Q&A with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on working at Bell Labs and Google, building Neeva, Snowflake’s business model and its approach to AI, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Tesla has opened its first diner in Hollywood, California, featuring a themed Supercharger station that blends 1950s American diner aesthetics with modern Tesla design. The diner welcomed its first visitors on Monday night, accompanied by a video showcasing its unique interior. Want More Context? 🔎

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center director, Makenzie Lystrup, will leave her position on August 1, following a significant budget cut proposed by the Trump administration. Goddard, with over 8,000 employees and a $4.7 billion budget, oversees major projects like the James Webb and Hubble telescopes, as well as the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Want More Context? 🔎

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is proposing to roll back key broadband policies from the Biden era, eliminating the long-term gigabit speed goal and halting affordability analysis while focusing evaluations on deployment metrics that favor industry. This proposal, set for a vote on August 7, may allow the FCC to give the broadband industry a passing grade despite not achieving full deployment, aligning with Republican-led commission findings. Want More Context? 🔎

NVIDIA has furthered its commitment to open-source drivers by releasing additional header files for its Blackwell and Hopper GPU architectures, adding to the previously open-sourced 12,000 lines of C header files. These updates, aimed at enhancing support for Nouveau/NVK and the NOVA Rust driver, have already been integrated into the Mesa Git repository. Want More Context? 🔎

Google has unveiled the official design of the Pixel 10 ahead of its launch event on August 20th, showcasing a phone that closely resembles the Pixel 9 but features a notable addition of a third back camera, likely a telephoto sensor. A video of the device is available on Google's website, highlighting its appealing grayish-blue color. Want More Context? 🔎

Fallout: Bakersfield is a fan-made mod recreating the Necropolis area from Fallout 1, developed by Alexander "Red888guns" Berezin using the GZDoom engine. While the project looks promising, with impressive art showcased in its trailer, it will only retell a specific sequence rather than the entire game, and its release is slated for 2027, pending potential legal challenges from Bethesda. Want More Context? 🔎