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Kings Navy Arrives Weeks Late, Misses War Timing
SocialApr 7, 2026

Kings Navy Arrives Weeks Late, Misses War Timing

The Kings Navy is wither 5 weeks late for the war or one week late for April Fools Day

By John Konrad
Artemis 2 Update Conference Rescheduled to 4:45 Pm ET
SocialApr 7, 2026

Artemis 2 Update Conference Rescheduled to 4:45 Pm ET

Today's daily Artemis 2 update press conference is now at 4:45 pm ET rather than 4:30 pm ET. Listen on: https://t.co/5WwQdsBQIl

By Marcia Smith
User Reports Connection Error Despite CS2 Showing 100% Linked
SocialApr 7, 2026

User Reports Connection Error Despite CS2 Showing 100% Linked

@FACEIT_Darwin I keep getting this error but CS2 is 100% connected under game settings. Any ideas? https://t.co/te4p1SX6iE

By Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag
Konnor Griffin's TV Debut Beats Skenes, Sets Streaming Record
SocialApr 7, 2026

Konnor Griffin's TV Debut Beats Skenes, Sets Streaming Record

For TV, @KonnorGriffin22 > @Paul_Skenes? @SNPittsburgh drew 6.15 local rating for the rookie's debut Saturday. That topped Skenes' 2025 debut (Skenes starts would go on to be 20% better than other Pirates games in 2025). Sat/Sun games also streaming records for SNP...

By Austin Karp
Vision Pro Rollout Exposes 15-Year Apple Retail Decline
SocialApr 7, 2026

Vision Pro Rollout Exposes 15-Year Apple Retail Decline

Hi, I think you're referring to my piece/book but can I suggest you read the piece rather than a quickie summary? I don't blame the Vision Pro flop on retail employees. I describe how the AVP rollout showed how far...

By Noam Scheiber
Recovered Bannon‑Epstein Interview: Video, Transcript, Audio Released
SocialApr 7, 2026

Recovered Bannon‑Epstein Interview: Video, Transcript, Audio Released

I HAVE THE BANNON-EPSTEIN VIDEO THAT THE DOJ REMOVED - *AND* I ORDERED THE TRANSCRIPT AND CREATED AN AUDIO FILE FOR YOU Speaking of Bannon, as we were yesterday with this week's Supreme Court remand of his case back to...

By Anne P. Mitchell, Esq.
GWP20: Faster Climate Action for Methane Benefits Health
SocialApr 7, 2026

GWP20: Faster Climate Action for Methane Benefits Health

GWP20 for methane greenhouse-gas accounting is good policy in NY State & beyond, as Prof. Bob Howarth and I explain in a response (https://t.co/86Dm2bq6zw) to a recent claim that GWP100 should be used instead Both California and New York...

By Mark Z. Jacobson
Jefferson Health Sues Aetna over Downcoding, Avoids Class Action
SocialApr 7, 2026

Jefferson Health Sues Aetna over Downcoding, Avoids Class Action

Jefferson Health sues Aetna over ‘downcoding’ policy I’m surprised they couldn’t make this a class action lawsuit https://t.co/tZgfdFxRJE

By Mark Cuban
Industrials and Chemicals Strong, Intermodal Soft on Slow Imports
SocialApr 7, 2026

Industrials and Chemicals Strong, Intermodal Soft on Slow Imports

TD Cowen call with railroad and shipper execs: strength in industrials, with chemicals showing strength with confidence for rest of 2026 Intermodal soft Intermodal is likely soft due to slow imports https://t.co/04LgKSMRa9

By Craig Fuller
White House Plan Cuts 4,500 TSA Jobs at Regional Airports
SocialApr 7, 2026

White House Plan Cuts 4,500 TSA Jobs at Regional Airports

.@WhiteHouse budget proposal would require all Category 3/4 airports to drop @TSA and use private security impacting 4,500 TSA positions https://t.co/3oJL1Jur2V

By David Shepardson
Four Core Systems Power a Responsive Supply Chain
SocialApr 7, 2026

Four Core Systems Power a Responsive Supply Chain

The Four Pillars of Your Supply Chain Information System To build a truly responsive supply chain, you must understand the specific software sources that feed your data. In our latest lesson, we dive deep into the four essential systems that power...

By Dr. Muddassir Ahmed
Russian “Starlink” Satellites Begin Maneuvering, Developer Remains Silent
SocialApr 7, 2026

Russian “Starlink” Satellites Begin Maneuvering, Developer Remains Silent

A couple of "Russian Starlinks" from the 16-bird group showed first signs of maneuvers, based on the US data, but there has been no word from the developer about the status of the mission since its launch on March 23. UPDATES:...

By Anatoly Zak
Screenbound Blends 2D‑3D Gameplay, Homages Mario and Zelda
SocialApr 7, 2026

Screenbound Blends 2D‑3D Gameplay, Homages Mario and Zelda

Screenbound, a so-called 5D game (2D + 3D) is pretty cool. I played it, wrote about it, put some clips of it in today's Game File, including the game's little-seen second world. If the game's first world is a Mario riff, the...

By Stephen Totilo
Iran Strikes Saudi Petrochemical Plant, U.S. Media Silent
SocialApr 7, 2026

Iran Strikes Saudi Petrochemical Plant, U.S. Media Silent

Whoa I missed this: Saudi Arabian petrochemical plant struck by Iran at Jubail Industrial City Not reported in mainstream U.S. press but from sources generally accurate (AFP, by way of Times of Israel) https://t.co/5PXGglvqpg

By Jack Farley
Orion Spacecraft Snaps Backlit Moon During Solar Eclipse
SocialApr 7, 2026

Orion Spacecraft Snaps Backlit Moon During Solar Eclipse

The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is photographed by one of the cameras on the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings. https://t.co/3GkEIJ7NBT

By Vala Afshar
Today's Brent Mirrors 2014 Levels After Inflation Adjustments
SocialApr 7, 2026

Today's Brent Mirrors 2014 Levels After Inflation Adjustments

Dated Brent was at ~$105 in April 2014, before the BIG shale-induced rout in crude prices. Adjusting for inflation, that's roughly where we are today. And the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. (Also the lapsed appropriations note at the bottom of the BLS'...

By Rory Johnston
Funding Hurdles Stall Needed Multi‑site BPC‑157 Trial
SocialApr 7, 2026

Funding Hurdles Stall Needed Multi‑site BPC‑157 Trial

I can’t see any reason why a proper multi site RCT of BPC157 done by a few independent groups wouldn’t help clarify any real vs placebo effects. The challenge: no one wants to pony up the $ (more like $$$$...

By Andrew Huberman – Huberman Lab
Anthropic Teams with Cyber Industry for Security Safety
SocialApr 7, 2026

Anthropic Teams with Cyber Industry for Security Safety

Project Glasswing - big news that Anthropic partners with cyber/software industry on cyber security safety. https://t.co/rGKMOgcvTc

By Stephanie Link
Local Edge Data Cuts Downtime, Boosts Operations
SocialApr 7, 2026

Local Edge Data Cuts Downtime, Boosts Operations

Downtime on a factory floor isn’t a tech failure, it’s an operational one. Edge Control keeps data local and latency low. T-Platform keeps teams ahead of the line. That’s the edge that matters. @TMobileBusiness Partner https://t.co/C7WQWARGg1

By Glen Gilmore
Maine Bans Credit Cards for Online Betting, Following Industry Trend
SocialApr 7, 2026

Maine Bans Credit Cards for Online Betting, Following Industry Trend

Maine last week became the latest state to pass a law banning credit cards to fund online sportsbook accounts. Many of the nation's leading sportsbooks no longer accept credit cards in any state.

By Ryan Butler
Blueprint for Integrating Psilocybin Into NHS Mental Health Care
SocialApr 7, 2026

Blueprint for Integrating Psilocybin Into NHS Mental Health Care

British Journal of Psychiatry Psychedelics in NHS services: exploring a model for real-world implementation of psilocybin https://t.co/6sgfqg66rt

By Julie Holland
Iran War Doesn't Strengthen Iran or Threaten Alliances
SocialApr 7, 2026

Iran War Doesn't Strengthen Iran or Threaten Alliances

Three Things the Consensus Gets Wrong About the Iran War @TheAtlantic https://t.co/12ksyC5yTI First, the war has not, despite what many claim, trashed America’s alliances. Second, the common claim that the war is a boon for Russia and China is exaggerated. And finally, there...

By John Spencer
Amazon’s AI Gripper ‘Feels’ 75% of Items
SocialApr 7, 2026

Amazon’s AI Gripper ‘Feels’ 75% of Items

The main robotics invention Amazon made to help automate 75% of its fulfilment center is called the Vulcan system. An AI-powered gripper has the “sense of touch”, which can handle 75% of Amazon’s 1 million unique items. The previous picking robots...

By Trung Phan
CATL and Envision Unveil Sodium‑Ion BESS at ESIE 2026
SocialApr 7, 2026

CATL and Envision Unveil Sodium‑Ion BESS at ESIE 2026

CATL, Envision sodium-ion BESS cells among next-gen tech and solutions showcased at Beijing expo ESIE 2026 #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/2tw94NzD0M

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Trump Demands Strait of Hormuz Reopening to End War
SocialApr 7, 2026

Trump Demands Strait of Hormuz Reopening to End War

Donald Trump’s ultimatum for ending the war is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz… This is now the most important thing for him & the entire US Military. But the Strait of Hormuz was open when he started the...

By Kudzai Mutisi
PowerBank Secures $1.1M for NY Community Solar
SocialApr 7, 2026

PowerBank Secures $1.1M for NY Community Solar

PowerBank announces $1.1M in new funding for New York community solar project #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/QkBi8hbsLD

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AXTI Set for Q2 GaAs Wafer Price Surge
SocialApr 7, 2026

AXTI Set for Q2 GaAs Wafer Price Surge

very positive for $AXTI - Tomorrows Digitimes China is reporting Gallium arsenide epitaxial wafers are poised for a Q2 price surge amid large demand. AXTI owns Tongmei Xtal Technology Co., Ltd in China https://t.co/lZIckgtRlu

By Mark Lehman (MarkFlowChatter)
Paramount to Grant 10-Year Warrants to PSKY B Shareholders
SocialApr 7, 2026

Paramount to Grant 10-Year Warrants to PSKY B Shareholders

⚡️ Clearing Up the Paramount Equity Syndication for WBD Confusion ⚡️ $PSKY $WBD Concurrent with closing, Paramount will issue a 10-year warrant to all existing public PSKY Class B shareholders representing... https://t.co/xBIFsn2ogd

By Rich Greenfield
Oil Benchmark Hits Record, Reflecting Iran War Shortages
SocialApr 7, 2026

Oil Benchmark Hits Record, Reflecting Iran War Shortages

A key benchmark for physical oil has surged to its highest level on record, showing that global crude markets are increasingly pricing in supply shortages caused by the Iran war. https://t.co/OCII5LIP6Z https://t.co/V7iFSd47Gu

By Holger Zschaepitz
Mythos Flips Defender Calculus; Glasswing Leads Massive Coordination
SocialApr 7, 2026

Mythos Flips Defender Calculus; Glasswing Leads Massive Coordination

N days, logic bugs, exploit chains defeating friction-based exploit mitigations — your time has come. @AnthropicAI #mythos changed the defender’s calculus overnight. Glad #glasswing is attempting the biggest multiparty vuln coordination of the century https://t.co/KroRUisqY8

By Katie Moussouris
Superintelligent AI Could Hack Militaries, Prompting AI Nationalization
SocialApr 7, 2026

Superintelligent AI Could Hack Militaries, Prompting AI Nationalization

At some point, superintelligent AI will be able to defeat the U.S. Military -- or any military -- just by hacking all its weapons. At that point, either we de facto nationalize AI, or a corporation is our new government...

By Noah Smith
CEOs' Blindness to Healthcare Costs Fuels Overcharges
SocialApr 7, 2026

CEOs' Blindness to Healthcare Costs Fuels Overcharges

Almost right. It’s more expensive because CEOs of self insured companies, hire the biggest insurance companies to manage their spend on care. Resulting in them having no idea how they spend their money. Look up those same prices...

By Mark Cuban
AI Labs Will Prioritize Cybersecurity and Quant Trading
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Labs Will Prioritize Cybersecurity and Quant Trading

Cybersecurity is a smart capability for AI labs to target, because it's adversarial -- the attacker and the defender both need to scale up their token use just to cancel each other out. Quant trading is also like this, so...

By Noah Smith
Mortgage Rates Dip, Spread to Treasuries Narrows to 212 Bps
SocialApr 7, 2026

Mortgage Rates Dip, Spread to Treasuries Narrows to 212 Bps

The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate today: 6.44% Same day last year: 6.82% ------------------- 10-year Treasury yield today: 4.33% Spread today: 212 bps

By Lance Lambert
Brazil Soybean Exports Dip, China Share Hits 7‑year Low
SocialApr 7, 2026

Brazil Soybean Exports Dip, China Share Hits 7‑year Low

🇧🇷Brazil's March soybean exports hit 14.5 million metric tons, *down* 1% from last March. But the more interesting story might be the unusually large non-China share. Only 69% of Brazil's March exports went to China, the month's lowest in 7 years...

By Karen Braun
Copywriters Mistake Their Own Writing for AI
SocialApr 7, 2026

Copywriters Mistake Their Own Writing for AI

am pretty sure this isn't AI but instead copywriters who are convinced this is elevated copywriting and that's why everything was trained like this https://t.co/cozWKKV6BK

By Ranjan Roy
Private Firm Hoards Zero‑day Arsenal; Govt Barred From Anthropic
SocialApr 7, 2026

Private Firm Hoards Zero‑day Arsenal; Govt Barred From Anthropic

An underrated feature of this situation: a private company now has incredibly powerful zero-day exploits of almost every software project you've heard of. And Hegseth and Emil Michael have ordered the government not to in any capacity work with Anthropic.

By Kelsey Piper
ESPN Faces Layoffs Amid Cord‑cutting and Spin‑off Uncertainty
SocialApr 7, 2026

ESPN Faces Layoffs Amid Cord‑cutting and Spin‑off Uncertainty

The Varsity * Murdoch vs. the NFL * How UCLA's win benefits the whole Big Ten * What NBA Europe investors should know, per @jamalmashburn Plus, layoffs are coming to ESPN as the sports network deals with cord-cutting, the YouTube TV blackout, and uncertainty...

By John Ourand
Pakistan Urges Iran to Reopen Hormuz, Pause Fighting
SocialApr 7, 2026

Pakistan Urges Iran to Reopen Hormuz, Pause Fighting

🚨 Pakistan requesting Iran: ➡️ Open straight of Hormuz for 2 weeks ➡️ Ceasefire for two weeks ➡️ Trump to extend deadline for 2 weeks ➡️ Meanwhile, Iranian official tells Reuters: exchanges via mediators still ongoing (😇 this morning it was cutoff?)

By Kevin Paffrath (Meet Kevin)
Europe May Force US Into Baltic Defense Alliance
SocialApr 7, 2026

Europe May Force US Into Baltic Defense Alliance

So France, Spain, Ireland, Denmark is going to fight Russia in the Baltics if it comes to that? I still think that the european states, that neighbor Russia will seek US into a US defense alliance when it comes to real...

By Mads Christiansen
First Human Trial Tests Cellular Age Reversal Therapy
SocialApr 7, 2026

First Human Trial Tests Cellular Age Reversal Therapy

This method to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in humans A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialling back cell development can safely refresh aged tissues and organs. 💡"Technologies to refresh ageing tissue...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
United Leads U.S. Airlines in Starlink Adoption
SocialApr 7, 2026

United Leads U.S. Airlines in Starlink Adoption

United is adopting Starlink faster than any other major US airline. It's about to be legendarily good wifi. (This tweet posted at Mach 0.75 from previous-gen United wifi.)

By Blake Scholl
Panama Canal Blast Victim Was Undocumented Foreign Worker
SocialApr 7, 2026

Panama Canal Blast Victim Was Undocumented Foreign Worker

“Man killed in explosion was a foreigner and did not have a work permit” Panama Canal explosion is being blamed on an illegal immigrant worker

By Timothy Dooner
Newsom's Oil Refinery Regulation Sparks Unexpected Backlash
SocialApr 7, 2026

Newsom's Oil Refinery Regulation Sparks Unexpected Backlash

Gavin Newsom actually regulated oil refiners. And now there's a big backlash against him for doing something good.

By Matt Stoller
AI Agent Enforces 24‑Hour Freshness for News Feed
SocialApr 7, 2026

AI Agent Enforces 24‑Hour Freshness for News Feed

A few people said my new AI news site was sharing some old items that people were sharing here on X (It is only looking at the AI community here on X). So this morning I told my AI agent off....

By Robert Scoble
First Glimpse of Orion Returning From Moon
SocialApr 7, 2026

First Glimpse of Orion Returning From Moon

This picture right here is, I think, one of the most important of the Artemis II mission since the Orion spacecraft is clearly behind and a distance from the Moon. It's the first time we could see what intergalactic travelers...

By Lance Ulanoff
Lawmakers Push FCC to Block Sports Media Consolidation
SocialApr 7, 2026

Lawmakers Push FCC to Block Sports Media Consolidation

In a letter Monday to @BrendanCarrFCC about the cost and inconvenience of TV sports and streaming deals between @Disney’s @ESPN and @NFL and @MLB, @SenWarren and @RepPatRyanNY said, “To promote competition in sports media in support of the public interest,...

By Ted Hearn
Firms Use Legal and Illegal Tactics to Dodge US Tariffs
SocialApr 7, 2026

Firms Use Legal and Illegal Tactics to Dodge US Tariffs

In today's thrilling episode of "least surprising tariff news ever", the NYT reports that firms have reacted to historically high and complex US tariffs by engaging in lawful and unlawful ways to avoid paying them. Shocked, shocked, etc etc. https://t.co/f7tZuI7dgo

By Scott Lincicome
Iran's Oil Revenues Soar Amid War-Driven Price Spikes
SocialApr 7, 2026

Iran's Oil Revenues Soar Amid War-Driven Price Spikes

My view on Iran's surge in revenues since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran with @CoffeeandaMike: "Since the war started, the Iranians have been shipping a lot more crude out of the Strait of Hormuz, they've been selling at...

By Steve Hanke