I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
…If the promise is real, suddenly we can build our own apps, as niche and trifling as we please, with zero programming skills. We merely gesture toward whatever irks us and a…
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Why Amazon Is Buying Globalstar—and What It Means for Your iPhone
…Amazon is now developing those efforts under the name Project Leo (LEO is an industry acronym for low-Earth-orbit satellites). The goal is to eventually build out a fleet of thousands…
These Privacy-Conscious Gay Dating Apps Want to Dethrone Grindr
…He is also building Rush, a sister product to Chunkr meant to reach men who may not immediately see themselves in Chunkr’s bear community. Meanwhile, Streakr, which debuted less than a…
AI Agents Are Coming for Your Dating Life
…In this case, contestants were told simply to build something simulation-related. Over two days, along with Uri Lee, they developed Pixel Societies, using an image model to generate the sprites and…
OpenAI Buys Some Positive News
…It’s hard to understand how a media startup fits into OpenAI’s core businesses selling ChatGPT, Codex, and a new super app the company is developing to consumers and enterprises. In…
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
…complexity of developing encryption schemes for AI platforms is a major hurdle, and much of the privacy work so far has focused on accessible open source models or building privacy layers between…
The New Wild West of AI Kids’ Toys
…third-party hardware developers adequately or, in many cases, at all. When PIRG researchers posed as ‘PIRG AI Toy Inc.,’ requesting access to the AI models to build products for kids, Google…
Here’s How Much San Francisco Tech Companies Pay for Police Protection
…The company, which was later sold to HP, had sought a police presence from 10 am to 6 pm on weekdays to “patrol buildings, keep employees and buildings safe,” according to its…
Huawei's ‘Chip Queen’ Throws Down the Gauntlet
…HiSilicon says it’s also improving chip performance by accounting for nanoscale electronic phenomena; designing chips to work well together; and developing interconnects that speed chip-to-chip communication, a key trick…
Amazon Thinks the Future of Data Centers Depends on a Technical Problem It Just Solved
…The company claims it has significantly increased data speeds while reducing energy use, potentially giving the tech giant an edge as companies race to build ever-faster systems in the cloud. The…