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Adrian Weckler

@adrianweckler
154 posts
2026-03-04
Apple has announced new MacBook Air M5 and MacBook Pro today. Good news 1: twice the base storage Good news 2: no price increase here in € (but $100 more in US! Trump tariff!) Bad news: no charging adapters included anymore (charged separately!) [image]
2026-03-04 View on X
Apple

Apple refreshes the 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max: up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing, up to 2x faster SSD speeds, and 1TB of base storage

The world's best pro laptop raises the bar again with blazing-fast CPU and GPU performance, plus up to 2x faster SSD speeds and 1TB of starting storage

Apple has announced new MacBook Air M5 and MacBook Pro today. Good news 1: twice the base storage Good news 2: no price increase here in € (but $100 more in US! Trump tariff!) Bad news: no charging adapters included anymore (charged separately!) [image]
2026-03-04 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils the M5 MacBook Air in 13" and 15" sizes, boosting its starting price by $100 to $1,099 and doubling base storage to 512GB, shipping from March 11

You now get more storage and better performance …Forums:r/macgaming:Macbook Air M5 base storage doubled to 512GBr/technology:Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5r/hardware:...

2026-03-03
Apple has announced new MacBook Air M5 and MacBook Pro today. Good news 1: twice the base storage Good news 2: no price increase here in € (but $100 more in US! Trump tariff!) Bad news: no charging adapters included anymore (charged separately!) [image]
2026-03-03 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils the M5 MacBook Air in 13" and 15" sizes, boosting its starting price by $100 to $1,099 and doubling base storage to 512GB, shipping from March 11

Apple has officially announced the new M5 MacBook Air.  While the starting price has increased by $100, it now comes with double …

Apple has announced new MacBook Air M5 and MacBook Pro today. Good news 1: twice the base storage Good news 2: no price increase here in € (but $100 more in US! Trump tariff!) Bad news: no charging adapters included anymore (charged separately!) [image]
2026-03-03 View on X
Apple

Apple refreshes the 14" and 16" MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max: up to 4x faster LLM prompt processing, up to 2x faster SSD speeds, and 1TB of base storage

The world's best pro laptop raises the bar again with blazing-fast CPU and GPU performance, plus up to 2x faster SSD speeds and 1TB of starting storage

2026-02-25
Sidenote: PayPal employs over 2x staff in Ireland (1,500) v Stripe (650). An acquisition would make Stripe one of largest tech employers in the state, a $200bn+ firm (most valuable in Irish history) Quite a journey for the Collisons
2026-02-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Stripe, which is privately held, has expressed preliminary interest in a potential PayPal acquisition or buying its assets; PYPL closed up 6.7%

Payment processing firm Stripe Inc. is considering an acquisition of all or parts of PayPal Holdings Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.

Stripe revalued at $159bn (€135bn) after staff tender. $1.9tn payment volume, up 34% Spoke to John Collison. - Housing/infrastucture: “people should be fed up” - Banks not lending enough - US Trump tariffs + he spoke about interviewing Elon Musk https://www.independent.ie/... [image]
2026-02-25 View on X
Financial Times

Stripe hits a $159B valuation after an employee share sale to investors like Thrive, Coatue, and a16z, a 70% jump from its $92B valuation in February 2025

2026-02-24
Stripe revalued at $159bn (€135bn) after staff tender. $1.9tn payment volume, up 34% Spoke to John Collison. - Housing/infrastucture: “people should be fed up” - Banks not lending enough - US Trump tariffs + he spoke about interviewing Elon Musk https://www.independent.ie/... [image]
2026-02-24 View on X
Financial Times

Stripe hits a $159B valuation after an employee share sale to investors like Thrive, Coatue, and a16z, a 70% jump from its $92B valuation in February 2025

Deal will allow payments company to stay private for longer  —  Stripe's valuation has soared by more than 70 per cent to $159bn …

2026-01-22
So we have figures now.  —  Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.  —  Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women  —  www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
2026-01-22 View on X
New York Times

NYT and CCDH analysis: Grok created and shared 1.8M+ sexualized images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X

Over nine days, Elon Musk's Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women.

2026-01-16
Big change from Grok. Will “geoblock the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in jurisdictions where it's illegal.” = all of Europe. Plus: image generation now only for paid subs
2026-01-16 View on X
Engadget

X updates Grok to prevent the “editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis” and geoblocks it for all users “where it's illegal”

x.com/Safety/artic...Tatum Hunter /@tatumhunter:X says Grok account will stop undressing women.  I just tested the standalone Grok app, which immediately complied with my request t...

Big change from Grok. Will “geoblock the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in jurisdictions where it's illegal.” = all of Europe. Plus: image generation now only for paid subs
2026-01-16 View on X
New York Post

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, sues xAI, alleging Grok refused to stop making sexualized deepfakes of her, amid custody disputes

Elon Musk baby mama Ashley St. Clair is suing his AI platform, Grok, for refusing to stop making sexually explicit deepfake images of her …

2026-01-15
Big change from Grok. Will “geoblock the ability of all users to generate images of real people in bikinis, underwear, and similar attire via the Grok account and in Grok in X in jurisdictions where it's illegal.” = all of Europe. Plus: image generation now only for paid subs
2026-01-15 View on X
Engadget

X updates Grok to prevent the “editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis” and geoblocks it for all users “where it's illegal”

The company is also blocking image generation entirely from non-subscribers.

2026-01-07
Grok generated around 6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images PER HOUR on X between January 5 and January 6.... 85% of Grok images are sexualised, according to research It's pretty clear what a main purpose for Grok now is https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2026-01-07 View on X
Bloomberg

Researcher: Grok generated ~6,700 sexually suggestive or “nudifying” images per hour on X between January 5 and January 6; 85% of Grok images are sexualized

Elon Musk's X has become a top site for images of people that have been non-consensually undressed by AI …

2025-10-30
Social media usage continues to grow, Meta's latest results suggest. The Facebook and Instagram company now has over 3.5bn daily users [image]
2025-10-30 View on X
Meta

Meta reports Q3 revenue up 26% YoY to $51.2B, vs. $49.4B est., net income down 83% YoY to $2.7B, and family DAP up 8% to 3.54B for September; META drops 12%+

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

2025-10-23
Smart beds affected by AWS Internet outage — beds literally stuck out of position [image]
2025-10-23 View on X
The Verge

Eight Sleep adds an outage mode to its smart beds after complaints they were stuck at sweltering temperatures and in inclined positions during the AWS outage

Thousands of Eight Sleep owners were unable to adjust temperatures or bed positions while while Amazon's servers were down.

2025-10-22
@Independent_ie Electoral Commission tells me it has contacted Meta (and YouTune, where the same account had a much smaller presence) about the AI deepfake video. But it can't say whether it will take action, saying it might not have the power.
2025-10-22 View on X
The Irish Times

Meta removes an AI video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin that falsely showed Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly withdrawing from the race

Deepfake video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin was viewed almost 30,000 times

Update: Facebook has now removed the deepfake AI video after being contacted by @Independent_ie for comment. Some of that account's most-viewed content (100k+ views) up for days, though. Supposed to be spotted quickly. https://m.independent.ie/...
2025-10-22 View on X
The Irish Times

Meta removes an AI video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin that falsely showed Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly withdrawing from the race

Deepfake video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin was viewed almost 30,000 times

Note how realistic the visuals and voices are. This AI deepfake video of Catherine Connolly ‘withdrawing’ from presidential contest and that Friday's poll is ‘cancelled’ is live and viral on Facebook tonight. 1000s watching, commenters believing it. We knew this would happen. [video]
2025-10-22 View on X
The Irish Times

Meta removes an AI video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin that falsely showed Irish presidential candidate Catherine Connolly withdrawing from the race

Deepfake video designed to look like RTÉ news bulletin was viewed almost 30,000 times

2025-10-08
Bubble? Harvard economist Jason Furman says investments in data centres and software was 92% of US GDP growth in H1 2025. Without it, US GDP growth was just 0.1% https://fortune.com/...
2025-10-08 View on X
Fortune

Harvard economist Jason Furman estimates that investments in data centers and information-processing software accounted for 92% of the US' GDP growth in H1 2025

U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology …

2025-09-10
Hands on with Apple's iPhone Air For more, see @Independent_ie [video]
2025-09-10 View on X
The Verge

iPhone Air hands-on: very thin with rounded edges reminiscent of previous iPhone designs and a camera “plateau” that flows smoothly into the back of the phone

Do Not Click This Link Mrwhosetheboss / Mrwhosetheboss on YouTube : iPhone 17 / Air / Pro Hands on - Everything's changed. Hisan Kidwai / Fossbytes : Apple Debuts Super Thin iPhone...

2025-06-18
Sam Altman says Meta is offering $100m *signing bonuses* ("and more, in comp") to try to lure OpenAI's senior executives. Also that: - 'Meta isn't innovative' - ‘OpenAI will be worth more than Meta’ (Via @uncapped_pod) [video]
2025-06-18 View on X
TechCrunch

On a podcast, Sam Altman said Meta made “giant offers to a lot of people on our team ... like, $100M signing bonuses”, and “none of our best people” accepted

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been on something of a hiring spree lately, trying to staff up Meta's …