🍏 Jobs Letter Comes With Apple I

An Apple I linked to Fred Hatfield is going to auction on October 14. Bonhams estimates it at $500,000 to $800,000. The lot includes Steve Jobs’s 1978 reply to Hatfield, who had complained that Apple computers had no software.

Jobs offered to exchange Hatfield’s Apple I without memory, plus a $400 check, for an Apple II board with 4 KB. Hatfield declined. He later sold the machine for $40,000. In 2013, it fetched $671,400.

The computer still works. It is Apple I No. 48, with Steve Wozniak’s signature on the board. Only about 200 Apple Is were built, and fewer than 75 survive. Its original price was $666.66.

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🤖 GPT-6 Astra Gets A Spatial Boost

Early testers are already building detailed models in Blender and vibe-coding games in UE5 and Unity.

For assets, Astra cycles through hundreds of materials to recreate locations and objects more precisely. It can also generate cutscenes.

A playable demo from a single prompt is now much easier, which could soon bring a wave of DIY projects to Steam.

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🏮 Xiaomi unveils 1,461-km hybrid crossover

The 5-seat Skynomad N70 uses a petrol generator. The top version has all-wheel drive, 416 hp, a 505-km battery range, and reaches 100 km/h in 5.5 seconds.

Prices in China start at $31.3k. First deliveries begin in October.

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