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MICROSOFT, OPENAI TRUCE CLEARS HURDLE IN PATH TO FOR-PROFIT CONVERSION

Microsoft and OpenAI have reached a deal to extend their partnership. The agreement could ease OpenAI's path toward changes into a for-profit corporation. The companies have not disclosed the terms of the new contract but said that the current agreement was nonbinding. The agreement is a tentative win for OpenAI, which needed Microsoft's approval for its non-profit plan before it could be formally shared with state regulators. OpenAI told its venture-capital investors it would complete the restructure by the end of the year or risk losing out on $19 billion in funding.

SAMSUNG TAKING MARKET SHARE FROM APPLE IN U.S. AS FOLDABLE PHONES GAIN MOMENTUM

Shipments from Samsung surged in the US in the second quarter while Apple's market share declined. Apple remains on top of the US smartphone market, but it is experiencing turbulence for the first time in well over a decade. Samsung's Galaxy and Z phone lineup has a massive span of devices that stretches from $650 up to $2,400, targeting customers at every single price point. Apple may release a folding phone next year - trying out new form factors offers Apple the opportunity to sell devices at higher prices.

EARLY EXPERIMENTS SHOW FAST-ACTING ANTIDOTE TARGETS CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

A newly engineered protein therapy called RcoM-HBD-CCC has been shown to cling to carbon monoxide and expel the poison via the kidneys within minutes when given intravenously to mice. The protein quickly sponges up the toxin without binding to nitric oxide, a gas molecule that plays a key role in relaxing blood vessels. The protein was shown to cling to carbon monoxide in human blood in test tubes. It is unknown how the treatment will work in human bodies until it is tested, but human trials are still likely to be a few years away.

REALITY IS RUINING THE HUMANOID ROBOT HYPE

There are still many issues, such as battery life, reliability, and safety, that need to be solved before humanoid robots can scale. However, before that, it is important to consider whether it is worth the trouble to make a bipedal robot. We already have reliable, efficient, and cost-effective robots, just without legs. Safe and reliable humanoid robots have the potential to revolutionize the market at some point in the future, but it might not be worth the effort.

A/B TESTING CAN'T KEEP UP WITH AI

Evals are still a new practice for many product teams. A/B testing is no longer sufficient for AI product optimization because it's expensive to create variants. AI eliminates this constraint - it is now possible to have unlimited variants that automatically update periodically based on real-user feedback. The companies that evolve to think in evals will build products that improve faster than their competitors can run in a single A/B test.

HASHED SORTING IS TYPICALLY FASTER THAN HASH TABLES

The two standard approaches for counting the unique values in a large array of mostly-unique uint64s are to insert into a hash table and return the number of entries, or to sort the array, then count positions that differ from their predecessor. Sorting is typically faster than hash tables in a well-tuned implementation. This problem and its variants are the inner loop of some of the world's biggest CPU workloads. This article takes a look at why sorting wins, when one should choose hash tables versus a sort, and why it matters.

GOOGLE CHROME AT 17 - A HISTORY OF OUR BROWSER

Google launched Chrome in the fall of 2008. The project has grown from a secret skunkworks into a browser used by billions. Chrome turns 17 this week. This post walks through Chrome's origins and evolution across speed, security, stability, and simplicity, and highlights key milestones. The journey has been one driven by relentless performance improvements, cutting-edge security efforts, and an uncompromising focus on user experience.

FRONT-LOADED VESTING: WHY YOUR TECH OFFER LOOKS DIFFERENT NOW

The even equity vesting schedule is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Many companies are now shifting to front-loaded vesting. This shift is a philosophical pivot toward a more dynamic, performance-driven compensation strategy. Top performing employees stand to benefit, while others will have more uncertainty of compensation in subsequent years.

PAY-PER-OUTPUT? AI FIRMS BLINDSIDED BY BEEFED UP ROBOTS.TXT INSTRUCTIONS

The 'Really Simple Licensing' standard adds an automated licensing layer designed to block bots that don't fairly compensate creators for content.

BEHIND THE SCENES OF BUN INSTALL

Bun is fast because it treats package installation as a systems programming problem.

WHEN THE GOVERNMENT CAN SEE EVERYTHING: HOW ONE COMPANY – PALANTIR – IS MAPPING THE NATION'S DATA

Palantir's Gotham represents how modern governance might function: through data, connections, continuous monitoring, and control.

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HOW TO THINK ABOUT AI PROGRESS

Progress is continuing, but it will take some time before it is visible to actual users and consumers.

THE BLOAT OF EDGE-CASE FIRST LIBRARIES

Libraries should implement the main use case, with alternatives or plugins providing the edge cases and minority needs.

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ORACLE, OPENAI SIGN MASSIVE $300 BILLION CLOUD COMPUTING DEAL

OpenAI will purchase $300 billion in computing power from Oracle over roughly five years. The deal, which far outstrips OpenAI's current revenue, is one of the largest cloud contracts ever signed. It will require 4.5 gigawatts of power capacity, the amount consumed by roughly four million homes. Oracle's share price recently surged, increasing its Chairman Larry Ellison's wealth by more than $100 billion. OpenAI and Oracle's contract will start in 2027.

ELON MUSK MULLS MAKING STARLINK A 'GLOBAL CARRIER' AFTER ECHOSTAR DEAL

Elon Musk said during a podcast on Tuesday night that Starlink could become a mobile carrier. SpaceX recently reached a $17 billion deal to buy radio spectrum from EchoStar, BoostMobile's parent company. The deal will give SpaceX access to several 1.9GHz and 2GHz bands in the US. Some hardware changes may be required as these frequencies are not supported in current phones.

MUSK SAYS SPACEX TO FLY BIGGER, FULLY REUSABLE STARSHIP IN 2026

SpaceX is readying a bigger version of Starship capable of carrying more than 100 tons of payload to orbit. Its current iteration of the vehicle has a capacity of about 35 tons. SpaceX is aiming to demonstrate full reusability for Starship next year.

CONSTRUCTION ROBOT PRINTING FLOOR PLAN: THE FUTURE OF BUILDING DESIGN

Construction robots are revolutionizing the industry by printing floor plans directly onto concrete slabs, offering unparalleled precision and efficiency. Traditional methods of laying out floor plans are labor-intensive and error-prone. New robots use Building Information Modeling data to autonomously print accurate floor plans, eliminating the need for manual measurements and chalk lines. A video showing one of the robots in action is available in the article.

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THE UNREASONABLE EFFECTIVENESS OF MODERN SORT ALGORITHMS

It's possible to beat the best sort implementations with domain-specific knowledge, careful benchmarking, and an understanding of CPU micro-architectures. However, assumptions will become invalid and mistakes may creep in silently. Good sort implementations can be surprisingly fast even without prior domain knowledge. Developers should think twice about replacing high-quality sort implementations with something home-grown.

JUST ENOUGH AUTOMATION

Automation is a tool, not a goal. We should never automate something for the sake of it. Automation is great for self-documenting, and it can help fight human error, but it should be wielded with purpose. It shouldn't be the default regardless of its effectiveness at being fit for any particular purpose.

TIKTOK SAYS ITS SEARCH ENGINE USAGE RIVALS GOOGLE AMONG GEN Z

TikTok is primed to disrupt Google. New research shows that there is a closing gap between Google and TikTok's search engines, especially among Gen Z. Many people are turning to TikTok while searching for specific categories like fashion and beauty advice, cooking, entertainment, and DIY. If Google continues down its current path, we could be headed into a fragmented search world where ChatGPT handles complex queries, TikTok serves users who want audio-visual results, and Google plays the middle while hanging on to its market share.

ORACLE IS THE NEW NVIDIA, FOR BETTER OR WORSE

Oracle recently revealed in its fiscal first-quarter report that remaining performance obligations more than tripled from three months ago to $455 billion. The company has even more multibillion-dollar deals in the pipeline that could take that number past half a trillion. The sharp rise in revenue was fueled by demand for artificial-intelligence computing. Oracle now expects its cloud infrastructure revenue to hit $114 billion in the 2029 fiscal year.

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HOW TO GROW ON X: WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THEIR ALGORITHM REVEAL

X's recommendation code is now public, providing a peek into why some posts go viral while others get buried.

AMAZON LOOKS LIKE IT'S MAKING ITS OWN DISPLAY-ENABLED SMART GLASSES

Amazon is reportedly working on two models: one for its own drivers to assist with deliveries, and a sleeker version with a color display for customers.

AMAZON'S ZOOX JUMPS INTO U.S. ROBOTAXI RACE WITH LAS VEGAS LAUNCH

Zoox is offering free rides from a few select locations in Las Vegas and plans to expand more broadly across the city in the coming months.

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DOTTER

Dotter is a dotfile manager and templater that provides a flexible configuration and automatic templating or symlinking to target locations.

THE SCAM CALLED “YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING”

You need to remember everything to perform the cognitive tasks necessary for meaningful knowledge work.

THE ANTI-PITCH: WHEN HATERS HATE YOUR STARTUP IDEA

Sometimes, there's truth when people hate on your startup idea, and founders need to hear it.

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IPHONE 17, IPHONE AIR, AIRPODS PRO 3, AND EVERYTHING ELSE ANNOUNCED AT APPLE'S HARDWARE EVENT

Apple released its iPhone 17 lineup along with updates for the Apple Watch and AirPods at its new hardware event yesterday. The iPhone 17 models have larger screens and an improved camera system compared to the previous generation. The new ultra-thin iPhone Air will replace the Plus model. The iPhone 17 will come in new colors: lavender, mist blue, black, white, and sage. More details about Apple's recent announcements are available in the article.

NVIDIA UNVEILS NEW GPU DESIGNED FOR LONG-CONTEXT INFERENCE

Nvidia's new Rubin CPX GPU is designed for context windows larger than 1 million tokens. It is optimized to process large sequences of context. Users will get better performance on long-context tasks such as video generation and software development. The Rubin CPX will be available at the end of 2026.

THE FDA APPROVES HUMAN TRIALS FOR PIG KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS

Biotech company eGenesis has received FDA approval to begin human trials of pig-to-human kidney transplants. eGenesis provides pigs with CRISPR-modified genes that reduce the chances of organ rejection in human recipients. Only those 50 or older with end-stage kidney disease will be eligible for trials. They'll also need to be dialysis-dependent and on the kidney transplant waitlist.

AMERICA'S FIRST PRIVATE NUCLEAR FUEL RECYCLING FACILITY TO OPEN IN TENNESSEE

Oklo Inc. has announced plans to build the first private nuclear fuel recycling facility in the US. Located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the facility will start recycling and producing fuel by the early 2030s if everything proceeds as planned. The company claims it will help unlock the potential of more than 94,000 metric tons of stored used nuclear fuel around the country. The Tennessee Valley Authority is exploring options to deploy small modular reactors near where Oklo's fuel center will be located.

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