https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-meta-ai-talent-poaching-spree-leaked-messages/ It’s still too early to declare a winner in the AI arms race, but one thing is clear: the competition is accelerating, and OpenAI may struggle to maintain its...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg75zv4gny2ohttps://electrek.co/2025/03/23/everyones-missing-the-point-of-the-tesla-vision-vs-lidar-wile-e-coyote-video/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W1JBAfV4Io Not here to debate whether Elon Musk is right to insist on self-driving using vision-based AI only, but the logic is straightforward: if it’s a vision-based system, avoid using...
https://www.ted.com/talks/audra_a_diptee_the_records_the_british_empire_didn_t_want_you_to_see In his thought-provoking book Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari explores the concept of historical records being erased as a means of political change. This phenomenon is not new; throughout history,...
https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinkinghttps://futurism.com/apple-damning-paper-ai-reasoningAnother article about AI is not “reasoning” – https://www.zdnet.com/article/ais-not-reasoning-at-all-how-this-team-debunked-the-industry-hype/ While it may seem that Apple is disrupting the AI industry by releasing this paper, it’s crucial for everyone to understand...
Starting to write my WWDC25 wishlist #WWDC25 Wishlist: Can Apple fix m4b import into Books app? ePub works fine and can sync across to all devices with iCloud, but not...
https://www.creativebloq.com/photography/photo-editing-software/after-25-loyal-years-adobes-price-hike-has-forced-me-to-say-goodbye We have become accustomed to the reality of rising costs. However, we often fail to consider the broader implications of these price increases, especially when it comes to subscription...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002d37n This documentary paints a stark picture of the UK’s current financial predicament, arguing the nation is stuck in a “doom loop” of low growth, rising costs, and unmet public...
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33777https://futurism.com/time-workers-save-ai-jobs A research working paper pointing to LLM not having a big impact. And not improving salary even if it helped with productivity of workers. It’s just 2 years in...
https://bgr.com/tech/17-insane-veo-3-ai-videos-thatll-stop-you-from-trusting-anything-you-see-online/
https://openai.com/sam-and-jony Jony Ive made a lot of money since leaving Apple, more than what he could have made at Apple. $6.5B is a great deal for him, the new entity...
https://www.wsj.com/tech/they-paid-3-500-for-apples-vision-pro-a-year-later-it-still-hurts-496de341 It’s not surprising that “some” or even many early adopters of Vision Pro “regret” about their purchase. It’s kind of like a bet, if it works out and become...
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/1/5.html You can still create new secure note, but it is not recommended. Apple recommends moving these to Notes in locked mode. But I don’t like this solution. I usually...
https://github.com/KoljaB/RealtimeVoiceChat Cool project to play around with. Still haven’t found any good natural voice based computing system. Siri and others are just for small tasks around the house. But to...
Let’s walk through a very simple example of RSA encryption and decryption using small numbers, perfect for understanding the core concept. ⚠️ Note: This is not secure for real-world use. It’s for educational purposes...
In Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari, as well as in several of his recent interviews, he repeatedly emphasizes that money is one of the greatest stories humanity has ever invented. While it...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dr6neg766o I am sure there are people building these already, browsers fully integrated with LLMs, etc. But allowing OpenAI to just buy up access to 64% of web usage just...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_Chinahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_balance_of_tradehttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20zd4k6d36ohttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2089vznzohttps://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/balance-of-trade US started having trade deficits since 1970s and grew to become the country with largest trade imbalance by far. US imported $440bn from China; China imported $145bn from America....
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/04/04/project-liberty-bid-to-buy-tik-tok-protect-user-rights/ It’s very hard to tell who has the upper hand on this. Did TikTok actively seek the extension? Or US avoiding a Gen Z revolt? Sure, 170m users in...
Launching a tech startup is an exhilarating journey filled with both opportunity and uncertainty. While no two startups are the same, there are foundational principles that can significantly impact your...
https://www.businessinsider.com/vibe-coding-ai-silicon-valley-andrej-karpathy-2025-2 “Vibe coding is a new approach to programming that leverages AI tools to generate code based on natural language prompts. Instead of manually writing code, users describe what they...
https://www.benzinga.com/25/03/44529187/elon-musk-says-tesla-doesnt-need-lidar-because-people-dont-shoot-lasers-out-of-their-eyes-yet-his-ev-company-quietly-spent-over-2-million-on-the-technology-in-2024-as-china-takes-global-lead Elon Musk having such hate for Lidar is just silly. Might be valid a decade ago when Lidar was overly expensive like any niche technology at the beginning. But...
https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/innovation/new-metamask-card-aims-to-fix-cryptos-last-mile-problemhttps://www.erc4337.io/ Using ERC-4337 for Account Abstraction. Enabling credit card payments using self-custody wallets. Cool. When we will start seeing high street banks offering these?
https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-check-your-ipads-battery-health You need to go to Settings > Privacy & Security and enable Share iPad Analytics. When you have done that, need to wait for a day or so, before...
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/18/tech/google-wiz-acquisition/index.html Google is still very much an advertising company, only around 20% by revenue from non-ads related business. They are good with indexing data. Should you really trust them with...
https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/binance-ex-ceo-warns-95-of-crypto-investors-wont-survive He is probably right. It’s very hard to beat BTC. It’s kind of like investors can’t easily outperform S&P or DJIA consistently. “90% of Retail investors do not beat...
https://openai.com/global-affairs/openai-proposals-for-the-us-ai-action-plan If you can allow freedom for AI to learn from all content, including copyrighted ones. That is essentially giving up the ability to protect IP rights. Just need smart...
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/12/mac-studio-with-512gb-ram-delivery-delayhttps://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1j8r2nr/m3_ultra_512gb_does_18ts_with_deepseek_r1_671b_q4/https://x.com/alexocheema/status/1899735281781411907 Whoever says Apple is not focused on AI, you are wrong. Mac Studio M3 Ultra 512GB is the proof of that. A big leap from maximum 196GB RAM of...
https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_the_state_of_cupertino Not disagreeing that the delay in Siri features was disappointing. But John Gruber shouldn’t get so upset about these. Apple is a hardware company and they make the bulk...
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/infosec_bytes Still very much about open vs closed systems. Who can govern the way we use our tools? Government? Company? Users? AI will be able to help with filtering obvious...
https://www.techspot.com/news/106920-microsoft-cancels-data-center-contracts-ai-enthusiasts-caught.html We have seen it all before. Dotcom, Mobile, VR, Metaverse, Drones, Cloud, SaaS, etc, etc. All had similar patterns. Don’t expect any of them to make money directly. They...