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⏰ Amida drops NASA Tribute Digitrend limited to 100 pieces Amida released the Digitrend NASA Tribute to mark 50 years of the model. The run is limited to 100 watches, priced at 3,400 CHF. Digitrend is built as a driver’s watch with a perpendicular display for reading time without moving your wrist. It uses a jumping hour and sliding minutes, powered by a 9-component mechanical system that mimics a digital display. The design references the Space Shuttle era with a red NASA logo and a white ceramic top inspired by heat shield tiles. 📊 @tech

📱 Netflix releases VOID, an open model for removing objects from video Netflix published VOID, a model that removes objects from video while rebuilding scene physics. If a person holding a guitar is removed, the guitar falls naturally instead of staying frozen. The system combines components from CogVideoX by Alibaba, Gemini 3 Pro by Google, SAM2 by Meta, plus data from Adobe. In blind tests, VOID was preferred in 64.8% of cases, while Runway scored 18.4%. Available on Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/netflix/void-model 📊 @tech

🤖 Anthropic cuts Claude subscriptions from third-party tools like OpenClaw Since April 4, Anthropic disabled using Claude subscriptions inside external services. OpenClaw still works with Claude accounts, but usage is now billed separately via API token pricing. The change targets heavy usage cases like large contexts and agent workflows, which exceeded the fixed $20 subscription model. Workarounds rely on changing how requests are labeled so they look like first-party usage. Tool names get rewritten to pass filters. 📊 @tech

Dubai tech for firefighting 📊 @tech

There are 10,136 active Starlink satellites at this moment 📊 @tech

🌍 NASA releases Orion photos of Earth with auroras and zodiacal light NASA published the first images from Orion during Artemis II. Commander Reid Wiseman captured Earth through the spacecraft window after the burn toward the Moon. The photo shows two auroras and zodiacal light while Earth blocks the Sun. It was shot on a Nikon D5 with f/4.0, 1/4s, 22 mm, ISO 51200. Resolution is 5568 × 3712, just over 20 MP. 📊 @tech

📱 Apple bans vibe-coding apps as developers move them into iMessage Apple removed apps like Replit, Vibecode, and Anything from the App Store, citing rules against executing code that changes app behavior after installation. These tools allowed users to generate and run apps directly on iPhone without traditional development, which conflicts with App Store policies. Developers behind Anything pushed an update that moves the functionality into iMessage, letting users build iOS apps without installing the main app. Restrictions at the store level are pushing dev tools into alternative entry points. 📊 @tech

📱 Apple opens CarPlay to AI apps as ChatGPT launches on iOS 26.4 Apple added a new app category in CarPlay with iOS 26.4, allowing voice AI assistants. On March 31, OpenAI released ChatGPT for CarPlay as the first major app. The interface is fully voice-based. No text or visuals on screen. Users open the app from the car display, speak, and hear responses. It mirrors the iPhone voice mode but adapted for driving. Activation is manual via the icon. Support for other assistants like Claude and Gemini was reported earlier in February. 📊 @tech

🤖 Anthropic targets 8,100 GitHub repos over Claude Code leaks Anthropic sent DMCA requests against around 8,100 repositories hosting copies or forks of Claude Code. GitHub removed most of them within hours. Some takedowns hit modified or unrelated projects. After уточнение требований, only 96 repositories remain under action, while the rest were restored. Projects like openclaude are still accessible. Claude Code is Anthropic’s developer tooling tied to its models. The company is now actively enforcing control over its distribution. 📊 @tech

🤖 Claude has announced that computer use in Claude CoWork and Claude Code Desktop is now available on Windows. 📊 @tech

🚀 NASA launches Artemis II toward the Moon after 54-year gap NASA’s Space Launch System has launched the Artemis II mission to the Moon. It marks the first crewed lunar flight in 54 years. More than 3 million people watched the launch live. First images from the mission are expected in 6 days. 📊 @tech

🚕 100+ Baidu robotaxis stop mid-ride after system failure in China More than 100 Baidu robotaxis suddenly halted during trips. Some stopped on busy roads, leaving passengers unable to exit safely. The vehicles run as part of Baidu’s autonomous ride service. The incident shows how a single failure can affect many cars at once. A similar case happened in December when Waymo vehicles stalled during a major power outage in San Francisco. 📊 @tech

📱 Telegram adds built-in AI text editor with Cocoon models Telegram rolled out an AI editor that appears after typing a few words. The “Ai” button lets users translate text, fix grammar, or change style. It runs on open source models via Cocoon Network. The feature sits directly in the input field and works as a quick rewrite tool inside chats. No separate app or workflow. The update also brings media attachments to polls, Live Photos support on iOS, a bot builder, a document scanner on iOS, plus labels for unofficial clients. 📊 @tech

Robert Greene will completely shift your perspective on how you use AI. 📊 @tech

⛏️ Global mineral output surges as demand accelerates A Reddit chart tracking global mining from 1960 to 2024 shows sharp growth across key resources. The data matches Our World in Data, based on USGS and BGS sources. Lithium stands out at 240K tons in 2024, with near-vertical growth after 2015 driven by EVs and batteries. Cobalt reached 290K tons, and rare earths hit 390K tons, both rising fast on battery and electronics demand. Copper and bauxite grew more steadily but at massive scale, with 23M tons of copper and 450M tons of bauxite in 2024. Demand for minerals is rising at an exponential pace, especially for those tied to the energy transition. The push to save the planet is driving deeper extraction of it. 📊 @tech

🤖 Claude Code leak reveals roadmap for autonomous agents Anthropic accidentally exposed Claude Code source via an npm package, where a source map file allowed full recovery of the codebase. The leak spread quickly and was confirmed as a real internal CLI platform with ~500K lines of TypeScript. Inside the code and related materials, future features and architecture details became visible: 🔸 Autonomous agents that run tasks in the background without user prompts 🔸 Proactive agents that can initiate actions on their own 🔸 Multi-agent coordination system for orchestrating complex workflows 🔸 “Auto” mode to execute actions without constant permission requests 🔸 Voice interface support, including speech recognition 🔸 Early work on memory, planning, and “sleep” cycles for agents 🔸 Internal system prompts and structure of agent reasoning 🔸 Dedicated coordinator module for managing multiple agents https://github.com/instructkr/claude-code 📊 @tech

🤖 Claude Code gets computer use on macOS Anthropic added Computer use to Claude Code. The agent can now write code, compile it, run the app, click through the UI, find a bug, fix it, and check the result from one prompt. The feature is available as a research preview on Pro and Max plans, only on macOS for now. It can be enabled through /mcp in settings. This pushes coding agents one step closer to handling the full loop, not just the code itself. 📊 @tech

🤖 RAI shows Roadrunner robot that rolls and climbs stairs RAI unveiled Roadrunner, a 15 kg robot that moves on wheels, climbs stairs, and balances on a single wheel. It switches between rolling and stepping depending on terrain. The legs are fully symmetrical, with joints that bend in both directions. Wheels can be placed side by side or inline, and can lock for walking up steps. RAI was founded in 2022 with $400M from Hyundai and is led by Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert. The project is still a tech demo, focused on mobility and control systems. 📊 @tech

🖥 Midjourney engineer open-sources Pretext for layout without CSS A Midjourney engineer released Pretext, an open-source algorithm that handles text layout without CSS, DOM, or browser reflow. It computes layout directly with math instead of relying on traditional rendering pipelines. This removes cascading styles and dependency chains, which often trigger heavy recalculations when content changes. The result is up to 500x faster layout in dynamic scenarios. The approach fits emerging interfaces where content is generated on the fly, especially agent-driven UIs that rebuild structure step by step. Layout is starting to move from browser logic into direct algorithms. github.com/chenglou/pretext 📊 @tech

OpenClaw generates video on Seedance 2, import into premiere pro and edit. All by itself. 📊 @tech