Hey, check out this cool new humanoid robot! “Our goal is to deliver a truly general-purpose robot - one that can perform human-like tasks and learn directly from people. To realize this vision, our engineering and design teams completed a ground-up hardware and software redesign to ship Figure 03…” ~ learn more
Ben Thompson argues that OpenAI is creating an ecosystem much like Windows in the PC era. “Apps won’t be on your phone or in a browser; they’ll be in ChatGPT, and if they aren’t, they simply will not exist for ChatGPT users.” By owning the user experience and integrating apps directly into ChatGPT, OpenAI is making a bold play for platform dominance. ~ learn more
I was already impressed by the prior version, though I don’t own a pair. These not only have a built in screen, but also a new control device that’ll probably make or break their success. “Each pair comes with Meta Neural Band, an EMG wristband that interprets the natural signals created by your muscle activity to navigate the features of your glasses — letting you control experiences intuitively using subtle…
I absolutely love this idea. “Though many power companies are focusing on building giant industrial batteries as a way to store energy — often generated by wind or solar facilities — and provide it when demand rises, Base Power is building what amounts to a fleet of home batteries.” I also love that while the founder of this company is Michael Dell’s son, this is not a nepotism story at…
“You can sense the fear in the air,” describes an employee at Armitage Produce. Following a federal smoke bomb incident, businesses in Chicago’s Logan Square are experiencing slow sales as residents stay indoors, wary of federal agents. I assume this is only the beginning. ~ learn more
They are “footing a staggering $115 million bill for the army of lawyers who defended convicted fraudster Charlie Javice and her former colleague Olivier Amar — a sum nearly two-thirds of what the bank paid for their ill-fated student-finance startup Frank.” ~ learn more
As recently as 2023 there were still 160k households using the service. Meanwhile, I haven’t had a landline phone in what feels like decades. ~ learn more
“Price’s law says that 50% of the work is done by the square root of the total number of people who participate in the work.” ~ learn more
Between the years 2005 and 2023 the average decrease is -30%, driven by a shift away from coal power plants. “In Maryland, coal and natural gas accounted for 56% and 4%, respectively, of in-state electricity generation in 2005, but coal and natural gas shares nearly reversed to 5% and 41%, respectively, in 2023.” ~ learn more
This is probably controversial and borderline political, but I will share anyway. “a recounting of recent attacks by the insane, a history of america’s attempts to deal with severe mental illness, and an argument for the return of long-term psychiatric institutionalization” ~ learn more