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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-06-30.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ • South Korea is dropping a massive $518B+ (part of a $1T plan) on memory chips and humanoid robots to dominate physical AI by 2028.
▸ • Chamath Palihapitiya steps into the CEO role at his AI coding startup, 8090 Labs, after raising a casual $135M Series A.
▸ • OKX is launching a decentralized marketplace where AI agents can hire and pay each other in crypto.
Chamath Palihapitiya is back in the operator seat, taking the CEO role at his AI coding startup 8090 Labs. The $135M Series A was led by Salesforce Ventures, with the rest of the 'All-In' podcast besties naturally chipping in.
Crypto exchange OKX is betting on a future where AI agents need to hire each other. They've launched a decentralized marketplace for agents to find jobs, build on-chain reputations, and settle payments autonomously.
Vibe coding platform Base44 decided frontier models weren't cutting it, so they fine-tuned their own open-source LLM. 'Base One' uses reinforcement learning against real platform tasks to get better at building web apps.
Case designs for the Galaxy Z Fold 8 have hit the web, confirming Samsung is finally embracing the wide-style foldable life. Expect the official reveal at next month's Galaxy Unpacked.
South Korea is tired of the 'RAMageddon' and is throwing over $518 billion at four new memory fabs. It's part of a sweeping national plan to dominate physical AI and commercial humanoid robots by 2028.
A new report shows that 'high-intensity AI adopters' actually saw their headcount increase by 10.2%, with entry-level roles up 12%. So much for the narrative that AI is coming for all the junior developer jobs.
The Supreme Court has severely limited the government's ability to use geofence warrants to track devices in a specific area. It's a massive win for privacy advocates, though the ruling stops just short of calling them entirely unconstitutional.
The latest stable release of Git is here, and Rust support is now enabled by default (unless you explicitly opt out). It also brings incremental multi-pack indexes and a nifty 'git history fixup' command for easier commit merging.
GitHub is processing more vulnerability reports than ever before. They've published a deep dive into what's driving the record-breaking volume and how their infrastructure is handling the load.
The Avinox MG Concept MGU is an e-bike motor that lets you set a preferred pedaling cadence and automatically adjusts gears to keep you spinning at that exact speed, ditching the fragile derailleur entirely.
Sony is once again erasing purchased digital content from users' libraries, serving as a harsh reminder that in the digital age, you're just renting pixels until a corporation changes its mind.
T-Mobile is finally booting customers off its oldest legacy plans, including some that date back to the 3G era of Sprint. Pour one out for your grandfathered unlimited data.