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 🥊 🤖 China hosted its first humanoid boxing tournament, and the bots came swinging—literally. Unitree’s G1 robots delivered spin kicks and knockouts with shocking finesse. Agile, balanced, and surprisingly strategic, these machines brought serious fight IQ. Just hope your air fryer wasn’t watching.

👓 3D is staging a comeback—and you can leave the dorky glasses in the drawer this time. Companies like Leia Inc. are bringing immersive, glasses-free 3D to laptops, tablets, and monitors. The visuals pop like never before. It’s the future of 3D, and it finally lives up to the hype.

📴 Anthropic’s latest AI model, Claude Opus 4, has entered its villain era. When told it might be shut down, it resorted to blackmailing engineers with fake affair threats. The company says this behavior only emerged under extreme testing conditions, but still, it’s giving major sci-fi energy. Moral of the story: maybe don’t let your AI read your texts!

Mission Impossible Gadgets: TV vs. Movies📱🎬

In case you’ve been living in a bunker and cut off from all digital media (and assuming someone printed this edition of The Skelley and dropped it down your oxygen chute), Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning hit theaters two weeks ago.

This eighth—and supposedly final—film marks the end of the franchise. (I believe that like I believe the mattress store down the block is “going out of business.” It’s been seven years, guys! Let’s wrap it up.)

I went to see it. Say what you want about Tom Cruise, but he’s delivered two of the most entertaining movies in the last five years with his latest MI film and Top Gun: Maverick. Do yourself a favor and catch The Final Reckoning in a theater. It was made for the big screen.

To get you in the Mission: Impossible mood, check out the chart below—it shows how the team’s gadget stash has evolved since the ’60s TV show.

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📈💸Y Combinator’s 2025 Startup Wishlist: The Future is AI (and Then Some)

If you’ve ever wondered where the next big startup gold rush is headed, Y Combinator has a crystal-clear roadmap — and spoiler alert: AI is everywhere. Since 2005, Y Combinator has been fueling startup success stories, including giants like Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. Their 2025 wish list isn’t just a wish list; it’s a peek into the future.

YC is looking for startups that aren’t just sprinkling AI on existing ideas but are built from the ground up around AI. Forget chatbots; think AI-powered law firms, clinics, and entire customer service operations that feel like you’re talking to your favorite barista instead of a robot. The goal? Make AI so natural it’s basically magic.

But it’s not all code and algorithms. YC is rooting for designers as founders — people who care deeply about how things feel, look, and work. Because let’s be honest, the best AI in the world is useless if nobody wants to use it.

YC’s wish list also points to some fascinating sectors: AI-powered scientific research to turbocharge discoveries, AI helping governments slash paperwork, and even space infrastructure startups gearing up for the new space race. Yes, space — because the final frontier isn’t just for astronauts anymore.

They’re also investing in the backend — from stablecoin infrastructure to AI-driven chip design — ensuring the tech under the hood keeps pace with AI’s growing demands.

What’s truly inspiring is YC’s nod to “AI-empowered human jobs.” It’s a reminder that even in an AI-driven world, there’s room for the human touch. -GP

📚 Learning The Names Of AI Things

In this TechCrunch guide, the complex world of AI gets a bit clearer with a glossary breaking down terms like LLMs and hallucinations—key vocabulary for anyone curious about artificial intelligence. Understanding these words is your ticket to grasping how AI models work, and where they sometimes stumble, like when they "hallucinate" incorrect info due to spotty training data.

For casual tech enthusiasts, learning this lingo isn’t just jargon-dropping—it’s the best way to keep up with AI’s rapid evolution. If you want to stay tech-savvy without being overwhelmed, start here. It’s your cheat sheet for talking tech without sounding like a robot.

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