Blast Radius of TeamPCP Attacks Expands Amid Hacker Infighting
TeamPCP’s supply‑chain campaign has broadened, compromising open‑source tools like Trivy and LiteLLM and giving attackers stolen AWS credentials. The breaches surfaced at AI startup Mercor and the European Commission, where compromised code‑scanning utilities enabled unauthorized cloud access. Third‑party groups ShinyHunters and Lapsus$ have surfaced, claiming large data dumps and extortion leverage, while TeamPCP announced an alliance with ransomware gang Vect. Experts warn the rapid credential‑theft playbook turns supply‑chain flaws into immediate enterprise breaches, shrinking response windows to hours.
Custom Utility Trailers Enhance City of Lethbridge’s Fleet Efficiency
The City of Lethbridge commissioned two custom FT‑24‑3 utility pole trailers from Felling, facilitated by dealer NCCHD, to replace aging equipment that could not handle long poles or heavy loads. The trailers feature a 27,600 lb GVWR, a telescopic tongue extending...
Anker’s Small, Five-Port Travel Adapter Is Down to Its Best Price Yet
Anker’s Nano Travel Adapter, a five‑port, 20W charger, is now priced at an all‑time low of $19.99 on Amazon and Anker’s site. The compact unit works in more than 200 countries, offering four plug types and three USB ports that...
LinkedIn Turns Cold Prospecting Into Warm Relationships
I sat down with Brynne Tillman and Dr. Lorenzo Bizzi on this week's episode of the Sales Gravy podcast where we discuss how prospecting doesn't have to be a grind with LinkedIn. Historically, sellers have hated prospecting because it feels cold...
Modder Gets Intel Core 9 273PQE "Bartlett Lake" To Boot Windows 11 on Z790 Motherboard
A modder has successfully booted Intel’s Core 9 273PQE “Bartlett Lake” processor on a standard Z790 motherboard. The 12‑core, 24‑thread chip, originally sold only to industrial OEMs and lacking official BIOS support, previously stopped at POST. By modifying the motherboard firmware, the...
Glimpse $35M Funding Boost for AI‑Driven Retail Automation
Glimpse, a Y Combinator‑backed AI startup focused on retail finance automation, closed a $35 million Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing its total capital to roughly $52 million. The funding backs its machine‑learning platform that streamlines invoice deductions, chargebacks and dispute...
Custom MCPs Add Unnecessary Complexity Over Simple APIs
I keep hearing "Claude built me a custom Shopify MCP" Building a custom MCP to do what a direct API call already does is complexity theater. If you cant explain the difference between an MCP and an API, maybe don't give either...
The Moon Astronauts Brought Along USB Stick-Sized Living Samples of Their Own Tissue
NASA’s Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—will carry USB‑stick‑sized organ‑on‑a‑chip samples grown from each astronaut’s bone‑marrow cells. The “functional” organ chips travel alongside the astronauts on a 10‑day lunar flyby and duplicate sets are sent to...
Trump FY2027 NASA Budget Supports Moon Missions, But Cuts Everything Else
The Trump administration’s FY2027 budget request keeps NASA’s total funding at $18.8 billion, a 23 percent cut that mirrors the FY2026 proposal. It adds $731 million for Artemis lunar landings and $175 million for a robotic lunar base camp, while slashing the science portfolio...
Study Overlooks Construction Heat, Skews Data Centre Impact
Looking at a viral academic study that claims to analyse local area heating effects of data centre construction on green-field sites, that does not control for the heating effects of *any* construction on green-field sites.
Start with Git & GitHub for DevOps Beginners
Which tool is best for beginners starting DevOps? 👇 1️⃣ Docker 2️⃣ Linux 3️⃣ Git & GitHub 4️⃣ Kubernetes
Engine Delivers Autonomous Travel Support with Hybrid Development on the Agentforce 360 Platform
Engine, a $2.1 billion travel‑tech unicorn, adopted Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 platform to overhaul its AI‑agent development. By leveraging a hybrid low‑code, pro‑code, and Vibe environment, Engine built its first production agent, Eva, in a 12‑day cycle, cutting development time from months to...
Revolut's PRAGMA AI: Data Moat Boosts Fraud Detection
Revolut Builds Its Own Foundation Model - PRAGMA Trained on 40 Billion Behavioral Events Revolut is building the AI infrastructure incumbents will struggle to replicate. PRAGMA: trained on 40B behavioral events from 25M users. 20% better fraud detection. Money laundering investigations from...
Only 12% of Deals Are Won by the "Best" Solutions
Research from MIT analyzing 103 million online poker hands found that only 12 % of victories came from the statistically strongest cards, meaning 88 % were won by weaker hands through skillful play. The article draws a parallel to B2B sales, arguing that...
How To Master Agentic Engineering
The post argues that mastering agentic engineering doesn’t require a massive stack of tools; a lean setup with basic CLI utilities, clear prompts, and solid judgment often outperforms complex frameworks. It highlights how recent AI model upgrades now follow detailed,...
When Not to Use Lindy (And What to Use Instead)
The article argues that Lindy, a workflow‑automation platform, is ideal for deterministic, repeatable tasks but falls short on exploratory problems that require real‑time reasoning. It introduces a simple framework—deterministic versus exploratory—to guide tool selection, recommending Claude Code for ambiguous, data‑search...
Chili's Didn't Go Viral By Accident
Chili’s has turned its social media presence into a cultural engine, using creator partnerships to make menu items go viral. The chain’s espresso martini launch, featuring *Vanderpump Rules* stars, sparked a surge of user‑generated content that re‑engaged younger diners. Director...
Save $240 on Intel's Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 32GB of DDR5-6000 and Z890 Motherboard — Get Intel's Newest,...
Newegg is offering a $240 discount (23% off) on a bundle that pairs Intel’s Core Ultra 7 270K Plus CPU with an ASRock Z890 Pro RS motherboard and 32 GB of G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5‑6000 RAM. The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, priced at $350, delivers gaming performance comparable...
Cybersecurity's New Challenge: Decision, Not Tools
Cybersecurity isn’t a tooling problem anymore. It’s a decision problem. AI-driven threats are moving faster than human response models. Most orgs still rely on: • alerts • dashboards • manual decisions That’s the real vulnerability. The shift? → Decision Intelligence systems Comment “DECISION” and I’ll show you how to implement...
Mars Gum, BBDO Target Young Demos, Chew On 'Overthink'
Mars’ OEFY gum portfolio—including Orbit, Extra, Freedent and Yida—has launched a youth‑focused campaign called “Total Overthink of The Heart.” The BBDO Chicago creative remixes Bonnie Tyler’s 1983 hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and runs across memes, social, digital and OOH...
Reducing Deployment Time by 60% on GCP: A CI/CD Pipeline Redesign Case Study
A team re‑engineered its CI/CD pipeline on Google Cloud Platform by swapping self‑managed components for managed services such as Cloud Build, Artifact Registry, GKE Autopilot, Cloud Deploy, and Cloud SQL. The redesign slashed total deployment time from roughly 52 minutes...
Wind Builds Clean Energy Potential Across Asia’s Economic Landscape
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) reports that Asia’s offshore wind sector is accelerating toward parity with Europe by 2030. Japan commissioned its largest offshore wind farm, Hibikinada, in March 2026 and deepened industry coordination through a new MOU with...
Soquelitinib
Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced soquelitinib (CPI‑818), an oral covalent inhibitor that irreversibly engages ITK at Cys442 while sparing the related kinase RLK. The selectivity addresses the broader off‑target activity seen with earlier covalent ITK agents such as ibrutinib. Soquelitinib is currently...
California Approves First SB 1440 Biomethane Project at Wastewater Facility
Anaergia’s SoCal Biomethane facility at Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority received conditional approval from the California Public Utilities Commission for a long‑term renewable natural gas (RNG) procurement agreement, marking the first SB 1440‑qualified RNG delivery in the state. The plant co‑digests...
An Integrated Visual Radio and Audio Processing Product Arrives
Orban Labs and Quu Inc. have integrated the Quu360 Visual Radio platform directly into the Orban OPTIMOD 5950 HD processor, creating a single‑chip solution for audio processing, metadata handling, and visual messaging. The embedded option eliminates the need for separate Windows‑based PCs...
Heat Dome and High Pressure Boost Southern U.S. Solar as Polar Vortex Clouds the North
Solcast’s March 2026 analysis shows a stark solar divide across North America. Southern regions—including northeastern Mexico, southeastern Texas and much of California—recorded 20‑25% above‑average irradiance, driven by persistent high‑pressure systems and a southwestern heat dome. In contrast, Canada, the Great...
Elon Musk Reveals Date of SpaceX Starship V3’s Maiden Voyage
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the upgraded Starship v3 will attempt its first flight, designated IFT‑12, within the next four to six weeks, targeting early‑mid May 2026. The v3 configuration features a taller Super Heavy booster, higher propellant capacity...
Anthropic Says Claude Code's Usage Drain Comes Down to Peak-Hour Caps and Ballooning Contexts
Anthropic investigated why users of its Claude Code model were exhausting usage limits faster than anticipated. The company identified two primary drivers: stricter token caps during peak‑hour periods and the growth of 1‑million‑token context windows that dramatically increase consumption. Bugs...
Meta's AI Ad Stack Drives 3% Conversion Boost
RecSys, ad ranking, and the AI advertising opportunity Certainly, Meta seems to be investing resources into advanced architectures for ad retrieval, ad ranking, and RecSys more generally. And the results are impressive: a 3% increase in conversions might be interpreted as...
Report: Trio of Science and Technology Trends – Orbital Debris Removal Flagged
The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s latest report highlights orbital debris removal as one of three emerging science and technology trends poised to shape society over the next decade. It notes that more than 15,000 pieces of debris are currently tracked,...
Case Western Reserve University Deploys Google Gemini
Case Western Reserve University rolled out Google Gemini across its campus in April 2025, offering a secure, no‑cost AI tool for faculty, staff, and students. The university paired the free Gemini for Education with paid Google AI Pro for Education...
AI in Edu: News, Views, & Moves (April 3)
Gallup’s latest poll shows 57% of U.S. college students now use AI in coursework at least once a week, with one‑in‑five doing so daily. The trend extends to K‑12, where over a third of teachers employ AI for lesson planning...
How Home Depot Is Harnessing Weather Data To Drive Local Retail Sales
Home Depot is leveraging hyper‑local, predictive weather intelligence from The Weather Company to align marketing and inventory with shifting consumer demand. The partnership aims to convert weather‑driven buying signals into actionable campaigns, a strategy that previously delivered a six‑fold lift...
Week of AI, VC, and IPO Highlights
busy, busy week at @NewcomerMedia Monday: Scoop on Coatue's Anthropic projections. Published the best @CVAI_Show yet with @mlchild & @jameswilsterman Tuesday: ET30 with @Wing_VC on top startups + Podcast with @mintlify CEO @handotdev and @DecagonAI CEO @thejessezhang Wednesday: A thoughtful look...
Ireland Trials Digital ID for Social Media Age Verification
Ireland tests digital ID to verify the age of social media users https://t.co/sO1OiHmtL7 via @livfletcher_ https://t.co/osBv2zITtO
Skip Sales Calls: Parseur’s 2‑minute Self‑service Wins
"If you have to talk to sales as the first step, that's a red flag." Parseur competes against VC-funded AI giants by being the one thing they can't: simple. Self-service setup in 2 minutes. https://t.co/EX63SYuTgG
Maine Joins Two States with Plug‑in Solar Law
Maine becomes third state to pass plug-in solar legislation #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/ZUmpYRpuPN
Security Giants Bet Big; Execution Determines AI Success
When companies like ServiceNow and Mastercard start making big security bets, you know the lines are blurring. Now it’s about execution. Who deploys AI securely and actually succeeds? https://t.co/QOSbQN1WO8
Acer Predator 21X Still Impresses a Decade Later
Two Nvidia GTX 1080 GPUs, a 21-inch screen, and a $10K price tag - the Acer Predator 21X was a ridiculous device 10 years ago, and I fired it up to see how it fares today. https://t.co/KiQq5MlTEf
Amazon Leo Seeks Lower Insertion Altitudes, Maintains Schedule
"Amazon Leo is working with its other launch providers to determine if they can lower insertion altitudes without impacting Amazon Leo’s schedule,” https://t.co/atARL8KM70 via SpaceNews
AI Boom Fuels Move to Fractional GPU Rentals
MyPOV: Rising AI Demand Drives Shift to Fractional GPU Model https://t.co/HfEp51EPpO @timesofindia @PhadnisShilpa @supriya_speaks @rwang0 @constellationr
AI Delivers Outcomes, Not Just Outputs, in CX
MyPOV: Output Is Not an Outcome: Resolving a Misperception About AI in #CX https://t.co/xee8tH5NHY @CRM “There is no question that artificial intelligence is a game changer: It is plain to see the impacts AI has already had across business and...
Louisiana Aims for 12 GW Utility‑scale Solar by 2035
Louisiana projected to add 12 GW of utility-scale solar by 2035 #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/iJc4Dml2fD
Semiconductor Capex Surge Highlights Top Analyst Picks
Semiconductor Capex Rising. Analysts Name Top Stock Picks. https://t.co/gjaKdB4ex2 $AMAT $ASML $LRCX $AEIS $MKSI $ENTG
Job Seekers and Tech Employers Warn AI Disruption
MyPOV: Job seekers, tech employers voice concerns over AI’s impact https://t.co/tKaRqPmGgj @CGTNOfficial @MarkNiuWrite @rwang0 @constellationr #AIF2026
Google Pay Speeds up Android P2P Payments
Making money moves smooth since 2013. Also we didn’t forget Android. Google Pay is making your P2P payments faster too ⚡️
AI-Driven Customer Success: CSPs Evolve Beyond Traditional Systems
MyPOV: The future of Customer Success software is AI-driven. CSPs are evolving beyond systems of action as CRMs adopt agentic AI, standalone platforms adapt, and “vibe coding” emerges for custom, AI-assisted solutions. Get the scoop from @CR_MSchneider: https://t.co/MTxlkmBC0i #CustomerSuccess #AI...
Slack Evolves Into Enterprise iPhone for Decision‑Making
MyPOV: Is @SlackHQ becoming the iPhone of enterprise decision-making? W 30+ new #AI features, Slackbot now orchestrates, executes, and observes—turning Slack into a decision + action layer. The era of fragmented apps may be ending. Read @MikeNi: https://t.co/meOTSPUq22 #EnterpriseTech
AI Drives Value‑Based Care Revolution in Hospitals
Healthcare must be redesigned around early intervention, accountability, and outcomes, and artificial intelligence can help make this a reality. A decisive transition to value-based care, powered by AI, can fundamentally change how hospitals operate and help us reimagine how physicians...
Enterprise AI Video Demands Quality, Governance Over Hype
MyPOV: Farewell @sora good riddance? Its shutdown exposes a bigger truth: enterprise #AI video needs quality, governance, and brand safety—not hype. The next wave will favor trusted, production-ready tools over consumer-first experimentation. Get the scoop from @lizkmiller: https://t.co/wZNi0l1TLK @OpenAI