Google CEO Pichai tells emp=
loyees to gear up for big 2025: =E2=80=98The stakes are high' (7 minute rea=
d)
Google plans to introduce a number of A=
I features in the first half of next year. The company recently held a stra=
tegy meeting for next year where executives set the stage for a year of inc=
reased competition, regulatory hurdles, and advancements in AI. CEO Sundar =
Pichai has warned employees that 2025 will be a challenging year as the com=
pany is facing scrutiny across the world. While Google's search business st=
ill has dominant market share, generative AI has brought with it a host of =
new competitors.
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OpenAI says it needs =E2=80=
=98more capital than we'd imagined' as it lays out for-profit plan (5 minut=
e read)
OpenAI will create a public benefit cor=
poration to oversee commercial operations when it moves towards a for-profi=
t structure in 2025. The public benefit corporation will remove some of Ope=
nAI's nonprofit restrictions and allow it to function more like a high-grow=
th startup. The scale of capital that the company needs requires convention=
al equity and a less complicated structure. OpenAI's effort to restructure =
faces major hurdles, including a lawsuit from Elon Musk and an outflow of h=
igh-level talent.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Thinking Slowly: The Parado=
xical Slowness of Human Behavior (3 minute read)
Humans think at a rate of 10 bits per s=
econd. Our bodies' sensory systems gather environmental data at a rate of a=
billion bits per second, 100 million times faster than our thought process=
es. It is unknown why humans are only able to think a single thought at a t=
ime rather than many at a time in parallel the way our sensory systems work=
.. One theory is that the brain was first evolved for navigation - it would =
make sense that we can only follow one 'path' of thought at a time if our b=
rain evolved from a simple system to follow paths.
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From new commercial Moon la=
nders to asteroid investigations, expect a slate of exciting space missions=
in 2025 (10 minute read)
Space exploration dazzled the world in =
2024 - NASA's Europa Clipper began its journey to study Jupiter's moon Euro=
pa, SpaceX's Starship achieved its first successful landing, China's Chang'=
e 6 mission successfully returned samples from the far side of the Moon, an=
d the International Space Station continued to host international crews and=
private missions. Space agencies are gearing up for even more ambitious go=
als in 2025. This article looks at the most exciting missions planned for t=
he coming year. These include CLPS, an initiative from NASA to deliver scie=
nce and technology payloads to the Moon using commercial landers; SPHEREx, =
a mission that will survey the sky in near-infrared light to create a compr=
ehensive map of the universe; Space Rider, and uncrewed spaceplane from the=
European Space Agency; and Japan's M2/Resilience mission, which will launc=
h a lander and micro-rover to the lunar surface.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Software Design is Knowledg=
e Building (11 minute read)
Software designers usually have a simpl=
e concept in mind when writing programs - understanding this concept allows=
them to find sections of programs that must be altered when an update or c=
orrection is needed. Changes made by people who don't understand the origin=
al design concept almost always cause the structure of the program to degra=
de. The changes will be inconsistent or invalidate the original concept. Af=
ter many such changes, nobody will understand the modified product. Softwar=
e that has been repeatedly modified in this way becomes very expensive to u=
pdate.
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How I got promoted to staff=
engineer twice (5 minute read)
It's probably easier to get to staff en=
gineer by getting hired as doing so via promotions requires you to be known=
and valued by your organization. Companies value engineers who ship, so sh=
ip projects that the company cares about and don't spend time on pet projec=
ts. Don't worry too much about mentoring and leading, as long as you're lea=
ding projects successfully, or if doing so delivers value for the company. =
Getting to staff manager requires a lot of work from your manager - don't i=
nvest time in the promo packet until they're fully on board.
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All Devices Sold in the EU =
Will Now Be USB-C Compatible (4 minute read)
All small and medium-sized portable ele=
ctronic devices (under 100 watts) sold in the EU must now be compatible wit=
h USB-C ports. The rule will also apply to laptops starting April 28, 2026.=
Apple removed the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and third-generation iPhone SE=
from its EU online stores to comply with the regulation earlier this month=
.. Other major markets, such as California and India, are following the EU's=
lead and will implement similar rules in the coming years.
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By default, capital will ma=
tter more than ever after AGI (27 minute read)
This article talks about the implicatio=
ns of labor-replacing AI and the possible future that we might be facing. L=
abor is the human mental and physical effort that produces something of val=
ue. Capital goods are things that are used in the production of goods and s=
ervices. Capital can refer to both the stock of capital goods and the money=
that can pay for them. AI will make capital a more general substitute for =
labor. There will be less need to pay humans for work as you can replace th=
at with capital - data centers running software.
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