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Week Summary
Technology
  • Earth has captured a temporary 'second moon,' a small asteroid named 2024 PT5, which will orbit until November 2024.
  • Research indicates that larger AI chatbots are increasingly prone to generating incorrect answers, raising concerns about their reliability.
  • Meta's Chief Technical Officer discussed advancements in AR and VR technologies, particularly focusing on the Orion AR glasses.
  • The author reflects on their experience with Rust, proposing several changes to improve the language's usability and safety features.
  • The Tor Project and Tails OS have merged to enhance their efforts in promoting online anonymity and privacy.
  • OpenAI is undergoing leadership changes, with key executives departing amid discussions about restructuring and the company's future direction.
  • Git-absorb
  • The concept of critical mass explains how significant changes occur when a threshold of acceptance is reached, impacting technology and society.
  • WordPress.org has banned WP Engine from accessing its resources due to ongoing legal disputes, raising concerns about security for WP Engine customers.
  • PostgreSQL 17
  • Hotwire Native is a web-first framework that simplifies mobile app development, allowing developers to reuse HTML and CSS across platforms.
  • Radian Aerospace is progressing on a reusable space plane, completing ground tests and aiming for full-scale flights by 2028.
  • A groundbreaking diabetes treatment using reprogrammed stem cells has enabled a patient to produce insulin independently for over a year.
  • Apple is developing a new home accessory that combines features of the iPad, Apple TV, and HomePod, expected to launch in 2025.
  • SpaceX's Starlink service is set to surpass 4 million subscribers, reflecting rapid growth and significant revenue projections.
  • TinyJS is a lightweight JavaScript library that simplifies dynamic HTML element creation and DOM manipulation for developers.
  • Coinbase's L2 Base gains traction with new features and upgrades.

    Coinbase’s L2, Base, has been gaining traction after the Dencun upgrade leveraging lower fees, account abstraction, and Coinbase’s enormous user base. The team is developing a smart wallet that simplifies wallet creation with non-custodial, exportable keys and traditional login methods. This new service aims to make web3 interactions via Coinbase more user-friendly, enhancing its utility and impact on the crypto market.

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  • Solana leads in innovation, Bitcoin enters NFT/DeFi space, and Base becomes Ethereum's innovation hub.

    Solana has captured innovation and memecoins, Bitcoin is entering an NFT and DeFi run like Ethereum in 2021, and Base is the main innovation hub for Ethereum.

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  • Electric Capital report highlights multichain development and the rise of social applications in crypto.

    Electric Capital's Annual Developer Report reveals trends around the increase in multichain development, the U.S. losing developer share, and the growth of new chains like Base and Bitcoin L2s. Infrastructure improvement has enabled the rise of social applications, which are in an experimental stage reminiscent of social media in 2003. NFTs are becoming multichain and are expected to serve as the foundation for various digital assets in the future.

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  • Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Stellar, and Base lead in public blockchain tokenization, with several private alternatives available.

    Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, Stellar, and Base are public blockchain tokenization leaders. RWA-specific public chains like Provenance, Plume Network, and XDC offer features catered toward issuers and have seen some adoption. JP Morgan's Onyx, R3's Corda, Canton Network, and Kinto are private alternatives that restrict access to authorized participants and are better for enterprise-grade tokenization.

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  • €7.3 million EURC issued on Base in two weeks, showing strong adoption.

    In the two weeks since its launch, €7.3 million EURC has been issued on Base, with adoption from various protocols and exchanges.

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  • New dashboards and data sources for tracking Base ecosystem's growth and activity.

    This list provides a collection of dashboards and data sources to track the growth and activity within the Base ecosystem, covering key metrics like blockspace usage, stablecoin overviews, gas prices, user growth, and DEX activity. It highlights the development of a new, on-chain global economy that is decentralized and inclusive.

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Month Summary
Technology
  • OpenAI is considering a new subscription model for its upcoming AI product, Strawberry, while also restructuring for better financial backing.
  • Telegram founder
  • The startup landscape is shifting towards more tech-intensive ventures, with a focus on specialized research and higher capital requirements.
  • Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator aircraft successfully completed its second flight, testing new systems for future supersonic travel.
  • announced the uncrewed return of Boeing's Starliner, with future crewed missions planned for 2025.
  • OpenAI's SearchGPT aims to compete with Google Search by providing AI-driven information retrieval, though it currently faces accuracy issues.
  • Tesla is preparing to unveil its autonomous robotaxi technology at an event in Los Angeles, indicating ongoing challenges in achieving full autonomy.
  • The US Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia for potential antitrust violations related to its AI chip market dominance.
  • Apple plans to use OLED screens in all iPhone 16 models, moving away from Japanese suppliers and introducing new AI features.
  • Amazon S3 has introduced conditional writes to prevent overwriting existing objects, simplifying data updates for developers.
  • Chinese scientists have developed a hydrogel that shows promise in treating osteoarthritis by restoring cartilage lubrication.
  • Nvidia's CEO is working to position the Nvidia as a comprehensive provider for data center needs, amidst growing competition from AMD and Intel.
  • OpenAI
  • Nvidia Blackwell
  • Amazon is set to release a revamped Alexa voice assistant in October, powered by AI models from Anthropic's Claude, and will be offered as a paid subscription service.