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Disclaimers: invest.pacaso.com 📱 Big Tech & Startups Apple to Launch iOS 26, macOS 26 in Major Rebrand Tied to Software Redesigns (3 minute read) The next Apple operating systems will be identified by year rather than version number. The change is aimed at bringing consistency to the company's branding and making things less confusing to customers and developers. The next operating systems will be known as iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, and visionOS 26. The shift will be announced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 9. xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app (1 minute read) Telegram and xAI have partnered to integrate Grok into apps available on Telegram's platform for one year. xAI paid $300 million in cash and equity as part of the deal. Telegram will also earn 50% of the revenue from xAI subscriptions purchased through the app. Grok was already available to Telegram's premium users early this year, but it seems the chatbot is now going to be made available to all users. 🚀 Science & Futuristic Technology Researchers Say New Contact Lenses Let You See in the Dark (2 minute read) Scientists have created contact lenses that allow people to see in the dark with the help of infrared light. The invention could allow colorblind people to see colors again. The contacts don't require an external power source and wearers can perceive multiple infrared wavelengths even with their eyes closed. They aren't yet able to capture fine details, so the scientists are working on a version with more precise spatial resolution and higher sensitivity. A Reaction to Alzheimer's Fraud (4 minute read) The beta-amyloid protein has been a prime suspect in the pathology of Alzheimer's for many decades. However, there was a period where some papers made a form of amyloid appear to be able to induce disease-like symptoms all by itself in rodent models. Those works turned out not to be reproducible, and there is strong evidence of deliberately faked work in those papers. While those particular papers are fake, they don't discount the decades of legitimate research on the topic. 💻 Programming, Design & Data Science 3 reasons to invest in Pacaso today (Sponsor) 1️⃣ $110M+ gross profits already generated from over $1.1 billion in real estate transactions 2️⃣ $1.3 trillion market opportunity with massive tailwinds 3️⃣ Share price changes tonight at midnight PST Lock in the current share price today before it changes. One of the reasons I'm finding LLMs so much more useful for coding than a lot of people (1 minute read) All of Simon Willison's code has automated tests. This massively de-risks his use of large language models. He uses AI to write code and then proves that code works with tests, then uses AI to refactor the code until it looks good, keeping the tests green the whole time. Programmers who find the technology to be more of a hindrance than a help in their work may need to check the health of their test suites. As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook (3 minute read) A notebook is the most important tool to have as a software developer. While writing code is a necessary part of the job, more important than writing that code is figuring out what code to write. Writing and sketching are powerful tools for thinking through problems and they can help turn vague abstract ideas into tangible artifacts. Using a notebook also leaves behind a copy of your thoughts and the process of how you reached them. 🎁 Miscellaneous Elon Musk Tried to Block Sam Altman's Big AI Deal in the Middle East (6 minute read) OpenAI and a group of American technology giants recently won a deal to build one of the world's largest artificial intelligence data centers in Abu Dhabi. While the deal was being made, Elon Musk worked hard to make sure it included his own AI startup, warning the group that the plan had no chance of presidential approval unless xAI was included in the deal. Trump and US officials reviewed the deal terms and decided to move forward. The project, Stargate UAE, was ultimately announced on May 22. What If We Had Bigger Brains? Imagining Minds Beyond Ours (81 minute read) As humans, we like to think our minds are somehow at the top of what's possible, but it is now pretty clear this isn't true. Artificial neural networks allow us to get a more systematic sense of what different scales of brains can do. As systems get more complex, they may start using abstractions and higher-order constructs that we are basically blind to. ⚡ Quick Links 👉 Missed out on Uber and AirBnB? Don't sleep on Pacaso (Sponsor) At midnight tonight, the $2.80 share price changes. Invest in the proptech company that's cornering the hottest sector in 2025 real estate. Claim your shares before midnight → Tesla–xAI Merger 'Going to Happen,' Says Musk Biographer (2 minute read) A merger between Tesla and xAI would mark a turning point in Elon Musk's push to transform Tesla into a leader in real-world artificial intelligence. Samsung drops Android 16 beta for Galaxy S25 with more AI you probably don't want (4 minute read) Samsung Galaxy S25 owners can sign up for the Android 16 beta by opening the Samsung Members app - the beta sign-up should be right on the main landing page. Microsoft wants Windows Update to handle all apps (2 minute read) Developers can now sign up for a private preview of the Windows Update orchestration platform. A thought on JavaScript "proof of work" anti-scraper systems (2 minute read) An AI scraper can try to recognize a JavaScript Proof-of-Work system, but this is a losing game for several reasons. Behind the Curtain: A white-collar bloodbath (14 minute read) Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, says AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and that AI companies and governments need to stop sugar-coating what's coming. The Who Cares Era (6 minute read) We are now in the 'Who Cares Era', where completely disposable things are shoddily produced for people to mostly ignore. Love TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards! Share your referral link below with friends to get free TLDR swag! https://refer.tldr.tech/c4b06755/ Track your referrals here. 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