Airbus' Acubed and Google spinout SandboxAQ are developing an alternative to GPS. Its quantum sensing technology is now inching closer to commercialization. The MagNav quantum-sensing device uses quantum physics to measure the unique magnetic signatures at various points in the Earth's crust. An AI algorithm is then used to match those signatures to an exact location. The technology could be a promising alternative to GPS in a time when GPS jamming and spoofing are on the rise.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock so it can perform timekeeping with 19 decimal places of accuracy. The aluminum ion clock is 2.6 times more stable than any other ion clock. Its accuracy will help facilitate new scientific and technological advances, allowing scientists to explore new concepts in quantum physics and build the tools needed for quantum technology. It could help physicists explore physics beyond the Standard Model, such as the possibility that the fundamental constants of nature are not fixed values but actually changing.
When AI experiments work great in dev but fail in production, it's often an observability problem. In a recent fireside chat, Google's Director of AI and Datadog's VP of Engineering shared 7 key insights [13] for building production LLMs on Google Cloud. Get the ebook now
The Artificial Analysis Adoption Survey Report examines trends in AI usage and analyzes adoption rates, primary use cases, and demand across chatbots, coding agents, LLM model families, providers, and chip companies. The report found companies are starting to use AI in production, with engineering and R&D being the clear frontrunner use cases. Google, xAI, and DeepSeek have gained share in the first half of 2025 while Meta and Mistral have lost share. Organizations are open to Chinese models if hosted outside of China.
One trick that helps developers write code faster and more accurately is to sketch proofs in your head when you're working on something difficult. Doing this without interrupting flow takes a lot of practice, but once you get good at it, you'll find a surprising amount of code will work on the first or second try. This article demonstrates a few examples of how this technique can be applied.
A new type of deal structure has emerged in AI as an alternative to acquisitions and hiring. It involves hiring the core team from a startup and gaining a non-exclusive license to the startup's intellectual property in exchange for substantial licensing fees, which are distributed as dividends out to investors and employees. These startups then continue to operate under new leadership. These 'Hire And License Out' (HALO) deals are still new and remain poorly understood.
Tesla's Diner, Drive-in, and Supercharger in Los Angeles is getting close to opening. The site is pretty much done - Elon Musk ate a meal at the site, and vehicles have been spotted charging at the charging stalls. The site will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when it finally opens. Photos of the Diner are available in the article.
A 27-minute launch window for the KF-01 mission, which aims to send 24 Kuiper satellites to orbit on one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets, opened at 2:18 AM ET.
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A small group of members in Meta's newly formed superintelligence lab last week discussed the possibility of abandoning the company's most powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, in favor of developing a closed model. Meta has chosen to open source its AI models for years, with executives arguing that it is better for the technology to be public to accelerate AI development and make the technology more accessible to developers. A move to a closed AI model would be a philosophical change as much as a technical one. Meta has been delaying the release of its Behemoth model due to its poor internal performance.
Google plans to combine Android with ChromeOS. Chromebooks can already run many Android apps, and Android has been moving closer to ChromeOS with new features like desktop mode, resizable windows, and improved support for external displays. Bringing the two operating systems together makes sense as it will speed up feature development and improve functionality on tablets.
Israeli researchers have created an mRNA-based vaccine against Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague. The researchers hope the technology can be used to combat other lethal bacteria as well. When tested on animal models, the vaccine achieved 100% protection against pneumonic plague. The success of the study paves the way for a whole world of mRNA-based vaccines against other deadly bacteria.
The United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently transferred over 800 watts of power over about 30 seconds with a laser beam across 8.6 kilometers. The estimated power efficiency was around 20%. The team used commercial ready-to-use solar cells placed within a receiver to turn the laser beam into electricity. Laser technologies are more suitable than infrared for building an airborne power relay network due to their high precision, long-range reach, and lighter and smaller equipment required to work.
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AWS has introduced a new agentic IDE called Kiro that apparently avoids the pitfalls of vibe coding. It is built around a conversational interface that offers developers the chance to explain what they are trying to build. Kiro then uses generative AI to produce its response, which initially takes the form of a spec, not actual code. Kiro can handle multiple specs created by different teams that all work on different aspects of a project. It can use plugins written for VS Code and Open VSX.
Modern computing isn't possible without digital displays. The technology is underappreciated because most people have no idea how the technology works. This article covers the history of digital displays, how different types of displays work, what pixels are and why we use them, and much more. Understanding how a screen works unlocks a lot of understanding of how color works on digital displays, rasterization, GPUs, and shaders.
Meta plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into artificial intelligence compute infrastructure. It aims to bring its first supercluster online next year. Meta has been on a multibillion-dollar AI hiring spree in recent weeks. CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly grew frustrated with Meta's progress in AI, so he is revamping the company's approach to better compete with rivals like OpenAI and Google.
ByteDance is reportedly working on mixed reality goggles designed to layer digital objects over users' view of the real world to compete directly with Meta's upcoming mixed reality products. They will be built by ByteDance's Pico, the creators of the Pico 4 VR headset. Pico will keep the device lightweight by offloading most of the computing work to a puck connected to the goggles over a wire. Current Pico headsets aren't sold in the US, and ByteDance may face pushback over a US release due to its ownership of TikTok.
Gemini Space, which shows contextual cards on the lock screen and other places, currently only displays sports and birthday cards, but finance and Daily Hub features are expected in the future.
Despite their vast knowledge and high benchmark scores, no large language model has made a major breakthrough or unexpected insight - this post discusses a theoretical method for making models more insightful.
A person purchasing health insurance while on GLP-1 drugs may be assessed at the same level as someone at the same health level who isn't on the drug, but the person on GLP-1 is likely to return to their previous state of health within two years of stopping the medication.
Manual testing on personal devices is TOO SLOW AND TOO LIMITED. It forces teams to CUT RELEASES A WEEK EARLY just to test before submitting them to app stores. And without broad device coverage, issues slip through.
Google has signed an agreement to hire Varum Mohan, the co-founder of AI coding startup, Windsurf, and other senior Windsurf research and development employees. Google will not invest in Windsurf, but it will receive a nonexclusive license to certain Windsurf technology. Windsurf is free to license its technology to others. Google is paying $2.4 billion for the deal. Windsurf had been in talks with OpenAI for a $3 billion acquisition deal, but the finalization period expired.
Lucid Motors just set a Guinness World Record for the longest journey by an electric car on a single charge using its Air Grand Touring car, covering a distance of around 768 miles. The previous record of 649 miles was achieved by the Mercedes-Benz ETS450+ in June 2025. Lucid Motors' EV traveled between St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany through highways, secondary roads, and alpine roads. The Air Grand Touring, starting at $112,650, has two all-wheel drive electric motors with a combined system output of 611 kW (819 horsepower) and 1,200 Nm (885 lb-ft) of torque.
Drones are dominating the battlefield in the fight for Ukraine. Both sides have hundreds of them constantly in the air across the 750-mile front line. Drones can lay mines, deliver ammunition and medication, and even evacuate wounded or dead soldiers. They are being used to spot movement along the front line and dispatched to strike enemy troops and vehicles. Drones are so cheap to make that both sides can expend them on any target, including individual soldiers. Due to their size and speed, they are difficult to shoot down, so the main defense against them has been electronic jamming systems - but these can be overcome with fiber-optic drones.
Google DeepMind has released an open-source Python library designed to bring structure and simplicity to the changes of building AI applications with large language models. GenAI Processors provides an abstraction layer that defines a consistent interface for everything from input handling and pre-processing to model calls and output processing. The stream-based API allows for seamless chaining and composition of different operations. GenAI Processors helps developers write responsive applications without making code more complex.
A Reddit user attended the second round of their Google Product Management interview and was surprised when it turned out to be a vibe coding interview. This caused them to become flustered and underperform - they had the knowledge, but the stress caused them to blank on the exact implementation. Those interviewing for similar roles should take this post as a warning - be prepared for the possibility of a vibe coding interview format. The Reddit user was interviewing for an L5 PM role that had a strong focus on AI/ML.
Apple's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is probably not going to leave anytime soon despite being mired in Apple's biggest crisis in years. Cook's longtime No. 2, Jeff Williams, just announced plans to retire, so there's no immediate successor ready to take the helm, and there haven't been signs that Cook has begun the process of grooming a replacement. The board also doesn't feel the need to make a change - while shares are down 16% this year, they've surged about 1,500% since he became CEO in 2011. While Cook is staying, the company has started a broad management shake-up - roughly half of Cook's direct reports could depart within the next few years.
The hypercapitalist AI talent wars will rewrite employment contracts and investment norms, concentrate returns, and raise the bar for mission and capital required to create great new companies. The social contracts between employees, startups, and investors must be rewritten. Founders must prepare themselves for the step-function increase in mercenary firepower. The M&A talent war is just beginning - as the numbers get bigger for talent and companies, all sides need to reimagine the social contract.