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Top stories today: - Reflection 70B by HyperWrite faces skepticism over claims of rivaling models
- Apple's "Glowtime" event starting at 1 PM ET: what to expect
- Replit Agent receives positive reviews over the weekend from early users
- Boeing's Starliner returns after ~3 months in space, leaving behind pilots
- Telegram now has 10M paid subscribers, phases out scam-driving features
- Space tech funding gains momentum in 2024 after 2 down years
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1. Reflection 70B by HyperWrite faces skepticism over claims of rivaling SOTA models |
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3. Apple's "Glowtime" event starting at 1 PM ET: what to expect |
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iPhone 16 series, with the iPhone 16 Pro models speculated with bigger displays. Apple Watch Series 10 as the biggest upgrade to the Apple Watch line. 2 new AirPods, with AirPods Pro-like design and hearing health focus. Apple Intelligence would come across new iPhone models through the iOS 18.1 update. Separately, Apple's Image Playground app and Genmoji are reportedly delayed until Dec. M4 Macs and new iPads are likely to come at a separate event in Oct.
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4. Replit Agent receives positive reviews over the weekend from early users |
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The agent helped early testers build landing pages with Postgres DB under 4 mins. Healthcare app, ad spend calc, mobile game and CMS were built in early testing. Replit paid subscribers have gotten access to the agent initially.
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5. Boeing's Starliner returns after ~3 months in space, leaving behind two test pilots |
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12:01 AM ET on Saturday: when Starliner landed in New Mexico. "We wish it would have been the way we had planned," said NASA's Steve Stich. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams flew Starliner to the space station in June. NASA chose not to fly the duo home on Starliner due to technical concerns. 2025: a SpaceX capsule will bring home both astronauts.
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6. Telegram now has 10M paid subscribers, phases out features to limit scammers, misusage |
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7. Space tech funding gains momentum in 2024 after 2 consecutive down years |
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~$6B across 257 space tech startup funding deals this year. Chinese firms took 5 of the top 6 rounds. 2023: $6.2B was raised in total. 2021: record $12.3B in funding appeared.
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8. Elon now controls 2/3rd of all active satellites orbiting Earth, with 6,370 Starlink satellites |
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9. 40% of GenAI solutions predicted to be multimodal by 2027, up from 1% in 2023 |
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10. Interesting videos, posts, and memes |
 | Is "Founder Mode" Insightful? Plus AI Valuations, Putin's Telegram, and Unrealized Gains Tax |
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 | AI built a social app for me - watch me create an app using v0, Cursor AI, Replit, Claude AI |
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 | "Founder Mode," DOJ alleges Russian podcast op, Kamala flips proposals, Tech loses Section 230? |
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 | The Rise of Stablecoins with Circle's Jeremy Allaire | E2004 |
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11. Other headlines |
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Elon denies report his xAI in talks over Tesla revenue. OpenAI gives artists access to unreleased tools like Sora for NY exhibit. U.S. federal judge runs "mini-experiment" with AI to help decide case.
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Elon says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in 2 years. Roblox projects 10% of $180B gaming content market. WhatsApp, Messenger to allow 3rd-party apps' messages and calls in EU. OnlyFans revenue +20% to $1.31B in year ending Nov. 2023. Huawei's tri-fold Mate XT receives 2.7M pre-orders ahead of iPhone 16 launch. Nikolai Durov: profile on Telegram's mysterious co-founder. Bending Spoons to lay off 75% of WeTransfer staff just a month after acquisition.
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Tech & law |
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Biotech |
U.S. beefs up mpox testing, vaccine access. GSK's Nucala meets key goal in smoker's lung treatment study. FDA worries Iterum's UTI drug may cause antimicrobial resistance.
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Business |
Boeing reaches tentative labor deal with 25% pay hike, new plane promise. BlackRock's $12.5B deal for Global Infrastructure Partners approved by FERC. DirecTV files FCC complaint against Disney for alleged anti-competitive practices. Renault CEO warns of billions in fines as EV sales slow. China opens manufacturing, healthcare sectors to foreign investment.
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Crypto |
Tether invests $100M in Latin America's agriculture firm Adecoagro. Kalshi, U.S.-regulated prediction market, can now offer election markets.
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U.S. politics |
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World |
Jordanian kills 3 Israelis at border crossing. Pressuring Qatar to expel Hamas leaders could be winning strategy: analyst. Brazil's X ban sparks large protests. CIA director warns of Russia using nuclear weapon early in Ukraine. Italy reportedly in talks to create nuclear power firm. Venezuela opposition leader Gonzalez flees to Spain after arrest order.
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