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  • iOS 26 ¨, Tesla xAI merger prediction ¨, xAI Telegram deal ¨

    From TLDR@VERT to All on Thursday, May 29, 2025 10:43:10
    The next Apple operating systems will be identified by year rather
    than version. The change aims to bring consistency to the company's
    branding


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    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    APPLE TO LAUNCH IOS 26, MACOS 26 IN MAJOR REBRAND TIED TO SOFTWARE
    REDESIGNS (3 MINUTE READ) [5]

    The next Apple operating systems will be identified by year rather
    than version number. The change is aimed at bringing consistency to
    the company's branding and making things less confusing to customers
    and developers. The next operating systems will be known as iOS 26,
    iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26. The shift
    will be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June
    9.

    XAI TO PAY TELEGRAM $300M TO INTEGRATE GROK INTO THE CHAT APP (1
    MINUTE READ) [6]

    Telegram and xAI have partnered to integrate Grok into apps available
    on Telegram's platform for one year. xAI paid $300 million in cash and
    equity as part of the deal. Telegram will also earn 50% of the revenue
    from xAI subscriptions purchased through the app. Grok was already
    available to Telegram's premium users early this year, but it seems
    the chatbot is now going to be made available to all users.

    ¨

    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    RESEARCHERS SAY NEW CONTACT LENSES LET YOU SEE IN THE DARK (2 MINUTE
    READ) [7]

    Scientists have created contact lenses that allow people to see in
    the dark with the help of infrared light. The invention could allow
    colorblind people to see colors again. The contacts don't require an
    external power source and wearers can perceive multiple infrared
    wavelengths even with their eyes closed. They aren't yet able to
    capture fine details, so the scientists are working on a version with
    more precise spatial resolution and higher sensitivity.

    A REACTION TO ALZHEIMER'S FRAUD (4 MINUTE READ) [8]

    The beta-amyloid protein has been a prime suspect in the pathology of Alzheimer's for many decades. However, there was a period where some
    papers made a form of amyloid appear to be able to induce disease-like
    symptoms all by itself in rodent models. Those works turned out not to
    be reproducible, and there is strong evidence of deliberately faked
    work in those papers. While those particular papers are fake, they
    don't discount the decades of legitimate research on the topic.

    ¨

    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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    ONE OF THE REASONS I'M FINDING LLMS SO MUCH MORE USEFUL FOR CODING
    THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE (1 MINUTE READ) [10]

    All of Simon Willison's code has automated tests. This massively
    de-risks his use of large language models. He uses AI to write code
    and then proves that code works with tests, then uses AI to refactor
    the code until it looks good, keeping the tests green the whole time. Programmers who find the technology to be more of a hindrance than a
    help in their work may need to check the health of their test suites.

    AS A DEVELOPER, MY MOST IMPORTANT TOOLS ARE A PEN AND A NOTEBOOK (3
    MINUTE READ) [11]

    A notebook is the most important tool to have as a software
    developer. While writing code is a necessary part of the job, more
    important than writing that code is figuring out what code to write.
    Writing and sketching are powerful tools for thinking through problems
    and they can help turn vague abstract ideas into tangible artifacts.
    Using a notebook also leaves behind a copy of your thoughts and the
    process of how you reached them.

    ¨

    MISCELLANEOUS

    ELON MUSK TRIED TO BLOCK SAM ALTMAN'S BIG AI DEAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
    (6 MINUTE READ) [12]

    OpenAI and a group of American technology giants recently won a deal
    to build one of the world's largest artificial intelligence data
    centers in Abu Dhabi. While the deal was being made, Elon Musk worked
    hard to make sure it included his own AI startup, warning the group
    that the plan had no chance of presidential approval unless xAI was
    included in the deal. Trump and US officials reviewed the deal terms
    and decided to move forward. The project, Stargate UAE, was ultimately announced on May 22.

    WHAT IF WE HAD BIGGER BRAINS? IMAGINING MINDS BEYOND OURS (81 MINUTE
    READ) [13]

    As humans, we like to think our minds are somehow at the top of
    what's possible, but it is now pretty clear this isn't true.
    Artificial neural networks allow us to get a more systematic sense of
    what different scales of brains can do. As systems get more complex,
    they may start using abstractions and higher-order constructs that we
    are basically blind to.

    ¨

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    TESLA-XAI MERGER `GOING TO HAPPEN,' SAYS MUSK BIOGRAPHER (2
    MINUTE READ) [15]

    A merger between Tesla and xAI would mark a turning point in Elon
    Musk's push to transform Tesla into a leader in real-world artificial intelligence.

    SAMSUNG DROPS ANDROID 16 BETA FOR GALAXY S25 WITH MORE AI YOU
    PROBABLY DON'T WANT (4 MINUTE READ) [16]

    Samsung Galaxy S25 owners can sign up for the Android 16 beta by
    opening the Samsung Members app - the beta sign-up should be right on
    the main landing page.

    MICROSOFT WANTS WINDOWS UPDATE TO HANDLE ALL APPS (2 MINUTE READ)
    [17]

    Developers can now sign up for a private preview of the Windows
    Update orchestration platform.

    A THOUGHT ON JAVASCRIPT "PROOF OF WORK" ANTI-SCRAPER SYSTEMS (2
    MINUTE READ) [18]

    An AI scraper can try to recognize a JavaScript Proof-of-Work system,
    but this is a losing game for several reasons.

    BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A WHITE-COLLAR BLOODBATH (14 MINUTE READ) [19]

    Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, says AI could wipe out half of all
    entry-level white-collar jobs and that AI companies and governments
    need to stop sugar-coating what's coming.

    THE WHO CARES ERA (6 MINUTE READ) [20]

    We are now in the 'Who Cares Era', where completely disposable things
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