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Thomas Ricker

Thomas Ricker

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    US DJI ban is less than a month away.

    The company’s drones and cameras will be banned by default unless a national security audit is completed by December 23rd, which is highly unlikely. Sure Trump has extended the TikTok ban several times, but Don Jr’s monetary stake in miniature drones made by competitors suggests the end is nigh.

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    Thomas Ricker
    OpenAI can’t say “Cameo” for one month.

    Cameo, the service that gives purpose to has-beens, has secured a temporary restraining order that prohibits Altman and Co from using “Cameo” to name a Sora feature that lets people insert themselves and characters into AI-generated videos. The TRO expires shortly after a trademark hearing scheduled for December 19th.

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    Thomas Ricker
    OpenAI board member resigns over Jeffrey Epstein emails.

    After communications between Larry Summers — who formerly held positions as Treasury Secretary and president of Harvard University — and the sex offender were made public, the current OpenAI board member now says he’ll resign from the position.

    AI, my unexpected daily travel companion

    Gemini and ChatGPT are so good that I’m now an accomplice to Google Zero.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Faster AT&T 5G.

    American Telephone & Telegraph says it has deployed the $23 billion worth of mid-band spectrum it acquired from EchoStar to nearly 23,000 cell sites in the continental US, which is now boosting 5G download speeds “by up to 80 percent.” Ya’ll seeing a difference?

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    Thomas Ricker
    500 reusable rocket missions.

    SpaceX has been on a tear with launches, having boosted over 10,000 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. Now it’s celebrating a new milestone that’s become so automatic we just expect it.

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    Thomas Ricker
    Samsung’s latest SmartThings hub arrives in the US.

    Aeotec’s $119.99 Smart Home Hub 2 features faster hardware, USB expandability, and support for Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, and Thread. It works as a Matter Controller and prioritizes on-hub communications to keep your smart home up when the cloud is down. It doesn’t support Z-Wave.