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Apple just made automation stupid simple.
iOS 27 lets you create complex Shortcuts by just telling your iPhone what you want no coding, no drag-and-drop blocks, just plain English.
It's the kind of feature that makes you wonder why it took this long.
But wait, there's more:
Jane Street just dropped $7 billion on AI infrastructure yes, the trading firm is now an AI player
RTX 6000 Pro GPUs jumped 40% in six months, and the GPU market is officially chaos
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In today's post:
Apple lets you build Shortcuts by just asking
Jane Street bets $7B on AI infrastructure
RTX 6000 Pro prices jump 40% in six months
iOS 27 turns your voice into code with AI Shortcuts
Apple just killed the hardest part of automating your iPhone.
The new iOS 27 lets you build complex Shortcuts simply by typing or talking.
You no longer need to drag confusing blocks around to make your phone work for you.
The details:
You can type a prompt like 'When I leave work, message Pedro with my ETA,' and Apple Intelligence builds the exact workflow.
You can edit your shortcuts just by chatting with the AI to add or change steps.
Most of the AI magic happens right on your device to keep your data perfectly safe.
Really hard tasks get securely sent to Apple's Private Cloud Compute.
The feature is in the developer beta now and launches in the fall of 2026 for iPhone 15 Pro and newer.
Why it matters:
Shortcuts used to be a tool only for power users.
Now, anyone can use it. This brings basic coding to everyone.
You just tell the phone what you want, and it handles the hard programming stuff like variables and loops for you.
๐ก L8R's Take:
Visual scripting is dead for everyday tasks.
Apple is finally making its AI do actual, useful work instead of just rewriting emails.
If you have a supported iPhone, this will change how you use your device every single day..
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Jane Street Goes All-In on AI with $7B CoreWeave Deal
Wall Street's biggest math nerds are turning into AI heavyweights.
Quantitative trading giant Jane Street just locked in a massive $7 billion deal with AI cloud provider CoreWeave.
They are buying up insane amounts of computing power to crush the stock market.
The details:
On April 15, 2026, the firm signed a $6 billion multi-year agreement to use CoreWeave's AI cloud platform for trading research.
Jane Street also threw down $1 billion to buy CoreWeave stock at $109 per share, making them a top-five shareholder.
This massive contract guarantees Jane Street access to Nvidia's upcoming Vera Rubin chips before most competitors.
The trading firm already holds a huge stake in Anthropic, the AI lab behind the Claude models.
To support all this new tech, Jane Street is looking to build its own massive data center with up to 200 megawatts of power.
Why it matters:
High-speed trading is no longer just about fast cables.
It is now an AI arms race. Financial firms are realizing that massive computing power is a core weapon to win in the markets.
By hoarding next-generation chips, Jane Street is competing directly with tech giants for limited AI resources.
๐ก L8R's Take:
Finance guys are finally waking up to the real power of AI.
Jane Street is not just playing the market anymore; they are buying the infrastructure that runs the future.
If you are trading against them, you are bringing a knife to a robot gunfight.
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The $13,000 GPU: Nvidia RTX 6000 Pro Prices Go Crazy
Building your own AI server just got way more expensive.
Nvidia quietly hiked the price of its flagship RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell GPU by a massive 55 percent.
If you want this monster card for your setup, you will have to empty your wallet.
The details:
The official price for the 96GB workstation card jumped from $8,565 at launch to $13,250 this month.
Greedy third-party sellers are pushing the price tag as high as $20,000 on some retail sites.
The card packs a huge punch with 96GB of GDDR7 memory and a 600W power draw.
Buyers face massive delays, with wait times stretching up to seven months for enterprise orders.
Why it matters:
High demand for AI hardware is breaking the local compute market.
Developers who used to build their own powerful rigs are now trapped.
They have to decide between paying insane prices or renting time on cloud platforms like RunPod and Vast.ai.
The dream of cheap, massive local AI is slipping away.
๐ก L8R's Take:
Nvidia knows they own the market, so they can charge whatever they want.
Unless a real competitor steps up, running big AI models at home will become a luxury for the rich.
Stop waiting for prices to drop and start looking at cloud rentals instead.
๐ Quick L8R Summary
iOS 27 Shortcuts: Apple lets you build automations by just talking to your phone no more dragging blocks around.
Jane Street's AI Bet: A Wall Street quant firm just dropped $7B on AI infrastructure, including $1B in CoreWeave stock.
GPU Price Chaos: NVIDIA's RTX 6000 Pro jumped from $8,565 to $13,250 in 15 months welcome to the AI gold rush.
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