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01GENERAL

02BIG TECH & STARTUPS

TESLA CYBERCAB ANNOUNCED: ELON MUSK'S ROBOTAXI IS FINALLY HERE

Tesla has unveiled the Cybercab, a new electric vehicle dedicated to self-driving that lacks a steering wheel or pedals. It will need approval from regulators before going into production. The robotaxi features a futuristic design with doors that open upward and a small cabin with only enough space for two passengers. It doesn't have a charging plug - the vehicle will use inductive charging to regain power wirelessly. Tesla plans to have the Cybercab in production by 2026, although that could be delayed until 2027.

theverge.com3 min read

TIKTOK OWNER BYTEDANCE LAUNCHES US$170 EARBUDS IN CHINA IN PUSH INTO AI WEARABLES

ByteDance has launched earbuds that enable users to talk directly with the company's generative AI chatbot without waking up their smartphone. The open-ear wearables are currently only available in China. They come in four color options: purple, silver, black, and white. At $170, the device is set to ship from October 17.

scmp.com2 min read

03SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

STARTUP UNVEILS LUXURIOUS FINAL DESIGN FOR ITS PLANNED COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION

Vast, a space startup, has shown off the final design for its Haven-1 commercial space station. The cylindrical outpost is designed to house state-of-the-art facilities for scientific research. The video from Vast is available in the article. Vast hopes to launch its station via a SpaceX Falcon 9 no earlier than August 2025.

futurism.com3 min read

CAN APPLE WATCH MEASURE BLOOD PRESSURE? NOT YET — BUT HERE'S HOW THE SCIENCE WOULD WORK.

This post explains the science behind blood pressure detection on the wrist, past medical literature on using deep neural networks to glean signals from consumer wearables, likely limitations of wrist-based blood pressure sensors, and how doctors and patients can incorporate the technology into medical practice. 120 million people in the US have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, but only 23% have it under control. A continuous blood pressure monitor could help give real-time feedback on dietary choices and help control the condition, which in turn could lower heart attack rates.

empirical.health5 min read

04PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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NIXIESEARCH

Nixiesearch is a hybrid search engine that can learn the intent of a visitor by fine-tuning data. Unlike other vector search engines, it supports facets, rich filtering, sorting, and autocomplete. Nixiesearch will not return hallucinated responses. It doesn't support sharding or analytical queries over deeply-nested documents. The project is focused on consumer-facing search.

github.comGitHub repository

FORKING IS BEAUTIFUL

FreeWP is a fork of WordPress started by a former WordPress community member. The last decent fork attempt for WordPress was ClassicPress in 2018, which started over disagreements about Gutenberg being integrated into core. WordPress itself started as a fork of the b2/cafelog project. Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress, strongly encourages anyone who disagrees with the direction WordPress is headed in to join the FreeWP fork.

wordpress.org1 min read

05MISCELLANEOUS

GENERATIVE AI'S ACT O1

Research in AI is progressing from 'thinking fast' to 'thinking slow', unlocking a new cohort of agentic applications. The focus is now shifting to the development and scaling of the reasoning layer, which could endow AI systems with deliberate reasoning, problem-solving, and cognitive operations at inference time that go beyond rapid pattern matching. This essay explores how the consolidation of the foundational LLM layer has set the stage for the race to scale higher-order reasoning and agentic capabilities, and discusses a new generation of killer apps with novel cognitive architectures and user interfaces.

sequoiacap.com22 min read

THE FBI SECRETLY CREATED A COIN TO INVESTIGATE CRYPTO PUMP-AND-DUMP SCHEMES

The FBI created an Ethereum-based token called NexFundAI as part of an investigation into price manipulation in crypto markets. The investigation resulted in the SEC charging three market makers and nine people for allegedly engaging in schemes to boost the prices of certain crypto assets and the DOJ charging 18 people and entities for widespread fraud and manipulation in crypto markets. The DOJ reportedly secured $25 million from fraudulent proceeds that will be returned to investors.

theverge.com2 min read