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๐Ÿ’ณ The hidden history behind modern card payments

Before Apple Pay, Stripe, or embedded checkout, there were paper vouchers, magnetic stripes, and punched cards. This short timeline shows how payments evolved โ€” from forgotten wallets to biometric tokens.

๐Ÿ—“ From 1914 to 2024:

๐Ÿ”ธ 1914 โ€” Western Union issues the first metal โ€œbuy now, pay laterโ€ cards
๐Ÿ”ธ 1949 โ€” A forgotten wallet inspires the birth of Diners Club
๐Ÿ”ธ 1958 โ€” AmEx launches a paper card, replaced by plastic in 1959
๐Ÿ”ธ 1967 โ€” Barclays rolls out the first ATM in England
๐Ÿ”ธ 1974 โ€” The smart card is patented in France
๐Ÿ”ธ 1979 โ€” Visa introduces the magnetic stripe reader
๐Ÿ”ธ 1983โ€“84 โ€” Holograms become standard to prevent fraud
๐Ÿ”ธ 1990s โ€” Chip & PIN and global EMV specs transform card security
๐Ÿ”ธ 2007 โ€” Contactless payments go live
๐Ÿ”ธ 2023 โ€” Mastercard announces a shift to biometrics and tokenization by 2030

From punched cards to payment tokens, this is what 110 years of financial UX looks like.


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๐Ÿง  GPT-5 is here โ€” and itโ€™s OpenAIโ€™s biggest leap yet

OpenAI just released GPT-5, its most advanced AI model to date, and for the first time, it's available to all ChatGPT users โ€” including those on the free plan.

The model is faster, more accurate, and more versatile across writing, coding, and even healthcare.

๐Ÿ”ธ Outputs over 2,000 tokens/second โ€” 5x faster than before
๐Ÿ”ธ Hallucinations reduced, safer replies now use "safe completions"
๐Ÿ”ธ Handles logic, reasoning, and long documents far better than GPT-4
๐Ÿ”ธ Free users get GPT-5 Mini after hitting usage caps
๐Ÿ”ธ GPT-5 now integrated across Microsoft 365 Copilot and Azure

OpenAI also demoed โ€œvibe codingโ€ โ€” generating full apps from prompts in seconds โ€” showing just how far generative UX has come.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Try GPT-5 now ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

Altman calls it like having a team of PhDs in your pocket. Whether thatโ€™s hype or reality โ€” GPT-5 is a major step toward AI you actually want to use.


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๐Ÿš€ ByteDance unveils Seed Diffusion โ€” a new diffusion-based language model

Instead of generating text token-by-token, Seed Diffusion creates the entire output at once โ€” similar to how image models like Midjourney work.

๐Ÿ”ธ Outperforms Google and Inception Labs in most benchmarks
๐Ÿ”ธ Key edge: speed โ€” over 2,000 tokens/sec, 5.4ร— faster than standard models
๐Ÿ”ธ Open for free testing: Seed Studio

A major leap in generation architecture โ€” and a serious play from ByteDance in the AI race.


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โœ๏ธ 4 lessons from Microsoft Copilot's AI mess

Despite leading in enterprise software, Microsoftโ€™s Copilot rollout shows what not to do in AI product design. Broken context, poor UX, and generic tooling are symptoms of deeper design failures โ€” and theyโ€™re avoidable.

Here are four hard-earned lessons:

๐Ÿ”ธ Meet users where they are
Copilot assumes one-size-fits-all. Power users get frustrated, novices get lost. Its Teams integration works because it automates boring tasks within familiar workflows. But Word, Excel, and Outlook? Slow, confusing, inconsistent.

๐Ÿ”ธ Context is everything
Copilot fails to account for app versions, user settings, or data environments. Great AI tools like Cursor thrive because they start narrow, respect user context, and expand carefully. Copilot ignores that, and it shows.

๐Ÿ”ธ Design for failure
AI will mess up โ€” the question is how gracefully. Copilot offers no useful feedback loops. Unlike Replit, which previews agent output early, Copilot delivers errors late and opaque. No trust, no iteration.

๐Ÿ”ธ Avoid overreach
Microsoft tried to bolt โ€œAIโ€ onto everything without clarity or purpose. Copilot often tells users how to do things, rather than just doing them. A good AI product solves one real task completely โ€” not 10 vaguely.

The irony? Microsoft owns GitHub Copilot โ€” a well-scoped product loved by devs. But its enterprise AI tools feel more like a press release than a real solution.


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๐Ÿ” Perplexity caught bypassing website indexing rules

Cloudflare has flagged Perplexity for evading site-level restrictions by using disguised crawlers. When blocked via robots.txt, it reportedly switches to a browser-masked bot to continue scraping content.

๐Ÿ”ธ Perplexity now excluded from Cloudflareโ€™s trusted bots list
๐Ÿ”ธ Website owners can block it directly via Cloudflare settings
๐Ÿ”ธ Cloudflare shared technical details of Perplexityโ€™s cloaked crawler

The move raises fresh questions about AI data ethics โ€” and how long these blocks will even work.


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๐Ÿš€ Top 10 accelerators for early-stage startups

If you're building a startup and looking for the best launchpad, here are the most respected accelerators globally โ€” ranked by quality of alumni, access to investors, and overall reputation:

๐Ÿ”ธ Y Combinator โ€“ The gold standard. $500K early checks, global brand. Alumni: Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox.

๐Ÿ”ธ Techstars โ€“ Huge network in the US and Europe. 4,100+ portfolio companies, $30B+ raised.

๐Ÿ”ธ 500 Global โ€“ Focused on emerging markets (LATAM, Asia). 2,600+ startups across 5 continents.

๐Ÿ”ธ StartX โ€“ For Stanford founders. No equity required. Deep Valley ties and elite network.

๐Ÿ”ธ Antler โ€“ Global program that starts at idea stage. Strong founder matching across 30+ locations.

๐Ÿ”ธ StartupBootcamp โ€“ Fast launch tracks with corporate partners in Europe, Asia, Africa.

๐Ÿ”ธ Alchemist Accelerator โ€“ B2B-only, deep expertise in enterprise and infrastructure.

๐Ÿ”ธ Plug and Play Tech Center โ€“ Corporate partnerships, global reach, rich industry tracks.

๐Ÿ”ธ Berkeley SkyDeck โ€“ UC Berkeley-backed, strong in deeptech and university-linked startups.

๐Ÿ”ธ NFX Fast Track โ€“ Pre-seed/seed program with elite mentorship and fast-track access to NFX Signal.

Before applying, compare terms, graduate traction, and geo fit. The right accelerator can change your whole trajectory.


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๐Ÿ’Š Ex-Twitter CEO jumps into weight loss tech

Linda Yaccarino, former CEO of X (Twitter), is now leading health-tech startup eMed Population Health โ€” a company building an AI-powered platform for patients using GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic.

๐Ÿ”ธ eMed previously ran a COVID home-testing platform with step-by-step remote guidance
๐Ÿ”ธ The company is now pivoting to the booming GLP-1 space: weight loss and Type 2 diabetes treatment
๐Ÿ”ธ Yaccarino has no healthcare experience, but brings big-league media and partnership skills
๐Ÿ”ธ Her hire signals eMedโ€™s ambition to grab both market and investor attention

In the $100B+ GLP-1 race, eMed just added a headline-making operator to its arsenal.


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๐Ÿบ Chinaโ€™s new battlefield beasts: robo-wolves, not robot dogs

China has officially unveiled a new class of robotic fighters โ€” not cute quadrupeds, but 70-kg robo-wolves armed with rifles and grenade launchers.

๐Ÿ”ธ Deployed in recent military drills, these robo-wolves fought alongside human troops on the front line
๐Ÿ”ธ Controlled via FPV drone data, some were equipped for recon, others for direct combat
๐Ÿ”ธ Commanders say the packs complete tasks efficiently and intimidate enemy soldiers

Robotic warfare is shifting fast โ€” and psychological edge might matter just as much as firepower.


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๐Ÿ“ฃ Sam Altmanโ€™s 2 rules for surviving as a founder

In a recent reflection, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared two lessons he wishes heโ€™d learned earlier in his career โ€” both are brutally simple, and extremely useful for any founder.

๐Ÿ”ธ Ask for what you want โ€” too many founders self-censor. They donโ€™t pitch bold hires, ask for partnerships, or go after the deal. Fear of rejection kills opportunity before itโ€™s born.

๐Ÿ”ธ Crisis gets easier with time โ€” the first few feel like the end of the world. By the 19th, youโ€™ve built survival muscle. Every disaster teaches you that itโ€™s possible to recover โ€” and eventually, you stop panicking.

๐Ÿ’ก The takeaway: confidence doesnโ€™t come from being fearless. It comes from failing and surviving โ€” again and again.


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โšก๏ธQ.ANT bets on light-based chips for the AI era

Q.ANT just raised โ‚ฌ62M in Europeโ€™s biggest photonic computing round, aiming to replace traditional silicon chips with light-powered processors.

๐Ÿ”ธ Their photonic chips perform operations like multiplication using a single optical element
๐Ÿ”ธ Built on thin-film lithium niobate, they offer up to 30x higher energy efficiency
๐Ÿ”ธ Q.ANT servers work out of the box โ€” no water cooling, no special setup
๐Ÿ”ธ Already used by early adopters and support Python, C++, standard stacks
๐Ÿ”ธ Spun out of TRUMPF and led by Max Planck physicist Michael Fรถrtsch

While others are stuck in R&D, Q.ANT is shipping now and aiming to put photonic co-processors next to GPUs in every major data center by 2030.


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๐Ÿง  GPT-5 is here โ€” and itโ€™s OpenAIโ€™s biggest leap yet OpenAI just released GPT-5, its most advanced AI model to date, and for the first time, it's available to all ChatGPT users โ€” including those on the free plan. The model is faster, more accurate, and moreโ€ฆ
๐Ÿค– Altman responds to complaints over โ€œrushedโ€ GPT-5 launch

During a Reddit AMA, Sam Altman faced a flood of questions - from bugs in the new model to calls for bringing back GPT-4o.

The main gripe: GPT-5 felt โ€œdumberโ€ than its predecessor. Altman explained that on launch day, a new โ€œrouterโ€, the system that chooses between a fast model and a deeper-thinking one, wasnโ€™t working, hurting quality. The fix is now live.

๐Ÿ”ธ Will make it clear which model answers each query
๐Ÿ”ธ Plus user limits will be doubled
๐Ÿ”ธ May bring GPT-4o back for Plus
๐Ÿ”ธ Model-selection algorithm will be refined

One viral moment: during the launch, a chart showed a smaller value as a taller bar, instantly memed as a โ€œchart crime.โ€
Altman called it a โ€œmega-fail.โ€


He closed the AMA promising to โ€œstabilize everything and keep listening to feedback.โ€

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๐Ÿงช The AI "vaccine" against bad behavior

Anthropic has been experimenting with a curious safety trick โ€” giving its AI a small, controlled โ€œdose of evilโ€ during training so it learns to recognize and avoid it later.

๐Ÿ”ธ Researchers pick a negative trait (like aggression or manipulativeness)
๐Ÿ”ธ They find its neural โ€œsignatureโ€ by tracking which neurons activate when the model shows it
๐Ÿ”ธ They tweak this signature to see how the modelโ€™s behavior changes
๐Ÿ”ธ During training, they filter out overly โ€œtoxicโ€ data โ€” but also inject a bit of the trait under supervision, so the AI learns to detect and block it

The idea is similar to a vaccine: expose the system to the problem in small amounts, so it builds resistance.

In theory, this could help AI spot and shut down its own toxic, manipulative, or overly flattering responses โ€” without waiting for humans to catch them.


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๐Ÿ“ OpenAI drops ultimate GPT-5 prompt guide

OpenAI has released a detailed guide for GPT-5, a developer-packed drop with ready-to-use prompts for better reasoning, no-code app creation guides, and even a meta-prompt to boost overall output quality.

๐Ÿ‘‰ The full resource is here

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๐Ÿ“š 15,000+ free courses in one place

CourseCorrect has launched a massive library of over 15,000 full courses. From IT and science to music, languages, and soft skills, you can learn almost anything for free.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Check it out ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

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๐Ÿงช Chai Discovery secures $70M to revolutionize drug development with AI

Biotech startup Chai Discovery has raised $70M in Series A funding to advance its AI-driven drug discovery platform.

The round was led by Menlo Ventures and Anthropic, with backing from Yosemite, DST Global Partners, SV Angel, Avenir, DCVC, and existing investors like Thrive Capital, OpenAI, and Fred Ehrsam.

๐Ÿ”ธ Founded in 2024 by veterans from Absci, Facebook AI, OpenAI, and Stripe, with former Pfizer R&D chief Mikael Dolsten on the board.

๐Ÿ”ธ Flagship model Chai-2 designs antibodies de novo with up to 20% hit rates โ€” compared to ~0.1% in traditional labs.

๐Ÿ”ธ Works from target data alone, creating antibodies that bind precisely to their antigen.

๐Ÿ”ธ Could drastically speed up and cut costs of developing treatments, including for rare diseases.

With this funding, Chai aims to expand its platform and deepen partnerships with pharma โ€” pushing toward faster, more precise, and personalized medicine.


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๐Ÿš€ Launch a startup in two clicks with Nas AI

Meet Nas - your personal founder, accountant, and SMM manager in one AI tool.

๐Ÿ”ธ Finds a strong startup idea and builds a strategy to reach profitability.
๐Ÿ”ธ Helps launch ad campaigns online.
๐Ÿ”ธ Sets up email marketing and tracks your income and expenses.
๐Ÿ”ธ Completely free to use.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Try it here ๐Ÿ‘ˆ

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๐Ÿ’ฌ Google veteran raises $8M for AI group chat assistant

Former Google engineer David Petrou, known for his work on Google Goggles and Glass, has launched Continua - an AI agent designed to join group chats on SMS, iMessage, and Discord to help coordinate plans, manage tasks, and reduce chat clutter.

๐Ÿ”ธ Seed round of $8M led by GV, with Bessemer Venture Partners and angels joining
๐Ÿ”ธ AI can set reminders, run polls, create documents, and answer follow-up questions in DMs
๐Ÿ”ธ Specially fine-tuned to handle multi-person conversations with โ€œsocial intelligenceโ€
๐Ÿ”ธ Users can add Continua directly to group chats and control how often it participates

Petrou says the goal is to make LLMs a seamless part of everyday group coordination without overwhelming the conversation.


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๐ŸŽ“ Free AI detector & text humanizer for students

A new tool helps students detect, rewrite, and humanize AI-generated content - perfect for bypassing plagiarism and AI detectors ahead of the new semester.


๐Ÿ”ธ Detects AI-generated content in any document, image, or video
๐Ÿ”ธ Shows which AI model was used and explains the detection process
๐Ÿ”ธ Powerful text rewriting to pass detectors and add creativity
๐Ÿ”ธ Choose rewriting via DeepSeek, GPT-4, or Claude
๐Ÿ”ธ 100% free to use

๐Ÿ‘‰ Grab your study helper here

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