The very first quadcopter prototype was the Breguet-Richet Gyroplane No. 1, created in 1907 by Breguet Aviation in France. The first consumer quadcopter drone was the Parrot AR.Drone, released in 2010 by French company Parrot SA. It was also the first commercially successful
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OpenAI GPT Image 2 Delivers Stunning Realism and Detail
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I had early access to OpenAI GPT Image 2. It's an insane model and a true imagination engine with an incredible level of realism and small details. "A photo of a computer screen displaying a Spotify playlist at night"
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GPT Image 2 Improvements and Cost Reduction
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Wow… GPT Image 2 has gotten even better, and it's become cheaper too.
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Dead Satellites in Orbit: Space Datacenter Hardware Management
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I once was in a Google Datacenter. Dead machines were just unplugged. In space dead machines will be virtually unplugged. Since they are usually in low earth orbit dead ones will fall toward earth and burn up in atmosphere.
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Replit Named Google Cloud 2026 AI Tooling Partner of the Year
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We're honored to be named Google Cloud's 2026 AI Tooling Partner of the Year. This recognition reflects what 50 million builders have made possible together. Product managers, founders, students, operators, and engineers all contributed to getting us here. From Shaq building
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Free Newsletter on Internet Culture, Tech, and AI
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Also hardcoded crime areas for other cities now
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Softmax Creator Regrets Terminology Choice, Suggests Softargmax
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John Bridle himself, the man who coined the term "softmax", says that he should have called it "softargmax"
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Monologue Notes Launches Agent-Native Voice Note Recording App
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Monologue Notes is live!
— Dan Shipper 📧 (@danshipper) 21 avril 2026
Record a note on a walk, in a meeting, or in the middle of the night.
Built to be agent native: your agents can access your notes from anywhere https://t.co/maosJXtsrZMonologue Notes is live! Record a note on a walk, in a meeting, or in the middle of the night. Built to be agent native: your agents can access your notes from anywhere
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SpaceX Transforms Space into Service Infrastructure
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TL;DR: SpaceX puts things up to space. Like datacenters. Then connects those things to humans. Via Starlink. It turns space into a service. Highly valuable.