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// Tech news at terminal velocity

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South Korea's $1T AI Bet, Chamath's Coding Comeback, & Agents Paying Agents

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• 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.

Headlines & Launches

💰 Chamath's 8090 Labs Raises $135M

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.

Source: TechCrunch

🤖 OKX's AI Agent Marketplace

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.

Source: TechCrunch

🏗️ Base44's 'Base One' Model

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.

Source: The New Stack

📱 Samsung's Wide Foldable Leaks

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.

Source: The Verge

Deep Dives

🇰🇷 South Korea's $1T Physical AI Bet

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.

Source: Ars Technica

📊 The AI Jobs Debate Gets Messier

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.

Source: TechCrunch

⚖️ SCOTUS Guts Geofence Warrants

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.

Source: Ars Technica

Engineering & Research

🦀 Git 2.55 Enables Rust by Default

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.

Source: Phoronix

🛡️ GitHub's Advisory Database Surge

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.

Source: The GitHub Blog

🚲 Avinox's Automatic E-Bike Motor

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.

Source: The Verge

Odds & Ends

🏴‍☠️ Sony Reminds Us We Own Nothing

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.

Source: Ars Technica

🪦 T-Mobile Kills the Sprint Legacy

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.

Source: The Verge

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