Amazon Deals Let Shoppers Buy Products on TikTok, Pinterest (2 minute read)
Amazon has partnered with TikTok and Pinterest to let their users buy products on its platform without leaving the social media apps. The deal enables users to link their social media profiles to their Amazon accounts and buy products directly from ads. Users will see real time pricing, Prime eligibility, delivery estimates, and product details in-app. The deal follows similar arrangements with Meta and Snap.
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M4 Mac Mini to Become Apple's Smallest Ever Computer With Complete Redesign (1 minute read)
The Mac mini is getting its first major redesign since 2010. The new Mac mini will be almost the size of an Apple TV and continue to feature an aluminum shell. There will be two versions, one with the standard M4 chip and one with an M4 Pro chip. The base model is set to begin shipping from suppliers this month while the high-end model will not be ready until October.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Inside Silicon Valley's Grand Ambitions To Control Our Planet's Thermostat (23 minute read)
Private interests have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into reversing climate change in recent years. These private investment organizations claim that they have been forced to act as governments and the academic world have been dawdling. There is little regulation to govern geoengineering. This article looks at different projects in the space and their challenges.
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Are synthetic wombs the future of childbirth? New Chinese experiment sparks debate (7 minute read)
Chinese researchers recently announced a groundbreaking synthetic womb experiment without the use of extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). ECMO allows for oxygenation of fetus blood after removal from the mother's body, bypassing the heart and lungs, allowing these organs to rest and heal. It is expensive and comes with risks such as blood clots and infections. An ECMO-free artificial womb would significantly lower costs - the operating costs of ECMO are around $9,000 a day.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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ORBIT (Website)
ORBIT enables developers to create radial interfaces using only CSS. It is easy to learn and use and works with other CSS frameworks. ORBIT components can be combined to compose complex radial creations. Examples are available.
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Is It Time To Version Observability? (Signs Point To Yes) (17 minute read)
The observability industry has stuck to metrics, logs, and traces over the years because they describe the daily reality for engineers. While the language used to describe the problems and solutions has evolved, the solutions are still largely the same as they were a decade ago. While they have massively improved, they're structurally variations on the same pre-aggregated metrics. It's now getting harder and harder to speak clearly about different approaches and solutions - a problem semantic versioning was made to solve.
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Engineering the First Fitbit: The Inside Story (16 minute read)
Inspired by the Wii, entrepreneur James Park came up with the Fitbit as a gadget to get people out of the house. The activity tracker has sold more than 136 million units since 2009. Google bought the company in 2021 for $2.1 billion and absorbed it into its hardware division. This article looks at the origins of Fitbit and the challenges it faced early in development.
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Why Google decided now's the time to move on from Chromecast (7 minute read)
Google is phasing out the Chromecast in favor of the new Google TV streamer after more than a decade. The company decided to focus on a higher-end device because there is too much competition for inexpensive streaming devices. The Google TV steamer infuses Gemini AI smarts into the software and puts smart home controls on the TV screen. It is faster than the often-laggy Chromecast. The device will go on sale in September for $99.
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