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AI-enabled drones, NASA mars simulation, and creating videos from text

Weekly report for Feb. 18th

MY PICKS ๐Ÿ‘‡๏ธ

  1. Apple Vision Pro ๐Ÿ‘“๏ธ โ€” comfort, headache, and eye strain are among the top reasons people say theyโ€™re returning their Vision Pro headsets.

  2. NASA Mars simulation ๐Ÿš€ โ€” a calling was placed for volunteers to participate in a Mars simulation starting in 2025. The four selected members will live in a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat.

  3. Sora: Creating video from text ๐ŸŽฅ โ€” OpenAI releases AI software that generates gorgeous video from text.

  4. AI-enabled drones ๐Ÿ›ฉ๏ธ โ€” the US and UK may arm Ukraine with AI-enabled drones to target Russian positions.

  5. Next Xbox Generation ๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ โ€” the Microsoft Surface team is reportedly working on the next Xbox consoles.

HIGHLIGHTS ๐Ÿ”๏ธ

  1. ๐Ÿ’ฐ OpenAI's trillion-dollar ambition questioned

  2. ๐Ÿ“ต AI robocalls ban is insufficient against scams

  3. ๐Ÿงฒ Scientists confirm new magnetism type

  4. ๐Ÿ‘ค Only humans, no AI, can hold patents, says US

  5. ๐Ÿš— Is hydrogen the future for zero-emission vehicles?

  6. ๐Ÿ“ฑ iOS trojan steals Face ID for bank fraud

  7. ๐Ÿค– Microbots offer new treatment for liver cancer

  8. ๐Ÿ€ NBA's new LED glass court offers live stats and replays

  9. โ˜€๏ธ New solar tech: laser-activated glass cells

  10. ๐ŸŽฎ PS5 nearing end of lifecycle, sales miss target

OTHER NEWS ๐Ÿ“ฐ

TOP REPOSITORIES ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป

  1. Orange-OpenSource / hurl - Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.

  2. ajeetdsouza / zoxide - A smarter cd command. Supports all major shells.

  3. dotnet / core - .NET news, announcements, release notes, and more!

  4. ripienaar / free-for-dev - A list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS offerings that have free tiers of interest to devops and infradev

  5. astral-sh / ruff - An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.

  6. psf / black - The uncompromising Python code formatter

  7. freeCodeCamp / freeCodeCamp - freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.

  8. GopeedLab / gopeed - A modern download manager that supports all platforms.

  9. immich-app / immich - Self-hosted photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phone.

  10. poteto / hiring-without-whiteboards - Companies that don't have a broken hiring process

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