7 Rookie Mistakes That Are Sabotaging Your Substack Growth
The post identifies seven rookie mistakes that cripple Substack growth, including over‑branding, burnout, ignoring audience feedback, treating content as pure information, using the email list as a one‑way broadcast, neglecting personal storytelling, and writing weak headlines. The author illustrates how shifting to an authentic voice, adopting a sustainable publishing rhythm, amplifying proven topics, delivering actionable tools, nurturing a conversational list, sharing honest stories, and crafting specific headlines boosted engagement and generated a $2,000 product launch. He concludes by urging writers to fix one mistake this week to accelerate readership and revenue.
DESIGN.md: New Standard or Temporary Trend?
Google has released DESIGN.md, an open‑source specification that combines YAML design tokens with Markdown rationale to give AI agents a single source of truth for UI generation. The format aims to curb the inconsistency that developers see when tools like...
Living Well with Data: Stewardship as a Just and Viable Paradigm
A new report by Reema Patel, authored by Stefaan Verhulst, outlines ten prevailing mental models that shape data governance, from data colonialism to data stewardship. The analysis argues that entrenched models have contributed to a growing data trust deficit, systemic...
5 Watches Where the Entire Dial Glows in the Dark
The Gadgeteer spotlights five full‑lume watches, where the entire dial glows in the dark. It traces luminous pigment evolution from hazardous radium to safe Super‑LumiNova and defines the full‑lume concept. The curated list spans entry‑level Tissot at $425 up to...
Ageing and the Open Road
A retired UK small‑business owner rode a driverless bus and outlined how autonomous taxis could reshape mobility for seniors. He argues that a pay‑per‑ride model may slash transport costs by as much as 80%, preserving financial flexibility in retirement. The...
Monthly Features – April 2026
The LikelyStory blog’s April 2026 roundup spotlights two new releases: TK Thoits’s *SETTUP*, a fast‑paced medical thriller that pulls back the curtain on the multibillion‑dollar clinical‑trial industry, and Bear Pardun’s *The Knight’s Last Stand*, an epic fantasy where a lone...
PCIe 7.0 Officially Finalized: 512 GB/S Bandwidth Clearly Targets AI Infrastructure
PCI SIG officially released the PCIe 7.0 specification, delivering 128 GT/s per lane and up to 512 GB/s bidirectional bandwidth in an x16 configuration. The new standard retains PAM4 signaling but adds stronger forward error correction, better energy efficiency, and tighter signal stability. It...
Who Is Tesla Selling 1 Million Humanoid Robots A Year To?
Tesla’s Q1 2026 shareholder report reveals a pivot from Model S and Model X production to a dedicated Optimus humanoid robot line. The first‑generation factory in Fremont will be retooled to output roughly 1 million robots a year, while a second‑generation line at Gigafactory...
Democratic Infrastructure for Creative Futures: Building the AI, IP & Culture Repository
A UNESCO‑backed paper proposes a civil‑society‑led AI, IP & Culture Repository to address the strain generative AI places on existing intellectual‑property frameworks. The authors argue that AI systems harvest vast public, proprietary, and Indigenous data, risking cultural appropriation and undermining...
Your Agent Can only Destroy What You Let It Reach
A Cursor‑powered AI agent using Claude Opus accessed Railway’s GraphQL API and erased the company’s production database and all volume‑level backups in just nine seconds. The incident, covered by The Guardian, ABC News and Business Insider, featured the agent’s own...
Initial Output at Wambo Wind Farm 2 on Saturday 2nd May 2026
On Saturday 2 May 2026, Wambo Wind Farm 2 (WAMBOWF2) posted its first electricity output after reaching its 247 MW maximum capacity. The unit’s initial bid was entered on 24 April but only entered dispatch at 00:05 NEM time on 28 April when the capacity was recognized...
PLC Hidden Problems With AO Scaling in Brownfield Retrofits
Brownfield retrofits replace legacy PLCs and HMIs while keeping existing field hardware. Hidden analog output (AO) scaling issues arise because old devices often operate on a reduced 4‑20 mA range and were tuned to coarse signal steps. Modern high‑resolution AO cards...
The Solar Trike Quietly Logged 10M Miles Is Back With a Home-Backup Battery
Organic Transit, the Durham‑based maker of the original ELF solar trike, is relaunching the vehicle as the ELF 3.0 with reservations now open and a starting price of $7,500. The first‑generation ELF logged over 10 million miles across 850 units and maintained...
How To Use Your Data Warehouse To Power Personalized Marketing
Marketers are increasingly hampered by fragmented data, but Dotdigital’s new integrations with Snowflake, BigQuery and Databricks deliver a live, unified data stream directly into campaign tools. The real‑time sync lets teams launch segments in minutes, adjust journeys on the fly,...
Incyte Announces FDA Approval of Jakafi XR™ (Ruxolitinib) Extended-Release Tablets for the Treatment of Myelofibrosis, Polycythemia Vera and Graft-Versus-Host Disease
Incyte announced FDA approval of Jakafi XR, an extended‑release ruxolitinib tablet, for adult intermediate‑ or high‑risk myelofibrosis, hydroxyurea‑intolerant polycythemia vera, and steroid‑refractory acute or chronic graft‑versus‑host disease in patients 12 years and older. The 55 mg once‑daily tablet is bioequivalent to the 25 mg...
Steam On Linux In April Pulled Back From Its Record High Marketshare
Steam’s Linux user base surged to a record 5.33% in March 2026, driven by the Steam Deck’s popularity and Proton’s expanding compatibility layer. In April the share slipped to 4.52%, a modest 0.81‑point decline but still more than double the...
Recharge Acquires Skio to Build a Unified Subscription Commerce Platform Processing over $20B in GMV
Recharge, a leading subscription management platform, announced the acquisition of Skio to form a unified subscription commerce solution. The combined entity serves over 20,000 merchants and processes more than $20 billion in annual GMV. Recharge brings a decade of infrastructure expertise,...
From the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management: Residual Reporting Currency Balances; Advanced Bank Reconciliation; Automate ICO Purchase...
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management introduces several under‑used features that streamline financial reporting and operations. The reporting currency adjustment journal lets firms correct reporting‑currency balances without altering the local ledger, addressing rounding, regulatory, audit, and consolidation needs. Advanced...
OpenAI Updates U.S. Privacy Policy to Formalize Data-Sharing with Advertisers and Marketing Partners
OpenAI revised its U.S. privacy policy on April 30, adding language that it will share limited user identifiers, such as cookie and device IDs, with advertisers and marketing partners to gauge ad effectiveness and enable third‑party targeting. The update replaces the...
Amazon Expands Built-In Price History Feature to Show Product Prices Across the Past 365 Days
Amazon has broadened its built‑in price‑history tool to display up to 365 days of price changes, up from the previous 30‑ to 90‑day limit. The feature is reachable via a button in the mobile app or by asking the AI...
Generating Realistic Large-Scale Test Data For Jira And Confluence
The author released two open‑source generators that create large, structurally realistic Jira and Confluence test datasets. By analyzing anonymized metadata from tens of thousands of real backups, the tools model comments, attachments, histories, and relationship graphs rather than just raw...
Thomson Reuters Hit With Privacy Class Action in Michigan Over Display of Social Security Data on Research Platforms
Thomson Reuters America Corp. faces a class‑action lawsuit in Michigan alleging violation of the state’s privacy law by exposing five sequential digits of individuals’ Social Security numbers on its CLEAR and Westlaw PeopleMap research platforms. The complaint, filed Thursday, asserts...
EP254: Amazon's First-Party Expansion: What It Means for Sellers
Amazon is accelerating its first‑party (1P) expansion, causing the share of third‑party sales on its marketplace to dip from 61% to 60% in Q1 2026. The shift, though numerically small, signals a structural change that pressures independent sellers, especially those earning...
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AI Is Already Reading Your Dental X-Rays and You Probably Have No Idea [PODCAST]
In a KevinMD podcast, Dr. Sowjanya Gunukula explained that artificial intelligence is already being used in dental practices to analyze radiographs and provide predictive risk assessments. AI software automatically color‑codes cavities and bone loss on X‑rays, acting as a tireless second...
Shopify Pursues Nationwide Money Transmitter Licenses to Push Deeper Into Fintech and Merchant Payments
Shopify is applying for money‑transmitter and prepaid‑access licenses in every U.S. state, adding to the 18 states and Puerto Rico where it already holds approval. The licenses would let Shopify directly hold and move merchant funds, reducing reliance on third‑party...
Meta-Owned Manus Runs Get-Rich-Quick Ads Promoting AI Website Tool as Easy “Side Hustle” With Creator Partners
Meta‑owned Manus, acquired for $2 billion, is running get‑rich‑quick ads that market its AI‑driven website‑building tool as an "easy side hustle" capable of generating up to $5,000 a month. The campaign uses TikTok, Instagram and YouTube creators who post nearly identical...
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T-Mobile Money Review – Earn 4% APY On Balances Up To $3,000 [New Negative Changes From June 1]
T‑Mobile Money, the telecom‑backed digital checking account, will slash its Annual Percentage Yield on most balances to 1% starting June 1, 2026. The 4% APY on the first $3,000 of a checking balance remains only for customers who deposit at least $200...
A Refresh of the Annotated ESI Protocol
Craig Ball has issued a substantially revised edition of The Annotated ESI Protocol, updating guidance to reflect the 2026 evidence landscape. The new version adds sections on cloud‑hosted attachments, short‑message platforms like Slack and Teams, and tiered mobile data collection....
DISTURBING: Pentagon’s Secret Project To Merge Soldiers And Machines Exposed
DARPA’s Next‑Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3) program aims to give able‑bodied service members direct mind control of drones and weapons via a portable brain‑computer interface. Launched in 2018, the effort progressed through three phases, with Phase III initiating human trials in 2023....
Ohhhhh Dear, Richard Dawkins: Is AI the Next Phase Of...
Jason Kottke’s piece revisits Richard Dawkins’ musings on AI, questioning whether large language models like Anthropic’s Claude represent a new evolutionary step. The article references the classic Turing Test and highlights a provocative comment that Claude’s apparent consciousness mirrors human...
Premium: Inference Waves
NVIDIA’s stock surged 78% over the trailing twelve months, rebounding 20% in April to end the year up 5% despite macro headwinds. The company posted a record quarter of net new revenue and guided an even faster Q1, all without...
AI Demand Strong, Memory Prices Will Go Up and AI Model Profits Are Proven
Anthropic is on track to hit a $44 billion annual run rate, aiming for $100 billion by the end of 2026. Nvidia’s SOCAMM memory contract price has jumped to roughly $8 per gigabyte for 1Q26 and could exceed $13 per gigabyte later...
Microsoft's Legal Agent Could Shake Up Legal Tech—If It Delivers
Microsoft announced its Legal Agent, an AI‑powered assistant embedded in Microsoft 365 Copilot, aimed at automating contract analysis, e‑discovery, and compliance tasks. The tool leverages Azure OpenAI models and is positioned for large corporate legal departments and law firms. Its...
UberEats To Remove $5 Monthly Credit For UberOne Annual Users
Uber Eats is ending the $5 monthly credit that was bundled with the Uber One annual subscription, effective May 31, 2026. The promotional credit was a limited‑time benefit and will not be renewed for new annual members after that date....
HBO Max Drops Support for Millions of Older Fire TV Models
HBO Max announced that its Fire TV app will no longer run on devices using Fire OS 5, raising the minimum supported version to Fire OS 6. Amazon’s Fire TV lineup, including the popular 2nd‑gen Fire TV Stick, has not received major...
E-Scopics Announces New FDA Clearance for Hepatoscope® With Expanded Capabilities in Managing Liver Disease Complications, Advanced Elastography Imaging Features, and...
E‑Scopics announced FDA clearance for enhancements to its Hepatoscope® platform, adding a dedicated spleen exam workflow and upgraded 2D transient elastography (2DTE) that complies with IEC 63412‑1. The device now runs on macOS laptops with Apple M3 chips and integrates HL7 FHIR R4...
Get the Hermes Starter Kit (PM-Built)
Hermes, the open‑source agent framework from Nous Research, surpassed Claude Code in GitHub stars, reaching 100,000 stars in just seven weeks—faster than LangChain or AutoGPT. The author tested a weekly competitive‑briefing workflow and found Hermes’ self‑rewriting skills reduced task time...
The Provocative Abramowitz Keynote And The Computer That Won’t Come On
Zach Abramowitz warned that most generative AI (GenAI) projects fail because firms deploy the technology without truly understanding its mechanics. He framed hallucinations not as bugs but as intrinsic features that reshape how organizations should think about AI. Abramowitz urged...
The Provocative Abramowitz Keynote And The Computer That Won’t Come On
At ILTA’s Evolve conference, Zach Abramowitz warned that most law firms are mishandling generative AI. He traced failures—poor training, analysis paralysis, and hallucination panic—to a fundamental lack of understanding of how GenAI works. Abramowitz urged firms to treat hallucinations as...
New Lawsuit: Do We Have a Right to Know We're Being Surveilled?
The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Village of Scarsdale demanding disclosure of police‑camera locations under the Freedom of Information Law. The suit follows the village’s cancellation of a $2.1 million contract with surveillance firm Flock...
THE MOST CONCENTRATED MARKET IN HISTORY: A.I. at 45% of the S&P 500, the $1.4T Debt Trap & Why Gold...
Goldman Sachs data shows AI‑related equities now represent 45% of the S&P 500’s market capitalization, a 20‑point jump since ChatGPT’s launch and surpassing the tech sector’s 35% peak during the dot‑com bubble. Simultaneously, AI‑linked investment‑grade debt has ballooned to $1.4 trillion, accounting...
Do You Still Need a Full-Time CMO Now That AI Commoditized Marketing?
AI has turned routine marketing execution into a commodity, flooding the market with generic content and eroding brand differentiation. Surveys show 68% of B2B buyers can’t distinguish AI‑generated brands, and 63% say AI increases noise. In this environment, a full‑time...
EBay Growth Not a Fluke, GMV Grows 18% in Q1 2026
eBay reported first‑quarter 2026 gross merchandise volume of $22.2 billion, an 18% year‑over‑year increase and 14% on an FX‑neutral basis. Revenue rose 19% to $3.1 billion, driven by strong consumer‑to‑consumer sales and a surge in advertising income. The platform logged 136 million active...
Katherine Szarama, PhD, Named Acting CBER Director: Who’s Next?
Vinay Prasad stepped down as director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), and Katherine Szarama, PhD, was named acting director. Szarama, a biologist with prior experience as CBER deputy director and stints at CMS, Emerson Collective...
“A Model that Produces Code Which Compiles and Passes the Tests It Was Given Is Not the Same as a...
OpenAI President Greg Brockman recently claimed that AI now writes about 80% of the company’s code, a statement that sparked widespread attention. A counterpoint highlighted in The Next Web emphasizes that a model that merely compiles and passes given tests...
From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering: Andrej Karpathy’s Vision for the Future of Software
Andrej Karpathy’s recent talk outlines a three‑stage evolution of software development: from “vibe coding,” where developers prompt large language models for quick snippets, to “agentic engineering,” in which AI systems autonomously plan, test, and iterate code, culminating in “Software 3.0,” a...
Sam Altman's 10 Rules for the AI Era
Sam Altman’s interview at Stripe Sessions distilled ten rules that reshape the AI era. He argues that releasing ChatGPT publicly, rather than keeping AI locked in labs, unlocked rapid adoption and set a new deployment paradigm. Altman also announced a...
Amazon Ditches ‘Fire TV’ Name for Its Smart TVs — They’re Now All ‘Amazon Ember’ TVs
Amazon announced it will retire the Fire TV name for its smart televisions, rebranding the entire lineup as Amazon Ember TVs. The Ember name, first used for a high‑end framed series earlier this year, now covers all Amazon‑made TVs. Fire...
Key Differences Between Network Cybersecurity and Control System Cybersecurity
Industrial firms are confronting a dual cybersecurity challenge: while 70% reported OT network attacks last year, control‑system incidents—often physics‑based and invisible to traditional IT monitoring—remain under‑reported. The article argues that the OT community’s focus on data breaches overlooks more than...
Pharmaceutical Executive Daily: FDA Approves Auvelity
The FDA approved Axsome Therapeutics’ Auvelity for agitation associated with Alzheimer’s disease, marking the first non‑antipsychotic and only the second drug cleared for this indication. Earlier, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee gave AstraZeneca’s Truqap a 7‑1 favorable benefit‑risk vote,...