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The Battle for Your Phone Signal from Space
SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile, and others are racing to eliminate cellular dead zones by connecting regular smartphones directly to satellites—and the service is already live, with T-Mobile's Starlink texting operational in 2025, emergency SOS on millions of iPhones, and voice/data coming by 2026.
DeepSeek-OCR: Why AI Researchers Are Rethinking Text Itself
DeepSeek-OCR achieved 10× text compression with 97% accuracy by treating images as more efficient information carriers than text tokens—a radical approach that could solve AI's context length problem and has researchers questioning whether language models should process text at all.
When AI Trades with Real Money: The Alpha Arena Showdown
Six leading AI models received $10,000 each to trade autonomously in live cryptocurrency markets—Chinese models DeepSeek and Qwen profited while GPT-5 and Gemini lost 30-60%, revealing that benchmark performance doesn't predict real-world decision-making under pressure.
Understanding Agentic Workflows: Beyond Traditional Automation
A friendly intro to agentic AI—what it is, how it differs from classic automation, and a n8n example to get started.
MineContext by ByteDance: A tiny desktop that remembers everything for you
What MineContext is, real-world use cases, why it could change knowledge work—and why it might be a secret weapon for ADHD brains
How I'm Starting an Amazon Affiliate Side Hustle: From Sign-Up to First Commissions
A fun, step-by-step guide to the Amazon Associates & Influencer Programs (Canadian edition), plus how affiliate marketing works, other networks to try, and the success factors I'm copying from top creators.
OpenAI DevDay 2025 Shows the AI Ecosystem Playbook
Takeaways from OpenAI DevDay 2025: Apps SDK, AgentKit, Codex, and a slate of APIs that turn ChatGPT into the primary workspace.
How Large Language Models Are Reshaping Human Life
Large language models have evolved from experimental neural networks to billion-user platforms in just years, fundamentally transforming how people work, create, and solve problems—with AI companions, autonomous agents, and physical robotics representing the next wave of this accelerating revolution.
PNT Industry Has Come to a Turning Point
A plain-English tour of the GNSS/PNT market in 2024—what’s growing, who’s winning, why resilience matters, and where the puck is headed.
Latency-First Companies
Why the next wave of startups sells speed as a service.
Energy Credit Funds
Packaging microgrid resilience into a liquid financial product.
Night Ice Navigation
Thermal drones and heads-up displays for glacier travel after sunset.