Apple and Meta were in talks to share Facebook's ad revenue, with most of the discussions taking place between 2016 and 2018. Apple claimed that boosted posts were in-app purchases, but Facebook argued that they were ads and won. The companies also discussed the idea of a Facebook subscription that would remove ads from the platform. They weren't able to reach an agreement and now the two companies are ideologically opposed when it comes to ads.
YouTube is developing a channel store where customers can purchase subscriptions for various streaming services. It is currently in talks with potential partner companies. Partner companies will likely have to share their earnings for purchases made on YouTube. The store could launch as soon as fall this year.
China has launched an 800-meter experimental maglev line with permanent magnets that can keep a maglev train afloat forever without a power supply. It uses powerful magnets rich in rare earth elements. The magnets can lift a train with 88 passengers in the air. The new technology generates little electromagnetic radiation and costs about a tenth of what it costs to build a subway. China controls more than 80% of the world's permanent magnet producing capacity.
A nuclear yield of more than 1.3 megajoules was achieved in August 2021. The results of the experiment were published in three peer-reviewed papers exactly one year later. The experiment establishes that fusion ignition in the lab is possible. The researchers have not been able to recreate the same level of fusion yield since.
Zellij is a workspace for anyone who loves the terminal. It features a layout system and a plugin system that can create plugins in any language that compiles to WebAssembly. A GIF preview is available.
Puppertino is a CSS framework based on Human Guidelines from Apple. It is designed to mimic the look of macOS. Puppertino was created to be lightweight, modular, and cool looking.
An exploit in the macOS version of Zoom allows attackers to gain access to the entire operating system. The exploit was reported to Zoom in December 2021. While the company issued a patch to fix the problem, the patch contained a bug that meant the vulnerability was still exploitable. Zoom's security and privacy PR lead says that the company is working diligently to address the issue.
Stability AI is releasing Stable Diffusion, a DALL-E 2-like image generation system, to the public in the coming weeks. It recently released the system to just over a thousand researchers ahead of the launch. Stable Diffusion will let users generate fake images of public figures, unlike DALL-E 2. There is minimal filtering aside for illegal content. Examples of images generated by Stable Diffusion are available in the article.