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Daily posts on Tech, Business, and Culture. Founder and CEO of Futurebyte Group.

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In 1983, Steve Jobs typed this reply to a letter asking for his autograph:

09.12.2024 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 312    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of VLC media player.

He refused tens of millions of dollars in order to keep VLC ads-free.

Thanks, Jean!

09.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 819    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Yeah

08.03.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dancing BYD U9 supercars.

31.01.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

JUST IN: Bitwise predicts Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana will all reach new all-time highs in 2025.

Bitcoin: $200,000
Ethereum: $7,000
Solana: $750

10.12.2024 16:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 149    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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BREAKING: Google makes quantum computing breakthrough with a new chip capable of solving computational problems in under 5 minutes.

That would otherwise take the leading supercomputer: 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years.

10.12.2024 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This is Jean-Baptiste Kempf, the creator of VLC media player.

He refused tens of millions of dollars in order to keep VLC ads-free.

Thanks, Jean!

09.12.2024 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 819    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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OpenAI's Sora v2 is almost here:

* 1-minute video outputs
* text-to-video
* text+image-to-video
* text+video-to-video

OpenAI's Chad Nelson showed this at the C21Media Keynote in London. And he said we will see it very very soon.

09.12.2024 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEWS: OpenAI Sora will be available everywhere. Except in EU & UK.

09.12.2024 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today 20 years ago, Pirate Bay response to legal threats from DreamWorks.

09.12.2024 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 162    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Appleโ€™s first investor was Mike Markkula.

He put in $250,000 for 1/3 of the business.

Today, 1/3 of Apple is worth $930 billion.

09.12.2024 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 108    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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In 1983, Steve Jobs typed this reply to a letter asking for his autograph:

09.12.2024 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 312    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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BMW's new technology that allows to change exterior color.

09.12.2024 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
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On many Japanese toilets, the hand wash sink is attached so that you can wash your hands and reuse the water for the next flush.

Japan saves millions of liters of water every year doing this.

09.12.2024 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 279    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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NEW: MicroStrategy now owns 2.01% of all the #Bitcoin that will ever exist.

09.12.2024 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This quote from Steve Jobs lives rent free in my head...

09.12.2024 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Australian tax return shows where your money went.

09.12.2024 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Someone built a miniature audience out of ads I got in the mail

09.12.2024 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of the best robots. ๐Ÿ‘พ

It's from one of the best all-time movies.

Interstellar! ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿš€

Do you remember TARS?

09.12.2024 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Things that didnโ€™t exist 20 years ago:

ChatGPT
iPhone
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
TikTok
Android
Bitcoin
Tesla
iPad
Gmail
Netflix streaming
Amazon Prime
Slack
Reddit
Etsy
WhatsApp
Messenger
Google Maps
Snapchat
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Chrome
Zoom
Skype
Spotify
Airbnb
Uber

09.12.2024 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Electric scooter with swappable batteries in Taiwan

09.12.2024 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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You will never look at money the same once you realize you are working hard for fake numbers on a screen that were created out of thin air.

09.12.2024 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jet suit paramedics can fly to the top of Helvellyn in just 3.5 minutes instead of the usual 1 hour, 15 minutes.

09.12.2024 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This sweater developed by the University of Maryland utilizes โ€œ adversarial patterns โ€ to become an invisibility cloak against AI.

09.12.2024 16:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ“บ Who watches TV anymore?

50% Americans 18 to 34 don't watch ANY tv

09.12.2024 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NVIDIA released a new Eye Contact feature that uses AI to make you look into the camera.

09.12.2024 16:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is wild.

Here is how the TexasFootball TD looked watching from CosmDallas!

09.12.2024 16:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW: Ukraine's Zelensky says he is willing to concede territory to Russia to end the war - Telegraph

09.12.2024 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The BYD U9โ€ฆ hops lol. ๐Ÿ˜‚

09.12.2024 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Developed by two 19-year-old students, these gloves translate sign language into sound.

09.12.2024 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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