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EXTREMELY SAVVY move by @finkd to release no-camera smart glasses 🤓 Has anyone created a pendent or glasses that you can authenticate with any genetic platform ( @bot @claudeai etc)?
hot take

Every country needs to work together, but it's important that we do not hold ourselves back to satisfy others.

“In our history, there have been times where countries who compete and don’t always like each other very much still come together for shared interests and the collective good in the face of a powerful new technology,” Altman said. “We believe this must be one of those times”

There has never been as important of time as now for us to focus on execution, not debate, execution.

The world’s second largest economy has emerged as a tech heavyweight. Home-grown tech talent is spurring Chinese AI models ever closer to Silicon Valley’s frontier. Beijing-based space firms are launching and landing reuseable rockets with their sights on global champion SpaceX. Companies from energy to AI, robots and memory chips have launched blockbuster stock debuts over the past year.

The ultimate vibe shift. A reminder that complaining on the internet is a zero-interest-rate phenomenon. You are either building, or you are in the way.

Every step of the way, to everyone around us, we should be asking the question, what are you building? What are you building directly, or helping other people to build, or teaching other people to build, or taking care of people who are building? If the work you’re doing isn’t either leading to something being built or taking care of people directly, we’ve failed you, and we need to get you into a position, an occupation, a career where you can contribute to building. There are always outstanding people in even the most broken systems—we need to get all the talent we can on the biggest problems we have, and on building the answers to those problems.
hot take

Marc Andreessen planting his flag. Tech isn't just an industry; it's the only mechanism we have to pull humanity forward. Anyone arguing for degrowth is arguing for stagnation.

We believe everything good is downstream of growth. We believe not growing is stagnation, which leads to zero-sum thinking, internal fighting, degradation, collapse, and ultimately death.

Now that drones can be used, one would expect that you'd be able to put up in the air thousands of drones to be able to find people like this. I understand wanting to use helicopters because it's cool, but you think you'd save a lot of money by using drones, and could cover a lot more ground.

The search includes Moroccan SA-330 Puma and AS332 Super Puma helicopters; a U.S. CH-47 Chinook helicopter; Moroccan and American surveillance drones; French and Moroccan navy frigates; and Moroccan mountaineers and divers, the official said.

Excellently trained law enforcement

A CNN analysis of hotel surveillance video released by Pirro’s office last week, coupled with audio taken from inside the ballroom during the shooting, does not definitively conclude when or whether Allen fired a shot. But the audio analysis does indicate that six shots total were fired during the incident, which aligns with initial statements by law enforcement that Allen fired one shot, while a responding officer fired five more.
hot take

Well, this might sound like it would be great. I have found that AI is not quite at the point that I would trust it being my news digest. There's better algorithms out there than what an AI is going to find from just randomly searching.

Use the News Digest format to summarize the last 24 hours of news, but strictly filter for three categories: 1. Major global tech breakthroughs (focusing on AI and Android) 2. Key headlines in Indian politics 3. Results or upcoming fixtures for the Indian Cricket Team and IPL Use bullet points and keep the tone objective but sharp.

This is a good sign for the world. We need the larger economies to invest in global defense.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Saturday the partial drawdown was expected and that Europe needed to take on more responsibility for its own security. He also said "Germany is on the right track" by seeking to expand its armed forces, speed up military procurement and build more infrastructure.
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steel man

The administration's steelman: a four-year high is still below the 2022 peak in real terms, the strategic petroleum reserve has not been tapped, and a credible Iran threat reduction would deliver a larger consumer surplus than any plausible domestic-policy alternative on the table. Whether you buy that case is a separate question — but it's the case being made internally.

Many workers grapple with rising energy costs as gas prices hit a four-year high, with a national average of $4.30 a gallon.
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fact check

Important to read this carefully: USAI being zeroed in the request is not the same as aid ending. Presidential drawdown authority and FMF are separate buckets and historically that's been ~60% of the actual flow. The headline is scary but the operative number won't be set until conference.

The Pentagon's proposed FY2027 budget excluded new funding for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, effectively zeroing out future military aid allocations for Kyiv under the program.