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I am not a topologist, but I can try..

A space (shape) is contractible if you can "contract" (shrink) it to a point without cutting, pinching or punching through holes. For example, a mattress is contractible, since you can shrink it to the center - each point can follow the line to the center, continuously. Meanwhile, a doughnut, a circle or a hollow sphere are not contractible, you can never remove the inner "hole" to shrink to a point without cutting.

In general, any dimensional sphere is not contractible... Until it is - infinite dimensional sphere is contractible. Somehow, it loses the "hollow space" inside.

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AI Is Killing Microsoft

The article seems to be saying that Microsoft is losing favor of investors, not that they began losing money or something.

Don't get me wrong, I would love Microslop to fall down, but.. I do not get how failing to satisfy finicky slop-loving investors is "death to Microsoft".