The TL Podcast for January 29th: The thick of earnings season Netflix and IBM shone while Intel and Tesla were duds as prime time for earnings season gets underway, and software and semiconductors ride a wave of excitement for AI in 2024. https://
thetechnologyletter.com/the-posts/the-
tl-podcast-for-january-29th-the-thick-of-earnings-season
… Or catch it on
TECHNOLOGY
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Tech Earnings Season: Netflix, IBM Shine Amid AI Wave
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Electronics Manufacturers Beat Expectations: Signal Strong Tech Demand
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Here’s a good sign for global economic trends: two contract electronics manufacturers, Celestica and Sanmina, companies that manufacture things for other companies for a fee, both reported earnings results for the December-ending quarter that were higher than expected. Sell-side
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Assessing and Optimizing Your Cloud Carbon Footprint
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Curious about the carbon footprint of your analytical work in the cloud? Save the date on February 13 for this LIVE discussion to learn how you can assess your carbon footprint in the cloud and ways to optimize it.
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Libraries and tech stack recommendations
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Would love to know the libraries/tech stack you’re working with. 🙂
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General Purpose Technologies: Magic Propelling Civilization Forward
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General purpose technologies are the closest thing we have to magic. Each has given us more with less – and propelled civilization forward. Check out this list of 24 over the last 10,000 years – Domestication of plants – Domestication of animals – Smelting of ore – Money –
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Codellama-70b-instruct success rate, prompt variations
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FWIW I wasn’t able to reproduce, using http://
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Neuralink’s Pager Monkey Mastered Pong via Brain Interface
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I remember writing this thread on Neuralink’s work with Pager the monkey a year ago.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 30 janvier 2024
TL;DR: Pager learned how to play pong at an insane difficulty (better than most humans) using his brain via Neuralink.
Mindblowing.https://t.co/pGMHtohZpLI remember writing this thread on Neuralink’s work with Pager the monkey a year ago. TL;DR: Pager learned how to play pong at an insane difficulty (better than most humans) using his brain via Neuralink. Mindblowing.
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Neuralink completes first human brain chip implant
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Elon just revealed that the first Neuralink brain chip in a human was completed.
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 30 janvier 2024
Imagine going back in time 10 years and telling people humans would solve telepathy in 2024.pic.twitter.com/92hRqp940ZElon just revealed that the first Neuralink brain chip in a human was completed. Imagine going back in time 10 years and telling people humans would solve telepathy in 2024.
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Xsolla Founder Reveals Metaverse Vision in New Book
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Xsolla founder unveils #metaverse vision in Once Upon Tomorrow book https://
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Apple Could Support Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Quest Strategy
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How Apple could help Mark Zuckerberg in his 'quest' for #metaverse http://
toi.in/x_W0Ob/a24gk via @timesofindia