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OPENAI EX-EMPLOYEES WORRY ABOUT COMPANY'S CONTROL OVER THEIR MILLIONS
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Many of OpenAI's early employees are sitting on millions of dollars
worth of equity. The only way for them to realize any value from this
equity in the near term is through secondary stock sales. OpenAI has
told employees that it will try to hold one tender offer roughly every
year depending on how both the company and the market are faring at
the time. Current and former employees are increasingly concerned
about access to liquidity after reports that the company has the power
to claw back vested equity. The company has used aggressive tactics to
get employees to sign exit agreements that affect the future of their
stock holdings.
X IS ABOUT TO START HIDING ALL LIKES (2 MINUTE READ) [6]
X is rolling out private likes - what users like on the platform will
be hidden by default. Owner Elon Musk said that it was important to
allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so.
Users will still be able to see who liked their posts and the like
count for all posts.
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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
AN EXPERIMENTAL ALZHEIMER'S DRUG OUTPERFORMS ONE JUST APPROVED BY THE
FDA (4 MINUTE READ) [7]
The experimental drug donanemab slowed the progression of Alzheimer's
disease by about 35% in a study of more than 1,700 people. Eli Lilly,
the company that makes the drug, has submitted the results of its
study to the Food and Drug Administration, which is expected to make a
decision on the drug by the end of the year. The drug is still not a
cure - its benefits amount to only about a seven-month delay in the
loss of memory and thinking. The drug caused dangerous swelling or
bleeding in the brain in about 25% of patients.
STOKE SPACE IGNITES ITS AMBITIOUS MAIN ENGINE FOR THE FIRST TIME (3
MINUTE READ) [8]
Stoke Space has fired its first stage rocket engine for the first
time, briefly igniting it for about two seconds. The test was a
success as the engine performed nominally. Stoke's two-stage Nova
rocket will be fully reusable and have a lift capacity of about 5
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GENERATIVE AI IS NOT GOING TO BUILD YOUR ENGINEERING TEAM FOR YOU (27
MINUTE READ) [12]
Software is an apprenticeship industry - you can only learn by doing.
The industry changes fast, so developers have to keep learning. It
takes many years to forge a competent software engineer. Senior
software engineers don't only write code - they have to be able to
understand, maintain, explain, and manage a large body of software in production over time and translate business needs into technical implementation. Writing code is the easiest part of software
engineering, and it's getting easier every day. AI can help generate
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ORACLE JAVA POLICE START KNOCKING ON FORTUNE 200'S DOORS FOR FIRST
TIME (3 MINUTE READ) [13]
Oracle has dispatched Java audit letters to Fortune 200 companies for
the first time. The company announced a new licensing regime in
January 2023 that was two to five times more expensive for businesses
with limited Java use. Companies should be wary, evaluate their
positions, and only pay for Java where necessary. Signing up for a
long-term agreement may hold customers hostage to fortune when it
comes to renewal.
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MISCELLANEOUS
THE VOTE ON ELON MUSK'S $46 BILLION PAY PACKAGE IS COMING DOWN TO THE
WIRE (4 MINUTE READ) [14]
The vote on Elon Musk's $46 billion Tesla pay package is still too
close to call. Shareholders are expected to finish voting on Thursday.
Musk has been personally campaigning for the vote, even attending
meetings with some large investors that he usually skips. To
incentivize voting, Tesla has been offering a raffle for a chance of a
tour of its Texas production plant with Musk. It launched a video with
voting instructions last week that featured its Optimus humanoid
robot.
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A COMPANY? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [15]
This Hacker News discusses situations where interviewees decided that
the place they were interviewing for wasn't right for them. Some
common red flags include people having dinner at the office,
complicated interviewing processes, take-home assignments, using
misleading language, and open office plans.
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AS NASA WATCHES STARSHIP CLOSELY, HERE'S WHAT THE AGENCY WANTS TO SEE
NEXT (4 MINUTE READ) [17]
NASA and SpaceX are planning for the possibility of modifying the
Artemis III mission - while NASA still maintains it will fly a crewed
lunar landing in September 2026, almost everyone in the space
community thinks it will be delayed.
CAN APPLE RESCUE THE VISION PRO? (8 MINUTE READ) [18]
While Apple hasn't released sales figures, analysts' estimates
suggest that the Vision Pro was a flop, selling fewer units than
expected.
IT'S TIME TO BEACQUIRED FOR ¨500 MILLION (2 MINUTE READ) [19]
French app developer Voodoo is purchasing BeReal for ¨500 million.
ELEPHANTS MAY REFER TO EACH OTHER BY NAME (4 MINUTE READ) [20]
Elephants seem to respond more actively to calls that include their
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GENERAL INTELLIGENCE (2024) (4 MINUTE READ) [21]
AGI will likely be developed within three to five years.
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