Business & Technology 👨💻
* They claimed to have a tool that could program brilliantly, but then it turned out that instead of smart AI, they employed hundreds of Indians who quickly fulfilled user requests.
* Popular robotics development platform Hugging Face introduced two of its new robots.
* AI could be able to predict diseases and health conditions just from your voice.
* IBM plans to have a substantially more usable quantum computer by 2029. Wow.
* Tech celebrities used to be Steve Jobs or Tim Cook. Today it's the CEO of Nvidia...
Travel 🧳
* Airstream is launching a limited edition of its caravan as a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright. It's not cheap, but it is beautiful.
* 3 kids and 4 years of life in an old Volkswagen caravan? Apparently it works!
* Living in an old Defender? Apparently that works too!
* Running in the mountains at 90 years old? That works as well!
Do you like Bytes & Backpacks? A lot? You can buy me a coffee! ☕️
Nature ⛰️
* Will an ice age come to Europe after the collapse of the Gulf Stream? You can look at a map of what it would look like.
* He rides a skateboard around San Francisco and helps bees. Dressed as a bee. That's just California... ✌️
* What happens when we give space back to nature?
Unclassifiable 🧠
* Students built a robot that solves a Rubik's cube in... 0.103 seconds.
* Amazing photos of musical instruments. From the inside.
* Missing your Blackberry?
* Can't decide between smart or analog watches? Check out Norm.
Tips 💡
What I'm reading: greece alphabetWhat I'm listening to: DunajWhat I'm watching: So long, MarianneInteresting app: Opera Neon
Video greetings 📷
Yesterday in our village I finally felt like summer was coming. The walnut tree in the garden is just starting to bud (!), but otherwise...
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