Twelve posts track a busy day across AI, culture, and space. OpenAI’s buys, Multi and Sky, take shape, with Multi winding down and Sky adding natural language controls on Mac, while designers note the polished icon work and observers point to Apple-adjacent hiring.
A Tolkien podcast host disputes a meme about modern reception of Eowyn, highlighting the books’ traditional themes and the film shift that centers the prophecy on her rather than sharing it with Merry.
A builder shows an agent that turns PDFs into interactive courses via tool calls and open models, drawing interest from teachers and developers.
OpenAI returns to 30 day deletion for ChatGPT and API data now that a court hold tied to the Times lawsuit has expired, with preserved data from April to September kept only for legal needs.
DHH renews the monoliths over microservices case, citing survey results and a failed migration story as caution for teams under 100 engineers.
New filings allege Damon Jones sold details of LeBron James’ injury to a betting ring before a 2023 game, part of a larger FBI gambling probe, with no evidence tying James to the scheme.
Elon Musk touts xAI hiring for a Talent Engineering Team under a Hardcore Mode ethos, seeking builders who can scale teams.
Google expands Earth AI and adds Geospatial Reasoning using Gemini to connect weather, population, and satellite data, with pilots such as cholera risk work and mixed reactions on privacy.
Apple begins shipping servers from a new Houston site to support Private Cloud Compute and Apple Intelligence, framed as part of a large US investment, with debate over made in America claims.
Jack Dorsey spotlights Block’s six month Builder Fellowship that favors portfolios over degrees and now includes engineering tracks.
SpaceX lines up a Falcon 9 launch for SpainSat NG II from Florida, accompanied by a cinematic teaser.
Investor Delian Krastev questions space data center pitches, noting that Antarctic and underwater sites pose serious challenges and that Project Natick’s gains did not scale.
