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Are AI Labs Trying to Break Encryption?
Scott Aaronson said AI labs had started testing whether their newest models could break cryptography, and Vitalik Buterin urged taking it seriously. Anthropic launched Haiku 5.5, Google unveiled a universal Gemini agent, and Microsoft opened Surface Laptop Ultra preorders. A theo ... Show More
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Aug 2024
Tech News: Augmenting (Or Outright Replacing) Reality
Meta and Snap each plan to introduce new AR glasses, but you probably won't be able to get your hands on them. Plus, Cruise strikes up a partnership with Uber, Google introduces a photo editing feature that muddies the waters and an enterprising hacker attempts to fake his own de ... Show More
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Feb 2020
Iowa caucus app issues, Panos Panay takes over both Microsoft’s hardware and software, and Google reveals Q4 earnings
Stories discussed this week; Election tech was supposed to clean up the Iowa caucus … Iowa's caucus fracas shows we're still too ignorant about how … America is bad at voting (it isn’t just Iowa) US attorney general says tech and telecom industries should invest in Huawei competi ... Show More
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Aug 2025
Big iPhone changes, 12V GPU connector fix, Elon's "Macrohard" + more!
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Jun 2024
Apple finally gets Siri-ous (News)
Apple announces its "new" style of AI, piku gives you "git push" deployment on your own servers, Dabo Chen rebuilds nanoGPT in a spreadsheet, Mark Seemann thinks you'll regret using natural keys in your database design & Glyph Lefkowitz describes his grand unified theory of the A ... Show More
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Oct 2025
Huawei AI Chips Contain Advanced Parts from Rivals
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss findings that Huawei's Ascend AI processors contain advanced components from TSMC, Samsung, and SK Hynix. Plus, Rivian is reworking the manual release on its vehicle doors after employees and customers raised concerns over potential ... Show More
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