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TLDR 2026-07-02

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01BIG TECH & STARTUPS

SPACEX SHOWED INVESTORS PROTOTYPE OF ELON MUSK'S NEW AI DEVICE

SpaceX showed off a prototype for a handset-like device to investors prior to its IPO last month. Designed to run on a proprietary operating system and integrate AI technology from SpaceX's AI, the device would run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. Elon Musk has previously considered building a smartphone due to frustration over how Apple controls the distribution of third-party apps. A device could help Musk become less reliant on other companies.

links.tldrnewsletter.com5 min read

OPENAI PROPOSES 5% STAKE TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO EASE WASHINGTON PRESSURE

OpenAI has proposed handing the US government a 5% stake, worth roughly $42.6 billion, to defuse mounting political pressure. CEO Sam Altman says that giving the public a financial interest in the company is the best way to share the upside of AI. The suggestion is part of a larger proposal in which the government would hold 5% of each of the leading US AI developers via a government vehicle. The proposal was first pitched directly to the Trump administration in early 2025.

cnbc.com4 min read

02SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

RISE OF THE CHEAP ROBOTS

Several startups have announced general-purpose robots in the sub-$10,000 range. Nori Robotics is selling a bimanual robot for under $1,400 that's tall enough to reach the top of a table or countertop. The BracketBot is a wheeled robot manipulator with hoverboard-style drive wheels that will sell for under $3,000. Weave's Isaac 1 is a fully capable home mobile manipulator that can put away laundry and tidy a room. It will cost $8,000 or $450 per month.

itcanthink.substack.com4 min read

FOR THE FIRST TIME, A CELL BUILT FROM SCRATCH GROWS AND DIVIDES

Biologists packed nonliving components into a cell-like membrane piece by piece, and the bag of molecules started to behave like life. The lab-made cell grew, replicated its DNA, and divided. While the cell is not alive, it is the strongest demonstration yet that it is possible to generate life from nonlife. It can't survive without constant deliveries of food and ribosomes, and it has no defenses or a good waste removal system.

quantamagazine.org13 min read

03PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

META BUILD FOR WEARABLES

Web Apps for Meta Ray-Ban Display use standard web APIs. This guide shows developers how to build optimized Meta Ray-Ban Display Web Apps. The easiest way to build Web Apps is using AI coding tools and app platforms such as Replit, Claude Code, and Cursor.

wearables.developer.meta.com18 min read

ZCODE

ZCode is the official development environment for GLM-5.2. It is available now for download on macOS, Windows, and Linux. GLM Coding Plan subscribers now have a 1.5x usage quota in ZCode.

links.tldrnewsletter.com1 min read

04MISCELLANEOUS

META IS PLANNING A CLOUD BUSINESS TO SELL AI COMPUTING POWER

Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models. The business will generate revenue from excess computing power from the data centers Meta built to fuel its AI ambitions. One potential plan is to sell access to various AI models hosted on Meta's infrastructure, similar to AWS Bedrock. Another option may be to sell access to raw computing capacity like CoreWeave.

links.tldrnewsletter.com6 min read

THE ANTHROPIC FABLE BAN IS OVER. THE BATTLE OVER HOW TO TAME AI HAS JUST BEGUN

The debate over the degree to which the US federal government should control access to cutting-edge API tools is now heating up. There is a growing awareness of how powerful these new tools are, but little agreement on how they should be controlled. AI proponents say that bans and implementations would hurt the US in its efforts to stay ahead of China in the geopolitical AI race. Administration officials and advisers are attempting to balance innovation and security while addressing safety risks in the most minimally invasive way possible.

links.tldrnewsletter.com5 min read