Top stories in tech today: – Japan’s blockchain-based digital yen
– Oura vs. Ultrahuman smart ring war rages – Amazon invests $4.4B in New Zealand cloud
– Fisker shuts nonprofit after EV startup fails
– Quick hits on other tech news Read more: https://
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Japan’s Digital Yen, Smart Ring Competition, Amazon Cloud Investment
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AI Math Performance Surpasses 2022 Expert Forecasts
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We can now say pretty definitively that AI progress is well ahead of expectations from a few years ago. In 2022, the Forecasting Research Institute had super forecasters & experts to predict AI progress. They gave a 2.3% & 8.6% probability of an AI Math Olympiad gold by 2025…
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Joy Programming Language Implementation Updates and Design Elegance
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I should clarify… I believe the *original* Joy design by Manfred von Thun (see link) is the most elegant ever, not this implementation — yet? I'll post implementation updates in the thread below over the next week or so… https://
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Wireless Connectivity Drives Business Resilience Through Adaptive Design
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Today '98% of businesses rely on wireless' for their key operations @MoKatibeh CMO @TMobileBusiness
— Sen. Sally Eaves (@sallyeaves) 2 septembre 2025
⚡This brings Resilience, Reach & Reliability center stage with SuperMobile moving beyond a one-size-fits-all approach – redefining business connectivity through adaptive design… https://t.co/Ur8NZNYcsZToday '98% of businesses rely on wireless' for their key operations @MoKatibeh CMO @TMobileBusiness This brings Resilience, Reach & Reliability center stage with SuperMobile moving beyond a one-size-fits-all approach – redefining business connectivity through adaptive design
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AI-Made AI-Powered: Intelligence and Silicon Symbiosis
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Session: "AI-Made, AI-Powered: The Symbiosis of Intelligence and Silicon"
When: September 2, 2025 | 4:55 PM – 6:05 PM
Where: Yashobhoomi (IICC), New Delhi | Session 5: Artificial Intelligence track at #SEMICONIndia2025 Moderator & keynote: Shri Abhishek Singh, Additional -
India’s Semiconductor Journey Accelerates Under PM Modi Leadership
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"….Ofcourse, our journey began late, but, nothing can stop us now!" – PM @narendramodi, at #SEMICONIndia2025#IndiaTechade #DigitalIndia #MakeInIndia #Semiconductor@AshwiniVaishnaw @PMOIndia @_DigitalIndia @GoI_MeitY @NeGD_GoI @abhish18 @kavitabha @SemiconIndia pic.twitter.com/AMtGPVdGTS
— IndiaAI (@OfficialINDIAai) 2 septembre 2025"….Ofcourse, our journey began late, but, nothing can stop us now!" – PM @narendramodi
, at #SEMICONIndia2025 #IndiaTechade #DigitalIndia #MakeInIndia #Semiconductor @AshwiniVaishnaw @PMOIndia @_DigitalIndia @GoI_MeitY @NeGD_GoI @abhish18 @kavitabha @SemiconIndia -
GPT-Realtime Knowledge Cutoff Compared to GPT-4o and GPT-5
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gpt-realtime has a knowledge cutoff date of Oct 01, 2023 – the same date as GPT-4o https://
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Google DeepMind August Releases: Gemini, Veo, Imagen and More
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The craziest Google I/O to date! In August at Google DeepMind, it was: Nano Banana (Gemini 2.5 Flash Image)
Gemini Embedding
Veo 3 Fast
Genie 3
Imagen 4 Fast
Gemma 3 270M
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Google’s AI integration and Chrome’s new features look incredible
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Google really went all in on AI integration this year and Chrome's new features look absolutely incredible
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Creating AI Newsletter Editions: Process and Themes Analysis
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I've only done four of them so the process is still evolving, but mainly I read through every page of https://
simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/ to spot the big themes and write based on that I start by copying over the markdown skeleton from the previous edition