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In this edition, we cover the 19-year-old MIT dropout “replacing gunpowder” for the defense industry, as well as VanMoof, the e-bike darling, which paused sales as execs head for the exits. Elsewhere, robotaxi haters in San Francisco have been disabling AVs with traffic cones, Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched an AI organization and Instagram’s Threads app reached 100 million downloads. Whew.
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