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 include the Texas Attorney General’s lawsuit against a cord‑blood banking firm, ethical concerns surrounding human embryo models, and growing hype around health‑boosting peptides. The piece also flags a contested study on morning‑time cancer immunotherapy.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Zero Calcium Score Redefines Heart Disease Risk
The Power of Zero - Why CAC Scoring Changes Everything for Heart Disease Risk https://youtu.be/XVNLubDAE-M https://www.innerscopic.com/
AI-Powered Coding Accelerates Development, Exposing Deployment Lag
This is essentially my workflow of coding in production on the server with Claude Code It's instant and extremely high velocity and I think that's where it's going AI lets us dev extremely fast and the bottleneck now is slow deployments many...
Is It Me or Is High Fps Gaming a Bit Overrated?
Long-time 60 Hz gamer upgrades to a 360 Hz OLED monitor and finds that while colors and motion handling improve, the visual benefit of frame rates above 90 fps diminishes. The author notes little perceptual difference between 90 fps and 120‑150 fps in controller‑based, non‑twitch...
Intel Current and Future Lakes & Rapids Thread
Intel’s Coffee Lake desktop CPUs are slated for an August 2017 launch, introducing 6‑core i7 and i5 parts on the Z370 platform. The Z370 chipset will omit integrated Wi‑Fi and USB 3.1 Gen2, features that are reserved for the upcoming Z390 and...
Magnesium Balances Vitamin D: Boosts Deficiency, Lowers Excess
As a medical school professor, I've watched patients take vitamin D for years with zero improvement in their blood levels. Now a Vanderbilt clinical trial explains why: they're missing magnesium. Key findings: > Magnesium RAISED vitamin D in people who were deficient > But...
C2C Meaning: Pros and Cons of a Consumer-to-Consumer Model
The consumer‑to‑consumer (C2C) model lets individuals sell directly to each other through platforms that charge listing fees, transaction commissions, or premium placement. eBay exemplifies the model, generating roughly $40 billion by facilitating auctions, while newer entrants like Depop, TaskRabbit, and Venmo...
Intapp (INTA) Soars 24% on $1-Billion AI Revenue Target
Intapp Inc. saw its stock surge nearly 24% after announcing an ambitious goal to reach $1 billion in revenue within three years, driven by its new AI platform Celeste. Celeste is designed to automate and orchestrate core processes, leveraging firm‑specific knowledge...
Israeli Space Startup Remondo Unveils A Unique Cost-Cutting Plan
Israeli startup Remondo unveiled its Partial Aperture Imaging System (PAIS), a novel approach that replaces costly large mirrors and sensors with rings of smaller mirrors, a light modulator and coding to achieve 30‑cm resolution imagery. The design cuts satellite development...
From Sensors to Evidence: Why Automated Buildings Need Environmental Memory
Building automation has evolved from simple sensor networks to real‑time control platforms that optimize comfort and energy use. However, most systems are designed for immediate visibility rather than preserving a lasting, tamper‑proof record of environmental conditions. The article argues that...
GenAI Is Here—Simple, Powerful, and Impressive
This is GenAI. Nice.
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
Server-Side Rendering (SSR) Vs. Client-Side Rendering (CSR): Performance Implications
An e‑commerce homepage that takes 3.2 seconds to render loses over half of its visitors, a problem Amazon quantifies as a 1 % sales drop per 100 ms of latency. The article contrasts server‑side rendering (SSR), which streams fully formed HTML and can...
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....
China Open-Sources “Origin Pilot”: The First Domestically Developed Quantum OS
China’s Origin Quantum Computing Technology Co. has open‑sourced Origin Pilot, the nation’s first domestically developed quantum operating system, making it publicly downloadable. The OS runs on the third‑generation OriginQ Wukong superconducting quantum computer, which boasts 72 functional qubits and has...
Health IT Licensing Must Shift From Seats to Token Usage
Direct implications for Health IT licensing -- as HTI-5 proposes AI/RPA as a first-class means of "access"/"use" of health information.
ACES 220 MW Utah Hydrogen Project Nears Completion
The Hydrogen Stream: ACES 220 MW Utah project nears completion #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/dYlvHUVKBW
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Blogs: Create and Use AI Agents; AL Table Visualizer; Drop Shipping, Special Orders;...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central published a March 8 2026 roundup highlighting four new capabilities: AI agents, an AL Table Visualizer, drop‑shipping and special‑order workflows, and pre‑authorized debit processing. The AI agents, built into Business Central v27.4, let users describe intent and have the...
Proliferation Stress Drives Human Stem Cell Aging
Molecular and phenotypic blueprint of human hematopoiesis links proliferation stress to stem cell aging https://t.co/3mjdKHKcPc
Bluetti Unveils Elite 300, Tiniest 3 kWh Power Station
Bluetti launching Elite 300, world’s smallest 3 kWh portable power station #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/2LslwEAOQq
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE/CRM Blogs: Reusable Content Cards; Improve Deal Velocity; QR Code Generation; Connect Sales & BC
Microsoft Dynamics 365’s latest blog roundup showcases four practical enhancements for CRM users. It details how to build reusable content cards in Customer Insights, leverages agentic CRM features to accelerate deal velocity, adds QR‑code generation to SSRS reports, and explains the benefits...
Stop AI Pilot Overload: Adopt One Clear Strategy
Most organizations rushed into AI with too many pilots, resulting in not enough production outcomes. It's time to define a focused AI vision, align governance, and communicate one clear AI strategy. #AI #GenAI #DigitalTransformation #CIO https://t.co/8OLLAWNSNL
Custom SAP Tweaks: Debt or Competitive Edge?
A COO questioned a $100M S/4HANA upgrade, noting extensive IP in ECC customizations. While customization can be seen as technical debt, it often holds significant competitive advantage. #ERP #SAP #TechStrategy https://t.co/3lAGjzRIrF
QVLS-iLabs Secures €15M ($17.4M USD) Second Phase Funding for German Quantum Transfer
QVLS‑iLabs has secured €15 million in second‑phase funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space Travel, covering a three‑year program to move trapped‑ion quantum computing and quantum metrology from labs to industry. The first phase delivered QUDORA Technologies’ NFQC‑based...
Learn AI at 70, Join Mastermind, Limited Spots
I learned AI at 70 with no technical background. If I can do it, you can do it. You just need the right room. The AI Business Lab Mastermind has a handful of spots left. https://t.co/B3ac1JrQNc
Backfilled Cellar Boxes Protect Soil, Prevent Larger Blowouts
But some of ya’ll think solar ruins farmland forever? Fortunately what you don’t see is the cellar box that is backfilled to help prevent soil impaction. But imagine the amount contamination that occurs during pre-drill/drill/completion/frac/mid-stream etc. Now you might be inclined...
High-Throughput Hidden Antibiotic Resistance Detection Unveiled
A study by Ma and Kim in Nature Communications unveils the dilution‑and‑delay (DnD) susceptibility assay, a high‑resolution, high‑throughput method that combines antibiotic dilution gradients with timed incubation delays. Leveraging microfluidic chips and real‑time imaging, the assay can screen thousands of...
NASA Awards ULA’s Centaur-5 Upper Stage for Future SLS Launches
NASA announced a sole‑source contract awarding United Launch Alliance (ULA) the Centaur‑5 upper stage for future Space Launch System (SLS) flights after Artemis‑3. The decision leverages the proven RL10 engine heritage, compatibility with Mobile Launcher 1, and ULA’s existing work with...
Hire AI Apprentices Now, Avoid Looming Talent Crisis
If your AI strategy assumes "we'll just hire seniors later," you don't have a strategy. You have a countdown clock to a talent crisis. Build AI-fluent apprenticeships now, while everyone else is cutting back. #AI #Hiring #CIO #CHRO https://t.co/W7YbwP6jrL
Greece Launches 130 MW Agrivoltaics Application Process
Greece to open applications for 130 MW agrivoltaics plan #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xTTD1FvrD7
The Developer’s Practical Guide to Passwordless Authentication in 2026
Passwordless authentication is becoming the default for modern B2C apps in 2026, with developers able to deploy magic‑link, email/SMS OTP, WhatsApp OTP, or passkey flows in a single day using platforms like MojoAuth. The approach removes the need for a...
