Vulcan Woes Will "Absolutely" Be a Factor in Pentagon's Next Rocket Competition
The U.S. Space Force is grappling with two solid‑rocket booster nozzle failures on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, prompting a reassessment of its launch‑service procurement. With roughly half of the next four years’ missions slated for Vulcan, the Pentagon’s upcoming launch‑service competition will heavily weigh the vehicle’s reliability. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 has already taken over several scheduled Vulcan flights, while ULA explores booster‑less configurations and corrective testing. Emerging providers such as Blue Origin, Rocket Lab and Relativity are also positioning themselves for future National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts.
Can AI Judge Journalism? A Thiel-Backed Startup Says Yes, Even if It Risks Chilling Whistleblowers
Objection.ai, a startup backed by Peter Thiel and Balaji Srinivasan, launched a paid service that lets anyone spend $2,000 to challenge a specific factual claim in a news story. The platform uses a jury of large‑language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and...
I Changed 3 Settings on My Samsung Galaxy, and It Feels Surprisingly Fresh Again
Tech writer Kanika Gogia discovered that three built‑in Samsung settings can dramatically refresh a Galaxy phone’s feel. By disabling system animations, turning off the RAM Plus virtual‑memory feature, and switching the display to its native QHD+ resolution, her device became...
Five Carriers Got Breached. They Wouldn't Insure Themselves
Over the past year ransomware group Scattered Spider breached five major insurers—Beacon Mutual, Farmers, Erie, Philadelphia Insurance Companies, and Aflac—by exploiting help‑desk social engineering, incomplete multi‑factor authentication, and weak endpoint monitoring. Those same control failures are now non‑negotiable requirements in...
Samsung Hikes Galaxy Book 6 Prices by up to $600 as Base Model Goes on Sale
Samsung has launched the base Galaxy Book 6 in the United States, but with a $200 price increase to $1,249, higher than the originally announced $1,049. The company also raised prices across the entire Galaxy Book 6 lineup, with Pro models climbing...
CG Semi Included in Newly Approved Semiconductor SEZs
The Indian government has approved a special economic zone (SEZ) in Dholera, Gujarat, for Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing’s chip‑fabrication plant, covering 66.16 hectares. Tata plans to invest roughly ₹91,000 crore (about $11 billion), positioning the project as the country’s first large‑scale semiconductor fab....
The Nothing Phone 4a Pro Is Nearly Unbreakable, Except for One Design Flaw
Nothing’s Phone 4a Pro, priced at $499, features a CNC‑milled aluminum unibody that survived bend, scratch and flame tests, proving it is one of the toughest mid‑range phones. The device’s 6.8‑inch AMOLED panel uses Gorilla Glass 7i and delivers up to 5,000 nit brightness. However,...
Grok Lacks Personal Feed Integration with X API
It is annoying how Grok does not integrate with the X API in such a way that I can ask it to search for links in my own feed (not the entire network), summarize my lists for the day or...
MuleSoft Agent Fabric Adds New Ways to Keep AI Agents in Line
Salesforce is expanding MuleSoft Agent Fabric with deterministic scripting for Agent Broker, new LLM governance in AI Gateway, and Model Control Protocol enhancements. The deterministic controls let enterprises steer AI agents with rule‑based routing, reducing reliance on costly large language...
TIME Is Looking For the World's Top HealthTech Companies of 2026
TIME will publish its second annual World's Top HealthTech Companies ranking in September 2026, partnering with market‑data firm Statista. The list will spotlight firms that advance digital health, telemedicine, AI‑driven diagnostics, medical devices, and health‑data analytics. Companies can submit applications...
NAB Show 2026: Sony Announces New Cameras, Virtual Production Tools
Sony unveiled its new R Series system cameras at NAB Show 2026, expanding the HDC‑5000 and HDC‑3000 families with higher dynamic range, modular transmission options, and consistent color matching. The company also rolled out AI‑driven firmware updates for PTZ units...
50 Years of Global Shop Solutions: A Conversation with Dusty Alexander CEO and President, Global Shop Solutions
Global Shop Solutions celebrated its 50th anniversary as a family‑owned ERP provider that has never strayed from a manufacturing‑only focus. Founded in 1976, the company grew by embedding its platform directly on shop floors, expanding internationally while maintaining a debt‑free...
We're All Building a Single Digital Assistant
Daniel Miessler argues that the future of personal AI converges on a single, unified digital assistant—an AI with a consistent identity, memory, and personality that acts as the sole interface for all tasks. He highlights emerging trends such as OpenAI's...
CoreWeave Sees a $7 Billion Win From an Unconventional Customer. Financia...
CoreWeave, a specialist GPU‑cloud provider, secured a $7 billion multi‑year commitment from quantitative‑trading firm Jane Street. The deal underscores the financial sector’s appetite for high‑performance AI compute beyond traditional tech labs. Jane Street will tap CoreWeave’s infrastructure to run large‑scale machine‑learning...
Citra, Turion Detail Their Newest Capital Raises
Citra Space secured $15 million Series A funding, led by Washington Harbour Partners, to expand its object‑identification software for government and commercial users. Founded by former Air Force and Space Force officers, Citra aims to add context to roughly 10,000...
Space‑Based Solar Power: The Next Clean Energy Frontier
What if the future of clean energy isn’t on Earth… but in orbit? ☀️⚡ The sun sets. The wind stops. Demand doesn’t. On April 21, during SF Climate Week, we’re bringing together the people building the future of space-based solar power and...
This Uncommon Port Turns Weak Mini PCs Into Sleeper Gaming Rigs
Mini PCs can become viable gaming machines by pairing them with an external GPU via the OCuLink port, which taps directly into PCIe lanes. OCuLink delivers up to 64 Gbps of PCIe 4.0 ×4 bandwidth—roughly double Thunderbolt 4 and often outpacing Thunderbolt 5 in real‑world...
Microsoft's Windows 11 Laptop Deal for Students Comes with a $500 Bonus - What's Included
Microsoft is offering U.S. college students a free bundle worth over $500 when they purchase a qualifying Windows 11 laptop from major retailers. The package includes a year of Microsoft 365 Premium with AI‑driven Co‑Pilot, a year of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a customizable...
AI Could Democratize One of Tech's Most Valuable Resources
Nvidia currently dominates the AI‑chip market, but emerging AI tools are making high‑performance compute more accessible to smaller players. Open‑source models and on‑demand cloud GPU rentals let startups run sophisticated workloads without owning expensive hardware. New ASIC designs from up‑and‑coming...
Architecting the Future of Research: A Technical Deep-Dive Into NotebookLM and Gemini Integration
Google’s NotebookLM, powered by the Gemini 1.5 Pro model, introduces a long‑context, source‑grounded research environment that sidesteps traditional vector‑search RAG pipelines. With a 2 million‑token window, the platform can ingest entire document collections, preserving global context and dramatically lowering hallucination risk. The integration...
The ERP Minute Episode 233 - April 14th, 2026
In this episode, host Rebecca McCabe highlights several major AI-driven announcements in the enterprise software space: ECI’s strategic alliance with InTime Tech to integrate the Carto suite for automated, data‑rich managed print services; Aptian’s launch of Logility Demand AI Plus,...
Almost Half of Professionals Name Brands in AI Prompts: Findings From Our User Study + What It Means for You
A Seer Interactive study of 249 AI interactions among 26 business leaders shows that 43% of prompts name specific brands, while 42% of sessions consist of a single prompt and response. Professionals embed rich context—role, company size, tech stack—treating AI...
Tesla Intertwines FSD with In-House Insurance for Attractive Incentive
Tesla has linked its Full Self‑Driving (Supervised) suite to its in‑house insurance, launching Safety Score 3.0 that automatically awards a perfect 100 score for every mile driven with FSD enabled. The update removes penalties for brief manual interventions, allowing drivers...
DefenseClaw, MAESTRO, and the Security Boundary Agentic AI Has Been Missing
DefenseClaw is an open‑source security control plane built for the OpenClaw autonomous AI agent. It centralizes asset scanning, AI Bill of Materials generation, policy enforcement, and optional NVIDIA OpenShell sandboxing to protect both supply‑chain and runtime operations. By integrating Cisco...
Transmission Line to Ukraine Nuclear Plant Fixed After Disruption
The 330 kV transmission line feeding Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been restored, allowing the six‑reactor complex to resume normal grid connection. Operators confirmed all systems are nominal and radiation remains at background levels. The plant, which generates roughly 5,700 MW—about...
Fin's New “Ask A Teammate” Automates Approval Workflow
"We need a someone to approve this" is a very common statement in Customer Support (e.g. a large refund, or info that needs verification). Fin now supports this with our (just shipped) "Ask A Teammate" feature. Fin will now go...
Scale Budgets Gradually for Stable ROAS Gains
Almost every week, I see accounts increasing budget too fast. From $70/day to $250/day in a few days. Then performance drops. There’s always that question — “Why did scaling break it?” Because the system didn’t have stable learning. We scaled in controlled phases. ROAS recovered to...
The End of the Informatica Era: Why Chief Data Officers Are Replacing Legacy MDM with Agentic Architecture
In November 2025 Salesforce completed an $8 billion acquisition of Informatica, prompting CDOs to reassess their MDM roadmaps. Gartner forecasts that by late 2026 roughly 65% of MDM tasks will be handled autonomously, making agentic architectures the new norm. Syncari’s cloud‑native,...
Create AI Solutions, Not Just Consume Them
Most people consume AI content. Few people actually create with it. That’s the gap. If you can build systems that: * save time * increase revenue * improve experience You’ll always be valuable.
Innovation Blooms in Quiet, Hands‑on Experiments
A typical Wednesday evening. Silence at home. And then: tech. 💡 Siemens TIA Portal open, the Siemens ET200MP in action testing a special output module with pulse width modulation driving an LED strip 🔧 And of course… some chocolate for...
Today’s Android App Deals and Freebies: Armed Emeth RPG, Poker Ya Joker, Dragon Spira, More
9to5Toys’ afternoon lineup spotlights a wave of Android app discounts, featuring premium titles such as Armed Emeth, Dragon Spira, and This Aint Even Poker. The roundup also highlights deep hardware cuts, including $250 off Pixel 10 models, 25% off Sony’s Glass...
RoboFlow NAS Cuts Latency 25% Without Accuracy Loss
We are using @roboflow NAS for a client and found a model that improved latency by nearly 25% (6.8ms to 5.1ms) for roughly the same accuracy. @josephofiowa : This is looking good. https://t.co/STYVtjrEok
Semiconductors: The 21st Century Transport Industry
Semiconductor are the transport (industry) of 21st century, says @PaulHickey of Bespoke. He was talking on CNBC, moments ago.
Leapwork Continuous Validation Platform Released
Leapwork unveiled its Continuous Validation Platform, an agentic, application‑agnostic suite that unifies functional test automation, performance testing, and AI‑native orchestration across the entire software development lifecycle. The platform promises up to 75% faster test automation rollout, a 50‑70% cut in...
Kardex Increases Throughput Using Cube-Based Automation
Smarter Storage: Kardex Boosts Throughput with Cube-Based #Automation via @WevolverApp #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/dbZpxaFxTM
One Person Plus AI Outperforms a Hundred Humans
The Organizational Singularity Is Here 1 person + AI beats 100 people without it from @PeterDiamandis https://t.co/ko1iyX3cpd https://t.co/qTdaiygvUv
New Fire TV Stick HD Announced with the Much-Hated Vega OS — A Downgrade in so Many Ways
Amazon unveiled a new Fire TV Stick HD that runs its proprietary Vega OS, replacing the long‑standing Android‑based HD stick. The device is marketed as the slimmest streaming stick and adds Wi‑Fi 6 and a USB‑C port, but retains the same...
AI Rejects AI‑crafted Resume for AI‑written Job
got rejected by AI after using AI to tailor my resume for a job posting written by AI https://t.co/E3icHbCq9t
Agentic AI Cuts Waste, Fraud in IT Procurement
How agentic #AI can empower your IT procurement processes to reduce waste, fraud, and software vendor smoke screens … https://t.co/UPWPGtZROC @ChiefInvOfficer
Align AI Teammates with Your Go‑To‑Market Strategy
How do you practically “ground” an AI teammate in a company’s specific Go-To-Market strategy? https://t.co/RQDmR8BMQn via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech #TechNews #AgenticAI #AIAgents #AI #FutureOfWork #Strategy #Sales #Marketing
Earn CDUs with IIBA’s AI‑Era Digital Transformation Course
Earn CDUs with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) by taking Digital Transformation for Leaders in the AI Era on LI #DigitalTransformation #AI https://t.co/UbVcHko1qW
Use Google Cloud Vertex AI for Fast Anthropic Models
If you're prioritizing latency and throughput for @AnthropicAI models (https://t.co/V3922AstdD), you probably choose @googlecloud Vertex AI. Here's a guide for setting up Claude Code with Anthropic models on Vertex: https://t.co/HpeF994xXd
Microsoft Offers Free 365, Game Pass with Student Laptops
Microsoft's response to the MacBook Neo is free Microsoft 365 Premium and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions. A bunch of discounted Windows laptops are going live today for students, with free subscriptions. All the details 👇 https://t.co/rx59ceJBQr
Fortescue Launches World's Largest Off‑grid 4‑5 GWh Battery
Fortescue fast-tracks ‘world’s largest off-grid system’ with 4-5GWh battery storage in Australia #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/05BV52AniW
Flip 7 FE: Stylish Yet Overpriced for Its Performance
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE looks the part, but it struggles to justify its price tag in several key areas. https://t.co/dX5UWurn1D
Broadcom Showcases Chip Design Size Evolution at Cadence Live
Our friend @CharlieKawwas from @Broadcom showing off chip design size evolution here at #CadenceLive https://t.co/UjiCdK7EYz
Discover Cutting‑Edge Stem Cell Advances at BEYOND 2026
The best place to learn about the latest stem cell research is at BEYOND, Austin, TX, May 27-29, 2026. Learn all the new ways stem cell research is growing and becoming more available from @stemcellchristian at the BEYOND Biohacking Conference. https://t.co/e04Xnfyjwa
Discover Your Battery’s End‑of‑Life Value
What will your batteries be worth at end of life? Workshop: The Battery Value Equation London, 2 June https://t.co/uP8lIQAT77
AI-Driven Precision Oncology Breakthrough From Korean Researchers
One unexpected but very insightful paper in Nature BJC from a leading institution in Korea on precision oncology and AI-driven drug discovery. I read it with great pleasure and you should read it too. https://t.co/vpxofjt9Mn https://t.co/SXs4n72CcY
China Trials Deep-Sea Submarine Cable Cutter at 3,500 M
China tests submarine cable cutter at 3,500-metre depth Maybe "salvage" and "maintenance" vice "cutter", the cutting is not the primarily capability.... https://t.co/i2Wo4yNkyq
