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Sources: In a first, Apple is working with China’s BYD to move new product development for an iPad to Vietnam, with test production to begin around early 2024 (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia: Sources: In a first, Apple is working with China’s BYD to move new product development for an iPad to Vietnam, with test production to begin around early 2024  —  China’s BYD helps American giant with shift to alternative tech hubs  —  Vietnam is emerging as an increasingly important production hub …

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Intentional Filament Stringing Helps Santa Soar

Stringing is when a 3D printer’s hot end moves through open air and drags a wisp of melted plastic along with it. This is normally undesirable, but has in the past been done intentionally to create some unconventional prints. Moonlight Santa from [3dprintbunny] shows considerable refinement in the technique, complete with color changes that really make

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Abu Dhabi-based AI company G42 plans to cut ties with Chinese hardware suppliers in favor of US counterparts, saying “we cannot work with both sides” (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Abu Dhabi-based AI company G42 plans to cut ties with Chinese hardware suppliers in favor of US counterparts, saying “we cannot work with both sides”  —  Abu Dhabi-backed G42 says it ‘cannot work with both sides’ and retain access to American-made AI chips

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Sources: Tata plans to build one of India’s largest iPhone plants employing 50,000 workers within two years, and expects operations to begin in 12-18 months (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Sources: Tata plans to build one of India’s largest iPhone plants employing 50,000 workers within two years, and expects operations to begin in 12-18 months  —  – New plant would speed up Apple’s diversification beyond China  — Tata wants more Apple business after buying one iPhone factory

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Anthropic researchers find adding pleas to a prompt that tell its Claude 2 model not to be biased could reduce discrimination based on race, gender, and more (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: Anthropic researchers find adding pleas to a prompt that tell its Claude 2 model not to be biased could reduce discrimination based on race, gender, and more  —  The problem of alignment is an important one when you’re setting AI models up to make decisions in matters of finance and health.

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Sources: Apple and its suppliers aim to make 50M+ iPhones annually in India in the next 2-3 years, and a quarter of global iPhones by the end of the decade (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple and its suppliers aim to make 50M+ iPhones annually in India in the next 2-3 years, and a quarter of global iPhones by the end of the decade  —  Supplier Foxconn plans to build more factories and give India a production role once limited mostly to China

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