Work on AI + Vice Chancellor @Pepperdine & Managing Director of Middle East Studies @PepperdineSPP — Peacemaker, Bridge Builder, & Truth Seeker. (views my own)
I just returned from @Israel where I delivered a keynote speech at the closing ceremony for a historic solidarity visit of 1000 leading American pastors. The purpose was to confront an alarming rise in global antisemitism. Please watch it. I hope our Jewish friends notice the multiple standing ovations, which aren’t so much about my speech but about the support of the audience for what I was saying.
Finally, please pardon the weird mic change at the beginning. There was a minor technical issue and it took just a few seconds for some amazing & super kind tech folks to fix it. So, those blank seconds were edited out.
How @elonmusk fixed Starlink:
“Starlink was a mess. It was 10X too expensive and they were building 1/10 of how many they needed.
Elon’s like I've had it. This is now the bottleneck. I'm fixing this.
He grabs a team of engineers that he trusts and they fly up to Seattle.
They fire the entire Starlink leadership team.
They sit down in a war room and they start running the algorithm.
•What is the first principles of satellite design?
•How simple can we make this thing?
•Why does this exist?
•Why are these two things so far apart?
•Why do we need this much energy?
•Why do we need this manufacturing process?
And over the course of a few months they make a two order of magnitude leap.
These people had never encountered this design before, but just by applying the algorithm and working with maniacal urgency towards this extremely high design bar, they created this product that's now —if it was a standalone business —would be worth tens of billions of dollars or more.”
Royal Navy spy drones used by Britain’s elite special forces secretly sent data to China, The Telegraph can reveal.
The cameras on the K3 Scout surveillance drones had components made in China which were secretly transmitting information to a device in the country.
The Royal Marines have been using the £12m fleet since March and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was forced to remove all internet connectivity from the cameras after discovering the breach.
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And on the seventh day, man rested from the timeline.
Introducing Sabbath: Block X (and other addicting apps) one day a week.
Now on the App Store. Link below.
The Age of Artificial Intelligence is going to be absolutely incredible.
We are just beginning to scratch the surface as to how this new technology will improve all our lives.
So much to look forward to!
Welcome to Hudson, @Ludo_Hood.
After serving 20 years as a foreign service officer, Hood's work at Hudson will focus on US Middle East policy, Gulf regional security, Israel, the Arab states, Iran, and Lebanon.
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Palantir reports Q2 ‘26 U.S. comm revenue growth of 149% Y/Y and revenue growth of 93% Y/Y; raises FY ’26 revenue guidance to 82% Y/Y growth and U.S. comm revenue guidance to 134% Y/Y, crushing consensus expectations.
Q2 U.S. revenue grew 115% y/y and adjusted operating margin was 62%.
We also generated $1.062 billion in Q2 2026 GAAP net income, representing 55% margin and 225% Y/Y growth.
Abu Dhabi's Aleria is deploying 16,000 @Nvidia Blackwell Ultra AI chips across the US and UAE, one of the first regional installations of Nvidia's next-generation DGX Vera Rubin platform. UAE-US AI, in execution↓
https://t.co/GLeBorDSGY
Signing off for the next 25 hours.
No electricity, no internet, no driving, no tech, no money, no music, no work, no cooking. Just rest, family, prayer, friends, and food.
I do this every week for Shabbat, no exceptions.