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Pilots Demand Final Authority on War‑zone Flights
SocialApr 7, 2026

Pilots Demand Final Authority on War‑zone Flights

Airline pilots must be given final say on flying in war zones, aviators' group says https://t.co/2GQj075PPF

By Jamie Freed
Broadcom Expands AI Chip Deal with Google, Anthropic
SocialApr 7, 2026

Broadcom Expands AI Chip Deal with Google, Anthropic

Broadcom to Supply AI Chips to Google, Computing Capacity to Anthropic in Expanded Collaboration https://t.co/yHCXipodGy

By Paul Triolo
Australian Coal Prices Surge 30% as Asia Shifts From Gas
SocialApr 7, 2026

Australian Coal Prices Surge 30% as Asia Shifts From Gas

AUSTRALIA’s coal export prices have risen by around 25-30% compared with the start of the year. Front-month Newcastle coal futures have averaged $137 per tonne so far in April up from $108 in January. Electricity generators across South and East...

By John Kemp
Bootstrapped Cryo‑AI: LLMs Power Life‑Saving Freeze Tech
SocialApr 7, 2026

Bootstrapped Cryo‑AI: LLMs Power Life‑Saving Freeze Tech

Meet Dr. Mark Woodward, undergrad and grad from Stanford, PhD from Harvard, Many years at Google as part of Google brain. One day he realizes that we need the enabling technology to pause biological time for patients that are about...

By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD
5G Rollout, yet UK Still Suffers Weak Signal
SocialApr 7, 2026

5G Rollout, yet UK Still Suffers Weak Signal

All this 5G radiation and I still can’t get a good phone signal in the UK.

By William Wayland
UK BEV Sales Surge 24% as Petrol
SocialApr 7, 2026

UK BEV Sales Surge 24% as Petrol

UK BEV sales jump 24% year-on-year in March 2026, the first full month since US/Israel attacks on Iran +47% PHEV in March (+47 YTD) +22% BEV (+15 YTD) +7% hybrid (+6) -6% diesel (-10) -11% petrol (-4) Petrol/diesel have lost 5 points of mkt share in...

By Simon Evans
Fast Breeders Unlock India's Thorium and U‑238 Potential
SocialApr 7, 2026

Fast Breeders Unlock India's Thorium and U‑238 Potential

Have been reading about this for a while now. India has a specifically important need for Fast Breeders. The control of uranium is with other countries and India has too little - and what it has, the real fissile stuff...

By Deepak Shenoy
Europe Can't Afford to Skip Energy Transition, Says Central Bank
SocialApr 7, 2026

Europe Can't Afford to Skip Energy Transition, Says Central Bank

🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 "...the real question is no longer whether Europe can afford to make the energy transition. It is whether it can afford not to. From a central banking perspective, the answer is clear." 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ #alwaysbecharging https://t.co/mw6zNYC63B

By Felix Hamer
Apple’s Chips Reshape Tech, Windows Remains Biggest Win
SocialApr 7, 2026

Apple’s Chips Reshape Tech, Windows Remains Biggest Win

Apple's chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows https://t.co/4r2S3X5l3x https://t.co/cZkkMSXv99

By Eric Vanderburg
Bridge Collapse Seen as Deliberate Supply Chain Sabotage
SocialApr 7, 2026

Bridge Collapse Seen as Deliberate Supply Chain Sabotage

I don’t buy this was an accident. If the bridge had fallen into the water and shut down the canal, it would have a massive impact on the American supply chains. Too perfect of a hit to be an accident, considering...

By Craig Fuller
Germany's Cheapest Lease Car Will Soon Be Electric
SocialApr 7, 2026

Germany's Cheapest Lease Car Will Soon Be Electric

Soon: Germany's Cheapest Car To Lease 🇩🇪🇩🇪 will be an EV 🌩️🌩️ #exciting times #alwaysbecharging #rentelectric ⚡️⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/IB5WHA1NI4

By Felix Hamer
AI Turns Patients Into Self‑Diagnosing Symptom Spirals
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Turns Patients Into Self‑Diagnosing Symptom Spirals

The ChatGPT Symptom Spiral: when ChatGPT tries to convince you that something is wrong with your medical record or lab results. We have to get used to dealing with patients getting into such troubles, because patients have always tried to...

By Bertalan Meskó, PhD
Predict Today's Odds for US‑Iran Conflict Scenarios
SocialApr 7, 2026

Predict Today's Odds for US‑Iran Conflict Scenarios

Hey @grok What do you set the probability for these three outcomes today by 8 PM EST?: #1 Iran and U.S. have a ceasefire. #2 Trump orders the attack on Iran’s infrastructure. #3 Trump extends the deadline. Or a #4 possible outcome.

By S. Joseph Burns
Every Encryption System Needs a Cryptography Bill of Materials
SocialApr 7, 2026

Every Encryption System Needs a Cryptography Bill of Materials

Cybeats Blog | Cryptography Bill of Materials (CBOM): Why Every Encryption Ecosystem Needs One https://t.co/DGQpWfPZ3F

By Chuck Brooks
AI Is Becoming a Commodity, True Edge Requires Uniqueness
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Is Becoming a Commodity, True Edge Requires Uniqueness

AI Is Now a Commodity: Same Tools, Same Vendors, Same Results – How Agents Build a Real Edge This is the most impactful AI read I’ve seen in months — it confronts the harsh reality that AI is rapidly commoditizing,...

By Richard Turrin
Easy Growth Ends: Relying on Mom Accounts Signals Trouble
SocialApr 7, 2026

Easy Growth Ends: Relying on Mom Accounts Signals Trouble

For years, we were told growth would come from better products, bigger bets, and bold strategy. Turns out sometimes it just comes from telling Mom to get her own account. Funny line. Real signal. Because when companies start celebrating gains like this, you...

By Pascal Bornet
Ukrainian Astronaut Steps Onto Moon, Future Realized
SocialApr 7, 2026

Ukrainian Astronaut Steps Onto Moon, Future Realized

The Moon, 10 minutes after the first Ukrainian sets foot on its surface in the future: https://t.co/uoaw7IQY7a

By Illia Ponomarenko
Open‑source Tool Simplifies SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR Compliance
SocialApr 7, 2026

Open‑source Tool Simplifies SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR Compliance

Comp AI: The open-source way to get compliant with SOC 2, #ISO27001, #HIPAA and #GDPR https://t.co/mvwHwvS9mu https://t.co/q7t0s2qhc4

By Eric Vanderburg
OHGR Lands 3‑year Sheffield Deal; Valuation Dips, Modest Dividend
SocialApr 7, 2026

OHGR Lands 3‑year Sheffield Deal; Valuation Dips, Modest Dividend

#OHGR got Sheffield Teaching Hospital to sign up to 3 year deal. ShareScope has fwd p/e 19 falling to 18 and fwd Divvy 2.6% each of next 2 years. Interesting with NHS a national disgrace. I don't hold.

By WheelieDealer
Iran Set
SocialApr 7, 2026

Iran Set

Iran is likely to deploy human shields to its bridges and power plants tonight. The use of civilians as human shields is banned under the Geneva Conventions (article 51).

By Javier Blas
Future Homes Standard Will Fall 400k Short of Target
SocialApr 7, 2026

Future Homes Standard Will Fall 400k Short of Target

A useful bit of recent information from housing expert Neal Hudson in his FT piece on issues facing housing: "even the government’s own modelling for the Future Homes Standard shows it will miss its 1.5 million housebuilding target by 400,000". #ukhousing...

By Noble Francis
Tune Into Deadlock's DLNight Shift Weekly for Top EU/NA Streams
SocialApr 7, 2026

Tune Into Deadlock's DLNight Shift Weekly for Top EU/NA Streams

If you don’t know about @Deadlock yet come watch the @DLNight Shift at 4ET every weds for the best in EU and NA

By Chris Puckett
Kloeckner Acquires Camalloy to Broaden US Metal Distribution
SocialApr 7, 2026

Kloeckner Acquires Camalloy to Broaden US Metal Distribution

Kloeckner acquired Camalloy to expand aluminum and stainless steel distribution across key US industrial markets. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/kloeckner-camalloy-acquisition-expands.html

By The Metalnomist
Rising Energy Costs Accelerate Electrification, Punish Slow Movers
SocialApr 7, 2026

Rising Energy Costs Accelerate Electrification, Punish Slow Movers

Higher energy costs strengthen the business case for electrification and efficiency. History shows crises accelerate the transition. Companies most at risk are those that were slow to act. My comments in @Top1000Funds https://t.co/3KbHsAORIu https://t.co/tJlb60RW1a

By Jan Rosenow
AI Empowers Insurers to Overcome Three Key Challenges
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Empowers Insurers to Overcome Three Key Challenges

"AI in insurance" could help incumbents tackle the 3 challenges they currently face ! → https://t.co/5EXeV0tivQ This is how I would summarize Earnix's yearly conference which recently took place in Paris. https://t.co/zwFUlTSP26

By Florian Graillot
Digital Twins Simulate Psychedelic Effects for Consciousness Disorders
SocialApr 7, 2026

Digital Twins Simulate Psychedelic Effects for Consciousness Disorders

Digital twins allow virtual clinical trials of psychedelics for disorders of consciousness 🧠↔🧠 | Innovation | Tech for Good. 💬 Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), scientists have developed personalized, whole-brain computational models of patients with disorders of consciousness. Using these...

By Efi Pylarinou
Filming Air Hunger at Sussex’s Seven Sisters for Amazon
SocialApr 7, 2026

Filming Air Hunger at Sussex’s Seven Sisters for Amazon

Was nice to be back at Seven Sisters in Sussex yesterday where we shot for Air Hunger (doc coming out next month on @amazon in the Netherlands). https://t.co/sy9RwqAgNX

By Guy Fincham, PhD
Russian FPV Drone Slaughters Civilians on Ukrainian Minibus
SocialApr 7, 2026

Russian FPV Drone Slaughters Civilians on Ukrainian Minibus

Russians simply struck an ordinary minibus in Nikopol with an FPV drone. A typical yellow public transport bus, the kind you see by the thousands across cities in Ukraine. It was just pulling up to a regular stop, one of many,...

By Illia Ponomarenko
ATI Boosts Jet Engine Alloy Supply with New NC Furnace
SocialApr 7, 2026

ATI Boosts Jet Engine Alloy Supply with New NC Furnace

ATI will add a new VIM furnace in North Carolina to expand nickel superalloy capacity for jet engine demand. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/ati-nickel-superalloy-capacity.html

By The Metalnomist
Ackman's $63B Bid Proves Music Isn't Dead
SocialApr 7, 2026

Ackman's $63B Bid Proves Music Isn't Dead

Bill Ackman's $63 billion offer for Universal Music strikes me 2 ways... 1. I know almost nothing about the music business. 2. If he is offering $63 billion, I guess the music business is not as dead as people have been saying...

By David Poland
China’s Courts Curb Forced Sales, Hiding True Mortgage Defaults
SocialApr 7, 2026

China’s Courts Curb Forced Sales, Hiding True Mortgage Defaults

Bloomberg: "The moves [by local courts to limit the volume of forced property sales by slowing the number of cases involving defaulted mortgages] underscore how China’s local institutions are working to limit the damage of a yearslong property crisis that...

By Michael Pettis
Musk’s Mega‑IPO Likely Boosts Tesla, Not Hurts It
SocialApr 7, 2026

Musk’s Mega‑IPO Likely Boosts Tesla, Not Hurts It

It’s funny to me that the bears have managed to convince people that Musk doing the largest IPO of all time, becoming a trillionaire, and raising $75 billion for SpaceX / xAI would somehow be bad for Tesla. Musk cannot...

By Whole Mars Catalog
Weight Rebound Is Inevitable After Stopping GLP‑1s
SocialApr 7, 2026

Weight Rebound Is Inevitable After Stopping GLP‑1s

Why weight regain is a predictable biological response after stopping GLP-1s [PODCAST] http://dlvr.it/TRvfHv Podcast #Diabetes

By Kevin Pho, MD (KevinMD)
Petrodollar Death Rants Are Wishful, Not Insightful
SocialApr 7, 2026

Petrodollar Death Rants Are Wishful, Not Insightful

🧵There’s been an acute breakout of death of the petrodollar thought pieces over the weekend. This should have discerning investors thinking twice. Not about the dollar, however. About piling into an obviously crowded and extremely unoriginal perspective that is mostly...

By Izabella Kaminska
More Bank Staff, Lower Pay Stalls Chinese Consumption
SocialApr 7, 2026

More Bank Staff, Lower Pay Stalls Chinese Consumption

Interesting story. While employee numbers at nine joint-stock banks in China climbed last year, total compensation actually declined, by 1.4%. I don't know how typical this is, but it does suggest why it has been so hard to accelerate consumption...

By Michael Pettis
Regional Blocs Form New Multi‑Hub Global Trade Order
SocialApr 7, 2026

Regional Blocs Form New Multi‑Hub Global Trade Order

In case you missed the posting of my new eBook over Easter weekend👇https://t.co/AzOGN20mu3 The April 2025 US tariffs triggered global trade conflict. This column introduces World War Trade: Conflict, Containment, and the Emergent World Trading Order, a new CEPR Rapid...

By Richard Baldwin
Silicon Valley Debuted on HBO on April 6, 2014
SocialApr 7, 2026

Silicon Valley Debuted on HBO on April 6, 2014

#ThisDayInTechHistory. April 6, 2014. HBO's Silicon Valley comedy series created by Mike Judge first airs. (HBO) https://t.co/fPOgHPyzNh

By James Gingerich
Iran's Moves
SocialApr 7, 2026

Iran's Moves

What Iran means for the dollar: a perfect storm for the petrodollar - Deutsche Bank Research Institute https://t.co/gVdGKCUzyc Why have fiat as an intermediary when you could trade oil tokens for wheat tokens (or whatever) ? https://t.co/ocO6m7zPVd

By Dave Birch
Potash Prices Remain Stable Amid Fertilizer Market Shifts
SocialApr 7, 2026

Potash Prices Remain Stable Amid Fertilizer Market Shifts

CHARTS OF THE DAY: Not every fertiliser price is going up. Back in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine, nitrogen fertilisers (urea and ammonia) rose shaprly. AT THE SAME TIME, potash fertiliser (potassium chloride) also surged. This time, potash fertilisers are little changed....

By Javier Blas
Micro Focus Finalizes Novell Acquisition, Shaping Enterprise Software
SocialApr 7, 2026

Micro Focus Finalizes Novell Acquisition, Shaping Enterprise Software

#ThisDayInTechHistory. April 6, 2015. Micro Focus completed its acquisition of Novell. #Computer #Network #Software #History https://t.co/Gv9Ivw33YE

By James Gingerich
Demand Forecasting Is Only First Step in Supply Chain
SocialApr 7, 2026

Demand Forecasting Is Only First Step in Supply Chain

Forecasting customer demand is just the start. You also need to map out the raw materials and components required for production. For example, making an iPhone involves sourcing thousands of parts – from chips to glass. #SupplyChain #Procurement #DemandForecasting https://t.co/zBDBcUm8Py

By Eric Kimberling
Flowise AI Agent Builder Faces Active CVSS 10 RCE Attack
SocialApr 7, 2026

Flowise AI Agent Builder Faces Active CVSS 10 RCE Attack

Flowise AI Agent Builder Under Active CVSS 10.0 RCE Exploitation; 12,000+ Instances Exposed https://t.co/aINT8EHBFi https://t.co/SKA564pKd5

By Eric Vanderburg
US Retail Giants Outearn OPEC’s Oil Revenues
SocialApr 7, 2026

US Retail Giants Outearn OPEC’s Oil Revenues

Petrodollars? Here, from Grok: Direct Comparison (2024 data) 🔴OPEC (12 countries) oil export revenues: $550 billion 🔴Top 12 U.S. companies combined: $4.924 trillion → ~9 times larger than OPEC’s total. 🔴Just the #1 company (Walmart): $681 billion → already larger than all of...

By Anas Alhajji
War Miscalculations Mask True Energy Crisis Delusion
SocialApr 7, 2026

War Miscalculations Mask True Energy Crisis Delusion

LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 7- The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran has been characterised by a series of miscalculations by most of the involved and peripheral parties, but the real danger is the delusion over the scale of the resulting...

By Guy Faulconbridge
Trump Blames Japan,
SocialApr 7, 2026

Trump Blames Japan,

Trump renews criticism of Japan, South Korea for not helping US in Iran war https://t.co/Vv7QDR66xj via @NikkeiAsia

By Guy Faulconbridge
Broadcom Secures Expanded AI Chip Deals, Shares Surge
SocialApr 7, 2026

Broadcom Secures Expanded AI Chip Deals, Shares Surge

Only good news for $AVGO I will post my scorecard soon. Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic - Broadcom said it agreed to produce future versions of Google's artificial intelligence chips, - The company also announced an expanded deal with Anthropic,...

By my.stock.research
Pakistan Shuts Shops Early as Qatar LNG Supply Stalls
SocialApr 7, 2026

Pakistan Shuts Shops Early as Qatar LNG Supply Stalls

Pakistan will close shops early in its latest energy-savings measures 🇵🇰⚡ Markets, malls and shops across most of the country will shut by 8pm Pakistan received 99% of its LNG from Qatar last year. Qatar has halted exports for over a month...

By Stephen Stapczynski
Iran's Cyber Arsenal Now Targets Critical Infrastructure Worldwide
SocialApr 7, 2026

Iran's Cyber Arsenal Now Targets Critical Infrastructure Worldwide

Iran has rapidly developed advanced cyber capabilities, evolving from information gathering to conducting destructive, state-linked attacks against critical infrastructure in the U.S., Israel, and the Gulf states. https://t.co/XlKdD8VuZu

By Teri Radichel
AI Transformation Needs Builders, Not More Consultants
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Transformation Needs Builders, Not More Consultants

This meme is funny because it exposes something real. A surprising number of companies say they want to become AI-first. Then they hire more consultants. More slides. More workshops. More people discussing transformation while very few are actually building it. That might have made sense before. It...

By Pascal Bornet