Subj : Zuckerberg's list ¨, Tesla's driverless delivery ¨, synthetic human genome ¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Mon Jun 30 2025 10:45:18 --irqdrQQh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Zuckerberg has spent months putting together a list of the most tale= nted engineers and researchers in artificial intelligence=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0 = Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09= =09TOGETHER WITH [Basecamp] [4] TLDR 2025-06-30 AFTER 21 YEARS, = BASECAMP REMAINS THE MOST REFRESHINGLY STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY TO MANAGE PROJ= ECTS (SPONSOR) [4]=20 There's big investor money in project management.= That's a big incentive to make bloated, barely-useable products = =E2=80=94 designed to tick boxes in a procurement manager's checklist. = Basecamp [4] has been bucking this trend for more than two decades. 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Many of the candidates have t= aken meetings at Zuckerberg's homes in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe. This art= icle looks at some of the people on the list.=20 TESLA SAYS IT MADE I= TS FIRST DRIVERLESS DELIVERY OF A NEW CAR TO A CUSTOMER (8 MINUTE READ) [= 6]=20 Tesla routed a Model Y SUV from its Austin, Texas, Gigafactory to= an apartment building in the area on June 27 - its first driverless de= livery of a new car to a customer. The vehicle transversed public roads, = including highways, without a human in the driver's seat or front passeng= er seat. Tesla did not say which version of its software and hardware the= vehicle had, but the company's Head of AI said that the vehicle was exac= tly the same as every Model Y produced in the Tesla factory. A video of t= he Model Y completing the delivery is available in the article.=20 = =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY SCIENTISTS LAUNCH = WILD NEW PROJECT TO BUILD A HUMAN GENOME FROM SCRATCH (4 MINUTE READ) [7]= =20 The Synthetic Human Genome Project aims to write artificial human D= NA from scratch - the scientists behind the project are hoping that it = will answer fundamental questions about the human genome and transform ou= r understanding of health and disease. The technology could be used to cr= eate new medical treatments like designer cell-based therapies and virus-= resistant tissue transplantation. The research team hopes to be able to c= reate the foundational tools, technologies, and methods to allow research= ers to create genomes from scratch over the next half-decade. 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Mark Zuckerberg has spent months puttin= g together a list of the most talented engineers and researchers in artific= ial intelligence. Recruits on the list typically have PhDs from elite schoo= ls and work experience at places like OpenAI and Google DeepMind. Their spe= cialized knowledge is the key to cashing in on the artificial intelligence = revolution. Many of the candidates have taken meetings at Zuckerberg's home= s in Palo Alto and Lake Tahoe. This article looks at some of the people on = the list.
Tesla says it made its firs= t driverless delivery of a new car to a customer (8 minute read)

Tesla routed a Model Y SUV from its Aus= tin, Texas, Gigafactory to an apartment building in the area on June 27 - i= ts first driverless delivery of a new car to a customer. The vehicle transv= ersed public roads, including highways, without a human in the driver's sea= t or front passenger seat. Tesla did not say which version of its software = and hardware the vehicle had, but the company's Head of AI said that the ve= hicle was exactly the same as every Model Y produced in the Tesla factory. = A video of the Model Y completing the delivery is available in the article.
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Scientists Launch Wild New = Project to Build a Human Genome From Scratch (4 minute read)

The Synthetic Human Genome Project aims= to write artificial human DNA from scratch - the scientists behind the pro= ject are hoping that it will answer fundamental questions about the human g= enome and transform our understanding of health and disease. The technology= could be used to create new medical treatments like designer cell-based th= erapies and virus-resistant tissue transplantation. The research team hopes= to be able to create the foundational tools, technologies, and methods to = allow researchers to create genomes from scratch over the next half-decade.= The project runs along a parallel research effort into the social and ethi= cal issues of creating human genomes in a lab.
7 People Now Have Elon Musk= 's Neuralink Brain Implant (6 minute read)

Neuralink has increased the number of p= atients with its N1 brain implant to seven. The implant allows those with c= ervical spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to cont= rol a computer with their thoughts. Six of the seven are participating in a= study aimed at proving that the N1 implant, R1 surgical robot, and N1 User= App are safe and effective. The implant has enabled some of the patients t= o work to help provide for themselves and their families financially.
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OpenAI reportedly =E2=80=98= recalibrating' compensation in response to Meta hires (1 minute read)

OpenAI's leaders have been working arou= nd the clock to talk to employees who have received offers from Meta. Meta = has successfully poached a number of OpenAI's senior researchers. Eight res= earchers have departed OpenAI for Meta over the past week. OpenAI has recal= ibrated its compensation and is looking for creative ways to recognize and = reward top talent.
Trump says he has 'a group = of very wealthy people' to buy TikTok (2 minute read)

President Donald Trump says he has a gr= oup of buyers willing to acquire TikTok. A sale would need approval from th= e Chinese government, but Trump has told the media that President Xi Jinpin= g 'will probably do it'. It is unclear whether the current buyer is the sam= e as the one from three months ago - the deal fell apart in April due to a = disagreement on tariffs. The US Congress passed a law forcing TikTok's sale= in April last year, but the deadline for the sale has been repeatedly dela= yed.
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Quick Links

The software engineering "s= queeze" (5 minute read)

There's no place for 'coasting' in soft= ware engineering anymore, but there is a lot of space for ambitious enginee= rs, even if they're fresh graduates.
MCP: An (Accidentally) Univ= ersal Plugin System (6 minute read)

If you remove the 'AI' aspect of MCP (M= odel Context Protocol), it becomes a standardized way to connect literally = anything to different data sources and tools.
Apple's M5 chip launches th= is fall, and these new products get it first (2 minute read)

The M5 chip will come to the MacBook Pr= o and iPad Pro this fall.
I made my VM think it has a= CPU fan so the malware would finally shut up and run (8 minute read)

One of the common checks that malware p= rograms perform to determine whether they are running on a virtual machine = is to look for the presence of certain hardware components, like a CPU fan.
Engineer creates ad-block f= or the real world with augmented reality glasses =E2=80=94 no more products= or branding in your everyday life (3 minute read)

A software engineer has created an augm= ented reality app for Snap's fifth-generation AR Spectacles that identifies= and blocks out advertisements, billboards, and product branding in real li= fe.
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A good community can have a tremendous = influence on motivation.

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