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🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 13, 2025?
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The Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) was founded in 1993, NVIDIA announced ray tracing in 2018, East Germany sealed the border in 1961,
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From
From Backlinks to Data Depth: How LLMs Are Rewriting Content Authority
to
Who Should Handle Your Digital ID?,
let’s dive right in.
By @hacker-Antho [ 7 Min read ] this article is about the two different AI vision form Zuckerberg and LeCun Read More.
By @hackmarketing [ 3 Min read ] Large Language Models (LLMs) are replacing Google-era content authority. LLMs are designed to find content that explains, defines, compares, or solves. Read More.
By @joseh [ 19 Min read ] President of the Midnight Foundation Fahmi Syed explains what rational privacy is, Midnight Networks Glacier Drop, and its two-token system. Read More.
By @drewchapin [ 4 Min read ] Were living through the worlds most chaotic identity verification experiment, and nobodys talking about the elephant in the room: who is handling this data? Read More.
By @OurAI [ 4 Min read ] The development of AI comes with environmental costs that may be outweighed by the promise of efficiency. Read More.
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