✨ Good morning, especially to tennis fans waking up early to yell at their TVs. Wimbledon swapped judges for AI and sparked a tennis rebellion. Fans and players are calling foul after automated line-calling kept glitching throughout the tournament. A major failure in the Pavlyuchenkova vs. Kartal match left the crowd jeering and players openly furious. Where’s John McEnroe when you need a proper tantrum?
🤑 Wall Street bet $billions on AI beating the market. Firms launched AI-driven ETFs and hedge funds, convinced algorithms were the secret to steady returns. But after all that hype and horsepower, most funds still can’t beat the S&P. Maybe they should have just invested in NVDA.
⌛ Sequoia says AI money is in apps, but insiders call bullsh*t. 4x founder and AI investor Rob May believes the real profits are in infrastructure, where competition is lighter and margins are safer. The app layer might look shiny, but it’s crowded, fragmented, and probably a race to the bottom. Apps aren’t where the future is built, just where it’s sold.
🛰️ Is Russia starting a space war, or just flexing? One of their satellites recently released a small, highly maneuverable craft near a critical US spy satellite, raising fears it might be testing anti-satellite weapons in orbit. Russia’s satellites can shoot projectiles, China’s station has guard dogs, and the U.S. has… Space Force.
🤔 Coincidentally, a high-profile methane tracking satellite just went offline. MethaneSAT was an $88 million project backed by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Google. The satellite was gathering data on global methane emissions from fossil fuel operations and tech companies running gas-powered data centers. Operators lost contact two weeks ago and now say it’s likely gone for good. This time it’s probably not the Russians.
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😈 Cloudflare is pressuring Google to not be evil. CEO Matthew Prince plans to convince the search giant to let websites block AI Overview summaries without losing search traffic. AI-generated summaries have slashed publishers’ traffic and revenue, making some wonder if the web is still a viable business. AI might be the future, but clicks still pay the bills.
⛅ Are floating data centers the future of cloud computing? The world’s 1st floating data center launches in 2027, powered by offshore energy. The project, led by Kinetics, could solve tech’s biggest headaches like land shortages, permitting delays, and power problems. These data centers could even float around AI regulations.
🦠 Scientists discover a new part of the human cell. Called hemifusomes, these tiny organelles are smaller than mitochondria and recycle toxic proteins linked to dementia. Understanding them could unlock treatments for diseases we can’t yet cure. Maybe the fountain of youth was hiding inside our cells all along.
fun stats
$1.2 trillion
will need to be invested globally in battery energy storage systems to power the grid by 2034
– Global electricity demand will grow by 55%
– Over 80% of new power sources added will be renewable
– 1.4 terawatts (TW) of grid-forming battery storage will be needed to back the wind and solar tech
🏸 Convince me this isn’t AI: Loud money AI protestors spotted at Wimbledon