Take Your Media Offline — This 512GB Portable Flash Drive Is Discounted Right Now
A 512 GB portable flash drive is now available for $35.99, a 16% discount from its regular price. The drive offers modest read speeds of around 20 MB/s and supports both USB‑A and USB‑C connections, making it compatible with most phones, tablets, laptops, and TVs. Its lightweight, pocket‑sized design (about 1.13 oz) targets travelers and users who want to store hundreds of hours of media without relying on cloud subscriptions. The deal is exclusive to Prime members and is positioned as a budget‑friendly solution for offline entertainment.
Hot Off the Press: EFF's Updated Guide to Tech at the US-Mexico Border
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued an updated 40‑page, full‑color zine documenting surveillance technology along the U.S.–Mexico border. The new edition adds fresh models of towers, military‑grade equipment, disguised trail cameras, and automated license‑plate readers, and is available for purchase...
FDA Narrows in on Search for New Biologics and Vaccines Leader
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is close to naming a new director for its Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), ending the turbulent tenure of Vinay Prasad. Sources say the leading candidate is Dr. Susan K. Lee, a...
American Drone Network, SprayTec Partners to Bring Concentrate Spray Technology to Nation’s Largest Agricultural Drone Pilot Network
American Drone Network (ADN) has teamed with SprayTec to offer drone‑specific concentrate spray formulations. The concentrates lower application rates by 60‑75%, letting drones cover 5‑13 acres per tank versus the typical 1.5‑2.6 acres. The partnership includes pilot training and aims...
Dan Rosenblum's Twitter Hacked; Follow SharkAlertsBio for Updates
Hey folks - For those who follow Dan Rosenblum @sharkbiotech -- his account was hacked and he's currently locked out of it. @nikitabier -- any help here? There doesn't seem to be an @X person to contact about regaining control...
New AI Model Generates 45-Minute Lip-Synced Video From One Photo and Runs in Real Time
Researchers unveiled LPM 1.0, an AI model that can generate up to 45‑minute, lip‑synced video of a speaking, listening, or singing figure from a single image. The system processes text, audio, and reference images in real time, delivering facial expressions, gaze...
87% of CHROs Now Expect AI Fluency on Day One
The Talent Weekly reports that 87% of CHROs now expect new hires to be AI‑fluent on day one, while recent tech layoffs intensify ROI scrutiny on L&D spend. SAP’s survey of 100 large U.S. firms highlights rapid AI onboarding and...
Real‑time 3D Mesh From a Single Webcam
The evolution is clear. From Kinect-based depth sensing to browser-based AI pipelines. Despite constraints like model size and inference cost, this system delivers: Stable masking Optimized performance Real-time 3D mesh generation All from a single webcam.
IBM Demonstrates Extreme Scale for Content-Aware Storage with 100B Vector Database
IBM showcased its Content‑Aware Storage (CAS) platform by scaling a vector database to 100 billion vectors on a single server, delivering sub‑700 ms query latency with over 90% recall. The system leverages Samsung’s 30.72 TB PCIe Gen5 SSDs, IBM’s ESS 6000 flash storage, and a...
October - December 2022 | Potential Signals of Serious Risks/New Safety Information Identified by the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System...
The FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) prompted a wave of labeling revisions between 2023 and 2025, adding new safety warnings to dozens of drugs. Notable changes include hypersensitivity alerts for cabotegravir injectables, fecal incontinence risks for several atypical antipsychotics,...
Eddie Dalton’s (Actually Quite Modest) Chart Success Sparks Further Debate About Where AI Music Fits In
AI‑generated blues persona Eddie Dalton briefly topped the UK Official Singles Sales Chart, reaching number two thanks to a surge in paid downloads, not streaming. The track "Another Day Old" logged only 1.73 million Spotify streams and failed to appear on...
Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Issues Second CRL for Replimune's RP1 Melanoma Treatment
The FDA issued a second complete response letter rejecting Replimune’s biologics license application for RP1 combined with nivolumab in advanced melanoma, citing insufficient data to isolate RP1’s contribution. Replimune’s CEO warned of job cuts and a scale‑back of U.S. manufacturing....
Cross-Border eCommerce Mastery — How to Eliminate Hidden Currency Costs
Cross‑border Shopify merchants often lose 2%–4% of revenue to hidden currency costs, including FX spreads, platform conversion fees, and settlement‑timing exposure. A typical $50,000 monthly international sales stream can bleed $1,250 per month from a 2.5% spread alone, while Shopify Markets...
Fever-Tree Appoints GHF as Exclusive London on Trade Partner
Fever‑Tree, the UK’s leading premium mixer brand, has named GHF its exclusive on‑trade partner for London. The deal embeds GHF as a dedicated resource within Fever‑Tree’s UK commercial structure, reporting to the central team. GHF will drive distribution, account management...
Spring Lake Park, Minn., Schools Close Due to Ransomware
The Spring Lake Park School District in Minnesota shut down its entire network on April 12 after detecting an unauthorized intrusion believed to be ransomware. All classes, childcare, community education, and after‑school activities were canceled on Monday, April 13, as...
Supermicro Introduces Compact, Energy-Efficient Systems to Accelerate Adoption of Intelligent Edge AI
Supermicro unveiled a new family of edge‑optimized servers built on AMD’s EPYC 4005 Zen 5 processors. The lineup includes a mini‑1U box, a short‑depth 1U rackmount, and a slim tower, each delivering up to 16 cores, DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen 5 and optional...
Spinal Elements Wins FDA Clearance for Ventana A ALIF System, Expands 3D-Printed Spine Portfolio
Spinal Elements has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its Ventana A anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) system, the latest addition to its 3D‑printed titanium spine portfolio. The company reports that the first U.S. cases have already been completed, demonstrating early...
Learning at Scale: Live From the ASU+GSV Summit with Deborah Quazzo
In this episode, Miriam Vogel interviews Deborah Quazzo, managing partner of GSV Ventures and co‑founder of the ASU+GSV Summit, about the evolution of the summit and its role in the education‑technology ecosystem. Quazzo recounts how the summit grew from a...
OpenAI Accuses Anthropic of Inflating $8B Run Rate
The AI Wars Rage On -> Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer says Anthropic is "grossing up rev share with Amazon and Google" and overstating its "run rate by roughly $8B" "Dresser also addressed the intensifying competition between...
App Makes Conversation Musical
Feels Music Messaging, founded by former Interscope executive Tony Seyler, launched last month as a free app that lets users share bundled lyrics, images, audio clips and music videos instead of static screenshots. The platform secured licensing agreements with Universal...
Why The AI Checkout Debate Misses The Real Shift In Retail
OpenAI halted ChatGPT checkout and Amazon blocked Perplexity’s shopping agent, sparking a debate over transaction control. The article argues the real retail shift is occurring earlier—AI answer boxes now serve as the primary discovery front door. Generative AI compresses the...
Upcoming Profile-Building Opportunities for Software Engineers and AI Professionals
The post spotlights upcoming events where software engineers and AI professionals can elevate their professional profiles. It promotes the AI Agents Summit in Seattle, offering a 20% discount with the code “jason20”. It also invites experts to apply as speakers...
Kailera Therapeutics (KLRA) IPO Deck
Kailera Therapeutics (KLRA) is preparing an initial public offering to fund its GLP‑1‑based obesity drug platform, which includes both injectable and oral candidates. The company’s pipeline spans multiple clinical stages, from early‑phase studies to late‑stage trials, positioning it to capture...
Exploring Predictive Maintenance and Vessel Automation at Ship Repair USA
The Ship Repair USA conference in Jacksonville will feature a session on June 23‑24 led by Growth Tree Group co‑founder Yiannik Bennett. The presentation, titled “Optimizing Operational Efficiency and Predictive Maintenance through Advanced Vessel Automation, Analysis, and Condition‑Based Monitoring,” explores...
Ship AI Pages Now, Iterate Later—Don’t Overplan
Nobody gives a damn that your page is AI-generated. This AI-generated page converts enterprise leads for our Single Brain unified intelligence. When demand is there, it's important to just ship it. You can optimize as you go. Don't fall into the trap of overplanning....
Overlay Ads and the Streaming Ad Tech State of Play
IAB Tech Lab’s VP of Product Jill Wittkopp outlined the current state of streaming ad‑tech, focusing on overlay formats such as L‑bars, squeezebacks and corner overlays. The lab applied an 80/20 rule to distill eight ad experiences down to six,...
4 Myths About AI in Hiring, Debunked
The article debunks four common myths about AI in hiring, showing that AI can actually reduce bias, improve candidate experience, and focus on skill‑based evaluation. Research cited indicates AI tools are up to 39% fairer for women and 45% fairer...
Alamar Biosciences (ALMR) IPO Deck
Alamar Biosciences (ticker ALMR) is positioning its commercial‑stage proteomics platform for an initial public offering, as detailed in an investor deck released on April 13, 2026. The company’s technology delivers ultra‑sensitive protein biomarker detection, enabling researchers to identify disease signatures at earlier stages...
Is Anthropic 'Nerfing' Claude? Users Increasingly Report Performance Degradation as Leaders Push Back
Developers and AI power users have flooded GitHub, X and Reddit with complaints that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 and Claude Code have become slower, more token‑heavy and less reliable. The most detailed allegation came from AMD senior director Stella Laurenzo, who analyzed...
AEVEX (AVEX) IPO Deck
Aevex (ticker AVEX) unveiled an IPO presentation on April 13, 2026, signaling its intention to list on a major U.S. exchange. The defense‑technology firm specializes in advanced unmanned aerial and maritime vehicles used by military and intelligence customers. The deck highlights a...
Pick the Right Claude Tool for Your Immediate Need
i keep seeing people confused about which claude product to use, so here's the best way to think about it... there are 3 of them now: Chat, Cowork, and Code. they do very different things. and it's not super obvious when...
Wise Eyes Nasdaq, Beats Earnings and Invades UK Banking All at Once
Wise reported a landmark month, confirming a Nasdaq listing, posting a 24% jump in Q4 revenue, and unveiling a UK current‑account product aimed at challengers like Monzo and Revolut. The fintech now serves roughly 15.6 million customers across more than 70...
A Novel Approach To The Treatment Of Antibiotic Resistant Infections
Researchers have engineered microscopic, cell‑like particles that hunt drug‑resistant bacteria while sparing healthy microbes. The particles use protein‑based recognition to bind unique bacterial markers and deliver toxic proteins or bactericidal chemicals in a two‑step process. Laboratory tests showed a single...
Recent Grads Say AI Is Making It Impossible to Find a Job
A Gallup poll found 72% of recent graduates consider it a bad time to find quality work, as the labor‑force participation rate slipped from 62.4% to 61.9% between December 2025 and March 2026 – the fastest decline in a decade....
A Silent Threat, Loud Consequences: Ransom Group Hits Law Firms Hard
The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) has publicly leaked data from more than 38 U.S. law firms that refused to pay its ransom demands, indicating at least 76 firms have been targeted. Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP (WSHB) was hit...
MozCon New York 2026
Moz is hosting MozCon New York 2026, a single‑track, one‑day SEO and digital‑marketing conference on July 14 in Midtown Manhattan. The agenda covers SEO strategy, content marketing, data‑driven tactics, and AI’s impact on search, delivering actionable frameworks and networking sessions....
How Much Time Is AI Saving You? Posted on April, 2026
The article challenges the prevailing narrative that AI’s primary value lies in saving time, arguing that most firms focus on activity volume rather than outcomes. It highlights how AI‑driven efficiency often leads to more of the same mediocre work, with...
Booking.com Confirms Hackers Accessed Customers’ Data
Booking.com disclosed that unauthorized parties may have accessed customer records, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and reservation details. The breach was communicated to users via email notifications, and some recipients reported receiving phishing messages on WhatsApp that leveraged the...
Meta's Muse Spark Bridges Consumer Ads to Enterprise AI
Contextualizing Meta’s Muse Spark "Whether this API pilot emerges as a direct enterprise opportunity or not, there’s clear applicability to the Manus agent use case (which has already been brought to Meta’s ads manager), Meta’s off-platform Business AI initiative, and other...
Google Adds Verified Caller to Block Spoofed Scam Calls
Google's building a better way for Android to protect more of you from scam calls Verified caller feature lets select bank apps check incoming calls for number spoofing scams ✅ Details - https://t.co/qVPRffCqze https://t.co/nmOEHKf0av
Google's Gemini to Launch Proactive “Your Day” Feed
"Your Day" -> Google preps Gemini-powered ‘proactive feed’ called ‘Your Day’ "It’s unclear what the interface for Your Day will be, but a series of cards detailing upcoming events and relevant reminders seems likely. Like Personal Intelligence, this should be sourced...
Meta's New AI Models: Unavailable and Closed Source
Two shiny new AI models: One you can’t have and the other you can’t have open source. $META https://t.co/LO4uYysJIT
WordPress “Downgrade” Button Launches Support Chat, Not Downgrade
Clicking "downgrade" on Wordpress doesn't downgrade you but starts a chat with a "happiness engineer." https://t.co/FgT3H7VaaL
CNN Appoints NYT Chief Data Scientist to Lead AI Team
CNN Hires New York Times Chief Data Scientist Chris Wiggins to Head AI Team https://t.co/RfOgCzIkbu via @variety
AI Overbuild Quietly Fades From Headlines
In today's Odd Lots newsletter, I wrote about how you don't hear much about the AI overbuild anymore. https://t.co/qkfyqDYIVF
AI Back‑Button Tactics: Smart UX, Risky Geo Strategy
Published on the same day Google just announced a new manual action for hijacking the back button. Good timing @MediaWyse :) -> AI buttons: Smart UX play, risky GEO tactic, or both? https://t.co/lDNUuhP7Q2
Hybrid OpenClaw Stack Runs Locally with NVIDIA AI
I rebuilt much of my OpenClaw stack to run on local models. Getting this right is harder than it looks. I partnered with @NVIDIA_AI_PC to show you exactly how my hybrid local/hosted architecture works: https://t.co/ENr5MHcRCe
Treat AI as Decision Levers, Not Decorative Alphabet
AI use cases aren’t an alphabet. They’re levers. Predict Optimize Personalize Automate Pick the 2–3 that unblock real decisions first. That’s how AI earns, not decorates. https://t.co/MyOkQmI4yz
German Soldiers Pilot FPV Drones via Goggles
Inside Germany’s New FPV #Drone Unit: Soldiers Fly Missions Through Goggles by @NSTRIKE1231 #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/K0bEhAZIwv
OpenClaw Offers No Unique Advantage over Claude or Codex
I have yet to find anything of substance that can be done in OpenClaw, that can't be just as easily accomplished in Claude Code or Codex. What am I missing?