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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 7h

Always amazed by how many incredible people at #Microsoft are shaping the future. Here's a story of 6 innovators behind well-known tech turning their vision into real #AI impact: news.microsoft.com/source/featu... #Innovation

#TIL: the inventor of RSS feeds, a tech I love, works at #MSFT

How 6 people behind well-known technologies are shaping AI at Microsoft

Meet the inventors of Google Docs, Python, RSS feeds and more — now at Microsoft, where they’re leading the next wave of AI innovation.

news.microsoft.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 22h

Just stumbled on AREDN (docs.arednmesh.org/en/3.25.10.0...), a mesh network for emergencies built by #hamradio operators. Turns out my #AmateurRadio Technician License unlocks it. The router is the radio. No internet, yet you can still send email, chat... www.arednmesh.org

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

Audius is a music platform built on #Solana & #Ethereum, it uses #blockchain to decentralize #music hosting, reward artists with $AUDIO tokens, and let fans curate charts audius.co

#web3 #innovation

Audius - Empowering Creators

Audius is a music streaming and sharing platform that puts power back into the hands of content creators.

audius.co

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

#Retail & #CPG are being redefined by #AI #innovation & bold #startups

listen to the TLDR:

𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: lnkd.in/gAKk2me6
𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞: lnkd.in/gvjFapqD
𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜: lnkd.in/gXNu7aVw
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: lnkd.in/g2NPia9f

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

The audience for books, especially nonfiction, is no longer just human. Authors are now writing for #LLMs too. Value lies not only in sales, but in how deeply their work embeds into #AI’s foundational knowledge. kk.org/thetechnium/...

Paying AIs to Read My Books

Some authors have it backwards. They believe that AI companies should pay them for training AIs on their books. But I predict in a very short while, authors will be paying AI companies to ensure that ...

kk.org

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

#Autogen was part of my first experiments into multi-agentic AI and I certainly learnt a lot from the platform (including from @ag2oss & @Waldiez_io ). Its wonderful to see Semantic Kernal and Autogen come together

#Opensource on #Github github.com/microsoft/ag...

#AI

GitHub - microsoft/agent-framework: A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET.

A framework for building, orchestrating and deploying AI agents and multi-agent workflows with support for Python and .NET. - microsoft/agent-framework

github.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

the #Microsoft Agent Framework is the official convergence of #AutoGen & #SemanticKernel, forming a unified, #opensource SDK for building and orchestrating #AIagents & multi-agent workflows devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/intr...

#AI #AgenticAI #LLM #GenAI

Introducing Microsoft Agent Framework: The Open-Source Engine for Agentic AI Apps | Azure AI Foundry Blog

Why agents need a new foundation Over the last year, developers have been experimenting with AI agents in every imaginable form. Agents are not just chatbots or copilots — they are autonomous software...

devblogs.microsoft.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧: 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

#AI #AgenticAI #Retail #RetailTech #Startups #MSFT4Startups

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

What if your heartbeat could ride a mesh network? Combine Pulse-Fi with #Meshtastic + #LoRa:

– #ESP32 w/ Wi-Fi + LoRa – Local Pulse-Fi detection – Transmit vitals via Meshtastic payloads

Enable remote health monitoring off-grid

spectrum.ieee.org/wi-fi-signal...

#IoT

AI-Powered Wi-Fi Heart Monitoring Is Here

Can Wi-Fi signals really track your heartbeat? Dive into the world of Pulse-Fi and find out how it works without wearables.

spectrum.ieee.org

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 1d

Autonomy inspires, but unpredictability hinders critical workflows. Rule-based logic offers control, yet slows change. #n8n empowers teams to calibrate both, balancing agent autonomy with logic enforcement:
blog.n8n.io/series-c/

#AI #AgenticAI #AIagents

n8n raises $180m to get AI closer to value with orchestration

We just raised $180 million in Series C funding, bringing our total funding to $240 million and our valuation to $2.5 billion. The round is led by Accel, with support from Meritech, Redpoint, Evantic...

blog.n8n.io

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 2d

A nostalgic moment: Turbo Pascal was my personal favorite during the 1980s. I developed graphics editors and Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) apps using it. We've a come a long way!!!
youtu.be/UOtonwG3DXM?...

#TurboPascal #Pascal #Developer #Programmer

Learn Turbo Pascal - a video series originally released on VHS

YouTube video by Andy H (HEWCO.UK)

youtu.be

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 2d

this book tells the scientific detective story of a giant #earthquake and it trans-pacific #tsunami pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1707/pp...

#pnw #seattle

The next great Cascadia Earthquake is inevitable.

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 2d

If you wait until a life is "obviously no longer worth living", it is already too late www.bluewin.ch/en/entertain...

Nobel Prize winner opts for suicide in Switzerland

At the age of 90, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman has decided to die by his own hand in Switzerland. He spent his last days in Paris - conscious, fulfilled and quiet.

www.bluewin.ch

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 2d

Some sceptics now publicly question whether soaring valuations in #AI tech are fueled by “financial engineering” more than fundamentals

www.bbc.com/news/article...

A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

www.bbc.com

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 3d

Bank of America has introduced an #AI assistant designed to transform global payments to enhance efficiency, deliver real-time insights, & support transactions across 160+ currencies
newsroom.bankofamerica.com/content/news...

#retail #banking #GenAI

BofA’s New GenAI Assistant Transforms Global Payments Solutions

Bank of America is using generative AI to transform how its Global Payments Solutions (“GPS”) team serves the company’s more than 40,000 business clients worldwide. The newly launched Ask Global Payme...

newsroom.bankofamerica.com

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 3d

This latest move by #OpenAI, integrating #ChatGPT with apps like #Instacart, #UberEats, & #DoorDash feels like a Maslowian leap for #AI. We’re watching ChatGPT descend the pyramid: from abstract cognition to concrete convenience www.grocerydive.com/news/chatgpt...

#retail #genAI

Instacart, Uber, DoorDash bringing food delivery to ChatGPT

The three e-commerce providers are among several apps set to join the AI-powered chatbot.

www.grocerydive.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 3d

The Coca-Cola Company is emerging as a standout example for #Retail and #CPG brands on how to lead with #AI

www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

How Coca-Cola’s leadership developed a taste for AI that helped distribute the technology across its beverage empire | Fortune | ShiSh S.

The Coca-Cola Company is emerging as a standout example for #Retail and #CPG brands on how to lead with #AI (https://lnkd.in/gHCafRN3), embedding it across marketing, supply chain, operations, and inn...

www.linkedin.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 4d

The #robotics world is shifting from isolated silos to unified intelligence. General Robotics’ GRID platform abstracts complexity through modular #AI skills, enabling interoperability across #robots

www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

#startups #retail #retailtech #innovation

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 4d

Your next billion-dollar idea may not come from your core business, they’ll come from the edges

www.linkedin.com/posts/shishs...

#retail #retailtech #innovation #startups

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 5d

Curious how #startups and emerging tech are reshaping #Retail & #CPG? Subscribe for insights, trends, and founder stories: www.linkedin.com/build-relati...

#msft4startups #innovation #retailtech

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 5d

i guess this is what can be defined as financial engineering ;) www.msn.com/en-us/money/... ... I'm still trying to fully understand the financial gymnastics used in the #OpenAI #AMD deal

#AI

MSN

www.msn.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 5d

#NVIDIA’s moat is more than hardware: it’s #CUDA. #AMD has the chips, but not the ecosystem mljourney.com/amd-ai-gpu-v...

#AI

AMD AI GPU vs NVIDIA: Detailed Comparison for Machine Learning

Compare AMD AI GPUs vs NVIDIA GPUs for machine learning. Explore performance, ecosystem support, software compatibility...

mljourney.com

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 6d

Airlines are now little more than flying banks, given that they make more money from selling frequent-flyer points to credit card companies than they do flying passengers www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Airlines Are Just Banks Now

They make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes—and it shows.

www.theatlantic.com

5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 6d

#Starbucks holds nearly $2B of customers’ money in its rewards program. That’s more than the total deposits managed by 85% of chartered banks, making the #coffee chain one of the biggest financial institutions in the country jacobin.com/2025/10/bank...

#retail

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for the highest profit margins in the US economy, crippling pro...

jacobin.com

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5h15h @5h15h.bsky.social · 6d

... and here is the #IKEA catalog from the year #ABBA was formed: ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/i...

IKEA Catalogs 1951-2021 ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/i...

#retail

Browse the IKEA catalogue from 1970 - IKEA Museum

Browse the IKEA catalogue 1970, with products and interiors popular at the time. Explore and let yourself be surprised and inspired by life at home 1970.

ikeamuseum.com