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🛰️ Apple rejected Elon Musk's satellite offer, now its plans are in jeopardy
📱 WhatsApp for iPad arrives after 15 years
⚛️ Google says quantum may break Bitcoin 20x easier
📉 Meta loses 78% of original Llama AI team
🛡️ Apple blocked $9 billion App Store fraud in 5 years
🔄 The Browser Company explains why it stopped developing Arc
🎁 + 10 other news you might like
🔮 + 5 handpicked research papers and tools
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| 🛰️ Apple rejected Elon Musk's satellite offer, now its plans are in jeopardy LINK
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- Apple declined Elon Musk's 2022 demand for $5 billion upfront for exclusive SpaceX satellite connectivity on iPhones, leading Musk to partner with T-Mobile.
- Following the rejection, Apple reportedly fears expanding satellite features, concerned Musk might prompt U.S. government regulation, potentially classifying Apple as a telecommunications carrier.
- These concerns contribute to Apple not yet charging for existing satellite features and internal discussions about discontinuing them to avoid complex regulatory oversight.
| 📱 WhatsApp for iPad arrives after 15 years LINK
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- Meta has now launched a dedicated WhatsApp app for the iPad, arriving over 15 years after the messaging service and Apple's tablet first appeared.
- The iPad app supports audio and video calls for up to 32 people and integrates with iPadOS features like Stage Manager and Split View for multitasking.
- Previously, using WhatsApp on a larger screen required running the web version in an iPad's browser or using desktop apps for Mac or PC.
| ⚛️ Google says quantum may break Bitcoin 20x easier LINK
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- Google's quantum team found that breaking RSA encryption, which protects Bitcoin wallets, could need twenty times fewer quantum resources than previously thought.
- Because Bitcoin's own elliptic curve cryptography shares mathematical principles with RSA, this finding compresses the timeline for its potential quantum vulnerability.
- Google estimates factoring a 2048 bit RSA integer now needs under one million noisy qubits, down from an earlier twenty million noisy qubits estimate.
| 📉 Meta loses 78% of original Llama AI team LINK
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- Eleven of the fourteen authors from Meta's foundational Llama paper have now left the company, raising questions about its AI talent retention and momentum.
- Many of these researchers joined or founded competing AI ventures, with five original Llama paper authors now at Paris-based Mistral AI, co-founded by ex-Meta Llama architects.
- Joëlle Pineau, who led Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) group and was pivotal in Llama's development, also announced her departure from the company in April.
| 🛡️ Apple blocked $9 billion App Store fraud in 5 years LINK
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- Apple announced it prevented over $9 billion in fraudulent transactions on its App Store in the last five years, directly protecting developers and consumers from fraud.
- In 2024, Apple stopped $2 billion in fraudulent transactions and also blocked nearly 2 million risky app submissions from publishing on the App Store.
- The company terminated over 146,000 developer accounts for fraud concerns in 2024 and also blocked over 10,000 illegitimate apps on pirate storefronts.
| 🔄 The Browser Company explains why it stopped developing Arc LINK
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- The Browser Company stopped developing Arc because its steep initial learning curve meant the browser hadn't achieved the widespread adoption originally hoped for.
- Arc was also discontinued because it attempted to do too much, resulting in many core features being used by only a very small number of users.
- Ultimately, creating a truly simple product like Dia required starting over, as Arc's existing foundation had shortcomings making it unsuitable for new software goals.
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Other news & articles you might like
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- Salesforce nears $8 billion deal for Informatica, WSJ reports LINK
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- Xiaomi posts record earnings in first quarter amid push into EVs, chips LINK
- US investigates Builder.ai over alleged financial misreporting LINK
- China allegedly making its own supercomputer chips to cut dependence on US tech LINK
- GitHub Copilot Ecosystem Hit by Critical MCP Server Security Flaw LINK
- Microsoft spends approximately 47% of its capital expenditure on Nvidia's AI chips LINK
- Apple Rumored to Redesign the iPhone Every Year Through to 2027 LINK
- Intel uncovers alleged embezzlement involving former employee and supplier LINK
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Trending research and tools
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Lossless Video Compression using Bloom Filters: a technique that makes video files smaller without losing any picture quality, using clever data checks. LINK
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Yes-rs: a fast, memory-safe Rust implementation of the Unix 'yes' utility for repeatedly outputting a line of text. LINK
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CSMWrap: a tool that restores legacy PC BIOS functionality on modern UEFI-only systems, enabling them to boot older operating systems. LINK
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Mesa3D Drivers for Windows: is software that helps your computer's graphics hardware run games and applications needing 3D visuals on Windows systems. LINK
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Sqawk: a command-line tool using SQL to query and manipulate data in text files like CSVs, then writing results to the console or files. LINK
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