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Yahoo is adding generative = AI to its search engine (1 minute read)

Yahoo Scout is a new AI-powered 'answer= engine' powered by Anthropic's Claude. It synthesizes information from the= web and Yahoo's own data when constructing responses to natural language q= ueries. The interface includes visible source links aimed at making answers= easier to verify. The engine behind Scout will become more personalized as= time goes on.
Amazon to Shut Down All Ama= zon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores (2 minute read)

Amazon is closing all Amazon Go and Ama= zon Fresh physical stores and will shift its focus to online same-day deliv= ery and expand its Whole Foods market business. The Go and Fresh stores fai= led to deliver a distinctive customer experience and couldn't be scaled up.= Some of the shuttered stores will be converted into Whole Foods stores. Am= azon plans to open 100 new Whole Foods stores in the coming years.
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Automating Biology (22 minu= te read)

Biology is wildly complex, and our unde= rstanding of biological systems is just scratching the surface. Automating = biology will require significant investment to achieve exit velocity. Howev= er, once we achieve it, we'll be able to explore the galaxies of genes, pro= teins, and microbes living all around us. These developments will pave the = way for novel therapeutics that will improve health and longevity, boost bi= omanufacturing, and more.
Introducing Helix 02: Full-= Body Autonomy (11 minute read)

Helix 2 is a single neural system that = can control a full humanoid robot body directly from pixels. It enables con= tinuous, room-scale autonomy that seamlessly blends walking and manipulatio= n. This article details what Helix 2 is capable of. It contains several cli= ps of the Figure 03 robot performing tasks while running on the new system.
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Stop vibe messing and start= vibe shipping with v0 by Vercel (Sponsor)

Let's face it: vibe coding has resulted= in a lot of demos, but not a lot of software. With v0= by Vercel, that's no longer the case. v0 is built for productio= n apps and agents, including enterprise-grade security and integrations tha= t enable teams to reliably ship real software, not just spin up demos. Start shipping with v0.
Try text scaling support in= Chrome Canary (7 minute read)

The new 'meta name=3Dtext-scale' HTML t= ag informs browsers that websites are designed to still work if users incre= ase their OS text size. To support text scaling, developers should avoid ov= erriding the initial font size, only use font-relative units for content, a= nd test on devices to quickly figure out problem areas and think about how = to adapt their layouts. The tag is currently supported in Chrome Canary wit= h the 'Experimental Web Platform features' flag enabled. Support in other b= rowsers will hopefully come later this year.
One Human + One Agent =3D O= ne Browser From Scratch (2 minute read)

one-agent-one-browser is a web browser = built in three days with a single Codex CLI agent. It contains 20,000 lines= of Rust with no Rust crate dependencies at all, with only OS system framew= orks for image and text rendering. The browser successfully renders HTML an= d CSS and can even display SVGs and PNGs. The project proves that an agent = driven by a talented engineer is enough to get a very solid basic renderer = working.
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Amazon inadvertently announ= ces cloud unit layoffs in email to employees (2 minute read)

Amazon erroneously sent out a notice to= cloud staffers on Tuesday acknowledging organizational changes at the comp= any. The company is expected to announce widespread layoffs across its corp= orate workforce as soon as this week. The layoffs are meant to reduce manag= ement layers and bureaucracy inside the company. The efficiency gains from = AI will likely further shrink Amazon's corporate staff count in the coming = years.
=E2=80=9CIG is a drug=E2=80= =9D: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial (7 min= ute read)

A high-profile lawsuit against Meta and= YouTube that alleges the companies caused psychological harm by designing = features like infinite scroll and autoplay is set to begin this week. The c= ase could set a meaningful precedent for hundreds of other complaints. TikT= ok and Snapchat were also targeted by the lawsuit, but both have settled. T= he lawsuit seeks untold damages, including potentially punitive damages, to= help the plaintiff's family recoup losses and to punish social media compa= nies and deter them from promoting harmful features to kids.
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Claude Code made me love me= etings again (3 minute read)

Claude frees up mental capacity and inc= reases your capacity for getting interrupted.
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