TLDR 2025-03-05

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Apple has launched a new iPad Air with a spec bump over last year's device. The M3-powered device supports Apple Intelligence and is twice as fast as the M1-powered Air. It comes in four colors with 11- and 13-inch models starting at $599. A Magic Keyboard attachment is available at $269 for the smaller model.

Google will launch a feature called Pixel Sense on the Pixel 10. Pixel Sense is an on-device assistant that can use data from other Google services to be a truly smart helper. It can also process media files, including text and images and associated metadata. The feature will run fully on-device so users' data stays private. The Pixel 10 series will be released later this year.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost has successfully demonstrated the ability to use Earth-based GPS signals on the Moon. Accurate and reliable navigation will be vital for future missions to the Moon. NASA currently tracks spacecraft using a mix of onboard sensors and Earth-based tracking signals, which generally requires oversight from a team of engineers. Using GNSS could reduce the need for human operators as the signals can be autonomously picked up by spacecraft.

Colossal Biosciences has genetically engineered mice to have mammoth-like fur using CRISPR. The mices' fur is of a color, texture, and thickness that resembles a mammoth's fur. The woolly coat may enable the mice to survive in cold climates. While the company believes that it will be eventually possible to re-create the woolly mammoth, there are still a lot of technical hurdles ahead.

The US is unique in having a tier above Big Tech. Across the UK, India, and the Netherlands, the highest compensation is Big Tech, but in the US, hedge funds, quant firms, and top scaleups can pay more. However, these positions are usually reserved for workers already in Big Tech, and switching can be difficult. It's a lot harder now to get into top-tier companies in today's tough job market.

Arch Gateway handles the critical but pesky tasks related to the handling and processing of prompts, including detecting and rejecting jailbreak attempts, intent-based routing for improved task accuracy, mapping user requests into 'backend' functions, and managing the observability of prompts and LLM API calls in a centralized way. Several demo apps, as well as a quick start guide, are available in the repository.

Matt Mullenweg intends to stay as CEO at Automattic, but he's been thinking of a succession plan for the company. Mullenweg doesn't want to pass WordPress onto a committee but rather to another CEO who will continue to act as a steward to the WordPress community. He says the most 'iconic' companies are those where the executive has retained some majority in voting control, something he is considering in his succession planning. Automattic has helped boost the adoption of WordPress by introducing more than 100 million people to the software.

TLDR is hiring part time curators to launch our TLDR Fintech newsletter.

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Waymo has officially launched driverless taxis in Texas with the help of Uber. People in Austin can now take a driverless Waymo robotaxi using the Uber app. The launch comes as Tesla is expected to debut Unsupervised Full Self-Driving services in the city later this year. There will be no additional costs for accessing Waymo robotaxis. Riders will be able to use the Uber app to unlock the vehicle, open the trunk, and activate the trip.

There are still currently few details about the device, but it runs on a new kind of operating system developed by Samsung, Qualcomm, and Google for extended reality devices.

The CL1 is a biological computer filled with hundreds of thousands of lab-made neurons that can learn from digital inputs.

AI startup Sesame released a demo for its Conversational Speech Model in late February - it intentionally creates imperfections to achieve 'voice presence', a magical quality that makes spoken interactions feel real, understood, and valued.

Amazon's reasoning model may be launched in June under Amazon's Nova brand.

The new group is dedicated to creating AI systems that help people automate parts of their lives.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian wants to buy TikTok and bring it on-chain as part of billionaire Frank McCourt's bid to acquire the social media platform under Project Liberty.