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The Lake They Couldn't See
Every fifty years a new kind of gold appears, and we ride past the thing worth keeping to go dig it up. We are doing it again.
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Humanity trumps politics: we must stop the escalation
Gilens and Page found US citizens have near-zero impact on policy. If Americans can't control their government, why are we punishing 90 million Iranians for theirs? An Iranian American developer on sanctions, the Versailles playbook, and why the tech community needs to speak up.
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The thieves are upset about theft
AI labs trained on everyone's data without asking. Now they're furious that other AI labs are training on their outputs. The pattern is older than electricity.
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A single data center drinks five million gallons of water a day
America's energy and water infrastructure cannot sustain AI buildout without radical change.
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Toggle your inner critic
High taste is a superpower in review, but a liability during creation—separating judgment from making is the skill creators need most.
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The GPU accumulation era is ending
Raw compute scaling is hitting limits; the next breakthroughs require hardware-software co-design and specialization.
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Building for myself first
Using agentic development to prototype Swift apps that solve personal problems with privacy, ownership, and connection at their core.
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AI autonomy level framework
Framework for understanding AI autonomy levels outside self-driving, from copy-paste to full autonomous systems.
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You down with A.P.P.?
A rap parody celebrating AI Paired Programming—the synergy between humans and AI in software development.
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Hot take on the future of coding
Most individual contributor developers will need to re-skill within five years as AI agents take over execution work.
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Will there be 10 billion humanoid robots?
The raw material constraints for 10B humanoid robots by 2040 are severe—especially lithium and rare earth elements.
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Being Suez'd
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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along
Two years ago, Lime was a great addition to guacamole, rather than a sidewalk.
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Will tech companies change the way we manage our health?
The top 10 tech companies spent $4.7 billion on healthcare acquisitions since 2012. What are they after?
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Dear United: Autonomous cars will pull you out of your seat
Autonomous cars will eat short-haul air travel. Comfort, price, and flexibility all favor the ground.
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Is Whole Foods a healthy option for Amazon?
Amazon is buying Whole Foods for $14 billion. It's not about groceries -- it's about fulfillment locations, delivery fleets, and drone landing pads.
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Apple lays the groundwork to kill online advertising
Apple's slow-squeeze strategy against Google's search revenue is becoming clear. Four moves to check the king.
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Silicon Valley’s Biggest Investors Prefer Their Wrist to Apple Watch
Josh Elman, the famed investor and former professional Badminton player recently went to Twitter to share his painful story about the Apple…
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Will Google’s Fi make you say bye to Verizon and AT&T?
Google’s officially launching their mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which was previously codenamed NOVA. We’ve spoken about this…
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AOL’s Original Mission.
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Which network would you drop?
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The Greatest Social Network
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A Life Through Glass
Google Press Photo After spending some time with Glass, I wanted to address questions I’ve received, provide tips for new Glass owners, and share some of the shortcomings of the alpha device.
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Dear Facebook, let me tag people I’m “thinking of”
Posts and photos require more subtle notification methods.