resource for new discoveries, understanding the rules of life, how > evolution works, new approaches for the conservation of rare and endangered > species, and...new resources for researchers in agricultural and medical > fields." > > > Tools, Media, & Open Source > Sites, tools, podcasts, videos, open source libraries, and other > interesting stuff you should check out > > BERT (Github Repo) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgoogle-research%2Fbert/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/pqh1lKU4TeAsFc30WqDuwJDcEj_yF5UM-Ij4m9mD-7k=61> > > Google has open sourced TensorFlow code and pre-trained models for BERT, > its breakthrough general purpose "language understanding" model. It's > trained on a large text corpus like Wikipedia, and can then be used to > perform really specific NLP tasks like "question answering". From what I've > read, it seems to be much more effective than older NLP models, people seem > super excited about this and it's gotten 3500 Github stars in one day, so > if you're smarter than me you might want to take a look at this! > > TypeScript Weekly (Newsletter) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.typescript-weekly.com%2F%3Futm_source=tldr/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/FMH-E0DMT_kjg1cLuFy6aSco5HuRDh2dMwKjwwXTGZA=61> > > I've been looking for a decent TypeScript newsletter for a while and I > finally found one I'm happy with. Lots of great TypeScript tutorials and > resources here, curated by Marius Schulz, a front-end developer at Facebook. > > > Miscellaneous > Random stuff techie people might be interested in > > China is exporting the Great Firewall as internet freedom declines around > the world (5 minute read) > <https://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2018%2F11%2F01%2Fasia%2Finternet-freedom-china-censorship-intl%2Findex.html/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/topsHLjE30Q5RLgqm-XMzhxtgh2ypeRVnFAy3aJxz-Y=61> > > China's Great Firewall has been shockingly effective as they've repeatedly > cracked down on attempts to undermine the firewall through VPNs and the > dark web. A report by Freedom House says that internet freedom has declined > for the eight consecutive year, and now more countries are embracing the > Chinese model of internet censorship. Now President Xi Jinping is working > with foreign governments directly to help them build their own firewalls. > Xi Jinping advocates for a doctrine of cyber sovereignty, meaning each > country should have control of the internet within its own borders. 57 > countries have now bought telecom infrastructure, AI surveillance tools, or > attended or hosted trainings by Chinese censors. > > > If you have any feedback, please let me know by replying to this email! > > If you don't want to receive future editions of TLDR, click here > <http://tracking.tldrnewsletter.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Factions.tldrnewsletter.com%2Funsubscribe%3Fl=cfa2d55a-b7be-11e8-a3c9-06b79b628af2%26lc=b9bde21b-dc60-11e8-a3c9-06b79b628af2%26p=57a7e8be-de4e-11e8-a3c9-06b79b628af2%26pt=campaign%26spa=1541152802%26t=1541153897%26s=72342282e79f91b1b1523462c4c8877ac2b169a628ec8363f81c86a10e1eafd1/1/01000166d3ee3a93-8b5c6fe0-d9da-406a-9f70-a1f3d181dcc6-000000/Kmt9Eyx7lFDiZaGkoutR3CaTWMzkPxIu0dpjJo-o6Ek=61> > . > _______________________________________________ > Wedtech mailing list > [email protected] > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/wedtech_redfish.com >
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