Vivo vs Samsung in India Smartphone Market Q1 2026: Leadership Stability Amid Demand Pressure
India’s smartphone market contracted 5% in Q1 2026, falling to 30.9 million units amid inflation, rupee depreciation and cautious channel inventories. Vivo retained the top spot, shipping 6.3 million phones and capturing roughly 20% market share, driven by its V70 series and disciplined pricing in the $120‑$240 segment. Samsung held second place with 5.1 million shipments and a 16% share, buoyed by the Galaxy S26 flagship and a refreshed A‑series targeting the $180‑$240 price band. Both brands employed phased price hikes to sustain demand despite broader slowdown.
Why AI Safety Should Be For-Profit?
The piece argues that AI safety should move from nonprofit‑driven research to for‑profit enterprises, using recent scandals—xAI’s Grok deepfakes, Character.AI’s teen‑suicide lawsuits, and OpenAI’s wrongful‑death claims—as proof that safety only improves under financial or legal pressure. It likens the emerging...
AI Companions Developed for Lonely Students in Australia
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have built two prototype AI companions, Tom and Mia, to help university students cope with loneliness. The chatbots, designed in English and Mandarin, were co‑created with Chinese student input and incorporate safeguards...
Decouple Life Support: Robot Companion for Agile EVA Suits
The current SpaceX EVA suit needs Dragon for life support. On the Moon that won’t be possible. Why not keep all those systems separate from the suit? Imagine a small robot carrying all the support systems, following the suit. Benefit: Far more...
Prostate Cancer - I’m Asking for some Specific Advice/Thoughts to Determine My Physical (Cell-Level Age) versus Chronological Age
The large TRAVERSE trial of about 5,200 hypogonadal men found no increase in prostate‑cancer incidence with testosterone replacement therapy—12 cases on treatment versus 11 on placebo—though the study’s 33‑month follow‑up and 60% dropout limit statistical power. Mechanistically, androgen‑receptor saturation occurs...
27 Physical AI Startups Secure $50M+ Funding, Hiring
list of 27 physical AI startups which raised > $50M in Q1 2026 , all likely hiring. Credit: Ivan Landabaso's "Startup Riders" website.
FPGA Developer Claims Plaion's NeoGeo AES+ Is Effectively a “Bait and Switch”
Plaion announced the Neo Geo AES+, slated for a November 13 2026 launch, as a 1:1 hardware replica built on newly engineered ASIC chips rather than emulation or FPGA technology. The company highlighted collaboration with retro‑hardware experts Jotego and Furrtek in designing the...
Glossy Research: 3 Out of 4 Brand Leaders Are Using AI for Data Analysis, but ROI on AI Spend Remains...
Glossy Research reports that three‑quarters of top fashion and beauty brands now rely on AI for data analysis, yet the financial returns on those investments remain modest. The study highlights an average ROI of under 10% per year, indicating early‑stage...
Scientists Say Nanoplastics Can Cause Salmonella to Become Stronger
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign discovered that nanoplastics embedded in food‑packaging can boost the virulence of Salmonella bacteria. Laboratory experiments showed the pathogen becomes more aggressive when exposed to nanoplastic particles commonly found on ground‑turkey packaging. The study,...
According to a Leak, Microsoft’s Next Surface Lineup Will Feature a New Division: Snapdragon X2 for Consumers, Panther Lake for...
A leak reported by VideoCardz suggests Microsoft will split its upcoming Surface refresh between Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processors for consumer devices and Intel’s Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series 3) for business models. The rumor aligns with recent announcements: Windows 11 26H1 is optimized for Snapdragon X2,...
China’s Drone-Laid Mines Aim to Trap US in a Taiwan War
China’s People’s Liberation Army is fielding the AJX002 extra‑large unmanned underwater vehicle, a stealthy XLUUV capable of carrying up to 20 naval mines over a 1,000‑nautical‑mile radius. The drones are designed for offensive minelaying along the First Island Chain, aiming...
CHUWI Admits to Incorrect Ryzen Configuration: CoreBook X and CoreBook Plus Can Be Returned by the End of May
On March 23 2026, CHUWI announced a recall of a limited batch of CoreBook X and CoreBook Plus laptops that were shipped with the wrong processor. The devices were marketed as AMD Ryzen 5 7430U but actually contain the older Ryzen 5 5500U, a discrepancy AMD has publicly...
Intel Is Reportedly Reconsidering Its Desktop Sockets, but Raptor Lake, of All Things, Might Still Be in the Running
Intel is reportedly planning to lengthen desktop socket lifespans, aiming for AMD‑style multi‑generation support. An insider leak suggests a Raptor Lake refresh could extend the aging LGA1700 platform alongside the upcoming Arrow Lake refresh on LGA1851 and Nova Lake on...
Dollar General Prioritizes In-Store Audio over Digital Screens
Dollar General is expanding its in‑store audio network to 12,000 locations by July, swapping 6,000 stores to a new partnership with audio‑tech provider QSIC. The move prioritizes audio over digital screens, citing limited store space and faster campaign rollout. QSIC’s...
Arch Linux Pulls the Plug on Pascal: GTX 10 Cards Are Dropped From the Default Path with NVIDIA 590
Arch Linux announced that its default NVIDIA 590 driver will no longer support Pascal GPUs, including the GTX 10 series. Users of these cards must manually install the legacy nvidia‑580xx‑dkms package to retain functionality. NVIDIA’s own support plan limits Pascal, Maxwell...
AMD’s openSIL Lands on an AM5 Consumer Board: The MSI PRO B850-P Becomes a Testing Ground for Coreboot Beyond AGESA
AMD’s openSIL firmware is being tested on a mainstream AM5 motherboard, the MSI PRO B850‑P, through a collaborative effort by 3mdeb. The project ports Coreboot and the Phoenix‑based openSIL stack, addressing challenges such as PCIe initialization and reliance on AMD PSP blobs....
Will the UK’s Datacentre Strategy Deliver?
The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has set a 2030 goal of delivering 6 GW of AI‑capable datacentre capacity. Recent analysis shows current build‑out is lagging, making the target unlikely without rapid acceleration in power and cooling investments....
Cider Joins Revolve and Shein as Online Fashion Brands Open Permanent Retail Stores
Cider, the Los Angeles‑based affordable fashion brand, opened its first permanent 8,000‑square‑foot store in the city’s Farmer’s Market shopping center after years of pop‑up testing. The move follows $130 million in recent funding and a valuation exceeding $1 billion, as the company...
How GAO’s Artificial Intelligence Use Cases Show What Practical Government AI Looks Like
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a March 2026 catalog listing ten AI use cases, five of which are fully operational. The tools automate search, text classification, document conversion, and legislative mandate analysis, while a generative AI prototype assists staff...
How ThredUp Is Using AI to Improve Its Marketing Operations and Move Further up the Funnel
ThredUp, the online resale platform, is embedding artificial intelligence across its operations, from automated product tagging to personalized recommendation engines. In its marketing division, AI is now being used to sharpen demand forecasting, allowing the team to allocate spend more...
Apple to Soon Let You Unlock and Start Tata Car Directly From Your iPhone or Apple Watch: Report
Apple is set to extend its Car Key digital‑key feature to Tata’s electric vehicles, adding the Indian automaker to an internal list of supported models. The functionality will let iPhone 11 or later and Apple Watch Series 6 or later users...
10 Best Cloud Data Security Software on G2: My Top Picks
The cloud data security market, valued at $4.75 billion in 2024, is forecast to reach $11.62 billion by 2030, underscoring rapid growth. Disha C’s G2‑based guide ranks the top ten platforms, from Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud’s unified backup and AI threat detection...
Opus 4.6 Erroneously Writes Dummy Output to /Dev/Null
As I’m using @AnthropicAI Opus 4.6 on @aws Kiro CLI right now it keeps writing dummy to screen and tries to write to /dev/null all the time now. It suggests that dummy is a tool name and cannot tell me...
PlayStation To Require Age Verification For Messages and Voice Chat
Sony announced that PlayStation will require users to verify their age later this year to continue using messaging and voice‑chat features. The verification will be applied globally and is presented as a safety measure for families while preserving privacy. Players...
New With LoyaltyLion: Set Up Tiered Rewards
LoyaltyLion’s latest integration with Loox lets merchants create tiered reward structures for product reviews. Brands can assign extra points for photos, videos, detailed write‑ups, set minimum character thresholds, and target specific SKUs or VIP customers. The setup is a few‑minute...
More than $1m Worth of Fines From AI Seatbelt Cameras Withdrawn in WA
Western Australia has withdrawn more than $1.1 million AUD (≈$730,000 USD) in seat‑belt fines after six months of AI‑assisted road‑safety cameras. The system issued roughly 53,000 seat‑belt infringements, of which about 2,000 were cancelled, representing less than 4% of total penalties. Minister...
Global Fintech Adyen Extends Partnership with lastminute.com By Launching Virtual Card Issuing for Supplier Payments
Adyen has expanded its partnership with travel‑booking platform lastminute.com by adding Visa‑branded prepaid virtual cards for supplier payments. The new issuing capability lets the travel company create multi‑currency virtual cards in seconds, cutting payout times by two to three days...
OpenAI Eyes Deeper APAC Growth with New Marketing Head
OpenAI has appointed Jennifer Lien as head of marketing for the Asia‑Pacific region, operating out of Singapore. Lien will steer brand, user growth, enterprise adoption and partnership strategies across both consumer and B2B segments. The hire follows OpenAI’s recent regional...
APC-Deficient Cancer Cells Rely on Single Enzyme for Survival
Researchers have identified aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) as a critical survival factor for colorectal cancer cells lacking functional APC. Computational screening and lab experiments show that pharmacological inhibition of ALDH2, using agents such as disulfiram, sharply reduces proliferation and induces...
Trial Shows Safety of Novel KIR-CAR T Therapy in Solid Tumors
A Phase I dose‑escalation trial of SynKIR‑110, a novel KIR‑CAR T therapy, demonstrated safety in nine patients with advanced ovarian cancer, mesothelioma or cholangiocarcinoma. The multi‑chain design uses NK‑cell receptors to provide an on/off switch, reducing T‑cell exhaustion and side...
Can Perfectionist John Ternus Steer Apple Through the AI Age?
Apple’s long‑time hardware engineer John Ternus is set to replace Tim Cook as CEO on September 1, bringing a product‑first philosophy to a company that has lagged in AI. Ternus stresses leveraging technology to ship great products rather than shipping technology...
AI Won’t Cause Job Apocalypse, But Triggers Massive Role Shifts
There will be no “jobs apocalypse” due to AI — but there will be job chaos. @Gartner_inc 2025 AI Job Impacts Analysis found that starting in 2028-2029, AI will create more jobs than it eliminates. Yet, each year, over 32...
Half of Audience Will Wear Smart Glasses by Next Year
#Money2020 ANT Group Garry Sien great talk on AI he says half of this audience will be wearing smart glasses this time next year. I certainly will be. https://t.co/3fCBQFFCp0
Revamped Tata Neu to Bet on Loyalty, Financial Services: Tata Digital CEO Sajith Sivanandan
Tata Digital is reshaping its super‑app Tata Neu into a loyalty‑centric financial‑services hub, moving away from a broad commerce aggregator. CEO Sajith Sivanandan, who took the helm seven months ago, is streamlining the portfolio, emphasizing payments, investments and insurance tied to...
Autonomous Robot Uses Subway to Deliver Station Goods
This #Robot Rides the Subway Alone to Deliver Goods Inside Stations by @XueJia24682 #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/c3NAfYLRKQ
Dominican Republic Launches 600 MW Renewable Energy Tender
Dominican Republic opens bids for 600 MW renewables tender #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/ai0coBXS9J
AI’s Real Challenge? Closing the Skills Gap
AI is reshaping Southeast Asian industries far faster than anticipated, with Cognizant reporting that 93% of jobs could be impacted. Executives expect AI and big‑data proficiency to be essential by 2030, yet only 30% believe their workforce is ready. This...
Advanced Solar Inverters Heighten Cybersecurity Imperative
Solar inverter advancements stress growing need for cybersecurity #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/iuXwYPtSrM
IT’s Future: Humans and AI Working Together
The future of IT is a partnership between humans and AI. #AI #Innovation #Workforce #BusinessStrategy https://t.co/HxOiCAH48y
Mythos Remains a Mystery as Security World Faces Rising Threats, Agentic Attacks and Concerns About AI Integrity
Anthropic’s unreleased Claude Mythos model, touted for large‑scale software analysis and automated vulnerability chaining, was highlighted by Head of Threat Intelligence Jacob Klein at the SANS Cybersecurity Summit. Klein warned that AI‑driven attacks are accelerating, citing recent breaches at Vercel...
Skin-Conforming Electrodes Improve Comfort in Long-Term Heart Monitoring
Researchers at NC State and UNC have created a skin‑conforming, gel‑free polymer electrode for ECG monitoring. The device incorporates a conductive polymer and surfactant into a POMaC elastomer, delivering adhesive, comfortable wear while matching the signal quality of commercial patches....
Small Threads Spark Massive AI Agent Revolutions
This is an iconic thread that started a massive revolution and a complete rethinking around agents and smart harnesses around models and I mean a revolution. And as of right now it only has 25k views. Revolutions always start small.
AI Design Tool Bridges Codex's Frontend Skill Gap
I feel like Codex's gap in frontend design skills can be easily made up if you use an AI design tool. My favorite is @tomkrcha's Pencil
Tailor Training to Business, Not Just Technology
Vendor training often falls short because it's too tech-focused. Tailor training to your business, configuration, and operational nuances for true end-to-end process mastery. It's not just about technology, it's about how people use it. #TrainingTips #BusinessProcess https://t.co/k2IPmBhM3E
BESS Analytics Connect Performance Data to Profitability
BESS analytics ‘bridge the gap between technical performance and commercial outcomes’ #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/KeCuSEoFbP
Nordic SoC Powers Holyiot Smart Badges
Holyiot Technology has embedded Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF54L15 system‑on‑chip into its Inkcard‑A1 e‑ink smart badge, delivering twice the processing power and three‑fold efficiency of the prior generation. The Bluetooth LE‑enabled badge can refresh images, QR codes or text in under six seconds...
Time‑restricted Eating Matches Calorie Restriction for PCOS Weight Loss
Time-restricted eating for body weight management in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial “Our results show that in women with PCOS, TRE induced greater weight loss than the controls and was comparable to that achieved with daily CR” https://t.co/fqogoSQpkd
Chip Price Surge Rivals Oil Shock, Adds $300B Surplus
Chip price shock is by some measures as big as the current oil shock -- $300b annual increase in Korean/ Taiwan combined trade surplus v 24 based on latest data (depends of course on where oil settles for the rest...
Max‑setting Cyber
Well, not if someone in the single family home wants to play Cyberpunk 2077 at max settings - but I take your point. https://t.co/KTPoGJvvx5
Tokyo Gas, HDRE Secure 150MW BESS for Trading, Relief
HDRE, Tokyo Gas sign 150MW BESS deal in Japan as trading, curtailment and disaster relief drive use cases in growing market #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/VW58H4VB7y