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Astromech, which uses genomic data to build predictive AI models of biological change, raised $20M at a $3.8B valuation, bringing its total funding to $60M (Dean Takahashi/GamesBeat)
https://gamesbeat.com/astromech-raised-20m-to-a…

Astromech raised $20M to advance predictive AI models of biological evolutionary change
Astromech has raised $20 million to advance its evolutionary biology AI predictive models of biological change.

KI-Paradox am Arbeitsmarkt: Berufseinsteiger verlieren, Erfahrene gewinnen
Eine aktualisierte Stanford-Studie und internationale Daten belegen: Generative KI führt nicht zu Massenentlassungen, blockiert aber gezielt junge Fachkräfte.

KI-Paradox am Arbeitsmarkt: Berufseinsteiger verlieren, Erfahrene gewinnen
Eine aktualisierte Stanford-Studie und internationale Daten belegen: Generative KI führt nicht zu Massenentlassungen, blockiert aber gezielt junge Fachkräfte.

A generation of PMs made a career out of copying ideas from other apps they've seen into their own app. Today, AI (which has seen every app) can do this 100x faster than any of them.
The only problem is that doing this was always pointless
This week's issue of the Product Picnic newsletter breaks down this problem and surfaces some tools for thinking in workflows (or just plain thinking) rather than worrying about atomic features.

Thoughtless features never add up to a thoughtful product
Your first idea for how to solve a problem is most likely to be a low-impact hack. Delightful user experiences require a higher level of thinking.

If you're watching oil prices with trepidation as the Iran war heats up again and wondering what you can do to protect yourself from rising fuel prices and supply chain disruptions, I gotcha covered! https://www.transitiontimes.net/nn-1-protecting-yourse…

NN #1: Protecting yourself from the Global Energy Crisis
What can you do to protect yourself from the global energy crisis?

Our smartphone zombies campaign is on ProductHunt. Again we try to place an offline product/idea on a website dominated by apps and AI-powered products and we need your help to make it to the top :)
You can vote any day, but if you vote today, Aug 20 it will have the maximum power.
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"3,700 years young: Portugal is home to hundreds of ancient olive trees that outlive many generations"
#Portugal #Trees #Nature

Olive trees can live for 4,000 years: What's their secret?
How Portugal's University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro works out the age of hundreds of ancient olive trees.

Here's what prediction markets say about the Steelers: Use Polymarket promo code CBSSPORTS for $20 bonus

https://www.cbssports.com/prediction/news/

A hacker known as Cyberleek leaks two GTA VI gameplay clips and the full map in protest of Rockstar Games' digital-only release; Rockstar issues DMCA takedowns (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)
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Hacker leaks GTA VI gameplay and map to protest digital-only release — claims pre-orders are a legacy of physical game releases
The hacker wants Rockstar to stop pre-selling digital games.

HofDeal: App soll Direktvermarktung für Produkte vom Bauern vereinfachen
Die HofDeal-App macht Hofläden und regionale Produkte online sichtbar. Kunden können auch vorab reservieren.
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HofDeal: App soll Direktvermarktung für Produkte vom Bauern vereinfachen
Die HofDeal-App macht Hofläden und regionale Produkte online sichtbar. Kunden können auch vorab reservieren.

Chinese DRAM chipmaker CXMT says its new fifth-gen technology platform enters mass production and unveils two 24Gb LPDDR5X phone memory products built on it (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-cxm…