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01GENERAL

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02BIG TECH & STARTUPS

SPACEX LAUNCHES 400-FOOT-TALL ROCKET THAT WILL HELP DEFINE ITS FUTURE

SpaceX launched an upgraded version of its Starship rocket from a new launchpad at its Starbase facility on Friday. The booster successfully separated from the spacecraft, but it wasn't able to conduct an engine maneuver and eventually crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. Starship lost one of its engines but was able to make it to space. It deployed devices that mimic satellites, as well as two satellites that took images of the flying spacecraft. Starship exploded after it touched down in the Indian Ocean.

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SUNDAR PICHAI UNDERSTANDS WHY PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT AI

Sundar Pichai believes that AI is the most profound technology humanity will ever work on. He says it is natural that people feel anxious about the future the technology will bring, especially with its extraordinary pace of progress. Pichai thinks the industry has to do a lot more work in showing the benefits that are possible with the technology. This article contains a transcript of an interview with Pichai where he discusses the future of Google Search, how he's using AI agents, and his advice for college students.

links.tldrnewsletter.com23 min read

03SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

CHINA LAUNCHES SHENZHOU-23 MISSION WITH POTENTIAL RECORD ONE-YEAR STAY IN ORBIT

China's Shenzhou-23 mission sent three astronauts to the Tiangong space station on Sunday. One crew member may remain in orbit for a full year, the longest human space mission in China's history. The astronaut selected for the extended stay will be determined later during the mission. The mission will also conduct the first autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking procedure with Tiangong's core module, a capability expected to support future lunar operations.

au.finance.yahoo.com2 min read

INSIDE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BET ON FUSION ENERGY

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is the world's biggest bet on fusion energy. At an estimated cost of $22 billion, ITER is a donut-shaped vacuum chamber designed to contain temperatures 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun. The project is so daunting in scale that longtime geopolitical rivals are collaborating on the project, pooling their resources to share in its potential risks and rewards. This article provides an overview of the project and contains a video showing what the heart of the experiment looks like.

cnet.com3 min read

04PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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A HACKER GROUP IS POISONING OPEN SOURCE CODE AT AN UNPRECEDENTED SCALE

TeamPCP is deploying supply chain attacks at an unprecedented scale, turning what was an occasional nightmare into a near-weekly episode. It has corrupted hundreds of open source tools, sowing a new level of distrust in the ecosystem used to create the world's software. Even GitHub has been breached by the group through a poisoned VSCode extension. The group appears to be financially motivated as it often deploys ransomware or data extortion campaigns against its targets. It is also willing to sell victims' data to any buyer.

arstechnica.com6 min read

05MISCELLANEOUS

MEET MARK ZUCKERBERG'S RIGHT-HAND MAN WHO'S UNLEASHING AI AT META

Andrew Bosworth, a top lieutenant of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for more than 20 years, is leading Meta's gargantuan efforts to transform itself into an AI-first company that can innovate as fast as nimble startups. Bosworth is set to make nearly $1 billion if he can help increase Meta's market cap by more than 500% in the next five years. His focus now is on getting workers to use AI more in their work, and when possible, hand tasks over to it entirely. This article takes a look at his career up until now.

links.tldrnewsletter.com10 min read

PREDICTING AI JOB EXPOSURE

Many people would like to be able to predict which jobs, companies, and industries will be most affected by AI. However, this is mostly impossible. Past technology trends have seen some industries that should have suffered end up bigger, and some of the industries that should have been immune suffer. Right now, there are too many factors at play to predict what the impact of AI will be.

ben-evans.com11 min read