Pakistan Emerges as US‑Iran Diplomatic Bridge
To the surprise of many, #Pakistan has emerged as the favored interlocutor between the US and Iran. Field Marshal Asim Munir went to Tehran on Wednesday and is expected to head to Washington next, Al Jazeera reported Thursday. @DanStrumpf Tooba Khan https://t.co/jHiiqWzoQT
Delivery Apps Undermine Restaurant Economics, Rival Sysco's Power
A decade after the emergence of third-party delivery, the services have damaged restaurant industry economics. Also, while everybody is complaining about how powerful Sysco is there is little attention at how powerful delivery companies have become. https://t.co/9CxUbZLrQ1

Crude Rally May Echo 2022 US Gas Decline
Crude Surge Could Track Falling US Gas Akin to 2022 Big green quarterly candles in Brent crude oil to roughly $120 a barrel have marked peaks and shifts to enduring red reversion since 2008. Has this pattern changed? Full report on the...
Plan Your Care: Advance Directives on National Healthcare Decisions Day
National Healthcare Decisions Day is observed annually on April 16 to encourage adults to plan for their future healthcare through advance directives. The 2026 initiative is to normalize, promote, and encourage the use of advance care planning and directive documents.
Lithium Project's Past, Present, Future Crucial for U.S.
Was great to dive deep with Jon Evans @LithiumAmericas on the past, present and future of this critically and strategically important lithium project for the United States. Strongly encourage all to listen if you've not already done so. $LAC 👇
Saudia Partners with NSG IFC for Major Fleet Upgrade
Saudia turns to NSG IFC for “significant” portion of fleet; equipage has already begun https://t.co/hjqDaCcwdV

Corn's Tight Range Signals Potential April‑May Price Peak
Range-Bound Ags Ripe to Move - Is Up Sustainable? The agriculture sector may be guided by corn -- its most significant commodity -- which hasn't ended a quarter outside a per-bushel range of about $4-$5 since 2Q23. That managed money (hedge...

U.S. Launches First Day of Iran Blockade
The blockade of Iran has officially begun. The first day was a bit slow, but this remains a monumental move by the U.S. Full Newsletter: https://t.co/IHDSzOzsGV #iranwar #straitofhormuz #geopolitics https://t.co/1fzk2tvwUx

TSMC Defies Slow Critiques, Shows Strong Earnings
Some say TSMC is too slow. But earnings today show it’s stronger than ever, even as a bold new entrant joins the chip race. CC Wei 🐢 @elonmusk 🐇 https://t.co/mrlSHR8taT https://t.co/FtqYRRTCxQ

US Ramps up Defense, Industry, and Geopolitical Focus
The moves on Venezuela, Greenland, Iran, Cuba, the $65B allocated to restoring domestic shipbuilding, the request for 44% increase in military spending to $1.5T, and this latest news on automakers/manufacturers, all signal one thing, don't they? https://t.co/1c6qA9auTA

Flexport's 128% Thailand Growth Fueled by Hard Work
Flexport grew 128% y/o/y in Thailand. I'm here at Flexport Bangkok today to see what we're doing to make this happen. It turns out the answer is "working really hard." https://t.co/ekESaZCNY2

UK‑EU Forum Pre‑Summit: Assessing Progress in Brussels
The UK EU Forum in Brussels. An opportunity to take stock of where we are ahead of the Summit https://t.co/ovQTv458LO
Spirit Airlines May Cease Flights This Week, Sell Assets
Spirit Airlines Could Stop Flying This Week And Sell Off Its Assets - View from the Wing https://t.co/145CNkriZg
Kea Aerospace Soars to 56,000 Feet in Test
Kea Aerospace Reaches 56,000 Feet in Stratospheric Test Flight by @KeaAerospace #Aviation #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/f65At7Xs62

TravelSky's Booking Fees Stay Low, Unlocking Growth Potential
Think chart is incredible. I don't think the booking fees have gone up much for TravelSky. Think about the potential https://t.co/9dyiCS0oWY

China Can Overcome Chip Process Gap by Stacking More
Jensen Huang: The claim that China lacks AI chips is utterly baseless; they can scale up computing power infinitely if they choose to. China can fully compensate for the process gap in individual chips by stacking more chips. 'They have...
Energy Leads YTD Gains; Health and Staples Lag
the strongest YTD sector is energy $XLE +24.7% and it sits right beside health $XLV & staples $XLP as being below the 50-day average...
Yuh Leads Swiss Neobanks, Yet Only 1% Primary Users
Swiss Neobanks: Yuh Overtakes Almost Everyone Yuh reaches 400K customers (4.5 yrs post-launch), overtakes Neon (250K, launched 2019). 100% owned by Swissquote. Revolut unclear; counts all who completed KYC (1M+ claimed), but actual active users likely much lower per Swiss Payment...
Doubling Business With Zero Capital Through Vendor‑Financed Acquisition
the acquisition that doubled my business: not through: – more marketing spend – more staff – more locations – more effort through one deal: – motivated seller – vendor financed – zero personal capital

Booster-Backed NIL Deals Face Scrutiny; Know Valid Business Purpose
Every booster-backed business paying athletes is going to face additional scrutiny. What is a valid business purpose in an NIL deal, and what kinds of deals don’t qualify? I walk through this in my book NIL 101: The House Settlement Currently 40% off https://t.co/yBVisUkFCL https://t.co/VpmFopICjh

Early Withdrawal Taxed on Interest You Never Received
A real gotcha: Someone withdrew money early from a NatWest fixed-term savings account. NatWest applied an early closure charge of 90 days interest. So they didn't receive 90 days-worth of interest. But they were still taxed on it! Whose fault? And...
July E‑commerce Shift Could Bankrupt Countless Small Traders
I seriously doubt consumers have the slightest idea how much e-commerce is going go change in July. And how many small traders will go out of business.
AI Robot Accelerates Solar Panel Installation Safely
#AI-Powered #Robot Revolutionizes Solar Panel Installation with Speed, Precision, and Safety via @ZappyZappy7 #AI #Robotics #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/d9jZS1jtju
French Media Skips Tesla in Dutch Autonomy Approval
a French news channel covering that autonomous cars were approved in Netherlands but not mentioning once that it was about Tesla. Imagine the siloes people live in, even today.
Stenting Advances Treatment for Post‑thrombotic Syndrome
Stenting for Post-Thrombotic Syndrome — A Step Forward {Editorial} [Apr 13, 2026] Flumignan & Nakano @NEJM https://t.co/w559CHaTON #NCT03250247 #VTE

Endovascular Therapy Shows Promise for Post‑Thrombotic Syndrome
Endovascular Therapy for Post-Thrombotic Syndrome — A Randomized Trial [Apr 13, 2026] Vedantham et al. for the C-TRACT [Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Therapy] Trial Investigators @NEJM https://t.co/Ayd4Fa0ARl #NCT03250247 #VTE https://t.co/6iD1NUQdgX
India's LNG Importers Snap up Spot Shipments Despite High Prices
India’s LNG importers have accelerated purchases from the spot market, taking advantage of a recent dip in prices 🇮🇳💰 Several shipments were purchased for April-May delivery around $15/mmbtu (that's still 50% higher than pre-war prices) https://t.co/IuRfMTrXqs

Qatar's New FIR Grants Critical Airspace Independence
Among the many lessons this crisis is teaching: just how much airspace independence matters. Until just three years ago, Qatar was one of the few countries in the world with no airspace (FIR) of its own. It sat inside the...
Fire TV Gets Free UI Overhaul and New Channels
Own a Fire TV device? You're getting a free update soon, with refreshed layout and new streaming channels — and Amazon's also launching a slimmer Fire TV Stick https://www.techradar.com/televisions/streaming-devices/own-a-fire-tv-device-youre-getting-a-free-update-soon-with-refreshed-layout-and-new-streaming-channels-and-amazons-also-launching-a-slimmer-fire-tv-stick

Columbia's First Unpowered Landing: A Historic Glide
45 years ago.. April 14, 1981..spacecraft with no engines glided down and touched down like a giant paper airplane on a dry lakebed in California. Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-1, the very first Shuttle mission, coming in hot over Rogers Dry...
Winning Growth Comes From Intent, Not Mere Reach
Reach is a vanity metric dressed up as a growth strategy. Everyone's optimizing for impressions. The ones winning are optimizing for intent. Reach tells you how many people saw you. Intent tells you how many were ready. Those are not the same thing. Ran cold email...

Keynote at Power Summit 2026 After Finnish President
One of my top speaking gigs this year: the scene-setting keynote at #PowerSummit2026 in Helsinki, 3-4 June — directly after President of Finland, Alexander Stubb opens the conference with 700 industry leaders. Programme is live, registrations open 👇 https://t.co/om48hsUNwv https://t.co/0hyj9VF6UL
AI Floods Book Market, Threatening Human Authorship
AI is starting to reshape the book market at scale. Thousands of AI-written or AI-polished books are now being sold, raising concerns about quality, originality and the erosion of human authorship. It feels familiar. What was once a dystopian idea is quietly...

Compute Strategy: Build Your Own AI Infrastructure
Everyone's debating AI models. Almost no one asks what they run on. XPU co-development. Custom Ethernet for AI. Boston Dynamics in production. Compute is now strategy. Rent it: ceiling set by someone else. Build it: you write your own. https://t.co/U5DIK1nJt6
Coal Demand Chart Misleads by Excluding China
I do love when green campaigners produce a chart about coal demand trends with a tiny little footnote: (excludes China)
Stuck in US‑Iran Standoff: No Fighting, No Peace, No Oil
At risk of repeating myself, still in the "no-fighting, not-peace, and (certainly) no-oil" phase of the US-Iran war.
Gas Industry Must Rethink Future Amid Ongoing Conflict
Global gas industry needs to regroup and rethink its future, in and after the war https://t.co/3cUNzmxgxw @NationalComment @TheNationalNews
Energy Prices Far Below 2022 Peaks, Economy Remains Stable
On a serious note, this utter nonsense from Luke doesn’t pass the simplest of reality tests. If you look at weighted prices across oil, gas, electricity, etc. in the West, we remain miles below peak 2022 prices - and those prices...

Whale Oil Fueled Jets, Not Petroleum, Ended Whaling
Until the mid 1970s aircraft turbojet engines were lubricated at least in part with whale oil. Petroleum didn't kill whale hunting. The jojoba did. Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's book "More and more and More" is a showstopper. https://t.co/rm9vKg4UyV

Pay €1k Extra for 30 kWh More Energy
Two of these cost 1000 euros more than Luc’s iX3 and together offer 30kWh more for you to enjoy 😅 #alwaysbecharging ⚡️⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/VukQVQFH3Q

China’s Renewable Growth Dwarfs World, Contradicting Trump’s Claim
At the World Economic Forum, Trump claimed China makes renewable equipment but doesn’t use it. Reality: Over the past few years, China’s growth in wind and solar usage has exceeded the rest of the world COMBINED. TRUMP'S RHETORIC RARELY MATCHES REALITY. https://t.co/SGRBqnFkj6

Ready for BBC Breakfast: Maths, Comedy, and Awkward Seating
Very excited I’m about to hit the BBC Breakfast sofa to talk about maths and comedy. Please rate how awkwardly I sit on the couch. Show details: https://t.co/AVbB7zDPA2 https://t.co/BFPKJGNE3a
Accelerated Biological Aging Raises Dementia Risk in Women
Epigenetic Clocks of Biological Aging and Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: The Women's Health Initiative Memory Study "In this cohort study of older women, accelerated biological aging measured by AgeAccelGrim2 was associated with higher risk of incident MCI/probable...

Russian Missile Strike Ignites Smoke over Kyiv
Smoke rises in Kyiv after a Russian missile strike. Ukraine April 16, 2026. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko https://t.co/unp2bKGVmF

AI Still Struggles to Outsmart New Video Games
Why #AI still can't beat a new video game by NYU Tandon School of Engineering @TechXplore_com Learn more: https://t.co/6eZFzHWTA9 #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML #MI https://t.co/avkWkt2vv7
Trump Backs AI Kill Switch; Raises Fears of Government Coercion
If a government AI kill switch already existed, would the current DOD or current administration have used it, or the threat of it, against Anthropic? Could they use it to coerce AI companies into behaviors that are counter to the...
Flying CCAs Remains Crucial for Crew Training
But as a previous USAF Chief pointed out, you will still need to fly CCAs to train ground crews, maintainers etc....

Australia’s Rooftop Solar Powers 40% Homes, Still Below Demand
Australia rooftop solar PV (so far) >4.3M systems (>40% dwellings), cap >28.6GW (Total Aus solar >45GW) ~455,000 home batteries, cap >5GWh EVs >350,000 EV fleet batteries >21GWh Avg daily home use ~20kWh/day All res use >220GWh/day Roof PV gen >90GWh/day https://t.co/5i2gWa9m2A https://t.co/4NlIp7pjyL

No Shortcuts: Europe Must Electrify, Expand Renewables, Storage
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is being refreshingly blunt: there is “no workaround” for Europe’s energy price crisis. Hoekstra’s message? The only way out is through: more electrification, more solar, more wind, more storage, more grid interconnection. https://t.co/oTWydw6WTj
EasyJet Predicts Larger H1 Loss Amid Middle East Conflict
EasyJet warns of bigger first-half loss, lower bookings as Middle East war upends business https://t.co/FeDiVpr1tN