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BIG TECH & STARTUPS

OPENAI BETS BIG ON AUDIO AS SI=
LICON VALLEY DECLARES WAR ON SCREENS (2
MINUTE READ) [5]=20

OpenAI ha=
s unified several engineering, product, and research teams
over the past =
couple of months to overhaul its audio models. The
company is reportedly =
preparing to launch an audio-first personal
device in about a year. Its n=
ew audio model will sound more natural,
be able to handle interruptions, =
and even speak when users are
talking. The entire tech industry seems to =
be headed toward a future
where screens become background noise and audio=
takes center stage.=20

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MINUTE READ) [6]=20

One of the big transformations of this year will be=
robotaxis. Waymo
will likely partner with Uber in many locations because=
Uber owns
demand, but over time, Waymo will want to go direct. Cybercab =
will
appear sometime this year and undercut both Uber and Waymo in price.=

Uber's demand for rides will go down pretty quickly once price drops -=

Waymo is currently more expensive than Uber, but it is still thriving
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SC=
IENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

THE MAN TAKING OVER THE LARGE HADRON CO=
LLIDER =E2=80=93 ONLY TO SWITCH IT
OFF (6 MINUTE READ) [7]=20

Mark Th=
omson is now the director general of CERN. One of the first
things he wil=
l do during his term is to turn off the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) to ma=
ke way for a major upgrade that will make the LHC
more precise with its m=
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interactions. The upgrade will dominat=
e Thomson's five-year tenure.
The LHC will reach its end of life around 2=
041.=20

STARLINK IS BEGINNING A SIGNIFICANT RECONFIGURATION OF ITS SATE=
LLITE
CONSTELLATION FOCUSED ON INCREASING SPACE SAFETY (1 MINUTE READ) [8=
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SpaceX is lowering all Starlink satellites from around 550 km to=

around 480 km over the course of the year. The shell lowering will be
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2026: THE GREAT ENGINEERING DIVERGENCE (5 MINUTE READ) [9] =


Once coding speed jumps, everything around it becomes a constraint.=

Developers' throughput is now capped by clarifying requirements,
revie=
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producti=
on safely, and operating the product. The great engineering
divergence wi=
ll be determined by who raises that ceiling end-to-end.
Organizations tha=
t update their processes to improve the non-code
chokepoints will reap th=
e largest rewards this year.=20

BUILD SOFTWARE. BUILD USERS (4 MINUTE R=
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Writing a lot of tests doesn't always guarantee software q=
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Engineers need to study target users more deeply to really unders=
tand
how they will use their products. One way to do this is by creating =
AI
users to test software. This can result in a feedback loop that allows=

engineers to iterate quickly.=20

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MISCELLANEOUS
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MINUTE READ) [11]=20

Hasbro's 'Toy Tycoon' is a role-playing strateg=
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confront a series of scenarios that test their managerial me=
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game helps players think through how to manage their company's =
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aim to increase their centrality while weakening
the agency of whole nat=
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parties differ in their AI =
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future of humanity.=20

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A look at technological improvements in the recent past and the
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If you want to und=
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Meta=
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the compan=
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