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April 6, 2026

Five Finds: iPhones to the Moon

How iPhones Found Their Way to Space

Artemis's expedition is the first time astronauts have access to recent iPhones they can use as their cameras.

We will get so many great photos!

How Apple became Apple

There's been countless articles commemorating Apple's 50-year milestone. This one was one of the best for me.

On April 1, 1976, along with Jobs’s former coworker Ronald Wayne, the two Steves formed a partnership to market Wozniak’s latest invention, a microcomputer kit for electronics hobbyists. They called it Apple Computer Company.

Going founder mode on cancer

Sid Sijbrandij, the founder of GitLab, learned that he has cancer. Went through a surgery and chemo. The cancer returned. So he started his own research, built a system to process papers, noted and his own genetic sequencing, and pushed for therapies that could work. He's in remission now.

Solving deafness with genetic therapy

On the topic of inspiring medical advances, a new genetic therapy was used to cure a particular loss of hearing in people, including adults. With a single shot.

Neanderthals survived on a knife's edge for 350k years

A fascinating discussion about the ancestors of humans. I specifically share the link to the Hacker News discussion which adds a lot of color and nuance to the original Nature article.

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