Aharon Hauptman

Ray Kurzweil, The Man Who Predicted the Future (with 86% Accuracy)… My Mentor In 1999, Ray Kurzweil made a prediction that sounded insane: computers would achieve human-level intelligence by 2029.

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The Week AI Chose Sides The Lines Are Being Drawn

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Opinion | Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again

Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...

Roy Ben-Tzvi (@roybentzvi) This should be the biggest feminist cause in the world but it’s not because those institutions are too cowardly to pursue this

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The Future Cannot Be Paused: Ben Horowitz on AI, Capital & the Transformation Ahead If you’re building a company, investing capital, or trying to understand where the world is headed in the next 3-5 years, this Newsletter is FOR YOU!

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Lobsters, AI Personhood, $100 Trillion Companies Metatrend #2: AI & Quantum

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Beyond skyscrapers: imagining the cities of tomorrow How might cities adapt through innovation, sustainability, and human-centered planning in a rapidly changing world?

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Cliff Schecter (@cliffsedge) I’ve never seen a simpler/better explanation of this moment in history.

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Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins Accounts held by users under 16 must be removed on apps that include TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and Threads under ban * How is Australia’s social media ban affecting you and your family? * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia has enacted a world-first ban on social media for users aged under 16, causing millions of children and teenagers to lose access to their accounts. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and TikTok are expected to have taken steps from Wednesday to remove accounts held by users under 16 years of age in Australia, and prevent those teens from registering new accounts. Continue reading...

Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins

Post-Capitalism: The End of Money Metatrend #1: Abundance: Energy, Education & Food

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Our Dark, Unvaccinated Future Our Dark, Unvaccinated Future: Diseases that cause suffocation, paralysis, and childhood death are poised to come surging back.

Good luck, world.

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Was Language a Parental Invention? A new book argues that child care drove the evolution of human speech.

Parenting drove the evolution of human speech, Madeleine Beekman argues in her new book, "The Origin of Language." That may help us rethink how we raise children today, Elissa Strauss suggests:

SNU researchers develop wearable blood pressure monitor that attaches like a bandage for real-time continuous measurement Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Professor Seung Hwan Ko of the Wearable Soft Electronics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, has developed...

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Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us.

On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.

- Carl Sagan

Trump Sides With the Israeli People Against Netanyahu Most Israelis want to end the war, but their prime minister does not.

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פידטק וידויים אנונימיים ללא צנזורה on X: "מילון היידיש המלא לעובדי ההייטק: (כי יש פה קינדרלעך) יקה - QA Engineer יקה פוץ - Senior QA Engineer טיש - Happy Hour רבי (רעבע) - CEO מוישה גרויס - CTO ישבעבוחר - משרת סטודנט תלמיד חוכם - Developer אויבר חוכם - Senior Developer שטייטל - Wework שוס - Feature קונץ - Hot Fix" / X מילון היידיש המלא לעובדי ההייטק: (כי יש פה קינדרלעך) יקה - QA Engineer יקה פוץ - Senior QA Engineer טיש - Happy Hour רבי (רעבע) - CEO מוישה גרויס - CTO ישבעבוחר - משרת סטודנט תלמיד חוכם - Developer אויבר חוכם - Senior Developer שטייטל - Wework שוס - Feature קונץ - Hot Fix

מילון יידיש לאנשי היי טק… 🤣🙃😉

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Eytan Avriel on X: "גם אתם שמתם לב שכמות הזבל, הפייק, מבצעי ההשפעה וההונאות באינסטגרם, x, טוויטר וטיקטוק זינקו לאחרונה? מומחים טוענים שתוך 3-5 שנים ה-ai ייצר דיפ פייק כל כך טוב עד שאי אפשר יהיה לזהות מה אמת ומה שקר - והאינטרנט יקרוס לתוך עצמו. ואולי זה כבר קרה? מגזין @TheMarker החדש מנסה לספק תשובות https://t.co/3I86kPw6Hz" / X גם אתם שמתם לב שכמות הזבל, הפייק, מבצעי ההשפעה וההונאות באינסטגרם, x, טוויטר וטיקטוק זינקו לאחרונה? מומחים טוענים שתוך 3-5 שנים ה-ai ייצר דיפ פייק כל כך טוב עד שאי אפשר יהיה לזהות מה אמת ומה שקר - והאינטרנט יקרוס לתוך עצמו. ואולי זה כבר קרה? מגזין @TheMarker החדש מנסה לספק תשובות https://t.co/3I86kPw6Hz

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Take Trump Seriously About Greenland The Danes seem to believe him, and so should Americans.

“I realize that this entire discussion seems like utter lunacy. War against … Denmark? But Trump insists that he must be taken seriously. Americans and their elected representatives, across the political spectrum, should oblige him,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes:

הצ׳טבוט בטח יודע. שאל אותו! 😁

WIZ-MIR! 🤣😁🤣

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'Super-Turing AI' uses less energy by mimicking the human brain Artificial Intelligence (AI) can perform complex calculations and analyze data faster than any human, but to do so requires enormous amounts of energy.

A new AI model, "Super-Turing AI," mimics the human brain's efficiency, potentially reducing energy consumption and addressing sustainability challenges in AI development. doi.org/g89wrm

עמי איילון.
כל מילה.

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Banner text: Danish schoolchildren discover NINE new species of tardigrade, nearly quadrupling the number of known species of the extremophile. Picture of a tardigrade under a microscope. Graphic of Dr. Tardy wearing a blue SETI Institute t-shirt and saying "Congrats" in a speech bubble. SETI Institute logo.

Do you love tardigrades? We love tardigrades! And thanks to nearly 30,000 Danish schoolchildren and a #citizenscience project, we now have NINE new species of tardigrade to love. Congratulations! 🧪 🇩🇰

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I love President Lincoln. 😬

Lawful, but Enormously Destructive Trump’s purge of the Pentagon leadership will have long-lasting and damaging consequences.

"Unlike Donald Trump, Elon Musk, or J. D. Vance, I have had children serve in uniform in wartime," writes @eliotacohen.bsky.social. "The parent of a service member looks with a particularly keen eye at who is in command."