BHEL Secures DRDO Tech Transfer for Naval Power Systems
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has signed a technology transfer agreement with Naval Science and Technological Laboratory under DRDO for naval vessel technology. The agreement enables BHEL to manufacture, install, and commission LM2500 GT-IRSS systems, strengthening India's defense indigenization efforts and expanding BHEL's defense portfolio beyond traditional power generation equipment.
Zoox AI Orders Backpack to Buckle up, Threatens Ride Termination
Zoox tells my backpack to fasten its seatbelt and threatens to end the ride if it doesn’t comply
Ending Fossil Fuels Starts by Halting New Projects
"Stop making the problem bigger by banning new gas and coal projects. The most direct way to end fossil fuel production is to stop expanding it" Louise Morris is at Colombia's fossil phase-out conference, where real work is being done to...
Hyundai Ioniq 9: When Trim Names Go Overboard
Hyundai Ioniq 9 Performance Calligraphy Black Ink Edition I wonder if trim model names can get any longer
Start Sync Licensing by Partnering with Local Indie Filmmakers
The easiest way to get your feet wet in sync licensing? Find local indie film creators The 2nd way ↴
US Sees No Nuclear Deal, War Unlikely; Trump Backs Indefinite Blockade
“US officials say the conflict with Iran is unlikely to end with a nuclear deal, and a resumption of the war is unlikely. Trump is comfortable with an indefinite blockade” - WSJ Luke leads a solid Contributor Portfolio for members at...
Changing a Book’s Release Date Creates Logistical and Marketing Chaos
Moving a pub date means a logistics nightmare. It happens but not generally as in "let's pull this from October and move it to April." Not only are distributors and bookstores going to be irritated if you change your dates,...
Simulation Boosts Sustainability in Semiconductor Manufacturing
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Simulation The Semiconductor Simulation Impact: 1/ - IEEE Transactions On Semiconductor Manufacturing Has Unique Paper That Showcases How Simulation Drives Sustainability In Semiconductor Industry.
High Fixed Network Fees Threaten Home Battery Market
Push for high fixed network charges could kill the market for home batteries – just when they are needed #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/9Wre5oly0k https://t.co/tUn5SZGhuw
Tony Dokoupil's CBS News Hits Record Low Viewership
Scoop: Tony Dokoupil's "CBS Evening News" ratings keep getting worse. Last week was his lowest-rated week on record, averaging only 3.7 million viewers. He has now posted three consecutive weeks under 4 million viewers—reliably slipping below a once-unthinkable threshold.
Portable MSI EZgo Charger Delivers Versatile EV Power Anywhere
Got an EV and dreamed of having a smart charger at your home or office? How about one for while you're on the road? The @MSIusa EZgo Portable J1772/NACS EV Charger neatly fits the bill, as I ascertained when I...
Clean Your Data Before Scaling Meta Ads
Most people think increasing budget will fix their Meta ads. Wrong. Your tracking is messy. Your data is misleading. Or you’re optimizing too early with no real signal. More spend just scales confusion. Fix your data, then scale with confidence.
Israel Repeatedly Breaks Ceasefires, Razes Qantara Under False Pretense
Take a look at how Qantara, Lebanon, is destroyed by the Israelis. This is what the Israelis claim is a so-called "military target". ISRAEL BREAKS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENTS AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN. https://t.co/U7noaI2AkI
From Complex Gaming to Simple Real‑World Connections
btw the only game i'm playing these days is tomodachi life. after playing 200 hours of crimson desert, a game with 100,000 mechanics, the only game to play afterward is a game with zero mechanics. i love my little terrarium...
Solar Waste Turns Profit: Copper, Aluminium Sales Booming
Can’t recycle solar? This local business is making millions from copper, aluminium sales #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/CiL9zAv5MG https://t.co/uVGknqyOar
Record Seller Surplus Signals Falling US Home Prices
US home prices increased 0.7% over the last year, the slowest growth rate since June 2023. There are currently a record 46% more sellers than buyers nationally. Absent manipulation from the Federal Government/Reserve, prices will come down and homes will...
Legacy Media Sensationalizes Cautious Science for Profit
Legacy media turns cautious scientific findings & statements into sensational headlines, then seeks out quotes from critics calling it hype It’s not journalism. It’s business https://t.co/l1qcyhYTMQ
Free Webinar: Expert Advice to Protect Creators
The BX Academy is a complimentary webinar series because I hate seeing bad advice given to content creators and influencers. I’m a professional creator with 10 years working with brands, I’m an Influencer Marketing Director for a Fortune 100...
Autonomous Golf Carts Will Protect Course Grass
Everything will be autonomous someday. Even golf carts. I used to live on a golf course at the Ritz in Half Moon Bay. I heard someone drove one into the lake once. I doubt this would do that. Plus humans are...
Autonomous Picking Scales to 6 Billion Orders
#Autonomous Picking Power: 6 Billion Orders and Counting by @LocusRobotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/A24K0whoNa
Ben Thompson Launches New Subscription Platform, Ankler Migrates
feel like the bigger news here is that Ben Thompson is building a subscription platform? super sick
Tesla to Extend FSD V14 Lite Globally for HW3
Tesla confirms V14 Lite will be coming to international vehicles as well, pending regulatory approval This will allow international customers with HW3 to run FSD on their cars.
PulteGroup Hikes Incentives to 10.9%, $54.5K Bonus
Homebuilder PulteGroup pushes housing market incentives to 10.9%—that’s $54,500 on a $500,000 sale PulteGroup notes that its historically “normal” incentive range is between 3.0% and 3.5% Chart via @ResidentialClub
Analyzing Today’s Major Oil Market and OPEC+ Developments
Thanks @SullyCNBC and @KellyCNBC for having my literal and figurative fellow traveler @CroftHelima and me on @CNBC to unpack today’s big news in oil markets and opec+.
Fuel Price War Threatens Low‑cost Carriers, CEOs Clash
Michael O’Leary warns: high fuel prices from Middle East chaos could kill Wizz Air and airBaltic this winter. Ryanair overpaid $50M in April alone. Wizz Air fires back: “We’ve been ‘bankrupted’ by him 10 times already”... Classic CEO rivalry while fuel...
Indonesia Reexamines QMB Nickel Licence Amid Tightening RKAB Quotas
Indonesia reviews QMB nickel licence after IMIP landslide as RKAB quotas tighten nickel supply. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/qmb-nickel-licence-review-signals.html
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Purdue $5.5B sentence clears way for $7.4B settlement and bankruptcy exit. Legal exposure shifts to claims; recoveries will be constrained and reputational risk endures. Trade: reduce exposure to legacy opioid-linked pharma. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
AI Agents to Drive $15T B2B Spend by 2028
By 2028, 90% of B2B buying will be AI agent intermediated, pushing over $15 trillion of B2B spend through AI agent exchanges. https://t.co/32BuwY1M2L
Repowering Essential as Japan's Solar Tariffs Near Expiry
Repowering key for Japanese solar assets approaching feed-in tariff expiry #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/4xfcpaN9Yz
Imagined Courtroom Sketch Shows Trump at OpenAI‑Elon Trial
Trump did not testify in the openai vs elon trial today, but if he did, he would have been drawn like this by the courtroom artist https://t.co/dxHVVaYI3I
Excited for Sequel Despite Distracting Original Protagonist
dude i can’t wait. i enjoyed the first one too despite the OC protagonist being a distraction
Half of U.S. Creators Earn Under $10k Annually
Nearly half of all U.S. creators are earning less than $10k/year. The barrier to entry is low, but the path to a sustainable, professional income is being hollowed out.
Semiconductors Claim Record Share of S&P 500 IT
Yardeni Research Chart of the Day (April 28, 2026) The S&P 500 Semiconductors industry now accounts for a record 41.9% and 47.1% of the S&P 500 Information Technology sector's market capitalization and forward earnings. Do you think this is sustainable? https://t.co/mmJzuPj5Sb
Jensen Huang Stumbles When Pressed on Export Controls
I'm kind of late to this party, but I had a lot to say about @dwarkesh_sp's interview with Jensen Huang. Dwarkesh does a great job of pressing Jensen on his opposition to export controls, and Jensen usually doesn't have good answers. https://t.co/eF3UUpfWHO
CRE Firms Install over 1 GW Solar Nationwide
Report: Commercial real estate companies have installed over 1 GW of solar across US #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/SrqPPkAJ7L
No Public Data Proves Waymo Is Safer than Human Drivers
a "detailed and confidential overview" is not public information. Again, despite the tech uber alles crowd cheering them on, there is no objective, publicly available raw data indicating that Waymo is safer, or less safe, than a dense city's safest...
Robot Arms and Cameras Will Replace Humanoid Legs
This is a job for a robot arm or two + a camera. No need for the legs or battery pack. This use case will get relentlessly optimized until it's no longer a humanoid.
Clean Power Outpaces Rising Demand, Peak Looms Soon
This is the first year that electricity demand grew and yet was ourpaced by clean electricity. 2025 was a special year. 2026 probably won't repeat this. But the true peak of global electricity demand is now on the horizon.
US‑Israel Talks Pivot From Aid to Joint Defense Partnership
US-Israel military talks starting in May aim to shift from aid to a joint defense partnership, reshaping the future of their collaboration.
Diesel Use Drops, Signaling Coal’s Decline and Energy Renewal
Diesel consumption shows the decline in coal – a specific symptom of a broader need for renewal #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/aHCKL1v1Wg https://t.co/cXzJMSO1uS
Pa. Supreme Court Orders 2020 Records for DHS Conspiracy Theorist
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that election officials in Lycoming County must hand over 2020 voting records to Heather Honey — an election conspiracy theorist currently serving in a leadership role at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/court-gives-dhs-conspiracy-theorist-access-to-2020-election-data/
Longevity and AI Lead Disruptive Tech Conversation at BofA
The annual Bank of America event on disruptive technologies was amazing and insightful as usual. Key technologies were Longevity and AI drug discovery (what I care about the most), Brain-Compute Interfaces (I also care about it very much), Space, Electric...
Reindorf Claims Legal Loophole to Erase Gender Reassignment Protection
Reindorf thinks she's found a legal way of eliminating the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. Cc @speakoutsister
Meta's Engaged‑click Removal Hurts High‑engagement Brands
My tinfoil hat is Meta underestimated what removing the "engaged click" from click attribution would do to the modeling and it's essentially broken. The brands that didn't have a ton of "engaged clicks" are not seeing the same impacts as...
PulteGroup's Orders Reveal K‑Shaped Housing Market
K-shaped housing market is showing up directly in giant homebuilder PulteGroup's order book "Economic reports talk to the K-shaped economy... We saw this play out again in our first quarter results" - @pultehome CEO Ryan Marshall said on their earnings call
FCC Cracks Down on ABC over Trump‑offending Kimmel Joke
TV Talk: FCC targets ABC after another Kimmel joke that upsets President Trump, via @TribLIVE - https://t.co/ksESO4djyx https://t.co/K3wsJiOGBp
Stem Buys Raicoon to Automate Solar Asset Monitoring
Stem acquires raicoon to automate solar asset monitoring #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/TsBT8TGDm2
Memory Titans Rank Among World's Top Six Profits by 2027
Who had memory companies being 2 of the 6 most profitable in the world by 2027 on their bingo card? 🙃
Twitch Trials Weekly Badge that Boosts Watch Rewards
Twitch is testing a new Weekly Rewards Badge. The badge upgrades the more you watch each week, and rewards additional channel points.
Quick 5‑Minute Deal Analysis: Yield >150 Bp Spread Wins
“How do I analyze a deal in 5 minutes?” BOE’s are extremely easy Basically what you’ll be doing is: 1. Multiplying market rents by the property’s unit count 2. Applying a vacancy factor to get total revenue 3. Multiplying the total revenue by...