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🤖 Bots Make Up Majority of Web Traffic
According to Cloudflare Radar, 57.5% of all HTML page requests last week came from bots, including crawlers, AI data collectors, and scripts.
Only 42.5% were from real users in browsers.
JSON now accounts for 33.1% of all HTTP traffic, surpassing HTML at 12%.
JSON is used for machine-to-machine API calls, while HTML is what humans see in browsers.
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🤖 Claude writes most of its own code now
By May, over 80% of the code in Anthropic's production base was written by Claude. In Q2, engineers merged eight times more code daily than in 2024, thanks to Claude automating much of the development work.
Claude is a model that improves itself and writes code to build its next version. Humans still lead in setting goals and handling complex context, but agents already outperform people in research tasks with clear metrics.
In one AI safety experiment, agents improved solutions by 97% in a week, while humans managed 23%. Anthropic sees this self-improving cycle accelerating faster than expected and calls for coordination tools, including possible pauses in frontier AI development.
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🎩 Tech Leaders Play Mafia on YouTube
The venture fund Founders Fund gathered 13 tech stars, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey, Figma founder Dylan Field, Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike, and biohacker Brian Johnson, to play the classic game Mafia. The entire session was recorded and posted online.
Players received secret roles as either townsfolk or mafia. The game lasted five rounds where bluffing and outsmarting opponents were the only weapons. The goal was to eliminate the opposing side through deduction and deception.
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⌨️ Asus ROG launches quirky Mystery Box keycaps
Asus ROG released a set of six keycaps sold as a Mystery Box Edition 20, marking the brand's 20th anniversary. Buyers get miniature ROG gadget replicas on crystal stalagmite stands, but the exact items remain unknown until opened.
The set includes tiny versions of the Gladius mouse, Raikiri controller, Claymore keyboard, Delta headset, and two ROG logo variations. Two keycaps have moving parts: the Chariot chair spins manually, and the Claymore keyboard splits into two pressable halves.
This playful release is clearly designed to encourage multiple purchases to collect all variants, especially the rarest keycaps.
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📊 Ray Dalio Predicts AI Bubble Burst
Investor Ray Dalio says the AI bubble will burst in the next few years unless startups start making billions. Currently, AI companies spend about 8 times more than they earn. The sector needs to generate $2 trillion annually by 2030 to justify current investments.
Dalio compares the AI bubble to past tech bubbles like dotcoms, where stock prices rose on hype but lacked real profits. He acknowledges AI will change the world but doubts its economic viability so far.
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🍏 Apple is building an iPhone feature to detect theft in real time
Apple is reportedly working on a system that automatically locks an iPhone if it detects that the device was snatched from its owner.
The feature would use motion data and proximity signals from nearby Apple Watches. If the phone detects a sudden grab, increasing distance from the watch, and an unfamiliar location or Wi-Fi network, it can trigger additional security protections.
The goal is to stop thieves from accessing settings, passwords, or account controls on an already unlocked device.
What's interesting is that this is both a security feature and another ecosystem advantage. The more Apple devices you own, the more signals the system can use to protect them.
Android has offered a similar Theft Detection Lock feature for some time. The difference is that Apple appears to be tying the experience more closely to its broader device ecosystem.
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🤖 OpenAI's top user burns 100B tokens monthly
Sam Altman revealed that OpenAI's most active internal user consumes over 100 billion tokens each month. He also noted an external client uses even more.
To put it in perspective, 100 billion tokens equal about 125 million pages or roughly 100,000 copies of War and Peace every month.
Token consumption records have surged about a million times in recent years, showing extreme scale even for enterprise use.
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🤖 Anthropic launches CLI for Claude API
Anthropic introduced CLI called ant to manage all Claude API resources from the terminal. Commands like ant models list and ant messages create let users interact directly with the platform.
The CLI supports defining agents in YAML and deploying them with a single command. This turns agents into version-controlled configurations that fit into Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
This approach is common in agent frameworks but now is officially integrated into Anthropic's Claude ecosystem, simplifying infrastructure management for developers.
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💻️ Nvidia launches DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction
Nvidia introduced DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction at Computex, compatible with all GeForce RTX cards including older RTX 20 series.
It uses a second-generation neural network trained on Nvidia’s supercomputer to clean up ray tracing noise by reconstructing missing pixels while combining denoising and resolution scaling.
This new engine delivers 35% more compute power and uses 20% more parameters at the same speed.
Nvidia claims it improves lighting accuracy and image stability in motion, reducing artifacts like ghosting in games such as Indiana Jones and refining screen noise effects in Alan Wake 2.
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🏎 Honda revealed its first passenger eVTOL flight
Honda quietly completed the first flight of its passenger eVTOL on April 1, but only disclosed it weeks later. The company has been developing the aircraft since the early 2020s, mostly out of public view.
Like projects from Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation, Honda is betting on electric vertical takeoff aircraft as a future alternative to short-distance air travel.
Honda's design uses 8 propellers, which the company says improves safety and reduces noise compared to helicopters.
Its biggest differentiator is range: while many eVTOLs target around 100 km, Honda's hybrid design aims for up to 400 km.
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💻️ Nvidia launches RTX Spark AI chip
Nvidia introduced the RTX Spark SoC for AI-PCs at Computex. It features a 20-core ARM CPU, a Blackwell GPU with 6144 CUDA cores, Tensor Cores supporting FP4, and up to 128 GB of unified memory.
The chip delivers up to 1 petaflop of AI performance at low precision, enough to run models with 70-120 billion parameters using quantization. It supports CUDA and Nvidia's AI software stack out of the box.
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🤖 GPT-4.1’s random numbers aren’t random
An enthusiast named Exmergo asked GPT-4.1 to pick a random number from 1 to 100, 10,000 times. The results failed a chi-square test with a value of 15,604 and p near zero, showing the choices are far from truly random.
GPT-4.1 avoided round multiples of ten except for 10 once, and nearly ignored the extremes 1 and 100. The number 42 appeared four times more often than expected, a nod to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” Numbers with 7 were favored, while 69 appeared much less, likely due to training filters.
The model reflects human biases in number selection despite being asked for randomness. It seems to have absorbed our quirks from the texts it was trained on.
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🤖 Claude Code Unlocks Turbo Mode
Activating /ultracode in Claude Code switches the agent to turbo mode, adding a full color fill and a rainbow blinking prompt line in the "thinking" mode.
Claude then starts requesting "real" work instead of trivial questions, showing a new level of engagement.
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🤖 ChatGPT can now send emails from chat
ChatGPT apps can now perform real actions in connected apps, including sending and editing emails. Important actions require user approval and have built-in security checks.
This lets users send and edit emails directly within the chat interface. ChatGPT acts more like a full work assistant by handling confidential tasks safely.
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Apple II released on this day in 1977.
It cost $7,100, adjusted for inflation.
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🤖 ChatGPT adds Dreaming for memory updates
ChatGPT now uses Dreaming to update its memory in the background by reviewing chat history and synthesizing current facts. This replaces the old static list of facts that often became outdated or irrelevant.
Dreaming tracks changes like a planned trip turning into a past event, for example updating 'user is going to Singapore' to 'user was in Singapore in July 2025.' OpenAI cut its computing cost by 5 times, making it ready for wider rollout.
The feature is live only for Plus and Pro users in the US so far, with other regions and plans coming soon.
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🧱 LEGO launches largest Sagrada Família set
LEGO's new set 21065 Sagrada Família has 12,060 pieces, making it the largest in the company's history. The completed model stands 62 cm tall, 47 cm wide, and 39 cm deep.
The set recreates the iconic basilica with 18 symbolic towers, three detailed facades, and a forest-like interior. Builders follow the real construction sequence, starting from the apse and crypt to the Glory facade.
It launches on November 1, priced at $800. LEGO points out this lets fans finish the masterpiece themselves, unlike the real cathedral still under construction after more than a century.
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🖥 Microsoft boosts qubit stability with Majorana 2
Microsoft's new quantum chip, Majorana 2, extends qubit lifetime to 20 seconds on average, reaching up to a minute in the best cases. This marks a 1000x stability improvement over last year's model.
The breakthrough comes from switching superconducting materials from aluminum to lead, which better shields qubits from external noise that causes errors.
Longer qubit lifetimes bring practical quantum computing closer, enabling complex tasks like drug discovery and logistics optimization. Microsoft now aims for a scalable quantum computer by 2029, halving its previous timeline.
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🖥 Microsoft unveils AI agent OS Project Solara
At Build, Microsoft introduced Project Solara, an OS for devices running on AI agents instead of traditional apps. It replaces manual app use with voice-controlled intelligent agents.
Solara runs on Android’s corporate MDEP version, enabling small, efficient devices with familiar IT management and security.
Microsoft showed two concept devices: a desktop gadget like an Echo Show with face unlock, and a wearable badge with a camera and fingerprint scanner that activates the agent with one tap. The badge can transcribe conversations and share visuals with the agent.
These devices won’t be sold but serve as reference designs for manufacturers.
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😭 Microsoft unveils a desktop AI box for developers
Microsoft introduced the Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a compact PC built around Nvidia’s new Arm-based RTX Spark chip.
The device is designed for local AI development and can run models with up to 120B parameters without relying on cloud infrastructure.
It comes preloaded with Windows 11, VS Code, WSL, and PowerShell 7, targeting developers building and testing AI applications.
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🤖 Hobot SP10 adds scrapers for deeper cleaning
The new Hobot SP10 window cleaning robot uses two movable scrapers alongside a powerful spray system and a main cloth to physically scrape off dirt. It offers 8 cleaning modes for different tasks.
Hobot robots usually spray water and wipe surfaces, but the SP10’s scrapers improve cleaning quality significantly. It has a 6000 Pa suction force to stay firmly attached even with a wet cloth.
The robot works on windows, tiles, mirrors, frameless glazing, and inclined surfaces. This makes it more versatile for various smooth surfaces beyond just windows.
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❄️ Graphene Sleeping Bag Adapts to Cold
Hong Kong's Graphene-X is crowdfunding a modular sleeping bag system on Kickstarter. The Tardigrade Sleeping System includes a winter bag rated to -30 °C, a lighter three-season bag rated to -10 °C, and an insulating liner that can be added for extra warmth.
The bags use graphene, a one-atom-thick carbon sheet known for strength and heat conduction, combined with aerogel-filled fabric tubes. These tubes inflate or deflate based on outside temperature, letting the bag adjust insulation without adding weight.
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🚀 Blue Origin’s New Glenn Explodes in Test
A fiery explosion destroyed Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket during a routine engine test at Cape Canaveral. The blast heavily damaged launch complex LC-36, the only pad for New Glenn, putting the rocket’s next flight on hold.
New Glenn is a 98-meter heavy-lift rocket designed to carry NASA’s Blue Moon lunar lander and deploy Amazon’s satellite internet constellation. It has flown only three times, with its last launch delayed by an FAA investigation after a satellite was placed in the wrong orbit.
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🚀 NASA’s Moon Base missions start this year
NASA will launch three spacecraft to the Moon’s South Pole this year, the first of over a dozen missions before 2028 supporting a crewed Artemis landing.
Moon Base I will fly no earlier than late 2026 on Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance, carrying instruments to study rocket plume effects and a laser reflector for orbital positioning.
Moon Base II will deliver 500+ kg of cargo with Astrobotic Griffin, including the FLIP rover to develop crewed lunar rovers. Moon Base III will carry NASA, ESA, and Korean instruments on Nova-C Trinity to study lunar swirls.
Firefly Aerospace plans to launch four MoonFall drones in 2028 to capture high-res images of hard-to-reach lunar areas.
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