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01GENERAL

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GOODBYE LOW TEST COVERAGE AND SLOW QA CYCLES

Bugs sneak out when less than 80% of user flows are tested before shipping. However, getting that kind of coverage (and staying there) is hard and pricey for any team.

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02BIG TECH & STARTUPS

SAM ALTMAN HAS EXPLORED DEAL TO BUILD COMPETITOR TO ELON MUSK'S SPACEX

Sam Altman has explored the possibility of acquiring or partnering with a rocket company to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX. He has reached out to at least one rocket maker already. There were talks around a series of equity investments, but the talks are no longer active. OpenAI recently declared a 'code red' to improve ChatGPT. As a result, the company is delaying the rollout of other products.

links.tldrnewsletter.com4 min read

SPOTIFY WRAPPED 2025 TURNS LISTENING INTO A COMPETITION

2025's Spotify Wrapped has been released. This year, Spotify added a new feature called Wrapped Party, which pits listeners against their friends to see who is the bigger music fan. Users can receive awards for listening to certain genres, and the feature judges the entire group's music tastes. Spotify has brought back its interactive song quiz and top artist sprint this year. This year's Wrapped also highlights top audiobook genres for the first time.

theverge.com4 min read

03SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

CHINA'S 1ST REUSABLE ROCKET EXPLODES IN DRAMATIC FIREBALL DURING LANDING AFTER REACHING ORBIT ON DEBUT FLIGHT

Chinese company Landspace's Zhuque-3 rocket exploded after successfully reaching orbit on Tuesday. The 216-foot stainless steel rocket successfully placed its expendable second stage in orbit, but the first stage booster appeared to lose an engine during its landing burn. No one was harmed in the incident. The anomaly is currently under investigation to discover its root cause. A video of the explosion is available in the article.

space.com3 min read

DRAGONFIRE LASER WEAPON TAKES DOWN HIGH-SPEED DRONES

Britain's DragonFire laser weapon shot down drones flying at 404 mph on November 20 at the Ministry of Defence's Hebrides Range in Scotland. The high-powered, solid-state laser will be installed in the Navy's Type 45 frigates by 2027. It can hit a target the size of a US quarter over a distance of 0.62 miles. The laser weapon can lock onto and fire at hostiles that are flying at a distance and at an altitude where they are above the curvature of the Earth.

newatlas.com2 min read

04PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

CRITICAL SECURITY VULNERABILITY IN REACT SERVER COMPONENTS

There is a security vulnerability in React Server Components that allows unauthenticated remote code execution. It exploits a flaw in how React decodes payloads sent to React Server Function endpoints. Apps may still be vulnerable even if they don't implement any React Server Function endpoints. The vulnerability is present in versions 19.0, 19.1.0, 19.1.1, and 19.2.0 of react-server-dom-webpack, react-server-dom-parcel, and react-server-dom-turbopack.

react.dev4 min read

05MISCELLANEOUS

APPLE DESIGN EXECUTIVE ALAN DYE POACHED BY META IN MAJOR COUP

Meta has poached Apple's most prominent design executive. Alan Dye has served as the head of Apple's user interface design team since 2015. Apple will replace Dye with longtime designer Stephen Lemay. Meta is creating a new design studio and putting Dye in charge of design for hardware, software, and AI integration for its interfaces.

links.tldrnewsletter.com4 min read

EVERYONE IN SEATTLE HATES AI

Tech workers in Seattle tend to react negatively when the topic of AI is brought up. This is due to several reasons, like layoffs due to AI, the proliferation of AI in software, and being forced to use AI tools whether they work or not. The result is that engineers are no longer trying because they think they can't, and companies aren't empowering them because they assume they shouldn't. Bad products are only reinforcing the belief that AI is doomed.

jonready.com6 min read