Big Tech & Startups

Nvidia's next-gen AI rack system delayed to 2028 on manufacturing snags (4 minute read)

Nvidia's Kyber rack-scale architecture has been delayed by more than 12 months to 2028. The server cabinet is designed to house 144 of the company's 2027 Rubin Ultra chips so they can work together as one giant computer. The delay is due to difficulties in manufacturing a key circuit board at the heart of the system. It is a sign that Nvidia's breakneck annual release cadence is colliding with manufacturing limits.

Apple's iPhone Ultra will be double the price of the iPhone 17 Pro Max (2 minute read)

The iPhone Ultra will be announced in September together with the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. It will start shipping about a month later. The foldable phone is estimated to be priced at around $2,400. It is likely that the phone will sell out immediately after pre-orders open, and then there will be delays running through December.

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Science & Futuristic Technology

The Robots Are Here (32 minute read)

Robots decouple capital from human labor. This means production capacity becomes tied to how many robots one can make or afford. Robust robot capacity enables things that were previously impossible. This post features an interview with robotics experts about why robots are the real general-purpose technology, how everyone keeps underestimating Unitree, China's edge, why you can't AI your way out of a hardware or supply chain problem, and what the US should do next.

Egypt Is Building a New Nile (20 minute read)

Egypt is attempting to create a new agricultural landscape to relieve mounting pressure on the Nile Delta. The New Delta product is a plan that involves recycling water, moving it across the desert, and bringing it to new land for cultivation. Early satellite images show rapid progress, but questions remain about how sustainable the transformation will be. Much of the water currently used to irrigate the new fields is coming from underground aquifers, which are not easily replenished.

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Programming, Design & Data Science

What The New 100x Agentic Engineer Looks Like In The Era Of Fable & GPT 5.6 (21 minute read)

The 100x software engineer is at least an order of magnitude more productive than normal software engineers due to a combination of tacit knowledge, experience, and technical prowess. Agentic coding doesn't normalize productivity - not everyone is equally productive with agents. Agentic engineering is a skill with a high ceiling. This article looks at the shift in the bottleneck in agentic engineering and how to become a 100x agentic engineer.

Your environments at a glance (Website)

env.style is a tool that styles environments with colors or custom tabs. Users can preview updates live as they edit. The tool allows developers to set a custom icon for any environment.

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Alibaba's AI Is a Hit, but Hard to Turn Into a Moneymaker (2 minute read)

Alibaba's open-source models can be modified and used freely by anyone. Its technology is much cheaper to use than proprietary systems from US competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI. The company's AI models are popular, but it has become a challenge to turn that global popularity into a profitable business.

Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario (9 minute read)

Tech CEOs have started to change their stance on AI wiping out jobs over the past year. The industry appears to have underestimated the value of keeping people at the center of everything. Comments by tech leaders now point to a future where workers keep their jobs, but gain a productivity boost from AI. It is unclear whether these statements are a move to win back customers and the public or whether the role of AI in the workplace is just now better understood.

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Microsoft Is Cutting More Than 3,000 Jobs in Xbox Division (4 minute read)

The cuts represent about a fifth of the division's total head count.

How to sequence your own DNA at home (19 minute read)

The process involves collecting DNA from a swab, prepping it for sequencing, running it through a sequencer, and then performing analysis on it.

Cells, Chromosomes, and Genomes (5 minute read)

Clinicians can develop personalized medical treatments by examining the relationship between physical traits and the genome.

Price per 1M tokens is meaningless (4 minute read)

You need to consider the actual cost per task, otherwise you will be left with inferior performance at a higher price.

Forward Deployed Engineering Is About To Get Diluted (14 minute read)

The Forward Deployed Engineering role is growing as the role is trying to answer a current market need.

Netflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Season (7 minute read)

Netflix's inability to retain audiences is fueling growing investor concern about engagement.

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