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TikTok's new app, PineDrama, offers access to microdramas, bite-sized
TV shows that can be watched in a series of one-minute episodes. It
features a variety of genres, including thriller, romance, and family.
The microdrama industry is projected to bring in $26 billion in annual
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platforms like ReelShort and DramaBox.
OPENAI TEASES HARDWARE UNVEIL THIS YEAR AS JONY IVE'S TEAM HIRES MORE
APPLE ALUMNI (1 MINUTE READ) [11]
OpenAI is on track to unveil its first hardware product in the second
half of 2026. Jony Ive's 'io' team at OpenAI recently hired Janum
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THE FASTEST HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT MISSION IN HISTORY CRAWLS CLOSER TO
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NASA rolled out the Artemis II rocket to its launch pad over the
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human in history, flying to the far side of the Moon and back. The
mission is on track for liftoff as soon as next month.
A MATIC HOME STORY (16 MINUTE READ) [13]
Matic's robots have cleaned over 50 million square feet across real
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Interesting software development jobs aren't likely to disappear. The
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The New York Stock Exchange is building a new digital trading
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will launch later this year, pending regulatory approval. It will
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ALL BETS ARE ON: THE RISE OF PREDICTION MARKETS (10 MINUTE READ) [18]
Nearly $12 billion was traded on Kalshi and Polymarket in December,
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has created new risks and raised fears about the spread of gambling.
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ASK HN: COBOL DEVS, HOW IS AI CODING AFFECTING YOUR WORK? (HACKER
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AI isn't competent enough yet to program in COBOL, and keeping code
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AI agents are massive slop machines if you turn off your brain and
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PALMER LUCKEY: META ISN'T ABANDONING VR, STUDIO CLOSURES "A GOOD
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Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says Meta was crowding out the ecosystem
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