@Techmeme@techhub.socialClaude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now offer a 1M context window at standard pricing; it is the default for Claude Code Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6 (Anthropic)
https://claude.com/blog/1m-context-ga
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Bring back idiomatic design.
https://essays.johnloeber.com/p/4-bring-back-idiomatic-design
saved 2026-04-12 https://
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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyzExtremely active Sun from 1190 to 1220 in the Medieval Period - intercomparison of historical records and tree-ring carbon-14: #SpaceWeather: https://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2026/4/10/medieval-japanese-poetry-and-buried-trees-help-elucidate-volatile-space-weather - combining carbon-14 measurements taken at the highest level of precision with historical literature lays a new foundation for studying unpredictable and hazardous solar proton events.
@mela@zusammenkunft.netMela is listening to a podcast: The Cost of A Childhood Online - The Dream- Little Everywhere - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dream/id1435743296?uo=4 -
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzDay 4 FA Roundup: Cowboys' news and notes in free agency https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/day-4-fa-roundup-cowboys-news-and-notes-in-free-agency
@der_raddler@dresden.networkSo lange bekannt und trotzdem wenig erforscht...
#pastpuzzle ME/CFS Awareness
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@alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizzaAn old SSD, an 80mm fan I had lying around, a Raspberry Pi 4, and a 3D-printed case make up the new (and likely temporary) home for Home Assistant.
For now, I have modest plans for this setup, but once I get the hang of it, I might need to upgrade the hardware if I run out of resources to add new self-hosted home automation devices.
#selfhosted
@vosje62@mastodon.nlIn EenVandaag: cafébaas verkoopt normaal 1000 kaartjes voor een feest in de steeg. Nu niet meer dan 100..
'4 op de 10 Songfestivalliefhebbers kijken dit jaar niet vanwege deelname Israël: 'Ga uit protest oude editie terugkijken' | EenVandaag'
#eenvandaag
@servelan@newsie.socialStrait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Work From Home, 4-Day Weeks In Asia - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/03/12/0710204/strait-of-hormuz-closure-triggers-work-from-home-4-day-weeks-in-asia
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Mark Lockheart’s 4/4
Soweto is back with another week of the best in jazz, and he welcomes leading saxophonist Mark Lockheart as his 4/4 guest.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tnp4
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'This Week' Transcript 4-12-26: Sen. Ron Johnson, Sen. Tim Kaine & Gen. Joseph Votel (ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/week-transcript-4-12-26-sen-ron-johnson/story?id=131969500
http://www.memeorandum.com/260412/p27#a260412p27
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@seeingwithsound@mas.toRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for visual snow syndrome: symptoms relief and changes in brain dynamics. A case report #rTMS
@raiders@darktundra.xyzSound Smart: 4 Observations as NFL Draft Season Begins to Peak https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/4-observations-nfl-draft-season-fernando-mendoza
@thoralf@soc.umrath.netAfD Saal
Bundestagswahl 2025: 23,8 %
Kommunalwahl 2026: 11,4 % (Gemeinderat)
Kommunalwahl 2026: 14,4 % (Kreistag)
Auch wenn das nicht 1:1 vergleichbar ist, nehme ich das als sehr positive Entwicklung wahr.
Ich hoffe, dass die Rechtsextremisten langsam ihren Zenit überschritten haben.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon Prime Video plans to raise the price of its ad-free plan, Ultra, to $4.99 per month, and add support for up to five simultaneous streams, from April 10 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/894466/amazon-prime-video-ultra-ad-free-price-hi…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioFor anyone who has the 2026 2nd gen Apple Studio Display (not XDR), does it work with macOS Sequoia (15.7.4)?
Please only reply if you can directly confirm that it works (or doesn’t).
(The specs say it requires macOS 26 but who knows if that’s true.)
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Radio 4:
🎵 Transmission
#Radio4
https://summits-of-the-air.bandcamp.com/track/radiosport-transmission-4-05
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@metacurity@infosec.exchangeEach week, Metacurity offers our subscribers a run-down of the best infosec-related long reads we couldn't get to properly amid the onslaught of daily news.
This week's selection covers,
--Sam Altman is no fan of AI safety,
--Quantum computing cryptography is now an engineering emergency,
--How a Mexican contractor became a surveillance powerhouse,
--Software is produced too fast to secure it,
--AI is more likely to empower cyber defense than offense,…
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgGoing into a 4 day weekend, thank goodness
It's cool and rainy, I'm ready....
#bookstodon
https://hachyderm.io/@selfcare/116568709816837588
@… - Now is a good time to let those shoulders drop.
@inthehands@hachyderm.io4. Philosophy of child-rearing aside, cries of “We must protect the children from [large, nebulous social threat]!!!” almost always become Trojan Horses, even if they don’t start out that way. The track record of such movements is just •terrible•. My alarm bells go off at that even if I agree that the topic at hand is in fact a problem.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@Dragofix@mastodontti.fiEduskuntapuolueiden RSS-syötteiden määrä 7.4 - 14.4.2026.
KD:n ja Kepun syötteet ei edes toimi.
#politiikka
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRichard Socher's Recursive Superintelligence raised $650M from GV, Greycroft, Nvidia, AMD, and others at a $4B valuation to pursue "recursive self-improvement" (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/technol…
@macandi@social.heise.deBugfix-Update für Tahoe bringt macOS auf Stand 26.4.1
Gut zwei Wochen nach macOS 26.4 folgt ein weiteres Update für den Mac. Dieses Mal wird ein spezielles WLAN-Problem angegangen.
https://www.
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeBeautiful sunny day and another solar generation record, 82 kWh produced (21.4 exported).
It's not midnight yet so I don't have daily consumption yet but I've burned 121.5 so far; assuming the same rate of consumption I'll end up around 139.
Which would put me at 59% of the day's energy consumption being locally sourced. Not bad.
@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euI bought those very same memory sticks for €130 in October 2024. Now they are being sold for €510. The motherboard that I ordered alongside this RAM cost €212, the same motherboard now being sold for €174.
One other thing that annoys me to no end is that AMD recently worked with Sony to bring FSR 4.1 INT8 to PlayStation, but also AMD won't even acknowledge the existence of FSR 4.0.2 INT8, let alone deliver it officially, for PC GPUs that they released 2-3 years ago.
@cdarwin@c.imIf no Iranian oil gets through the strait, prices could keep rising over time
— some companies say they are planning for $175 a barrel.
The Iranians understand the potential political effects of continued inflation in the United States less than seven months before midterm elections.
“Soon you’ll be nostalgic for $4 to $5 gas,” Iran’s top negotiator and the speaker of its Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, warned American consumers after the failure of the talks he led …
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialFunny thing about this film is that parts of Transsylvania being in Hungary is an artifact of like 4 years, this movie came out during one of 'em. #monsterdon
@bourgwick@heads.social50 years ago tonight, the jerry garcia band in evanston, on ronnie tutt’s 38th. spring ’76, show #4.
early show: https://archive.org/details/jg76-03-12.020700.jgb.partial.fob.unknown.shriver-weiner.sbeok.t-flac16
late show:
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ngMy 10mm thick ultraclear glass plate (for contact prints) arrived and the weight and increase in sharpness is like day & night.. wow! 🤩
Since this new glass also seems to transmit more UV light (as I had hoped), I'll have to do more test strips for adjusted exposure times. The print below actually is a test strip too (using 4 sections of different exposure times), but only the right quarter (80 seconds) seems to noticeable different/lighter. So it seems UV transmission has incr…
@mela@zusammenkunft.netMela is listening to a podcast: Madame Macron: Der Rufmord aus dem Netz - Verbrechen- DIE ZEIT - https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/verbrechen/id1374777077?uo=4 -
@brian_gettler@mas.toI spent 4 hours today talking to 2 graduate seminars, 1 in each official language. In both, we had wide-ranging conversations on evidence, methodology, theory, concepts, the literature, the discipline, publicly engaged scholarship, and more. The students were engaged, inquisitive, humane, and brilliant. This is why I wanted this job. A damn good day.
@joxean@mastodon.socialHow long can I take to produce, with decent sound, a 17 minutes symphonic orchestral song I composed last year? I calculate that at my pace it might very well take me like 4 months. Lol. Talk to you again in July.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzTrey Hendrickson passes physical, officially signs 4-year, $112M deal with Ravens https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7112674/2026/03/12/trey-hendrickson-ravens-nfl-free-agency-2026/
@rberger@hachyderm.ioHopefully some how, someway, we'll have a future and it will be like Star Trek.
Speaking of which I am really excited to find out that Thomas Jane, who played Joe Miller in The Expanse, my other favorite Science Fiction TV, will be playing Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in the final episode of Series 5 of Star Trek: Next Generation!
Unfortunately even though its in production now, it won't be shown for at least 1 years from now (Season 4 is supposed to come out some time this year).
#StarTrekSNW #TheExpanse
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/characters/nm0005048/?ref_=tt_cst_c_10
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-ending-alex-kurtzman-thomas-jane-bones-perfect/
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-bones-thomas-jane-spinoff-good-news/
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineDie Preise für #Elektroautos sind 2025 erstmals seit 2020 gesunken.
Laut Analyse von T&E lag der Durchschnittspreis in der EU bei 42.700 Euro, rund 4,8 Prozent weniger als im Vorjahr. Grund sind mehr günstige #Kleinwagen, begünstigt durch strengere
@nemobis@mamot.frRollercoaster time in #Euribor land. I'm told it is 2.4 today.
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzDay 4 FA Roundup: Cowboys' news and notes in free agency https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/day-4-fa-roundup-cowboys-news-and-notes-in-free-agency
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@mela@zusammenkunft.netMela is listening to a podcast: Update: Wann schaltet die Regierung in den Krisenmodus? - Was jetzt- DIE ZEIT - https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/was-jetzt/id1279335230?uo=4 -
@servelan@newsie.socialAmericans are down on Democrats—until the alternative is the GOP
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/12/2375559/-Americans-are-down-on-Democrats-until-the-alternative-is-the-GOP
@inthehands@hachyderm.io6. Further damning items 3 and 4, centralizing technological control is dangerous; systems like those propped up by the current age verification mania are the infrastructure of an authoritarian panopticon regardless of their putative purpose.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCisco reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $15.84B, vs. $15.56B est., forecasts Q4 revenue above est., and is cutting almost 4,000 jobs; CSCO jumps 17% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/13/cisco-csco-q3-earnings-report-2026.html
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgEverything you want to know about AMOC changes but were afraid to ask?
The Nordic council report on the impact of #AMOC slowdown has some very powerful but immensely illustrative stories.
https://pub.norden.org/temanord2026-504/storylines.html
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@macandi@social.heise.de @BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Brand new from NIJI
Soweto shares more of the best in jazz, and Iain Ballamy returns to share his final 4/4 pick of the week.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002br0t
@bourgwick@heads.socialeat a potato for peace. https://mastodon.social/@publicdomainrev/116211789947450037
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Margo Guryan:
🎵 Love
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https://margoguryan.bandcamp.com/track/love-4
https://open.spotify.com/track/0a0fpDb4YxizLjDEHBDTEN
@mela@zusammenkunft.netMela is listening to a podcast: Ungarn: Was würde eine Niederlage Orbšns wirklich ändern? - Auf den Punkt- Süddeutsche Zeitung - https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/auf-den-punkt/id1411449986?uo=4 -
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@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialYouTube announces a full slate of new and returning shows, including four new series from Alex Cooper's company and a global travel series from Trevor Noah (Tess Patton/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/st
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineBei Kall-Scheven im Kreis #Euskirchen entsteht ein neuer #Solarpark, der im Herbst in Betrieb gehen soll.
Betreiber ist e-regio. Die Anlage wird jährlich rund 14 Millionen Kilowattstunden Strom erzeugen und damit etwa 4.000 Haushalte versorgen. Während Kommunen von
@memeorandum@universeodon.com4 crew members killed in crash of American KC-135 refueling aircraft in Iraq, U.S. military confirms (Tucker Reals/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-kc-135-us-plane-crash-iraq-crew-deaths-confirmed/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p7#a260313p7
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump Announces Blockade of Hormuz - Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-blockade-hormuz-iran-2026-4
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon Prime Video plans to raise the price of its ad-free plan, Ultra, to $4.99 per month, and add support for up to five simultaneous streams, from April 10 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/894466/amazon-prime-video-ultra-ad-free-price-hi…
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@inthehands@hachyderm.ioOne part of the solution (under-considered IMO) is returning human relationships to OSS: you don’t just submit a PR; you build trust, have a real conversation, then submit a PR.
I don’t know what exactly that looks like in practice; there’s surely not just one answer for everyone. But I know what it •doesn’t• look like: a contribution •starting• with a huge code drop.
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic debuts Claude for Word in beta, which adds AI editing tools and clickable citations, targeting document-heavy workflows, for Team and Enterprise users (Tristan Anthony/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-claude-microsoft-word-l…
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Soothing sounds from Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black
A release from Eleanor Dunsdon and Gregory Black weaving together harp, vocals, drums, and percussion. Laura Misch spotlights another album that is meaningful to her for 4/4.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vyx3
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@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Melanie:
🎵 Some Day I’ll Be a Farmer
#Melanie
https://melaniesafka.bandcamp.com/track/some-day-i-ll-be-a-farmer-4
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@servelan@newsie.socialIran must not charge tolls in Strait of Hormuz, UN maritime chief says | Shipping News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/iran-must-not-be-allowed-charge-tolls-in-strait-of-hormuz-un-watchdog-says
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@inthehands@hachyderm.io5. Online spaces, including social media, are especially important in connecting kids who feel isolated with others who are like them. This has long been especially true for kids who are any and every variety of queer, and especially especially for trans kids. These kids may have no avenues in their own lives to even •acknowledge• their identity, much less find •support• for it. Sometimes online community can save lives.
Awareness of this puts 3 and 4 in a harsh and unfavorable light. Eroding child privacy in favor of parent control is extremely dangerous.
@nohillside@smnn.ch#pastpuzzle ME/CFS Awareness
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@servelan@newsie.socialUpdate Iran war live: US military says it will block Iranian traffic in Hormuz
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/13/iran-war-live-us-military-to-block-iranian-port-traffic-in-hormuz-strait?traffic_source=rss
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThe link in the previous post starts from the question of shutting down public events by hateful groups. Here’s another thread orbiting the same core thought, this one about content moderation and institutional authority:
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/110481879199090514
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@servelan@newsie.socialOil prices surge past $103 a barrel after US announces blockade of Iran | Oil and Gas News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/4/13/oil-prices-surge-past-103-a-barrel-after-us-announces-blockade-of-iran?traffic_source=rss
@Techmeme@techhub.socialJD.com reports Q1 revenue up 4.9% YoY to $46.5B, above ~$45.8B est., and adjusted net profit down 42% YoY to $1B, amid a fierce food delivery battle in China (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busin…
@mela@zusammenkunft.netMela is listening to a podcast: Madame Macron: Der Rufmord aus dem Netz - Verbrechen- DIE ZEIT - https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/verbrechen/id1374777077?uo=4 -
@servelan@newsie.socialPalestinians condemn storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel’s Ben-Gvir | Al-Aqsa Mosque News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/12/palestinians-condemn-storming-of-al-aqsa-mosque-by-israels-ben-gvir?traffic_source=rss
@Techmeme@techhub.socialRoblox says developers will need Roblox Plus, a new $4.99-per-month subscription offering benefits like discounts, to publish games for Kids and Select accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/13/robl
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysts say AI fervor in the US and Asia has spread to Europe, boosting stocks like STMicro and Nokia as investors seek the AI boom's pick-and-shovel stocks (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/adabe0fe-3418-4f06-8c08-98db21250a49
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: some Amazon employees are using in-house OpenClaw-like tool MeshClaw for unnecessary tasks to inflate AI token use after Amazon set weekly AI targets (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8ee0d3ef-9548-422d-8ff1-ebd48ad4b2ca
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDelivery Hero says founder Niklas Östberg plans to step down as CEO by March 2027, as the German food delivery group faces mounting activist investor pressure (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7353c6f8-3569-40b2-9cc5-020a06b92788
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAI penetration testing company CodeWall says its agent was able to hack into one of Bain's internal AI tools, following a similar hack at McKinsey (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e73ddecf-8c41-4ecb-ada3-77a163c8d69f
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Elon Musk pushed out two more xAI co-founders after getting frustrated with xAI's coding product progress and brought in "fixers" from SpaceX and Tesla (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d5a6-4b97-a105-6a96ea849de5
@Techmeme@techhub.socialBanking, manufacturing, and other EU businesses warn "tech sovereignty" could hit profits and competitiveness as Brussels aims to cut reliance on US tech giants (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/95fe93ef-2439-4519-834e-eb1ac7dd0a04
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChina's move to block Meta's Manus acquisition challenges the "Singapore washing" model, as major Chinese tech companies build significant Singapore presences (Owen Walker/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/8774ab60-e94e-4386-b8f9-e89caaa5d11f
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSEC filing: Oracle sets aside an additional $500M for restructuring, bringing FY total to $2.1B, as it prepares to cut jobs and hails efficiencies from AI tools (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ce1c8fd9-5aae-4026-a883-aeba00b6e9e0
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA US judge questions Elon Musk's $134B claim for damages in his lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft but rules he can still make his case to a jury (George Hammond/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cef962a0-f6f2-4f05-ba66-5795aa05104d
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the Trump administration is quietly debating whether to ban Chinese "cellular modules", as the US FCC pushes measures to reduce Beijing's threats (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/48f0cc68-dfae-48d7-8950-c8c72c2ebe93
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChina's CSI AI Index, which tracks AI supply chain companies, is up 28% YTD, while HK's Hang Seng Tech Index, which includes Alibaba and Tencent, is down 8% (William Sandlund/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cba72e03-e47d-4d59-b59b-7dc4259b1265
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSoftBank reports Q4 net income up 3x to ~$11.6B, above ~$1.5B est., driven by a $25B gain in its OpenAI stake; by October, its OpenAI investment will hit $64.6B (David Keohane/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/85b9fe04-0d70-482e-bd27-9c87c1ebfc01
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysts and researchers say Google's TurboQuant compression algorithm to make LLMs more efficient is more likely to expand memory chip demand than reduce it (Daniel Tudor/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/12eaae3a-e1b8-47a0-9006-70fe319b130a
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe EU appoints Anthony Whelan as its top competition official; Whelan says he will press ahead with Big Tech investigations despite President Trump's pressure (Barbara Moens/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5781c054-9190-4ed0-8f91-3af94a6c313e
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@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers, and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting within the next two weeks (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ec7bb366-9643-47ce-9909-fc5ad4864ae5
@Techmeme@techhub.socialQ&A with Amazon head of devices and services Panos Panay on Alexa , the company's focus on devices for the home, the Leo satellite broadband business, and more (Rafe Rosner-Uddin/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/99ab7093-d680-40ad-baa7-1c32302bb363…
