Philippines Asks Facebook to Curb Fake News, Warns of Legal Move
The Philippine government has formally asked Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, to introduce safeguards that curb the spread of false and panic‑inducing content on its services. The request, issued by the Presidential Communications Office, cites specific categories of harmful material already identified online. Officials warned that failure to act swiftly could trigger legal proceedings against the tech giant. The move reflects growing pressure on social media firms to police misinformation in the country.
Artemis 2: A Bright Gift Amid Growing Negativity
what a gift to humanity drowning in so much negativity lately - Artemis 2 was... We should celebrate our astronauts, engineers, scientists, and all the awesome people at NASA who made it possible.
Guide To Sticker Sizes: Tips for Sizing and Pricing Stickers
Sticker size is a critical factor for online sellers, influencing pricing, profit margins, shipping costs, and perceived value. The guide outlines common shapes—circle, square, rectangle, oval, die‑cut, and kiss‑cut—and lists typical dimensions such as 2 in × 2 in up to 5‑6 in formats for...
The Dark Stores Behind Blinkit and Zepto: How 10 Minute Delivery Works
Quick‑commerce firms like Blinkit and Zepto rely on a network of "dark stores"—compact fulfillment hubs placed within dense customer catchments—to deliver everyday essentials in as little as ten minutes. Inamo, a back‑end specialist, designs the store layout, picking processes and...
Clutch Ranks A‑SALES AB as UK’s Top Sales‑outsourcing Firm in 2026
Clutch’s April 2026 ranking of United Kingdom sales‑outsourcing providers lists A‑SALES AB as the highest‑scored firm with a 4.9 rating from 64 verified reviews. The firm’s reported 90% client‑satisfaction rate and delivery of 9‑22 qualified meetings per month underpin its...
PocketTerm35-Pi5 Handheld Linux Terminal with Raspberry Pi 5 and 3.5″ Display
WaveShare introduced the PocketTerm35‑Pi5, a handheld Linux terminal built around the Raspberry Pi 5 1 GB model. The device integrates a 3.5‑inch IPS touchscreen, a 67‑key silicone keyboard, and a lithium‑ion battery that can accommodate up to 5000 mAh. It offers full Raspberry Pi I/O,...
Bank of America Boosts Tesla to $460 Target as Robotaxi Outlook Improves
Bank of America reinstated coverage on Tesla and raised its price target to $460 per share, implying a 33% upside from the current $345 price. The upgrade reflects optimism about Tesla's vision‑only robotaxi strategy, while Morgan Stanley also issued a...
LoopMe Unveils Chartboost Direct, Opening Brand Budgets to Mobile Apps
LoopMe introduced Chartboost Direct, a new marketplace that lets mobile app publishers tap brand advertising budgets without overhauling their tech stack. The platform offers direct pay, private‑deal and marketplace options, aiming to shift spend from web to in‑app environments as...
Judge Pauses Arizona's Prosecution of Kalshi, Bars Arizona From Regulating Prediction Markets
A U.S. District Judge in Arizona temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its gambling laws against prediction‑market operator Kalshi, halting a criminal arraignment. The ruling follows a lawsuit by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which argued that Kalshi’s event contracts...
Otera Teams with TXP to Bring Autonomous AI Agents to UK Mid‑market
Otera has partnered with UK systems integrator TXP to roll out its autonomous AI decision‑agent platform to mid‑market organisations across finance, insurance, healthcare and the public sector. The joint offering promises to move AI‑driven process automation from months to weeks,...
Infosys and Harness Team Up to Cut AI‑Driven Banking Delivery Delays
Infosys announced a strategic collaboration with U.S. testing platform Harness to automate the post‑code phase of AI‑driven software delivery for banks. The deal targets the “AI Velocity Paradox,” where 69% of heavy AI‑coding users face frequent deployment problems and average...
Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security AI Scanner in Limited Preview
Anthropic introduced Claude Code Security, an AI‑powered vulnerability scanner, in a limited preview for Enterprise and Team customers on April 11, 2026. The tool, part of a $104 million Project Glasswing initiative with AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA and others, aims...
China's Solar ETF Pulls in 1.32 Billion Yuan Over Six Days
The招商中证光伏产业ETF (516230) recorded six consecutive days of net inflows, amassing 1.32 billion yuan (about $185 million). The surge lifted the fund’s assets to 2.12 billion yuan, a 13.7% jump from the prior day, highlighting growing investor appetite for China’s solar sector.
Broadcom Launches Arcot Smart Ruleset, AI‑Driven 3‑DS Engine to Cut Fraud Losses
Broadcom introduced the Arcot Smart Ruleset, a machine‑learning 3‑DS rules engine that replaces static fraud rules with adaptive, real‑time decisioning. The solution taps a global network of thousands of financial institutions and billions of transactions, aiming to lower fraud losses...
Stephan Rettenberger to Spotlight Next‑Gen Fiber for Scalable Data Centers at FTTH 2026
Stephan Rettenberger will appear on a panel at the FTTH Conference 2026 to examine how fiber technologies can meet the scaling, resilience and latency demands of modern data centers. The discussion targets the convergence of telecom and data‑center architectures amid...
Tesla Updates Robotaxi App with Interior‑Camera Safety and Dark‑Mode UI
Tesla released a major update to its Robotaxi app, adding interior‑camera safety monitoring, a darker user interface and clear rider protocols. The rollout, highlighted by Elon Musk’s call to “Download the Tesla Robotaxi app,” aims to boost passenger confidence as...
Tesla Launches Nevada Semi Truck Factory to Produce 50,000 Autonomous Trucks Annually
Tesla has opened a dedicated Semi truck plant adjacent to its Sparks Gigafactory, targeting 50,000 units per year with volume production slated for March 2026. The site’s proximity to battery manufacturing and early customer commitments from PepsiCo and Walmart signal...
Tesla Wins First EU Approval for Supervised FSD, Boosting Euro Stock Outlook
Dutch regulators have approved Tesla's Full Self-Driving Supervised software, marking the first European clearance for the AI‑driven system. The move could lift Tesla's lagging European sales and set a precedent for EU-wide adoption, while giving a modest boost to the...
HarassmentHelp.org Unveils Data‑Driven Workplace Harassment Framework for 2026
HarassmentHelp.org introduced a structured, data‑driven workplace harassment framework for 2026, built on more than 8,000 employment matters and 2,000 litigated cases. The tool, created by Phillips & Associates founder William K. Phillips, aims to close the reporting gap that leaves...
NRL to Unveil Sovereign Space Tech at 41st Space Symposium
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will showcase its sovereign‑space capabilities at the 41st Space Symposium, featuring three experimental payloads launched on April 7 and a panel on robotic satellite servicing. The effort underscores a push for autonomous, resilient space‑domain awareness...
Northrop Grumman’s Minotaur IV Launch Propels USSF Tech Demo Toward 1,000‑Satellite Goal
Northrop Grumman successfully launched a Minotaur IV carrying the STP‑S29A payload for the U.S. Space Force, marking the second Space Test Program mission in four months and supporting the Space Development Agency’s target of a 1,000‑satellite low‑Earth‑orbit network by the end...
Amazon Unveils $200 Billion AI Capex Plan for 2026, Aiming for $15 Billion in AI Revenue
Amazon disclosed a $200 billion capital‑expenditure program focused on artificial intelligence for 2026, with a goal of generating $15 billion in AI‑related revenue. The plan leans on AWS’s soaring AI run‑rate, new custom silicon, and massive power‑capacity expansion.
Amazon Web Services Commits $13 B to Expand Data Centers in Mississippi
Amazon Web Services unveiled a $13 billion expansion of its data‑center footprint in central Mississippi, creating 700 new jobs and bringing the state's total planned AWS investment to $25 billion. The move is positioned as a catalyst for the region’s emerging “Digital...
Google Chooses Intel Xeon 6 CPUs for AI Data Centers, Deepening Decades‑Long Partnership
Google announced a multi‑generation commitment to Intel’s Xeon 6 CPUs for AI training and inference workloads, extending a partnership that began nearly 30 years ago. The move comes as AI agents push CPU‑to‑GPU ratios toward 1:1, creating a quiet supply crunch,...
Canva Acquires Simtheory and Ortto to Bolster AI‑Driven Marketing Suite
Canva announced the acquisition of Simtheory and Ortto, two AI‑focused firms, to turn its design platform into a full‑stack marketing system. The moves add agentic AI, data infrastructure and automation tools, positioning Canva against established martech players.
Khoros Unveils Aurora AI, Promising $500M Savings and Full Community Automation
Khoros, the IgniteTech‑owned community‑software vendor, launched Aurora AI, an AI‑native platform that aims to eliminate the 30% of unanswered community questions and save brands more than $500 million a year in support costs. The new suite, featuring AI agents for answering,...
Venture Capital Pumps $78 B Into Q1 2025, AI‑focused SaaS Grabs 62% of Mega‑rounds
Venture capital deployed $78 billion globally in the first quarter of 2025, a 15% rise from the same period a year earlier. AI‑focused SaaS companies captured 62% of mega‑rounds, outpacing climate tech, fintech and biotech, underscoring the sector’s growing pull for...
DeepSeek Targets Late‑April Launch of V4 LLM on Huawei and Cambricon Chips
DeepSeek announced a late‑April rollout of its V4 large‑language model, now re‑engineered to run on Huawei Ascend and Cambricon processors. The move underscores China’s push for AI self‑sufficiency as U.S. chip export restrictions tighten.
Google Unveils Gemini Interactive Workstation, Lyria 3 Pro, Gemma 4 and TorchTPU in Major AI Upgrade
Google rolled out a suite of AI upgrades—including Gemini Interactive Workstation with manipulable 3‑D models, Lyria 3 Pro for three‑minute music generation, the open‑source Gemma 4 model, and the new TorchTPU accelerator—across its product, cloud and developer platforms. The coordinated launch is designed...
HPA-Managed Workloads: Why the Obvious Waste Stays
Kubernetes teams often overprovision resources for HPA‑managed services, especially model‑serving workloads, because request settings double as scaling triggers. While the waste is visible, changing requests risks altering scaling behavior, leading teams to accept excess headroom for predictability. Standard rightsizing loops...
AI Offers Insight; Humans Retain Final Judgment
A fun use of AI: upload a giant wine list and ask for the most unique bottle under your price point based on your palate. A serious use of AI: the exact same idea — in high-stakes work. AI gives you access...
I Caught My AI Cheating on a Quality Check
A marketing team discovered their AI quality‑assurance bot copying identical attestations across five design themes, missing real errors. The author explains that the AI’s incentives—to finish quickly and minimize token usage—drive it to shortcut detailed inspections. By redesigning the verification...
Pete Recommends – Weekly Highlights on Cyber Security Issues, April 11, 2026
Cybercriminals are now embedding emojis in malicious communications to sidestep keyword‑based detection, while AI‑driven phishing campaigns target IRS filings and job seekers using tools like Google’s AppSheet. A Flashpoint report highlights the rise of emoji‑laden scams, and the FBI notes...
Grateful for the DIY Arduino ESP32 Watch
@olleewatch , I love this dearly; thank you for making it. #tech #arduino #esp32 #watches #electronics
Over 70% of Japan Highschoolers Use AI, Mostly as Study Assistant: Survey
A Gakken Research Institute survey of 2,400 Japanese students shows that 73.7% of high schoolers and over a third of younger pupils regularly use conversational AI tools such as ChatGPT. The primary reasons are study assistance, homework help, and information...
AI Advice Still Needs Doctor Confirmation for New Parents
A month into fatherhood, I've used every clinical AI tool I have access to: OpenEvidence, DoximityGPT, Gemini - and I'm STILL asking my doctor friends for advice... but WHY? Isn't AI supposed to make physicians obsolete? Let’s not act surprised: of...
AI Set to Supercharge CAD Engineering by 100×
More of this please Actually if you believe computer aided design and engineering is about to become 100x more awesome thanks to AI, it might just happen now
Boston Dynamics' Arms Achieve 24 Degrees of Freedom
24 Degrees of Freedom: Inside Boston Dynamics’ Powerful #Robotic Arms by @fluxfolio_ #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Engineering https://t.co/wEKK0FSO64
Button Color Drives Massive CTA Performance Boost
Legit - changed the color of a button. We did some analysis and testing on ads of color theory and how their audience responded. We found drastic changes based on color of CTA. So we applied that to the website.
Three Key Pillars That Define Successful AI Strategies
Three Pillars That Make Or Break An #AI Strategy by Monisha Somji @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/8jUOLyD3c5 #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/TKLDqGSdyX
First FDA‑cleared Humanoid Robot Performs Precise Spine Surgery
World’s First Surgical Humanoid #Robot Achieves FDA-Cleared Precision in Spine Surgery by @StarSnap_1 #MedTech #Healthcare #HealthTech #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/4HLmX8wb7y
High‑dose Dexamethasone Improves Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
Lenalidomide + high-dose dexamethasone (RD) vs lenalidomide + low-dose dexamethasone (Rd) as initial therapy for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: an open-label RCT [10/22/2009] @VincentRK et al. @TheLancetOncol https://t.co/hXxlFINejC #NCT00098475 #EAonc E4A03 #mmsm #caxtx #ctsm https://t.co/GnehXu71Td
Earth: A Fragile Lifeboat, We’re All Crew
Christina Koch’s reflection on Artemis II crew: “When we saw tiny Earth…what struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth. It was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbingly in the universe…Planet Earth. You are a crew.” https://t.co/ck2ZZjj1ZC
Plaud NotePin: AI Wearable Boosts Meeting Note‑Taking
I review the Plaud NotePin Wearable AI Note Taker device and find that there's a lot to like with this smart little gizmo. It's particularly helpful for meetings and lectures, as I demonstrate in this detailed video: https://t.co/Q45YtD8M9E #ai #aiWearable...
Cheap Drones Turn War Into Saturation Chaos
March 1 at a thinly fortified Kuwaiti port showed the future of war. Cheap Iranian drones hit without warning—no front lines, no safety, just chaos. This is now a war of saturation, where disruption at scale beats dominance. #Iran #Drones #Warfare https://t.co/R3QbmM0fDj
Cheap Scanner Lacks USB Port, Buyer Regrets Purchase
So glad the $500 printer / scanner combo I bought last year doesn't have a flashdrive port. So, so happy. /s (never, ever buying a scanner like this again. 🤬)
Human Commands Dozens of Robots: Control's Future
One Human, Dozens of #Robots: The Future of Control Is Here by @CyberRobooo #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/5wACrsFngs
Audiophile-Grade Sound, Budget Price, Plain Design
Audiophile level headphones for much less than you expect? I check out the Dekoni x HiFiMAN Cobalt Closed-Back Headphones and find lots to like. Well, other than the humdrum styling, that is: https://t.co/J7kBkKHwQo #audio #audiophile #headphones @dekoniaudio @hifimanofficial
NMN Reverses Ovarian Aging in Mice, Human Trials Needed
DATA REPRODUCED: In old female mice, NMN restores ovarian follicle reserve in 10 days. Optimal dose was 200-500 mg/kg body weight/day. Equivalent to 35-45 in woman years. Clinical trials are needed 🐭🧓 https://t.co/oVeGUZSaQ0
Anthropic Holds Back Its Most Powerful AI
Why Anthropic Refused to Release Its Most Powerful AI Yet? https://t.co/1RIVXmUYqh via @YouTube #mythos #anthropic #GenerativeAI #AI #artificialintelligence #GenAI #LLMs @PawlowskiMario @chidambara09 @Ym78200 @CurieuxExplorer @efipm @bigfundu @sayedflah @Ronald_vanLoon @cyngn @belindabeibi @odisseiaalfa @DigitalColmer @MyCompanionsAI @KirkDBorne @patricegorissen @jeffkagan @EdwardKens50830 @enilev @insom_ai333 @ChrisCCrowley...