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Chris Blackbird
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Data Analyst, Applied AI & Automation @ StateStreet.com
Founder & Sole Developer @ PhoneRig.app
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Excited with the launch this morning - available to anyone.
Turn an old Android phone into a business website with no code, no hosting bills, and a proper web address.
Download: phonerig.app
PhoneRig - The website for your business was in your drawer all along.
Turn an old Android phone into your business's website. No monthly fees, no tech skills - live in minutes.
phonerig.app
Trump and Infantino came onto the field for the award ceremony.
Fans were booing, the commentators said “its not the warmest welcome. Not sure to whom its intended” 🤣
July 19, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Reposted by Chris Blackbird
¡Campeones!

¡Muchas felicidades, España!

Hoy Europa celebra con vosotros 🇪🇸🇪🇺
July 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The market calls Apple's run a "safe haven that didn't overspend on AI." Half the story.

I'm on the Developer Beta - the Apple Intelligence promised in 2024 finally works. Indexing's solid, Siri's usable.

Cheap capex with a bad assistant is just cheap. This is cheap that works.
Apple briefly leapfrogs Nvidia as world’s most valuable company
Shares in iPhone maker have escaped AI sell-off that has hit chipmaker
www.ft.com
July 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Apple is suing OpenAI for trade secret theft.

Ex-Apple VP, now OpenAI's hardware chief, told candidates to bring "actual parts".
An ex-engineer kept his Apple laptop to pull confidential files.
400 former Apple employees now work at OpenAI
cnbc.com/2026/07/10/apple-openai-lawsuit-trade-secrets.html
Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was 'at every level'
The two companies entered into a high-profile partnership in 2024 when ChatGPT was integrated into the iPhone's operating system.
cnbc.com
July 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Chris Blackbird
We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5.

We'll begin restoring access tomorrow, and will share an update soon.

We’re grateful to our users for their patience, and to everyone who worked with us on redeploying the models.
July 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
PhoneRig is live on Google Play 🚀
Excited with the launch this morning - available to anyone.
Turn an old Android phone into a business website with no code, no hosting bills, and a proper web address.
Download: phonerig.app
PhoneRig - The website for your business was in your drawer all along.
Turn an old Android phone into your business's website. No monthly fees, no tech skills - live in minutes.
phonerig.app
June 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The Mythos/Fable ban makes sense once I saw what landed on June 11.

2 things, 1 day: a senator relayed that Mythos breached "almost all" NSA classified test systems, & Amazon flagged a separate jailbreak in Fable. The worldwide shutdown came June 12.

cnn.com/2026/06/21/tech/anthropic-ai-regulation
AI regulation is a mess, and Anthropic is caught in the crosshairs | CNN Business
The latest spat between Anthropic and the government raises a broad concern among AI and safety researchers: There is no consistent framework for regulating AI.
cnn.com
June 23, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump signed the Iran agreement at Versailles. Yes - Versailles. The one synonymous with humiliating treaties.

"Bro started the Department of War just to get folded." 😂🤦‍♂️
The internet remains undefeated.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...
June 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Installed iOS 27 beta. Wanted Claude; got Gemini.
Except in the EU, where Apple says the DMA blocks Siri AI entirely. Brussels’ response: nothing in the DMA prohibits this - Apple just won’t let competitors in.
Caught in the middle. Again.
(I use Swiss apple ID - no block)
apnews.com/article/siri...
Apple and Brussels blame each other for delaying European Union rollout of Siri AI
Apple and the European Union are blaming each other for delaying the rollout of Apple's Siri AI app to European users.
apnews.com
June 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Aviation, shipping, finance, cell towers: all running on one weak signal from space.

A Russian satellite has been intermittently disrupting GPS across Europe since 2019. The lead researcher can no longer say it's accidental.

The fix is a terrestrial backup we haven't built
youtu.be/tz23G_UXCGA?...
Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found
YouTube video by Veritasium
youtu.be
June 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM
#Monako Glass launched yesterday: smart glasses running Claude Code, “the first wearable Linux computer”.

Easy to imagine working. Easy to imagine joining the Humane Pin graveyard. Privacy, battery, cameras - unanswered.

Interested, not pre-ordering.

youtu.be/E2LFzun60RE
www.monako.ai
Introducing Monako Glass: Wearable Linxus Computer, Future of Vibe Coding
YouTube video by Monako
youtu.be
June 4, 2026 at 9:02 PM
What “digital sovereignty” looks like when you stop saying it and start mapping it.

Not a slogan, a distribution. Lithography in the Netherlands. Aerospace in France. Biotech in Denmark. Software in Poland.

Question is, these pieces ever connect into something larger than themselves.

Credit: cbm.
June 3, 2026 at 4:44 PM
PSA: "voluntary" is the operative word - no mandatory licensing, and it's model access for cyber testing, not your conversations. Your chats aren't being shipped to DC. That said, I'm not thrilled about labs and the White House getting cozier. Watching closely.
#ai #anthropic #usa
June 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
What W needs your passport for:
On W you can choose to stay anonymous. W doesn’t store any ID information. Just your nationality and your birth year (for age gating) and the fact that you are a human. Even if an authority would require us to hand over data, there is no personal data to be disclosed. Because we just don’t have it!
Mit weitreichenden Vorladungen geht das US-Justizressort unter Trump gegen anonyme Kritiker von Abschiebungen vor. Bürgerrechtler warnen vor Einschüchterung. #Reddit
May 31, 2026 at 7:53 AM
May 30, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Reposted by Chris Blackbird
Introducing Claude Opus 4.8: it builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.

Available today at the same price.
May 28, 2026 at 5:20 PM
For the pet lovers 🐶:
For around €100 you could buy a translator for your pet.

Chinese startup launches pet translator with '95% accuracy'.
“10,000 Pre-Orders Placed Despite No Published Research” since May 1st.

www.msn.com/en-in/lifest...

#pets #MengXiaoyi
May 25, 2026 at 4:37 PM
We spend a lot of energy asking who controls the platforms we read.
We spend almost none asking where US pensions end up - potentially routed into Musk’s AI empire, the same one powering X.
Same question, bigger stakes.

www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
Exclusive-New York, California pension leaders oppose ’extreme’ SpaceX control structure By Reuters
Exclusive-New York, California pension leaders oppose ’extreme’ SpaceX control structure
www.investing.com
May 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM
What changes when the person speaking has to put their name to it?
That’s the bet W is making, and the reason I’m here.
Looking forward to finding out.
#wsocial #5Ws
May 20, 2026 at 3:44 PM