TECH NEWS: Apple class action lawsuit 📜, High-speed humanoid robot 🤖, Nvidia closes with $2 trillion valuation 💰
Big Tech & IT 📱
Apple hit with class action lawsuit over iCloud's 5GB limit
A new class action lawsuit alleges that Apple has "marked up its iCloud prices to the point where the service is generating almost pure profit." The plaintiffs accuse Apple of "rigging the competitive playing field" by only allowing iCloud to manage device backups and other storage needs.
Nvidia closes with $2 trillion valuation as Dell stokes AI rally
NVDAs stock market value closed above $2 trillion on Friday after an upbeat report from Dell Technologies (DELL), reignited Wall Street's AI-fueled rally. Nvidia's stock added 4% after Dell, which sells high-end servers made with Nvidia's processors, gave an upbeat forecast late on Thursday due to a surge in orders for its AI-optimized servers.
Science & Future Tech 🚀
High-speed humanoid feels like a step change in robotics
Sanctuary AIs Phoenix bot has "the world's best robot hands," working totally autonomously at near-human speeds -- much faster than Tesla's or Figure's robots. Sanctuary AI trained Phoenix by using teleoperation to show it how to do things and then letting it figure out more in simulations.
Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment
Doctors say a man in California who contracted blood cancer while living with HIV is in remission from both potentially fatal illnesses thanks to a treatment they are hailing as remarkable and encouraging. The patient underwent a treatment in which he received stem cells with a rare genetic mutation that makes people who have it resistant to acquiring HIV.
Programming & Development 💻
Official implementation of DUSt3R: Geometric 3D Vision Made Easy
List of Free Learning Resources In Many Languages (Github Repo)
A list of free programming learning resources maintained by the Free Ebook Foundation.
Miscellaneous 🔍
French Court Issues Damages Award for Violation of GPL
On February 14, 2024, the Court of Appeal of Paris issued an order stating that Orange, a major French telecom provider, had infringed the copyight of Entr'Ouvert's Lasso software and violated the GPL, ordering Orange to pay €500,000 in compensatory damages and €150,000 for moral damages.
Giant anaconda species in the Amazon of Ecuador is the largest to be documented
A giant anaconda species captured recently in the Amazon of Ecuador by a team of scientists is the largest to ever be documented. The group of scientists from The University of Queensland uncovered the nearly 10 million-year-old species with help from the Indigenous Huaorani people while filming "Pole to Pole with Will Smith," a National Geographic series that will stream on Disney+.
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