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Instant Pots had a huge moment a few years ago. Promising to be an all-in-one multi-cooker that can replace gadgets like a rice cooker, slow cooker, yogurt maker and more, the Instant Pot rose to fame in part thanks to its versatility and also the fact that it’s a good electric pressure cooker. The latter is one of its biggest appeals, and it’s made the Instant Pot popular with home cooks in

• Nvidia has announced it's shipping its new Blackwell AI chip next quarter amid high demand.
• CEO Jensen Huang highlighted the strong interest in both Blackwell and current Hopper chips.
• Nvidia's shares surged, driven by a 262% revenue increase and the announcement of a 10-for-1 stock split.

Nvidia has announced it's shipping its hot new artificial

• Jack Dorsey used to think that Twitter was "the closest form of global consciousness."
• But not anymore. The platform's co-founder and ex-CEO thinks AI has taken its place. 
• "They have far more access to public and private thoughts and questions," he said.

X, formerly Twitter, isn't the "closest form of global consciousness"

• Chip makers ASML and TSMC can disable advanced chipmaking machines remotely, Bloomberg reports.
• The move addresses growing fears of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, a key semiconductor producer.
• A China-Taiwan conflict could severely impact the global economy.

Two of the world's most important chip companies can flip a "kill switch"

Bluesky has finally added direct messaging (DMs), giving internet denizens just one more reason to jump ship from competitor Twitter/X.

Announced in a blog post on Wednesday, Bluesky's DMs system is still pretty bare bones. Right now you can only send text and emoji, so no sharing images or video. You can only DM other accounts one-on-one as well, so no group chats. However, the microblogging

Finnish scale-up Enifer is set to build a world-first fungal protein factory after securing full funding for the €33mn site. The futuristic plant will convert food industry sidestreams into an ingredient called Pekilo. Invented in the 1970s, Pekilo was the world’s first commercial mycoprotein — a food source derived from natural fungus.  With a low carbon footprint and minimal land requirements

• Meta has formed a product advisory council six months after disbanding its Responsible AI division.
• Four white male tech execs sit on the new council, which is called Meta Advisory Group.
• The council has come amid rising concerns about oversights in artificial intelligence.

Meta announced the formation of a product advisory council on

• Scientists say that dozens of waterways in Alaska are "rusting," or turning into a dirty orange.
• They said permafrost thawing in the summer is now exposing minerals to the surface, releasing metals and acid.
• Some brooks and streams are turning so acidic that they're comparable to lemon or orange juice.

At least 75

• OpenAI pressured departing employees to sign NDAs or risk losing vested equity, Vox reported.
• Equity is crucial in tech compensation, often outweighing lower starting salaries.
• CEO Sam Altman and OpenAI said they will not claw back equity.

OpenAI's turbulent month continues, with a series of stories highlighting how the company has pressured

• Nikki Haley said she'll vote for Trump but says he needs to reach out to her supporters.
• Her supporters have continued to vote for her in primaries even though she dropped out in March.
• Trump faces challenges with suburban voters, John Dorman reported and needs to woo Haley voters.

Former UN Ambassador Nikk

• Ex-Reddit CEO Yishan Wong says tech giants are obsessed with AI but shipping bad products.
• "The big internet giants are in a state of memetic competition over AI," Wong said. 
• Wong said tech companies are forcing everyone to use their LLM-powered products.

Tech giants are

OpenAI cast the actor of Sky's voice months before Sam Altman contacted Scarlett Johansson, and it had no intention of finding someone who sounded like her, according to The Washington Post. The publication said the flier OpenAI issued last year looked for actors that had "warm, engaging [and] charismatic" voices. They needed to be between 25 and 45 years old and had to be non-union, but OpenAI