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September 1. He will reveal Apple's biggest new product in a
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BIG TECH & STARTUPS

APPLE'S COOK GIVES TERNUS A PIPELINE OF 10 MAJOR NEW PRODUCT
CATEGORIES (11 MINUTE READ) [6]

John Ternus will officially begin his tenure as Apple's new CEO on
September 1. He will reveal Apple's biggest new product in a decade,
the first foldable iPhone, less than two weeks later. Ternus oversaw
the engineering and product development of the device, which makes him
the perfect person to be the face of the new era of the iPhone. The
launch will give the new CEO a tailwind in both buzz and revenue while
letting Ternus tout a product that reflects his style.

MUSK VIES TO TURN X INTO SUPER APP WITH BANKING TOOL NEAR LAUNCH (8
MINUTE READ) [7]

X Money is expected to launch to the public before the end of this
month. The banking and payments platform will provide free
peer-to-peer transfers, a personalized metal Visa debit card, and an
AI concierge that tracks spending and sorts through past transactions.
It has some competitive perks, including 3% cash back on eligible
purchases and a 6% interest rate on cash savings. X Money still lacks
payment licenses in several states.

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SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

TESLA CONFIRMS CYBERCAB WITH NO STEERING WHEEL ENTERS PRODUCTION (2
MINUTE READ) [8]

Tesla's Cybercab has officially entered production at the company's
Giga Texas production facility outside of Austin. The Cybercab has no
steering wheel or pedals. It relies fully on Tesla's advanced
vision-only Full Self-Driving system. The start of Cybercab production
is a signal that Tesla trusts its progress on Full Self-Driving and
that autonomy is near.

THE RACE TO MAKE THE WORLD'S MOST IN-DEMAND MACHINE (6 MINUTE READ)
[9]

Big tech's AI infrastructure buildout depends on a single Dutch
company, ASML, which is the world's only supplier of the complex
machines needed to make cutting-edge chips at scale. ASML is currently
racing to meet the industry-wide surge in demand. It is building new facilities, repurposing existing clean rooms, and working on more
advanced machines capable of churning out more chips. It is also
hiring more engineers while cutting leadership roles to speed up decision-making. The boom has helped cement ASML's position as
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AGENTIC ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT (13 MINUTE READ) [11]

The role of the Engineering Manager is shifting. It is moving up an abstraction layer, so managers are delegating more managerial tasks to
agents and then synthesizing and selecting where to go deeper. Some
managers will do the same work with a bigger scope, but others will
shift to more high-impact work. The purely operational manager role is
at the most risk of being obsolete. Those who center their role on
judgment, relationships, and organizational influence will become more valuable.

IN THE AI ERA, SHOPIFY IS INVESTING IN JUNIOR ENGINEERSÄNOT CUTTING
THEM (13 MINUTE READ) [12]

Last year, Shopify grew its internship program from roughly 100
interns per year to over 1,000. The company plans to continue the
program this year and hire another 1,000 interns. Shopify hires
interns to keep the company thinking with fresh eyes and to make sure
there are always people questioning the way things are done. The new
generation of interns will have grown up with AI - the company wants
these types of people to reimagine what it looks like to build with
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MISCELLANEOUS

DO I BELONG IN TECH ANYMORE? (11 MINUTE READ) [13]

It's understandable why people use AI. People want to use tools that
promise quick, convenient solutions to problems. Many people have jobs
only to make money to pay rent and medical expenses. AI is just a
symptom of a broken system rather than the cause.

GOOGLE WILL INVEST AS MUCH AS $40 BILLION IN ANTHROPIC (2 MINUTE
READ) [14]

Google plans to invest between $10 billion and $40 billion in
Anthropic, depending on whether Anthropic meets certain performance
targets. Amazon recently invested $5 billion in Anthropic, with an
option to further invest based on performance. Both investments value
Anthropic at $350 billion. The investments are aimed at helping close
the gap between demand and supply of compute for AI training and
inference.

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Civilization-scale technological transformation is extraordinarily
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PALANTIR EMPLOYEES ARE TALKING ABOUT COMPANY'S "DESCENT INTO
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Several recent incidents have caused employees to ask questions in
the company's internal Slack - the company responded by removing the conversations.

ELON MUSK IS AN UNDERDOG IN HIS $180 BILLION FIGHT AGAINST OPENAI (9
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If Musk does win, the most likely outcome would be a money award well
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