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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-20 23:45:50

Sources: Mark Zuckerberg recently discussed buying Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab, but the talks didn't progress to the formal offer stage (Alex Heath/The Verge)
theverge.com/command-line-news

Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has discussed acquiring Perplexity, Thinking Machines Lab, and Safe Superintelligence. The latter two startups are led by ex-OpenAI executives. 

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-06-21 17:21:13

B-2 bombers moving to Guam amid Middle East tensions, US officials say (Reuters)
reuters.com/business/aerospace
memeorandum.com/250621/p38#a25

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-05-21 12:57:42

#ReleaseWednesday — Extracted & extended the LISP-like DSL from an existing #ThingUmbrella example[1] as new small package for better/direct re-use in other projects:

Screenshot excerpt from the project readme, listing basic core language features...
Screenshot excerpt from the project readme, listing basic core language features...

Lightweight, extensible, interpreted Lisp-style DSL for embedding in other projects

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-06-20 06:54:18

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Time Zone:
🎵 World Destruction
#TimeZone
theoriginalmagic.bandcamp.com/
open.spotify.com/track/6ZesTtq

@tante@tldr.nettime.org
2025-06-19 13:26:25

I have this idea of building a "Luddite Library". A set of information, tools and processes to harness luddite thinking when analyzing technological developments and "innovation".
Something that interested parties could use to understand that there might be a different way to think about what tech is/should be/can be/mustn't be for us. Think for example sets of questions to use to analyze a new thing being pushed on you and similar tools.
I'm thinking …

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-20 19:05:46

Sources: Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab raised $2B led by a16z at a $10B valuation; Murati will hold board voting rights that outweigh all other directors (Financial Times)
ft.com/content/9edc67e6-96a9-4

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab valued at $10bn after $2bn fundraising
Six-month-old secretive AI start-up in one of the largest initial funding rounds in Silicon Valley’s history

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-06-20 15:33:25

Vice President JD Vance is set to travel to Los Angeles today (June 20) amid tensions in the city over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Vance will “tour a multi-agency Federal Joint Operations Center,
a Federal Mobile Command Center, meet with leadership and Marines, and deliver brief remarks,” according to a readout of the vice president’s travel plans.
The trip comes after Los Angeles had been rocked with significant anti-ICE protests for which Donald Trump…

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2025-06-21 01:53:53

I keep thinking about how great the #speedracer movie was.

@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2025-06-20 09:46:55

It may appear to be looking empty and quiet at the MPS Göttingen right now - but we have been bustling about and are very busy getting everything ready for our visitors at the Night of Science tomorrow! Care for a few sneak previews in today's thread?
@…
#ndwgoe

A view from street level of a five-story building, consisting of a two-story base and an off-set three-story upper part protruding from the base part towards the camera. Both parts feature many window fronts. The lower part of the building continues to the right out of the picture frame. There are a few steps and a wide ramp leading up to the building, to the left and right of a fountain in front of the entrance. Parts of a landscaped garden frame the steps and ramp on each side. Above the entr…
A picture taken from an elevated viewpoint from inside a building looking back towards the building's entrance area. There are tables to both sides of a closed large glass entrance door and chairs arranged behind the tables that face the corridor created by the tables. Closer to the image front plane, there is a large ladder next to a staple of additional chairs. Off in the far background to the right, more tables mark the areas where stands are being set up. In the front left image corner, red…
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-06-20 21:25:48

Cluely, which wants to help users "cheat on everything", including job interviews and exams, raised a $15M Series A led by a16z, two months after a $5.3M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2025/06/20/clue

Cluely, a startup that helps 'cheat on everything,' raises $15M from a16z | TechCrunch
The controversial AI startup was founded earlier this year.