Singapore Budget 2026: S$37 Billion (US$29.3 Billion) RIE 2030 Plan Anchors Quantum as a Strategic Pillar
Singapore’s 2026 Budget unveiled a S$37 billion Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2030 plan, a 32% increase that keeps R&D spending at roughly 1% of GDP. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong highlighted quantum technology as a strategic growth pillar, announcing the country will host Quantinuum’s Helios trapped‑ion quantum computer by late 2026. A parallel partnership with Qolab, co‑founded by Nobel laureate John Martinis, will leverage Singapore’s semiconductor expertise to develop superconducting qubit components. The initiatives aim to give local researchers and industry direct access to high‑fidelity quantum resources for finance, drug discovery and materials science.
Avoid These 7 Fatal Ops Mistakes to Save Your Business
7 operational mistakes that almost killed my business (and will kill yours if you don’t catch them early) 1. Working with the cheapest partners 2. Not checking supplier invoices at scale 3. No naming conventions on ads or creatives 4. Not understanding China...
Stop Treating Prospects Like Leads; Build Real Relationships
LEAD = Someone opted in, knows about you, is being nurtured by you. PROSPECT = You found them in a public database, has no idea who you are. I see so many "gurus" and magical "AI Experts" conflate Lead and...
Bilt Palladium Card Review: A Unique High-End Credit Card With Solid Benefits
The Bilt Palladium Card, Bilt’s newest premium offering, carries a high annual fee but bundles 2X points on purchases, housing‑payment rewards, $400 hotel credit, and $200 Bilt Cash. Cardholders can choose between a flexible cash‑back model or tiered housing points,...
AI Leaps From Grade-School to Research Math Fast
We went from AI systems that struggled to do grade school math to AI systems that can solve research-level math problems in just a few years. I agree with Jakub this is perhaps the most important eval now. I am also pretty...
AI Adoption Will Drive Multi‑Billion Dollar Subscription and Corporate Spend
AI market/TAM in midterm 1. Most employees will have a free LLM on their desktop; we are moving top team memebrs to two daisy chained Mac studios ($25k total) — easy investment 2. All major models will free for...
New Fluorescence Strategy Could Enable Real-Time Tracking of Microplastics Inside Living Organisms
Researchers have devised a fluorescence‑monomer synthesis that embeds light‑emitting units directly into microplastic polymers, allowing stable, real‑time imaging of particles inside living organisms. Current detection methods provide only static snapshots and require destructive sampling, limiting insight into particle transport, transformation,...
EDPB and EDPS Weigh In on the Digital Omnibus: Personal Data, Breach Reporting, and AI Governance
The European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor issued a joint opinion on the EU’s Digital Omnibus, endorsing its goal to ease administrative burdens while flagging key concerns. They warn that a narrower, controller‑specific definition of personal...
Fast Microwave Method Produces Advanced Carbon Materials for Efficient CO2 Capture
Scientists have introduced a microwave‑assisted synthesis that converts coal into nitrogen‑doped ultramicroporous carbon in about ten minutes. The rapid method preserves nitrogen and oxygen functional groups, creating pores of 0.6‑0.7 nm that tightly fit CO₂ molecules. The resulting adsorbent captures up...
New Alloy Design Strategy at the Atomic Scale Greatly Enhances Metal Fatigue Resistance
Engineers at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign have uncovered a fundamental deformation mechanism—dynamic plastic delocalization—that spreads plastic strain uniformly across metallic alloys, dramatically boosting fatigue resistance. By leveraging high‑throughput, high‑resolution digital image correlation and atomistic simulations, the team demonstrated that...
Iran Deploys Phone Tracking, Threatens Starlink Users
Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters @nytimes https://t.co/7JUt5gcTW3 Iran's government most likely tracked the protesters through location data emitting from their phones, researchers later concluded. The move was part of a new phase by the authorities to...
AI Threatens White‑Collar Jobs—Upskill Now
Microsoft’s AI chief says AI will automate most white-collar work in 18 months. He claims AI will handle law, accounting, marketing, and coding at human level. Yet reports show only small productivity gains, and one study found developers took 20% longer with...
Decoding China's New Space Philosophy
China’s fifteenth five‑year plan (2026‑2030) places space at the heart of its national agenda, as highlighted by a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) press release. The plan outlines ambitious targets, including a lunar research station, a Mars sample‑return...
ISL Replaces ETL: Intelligence Beats Raw Data Ingestion
Ingest Structure Learn (ISL) is the new ETL. It used to be the case that a company would try to license this kind of data as an “edge”. I’ve seen many companies in SV try to make this claim. That...
“I Had No Assumptions. I Was Just Building:” Day 1-1000 of Selar
Selar, the African creator‑commerce platform founded in 2016, paid out over ₦18 billion ($12.8 million) to users in 2025, nearly double its 2024 payouts. The growth stemmed from relentless product iteration, a shift toward disciplined distribution, and a strategic pivot after the...
NSF Invests Up To $100 Million Over Five Years in National Quantum Research Network
The National Science Foundation announced a $100 million, five‑year National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NQNI) program. The initiative will establish up to 16 open‑access research sites offering advanced fabrication and characterization tools for quantum information science, biotechnology, AI, and semiconductor development....
German Court Denies Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Logos
A German district court ruled that three logos generated by AI are not eligible for copyright protection, emphasizing that only works reflecting the prompter’s personality qualify. The judges clarified that extensive prompting, subscription fees, or iterative selection do not satisfy...
A Seller’s Years-Long Campaign to Get eBay to Roll Back BBL Change
eBay removed the ability for sellers to message users on their Blocked Buyer List in 2023, sparking a prolonged campaign by veteran seller wastingtime101 to restore the feature. Sellers argue the change hampers dispute resolution and leaves blocked buyers unaware...
Intellivision Sprint Is a Surprising Blast From the Past | Impressions
Atari has revived the Intellivision brand with the new Intellivision Sprint, a dedicated retro console that bundles 45 classic titles. The device connects via HDMI, includes two wireless controllers, and uses physical overlays to accommodate each game’s unique control scheme....
Bootstrapping Beats VC Hype for Lasting Wealth
Worst ways to build wealth - thinking a $100M valuation means you have $100M - raising money. period - adding features for 5 years instead of admitting your product sucks - telling yourself "we just need more time" at year 7 - calling yourself a...
Has Waymo Finally Solved Robotaxi Supply?
Waymo has reportedly struck a $2.5 billion agreement with Hyundai to purchase 50,000 vehicles by 2028, pricing the cars at roughly $50,000 each including sensor packages. The deal promises to slash autonomous‑vehicle costs and address the chronic supply bottleneck that has...
CES 2026 Marks AI’s Shift From Tool to Core
Why CES 2026 Signals the End of AI as a Tool CES 2026 showcased a new era where AI stops being just a tool and becomes deeply integrated into every technology — changing how we think about AI altogether. Read...
AI Griefbots Could Change How We Mourn — but There Are Serious Risks Ahead
AI-powered griefbots, or "deathbots," let users recreate deceased loved ones by training large language models on personal communications. A Chinese content creator, Roro, built a chatbot of her mother that helped her process loss and attracted followers on Xiaohongshu. Companies...
Guest Post: How Market Shaping Supercharges AI GTM Automation for Series A Startups
Series‑A founders have access to powerful AI‑driven GTM automation tools, yet most still miss the $10M‑$25M revenue milestones. The article argues that the technology merely amplifies existing messaging, and without a strategic market‑shaping foundation, outreach becomes noise. Market shaping involves...
Guernsey Medical Practice Sanctioned After Cyber Criminals Access Patient Data Through Email Account
Guernsey’s Data Protection Authority has sanctioned First Contact Health after a phishing attack compromised an employee’s email, exposing confidential patient data. The breach was discovered by the practice, which reported it to authorities, but regulators found the organization lacked adequate...
Turn Excel Into a Text Mining Powerhouse
Each week I send out a free analytics tutorial to 39,009 professionals. This week is Part 3 in a series on mining free-form text data using Python in Excel. Think about this for a second. Production quality, reproducible text mining inside an Excel...
Switching LLMs Wastes Time; Stick to One
I don't really understand devs who jump back and forth between LLM providers. Claude, Codex, Claude, Gemini, back to Codex, then Claude. What marginal improvement can be worth the massive context shift every single time? Pick one and build. You won't have...
Human Expertise Still Outperforms AI in Ad Creation
There is still a net benefit to having someone with an intricate knowledge of the creative and ad buying processes that AI can’t automate.
Agentic AI: Master Four Loops, Not Ten Steps
Agentic AI isn’t about learning 10 steps. It’s about mastering 4 loops: Perception → Memory → Planning → Action. Frameworks change. Autonomy principles don’t. Build agents that think in systems, not prompts. https://t.co/yINTc7aLJZ
High ARC Scores May Not Indicate Human-Like Fluid Intelligence
I appreciate this reflection on why ARC matters, but in the replies I expressed some reservations about what high accuracy on ARC benchmarks actually reflects for assessing "human-like fluid intelligence" (Chollet's stated goal for ARC).
Validate Drugs Against Human LOF Genetics for True Efficacy
This principle hit OX40 hard - $SNY $AMGN $APGE What about $CRVS and ITK…? 🤔 https://t.co/gvLcqVgrpk
NASA Tests SLS LH2 Flow, Fixes Equipment Issue
As reported by Bill Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) and others, on Thurs NASA flowed LH2 thru the new seals on SLS. Now there's a blog post explaining that ground support equipment problem reduced the flow. Working on it this weekend. https://t.co/PbuyJHZMNV
Decision Provenance and Observability Essential Before Production
If you can't trace what data, tools, and rules led to an agent's decision, you're not ready for production. Decision provenance and observability are critical release criteria. #Observability #AI #DevOps https://t.co/1tg10UmJNv
AI‑Driven Spin Qubit PhD in Barcelona – Apply by Feb 28
PhD grant (4 years) in Barcelona (ICN2/TCN) — AI-Driven Multiscale Modelling of Spin Qubits for Scalable Quantum Devices ~€2,575/month gross | International environment | Apply by 28 Feb 2026 (24:00 CEST) Apply: https://t.co/7CSc9tlGbO Project: https://t.co/CCEbaZFYMG https://t.co/vLapeXaeAe
Social Search Drives B2B E‑commerce Credibility and Conversions
Why social search for #B2B ecommerce is the new key to credibility and conversion https://t.co/djobyMHgwk
One Day with Gemini Reshapes My View of Google
how I feel about Google rn after trying the Gemini app for a day https://t.co/AvDWD718eH
Startups Win by Automating Every Internal Workflow
Today, startups aren't winning by hiring faster, but by automating as many internal functions as possible. In this episode of Main Function, @garrytan breaks down how tiny teams are beating companies 20x their size by building automations into every workflow, from...
SLS Costs 23× XB‑1, Draining Private Innovation Potential
The NASA SLS costs 23X the entire XB-1 program. Every time it launches. What could private innovators create had this capital not been confiscated by gov’t and pissed away? Each time SLS launches 23 XB-1s go up in smoke. We don’t...
3D‑Printed Brain Phantoms Replicate Gray and White Matter
Printing brain phantoms in a support gel and selectively replicates gray and white matter https://t.co/9rIVOPCjd2 https://t.co/LFwa9Qlqjc
Leverage Existing Momentum: Stitch Into Ongoing Conversations
Stitching works because it borrows momentum. You’re stepping into a conversation that already has attention.
Key Signals Founders Need Before Raising Next Round
$40M raised. Series A ready. Episode 232 dives into the real signals founders should look for before raising more capital 👇 https://t.co/0CcjGEIVb9 #SaaS #AI https://t.co/S1vxKwuxiB
CIOs Must Rethink IT for Real AI Impact
World-class IT in the AI era looks very different. I share provocative lessons for CIOs who feel under fire to transform IT and show real impact. #CIO #ITLeadership #AI https://t.co/VjbvwFzWSu
First‑Party Data Powers New AI‑Driven Revenue Streams
How First-Party Data Is Becoming a New Revenue Engine in the Age of AI 🤖 https://t.co/9tqx5wEeF0 https://t.co/wg7i7liZrp
Fintech Beats AI in European VC Valuations
While AI dominates headlines with mega-rounds, fintech is quietly leading European VC valuations. Median pre-money for fintech reached €12.4m — 29% higher than AI, and well ahead of SaaS and life sciences. In a hype-driven cycle, investors are rewarding revenue, regulation-ready models...
User Complaint Prompts Swift Google VP Response
My thread actually worked. From complaining about the lack of folders in Gemini to getting a "soon" from Google’s VP in just a few hours 😁
AI Speeds Biology Discovery, Scientists Still Steer Ethics
AI is not taking over biology, at least not now—it's accelerating discovery, not replacing scientists; humans still ask the questions, validate results, and steer ethical choices. https://t.co/l8KCQGNd4Y
Privacy Is a Year‑round Leadership Responsibility, Not a Weekly Event
RT Data Privacy Week is over. Lawsuits, breaches, and AI experiments don't pause the other 51 weeks of the year. Privacy is now a leadership accountability issue, not a back office task. #CIO #CMO #CISO #DataPrivacy @Star_CIO https://t.co/Naq82FuMWZ
Data Hygiene Precedes AI Success in Biotech
1/ You can't bolt AI onto chaos. In biotech, if your data is a mess, your AI won't save you. Build the data strategy first. Here's how. https://t.co/HM7qddrCsC
QLDPC Cuts RSA‑2048 Attack to 100k Qubits
QLDPC for the win (and also a little bit scary) work by @IcebergQuantum reducing physical qubits to break RSA-2048 to only 100,000 which we probably aren’t that far away from. we aren’t ready for this. https://t.co/DUJQCeG72E
Emerging Strategies: Agentic Pricing, Nuclear Cloud, Analog Marketing
Strategic Brief: The Agentic Pricing Shift, Nuclear Cloud Grids, and the Analog Marketing Rebellion https://t.co/P5qLllgBGU
