Homelab Projects to Try This Weekend (March 20 - 22)
Weekend homelab enthusiasts can boost productivity by deploying three open‑source Docker containers: Stirring PDF for free PDF editing, Planka for a self‑hosted Kanban board, and Glances for real‑time server monitoring. Each service runs locally, can be accessed via reverse proxy or VPN, and includes enterprise‑grade features such as OCR, REST APIs, and client/server aggregation. The article also warns that exposing these tools without proper security can lead to compromises, urging VPN or authenticated reverse‑proxy protection.
Seoul Workshop Aligns Global Stakeholders on IMO MASS Code
This week, 🇯🇵🇰🇷🇬🇧🇳🇴 maritime community came together in Seoul🇰🇷 for a timely & strategically important workshop on Maritime Autonomy Assurance. Brilliantly hosted by HD Hyundai & Korea Offshore & Shipbuilding Association (KOSHIPA). Was humbled by the invitation from HD Hyundai...
Pulumi IAM Expands: Manage Access at Scale with Tags, Roles, and Teams
Pulumi has added three major IAM capabilities—tag‑based access control, team role assignments, and user role assignments—to its existing custom‑role framework. Tag rules let permissions be granted automatically when stacks, environments, or accounts carry matching tags, eliminating manual selection. Teams can...
12 Useful Gadgets Under $50 To Upgrade Your Smart Home
A new roundup highlights twelve smart‑home gadgets that each cost $50 or less, proving that comprehensive home automation no longer requires a hefty budget. The list spans essential items such as Kasa smart plugs and bulbs, an Amazon Echo Dot...
AI Agents Deliver Real‑World Wins, From Bugs to Bargains
I have a very long list of real AI agent impact that I've been collecting. Here are some that will make your jaw drop. - Fixed a production bug from a tweet screenshot while the dev was on vacation in Morocco....
Thermaltake TR200 Mini Tower Delivers Mid-Tower Expandability Features
Thermaltake unveiled the TR200 mini‑tower series, blending compact dimensions with mid‑tower expandability. The lineup includes a mesh‑focused TR200 and a wooden‑slat TR200 WS, each offered in black and white. Despite its mini‑tower classification, the case accommodates up to 365 mm graphics cards,...
Why Treasurers Must Prepare for the BNPL “Regulatory Cliff-Edge”
The FCA will bring the £13 billion UK BNPL market under full regulatory oversight starting 15 July 2026, requiring lenders to conduct mandatory affordability assessments and provide standardized pre‑contract disclosures. A Temporary Permissions Regime opens from 15 May to 1 July 2026, after which firms must...
What the US Could Learn From Asia’s Robot Revolution
Asia is outpacing the United States in robot adoption, with South Korea boasting the world’s highest robot density—932 units per 10,000 manufacturing employees—and Japan expanding robots into service and care roles. Cultural factors such as shamanist reverence for inanimate objects...
AI Moderates Now, but Future Models May Amplify Bias
Smart piece from @Noahpinion (picking up a thread from @dylanmatt) arguing that AI is a force for political moderation. Agree that's true now. I would just caution about celebrating too early: personalized and engagement-oriented LLMs will clearly emerge. Yes, given...
AI's Next Frontier: Understanding You, Not Just Intelligence
What this video quietly does is reframe the entire AI conversation. everyone's been asking 'how smart is it?' and @thineai is asking 'how well does it know you?' those are genuinely different questions and i'm not sure the industry has...
NATO Tests Drone Interception Systems in Latvia
NATO launched its first testing, evaluation, verification and validation (TEVV) campaign for unmanned aircraft systems and counter‑UAS technologies at Latvia’s Sēlija Military Training Area from March 9‑13, 2026. The exercise gathered defense‑industry firms from NATO members, Ukraine, operational users and government officials...
Arctic Unveils Senza AI 370 Fanless Ryzen AI Mini PC
Arctic has launched the Senza AI 370, a fanless mini PC built around AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 APU, paired with 32 GB DDR5X‑8000 RAM, a 1 TB PCIe Gen 4 x4 SSD and Radeon 890M integrated graphics. The chassis acts as a passive heat sink, allowing the system to...
Critical Access Hospital Builds Epic Hub for Rural Providers
Aspen Valley Health, a Colorado critical access hospital, has become an Epic host for other rural providers through Epic’s Community Connect program. After abandoning a large‑system partnership in 2017, the hospital implemented Epic independently and now ranks near the top...
Early LLM Search Adoption Yields Disproportionate Revenue Gains
It’s shocking how well LLM search is driving conversion. We’re seeing portfolio companies generate real revenue from LLM traffic, even though these platforms represent less than 1% of search traffic. It reminds me of the early days of search and...
Ampere Expands European Cloud Footprint Amid Sovereign Cloud Demand
Ampere Computing is rolling out its Arm‑based AmpereOne and AmpereOne M processors across Europe, adding new cloud instances on hyperscale provider Oracle and regional players such as Scaleway, Glesys, CloudSigma, C41.ch and Hetzner. The expansion targets AI inference workloads, power‑limited environments...
Energy Impacts Podcast: John Calce, Founder and CEO of America First Refining
America First Refining’s founder John Calce discussed the launch of a new refinery in Brownsville, Texas, built to process the light, sweet crude from the Permian Basin. The project, financed in partnership with India’s Reliance, overcame a seven‑year permitting process...
Convert Multi-Select Picklists to Text
Salesforce admins can now transform a multi‑select picklist into a plain text field using Flow, simplifying downstream usage. The method copies the picklist value to a new text field and replaces the default semicolon delimiter with commas via the SUBSTITUTE...
Klarna: Potential 5x Upside Amid Subprime Risks
Klarna: 5x Opportunity or a Subprime Lender? $KLAR offers a uniquely asymmetrical profile: - Beat Down Stock - Expanding into Banking - Strong Growth - Potential for improving profits https://www.globalequitybriefing.com/p/klarna-5x-opportunity-or-a-subprime?r=39awso&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Early Experiments May Mislead; Models Need Validation
Jane Grogan from $BIIB again, on the fundamental challenge of drug discovery: do you believe what early experiments tell you? "We need to understand when [models] can be predictive and when they help at answering our hypothesis... “If you...
Big Efficiency Gains Seen From Autonomous Trucking
Aurora Innovation released a Steer Group report showing autonomous freight already contributes $3.3 billion to the U.S. trucking sector and supports 17,000 jobs. The analysis projects the autonomous trucking segment will generate $70 billion of GDP by 2035, delivering $9.4 billion in annual...
Google Launches Safer Android Sideloading to Block Scams
Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams https://t.co/1MWxIHQ54d
Ecom Founders Spot Systems; Others Blame Luck
Everyone when they see a successful brand: 'They got lucky.' Ecom founders when they see a successful brand: 'What system did they build to make that repeatable?' Different mindset. Different perspective.
Episode 43: Senator Mike Rounds and Chris Malachowsky on AI, Education, and National Security
In a live session at the SCSP AI + Education Summit, U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and NVIDIA co‑founder Chris Malachowsky argued that America must seize the AI moment to stay globally competitive. They cited a potential $4.7 trillion boost to the U.S. economy if...
Open Model Panel 2 Features Leading AI Experts
And we are off to Open Model Panel 2 with - @arthurmensch of @MistralAI - Daniel Nadler of @EvidenceOpen - @HannaHajishirzi of @allen_ai - @robrombach of @bfl_ml - @AnjneyMidha of AMP PBC #NvidiaGTC https://t.co/crBBpOARkk
New Superintelligence Image Model Debuts in Copilot, Coming to Foundry
Great to see our new image model from our Superintelligence team rolling out in Copilot and coming soon to Foundry for enterprise customers.
Save $350 on the Cheapest RTX 5070 Ti Laptop with an OLED Display — Acer's Excellent Predator Helios Neo 16S...
Acer’s Predator Helios Neo 16S AI gaming laptop is now listed at Best Buy for $1,549, a $350 markdown from its regular price. The machine packs an RTX 5070 Ti GPU running at 115 W, 32 GB of RAM, a 1 TB SSD, and a 16‑inch...
Unlimited Claude Agents, No Tokens, Zero Maintenance
This removes the biggest mental blocker for serious agent builders. No more calculating every token or worrying about bills when your agents run 24/7. @AmpereSh delivers unlimited Claude usage with full managed OpenClaw infrastructure with real browser automation with IPs, super memory,...
Databricks' Genie Code Automates Data Science and Engineering
I shared my thoughts with @Infoworld on the new Genie Code from @Databricks https://t.co/54nQ6q4vAQ The goal is to highly automate data science and engineering tasks.
WEBINAR: HBM4E Advances Bandwidth Performance for AI Training
Rambus unveiled its HBM4E memory‑controller IP, targeting the bandwidth bottleneck that AI‑training GPUs face. The new controller delivers the full 16 Gb/s per pin, equating to roughly 4.1 TB/s per device, a two‑fold speed increase over HBM4. In a webinar, Director Nadish Kamath...
97 Submissions Analyzed: Imaging Interop RFI Findings
My Regulations dot gov comment analysis of 97 submissions on the Imaging Interop RFI is up and ready at https://t.co/fsO7u7hidD Quick summary article here...
Identity Isn’t a Perimeter; Real Security Needs Depth
Identity is not the new perimeter. Catchy phrases are not going to make security any easier. Dig deep and learn how to do it right.
Comtech Delivers First Set of Digital Modems to US Army
Comtech has delivered the first batch of Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi‑Carrier (EDIM) modems under a $48.6 million U.S. Army contract signed in 2023. The units are still in development and will undergo final acceptance testing this summer before fielding. The...
EU Data Centers Could Soon Use Behind‑Meter Power
Can you even imagine building a data center in the EU with behind-the-meter power when this could happen at any moment?
HTI‑5 Cuts 34 Criteria, HTI‑4 Deadlines Stay
HTI-5 may eliminate 34 certification criteria… But HTI-4 deadlines aren’t going anywhere. Are you ready for RTPB + ePA by 2028? Read the breakdown 🔗 https://t.co/NlwfwlKDwU @DrFirst #HTI5 #HITSM
Fast Simon Now Tells Merchandisers Which Products Are Successful, Overexposed, or Hidden Gems
Fast Simon has upgraded its e‑commerce optimization platform to deliver real‑time visibility into product performance, flagging successful items, over‑exposed listings, and hidden winners. The new module quantifies both short‑term conversion impact and long‑term opportunity costs across the entire catalog. Merchandisers...
AI Proves Christensen’s “Jobs to Be Done” Beats Disruption
Prediction: Clay Christensen is best known for his theory of “Disruptive Innovation,” but the business transformations AI is forcing will eventually show that his most impactful work is his theory of “Jobs to be Done.”
Agentic AI Transforms Customer Success Into Proactive Automation
Digital CSM: Revolutionizing Customer Success w/#AI https://t.co/1qd1skdGGs "Digital CSM" is evolving into #AgenticAI - autonomous agents that proactively present biz reviews, answer cust questions in real-time, drive outcomes across Onboarding, Acct Mngt, Support. @castdotapp https://t.co/6L2BCOO4O5
Ringover Launches Ask Empower 2.0
Ringover unveiled Ask Empower 2.0, an AI assistant that can ingest and analyze every historical voice and video conversation on its platform, delivering concise briefs in seconds. The upgrade adds immersive call‑simulation training via Pitch Room and real‑time, contextual coaching through...
New Blog Unpacks the Complex Landscape of World Models
If you've been curious about world models, read this. Got an early preview of the blog and it does a thorough job of unpacking the ill tailored tapestry of world model initiatives.
Growth Rate Focus Reveals Early Signals for Product Switch
Another advantage of focusing on growth rate rather than absolute numbers is that it makes it easier to switch to a new variant of the product if you discover one. It makes it easier to see tails that will eventually...
ContinuumGlobal Partners with Inbox Monster
ContinuumGlobal has teamed up with Inbox Monster to embed the latter’s email rendering and quality‑assurance tools into its Smart Marketing Engine. The integration lets marketers create thousands of personalized email variations and instantly preview how each will display across more...
Science Needs Exploration, Not Just AI‑Curated Knowledge
Current AI is a librarian of existing knowledge. Science requires an explorer of the unknown. You don't win a Nobel Prize by staying in the library.
Personal AI Agents Pose Massive Data Leak Risk
If a personal agent works "on your behalf," it has your agency. That means it sees every file, email, and system you do. One bad extension is all it takes to leak the "crown jewels." Is the risk worth the reward?...
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This Is Android’s New ‘Advanced Flow’ for Sideloading Apps without Verification, Includes One-Day Waiting Period [Gallery]
Google will launch a new Android developer verification system later this year, but power users can opt into an “advanced flow” that disables the verification requirement. The advanced flow adds a one‑day security wait, biometric or PIN confirmation, and a...
Permissioned Data Turns Noise Into Relevant Messaging
The difference between noise and relevance is data. Understanding customer preferences allows financial institutions to deliver the right message at the right moment. Download The Power of Customer Permissioned Data for free: https://t.co/2JDFLgM4mB https://t.co/SsGg8LpUyu
AI vs AI: New Threats Outpace Old Models
Two companies launched AI that autonomously fights other AI this week. Your threat model from last year doesn't cover this. The adversaries upgraded. Did your security posture?
City Leaders Predict ‘Real Bad Trouble’ if FirstNet Isn’t Reauthorized
City leaders warned at the National League of Cities conference that a lapse in FirstNet’s authority could leave first responders without interoperable communications during disasters. The First Responder Network Authority, set to expire in February 2027, is backed by a...
Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space Plan Debris Removal Service
Portal Space Systems has teamed with Australian startup Paladin Space to launch a commercial orbital‑debris removal service. The partnership will mount Paladin’s Triton payload on Portal’s highly maneuverable Starburst spacecraft, which can change velocity by one kilometre per second. Scheduled...
Portal, Paladin Team On Debris Removal Service
Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space have formed a partnership to launch a Debris Removal as a Service (DRAAS) offering that can capture and dispose of 20‑50 pieces of orbital junk per mission. The solution combines Portal’s maneuverable Starburst spacecraft...
The Blueprint for Construction Ediscovery: File Types, Formats, and the Right Questions to Ask
Construction eDiscovery demands a clear roadmap for handling diverse file types, from native CAD drawings to BIM models and project‑management data. The article outlines essential formats, metadata considerations, and the critical questions legal teams should pose to custodians and IT...
