Five Things Tech: 996, Cool Paint, China's Tech Future, China's Flawed Model, Living in a Computer Simulation

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Silicon Valley has embraced a grueling work culture once banned in China, with startups expecting employees to work long hours six days a week, pushing the boundaries of burnout as they compete in the global tech race. On the flip side, scientists have invented a roof coating that can slash surface temperatures by up to 6°C by reflecting sunlight and radiating heat into space, a clever tool against urban heat waves. China continues to lead the charge in innovation, dominating AI patents, clean energy, biotechnologies, and building futuristic infrastructure, yet its rapid growth hides a fatal flaw: massive overproduction in key industries that Beijing struggles to control without harming the economy. Meanwhile, a new mathematical proof crushes the popular sci-fi theory that the universe is a computer simulation, proving the fundamental fabric of reality cannot be digitized or replicated by a machine. So, not matrix for us, at least for now.

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