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This week we discuss post-CEO job opportunities for Tim Cook, new TVs and our beta experiences or lack thereof.…

Snap's AR Specs glasses are indeed very heavy, very dorky.

A surreal but compelling LLM experiment with Age of Empires II; how a Texas city sold land meant for a park to a data center company; and the Madison Square Garden hack.

Hackers stole more than 45GB of data from Madison Square Garden, including data related to “talent” and the Knicks. Clues in the data point to how the hackers got in.

Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides.

Welcome new free and paid members with a series of automated emails over time

At least 135 public schools have closed or have been approved to close all across Texas since late 2023, as districts face budget crises amid state funding shortfalls, according to data gathered by the public school advocacy organization Our Schools Our Democracy.  Carrie Griffith, executive director of the Austin-based nonprofit, said every region of the […]

The post School Closures Are Escalating Across Texas. ‘It’s Not a Local Failure.’ appeared first on The Texas Observer.

Tesla Launches New Model Of Explosions. “What’s different about the XP is that they’ve actually borrowed some of the same technology used by SpaceX, incorporating it as well as a whole slew of other safety features that are basically non-existent.”

Google’s first new smart speaker in six years is here and once again leads its competitors—now with paywalled features.

This week, Sakana AI released Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system designed to deliver frontier-model performance all while reducing the risks

The post Sakana Fugu is more than a router. But it’s not the blueprint for AI sovereignty, either. appeared first on The New Stack.

How We’ll Fight the Platform War Against Big AI. “Here are some of the proven tactics that have helped shift the balance of power in prior tech reckonings…”

In this episode, Bob Dunn recaps six months of key themes, highlighting the surge in AI discussions, ongoing debates about the open web, and WordPress's enduring relevance, while embracing honest dialogue.

Modular, one of the most promising chip software startups of the AI era, heads for a multibillion-dollar exit.

Looking for family fun this summer? You need these WIRED-recommended Prime Day board game deals.

1. Excellent. Fine as in cabernet. Fine as in dovetail joinery. Fine as in your mother’s china. The original meaning is still technically available. At a dinner party, when Margaret uses fine this way—"the duck was fine"—the table pauses, scans her for irony, finds none, and...

Launching with better specs than expected, the no-frills Bezos-backed electric pickup looks set to take on Ford’s Maverick—and be an EV truck you can afford and fix yourself.

A new report published by the EU Intellectual Property Office shows that the share of major brand advertising on pirate sites increased 80%. The problem is the worst on court-adjudicated pirate sites, where top brands account for more than half of all ads. The data further shows that anti-piracy blocklists don't always work as intended.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

A new report published by the EU Intellectual Property Office shows that the share of major brand advertising on pirate sites increased 80%. The problem is the worst on court-adjudicated pirate sites, where top brands account for more than half of all ads. The data further shows that anti-piracy blocklists don't always work as intended.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

Ongoing challenges in decentralized social networks, emphasizing the need for practical solutions and immediate usability for developers and users.

These goggles have an excellent display, solid metric tracking, and an open-water “SwimStraight” feature. But the real smart tech requires a subscription.