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Funding Boosts AI for 3D Protein and RNA Mapping
SocialApr 20, 2026

Funding Boosts AI for 3D Protein and RNA Mapping

Funding will support the development of advanced AI methods to map proteins and RNA structures in three dimensions. https://t.co/L6ZSpg8iMW #infrastructure #IoT #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork @virginia_tech https://t.co/7K7X1E9NpH

By Peggy Smedley
AI Tools Free Time to Focus on Product
SocialApr 20, 2026

AI Tools Free Time to Focus on Product

Spent more time with AI assisted development this weekend. I spend less time thinking about code and more time thinking about the product.

By Sean D. Mack
ZoomInfo Adds Free ChatGPT Connector with Enrichment Tools
SocialApr 20, 2026

ZoomInfo Adds Free ChatGPT Connector with Enrichment Tools

@ZoomInfo is expanding our partnership with @OpenAI with our @ChatGPTapp connector. Open to ANYONE - free sign up gets you 100 free credits. We've added Intent, Contact and Company Enrichment, Find Similar Companies, and Account Context that marries your...

By Henry Schuck
Meta Pours $200B Into AI, Trains Fiber Technicians
SocialApr 20, 2026

Meta Pours $200B Into AI, Trains Fiber Technicians

Meta has committed ~$200B on AI Capex. There’s such a shortage of fiber technicians, it launched a free training program with CBRE. Beginning to think Meta is behind that “Data Centre” game on Steam where you buy racks, set up servers...

By Trung Phan
Humanoid Robots Gaining Emotions Redefine Future Tech
SocialApr 20, 2026

Humanoid Robots Gaining Emotions Redefine Future Tech

Humanoid #Robots Are Learning to Feel—And It Changes Everything by @XRoboHub #Robotics #Sensors #Innovation #EmergingTech #Tech #Technology https://t.co/JMVvQM7gIb

By Ron van Loon
SynBioBeta Fuels Boom Capital’s Top Biotech Deals
SocialApr 20, 2026

SynBioBeta Fuels Boom Capital’s Top Biotech Deals

@SynBioBeta draws one of the densest concentrations of biotech investors of any conference in the world. So what keeps them coming back? Celestine “Cee Cee” Schnugg has the answer. Cee Cee is the Founding Managing Partner of Boom Capital, an early-stage deep...

By John Cumbers
Turn One Prompt Into a Ready Google Slides Deck
SocialApr 20, 2026

Turn One Prompt Into a Ready Google Slides Deck

🖥️ Rough lesson outline plus one prompt in Gemini equals a full slide deck. 📊 It exports straight to Google Slides ready for you to customize. 🎯 This one has been a super popular strategy from my recent workshops. https://t.co/yYaO02BkT3

By Monica Burns
Most E‑commerce Cart Abandonment Flows Repeat Six Fatal Mistakes
SocialApr 20, 2026

Most E‑commerce Cart Abandonment Flows Repeat Six Fatal Mistakes

Every ecom brand has a cart abandonment flow, but most of them are making the same mistakes. Here are the 6 most common ones: https://t.co/izm397S5n3

By Chase Dimond
Early Adopters: 42% Rely on AI for Purchases
SocialApr 20, 2026

Early Adopters: 42% Rely on AI for Purchases

The 25% using AI for purchasing decisions jumps to 42% for early adopters. #AdobeSummit https://t.co/Xgwrf83UM1

By Isaac Sacolick
GLP‑1s Preserve Muscle Better Than Diet‑Only Weight Loss
SocialApr 20, 2026

GLP‑1s Preserve Muscle Better Than Diet‑Only Weight Loss

Summary for patients on GLP-1 drugs and non-drug weight loss re: muscle mass impact @AnnalsofIM https://t.co/pSDhbKkXwb https://t.co/qM7OgVJwQg

By Eric Topol
Bootstrapped Freepik Turns AI Threat Into $1B Success
SocialApr 20, 2026

Bootstrapped Freepik Turns AI Threat Into $1B Success

2020: Freepik bootstrapped to €250M. 2 years later: AI nearly killed them. Here's how they made a $1B comeback 👇 Three co-founders already had exits under their belt when they started Freepik in 2010. Joaquín Cuenca (Loquo to eBay ,...

By Ryan Allis
Youth Jobs Hit in AI Fields, Not Solely AI
SocialApr 20, 2026

Youth Jobs Hit in AI Fields, Not Solely AI

Fascinating paper. To me, it simultaneously strengthens the thesis that something is affecting youth employment in AI-exposed industries, while slightly *weakening* the argument that it's AI, at least conventional AI displacement effects in the way we've been talking about them.

By Ernie Tedeschi
NASA Suit Report Highlights Commercial LEO Destination Debate
SocialApr 20, 2026

NASA Suit Report Highlights Commercial LEO Destination Debate

This line in the new OIG report on NASA's next-generation spacesuits is interesting in light of the recent debate about commercial LEO destinations. https://t.co/xWmu75FG2y https://t.co/Z6Zzd7s7em

By Eric Berger
Local GPU App Turns 2D Images Into 3D Meshes
SocialApr 20, 2026

Local GPU App Turns 2D Images Into 3D Meshes

Someone literally just made a desktop app that transforms 2D images into 3D models, running 100% LOCALLY on your own GPU 🤯 Meet Modly. Zero cloud, zero crazy API fees. Just drag, drop, and BOOM: instant 3D mesh 💥 Fully open-source. https://t.co/eDKn1U8IhQ

By Data Chaz
Conservative E‑commerce Outlook Predicts Exponential Growth Surge
SocialApr 20, 2026

Conservative E‑commerce Outlook Predicts Exponential Growth Surge

Here's a conservative look at e-commerce abundance. The rate of growth with the exponential factors we're seeing today should be higher than we can imagine now.

By Warren Whitlock
AI May Never Achieve True Consciousness, Says Skeptic
SocialApr 20, 2026

AI May Never Achieve True Consciousness, Says Skeptic

"Why AI will never be conscious" my new conversation with the exceptional @CosmicSkeptic. The 'never' in the title is a bit strong - e.g. it depends what we mean by AI - but that's why you should listen to the...

By Anil Seth, DPhil
Claude Claims Native German Translation, Skipping Extra Steps
SocialApr 20, 2026

Claude Claims Native German Translation, Skipping Extra Steps

I asked Claude to convert a German-language PDF to plain text "so I can send it to Google Translate" and at the end he was like, "FOR THE RECORD, I can speak and translate German perfectly well myself"

By Dylan Matthews
Cloudflare Forces AI Crawlers to Follow Canonical URLs
SocialApr 20, 2026

Cloudflare Forces AI Crawlers to Follow Canonical URLs

This seems to be flying under the radar -> Redirects for AI Training enforces canonical content Once a site opts in via Cloudflare: "When a request arrives from a verified AI Crawler, Cloudflare reads the response HTML. If a non-self-referencing canonical tag...

By Glenn Gabe
New Role Switcher Makes Product Shipping 100x Faster
SocialApr 20, 2026

New Role Switcher Makes Product Shipping 100x Faster

We just made shipping a great product 100x easier @ngrushkovsky just shipped a plan / role switcher I can quickly impersonate any account on any tier with any role Ideal for quickly reviewing paywalls and feature access #buildinpublic https://t.co/rQaGV92TGl

By Olly Meakings
Agentic AI Adds $1.2B to CPU Substrate Market, Shortage Deepens
SocialApr 20, 2026

Agentic AI Adds $1.2B to CPU Substrate Market, Shortage Deepens

The one area I did not go deep in my CPU report. Morgan Stanley on the ABF substrate demand tied to the CPU TAM expansion. - Agentic AI to broaden the Server CPU ABF Substrate TAM by US$1.2B: - ABF Substrate under-supply...

By Ben Bajarin
Log Mistakes and Add Corrections to Cut Token Burn
SocialApr 20, 2026

Log Mistakes and Add Corrections to Cut Token Burn

I spoke about logging mistakes (and reducing token burn) in this video. As for mistakes it’s important to include corrections to ensure you don’t reinforce the mistakes.

By Teri Radichel
Estonia Launches First Stable Autonomous Monowheel Security Robot
SocialApr 20, 2026

Estonia Launches First Stable Autonomous Monowheel Security Robot

Estonia’s Rollo #Robotics Unveils the World’s First Stable Autonomous Monowheel Security #Robot by @lukas_m_ziegler #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/DlS5EtrgNK

By Ron van Loon
Track AI/LLM Traffic and Conversions with Looker Studio Template
SocialApr 20, 2026

Track AI/LLM Traffic and Conversions with Looker Studio Template

Time to track AI / LLM traffic and conversions. Clone this Looker Studio Template. Link -> https://t.co/nGXnF2Duut

By Flavio Amiel
First Day with Claude Could Spike Labor Productivity
SocialApr 20, 2026

First Day with Claude Could Spike Labor Productivity

Would not surprise me to see a companion piece to this in the near future to the effect of “What happens to labor productivity and the economy when it’s always someone’s first day using Claude” https://t.co/3mHD18wYZ3 bcc: @MattZeitlin https://t.co/uHQUAJLFtq

By Luke Kawa
Rising AI Tool Fees Threaten Small AI-Only Businesses
SocialApr 20, 2026

Rising AI Tool Fees Threaten Small AI-Only Businesses

Oh man, this is definitely gonna happen: - someone builds biz on AI tool - AI tool increases fees - aforementioned biz no longer profitable God… I hadn’t even thought of this. Feels like sometime in 2027, this’ll happen and crippled small AI-only businesses.

By Jack Appleby
Learn AI Fast by Watching Pair Prompting in Action
SocialApr 20, 2026

Learn AI Fast by Watching Pair Prompting in Action

The fastest way to get good at AI is to watch someone good use it. Pair prompting makes that possible in public, or semi-public, channels where the work accumulates and others learn by following along. This essay is my attempt to name...

By Hiten Shah
New Google TPUs Arrive, Compute Shortage Trumps GPU Debate
SocialApr 20, 2026

New Google TPUs Arrive, Compute Shortage Trumps GPU Debate

$GOOGL will launch its next generation TPUs this week. The narrative in the press will be Google vs. $NVDA. I strongly suggest not spinning wheels on the TPU versus GPU debate. Right now all capacity is good capacity because we don't...

By Daniel Newman
Panasonic Avionics Targets 202
SocialApr 20, 2026

Panasonic Avionics Targets 202

Panasonic Avionics in 2027 plans to offer a “truly global” multi-network LEO satellite-powered IFC solution — including across G7 and BRICS countries — by pairing two LEO-only ESAs atop aircraft fuselages to support service from OneWeb and China’s Spacesail. https://t.co/lKUdtEPHvt

By Mary Kirby
AI Fuels CPU Renaissance, Lifting AMD, Arm, Intel
SocialApr 20, 2026

AI Fuels CPU Renaissance, Lifting AMD, Arm, Intel

AI-Driven 'CPU Renaissance' To Boost AMD, Arm And Intel, Analyst Says https://t.co/QTANhz2sSt $AMD $ARM $INTC $RMBS

By Patrick Seitz
Bots Account for 37% of Web Traffic, Redefine Analytics
SocialApr 20, 2026

Bots Account for 37% of Web Traffic, Redefine Analytics

Web traffic metrics increasingly hide a structural distortion. Malicious bots generate 37% of activity, so marketing analytics, ad spend and cybersecurity baselines must be recalibrated because a growing share of “users” is no longer human. Source @StatistaCharts via @antgrasso https://t.co/kfAwyiqWYw

By Antonio Grasso
Series A Success Depends on Metrics, Not Narrative
SocialApr 20, 2026

Series A Success Depends on Metrics, Not Narrative

Raising a Series A? Your metrics matter more than your story. Here are the key SaaS metrics investors actually care about 👇 https://t.co/ImAd3fx5j5 #SaaS #Startups https://t.co/RVFImcoHQM

By Ben Murray
Humanoid Robot Beats Human Marathon Record
SocialApr 20, 2026

Humanoid Robot Beats Human Marathon Record

Nothing to worry about, folks. -The Future A year ago in Beijing’s humanoid-robot half-marathon race, the first runner to cross the finish line took more than 2½ hours. In this year’s event, the champion beat the fastest human ever. https://t.co/1Sel66fSCa via...

By Ned Johnson
Security Alerts Steal Your Entire Workday
SocialApr 20, 2026

Security Alerts Steal Your Entire Workday

Ok great. Now I have to spend all day figuring out who is trying to access my systems and network. Thanks.

By Teri Radichel
Agentic AI Costs Rise Beyond Simple Model Calls
SocialApr 20, 2026

Agentic AI Costs Rise Beyond Simple Model Calls

Agentic AI Cost: The Hidden Economics of Autonomous Systems In this episode of Artificial Intelligence: Papers and Concepts, we explore Agentic AI Cost, a deep dive into the often-overlooked economics of autonomous AI systems. As AI agents become more capable- planning,...

By Satya Mallick
Molecules vs Electrons: Energy System Outpacing Old One
SocialApr 20, 2026

Molecules vs Electrons: Energy System Outpacing Old One

The Energy Revolution in Two Words: Molecules vs Electrons What an energy transition looks like in real time: the steady expansion of a new global energy system that grows faster than the one it is replacing. #energytransition https://markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-energy-revolution-in-two-words

By Markham Hislop
Microsoft Adds IndexNow Support for Internet Archive
SocialApr 20, 2026

Microsoft Adds IndexNow Support for Internet Archive

ICYMI: Microsoft offers the Internet Archive IndexNow support to help support the site https://t.co/nFeyZ5sRRz https://t.co/Vr6VWMivxX

By Barry Schwartz
Space Force Releases Likely Bogus BB7 Search Orbit Data
SocialApr 20, 2026

Space Force Releases Likely Bogus BB7 Search Orbit Data

Well this is REALLY WEIRD. Space Force just issued another BB7 orbit with an epoch of 1235 UTC yesterday and a nominal orbit of 455 x 462 km x 49.5 deg. I suspect this orbit is BOGUS and is a...

By Jonathan McDowell
AI Firms Now Equal 0.1% of US GDP Each
SocialApr 20, 2026

AI Firms Now Equal 0.1% of US GDP Each

New post w/ random thoughts on AI (thread) I will probably get a # wrong, but here we go :) 1/12 OpenAI & Anthropic now at 0.1% of US GDP *each* In a year, AI revenue likely to be 1-2% of US GDP What...

By Elad Gil
Overspending AI Budgets Leads to Model Degradation
SocialApr 20, 2026

Overspending AI Budgets Leads to Model Degradation

I’m getting some video magically shoved to me when I open X about some unlimited AI budget and Anthropic running out of compute because the product is so good companies are demanding it. How about the blog post I just wrote...

By Teri Radichel
Interconnection Queues Inflate Data Center Growth, yet Few Build
SocialApr 20, 2026

Interconnection Queues Inflate Data Center Growth, yet Few Build

Many of the headlines on data center growth are driven by GWs in power grid interconnection queues. But these queues are highly speculative. People enter a project into the queue to reserve a spot in line, even if they don't...

By Ramez Naam
2026 Tech Trends Highlight Agentic Identity Access Management
SocialApr 20, 2026

2026 Tech Trends Highlight Agentic Identity Access Management

JP Morgan Chase top 20 technology trends for 2026 (hat tip Rich Turrin) https://t.co/bAPTUD5kVv "Agentic identity access management" https://t.co/5TchYZDOlS

By Dave Birch
Claude Code Shines Alone, Boosted by My Skills
SocialApr 20, 2026

Claude Code Shines Alone, Boosted by My Skills

Yes you can use Claude Code on its own and it is amazing But you can augment it with certain skills, and these happen to be mine.

By Garry Tan
Shaping HR's Future Together at HR Technologies UK 2026
SocialApr 20, 2026

Shaping HR's Future Together at HR Technologies UK 2026

#Event HR Technologies UK 2026: Exploring the future of HR, together @HRZone https://t.co/L05EaJPDRj #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR

By Dave Millner
Six Pillars Needed for Successful Data Science
SocialApr 20, 2026

Six Pillars Needed for Successful Data Science

Data Science works when 6 dimensions align: Goals (value, decisions) Methods (stats, ML/DL, A/B, viz) People (DS+ML+Biz+Domain) Processes (collect→clean→train→deploy→monitor) Tech (Python/R, TF/PyTorch, cloud, SQL/NoSQL, BI) Culture (collab, ethics, learning, experimentation) Models alone aren’t enough. #DataScience #ML #AI

By Giuliano Liguori
Master Python by Playing These Fun Games
SocialApr 20, 2026

Master Python by Playing These Fun Games

You can learn Python by playing games: 1. Codédex — cododex[dot]io 2. CodinGame — codingame[dot]com 3. Codewars — codewars[dot]com 4. Exercism — exercism[dot]org 5. Battlesnake — play.battlesnake.com 6. CheckiO — py.checkio.org 7. Advent of Code — adventofcode.com 8. Making Games with Python & Pygame —...

By Karina | Python | Excel | Stats | DataScience | DataAnalytics
Claude Pinpoints Rank‑11‑20 Pages Ready for #1
SocialApr 20, 2026

Claude Pinpoints Rank‑11‑20 Pages Ready for #1

Upload your Google Search Console CSV to Claude with this prompt: "Identify pages ranking 11-20 that could hit page 1 with content updates." It'll analyze click-through rates and suggest exactly which pages need work. Beats manually scrolling through 2,000 keywords....

By Flavio Amiel
Navy Admits IT Structure Turns Paperwork Into Poor Digital Products
SocialApr 20, 2026

Navy Admits IT Structure Turns Paperwork Into Poor Digital Products

“Our IT structure is challenging,” said Admiral Daryl Caudle today. “The Navy has gotten good at turning crappy paperwork into a crappy digital products.” https://t.co/1Bflg1bkG7

By John Konrad
Smarter AI Models Cut Token Usage, Lower Costs
SocialApr 20, 2026

Smarter AI Models Cut Token Usage, Lower Costs

“As models get smarter, they can solve problems in fewer steps : less backtracking, less redundant exploration, less verbose reasoning. Claude Opus 4.5 uses dramatically fewer tokens than its predecessors to reach similar or better outcomes.” When Anthropic launched Opus 4.5...

By Tomasz Tunguz
Google Pixel Team Reverses Stance, Adds Touch‑Up Tools
SocialApr 20, 2026

Google Pixel Team Reverses Stance, Adds Touch‑Up Tools

Wasn’t the Google Pixel camera team once inherently opposed to physical appearance “touch-up” features? https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/photos/new-touch-up-tools-google-photos/

By Chris Welch