Snap’s Joseph Darko on Why Practical AR Is Changing Behavior in Asia-Pacific
Snap’s head of AR, Joseph Darko, says practical augmented reality is shifting from experimental projects to everyday tools across the Asia‑Pacific region. Developers are building a seamless AR continuum that integrates into multiple categories, with travel leading the way through real‑time language and signage translation. The focus is on delivering quiet, consistent value that subtly changes consumer behavior. This trend signals a maturation of AR technology in a fast‑growing market.
Representatives Must Use Social Media to Explain Votes Daily
Every elected representative should use social media to explain their votes on the day’s public business to constituents
NIST Unveils Hydroxide Catalysis Bonding for Photonic Chips to Survive Extreme Environments
NIST researchers led by physicist Nikolai Klimov introduced a hydroxide catalysis bonding (HCB) technique that creates glass‑like, inorganic bonds between optical fibers and photonic integrated circuits, allowing the chips to survive temperature swings, radiation and vacuum. The breakthrough could accelerate...
Full Visibility Uncovers Hidden Battery Storage Safety Risks
What end-to-end visibility reveals about hidden BESS safety risks #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/Fkb7xkhlEV
Whoop Secures $575M at $10.1B Valuation Ahead of IPO Plans
Whoop announced a $575 million Series G round that lifts its valuation to $10.1 billion, fueling a hiring surge, international rollout and positioning the firm for a potential IPO. The round draws sovereign wealth funds, health institutions and star athletes, underscoring deep VC...
China’s Lijian‑2 Rocket Completes Maiden Flight, Debuts Common Booster Core
China’s Lijian‑2 carrier rocket successfully launched on March 30, marking the first flight of a vehicle built around a 3.35 m common booster core (CBC) design. The 53‑metre, 625‑ton rocket can deliver up to 8 t to a 500 km sun‑synchronous orbit and...
Proton Launches Encrypted Workspace Suite to Challenge Google and Microsoft
Proton announced Proton Workspace, an end‑to‑end encrypted suite of productivity apps—including Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar and Meet—available today. Pricing starts at $14 per month (annual billing) and the company says it serves over 100,000 enterprise customers, positioning the bundle as...
Saskatchewan Acquires New Perioperative System
The Government of Saskatchewan is allocating up to $5 million CAD (approximately $3.6 million USD) through eHealth Saskatchewan to deploy a fully integrated perioperative information system from Picis Clinical Solutions. The two‑year contract, beginning in fall 2026, will automate anesthesia management and...
Launch of New Digital Health Portal for Patients
Vancouver Coastal Health, Providence Health Care and the Provincial Health Services Authority have launched AccessMyHealth, a new digital portal that gives eligible British Columbia residents direct online access to their medical records, including notes, appointments, lab results and allergies. The...
Saronic Raises $1.75B at $9.25B Valuation to Gear up Autonomous Ship Production
Saronic Technologies announced a $1.75 billion Series D round, valuing the autonomous shipbuilder at $9.25 billion. The funding will accelerate production of unmanned vessels for defense and commercial markets, including the newly unveiled 180‑foot Marauder built in under six months. Saronic also secured...
Doctors Push Back on Fast Epic Rollout in NL
Newfoundland and Labrador's health authority plans to launch the Epic‑based CorCare electronic health record system on April 25, but more than 250 physicians have signed a petition demanding a phased rollout. Doctors argue the mandatory 35‑page contract and simultaneous deployment...
Top Ten Companies For AI Datacentre Capacity
The latest CRN‑sourced ranking lists the ten firms with the largest AI‑capable datacentre capacity, measured in megawatts. Microsoft Azure tops the list with over 15,000 MW across 60+ regions, followed by AWS at 12,000 MW and Google at roughly 8,500 MW. Other major...
Australia’s Clean‑energy Rollout Stalls as Costs Blow Out
Australia’s clean‑energy rollout has stalled as 2025 utility‑scale solar and wind investment fell to less than half of 2024 levels, jeopardizing the federal goal of an 82% renewable‑energy mix. To meet the target, the country must retire most of its...
The ‘Valuable’ in Valuable Feedback, Fast
The article breaks down the phrase “valuable feedback, fast,” explaining why test automation must deliver timely, high‑impact information. It argues that feedback is only valuable when it matters to stakeholders, covers critical product behavior, is trustworthy, and is actionable. The...
Introducing Read-Only Mode for Pulumi Neo
Pulumi has added a read‑only mode to its Neo AI‑driven infrastructure assistant, allowing the tool to analyze, preview, and generate pull requests without executing any changes. Users can select this mode when creating a Neo task, capping permissions to read‑only...
Antipsychotic-Like Effects of the Selective Rho-Kinase 2 Inhibitor KD025 in Genetic and Pharmacological Mouse Models of Schizophrenia
The selective ROCK2 inhibitor KD025 (belumosudil) demonstrated antipsychotic‑like activity in both genetic (Arhgap10 S490P/NHEJ) and pharmacological (methamphetamine and MK‑801) mouse models of schizophrenia. KD025 restored reduced spine density in the medial prefrontal cortex and rescued deficits in a touchscreen visual‑discrimination...
Your Repo Is a Knowledge Graph. You Just Don't Query It Yet
The article argues that traditional source‑code management (SCM) must evolve into Source Context Management to support AI agents throughout the software development lifecycle. It highlights how agents currently scrape files, leading to context‑window bloat and semantic blindness, and proposes a...
Microsoft Details Service Agent Capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft announced the public preview of Service Agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot, extending conversational AI to Dynamics 365 Customer Service workers. The preview adds case understanding, summarization, prioritization, knowledge retrieval, data updates, workflow initiation, and cross‑app continuity. Service Agent builds on earlier Copilot for...
The ‘Valuable’ in Valuable Feedback, Fast
The article defines “valuable feedback, fast” as the core goal of test automation, breaking down “valuable” into four dimensions: relevance to stakeholders, appropriate coverage, trustworthiness, and actionability. It argues that tests must deliver information that matters, target high‑risk product behaviours,...
Tokenmaxxing
The author reports burning 250 million AI tokens in a single day, a 20‑fold jump over six weeks, through a practice dubbed tokenmaxxing. By orchestrating multiple autonomous agents, each handling tasks like code analysis, log parsing, fact‑checking, and presentation building, the...
Jupiter Neurosciences Inc (JUNS) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Jupiter Neurosciences reported total product sales of $2.8 billion in 2025, a 22% year‑over‑year increase driven by INGREZZA and the debut of CRENESSITY. INGREZZA generated just over $2.5 billion, up 9% on volume growth, while CRENESSITY posted $300 million in its first full...
In Satellite Internet News
SpaceX has quietly filed a confidential IPO with the SEC, aiming for a June market debut and a potential valuation of $1.75 trillion, one of the largest ever for an aerospace firm. In parallel, Amazon struck a partnership with Delta Air...
Endowus Rolls Out HKD Index Funds for Retail Clients- #Wealth #AssetManagement #AssetFinance
Asia‑focused digital wealth platform Endowus announced the launch of three Hong Kong‑dollar index funds from BlackRock’s iShares range for retail clients in Hong Kong. The funds give investors low‑cost exposure to both local equities and global markets, expanding Endowus’ product...
Red Hat AI Tops MLPerf Inference v6.0 with vLLM on Qwen3-VL, Whisper, and GPT-OSS-120B
Red Hat announced record‑breaking results in the MLPerf Inference v6.0 benchmark, topping the leaderboard on multiple workloads including Qwen3‑VL, GPT‑OSS‑120B, Whisper‑Large‑v3 and Llama‑2‑70B. The company leveraged its open‑source stack—vLLM and llm‑d—on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift AI across NVIDIA...
The Reality Check: Why Manual Debugging Setups Are a Hidden Factory
Manual debugging setups consume up to 70% of an incident’s resolution time, as engineers spend hours syncing databases, matching service versions, and recreating production states. Upsun proposes a deterministic cloning platform that turns the entire production stack into a version‑controlled...
Neo Plan Mode: Iterate Before You Execute
Pulumi has launched Plan Mode for its Neo AI infrastructure assistant, creating a dedicated planning workflow before any code is executed. The new mode guides users through discovery, synthesis, refinement, and approval stages, ensuring a clear, documented plan. It is...
AWG to Deploy Symbotic Automation in Louisiana Support Center
Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) has signed a strategic partnership with robotics firm Symbotic to install an AI‑enabled, high‑density automation system at its Gulf Coast Division Support Center in Pearl River, Louisiana. The 114,000‑square‑foot facility, which currently processes over 22 million dry‑grocery...
You’ve Got the PLC Sorted. But What About the Power Feeding It?
North American industrial automation projects must consider not only PLC programming but also the power distribution panel certified to UL 891. An uncertified distribution panel can stall inspections, cause power‑quality issues, and jeopardize PLC reliability. Obtaining both UL 891 (distribution) and UL 508A...
Organizing for the AI Era: Enterprise AI Organizational Design Framework
The "Organizing for the AI Era" framework offers enterprises a structured blueprint to redesign authority, accountability, and operating models as AI becomes a core capability. It moves beyond literacy and policy, delivering concrete artifacts such as an AI Operating Model...
PrismML Unveils 1‑Bit 8B LLM Under 1.2 GB VRAM
PrismML releases 1-bit LLM (open-weight), or a 8B LLM that fits in 1.15GM of VRAM Website: https://prismml.com Blog: https://prismml.com/news/bonsai-8b HuggingFace: https://huggingface.co/collections/prism-ml/bonsai
Flipkart Turns Umpire Billy Bowden’s Quirks Into a Clever Deal Decoder
Flipkart’s newest ad campaign stars former cricket umpire Billy Bowden, turning his signature gestures into a visual code for product categories on the platform. Viewers scan a QR code, match a gesture to a deal and unlock discounts, making the...
Social Platforms Roll Out New Shopping, Ad, Creator Tools
Newsletter is out: 🛍️Meta announces new shopping and affiliate features across Facebook and Instagram 📱TikTok and Snapchat tout new first-impression, high-frequency ad formats 🤝YouTube brings new features to its newly named YouTube Creator Partnerships platform 💼Pinterest makes it easier for creators and SMBs to...
Cysteine Steers T‑cells Toward Proliferation or Tumor Killing
Cysteine directs T cells to either multiply or attack tumors by fueling distinct metabolic pathways, suggesting new strategies to fine-tune immune responses in cancer therapy. immunometabolism
Gmail Rolling Out AI Inbox Beta for AI Ultra Subscribers
Google has begun rolling out the AI Inbox beta to members of its AI Ultra subscription, priced at $249.99 per month. The new interface sits above the traditional inbox and surfaces actionable items such as reminders, bills, and short‑term tasks, while also...
Mercor AI Hacked Amid Tailscale VPN Security Concerns
Is this because Tailscale VPN got hacked? or something else? Anyway, Mercor AI got hacked.
LUMO Launches Motion-Enabled DOOH ‘Subtle’ Across Auckland CBD
LUMO has launched Subtle, a motion‑enabled digital out‑of‑home (DOOH) format, on six roadside screens across Auckland’s central business district and fringe. The screens—LUMO‑Anzac, Beach, Ports, Ponsonby, Sturdee and Victoria Park—are the first in New Zealand approved for subtle motion after a...
Cut Agency Costs, Boost Margins with Prophit System
March will close out as the largest new business month in CTC history. There is insatiable appetite for challenging the cost structures (labor and tooling) of the previous era of eCommerce. If you currently believe: your agency costs are too...
Salesforce Backs Anthropic After Microsoft Blocks OpenAI Investment
Benioff: "Microsoft blocked us from investing in OpenAI" So what did Salesforce do? They invested $330m into Anthropic, now owning about 1% of the company. Funny how things work out... https://t.co/AtqpiK3OT3
First Glimpses of Output at REECE2 Unit, Following (Possible) Fire in August 2025
The REECE2 power‑generation unit, sidelined after a suspected fire on 5 August 2025, produced its first measurable output on 1 April 2026, as captured by SCADA data at roughly 08:30 NEM time. Early market data from ez2view’s Bids & Offers widget indicate a cautious approach...
Qcells Introduces Turnkey Solar-Storage for New Homes
Qcells launches turnkey solar and storage program for new home construction #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/gyNI4D9iuh
Switch From Edge to Your Preferred Browser Easily
Tired of using Microsoft Edge for your Web browsing adventures? There are lots of cool and specialized alternative Web browsers nowadays, and it's easy to switch your default. Here's how, step-by-step... https://t.co/j2OsbpQAex #chrome #edge #opera #browsers #win11 https://t.co/ZU68iXtbtR
Singapore: Tightening Oversight for a Safer Digital Environment
Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) issued Letters of Caution to two major social‑media platforms, placing them under Enhanced Supervision for failing to detect and remove child sexual exploitation material and terrorism‑related content. The action stems from the Code of...
NASA's “Fastest” Reentry Matches Apollo 10 Speeds
NASA claims the Art. 2 reentry will be the fastest crew entry ever at "about 25000 mph" (i.e. somewhere in the range 10.95 to 11.40 km/s). However the Horizons trajectory for Art2 appears to give 11.06 km/s (inertial) while Apollo...
AI
Time & control are two of the most powerful enforcers of the status quo in education. AI has the potential to give teachers both back so they can spend less time designing & more time doing what matters most: working...
Info, Services, Education, Finance Top AI Adoption Leaders
GS: Information, Professional Services, Education, and Finance and Insurance Establishments Continue to Lead AI Adoption https://t.co/2H8aj6AfFx
Tokyo Faces First Solar Curtailment in Japan
Solar curtailment reaches Tokyo, Japan’s last holdout grid area #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/39BbREz2pU
Just 9% Use AI Now, 22% Plan Soon
GS: 8.9% of Firms Are Using Artificial Intelligence in Their Regular Business Functions (Flat From February); 22.3% Expect to Use AI In the Next 6 Months https://t.co/ffi1I3e8ba
Prompt Engineering Is the Real Power Behind Agents
One thing the big leak today proves is how fucking important prompting is to an agent framework. Stop telling people it’s not. Some of the biggest current and yet to be released features are not code but prompts. Meticulously...
Legacy System Migrates to Google Cloud, Serving 160M Users Faster
There's a decent chance you have an https://t.co/A6q3Fkidky account for digital interactions with the IRS, DMV, and popular ecommerce sites. They moved from legacy architecture to @googlecloud and supports 160 million members with a better/faster stack. https://t.co/pFGhUtVgaQ https://t.co/hljWAZ1rnO
TRL V1 Launches with 75+ Cutting‑Edge Training Methods
Today we’re releasing TRL v1. 75+ methods. SFT, DPO, GRPO, async RL to take advantage of the latest and greatest open-source. 6 years from first commit to the library that post-trains most open models in the world. Built to be future...