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    Reports from a supply chain leaker indicate that OpenAI's first AI
    gadget=
    is aimed at taking on Apple's AirPods. The device is codenamed
    'Sweetpea=
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    BIG TECH & STARTUP=
    S

    APPLE TO FINE-TUNE GEMINI INDEPENDENTLY, NO GOOGLE BRANDING ON SIRI=
    ,
    MORE (4 MINUTE READ) [4]=20

    Apple recently announced that it had de=
    cided to rely on Gemini to
    power its AI features. The company will be abl=
    e to fine-tune the model
    so that it responds in Apple's preferred manner.=
    Apple's AI won't
    respond with any branding related to Google or Gemini. =
    Some of the
    features will launch this spring. More advanced features are =
    expected
    to be announced at Apple's annual developer conference in June. =


    META SEEKS TO DOUBLE RAY-BAN GLASSES OUTPUT AFTER SURGE IN DEMAND (6=

    MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    Meta and EssilorLuxottica are discussing potenti=
    ally doubling
    production capacity to 20 million units or more by the end =
    of the year
    to capture growing demand and head off rivals. They may poten=
    tially
    further establish the capability of producing more than 30 million=

    units if demand justifies such a move. No final decisions have been
    ma=
    de yet. The talks signal confidence that smart glasses can move
    beyond ea=
    rly adopters and reach mass-market scale.=20

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    SCIENCE =
    & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    AS SPACEX WORKS TOWARD 50K STARLINK SATELLITE=
    S, CHINA EYES DEPLOYING
    200K (4 MINUTE READ) [6]=20

    China's Institute=
    of Radio Spectrum Utilization and Technological
    Innovation has filed a r=
    equest with the International
    Telecommunications Union to operate a satel=
    lite constellation with a
    total of 193,428 satellites. The request far ex=
    ceeds the ambitions of
    other current constellation projects. The Chinese =
    constellations plan
    to use a wide range of radio frequencies and will be =
    deployed across
    numerous orbits from 300 to 600 kilometers, as well as hi=
    gher objects
    at around 20,000 kilometers. The US Federal Communications C=
    ommission
    views China's satellite ambitions as a national security threat=
    .=20

    JONY IVE AND SAM ALTMAN'S FIRST AI GADGET MAY TRY TO KILL AIRPODS =
    (3
    MINUTE READ) [7]=20

    Reports from a supply chain leaker indicate th=
    at OpenAI's first AI
    gadget is aimed at taking on Apple's AirPods. The de=
    vice, codenamed
    'Sweetpea', is an audio product that resembles an earpiec=
    e. It is
    projected to be released around September. OpenAI has other hard=
    ware
    in the works, including a home-style device and a pen.=20

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    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

    HOW RAMP DESIGN=
    ED THE NEXT VERSION OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY (SPONSOR) [8]=20

    Ramp [8] adopt=
    ed the Builder mindset and an ambitious plan: to become
    the most producti=
    ve company in the world. So far, they shipped 270
    features in H1 2025 (MO=
    RE THAN ALL OF 2024 combined), and 90% of 1,200
    employees use Notion AI m=
    onthly. Read more on the Notion blog [8] =E2=86=92=20

    HOW TO WRITE A GO=
    OD SPEC FOR AI AGENTS (49 MINUTE READ) [9]=20

    Smart specs guide agents =
    clearly, stay within practical context
    sizes, and evolve with projects. A=
    im to create clear specs that cover
    just enough nuance to guide the AI wi=
    thout overwhelming it. Break
    large tasks into smaller ones. Plan first in=
    read-only mode before
    executing, and iterate continuously. This post pre=
    sents a framework
    for spec-writing that keeps AI agents focused and produ=
    ctive.=20

    JPEG-XL IMAGE SUPPORT RETURNS TO LATEST CHROME/CHROMIUM CODE =
    (1
    MINUTE READ) [10]=20

    Google deprecated JPEG-XL support in Chrome/C=
    hromium back in 2022.
    The decision was widely criticized, and Google said=
    that it may
    reconsider. The code to restore support was merged this week=
    , so
    JPEG-XL image support is back in the very latest Google
    Chrome/Chr=
    omium codebase.=20

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    PERSONAL TASTE=
    IS THE MOAT (3 MINUTE READ) [11]=20

    AI should be part of every process=
    , but the final filter must be
    human judgment informed by taste. The hard=
    est decisions aren't
    reducible to rules. AI can tell you whether somethin=
    g works, but only
    taste can tell you whether it belongs. Personal taste i=
    s the moat when
    execution is cheap and correctness is abundant.=20

    "H=
    ELLO, COMPUTER." (10 MINUTE READ) [12]=20

    The tech world is moving towa=
    rds voice-powered computing. Several
    companies are building purpose-built=
    hardware for AI that will be
    predominantly controlled via voice. This wi=
    ll help set up the next
    wave of technology: robots. Robots will be wholly=
    voice-controlled.=20

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    QUICK LINKS

    SIGNAL CREATOR M=
    OXIE MARLINSPIKE WANTS TO DO FOR AI WHAT HE DID FOR
    MESSAGING (11 MINUTE =
    READ) [13]=20

    Confer is an open source AI assistant that provides stron=
    g assurances
    that user data is readable only to account holders.=20

    H=
    EADROOM (GITHUB REPO) [14]=20

    Headroom is a context optimization layer =
    for LLM applications that
    cuts costs by 50% to 90% without losing accurac=
    y.=20

    NO MANAGEMENT NEEDED: ANTI-PATTERNS IN EARLY-STAGE ENGINEERING TE=
    AMS
    (12 MINUTE READ) [15]=20

    Early-stage founders who think they have=
    engineering management
    problems should go back to building product and t=
    alking to users.=20

    KUO: APPLE'S AI DEAL WITH GOOGLE IS TEMPORARY AND B=
    UYS IT TIME (3
    MINUTE READ) [16]=20

    The partnership gives Apple time =
    to manage expectations across its
    platforms as it develops its own in-hou=
    se AI server chips, expected to
    enter mass production in the second half =
    of 2026.=20

    NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN LINUX MALWARE IS =E2=80=9CFAR MORE ADVANC=
    ED THAN
    TYPICAL=E2=80=9D (5 MINUTE READ) [17]=20

    VoidLink features mo=
    re than 30 modules that can be used to customize
    attacks.=20

    ARE WE H=
    EADED TOWARDS A STABLE DYSTOPIA? (3 MINUTE READ) [18]=20

    Today's masses=
    still have power due to their labor contribution and
    their ability to ph=
    ysically rebel against the elite, but AI has the
    potential to change that=
    power balance.=20

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