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America, you gotta learn when to fold.

If TikTok tells us anything it’s that this is not true. At all.

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People keep saying these are new products.These are all literally upgrades or downgrades to make new configurations. Innovation theatre nonsense.

Where’s the clamshell? The extending screen? The truly unique form factors? The style? The innovation? I am dubbing this aesthetic/vibe comatech

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Screaming

Oooof

The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next. The proliferation of cheap, powerful GPS jammers has airline operators, shipping firms and militaries alike scrambling for alternatives.

Quick thread on electronic warfare and how conflicts proliferating all over the world -- including Iran -- have quickly become ALL our problems, because electromagnetic waves do not respect borders:

1. GPS Is Becoming a Casualty of War - Here's What Comes Next

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How nice they are to protect their multi-billion dollar investment.

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“We been done there” and generally these are cesspits of despair with clacky keyboards for show more than functionality.

Immediately no.

All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far According to a simple average of new high-quality surveys, 38% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of U.S. military action in Iran. When ignoring "don't know" respondents, 56% disapprove

"...war in Iran is very unpopular. Not merely negative-number ... but worst-ever-support-for-war-when-it-started unpopular. With just 38% of Americans in favor, support for bombing Iran is lower than retrospective support for the war in Iraq was in 2014." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-us-i...

Not entirely terrible.

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TBD Vanta - December 2nd 2026 | 8 Years of TBD Conference The world’s got dark. Black boxes run business, biotech reshaped appetites, power is shifting in silence. TBD VANTA isn’t avoiding it, we’re diving in. 25+ speakers. Unique formats built for honesty,...

TBD Conference is engineered differently. Formats built with neuroscientists. Digital art breaks. A signature scent designed by Parisian olfactory experts. Diverse by design, D.I.C.E recommended since 2020. December 2, London. 'Like TED, without the bs.'

Don’t Call It ‘Intelligence’ Humans are question machines. AI is an answer machine.

"How can we create intelligence when we don't fully understand—can't even really define—what intelligence is?" Charles Yu writes:

Until a heartbeat stops.

One of these is not like the others…

Only years late.

Well look what exactly no-one asked for

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The rage I have for landlords in London right now.

And, frankly, mad pricing.

The New Normal (TNN): The Future of...BELIEF w/ Nir Eyal · Luma On a limited UK tour, New York Times bestselling author Nir Eyal is stopping at TNN to unpack how belief actually drives behaviour at work and beyond, based on…

I've been running TNN for a while now and this one's special. Nir Eyal on a limited UK tour, talking about belief design as a business skill. Not soft. Not abstract. Practical. March 19, Box HQ, 8-10am. Seats are limited and we don't tolerate no-shows (yes, really).

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Whodathunk this deal would have shady undertones?

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Strip Law on Netflix is hilarious. Go slow. There’s only a few episodes!