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// Tech news at terminal velocity
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▸ Amazon reportedly eyes a massive $50B stake in OpenAI
▸ Elon Musk considers merging Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI into one mega-corp
▸ Apple smashes earnings records with the iPhone 17 Pro
Rumor has it Amazon is in talks to drop $50B into OpenAI. If true, this isn't just an investment; it's Amazon admitting that maybe backing every horse in the race is safer than trying to breed their own.
Elon is reportedly discussing merging his three biggest ventures into a single publicly traded entity. Finally, your car can mine crypto to pay for your ticket to Mars while arguing with you about politics.
Despite the doom-mongering, Apple posted a record $143.8B quarter, driven by the iPhone 17 Pro. Turns out, people will still pay a premium for blue bubbles and a slightly better camera.
Sequoia-backed Ethos managed to go public while other insurtechs face-planted. It’s almost like having a business model that actually makes money is a competitive advantage again.
Leaked data suggests Tesla's robotaxis have a crash rate three times higher than human drivers, even with monitors. It seems 'move fast and break things' was taken a bit too literally in the FSD department.
The 'Stargate' AI data center in Texas is fueling a surge in natural gas power. We wanted clean, futuristic AI; we got a cyberpunk dystopia where chatbots burn fossil fuels to generate haikus.
A look back at how Nvidia kept the Shield TV updated for ten years. In an era where Android phones lose support faster than milk spoils, this little set-top box is the Highlander of consumer electronics.
A new lightweight scripting language that compiles to ~250kB and integrates directly with C. Perfect for when Lua feels too heavy and you really miss manual memory management (just kidding, it uses aliases).
Google DeepMind's Project Genie is now available for AI Ultra subscribers. It generates playable, interactive environments on the fly—basically the holodeck, but currently limited to 2D platformers.
Microsoft is experimenting with a 'Command Palette Dock' that looks suspiciously like the macOS menu bar. Time is a flat circle, and eventually, all OS UIs converge into a single, stolen design.
One of the largest manga piracy networks has been dismantled by a joint Japan-China task force. Millions of readers suddenly have to remember their Crunchyroll passwords.
In this week's 'Rocket Report', a massive satellite simply fell off its booster. It's a comforting reminder that even literal rocket scientists have bad days at the office.