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Blue Origin successfully launched and recovered its New Shepard booster
Benchmarking Your Company Through A Downturn
All the changes coming to Google Play and sideloading following $700M settlement
Shippers have diverted $35 billion from Red Sea over fears of attack
Technical Debt is not real
SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker
Watch 'world's most powerful' humanoid robot withstand brutal kicks
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Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket successfully took off from West Texas on Tuesday morning. Its booster and crew capsule safely separated mid-flight, with both landing back on Earth. The mission carried 33 payloads to space, more than half from NASA. It was originally scheduled for December 18 but was delayed due to cold temperatures and ground issues. A replay of the livestream is available in the article.
From AI Dating to ZIRP, TikTok Shop to Vision Pro. These predictions from former Index Partner turned SoloGP highlight what might be in store next year.
Signs are pointing to a potential comeback or at least that we’re not going to get clobbered by a recession. Your company right-sized, weathered the storm - now how do you measure yourself in a downturn as you look to raise or scale? Here are some of the things to think about as we’re in the downturn and how to think about going beyond.
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Google will pay $700 million as part of a settlement with the US attorney general for a lawsuit over the Google Play Store. It has also agreed to implement third-party app stores, side-loading, and alternative billing on Android. Google will not be able to enter deals with phone makers to have Google Play as an exclusive app store on devices for at least five years. More details about the settlement agreement are available in the article.
Carriers are re-routing vessels as a direct result of more than a dozen Houthi attacks in the Red Sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October. Ocean carriers and companies are in a race to explain to U.S. shippers the delays they could be facing. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the formation of an international task force to address the security issues.
📱Tech Nuts
Technical debt is a metaphor about the accumulated consequences of past decisions and shortcuts. This article examines this metaphor to see how technical debt has less to do with code and more to do with the choices and compromises that emerge from the challenges within software development. It looks at emergent technical debt, which arises from evolving system requirements, and deliberate technical debt, a strategic choice to prioritize rapid development over code quality. The article aims to refine understanding of technical debt and identify effective strategies for managing it.
Researchers have devised an attack with the potential to undermine cryptographic SSH protections. Terrapin is a man-in-the-middle attack that affects SSH connections secured by ChaCha20-Poly1305 or CBC with Encrypt-then-MAC. Around 57% of servers list these encryption modes as their preferred choice. Anyone using SSH should check whether they are vulnerable to the attack and make the appropriate updates. The attack invalidates proofs published in 2016 concluding that such attacks weren't possible. Details about the attack and how it works are available in the article
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Unitree's H1 features a powertrain that provides it with the highest level of speed, power, maneuverability, and flexibility of any humanoid robot in the world. The robot can run across demanding terrains and intricate environments while dealing with disruptions. Unitree plans to initiate deliveries of the robot in the first quarter of 2024 with a price of approximately $150,000 per unit. A video of the robot dealing with disruptions, such as being kicked or pushed/pulled, is available in the article.
💡What else are we reading and seeing?
The private equity firm tapping America’s spring water
Why inflation’s last mile might not be so hard
U.S. seeks 8-month prison term for lawyer who traded M&A secrets
The office market had tough 2023, next year looks worse
Why randomness doesn’t feel random
The must-read parts of KKR’s 75-page market outlook
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The world's first official stock exchange building was originally a wine shop in Amsterdam called "The Royal Exchange
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