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Chapter 19 - Special episode: AI Age Dev Skills
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Senior Developer Skills in the AI Age: Leveraging Experience for Better Resultshttps://manuel.kiessling.net/2025/03/31/how-seasoned-developers-can-ach...
Chapter 18 - Special Episode: Unicorns Aren't Everything. Focus on Sustainable Growth.
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your Startup Doesn't Need to Be a Unicornhttps://mattgiustwilliamson.substack.com/p/your-startup-doesnt-need-to-be-a
Chapter 17 - Special episode: The Machine Stops Dystopian sci-fi short story analysis
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Machine Stops — Steph Angohttps://stephango.com/the-machine-stops
Chapter 16 - Special Episode: AI & Creative Writing
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'd rather read the prompthttps://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt
Chapter 15 - Cyber Unicorns, AI Hackers, and China's Space Computer Race!
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Israeli company Ludeo may change the entire video industry. Elon Musk's xAI accuses an employee of planting political content in the Grok chatbot....
Chapter 14 - AI, Quantum & Cyber Deals: Israeli Tech's Billion-Dollar Week & Supercomputer Boost
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
KDDI, a Japanese telecommunications giant, will implement DriveNets software for hundreds of millions of dollars. Classic has raised $110 million to b...
Chapter 13 - AI Speaks, Visuals Secure: Chatbots, Bugs, and Startup Millions Unveiled
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The man behind Claude predicts that AI will help us understand animal language. Bria, a startup, raised $40 million to create protected visual content...
Chapter 11 - Special episode: Google I/O 2025 Keynote
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google I/O 2025: live updates from the keynote | The Vergehttps://www.theverge.com/google/670250/google-io-news-announcements-gemini-ai-android-xr
Chapter 9 - AI Confessions: Security Risks, GitHub Notes & the Butlerian Jihad, plus Anthropic & Future Crimes
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Duolingo's CEO is attempting to retract previous statements about prioritizing AI, but is not succeeding. A blog post discusses using GitHub issues fo...
Chapter 12 - AI Secrets, Musk Power, Apple Design & Tech's Wild Ride: China, Google, and More!
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TabNine, an AI code completion system, is laying off 15 employees. A security researcher warns that Waze exposes critical information to hostile entit...
Chapter 10 - AI Is Like A Crappy Consultant, The Future of AI, AI Revolution, AI Tools.
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Kanies compares AI to a substandard consultant.https://lukekanies.com/writing/ai-is-like-a-crappy-consultant
Chapter 8 - Special Episode: Claude 4 System Prompt
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from the Claude 4 system prompthttps://simonwillison.net/2025/May/25/claude-4-system-prompt
Chapter 6 - Special episode: Memory vs. Time
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time | Quanta Magazinehttps://www.quantamagazine.org/for-algorithms-a-little-memory-outweighs-a-lot...
Chapter 7 - AI Abstraction: Infinite Thought Orchestration; Ghibli Hype & Curation.
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The titles discuss various topics including the realism of an AI 2027 scenario, the next abstraction, infinite tool use, thoughts on thinking, finding...
Chapter 5 - Special Episode: Google I/O 2025: AI for the Win. Summary: A review of the artificial intelligence innovations presented at the Google I/O 2025 conference.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everything we learned from Google I/O 2025: AI, AI, and more AIhttps://mashable.com/article/google-io-2025-everything-you-need-to-know
Chapter 4 - Special Episode: Microsoft Build 2025 Summary: Reporting on announcements and news from Microsoft's developer conference.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft Build 2025: News and Announcements from the Developer Conferencehttps://www.theverge.com/news/669382/microsoft-build-2025-news-ai-agents
Chapter 3 - Encryption, AI and Design: Microsoft is attacked, Google is serious and Apple chooses a direction.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chicago Sun-Times Summer Reading List is Full of Fake Books, People are Self-Hosting, Windows 11 Aims to Secure the World in the Post-Quantum Era, Goo...
Chapter 2 - From Calculator to Gemini: Artificial Intelligence, Malware, and a Canceled Biometric Database.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google Aims to Avoid Past Mistakes as It Brings Gemini to Wearable Devices. Authorities Carry Out Global Takedown of Infostealer Used by Cybercriminal...
Chapter 1 - High-Tech, AI, and Chatbots: Fortinet Acquires, Rhino Raises Funds, Google Upgrades, and Engineering in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cyber Giant Fortinet Acquires Israeli Suridata. Rhino FCP Company Raised Money to Develop Data Privacy Technology. Google Transitions to Using Chatbot...