Bytes & Backpacks #116 ☀️

Business & Technology 👨‍💻* They claimed to have a tool that could program brilliantly, but then it turned out that instead of smart AI, they employed hundreds of Indians who quickly fulfilled user requests.* Popular robotics development platform Hugging Face introduced two of its new robots.* AI could be able to predict diseases and health conditions just from your voice.* IBM plans to have a substantially more usable quantum computer by 2029. Wow.* Tech celebrities used to be Steve Jobs or Tim Cook. Today it's the CEO of Nvidia...Travel 🧳* Airstream is launching a limited edition of its caravan as a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright. It's not cheap, but it is beautiful.* 3 kids and 4 years of life in an old Volkswagen caravan? Apparently it works!* Living in an old Defender? Apparently that works too!* Running in the mountains at 90 years old? That works as well!Do you like Bytes & Backpacks? A lot? You can buy me a coffee! ☕️Nature ⛰️* Will an ice age come to Europe after the collapse of the Gulf Stream? You can look at a map of what it would look like.* He rides a skateboard around San Francisco and helps bees. Dressed as a bee. That's just California... ✌️* What happens when we give space back to nature?Unclassifiable 🧠* Students built a robot that solves a Rubik's cube in... 0.103 seconds.* Amazing photos of musical instruments. From the inside.* Missing your Blackberry?* Can't decide between smart or analog watches? Check out Norm.Tips 💡What I'm reading: greece alphabetWhat I'm listening to: DunajWhat I'm watching: So long, MarianneInteresting app: Opera NeonVideo greetings 📷Yesterday in our village I finally felt like summer was coming. The walnut tree in the garden is just starting to bud (!), but otherwise...Thank you very much for your support and have a great day! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsfromthewoods.substack.com