Interface-Engineered G-C3 N4 @CuAl-LDH Composite for Photocatalytic Degradation of Bromophenol Blue Dye
Researchers synthesized a g‑C₃N₄@CuAl‑LDH composite that markedly improves photocatalytic degradation of bromophenol blue dye under visible light. The material achieved 83.37 % removal within 60 minutes and up to 99.08 % efficiency at alkaline pH 9. Kinetic analysis revealed first‑order behavior with a rate constant of 0.02961 min⁻¹. Radical scavenging identified superoxide radicals as the dominant species driving the reaction.
Quantum Computing Inc. And Ciena Partner for Quantum-Secured Optical Networking at OFC 2026
Quantum Computing Inc. and Ciena unveiled a live demonstration at OFC 2026 of a quantum‑secured optical networking architecture that combines Quantum Key Distribution, Quantum Identity Authentication, and NIST‑certified post‑quantum cryptography. The system runs on Ciena’s Waveserver platform, delivering up to 1.6 Tb/s...
Solar Panels and EVs: A Smart Investment or Just Panic Buying?
Rising fuel prices in the Philippines have sparked a surge in consumer interest for electric vehicles and rooftop solar installations. Experts caution that the rush is driven more by panic than sound financial analysis, emphasizing that true value lies in...
Data Supply Chain Becomes Critical Backbone for Chip Development
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Silicon The Semiconductor Let Us Learn About Data Supply Chain: 1/ - The Semiconductor Data Supply Chain Is Becoming A Critical Layer Of Modern Chip Development And Manufacturing. - It Connects Design Data, Process Data, Test Data, And Analytics...
History of Everything – The Freshwater Paddle Carriers
The classic history "Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8" chronicles the 1968 mission that first took humans beyond Earth’s orbit. Robert Zimmerman’s narrative, enriched by a foreword from Valerie Anders and a new introduction, is now available as a print edition,...
Tech Now
BBC’s Tech Now released a 24‑minute episode titled “MWC Barcelona: What’s New In Phone Tech?” on March 14, 2026. The segment, hosted by Paul Carter, tours the latest smartphones, gadgets, and emerging trends unveiled at the Mobile World Congress. Highlights...
What’s New Pussycat? FDA Assists Drug Sponsors Requesting New Clinical Investigation Exclusivity
The FDA released draft Q&A guidance that clarifies how drug sponsors can qualify for three‑year non‑patent exclusivity by conducting a “new clinical investigation.” It defines a new study as a human, non‑bioavailability trial whose results have not been previously relied...
The Global Offshore Wind Industry Floats Away From The US (For Now)
President Donald Trump’s administration has effectively frozen new offshore wind leases in the United States, slowing domestic development while five Atlantic projects remain on schedule. The Pacific Coast, where water depths preclude traditional monopiles, is turning to floating turbine technology,...
Qrypt Extends Quantum-Secure Encryption to NVIDIA Jetson Platforms
Qrypt has integrated its BLAST quantum‑secure encryption protocol and quantum‑entropy key generation into NVIDIA’s Jetson edge AI platforms, supporting the Orin Nano and Jetson Thor modules. The solution creates identical encryption keys at each endpoint without transmitting them, eliminating the “harvest‑now‑decrypt‑later” risk...
Zombie Phishing: Email Threats Returning From the Dead In Your Inbox
Zombie phishing revives compromised email threads, letting attackers slip malicious links or attachments through trusted conversations. By hijacking legitimate accounts, often lacking multi‑factor authentication, criminals bypass many security filters and target employees across all levels. The technique disproportionately affects SMBs,...
Rare Disease Spotlight: Friedreich Ataxia Moves Beyond Mitochondrial Bandages
Friedreich ataxia (FA) received its first FDA‑approved therapy in 2023 when omaveloxolone, marketed as Skyclarys, earned accelerated approval. Biogen’s $7.3 billion acquisition of Reata Pharmaceuticals secured the drug and highlighted the market’s appetite for rare‑disease assets. Skyclarys works by activating the...
Deadly Export Bill Would Stifle AI Supply Chains
Glad this was killed. It was the worst export bill I’ve ever seen floated in a decade. I was discussing this in DC this week. It would have required every company in the supply chain the get permission to ship...
Canvas Robot Perfectly Maps, Sprays, and Sands Walls
Meet Canvas: The #Robot That Maps, Sprays and Sands Walls to Perfection by @Canvas_Build #FutureTech #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/RR8e3KPhii
AIS Outlines Targets for Upcoming Clicx Bank
Advanced Info Service (AIS) together with Krungthai Bank and PTTOR will launch Clicx Bank, an AI‑driven virtual bank, in Thailand by June 2025. The venture, structured through Thai Trinity Holdings, targets up to 30% of the partners’ combined 60 million customers,...
Daphne Koller Democratized Education Through Coursera
Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera Made Education Accessible To Millions Worldwide Online. (The Timekeeper) #WomenInTech #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/QhMgFh3KHd
Instagram Should Default to Encryption, Not Cancel It
Instagram should’ve made end-to-end encryption the default for everyone, not shut it down because “very few people were opting in.” https://t.co/dc2xX4WNbt https://t.co/HLmKFqGLOD
Google Meet Fully Replaces Legacy Duo Calling
Google has completed the migration of its legacy Duo calling functions into Google Meet, making Meet the sole video‑calling service across its ecosystem. The transition, originally slated for September 2025 and later pushed to January 2026, has now fully rolled out, removing...
AI Art Advocates Spread Elitist, Ableist Resentment Narratives
If AI music and art boosters think it’s such a great tool why are they pushing “resentment” talking points. You know something like “Music and art elites don’t want the common folks competing with them.” Here’s my reply...
Prioritize S/4HANA Migration Before AI Adoption
Many SAP customers are still focused on migrating from legacy systems to S/4HANA. AI adoption is like climbing Maslow's hierarchy – you need basic financials and clean data first. Focus on the transition; AI can come later. #SAP #S4HANA #AI...
Everyone Is Talking About AI. No One Is Talking About This
The episode discusses how founders are overwhelmed by the flood of AI tools and advice, leading to decision fatigue rather than real progress. It emphasizes that the most effective AI strategy is to identify the single biggest bottleneck in a...
AI Content Targeting Kids Normalizes Low-Quality Visuals
This feels like one of the first frontiers for normalizing content made by AI: put it in front of extremely young children who don’t know any better and parents who are used to low quality CG that already looks like...
The Chip‑Making Beast Powering Modern Tech
Meet the Chip-Making Beast That Powers Modern Technology by @tweetciiiim #Innovation #TechForGood #EmergingTech #Technology https://t.co/nEHwSNOGen
Polynomially Efficient Quantum Enabled Variational Monte Carlo for Training Neural-Network Quantum States for Physico-Chemical Applications
Researchers propose a polynomially efficient, quantum‑enabled variational Monte Carlo (VMC) method to train neural‑network quantum states (NQS). The algorithm scales linearly with circuit width and depth, requires only constant measurements, and avoids mid‑circuit reads, while simultaneously handling amplitude and phase...
Braygent Generates Full List of NVIDIA GTC Attendees
Who is going to NVIDIA GTC next week? These people and companies: https://t.co/b030YHA4zp My "Braygent" made by me and @blevlabs is helping me plan out my week and made this complete report.
A Smartphone App Can Help Men Last Longer in Bed
A randomized 12‑week trial evaluated Melonga, a smartphone app that teaches pelvic‑floor, mindfulness and cognitive‑behavioural techniques to men with premature ejaculation. Among the 66 participants who completed the study, average intravaginal ejaculation latency rose from 61 seconds to 125 seconds,...
US Withdraws Draft Rule That Called for Global AI Chip Permits
The U.S. Commerce Department withdrew a draft rule that would have required export licenses for all artificial‑intelligence chips worldwide. The proposal, part of a broader effort to tighten semiconductor controls, had been under interagency review by the Office of Management...
Top Brass in China Reaffirm Goal to Be World Leaders in Tech, AI
China’s 15th Five‑Year Plan (2026‑2030) declares a shift from catching up to leading in AI, quantum and other frontier technologies. The science budget will rise 10 % to 426 billion yuan (US $62 billion), placing research on par with defence and economic goals. The...
Network-Based Prediction of Drug Combinations with Quantum Annealing
The study introduces a quantum‑annealing algorithm that predicts effective drug combinations by casting the problem as a quadratic unconstrained binary optimisation (QUBO). It leverages the network‑medicine concept of disease modules and the “Complementary Exposure” principle, which seeks drugs that hit...
Real-Time PCR–Based Detection of Mycoplasma Agalactiae in Sheep Bulk Tank Milk to Support Flock-Level Epidemiology
A real‑time PCR assay for detecting Mycoplasma agalactiae in sheep bulk‑tank milk was developed and validated, showing high specificity and sensitivity. The test was deployed across more than 900 dairy sheep farms in Sardinia, revealing widespread but generally low‑level prevalence...
IMetalX Emerges From Stealth with Technology to Model Resident Space Objects
iMetalX Inc. has emerged from stealth to announce a partnership with Psionic, integrating Psionic’s Space Navigation Doppler Lidar with iMetalX’s Asgard data‑simulation platform. The combined solution can generate high‑fidelity 3‑D models of resident space objects within minutes, aimed at autonomous...
Horse IVF Milestone in Florida: Frozen-Thawed Sperm Fertilizes an Egg
University of Florida researchers have achieved the first successful in‑vitro fertilization of a horse egg using frozen‑thawed sperm. The study showed that frozen‑thawed stallion sperm, after undergoing stress‑induced capacitation, fertilized the oocyte more effectively than fresh or chilled sperm. This...
Inference Scarcity Will Force Rationing and Smaller Models
Everything is in short supply. It’s no longer just GPUs. It’s power. Data centers. Memory. CPUs. If there’s no relief for six more quarters, perhaps it’s time to plan for a world where inference isn’t freely available on-demand. Inference prices,...
Singapore: Charting a Practical Path to Widespread AI Adoption
Singapore is shifting from AI pilots to embedding intelligent systems across its core industries, targeting sectors such as finance, logistics, power and advanced manufacturing. Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How emphasized that the nation’s strength lies in practical AI...
Vietnam: Partnering to Accelerate Space Technology Development
Vietnam inaugurated the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) at Hanoi’s Hoa Lac Hi‑Tech Park, marking a major step in its ambition to become a mid‑level space power in Southeast Asia by 2030. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh used the Vietnam‑Japan...
Adenine Methylation Forms New Linear Brain Aging Clock
A completely novel axis of epigenetic aging. N6-methyldeoxyadenosine (N6medA), i.e. NOT the usual 5 methyl cytosine, increases linearly with age in human prefrontal cortex (r=0.95). Genome-wide profiling reveals age-associated ADENINE methylation changes reminiscent of classic CpG based epigenetic clocks. Abdur...
Rox Secures $1.2 Billion Valuation as AI Sales Agents Scale
Rox, an AI‑driven sales‑automation startup, closed a funding round that lifted its valuation to $1.2 billion. The company projects $8 million in annual recurring revenue by the end of 2025. Launched in November 2024 with $50 million in seed and Series A capital from...
AI Learned to Cheat, Deceive, and Sabotage Safety
🚨 Anthropic just published a paper describing something unsettling: they trained an AI that learned to behave deceptively. Not my wording. The researchers themselves described the behavior as “evil.” Here’s what happened. Anthropic trained a model on real coding tasks...
Delete AI-Generated Content for $79, Revive Your Site
New SEO Service: For $79, I will personally delete all the scaled AI content from your cold, dead website
Australia: UNSW Expands AI Simulations for Experiential Learning
University of New South Wales is scaling its AI Conversation Sim platform to more courses across medicine, law, business, journalism and information systems. The AI‑driven simulation offers immersive, web‑or VR‑based environments where students practice communication, decision‑making and professional interactions with...
Same Hype Machines: NFTs to AI Music Hype
Remember when NFTs were gonna revolutionize everything. It’s the same fucking accounts pushing AI music.
This Supreme Court Decision Is Bad News for Hollywood’s AI Ambitions
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Stephen Thaler's appeal, leaving lower‑court rulings that AI‑generated artwork lacks human authorship and cannot be copyrighted intact. This decision underscores that Hollywood cannot rely on fully autonomous AI creations to secure copyright protection,...
Semantic Layer Gives Agents Backend Context, Free Open‑source
Agents fail at backends because they lack context. @insforge_dev V2 fixes this via a semantic layer & MCP 👀 → Connects Claude/Cursor directly to your backend → Auto-configs Postgres DBs, Auth, & S3 Storage → Deploys edge functions seamlessly Free and open-source 🧵↓ https://t.co/BZmifQ1pqL
Professor Demonstrates Color‑Tracking Robotics on Pi Day
#Nori #AI #Avatar #Robotics #Engineering #Professor teaches color tracking #PiDay #HappyPiDay #NoireSTEMinist #STEM #Robot https://t.co/h3RK0ZadpM https://t.co/EnFpCj55pr
Musk Vows Annual Optimus Releases; 3 in Summer, 4 by 2027
@elonmusk plans to release a new humanoid robot every year. Optimus 3 begins production in the summer, while Optimus 4 designs are completed by 2027. https://t.co/S88tvfrRF8
The Environmental Cost of Datacentres Is Rising. Is It Time to Quit AI?
Datacentre electricity demand is rising four times faster than any other sector, with Australian demand expected to triple by 2030, outpacing even electric‑vehicle power use. Studies estimate AI’s global carbon footprint could reach up to 80 million tonnes of CO₂ in...
Humanoid Robots Master Shaolin Kung Fu
Steel Meets Shaolin: Humanoid #Robots Take on Kung Fu by @reborn_agi #AI #MachineLearning #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #ML #Technology https://t.co/I35FGdpylV
AI Shifts Skills, Not Jobs, Prompting Atlassian Cuts
AI is not replacing people. But it is changing the type of skills needed by companies. Atlassian to Cut About 10% of Workforce, Cites Need to Adapt to AI https://t.co/lxguZDO5I5 #CIO #AI #CHRO
D3 Morpheus for Your Microsoft Security Environment
D3 Morpheus plugs the investigation gap in Microsoft‑centric SOCs by autonomously processing every Sentinel alert. It pulls telemetry from Defender, Entra, Intune and DLP, builds a forensic timeline, and delivers a completed investigation in under two minutes. In head‑to‑head tests, Morpheus...
Cracking the 5 Roadblocks to Robot Commercialization
How robot companies can overcome 5 barriers to commercialization, by Jeff Mahler, savvy and experienced CTO of @AmbiRobotics: https://t.co/mMsBCfLGIA https://t.co/qvdhagmht5
I Found 39 Algolia Admin Keys Exposed Across Open Source Documentation Sites
Security researcher Ben Zimmermann uncovered 39 Algolia admin API keys embedded in open‑source documentation sites that use Algolia’s free DocSearch service. The keys, found through large‑scale frontend scraping and GitHub code searches, grant full write, delete and settings permissions on...
