ChatGPT Agent is a new tool from OpenAI that completes work on users'
behalf using its own virtual computer. It is powered by a new unnamed
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BIG TECH & STARTUPS

OPENAI'S NEW CHATGPT AGENT CAN CONTROL AN ENTIRE COMPUTER AND DO
TASKS FOR YOU (5 MINUTE READ) [5]

ChatGPT Agent is a new tool from OpenAI that completes work on users'
behalf using its own virtual computer. It is powered by a new unnamed
model that OpenAI developed specifically for the product. The model
was trained on complex tasks that require multiple tools, like
briefing users on upcoming client meetings, planning and purchasing
ingredients for a meal, or creating a slide deck based on an analysis
of competing companies. ChatGPT Agent is now rolling out to Pro, Plus,
and Team users - it will be available to Enterprise and Education
users later this summer. There is no rollout timeline for the European
Economic Area and Switzerland.

THIS UPCOMING IOS FEATURE WILL MAKE SPAM PHONE CALLS AN ISSUE OF THE
PAST (2 MINUTE READ) [6]

Apple announced two new features to vastly improve the phone calling experience for iPhone users this year at WWDC25: Hold Assist and Call Screening. Hold Assist manages calls for users when placed on hold.
Call Screening, designed to deter spam callers, answers calls for
users and asks callers for their names and reasoning. iOS 26 will also introduce a screening filter for texts.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

IVF BREAKTHROUGH USING 3-PERSON DNA LEADS TO 8 BABIES BORN FREE OF
GENETIC DISEASE (3 MINUTE READ) [7]

Eight babies were born healthy thanks to a groundbreaking new
DNA-enhanced IVF technique aimed at preventing children from
inheriting severe, incurable mitochondrial diseases from their
mothers. The babies were born to seven mothers at high risk of passing
on severe mitochondrial DNA diseases. The novel IVF method utilizes
DNA from the mother's egg, the father's sperm, and healthy
mitochondrial DNA from a donor. Children conceived via this technique
inherit the vast majority of their DNA from their biological parents,
but they also receive a minute amount of healthy mitochondrial DNA
from a third person, a genetic alteration that will be passed down to
future generations.

NASA'S NEW ROMAN SPACE TELESCOPE AIMS TO DISCOVER 100,000 COSMIC
EXPLOSIONS (4 MINUTE READ) [8]

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has a field of view at least
100 times larger than Hubble's. It has the potential to document light
from over a billion galaxies over its career. The telescope will help researchers better understand exoplanets, infrared astrophysics, and
the nature of dark matter. Roman could potentially find evidence of
the very first stars to ever form in the universe. The telescope is
scheduled to launch in 2027.

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BUILD WITH VEO 3, NOW AVAILABLE IN THE GEMINI API (5 MINUTE READ)
[11]

Veo 3 is now available in paid preview via the Gemini API and Vertex
AI. The model is designed to handle a range of video generation tasks
with stunning visuals and audio, including dialogue and sound effects.
It can simulate real-world physics for authentic motion. Examples of
videos generated by Veo 3 are available in the article.

TYPESCRIPT EXECUTE (2 MINUTE READ) [12]

TypeScript Execute (tsx) is an enhancement to Node.js that allows it
to run TypeScript. It features seamless TypeScript execution and
CJS/ESM imports and a Watch mode that lets users re-run their files
whenever they save them, allowing them to iterate on their code faster
and boost productivity. tsx enhances Node.js with TypeScript support
in both CommonJS and ESM modes, allowing users to switch between them seamlessly.

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MISCELLANEOUS

`UTOPIAN' CITY CALIFORNIA FOREVER ANNOUNCES HUGE TECH MANUFACTURING
PARK (1 MINUTE READ) [13]

California Forever, a project backed by a group of Silicon Valley billionaires, plans to build a massive manufacturing park in its
planned 'utopian' city. The Solano Foundry will host 40 million square
feet of advanced tech manufacturing space and have over 175,000 homes.
The site will offer expedited permitting, transportation for finished
goods, and plenty of power from renewable energy. The project aims to
attract hardware, engineering, and AI talent from Silicon Valley,
which is about 40 miles away.

HOW ANDROID PHONES BECAME AN EARTHQUAKE WARNING SYSTEM (6 MINUTE
READ) [14]

The Android Earthquake Alert system, which is on by default in most
Android phones, displays a notification to users when there is an
earthquake nearby to warn them to get to a safer location. The system
uses accelerometers to detect vibrations - an alert is triggered when
there is widespread phone activity that matches the pattern expected
for an earthquake. As of the end of March last year, the system has
sensed a total of 1,279 events, ranging in magnitude from 1.9 to 7.8,
of which only three were false positives.

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FULLY HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION AND THE DAWN OF A TRULY PRIVATE INTERNET
(22 MINUTE READ) [16]

Fully Homomorphic Encryption allows arbitrary computations on
encrypted data without needing to decrypt it first.

ROBINHOOD CEO SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPANY'S NEW CODE IS WRITTEN
BY AI, WITH 'CLOSE TO 100%' ADOPTION FROM ENGINEERS (2 MINUTE READ)
[17]

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev claims that it has become difficult to
distinguish human-written code from AI-generated code.

AMAZING HAND PROJECT (GITHUB REPO) [18]

The Amazing Hand is an open source 3D printable four-fingered robotic
hand - this repository contains the code and model for controlling the
device.

RUNNING TYPESCRIPT NATIVELY (4 MINUTE READ) [19]

It is possible to run TypeScript code directly in Node.js (v23.6.0
onwards) without the need to transpile it first, with some
limitations.

UBER INKS SIX-YEAR ROBOTAXI DEAL WITH LUCID, INVESTS $300 MILLION IN
EV COMPANY (4 MINUTE READ) [20]

Under the agreement, Uber will invest $300 million in Lucid, an
electric vehicle maker, and Nuro, an autonomous vehicle startup, will
develop self-driving technology that Lucid will use to supply Uber
with robotaxis over the course of the deal and receive a multi-hundred-million-dollar investment.

MY FAVORITE USE-CASE FOR AI IS WRITING LOGS (12 MINUTE READ) [21]

A look at how JetBrains developed a local model that auto-infers log completion from surrounding text.

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