No science, no startups: The innovation engine we're switching off https://steveblank.com/2025/10/13/no-science-no-startups-the-unseen-engine-were-switching-off/
Steve Blank
Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off
Tons of words have been written about the Trump Administrations war on Science in Universities. But few people have asked what, exactly, is science? How does it work? Who are the scientists? What d…
America is getting an AI gold rush instead of a factory boom https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/13/manufacturing-artificial-intelligence/
The Washington Post
Two industries were supposed to drive America’s future. One is booming, the other slumping.
The outcome of these trends has huge implications for workers, wealth and the future of America’s economy.
FSF announces Librephone project https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
www.fsf.org
FSF announces Librephone project
Leaving serverless led to performance improvement and a simplified architecture https://www.unkey.com/blog/serverless-exit
Apple M5 chip https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/10/apple-unleashes-m5-the-next-big-leap-in-ai-performance-for-apple-silicon/
Apple Newsroom
Apple unleashes M5, the next big leap in AI performance for Apple silicon
Apple today announced M5, delivering advances to every aspect of the chip and the next big leap in AI.
Hyperflask – Full stack Flask and Htmx framework https://hyperflask.dev/
DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/waymo
Doordash
DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service and introduce limited-time Waymo promotion for DashPass members
Today, DoorDash announced a new partnership with Waymo to launch an autonomous delivery service in Metro Phoenix and introduce a limited-time $10 Waymo promotion for DashPass members in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix.
Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/amazons-ring-to-partner-with-flock-a-network-of-ai-cameras-used-by-ice-feds-and-police/
TechCrunch
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
Live Stream from the Namib Desert https://bookofjoe2.blogspot.com/2025/10/live-stream-from-namib-desert.html
Blogspot
Live Stream From the Namib Desert
4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence https://alecmuffett.com/article/117792
Dropsafe
The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself…
Ofcom — driven by the letter of British law that they are bound to follow, but still Ofcom — are quietly making Britain look (a) very silly and (b) as if we haven’t yet shucked-off the Americ…
Andrej Karpathy – It will take a decade to work through the issues with agents https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-karpathy
Dwarkesh
Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away
"The problems are tractable, but they're still difficult”
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/16/claude-skills/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …
AMD's Chiplet APU: An Overview of Strix Halo https://chipsandcheese.com/p/amds-chiplet-apu-an-overview-of-strix
Chipsandcheese
AMD’s Chiplet APU: An Overview of Strix Halo
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