Apple Planning ‘New Colors’ for iMac Update This Year
Apple is expected to introduce a refreshed iMac color palette later this year, according to Mark Gurman's Bloomberg Power On newsletter. The current M4 iMac, launched in October 2024, ships in seven hues—blue, purple, pink, orange, yellow, green, and silver. While Apple has not confirmed a hardware bump, analysts speculate the update could pair new shades with an M5 or even an M6 processor. The move follows Apple’s pattern of refreshing aesthetics to keep the desktop line vibrant and competitive.
LinkedIn Ghostwriting: Massive Untapped Market for 2026
At 26, I quit my minimum-wage copywriting job. 18 months later? I was generating $180k/month ghostwriting for industry leaders. But if I was starting over in 2026, I'd become a LinkedIn Ghostwriter. Why? Because it has 1.15 billion users. And less than 1% are posting...
Why You Should Always Use The Panda Express App For Ordering Delivery
Panda Express encourages customers to order delivery through its own app, which eliminates the hefty fees charged by third‑party platforms like DoorDash. A Reddit user reported a $20 price gap for the same order, driven primarily by DoorDash’s $12.65 bundled...
Uber Eats Is Raising Delivery Fees for some Restaurants
Uber Eats announced its first delivery‑fee hike in a decade, raising the Lite tier from 15% to 20% and the Plus tier from 20% to 25% while keeping Premium at 30%. Custom contracts will see a 3% increase, capped at...
Current and Former Block Workers Say AI Can’t Do Their Jobs After Jack Dorsey’s Mass Layoffs: ‘You Can’t Really AI...
Fintech firm Block announced a 50% workforce reduction, laying off roughly 4,000 employees, citing recent advances in AI tools that it claims can boost productivity. CEO Jack Dorsey argued that the new internal AI, including Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 and OpenAI’s Codex 5.3,...
This Lightweight Android Video Player Is Better than VLC
Next Player, a new Android video player built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, offers a lightweight, ad‑free alternative to VLC. Its Material You interface delivers faster touch responsiveness and on‑screen controls compared with VLC’s heavier architecture. While it excels at local...
Numina Group Launches AI-Driven AMR and Voice Picking Automation
Numina Group unveiled Batchbot 2.0, an AI‑driven solution that fuses its Real‑time Distribution Software with KUKA’s fifth‑generation autonomous mobile robots and a voice‑picking suite. The system claims to slash more than 20 minutes of idle operator travel per hour and...
Video: N.Y. LEOs Use Helicopter, Drone to Rescue Two Men, Dog
Onondaga County deputies in Clay, N.Y., used a drone and helicopter to rescue two men stranded in a marsh while they attempted to save a lost dog. An AirTag helped locate the dog, and the drone pinpointed its position in...
Experimental Intel Nova Lake P Device Bits Merged For Mesa 26.1
Mesa 26.1 now includes initial Nova Lake P device support for Intel’s ANV Vulkan and Iris Gallium3D drivers. The new bits add nine PCI IDs but remain hidden behind the FORCE_PROBE option, as the implementation is still experimental. This merge follows...
YouTube TV Rolls Out A New Build Your Own Plan Options to Help You Save Money
YouTube TV has launched a personalized subscription system that lets users build their own channel packages from 12 genre‑based bundles. The web‑only tool analyzes viewing history and suggests mixes of sports, entertainment, news and family channels, allowing customers to drop...
Passkeys Were Supposed to Replace Passwords, but They're Failing for the Most Predictable Reason
Passkeys, a public‑private key pair paired with biometric verification, were heralded as the successor to passwords, yet most users remain unaware of how they work. Websites often present the option without clear guidance, and many keep passwords as a fallback,...
Spoofing an Emergency Traffic Preemption Signal
Security researcher xssfox reverse‑engineered a Tomar Strobecom II emergency vehicle preemption (EVP) system and demonstrated that an Arduino‑based infrared transmitter can spoof the signal to turn traffic lights green. The analysis revealed the protocol relies on pulse‑skipping infrared bursts and...
Linux 7.0 Fixes Battery Reporting For The Apple Magic Trackpad 2
Linux 7.0 kernel includes a fix for Apple Magic Trackpad 2 battery reporting when connected via USB. The change modifies the hid‑magicmouse driver to correct an HID descriptor length check, restoring accurate battery level display. The fix is part of the...
Micro‑apps Will Eclipse Monoliths, but Latency Limits Robot AI
I am expecting a flood of these micro apps. The monolithic apps will be eaten by these micro apps. Your main AI will work with them. I was told last night that is what Meta is planning with new AI releases coming soon. It...
SumUp Expands Form3 Partnership to Bring Real-Time SEPA Payments to Millions of European SMEs
SumUp announced an expanded partnership with cloud‑native payments platform Form3 to power real‑time SEPA Instant, Credit Transfer and Direct Debit across Europe. The move extends the existing UK‑focused integration, giving SumUp’s 4 million merchants in 37 countries access to instant European...
Video: Hyundai's Firefighting Robots Lead the Way Into Burning Buildings
Hyundai Motor Group has donated four autonomous firefighting robots to fire stations across South Korea, built on the HR‑Sherpa unmanned vehicle platform. The robots combine a water cannon, infrared and regular cameras, temperature‑resistant tires, and a self‑spraying cooling system that...
A Single Dose of DMT Reverses Depression-Like Symptoms in Mice by Repairing Brain Circuitry
Researchers at Uppsala University reported that a single 30 mg/kg injection of the psychedelic N,N‑dimethyltryptamine (DMT) reversed depression‑like behaviors in mice subjected to chronic stress. The treated animals recovered their preference for sweetened water, displayed improved working‑memory performance, and showed reduced...
Military AI Policy Needs Democratic Oversight
The Department of Defense demanded Anthropic remove AI guardrails, prompting a standoff. Anthropic refused to allow unrestricted use for domestic surveillance or fully autonomous targeting, leading the Pentagon to label the firm a supply‑chain risk and threaten contractors. The dispute...
France’s Aldoria Inks Agreement With India’s AXISCADES For Optical Station Based SSA
French space‑tech firm Aldoria has signed a contract with Indian engineering company AXISCADES to deliver optical stations for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) in India. The first station will be deployed in 2026, with a phased rollout targeting more than a...
BrainChip Named Official Technology Sponsor for Raytheon’s Autonomous Vehicle Competition
BrainChip has been named the official technology sponsor for Raytheon’s 2025‑2026 Autonomous Vehicle Competition, providing its Akida™ AKD1000 neuromorphic processor to every participating university team. The competition tasks undergraduate engineers with integrating UAVs and UGVs that can autonomously navigate, identify...
Legal Tech Vendors Roll Out Wave of Announcements Ahead of Legalweek; News From DISCO, Advocacy, iManage, Monjur, Reveal and ChronoTracer...
Legal tech vendors are flooding the market with new announcements ahead of Legalweek 2026 in New York. DISCO, Advocacy, iManage, Monjur, Reveal, ChronoTracer and ALIGN each revealed product upgrades, AI‑driven platforms, and fresh funding. Highlights include DISCO’s AI evidence analysis,...
HEBI Robotics Awarded $850,000 Business Contract by NASA
NASA has granted HEBI Robotics an $850,000 Phase II SBIR contract to develop and test space‑rated actuation hardware. The two‑year effort will produce modular actuators and compatible avionics for low‑Earth‑orbit and geosynchronous missions. HEBI’s technology aims to survive ionizing radiation and...
Weekly Reads: Support Brain Tumor Work, Prasad Is Out (Again), Genetic Conditions, Texas AG, Immunotherapy Paper, SCBEM
The newsletter urges donations to support a lab studying lethal childhood glioma, noting NIH grant success rates of only 4‑5%. It reports FDA biologics chief Vinay Prasad’s second departure, a rare leadership turnover that could affect approval stability. Additional highlights...
AI Accelerates Both Good Engineering and Mistakes
I keep seeing three ways teams build software today. 🐔 Steady progress ≈ Careful architecture. Testing. Discipline. 🐔 Reckless speed ≈ Ship fast. Fix later. 🦄 Vibe coding ≈ Ask AI. Copy. Deploy. But automation has a rule: It amplifies whatever system it touches. Good...
Gravis Robotics Expands Into US with Autonomous Construction Equipment Platform
Gravis Robotics announced its full commercial rollout in the United States at CONEXPO‑CON/AGG 2026, showcasing live autonomous earth‑moving equipment alongside partners Develon and Hitachi. The company introduced Gravis Copilot, a machine‑guidance platform that makes existing fleets autonomy‑ready without altering workflows. Deployments...
Power Demand Spikes as Heat and Humidity Soar in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu’s power demand surged past 20,000 MW this week, reaching a peak of 20,211 MW – the highest daily load of the year and just shy of the all‑time record set in 2024. Daily electricity consumption climbed to 416.284 million units, driven by...
Everspin & the MRAM Market
Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) offers non‑volatile, high‑speed performance with virtually infinite endurance, positioning it as a potential "universal memory." Industry analysts forecast the global MRAM market to expand from roughly $912 million in 2025 to $4.8 billion by 2035, a compound annual growth...
California Solar‑Battery System Doubles Nuclear Output Reliably
California’s solar and batteries can now produce almost twice the constant output, day and night, as its nuclear plant, at the same reliability as the nuclear plant https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pGwQu57-khk
LLM Agents Interview Questions #14 - The Synthetic Dataset Trap
In a senior interview at Anthropic, candidates are asked how to verify a synthetic reasoning dataset that claims a 15% boost on MMLU and GSM8K before fine‑tuning. The trap highlights that synthetic data often memorizes benchmark content, inflating metrics without...
The Iceberg Ecosystem Today (W/ Anders Swanson)
In this episode, Anders Swanson, a developer experience advocate at dbt Labs, walks through the current state of the Apache Iceberg ecosystem, covering how open‑source and cloud vendors are converging on shared standards, the rise of external catalog integrations, and...
I Watched Netflix on the New Echo Show 8 – Here Are 3 Things I Discovered
Amazon’s latest Echo Show 8 refresh brings a smoother Netflix experience, with built‑in access, rapid QR‑code sign‑in, and refined voice controls. The 8‑inch screen streams at 1280 × 800 resolution and lacks HDR, delivering acceptable but not premium picture quality. Audio performance, however,...
A New Low Earth Orbit Regime Must Be Grounded in Geopolitics, Not Detached From It
Low Earth Orbit is on track to host up to half a million satellites by 2040, driven by aggressive mega‑constellation plans from both commercial firms and nation‑states. Existing licensing relies on UN notifications and national approvals, with little cross‑agency coordination,...
Dubai Deploys Robot Dogs to Aid Firefighters
Dubai deploys robot dogs to assist firefighters in defusing dangerous fire🔥 🚒 https://t.co/OUdlq0RNXl via @YouTube #robotdog #humanoidtech #humanoid #robot #Robotics #AI #TechRevolution #TechInnovation #ArtificialInteligence #AI @AlbertoEMachado @Eli_Krumova @postoff25 @Khulood_Almani @anand_narang @NutritiousMind @baski_LA @TanyaSinha_ @devaang @AlAmadi1 @jeancayeux @enilev @efipm @mvollmer1...
Deep Dive: How Fintech Block Is Replacing Processes and People with Agents
Block announced a February 2026 AI‑driven overhaul, cutting over 4,000 roles from a workforce of just above 10,000. The company positions its internal agent substrate—centered on the goose framework, MCP integrations, and the G2 text‑to‑app layer—as the foundation for both...
Organic Threads Buzz Drives 534 Monthly Visits
A number that keeps me up at night: 534. That's how many people visit BlackTwist from Threads every month. Not from ads. Not from SEO. From Threads itself. People on Threads are talking about us — without us asking. That's the kind of...
Credit Unions Excel by Executing Fintech Partnerships and AI
Strategy decks are everywhere in banking. Execution is where most institutions struggle. Jesus Garcia of @OceanAir_CU discusses what’s actually working in the credit union sector right now, from fintech partnerships to AI adoption. Watch the full episode, sponsored by @Q2_Software: //youtu.be/tGaZ5ZueuVs
Sunsure Energy Signs Solar PPAs with Daeseung Group Firms in Tamil Nadu
Sunsure Energy has signed long‑term solar power purchase agreements with Daeseung Autoparts India and Ilgahng Automotive, both part of South Korea’s Daesung Group, to supply power from its 75 MW Ilayangudi plant in Tamil Nadu. The contracts will deliver about eight million...
Galaxy S26 Ultra Overloaded with Bloatware Despite Premium Price
The Galaxy S26 Ultra has insane levels of bloatware for a phone that costs so much. I have pre-installed apps from Microsoft, Facebook, Spotify, and the Perplexity integration. That's not counting the ton of Samsung and Google apps.
BYD's Flash Charger Boosts EV Range 10%‑70% in 5 Minutes
BYD’s new flash ⚡️ charging station can charge an EV from 10% to 70% in 5 minutes 🚀 via @XH_Lee23 #EV #solar https://t.co/wTMqoUmnMo
Building Next-Gen Agentic AI: A Complete Framework for Cognitive Blueprint Driven Runtime Agents with Memory Tools and Validation
The tutorial introduces a full cognitive blueprint framework that structures agent identity, goals, planning, memory, validation, and tool access. It demonstrates how YAML‑based blueprints can instantiate distinct agent personalities, such as a research bot and a data analyst bot, without...
GenAI Use Cases Mapped Across Legal Work Lifecycle
Mapping of GenAI use cases in a lifecycle of legal work | Singapore 🇸🇬 Ministry of Law https://t.co/J5WreC6QaO TY @Og_Dickson #AIGovernance #LegalTech https://t.co/Qo4dfqv9Qn
Intern's Work on AlphaGo Ushered AI’s New Era
A decade ago, a young intern helped build the AI that stunned the world. Chris Maddison worked on the Go-playing system that became AlphaGo and defeated champion Lee Sedol. The moment didn’t just change a game, it signaled the arrival of a...
My RTX 4090's Fans Go Full Blast for 5 Seconds Within 24 Hours After Reinstalling Windows!
A Founder's Edition RTX 4090 repeatedly ramps its fans to full speed for about five seconds within 24 hours after a Windows or Linux reinstall. The spike occurs regardless of workload, with idle temperatures around 35 °C and gaming peaks in the low‑60 °C...
Ecom Founders Turn Sundays Into Strategy Sessions
Everyone on Sunday morning: Sleeping in. Ecom founders on Sunday morning: Reviewing last week's ad performance and planning this week's tests. Different mindset. Different momentum.
SAP's Rigidity Hampers Cloud Migration and Customization
SAP struggles with flexibility and openness to other technologies, especially for customized solutions. As companies shift to public cloud, this lack of adaptability becomes even more apparent. #SAP #CloudComputing #TechChallenges https://t.co/EqbmfUkIjw
AI Approach Takes Optical System Design From Months to Milliseconds
Penn State researchers introduced a large‑language‑model workflow that predicts the optical response of metasurfaces in seconds, replacing hours‑long simulations. By fine‑tuning an LLM on a 45,000‑design dataset, they achieved high‑accuracy forward and inverse design without bespoke neural networks. The method...
Microsoft’s Decade‑long Push to Merge Xbox with Windows
Microsoft has been working on converging Xbox and Windows for more than a decade. Here’s Jason Schreier and Keza MacDonald in a Kotaku article from 2016 discussing the original Project Helix https://t.co/gwwi59edwM
AI's Uneven Impact on Jobs Revealed by New Framework
AI is beginning to reshape the labor market in measurable ways. New research introduces a framework to track how exposed different occupations are to AI capabilities. Early evidence suggests the impact will be uneven, transforming some roles while leaving others largely untouched....
First Reports of Missing ROP Units in NVIDIA’s RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell
After the Blackwell launch, a user discovered that an RTX PRO 5000 workstation GPU reports only 160 render output units (ROPs) instead of the expected 176. Multiple diagnostic tools confirmed the shortfall, suggesting a hardware configuration issue rather than software misreading. NVIDIA...
China Plans Its Own ASML: Semiconductor Industry to Become More Independent
Leading Chinese chip executives issued a stark assessment of their domestic semiconductor sector, calling it small, fragmented, and weak despite years of state subsidies. Their analysis, timed with the 2026‑2030 five‑year plan, sets targets to stabilize 28 nm production, achieve reliable...
