Fri. 06/20 – A Shenzhen-like Production City In The US?
Jun 20, 2025•18 min
Episode description
Meta has some new smartglasses. How long can the TikTok groundhog day go on? Masa Son wants to create a Shenzhen-like production city here in the US. Are your smart cameras a national security threat to the home front in a war? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
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Links:
- Meta announces Oakley smart glasses (The Verge)
- Meta tried to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32 billion AI startup, but is now planning to hire its CEO (CNBC)
- Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time, without clear legal basis (AP)
- Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says (Axios)
- Masa Son Pitches $1 Trillion US AI Hub to TSMC, Trump Team (Bloomberg)
- Israeli Officials Warn Iran Is Hijacking Security Cameras to Spy (Bloomberg)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
- Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content (ArsTechnica)
- Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex (QuantaMagazine)
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