Happy Tuesday.
Ever notice your X replies are mostly strangers picking fights? Turns out the people you follow were getting hidden, and X just rolled out a fix to bring them back.
Group chat energy, finally restored 😅
Enjoy today's news.
Apple releases public betas for iOS 27, watchOS 27, and macOS 27, featuring its Siri AI overhaul ahead of a fall launch.
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Kalshi launches Kalshi Pro, a professional desktop terminal offering multi-market layouts, real-time screening, and advanced tools for active exchange traders.
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The FCC approves Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, a giant mirror set to beam reflected sunlight to Earth for energy and lighting.
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Twelve U.S. states sue to stop Paramount Skydance's $110B Warner Bros. Discovery merger, arguing it would reduce competition and increase entertainment prices.
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The EU plans to restrict social media for under-13s, requiring supervised access to protect children from online harm.
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Unitree hosts the UniBot World Challenge, inviting global teams to advance embodied AI models' real-world generalization and multi-task capabilities.
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Researchers develop a soft, helium-filled floating robot with flapping fins that safely follows people, gives reminders, and assists with learning.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces the Reverse Information Paradox, warning that AI users pay twice, once in tokens, again by unknowingly surrendering proprietary knowledge.
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Solo developer Konstantin Borimechkov launches Explore YC, a free open-source API delivering instant, structured data on 8,952+ startups from Y Combinator, a16z, Product Hunt, and Hacker News.
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Nearly 200 economists and tech leaders warn policymakers that AI could rapidly disrupt human jobs.
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Nous Research nears $75M raise at a $1.5B valuation to scale Hermes.
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a16z General Partner Anish Acharya argues that AI is a deeply human technology that empowers everyone to become active creators instead of passive consumers.
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New Sourcery episode: Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman joins Molly O'Shea to explain the $20B OpenAI deal, inference economics, and AI's data center build-out.
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As promised, tech and startups in a minute.
See you tomorrow.
P.S. Waze finally added a "Less Chatty" mode, for everyone who loves the directions but not the running commentary. Peace at last.
