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Columbia Engineers Create Self‑Repairing, Self‑Upgrading Robots
SocialApr 24, 2026

Columbia Engineers Create Self‑Repairing, Self‑Upgrading Robots

Self-Repairing, Self-Upgrading #Robots Developed at Columbia #Engineering by @tweetciiiim #AI #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/3U07MjpYDv

By Ron van Loon
GBrain to Add Code Chunking, Search, and Claude Integration
SocialApr 24, 2026

GBrain to Add Code Chunking, Search, and Claude Integration

This is great feedback, thanks Agrim. I'm going to slim things down... But also I will do a branch where GBrain augments Claude Code too. I'm adding code chunking and code search to GBrain in an upcoming PR in the...

By Garry Tan
Adobe's Real AI Strategy Defies Market Skepticism
SocialApr 24, 2026

Adobe's Real AI Strategy Defies Market Skepticism

.@Adobe Summit 2026: Liz Miller Calls Out the Market on AI Strategy – and She’s Not Holding Back https://t.co/bbXv2HFi9W @cxtodaynews “When financial markets say Adobe doesn’t have an AI strategy, my answer is: you haven’t been paying attention. An AI...

By Holger Müller
YC Launch Analysis Suggests AGI Already Exists
SocialApr 24, 2026

YC Launch Analysis Suggests AGI Already Exists

I asked my OpenClaw to analyze all YC video launches for the last 3 years. I'm not sure how anyone can look at this screenshot and not believe that AGI is already here https://t.co/l1vNNcKTMF

By Garry Tan
Recursive Self‑improvement Already Exists, Not Just Hype.
SocialApr 24, 2026

Recursive Self‑improvement Already Exists, Not Just Hype.

Recursive self-improvement is not AGI hype. And it’s not just prompt tuning either. Karpathy’s autoresearch ran 700 experiments on a single GPU, improved its own training code, and kept what worked. This loop is already here. I break down how it works,...

By Louis Bouchard
AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains in Real Time
SocialApr 24, 2026

AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains in Real Time

Supply chain management is rapidly evolving with technology. AI isn't just a future concept; it's actively transforming operations in real-time, impacting supply chains right now. #SupplyChain #AI https://t.co/RDVzTUSQnq

By Eric Kimberling
Configure Server‑Side Tracking with Meta Signals & Usercentrics
SocialApr 24, 2026

Configure Server‑Side Tracking with Meta Signals & Usercentrics

Meta Signals Gateway Tutorial – Set Up Server-Side Tracking with Usercentrics

By Benjamin Mangold
Senate Subcommittee Schedules NASA FY27 Budget Hearing April 28
SocialApr 23, 2026

Senate Subcommittee Schedules NASA FY27 Budget Hearing April 28

The Senate CJS appropriations subcommittee will hold a hearing on NASA's FY27 budget request Tuesday April 28 at 10 am EDT. https://t.co/CMP5Deon36

By Jeff Foust
EnBW and Noveria Push Forward Germany BESS Projects
SocialApr 23, 2026

EnBW and Noveria Push Forward Germany BESS Projects

EnBW and Noveria advance construction on 1- and 4-hour BESS projects in Germany #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/SCw9rta1gY

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Comprehensive Opus 4.7 vs GPT 5.5 Comparison Revealed
SocialApr 23, 2026

Comprehensive Opus 4.7 vs GPT 5.5 Comparison Revealed

Finally found a good Opus 4.7 to GPT 5.5 comparison where it shows the full picture rather than cherry picked for one side. https://t.co/xhUrRe5S48

By Daniel Newman
1977 West Coast Computer Faire: Apple’s Debut Captured
SocialApr 23, 2026

1977 West Coast Computer Faire: Apple’s Debut Captured

#ThrowbackThursday. April 16, 1977. The First West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco's Brooks Civic Auditorium was held. The Apple Computer was released. This footage is the movie version from 'Pirates of Silicon Valley'. https://t.co/CEnRkUQd8U

By James Gingerich
Amazon Go Gets the Short End of the Stick
SocialApr 23, 2026

Amazon Go Gets the Short End of the Stick

Cc @mattmday @spencersoper I feel like Amazon Go got the shit end of the stick

By Ed Ludlow
At Scale, H100 GPUs Fail Hourly Despite
SocialApr 23, 2026

At Scale, H100 GPUs Fail Hourly Despite

Using the following data, the mean time between failures for a single GPU is 5.8 years. "419 unexpected interruptions over 54 days on 16,384 H100s" If you have 50k GPUs, that's one per hour. If you have 2.1k GPUs, that's one per day.

By Ian Cutress
China's PV Exports Soar, Speeding Fossil Fuel Phase‑out
SocialApr 23, 2026

China's PV Exports Soar, Speeding Fossil Fuel Phase‑out

“Solar surge:” China smashes PV export records as energy crisis fast-tracks fossil fuel exodus #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/HLsTGPenfA https://t.co/LqXD9M3CV5

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Google Personalization Pushes Live Sports Spoilers to iPhone Lockscreen
SocialApr 23, 2026

Google Personalization Pushes Live Sports Spoilers to iPhone Lockscreen

Are you seeing live sports match updates on your iPhone lockscreen? Blame Google's search personalization. Here's the scoop (and how to turn it off if you don't want any spoilers): https://t.co/ogGXkedbLd #sports #iphone #google #updates https://t.co/Vx3qMbBIf2

By Dave Taylor
Chery's AiMOGA Humanoid Robot Becomes Chinese Traffic Officer
SocialApr 23, 2026

Chery's AiMOGA Humanoid Robot Becomes Chinese Traffic Officer

Chery’s AiMOGA Humanoid #Robot Joins Traffic Police in China by @XRoboHub #AI #Robotics #Engineering #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/1dDc1guTgx

By Ron van Loon
Meta-Analysis Flawed by Mixing Disparate Anti‑amyloid Agents
SocialApr 23, 2026

Meta-Analysis Flawed by Mixing Disparate Anti‑amyloid Agents

A harsh critique of the recent @cochranecollab meta-analysis of the anti-amyloid drugs for Alzheimer's disease https://t.co/EU4JMOVWkV 'These results and their overarching conclusion that “successful removal of amyloid from the brain does not seem to be associated with clinically meaningful effects in...

By Eric Topol
Scientists Convert pMMR Tumors to Immunotherapy‑Sensitive dMMR
SocialApr 23, 2026

Scientists Convert pMMR Tumors to Immunotherapy‑Sensitive dMMR

For anyone else fried with #AACR26 abstracts, we can now look at them from a different lens...

By Sally Church
Quantifying Brand Trust with AI Agents
SocialApr 23, 2026

Quantifying Brand Trust with AI Agents

How do you measure the “trust” and “credibility” of your brand with an LLM or AI Agent? https://t.co/YV3RT3pqcl @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #AI #FutureOfWork #Strategy #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #Branding

By Tim Hughes
China's Clean Energy Lead Becomes US Security Threat
SocialApr 23, 2026

China's Clean Energy Lead Becomes US Security Threat

Was just reading this amazing @RiponSociety piece from @jharrell on US clean energy strategy. The core diagnosis — China has a decade head start on clean energy manufacturing and now we have a national security issue. 1/🧵

By Jigar Shah
Microsoft Teams Outlook Plugin Deactivated over Performance Concerns
SocialApr 23, 2026

Microsoft Teams Outlook Plugin Deactivated over Performance Concerns

MyPOV - Another data point which continues my worries on @Microsoft Build quality - the @MicrosoftTeams plug-in in @Outlook gets de-activated due to performance... cc @satyanadella https://t.co/VmZB3uyLYJ

By Holger Müller
One-Click Access to Growing Google Cloud MCP Servers
SocialApr 23, 2026

One-Click Access to Growing Google Cloud MCP Servers

List of @googlecloud MCP servers is growing every day. Enable them in a click in Agent Platform. They are then available to agents in your org, accross GCP, Workspace, and Gemini Enterprise. https://t.co/QxFAEomX35

By Steren Giannini (“Steren”)
Social Media Spawns Citizen Journalists; Polymarket Creates Citizen Insider Traders
SocialApr 23, 2026

Social Media Spawns Citizen Journalists; Polymarket Creates Citizen Insider Traders

Geesh, the same way social media turned tons of regular people into journalists, polymarket and the like are turning tons of regular people into insider traders. https://t.co/uAjDDk22Ka

By Jason Jacobs
Saildrone's Missile‑Armed Spectre Enters Navy Unmanned Ship Contest
SocialApr 23, 2026

Saildrone's Missile‑Armed Spectre Enters Navy Unmanned Ship Contest

Saildrone’s Missile-Toting Spectre Enters Navy’s Medium-Sized Unmanned Ship Competition Saildrone has joined forces with defense juggernauts to supersize its proven vehicle concept and equip it with missiles and sub-hunting sensors. https://t.co/vxbDPYsAD7

By Tyler Rogoway
Funding Needed for Software to Rethink Air Traffic Control
SocialApr 23, 2026

Funding Needed for Software to Rethink Air Traffic Control

.@SecDuffy talks tonight on podcast about the new software he needs funding for to rethink how we control airplanes and deconflict planes before they are in the air https://t.co/OeyAqESXPL

By David Shepardson
SaaS Lacking Multi-Agent Integration Gets Bypassed
SocialApr 23, 2026

SaaS Lacking Multi-Agent Integration Gets Bypassed

RT SaaS that can't plug into multi-agent workflows or expose an MCP server is already being routed around by your future architecture. #AI #SaaS @Star_CIO https://t.co/QCJX9x5Zwh

By Isaac Sacolick
Amazon DSP Wins With Shopper Intent Data
SocialApr 23, 2026

Amazon DSP Wins With Shopper Intent Data

Former Media Director: When Amazon DSP > The Trade Desk "Amazon is very compelling because of their shopper data. I think brands will continue to test on Amazon and see if it performs better because they're trying to get people who...

By Thomas Chua (Steady Compounding)
Agrivoltaics Preserve and Boost Forage Quality, Study Shows
SocialApr 23, 2026

Agrivoltaics Preserve and Boost Forage Quality, Study Shows

Agrivoltaics maintain or enhanche forage quality, study finds #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/fcVejDzobB

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Outperforms Self‑Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes
SocialApr 23, 2026

Continuous Glucose Monitoring Outperforms Self‑Monitoring in Type 2 Diabetes

A randomized trial of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) vs self-monitoring for Type 2 diabetes on basal insulin and drug therapies shows superiority of CGM for gluocse regulation https://t.co/XUymGiov1c @TheLancetEndo https://t.co/lcjFDnEG6x

By Eric Topol
Explore Cloud Run Sandboxes – Details & Sign‑Up Link
SocialApr 23, 2026

Explore Cloud Run Sandboxes – Details & Sign‑Up Link

I heard you like sandboxes, so here is a thread with more details about Cloud Run sandboxes and a link to sign up

By Steren Giannini (“Steren”)
Alleged FDA Pressure Removes Study Confirming Long‑term Vaccine Efficacy
SocialApr 23, 2026

Alleged FDA Pressure Removes Study Confirming Long‑term Vaccine Efficacy

Vinay Prasad forced FDA scientists to withdraw a paper from Vaccine, the journal I am co-EIC of, because it showed that COVID vaccines work for everyone 6 months+. This is Gold Standard Science at Marty Makary’s FDA. Setting the Gold...

By Angela Rasmussen
Sony's 2011 Breach Exposed 77 Million PlayStation Accounts
SocialApr 23, 2026

Sony's 2011 Breach Exposed 77 Million PlayStation Accounts

#ThrowbackThursday. April 17, 2011. Sony began to notice its users about an attack that later disclosed to have compromised around 77 million of its PlayStation accounts. (CBS) https://t.co/iqjhF3SGSx

By James Gingerich
NYC AI Night: Data-Driven Meetups with RampLabs & Estuary
SocialApr 23, 2026

NYC AI Night: Data-Driven Meetups with RampLabs & Estuary

AI folks in NYC -- Data Driven NYC (#121) this Tuesday at 6pm. Come meet fellow AI builders and our speakers: * @RampLabs has been cooking lately with a lot of agentic innovation; Alex Levinson will demo * @EstuaryDev provides unified...

By Matt Turck
AI Redefines Market Structure with Reflexive Feedback Loops
SocialApr 23, 2026

AI Redefines Market Structure with Reflexive Feedback Loops

From my Early Look today: AI Transforms Market Structure as Reflexivity Accelerates Cross-Asset Feedback Loops AI isn’t just a sector anymore It’s: 🔁 Reading the tape ⚡Moving the tape 🔁 Reacting to itself That’s a new market structure. Faster. More reflexive. If you’re not adapting… you’re trading...

By Keith McCullough
Intel’s Q1 Dip Overblown; Real Turnaround Underway
SocialApr 23, 2026

Intel’s Q1 Dip Overblown; Real Turnaround Underway

Intel’s Q1 sell-off was way overblown. They posted $600M in FCF, TSMC just partnered on 18A, and the foundry is ramping. Q2 might be messy, but the turnaround is real. You don’t sell that for pennies. Semiconductors

By periodtrader
AI Agents Unleash Swarm Working, Removing Barriers
SocialApr 23, 2026

AI Agents Unleash Swarm Working, Removing Barriers

Just a few years ago we talked about using social collaboration tools to enable “swarm working” of humans on business challenges. Now AI agents will do it. Profound new capabilities just keep emerging regularly in the agentic space. The barriers to action...

By Dion Hinchcliffe
FCC Urges Court to Dismiss Hikvision Suit over Security Risk
SocialApr 23, 2026

FCC Urges Court to Dismiss Hikvision Suit over Security Risk

.@FCC urges DC Circuit to reject Hikvision suit: "In any event, Hikvision’s arguments are meritless, particularly in view of the Secure Equipment Act, which ratifies and confirms the Commission’s authority to refuse equipment authorizations based on an unacceptable risk to...

By David Shepardson
CAR‑T Turnaround: Kelonia’s LLY Deal Signals New Pharma Play
SocialApr 23, 2026

CAR‑T Turnaround: Kelonia’s LLY Deal Signals New Pharma Play

A VERY SPIRITED interview w/ Venrock VC Bryan Roberts re: Kelonia Therapeutics and its $LLY deal on this week's Readout LOUD podcast. A CAR-T biotech’s dramatic turnaround, and drugmakers’ tactics to drive more scripts https://t.co/600DsE1cBm via @statnews

By Adam Feuerstein
AI Takes over Employment Verification Calls.
SocialApr 23, 2026

AI Takes over Employment Verification Calls.

Today I received a typical employment verification call about a past employee (I run a company). It was an AI! I didn’t realize until 2 minutes in. Then I asked directly, and the voice said she was an AI. First...

By Po-Shen Loh
Scalable Hypothesis‑testing Datasets Will Drive Biology’s AI ROI
SocialApr 23, 2026

Scalable Hypothesis‑testing Datasets Will Drive Biology’s AI ROI

Which AI-enabling datasets will bring the biggest ROI in biology? One type will be "ways to confirm hypotheses at scale". @GordianBio is building atlases of how every expressed gene target affects organs suffering diseases of aging.

By Martin Borch Jensen
Tiny Robots, Huge Impact: Swarm Technology's Future
SocialApr 23, 2026

Tiny Robots, Huge Impact: Swarm Technology's Future

Small Machines, Massive Power: The Future of #Robotic Swarms via @IlirAliu_ #Robots #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/AhtqZhHoSR

By Ron van Loon
Shopify’s Google Cloud Agent Passes Turing Test
SocialApr 23, 2026

Shopify’s Google Cloud Agent Passes Turing Test

Impressive to see how @Shopify is using @GoogleCloud Agents. …and their agent passes the Turing test. #CIO #AI #Cloud #GoogleCloudNext https://t.co/IhzLHdPDjj

By Tim Crawford
NIH Director Censors Routine Vaccine Study Over Personal Dislike
SocialApr 23, 2026

NIH Director Censors Routine Vaccine Study Over Personal Dislike

To be clear: @NIHDirector_Jay reportedly took issue with the study design, which is routine for evaluating vaccines post-market. Podcast Jay, who has no expertise in vaccine trials, decided unilaterally he didn’t like it & thus censored results of studies our...

By Angela Rasmussen
Bioethicist Vs. Germline Editing Entrepreneur Sparks Uneven Debate
SocialApr 23, 2026

Bioethicist Vs. Germline Editing Entrepreneur Sparks Uneven Debate

Starting right now. Debate between I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard/reprogenetic bioethics) vs. Cathy Tie, 'serial' human germline editing startup entrepreneur. This should not be an fair fight, but Glenn Cohen is a nice guy...so https://t.co/qfqivoLvhV

By Antonio Regalado
OpenAI Sells Agents, Anthropic Upgrades Their Intelligence
SocialApr 23, 2026

OpenAI Sells Agents, Anthropic Upgrades Their Intelligence

1/ @AnthropicAI and @OpenAI both made big enterprise agent moves this week. But they are not the same move. OpenAI is productizing agents for enterprise work. Anthropic is pushing the frontier model layer that makes serious agents better. That distinction matters a lot. 🧵👇...

By Dion Hinchcliffe
Metformin Fails to Boost Walking Distance in PAD Patients
SocialApr 23, 2026

Metformin Fails to Boost Walking Distance in PAD Patients

Metformin to Improve Walking Performance in Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: The PERMET Randomized Clinical Trial "Among people with PAD without diabetes, metformin did not improve 6-minute walk distance at 6-month follow-up compared with placebo. These results do not support metformin...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched, Sparking UK Home Computing Boom
SocialApr 23, 2026

Sinclair ZX Spectrum Launched, Sparking UK Home Computing Boom

#ThisDayInTechHistory. April 23, 1982. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer was released in the UK. https://t.co/JbZxpol1M5

By James Gingerich
FCC Grants Globalstar Exclusive LEO, Backs Starlink AWS‑4
SocialApr 23, 2026

FCC Grants Globalstar Exclusive LEO, Backs Starlink AWS‑4

This new FCC order is super complicated, but basically is telling everyone to stay in their lane: Globalstar gets exclusivity in its Big LEO spectrum, and Starlink gets FCC backing in AWS-4 (2000-20/2180-2200MHz) worldwide, but attempts to access Big LEO...

By Tim Farrar
Stop Founder-Led Sales to Scale Predictably
SocialApr 23, 2026

Stop Founder-Led Sales to Scale Predictably

If your sales process still depends on you to close every deal, you are not ready to scale. It is so common because most AI and SaaS Founders are natural closers—so every major deal still runs through them. Yet the...

By TK Kader