Start Up No.2660: Ukraine’s rapid war feedback loop, Sam Altman’s human desires, EV ownership nears “tipping point”, and more

25 years after Apple introduced the iPod line, later including the “fat nano”, people have a hankering to use them again. CC-licensed photo by Miguel M. Almeida on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. I’m listening. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. How Ukraine solved the hardest problem in defence • Exponential View Azeem Azhar, Greg Williams and Nathan Warren: » Along Ukraine’s eastern front, a drone stutters mid-flight. On the operator’s screen a few kilometers away, the grainy view of splintered treelines and trenches, fades into static. The control link drops. He removes his headset, he knows what’s happened. Russia has found a way to jam the frequency. Again. It’s 2024, near Bakmut, a few kilometers from the…