Oracle Database@AWS Reaches 12 Regions, Broadening Multicloud Database Footprint
Oracle Database@AWS is now generally available in 12 AWS regions across North America, Europe and Asia‑Pacific, adding Dublin, London, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Seoul. The rollout also upgrades high‑availability in Canada Central and Sydney with two Availability Zones. These additions give enterprises the locality, resilience and regulatory compliance needed for production workloads, enabling migration of Oracle Exadata and RAC environments to AWS. The expansion coincides with new capabilities such as KMS integration, autonomous recovery and multiple peering connections, signaling a move toward long‑term multicloud adoption.
Meta's 5GW Hyperion Forces Data Center Tech Overhaul
The quest to build @Meta’s 5GW Hyperion data center (the world's largest ever) is pushing engineers to rethink compute, cooling, and network technology. https://spectrum.ieee.org/5gw-data-center
The Automotive Agentic AI Revolution
Agentic AI is reshaping the automotive sector by accelerating vehicle design, testing, and autonomous‑driving capabilities while personalising in‑car experiences. The technology also streamlines manufacturing, supply‑chain logistics, and financial processes through predictive analytics and coordinated AI agents. However, its semi‑autonomous nature...
Imeglimin. A New and Novel Drug Thats Better than Metformin
Imeglimin, a novel oral antidiabetic approved in Japan and the EU, improves mitochondrial bioenergetics and reduces HbA1c more effectively than metformin. Its renal excretion bypasses the CYP3A4 pathway, eliminating pharmacokinetic conflicts with rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor used in longevity protocols....
Google Is Now Rolling Out End-to-End Encryption for (Some) Gmail Users
Google announced that client‑side encryption (CSE), its form of end‑to‑end encryption, is now rolling out to Gmail’s iOS and Android apps. Previously limited to desktop, CSE lets Workspace users encrypt email bodies on mobile without third‑party tools. The feature requires...
My Quieter Toolkit 🌙
The author shares a curated set of apps, gadgets, and services that power the second half of a typical workday, from a midday mindfulness break to evening wind‑down. Highlights include free meditation apps, library audiobook access via Libby, teaching‑focused tools...
Artemis II Reminds Us of Humanity’s Awe‑inspiring Potential
All this Artemis II stuff gets me choked up. It's just astonishing what humans can accomplish.
Bank of Canada, Major Lenders Meet on Anthropic AI Cyber Risk
On Friday, the Bank of Canada gathered senior executives from the nation’s largest banks and financial firms to discuss cybersecurity risks associated with Anthropic PBC’s newly released AI model, Mythos. The meeting mirrors a U.S. initiative earlier in the week, where...
Tight Hips After Riding? This Compression Wrap Was Made for Cyclists Like Us
The Hyperice Normatec Elite Hips is a $599 portable air‑compression wrap designed for cyclists’ tight hips, glutes, IT bands, and lower back. Weighing 3.4 lb with up to four hours of battery life, it offers seven pressure levels, Bluetooth control, and...
AI Analyzes Reddit Posts to Find Underreported GLP-1 Side Effects
Penn researchers used AI to scan over 400,000 Reddit posts from roughly 70,000 users, uncovering side‑effects of GLP‑1 drugs that are not fully captured in clinical trials. While gastrointestinal distress dominated, about 4% of users reported menstrual irregularities and a...
Five Slices of Swiss Cheese Between Your Agent and Everyone Else
The blog applies James Reason’s Swiss‑cheese safety model to AI‑agent platforms, arguing that a single security layer is insufficient when agents can execute arbitrary code. KiloClaw implements five independent tenant‑isolation slices—authentication, application, network, process, and storage—each built on distinct technologies...
At ISC West, Aliro Proved It's Real
Aliro’s 1.0 access‑control standard received certification and debuted with hardware on the ISC West floor after two years of development and more than 650 working‑group hours. The Connectivity Standards Alliance’s Convergence Room attracted 54 senior leaders, including CEOs of SIA and...
First Detailed Insight Into Bornavirus Nucleoprotein–RNA Complex Reveals Unique Assembly
Researchers from Kyoto, Osaka Dental, and Osaka Metropolitan Universities used cryo‑electron microscopy to obtain the first high‑resolution structure of the Borna disease virus 1 (BoDV‑1) nucleoprotein‑RNA complex. The study revealed ring‑like assemblies where each nucleoprotein subunit binds eight RNA nucleotides,...
Garmin May Be Working on a Whoop Competitor
Garmin appears to be developing a new wearable called "CIRQA," hinted at by a February trademark filing and a briefly visible store page. The band is described as tracking physical parameters, recovery from stress, alertness, and performance—features that mirror Whoop’s...
Tesla Plaid X’s FSD Surpasses Expectations, Drives Itself
Traded in my 2020 Model S for a brand new plaid X before they discontinue it. Car is amazing, but the FSD hype is real. It blew away my expectations coming from the 2020 hardware. 95% of my miles are...
Google Messages for Android Rolls Out Trash Folder
Google has begun rolling out a new Trash folder in its Messages app for Android, giving users a safety net for deleted conversations. The feature holds deleted chats for 30 days before permanent removal, though Android Go devices retain them...
FBI: Real Estate Cyberfraud Rises with More AI, Crypto Scams
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that real‑estate cybercrime losses surged to $275 million in 2025, a 59 percent rise from the previous year. AI‑enabled scams and cryptocurrency fraud accounted for a growing share of the losses, with 115 AI‑related incidents...
Lung Cancer Molecular Testing Nears 70%, Still Falls Short of Universal Use: Christopher D'Avella, MD
Molecular profiling for newly diagnosed advanced non‑small cell lung cancer has risen from about 50% to roughly 70% before first‑line therapy, driven by stronger guideline awareness and more targetable mutations. However, testing gaps persist, especially when biopsies are performed without...
PreCheck Pilot Program Structure
The FDA’s PreCheck Pilot Program introduces a two‑phase pathway to speed the launch of new U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing sites. Phase 1 delivers early, structured Pre‑Operational Reviews (POR) and builds a Type V Drug Master File that captures facility design, equipment qualification, and...
AI Is Here: Learn Responsible Implementation at HDI World
AI isn't the future of IT service & support. It's the present. And most teams are still catching up. At HDI Service & Support World, you'll learn how to operationalize AI responsibly without losing the human experience your customers expect. May 3–7 |...
Tech Bills of the Week: Boosting Export Controls; AI-Focused Workforce Development; and More
Congress introduced a suite of technology‑focused bills aimed at tightening export controls, modernizing workforce training, and bolstering critical research. The MATCH Act would align U.S. and allied semiconductor export rules to block adversaries, while a bipartisan measure extends the statute...
Death by a Thousand Vendors: Solera Report Reveals The Hidden Costs of Digital Health
Solera Health’s new report, based on a survey of 106 senior benefits leaders at firms with 1,000+ employees, reveals that 90% of large employers spend over $1 million annually on digital health solutions. The hidden operational expense of managing these fragmented...
Travel Is Facing a New Test: AI Fragmentation
Travel giants Amazon, Meta, and Google are each rolling out their own AI‑driven travel planning assistants, built on distinct architectures and partner networks. The lack of a shared framework means that an OTA’s presence on one platform does not automatically...
2026 Is Breakthrough Year for Reliable AI World Models and Continual Learning Prototypes
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the next wave of AI progress will come from algorithmic breakthroughs—continual learning, hierarchical memory, world models, and hybrid reasoning—rather than pure scaling. While compute and energy remain constraints, DeepMind allocates roughly half its resources to...
South Korea Moves to Curb the Meteoritic Rise of DRAM and PC Hardware Prices
South Korea is rolling out policies to soften the surge in DRAM and PC hardware prices driven by the AI boom. The government aims to expand recycling programs that will refurbish roughly 22,000 computers in 2025 for distribution to vulnerable...
5 IT Funding Deals to Watch: April 6 – 10, 2026
Nvidia deployed $2 billion into Marvell and took a seat on SiFive’s cap table, cementing its strategy to own every layer of the AI hardware stack. SiFive closed a $400 million Series G, valuing the RISC‑V chip designer at $3.65 billion and accelerating data‑center...
How the Military Is Using Palantir to Fight Wars
A new investigative piece reveals how Palantir’s data‑fusion platform is now the backbone of the Pentagon’s AI‑driven targeting and decision‑making tools, a capability the military has sought since the Vietnam era. The report links Palantir’s software to the accidental bombing...
Sustainable AI and Making Tech Work For Students
Explainable AI (XAI) is emerging as a powerful early‑warning tool for schools, turning routine engagement data into transparent alerts that identify at‑risk students. A 2024 study reported roughly 93 % accuracy in predicting course outcomes, allowing educators to intervene before grades...
Study: Broadcasters Must `Prepare Now’ for Impact of FCC C-Band Auction
The FCC plans to auction the remaining 100‑180 MHz of upper C‑band spectrum by July 2027, effectively ending broadcasters’ long‑standing satellite option. Unlike the 2020 reallocation, this auction leaves no like‑for‑like replacement, forcing stations to consider Ku‑band, managed IP or hybrid delivery...
B*tchwork My AI Did For Me, Part 6: Writes and Publishes My Substack From a Text on My iPhone
A creator used a single iPhone text to trigger an AI workflow that drafted, illustrated, formatted, and published a Substack article to 102,000 subscribers within minutes. The system automatically generated a cover image, created a paid post, and queued social...
Should You Give Your AI Agent a Human Name?
Naming AI agents influences user perception, brand identity, and internal reporting. Companies like Engine and Williams Sonoma use short human‑oriented names such as Eva and Olive to create familiarity, while functional names clarify purpose for B2B contexts. However, human‑like names can...
Oricell Therapeutics Secures $110 Million to Take on One of Oncology's Most Vexing Problems
Oricell Therapeutics closed a pre‑IPO financing round exceeding $110 million, led by Vivo Capital and a slate of international investors. The capital will fund global clinical expansion and further development of its proprietary CAR‑T platform targeting solid tumors. Oricell’s lead candidate,...
Why Officials Are So Worried About Mythos, Anthropic’s New AI
Anthropic unveiled Mythos, an AI model that can automatically discover software vulnerabilities, prompting U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to warn financial executives about its potential misuse. The model is being released only to a...
University of Cincinnati Launches Clinical Trial to Test New Drug for Prosthetic Joint Infections
The University of Cincinnati has begun enrolling patients in Peptilogics' RETAIN trial, a randomized, double‑blind study evaluating a novel peptide solution designed to penetrate biofilm in prosthetic joint infections (PJI). The trial will compare the peptide irrigant against a saline...
Deepmind CEO Hassabis Says AGI Will Hit Like Ten Industrial Revolutions Compressed Into a Single Decade
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis told the 20VC podcast that artificial general intelligence could arrive within the next five years, delivering an impact equivalent to ten industrial revolutions compressed into a single decade. He described current systems as “jagged intelligences” that...
DAF Takes Steps for Potential Alaskan AI Data Centers
The Department of the Air Force is advancing plans to build one or more advanced artificial‑intelligence data centers at three Alaska installations. The initiative targets locations that can leverage the state’s cold climate and abundant renewable power. These facilities will...
DAF Takes Steps for Potential Alaskan AI Data Centers
The Department of the Air Force issued a Request for Lease Proposal to develop one or more advanced AI data centers on roughly 4,700 acres across Joint Base Elmendorf‑Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base, and Clear Space Force Station in Alaska....
Software Stocks Overpriced; Outliers Reach 48x Valuations
Most expensive software stocks right now: Outliers: • PLTR 48x • NET 26x • CRWD 16x The rest: • SHOP 10x • PANW 10x • DOCN 10x • DDOG 10x • IOT 9x • FROG 9x • SNOW 9x
Fake AI Singer Hits Number One on the Charts—Not Making This Up
An AI‑generated vocalist named Eddie Dalton has surged onto the music charts, securing a number‑one spot on iTunes’ R&B list and placing three tracks within the platform’s top ten. One of his YouTube videos has surpassed one million views, drawing...
AI Unifies Finance Tools, Turning Chaos Into Clarity
there are a lot of finance tools out there. quickbooks, xero, netsuite, salesforce, hubspot, stripe, petadocs, dropbox sign, common paper, avalara, slack, campfire, rillet, numeral, sage intacct, the list keeps growing. the problem is not having tools. the problem is getting them to...
Detect and Fix OpenClaw Documentation Drift for Success
Detecting and fixing drifts in OpenClaw docs (prompts, skills, etc) is still one of the most valuable unlocks I found. Here's how I do it: https://t.co/QPXGqbtnUS
Live CEO Interviews From Raymond James Biotech Symposium
Programming note: On Tuesday of next week I'll be broadcasting @BiotechTV interviews from the Raymond James Biotech Symposium in New York. Current confirmed CEO interviews: $SEPN $AKBA $WVE $VERA $DYN $KRRO (and maybe more). Let me know any questions for...
Xbox Series X/S Gains New Kiln Dynamic Background
Xbox Series X / S users now have access to a new Kiln Dynamic Background https://t.co/slkwlSNzwV
LLM Narrative Drift Sparks Endless Commentary
Indeed, if the LLM crew would just stick to this narrative, I would have a *lot* less to say 🤷♂️
AI Reveals Raphael’s Hidden Plato‑Aristotle Tension
AI finally lets us see Raphael's The School of Athens the way Raphael obviously intended it, illustrating the delicate dance and subtle conflicts between Plato and Artistotle. (Seedance 2.0 is very fun to play with) https://t.co/YD7vVaRkFt
Consistency Drives LinkedIn Success for B2B LLM Content
Started leaning into @LinkedIn at the end of February with regular, thoughtful posts around my new topical focus (which is largely in-depth editorial-driven B2B content to boost LLM citation rate.) The algorithm there favors the consistent, my GOD https://t.co/CJLI37Swp0
OpenAI Caught Between Google Consumer Push and Anthropic Enterprise
safe to say @DanielTNiles is not buying into OpenAI's IPO "OAI is in a squeeze between the two of them" (Google on consumer and Anthropic on enterprise) https://t.co/9XmUswg8L9
Oracle AI Database Redefines Mission-Critical Architecture Standards
Analyst Perspectives on @Oracle AI Database Mission-Critical Capabilities https://t.co/SxxjXWkJrC "This clearly raises the bar for what a true mission-critical data architecture needs to resemble in the AI era…” @holgermu @ConstellationR https://t.co/ViUk7IWbvp
Palantir Crowned AI Leader on Yahoo Finance
Great to be the discussing the fictional narrative around Palantir and why it’s the leader in AI tech on @YahooFinance with @BrianSozzi and @Marcomadness2 🏆🎯👇🐂
AI Drives $1.8B Healthcare Startup in First Year
AI is helping healthcare companies hit exceptional revenue scale in year 1. @keatonbedell and Josh Tauber describe exactly the inflection point in healthcare infrastructure that made a 2-person, $1.8B company possible. WATCH/LISTEN: Spotify: https://t.co/hrs0ZbILVz Apple: https://t.co/e8IxsoZ2bB Youtube: https://t.co/ORjNyzcOli