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Bluesky is making a play for long-form territory, rolling out support for extended posts in a direct challenge to X's Articles feature. It's a significant strategic shift for a platform that built its identity around short, sharp exchanges — and a signal that Bluesky is thinking seriously about becoming a more complete publishing destination, not just a microblogging alternative.
Meanwhile, a Chinese robotics startup called LinkerBot is turning heads with a valuation of six billion dollars and a product that could reshape manufacturing. The company makes dexterous robotic hands for as little as six hundred dollars per unit, targeting humanoid robots and factory automation. The long-term ambition is striking — LinkerBot says it wants to eventually replace human labor altogether, which raises questions well beyond engineering.
And in cybersecurity, researchers have uncovered a technique called FROST, a side-channel attack that can potentially spy on users by monitoring activity on their solid-state drives through a website. The good news is that exploiting it in the real world is considerably harder than the concept suggests — but it's a reminder that the attack surface for everyday browsing keeps quietly expanding.
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