Pricey Vision | JOMO for 6th Jun
In today’s JOMO: Apple’s headset (of course), avoiding AI hype and about those spam job messages you get on WhatsApp
🗞In the news
Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset
Vision Pro is positioned as primarily an AR device, but it can switch between augmented and full virtual reality using a dial. The device is controller-free, and you browse rows of app icons in an operating system called visionOS by looking at them.
Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23738968/apple-vision-pro-ar-headset-features-specs-price-release-date-wwdc-2023
From early reviews (read: MKBHD), the eye tracking on this is simply… amazing. For now an early adopter toy, but the possibilities from ver 2 and so on can be tremendous. MKBHD’s early review:
SEC sues Coinbase over exchange and staking programs, stock drops 16%
The SEC sued Coinbase on Tuesday, alleging that the company was operating as an unregistered exchange and broker, and that 13 assets listed on its platform were considered crypto asset securities.
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/06/sec-sues-coinbase-over-exchange-and-staking-programs-stock-drops-14percent.html
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🤑🚀Startups, funding etc
Byju's sues term loan lender; won't make further payments
The development comes a day after reportedly a deadline for Byju's to make a $40 million quarterly interest payment on its $1.2 billion loan lapsed.
ToI: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/byjus-sues-term-loan-lender-wont-make-further-payments/articleshow/100798507.cms
🤔Interesting read
Apple avoids “AI” hype at WWDC keynote by baking ML into products
While "AI" is a very ambiguous term these days, surrounded by both astounding advancements and extreme hype, Apple chose to avoid that association and instead focused on terms like "machine learning" and "ML."
Ars Technica: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/at-apples-wwdc-keynote-ai-never-came-up-by-name-but-it-was-there/
Guess they were very conscious after Sundar Pichai’s AI AI AI moment at Google I/O
Lose money online working from home: Job scams spike in India
Victims are offered quick money in exchange for simple “work from home” tasks, such as liking videos on YouTube, following celebrities on Instagram, rating movies, or buying products on e-commerce sites. Those who sign up in the hope of earning extra income are instead losing their hard-earned savings to these scams.
Rest of World: https://restofworld.org/2023/india-job-crisis-scams-spike/
📊Poll for the day
What do you think about Apple’s new headset
Coooool
Ho hum
What headset?
Curated from:
Morning Brew, Verge, Techcrunch, Techmeme, CNBC, Hacker News, Product Hunt and more