Today in Tech — Oct 29
Posted by TechDigest
- The ‘AI Consultant’ Market Is in Serious Trouble - Inc.com — The ‘AI Consultant’ Market Is in Serious Trouble Inc.com — discuss · link - Apple seems to have the right approach to the first touchscreen Mac — Steve Jobs famously dismissed the idea of a touchscreen Mac back in 2010 when he said that it “gives great demo” but turns out to be “ergonomically terrible”… — link - Tesla Robotaxi riders report detours after Houston service expands — Riders of Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Houston are reporting long detours and pickup points the app will not accept, Business Insider reported on Wednesday. The… — link - GitHub says massive influx of AI-generated code required extra 4 million CPU cores and 160 petabytes of storage to manage — Agentic AI led to a sixfold year-on-year influx of new code at GitHub, leading the company to add 4 million CPU cores and 160PB of storage to its datacenters — link - SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency — "NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it." — link These stories point to a gap between ambitious tech claims and the practical costs of making products work, from AI-generated code and consulting to robotaxis and touchscreen hardware. They also show how much the industry still depends on infrastructure and partnerships, including GitHub’s data centers and NASA’s relationship with SpaceX. Which of these tensions are you seeing most clearly in the products and services you use?