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I’m an Android Reverse Engineer. AI Was Supposed to Replace Me. It Didn’t.
The Knife Hangs at Your Neck, But It Never Falls Notes from an Android Reverse Engineer At 2 a.m., Marcus turned his phone face down on the desk. The screen still glowed. Someone in the Slack channel had posted a screenshot: an AI had explained a chunk of OLLVM-obfuscated assembly in seconds and generated a Frida hook template. Replies underneath: “insane,” “we’re done,” “unemployed.”
By Jin22 days ago in 01
Huawei’s AI Plan Isn’t to Win the Model War. It’s to Own the Ground Under It.
Huawei's AI Niche: A Long Campaign for the Base Layer A Positioning That Is Repeatedly Misread The most easily misread part of Guo Ping's remarks in Xinsheng Community is the phrase "become Nvidia." Most people see chips. But Guo Ping said "enable any large model in the world to run efficiently on Huawei's Ascend, Kunpeng, SuperPoD, and clusters." Chips are the hardware premise. The emphasis falls on "any" and "efficiently."
By Jin22 days ago in 01
Huawei’s AI Master Plan Isn’t About Beating OpenAI. It’s About Becoming the Next Nvidia.
Huawei's AI Strategy: Sell the Base, Not the Strongest Model The headline "Huawei executive's internal 10,000-word memo exposed, ICT business target is to become Nvidia" grabs attention. It is inaccurate. Huawei's Xinsheng Community published a summary of a discussion between Guo Ping, chairman of Huawei's supervisory board, and new employees. No secret file leaked. No employee risked a job to smuggle it out. Huawei used the session to explain what it will do in AI, what it will not do, and how it plans to close gaps.
By Jin22 days ago in 01
Turning a Single Image into a Directed Video Shot
Many video ideas begin with a picture. It may be a product image, a character sheet, an event poster, or a location photo with the right atmosphere. The image has already settled the subject and much of the visual tone. The next question is what should happen after that frame enters time.
By Solution Boxes23 days ago in 01
How to Convert 3D Models Online: A Step-by-Step Guide
3D models can be saved in many different file formats, and the format that works well for one application may not be suitable for another. A model created in a 3D modeling program, for example, may need to be converted before it can be used for 3D printing, game development, augmented reality, or a web-based viewer.
By Solution Boxes23 days ago in 01
Still Not Fixed - System Faults Since The Upgrade
Introduction Before you think I am complaining (well, I am, but just about the state of Vocal), Vocal is without doubt the best publishing platform for writers and creators, allowing a mix of words and media to be published and shared almost immediately.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 23 days ago in 01
A 96GB RTX 5090 for $3,888? The Listing Has Three Cracks.
The $3,888 96GB RTX 5090: three cracks between the listing, the chips, and the vBIOS 1. The listing says 96GB. The memory type says GDDR6X.
By Jin23 days ago in 01
Luo Yonghao Called the iPhone Duo a Copy Seven Times. He Missed the Harder Question.
After seven “copies”s: behind the iPhone Duo controversy, we need to rethink “innovation” In the early hours of September 10, 2026, at Apple’s fall event, new CEO John Ternus said: “The iPhone Duo is arguably the most disruptive iPhone since the original.”
By Jin24 days ago in 01
I Tried to Build a Dev PC in 2026. RAM and GPUs Had Other Plans.
When RAM and GPU prices may return to normal: a PC-building dilemma in the AI compute wave You want to build a development machine. You open an e-commerce site and look at RAM and GPU prices. DDR5 has climbed from about 450 yuan last year to 1,800 yuan. The RTX 5070 Ti is above 8,000 yuan. The RTX 5090 has jumped from about 20,000 yuan to around 35,000 yuan. The increase runs through the entire consumer electronics market. It is not limited to one platform.
By Jin24 days ago in 01
Why the Same iPhone Costs $1,199 in America and ¥9,999 in China
Why the Same iPhone Costs $1,199 in the U.S. and ¥9,999 in Mainland China I Open Apple’s U.S. site. The 256GB iPhone 18 Pro is listed at $1,199. At current exchange rates, that is about ¥8,046.
By Jin25 days ago in 01
The Real Reason Apple’s Foldable Leak Complaint Doesn’t Add Up
Who Is Copying Whom? Fact-Checking Apple's Foldable Leak Narrative 1. A Regret That Sparked Controversy In September 2026, after Apple released its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, new CEO John Ternus and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Greg Joswiak gave a podcast interview. Joswiak said the outside world had already learned through leaks that Apple was developing a foldable phone. "Unfortunately, they also got the screen ratio," he said. After that, many manufacturers "coincidentally" became interested in the same ratio.
By Jin25 days ago in 01
He Left OpenAI and Anthropic Because They’re Betting Your Life on AI
Betting the Fate of All Humanity 1 On September 8, 2026, a 27-year-old Briton posted a tweet on X. His name was Jacob Coxon. Over the previous three years, he had done model pretraining at OpenAI and then Anthropic, and he was one of the core contributors to the GPT-4o system card. Earlier this year, he left OpenAI for Anthropic because he identified with Anthropic's reputation for safety. Four months later, he resigned. Not just leaving Anthropic, but leaving the AI industry altogether.
By Jin26 days ago in 01