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// Tech news at terminal velocity

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Privacy Leaks, CEO Lies, and The Neo Arrives

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β–Έ Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses caught in a 'bathroom footage' privacy nightmare.

β–Έ Anthropic takes the DOD to court over a 'supply chain risk' label.

β–Έ First benchmarks for the MacBook Neo surface, plus a BlackBerry revival.

Headlines & Launches

πŸ’» MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In

The first numbers for Apple's mysterious 'Neo' line have hit Geekbench, and the internet is already arguing about what it actually is. Whether it's a foldable or just a glorified netbook, the hype train has officially left the station.

Source: MacRumors

πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™‚οΈ FBI Wiretap Systems Breached

In a twist of irony usually reserved for cyberpunk novels, hackers allegedly broke into the FBI's own surveillance networks. The watchers are officially being watched, and the Bureau is scrambling to plug the leak.

Source: TechCrunch

⌨️ Unihertz Titan Elite 2: The BlackBerry Zombie Returns

Unihertz is back at MWC with another QWERTY slab for the three people who refuse to use a touchscreen. It's orange, it's bulky, and it's the perfect 'phone away from phone' for the digital detox crowd.

Source: The Verge

πŸ₯ AWS Launches AI Agents for Healthcare

Amazon Connect Health is here to handle patient scheduling and verification with AI agents. Finally, a robot that can listen to your hold music for you.

Source: TechCrunch

Deep Dives

πŸ‘οΈ Ray-Ban Meta's Privacy Nightmare

Reports have surfaced that workers reviewing footage from Ray-Ban Meta glasses viewed clips of users in bathrooms and other private spaces. It's a stark reminder that 'smart' glasses are basically just face-mounted CCTV cameras that upload to the cloud.

Source: Ars Technica

βš–οΈ Anthropic Sues the Pentagon

CEO Dario Amodei is challenging the DOD's decision to label Anthropic a 'supply-chain risk.' It's a bold move to sue the military-industrial complex, but Amodei claims the label is hurting business with customers who aren't even in the defense sector.

Source: TechCrunch

πŸ€₯ The $7M ARR Lie

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admitted that the $7 million annual recurring revenue figure he touted last year was completely fabricated. It's a classic 'fake it till you make it' story, except he didn't make itβ€”he just got caught.

Source: TechCrunch

Engineering & Research

🦊 Hardening Firefox with Anthropic

Mozilla is teaming up with Anthropic's Red Team to stress-test Firefox against AI-generated exploits. It's a proactive move to secure the browser before the bots get smarter than the developers.

Source: Mozilla Blog

πŸ“‘ Cloudflare's Dynamic Path MTU Discovery

Cloudflare has rolled out a client update that actively probes and adjusts packet sizes to avoid 'silent drops.' If you've ever battled MTU issues over a VPN, you know this is actually a huge quality-of-life upgrade.

Source: Cloudflare

🎨 LibreSprite: Pixel Art for the People

An open-source fork of Aseprite that keeps the dream of free pixel art tools alive. Perfect for indie devs who want to make sprites without navigating a subscription model.

Source: GitHub

Odds & Ends

🧱 The Supersized Lego Computer

Someone built a fully functional PC inside a giant, 3D-printed replica of a Lego computer brick. It's the kind of impractical engineering we absolutely love.

Source: The Verge

πŸ“‰ Amazon's Three-Hour Coffee Break

Amazon.com went down for three hours, breaking login and checkout flows globally. For a brief moment, wallets everywhere breathed a sigh of relief.

Source: The Verge

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