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Cloud‑run OpenClaw Offers Secure, Affordable Alternative
SocialApr 17, 2026

Cloud‑run OpenClaw Offers Secure, Affordable Alternative

Alex Finn, @AlexFinn, says OpenClaw running on the cloud is a scam: https://t.co/mGrteVR3oq While he is right in a perfect world that everyone would have it running on a local computer, there are many who don’t want to do that,...

By Robert Scoble
Claude Opus 4.7 Available, Direct Upgrade Costs More Tokens
SocialApr 17, 2026

Claude Opus 4.7 Available, Direct Upgrade Costs More Tokens

.@Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.7, migration advice https://t.co/5V88wwwCvp Anthropic said Claude Opus 4.7 is generally available, but the direct upgrade from Opus 4.6 may burn more tokens.

By Holger Müller
Exynos 2600 Beats Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by 20fps
SocialApr 17, 2026

Exynos 2600 Beats Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 by 20fps

Exynos 2600 once again outperforms the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in gaming Achieving 102fps, over 20fps more than the 8 Elite Gen 5, is an incredible result From @ luancastro_lc on X

By The Galox
BESS Attractiveness for M&A Explored at Energy Summit
SocialApr 17, 2026

BESS Attractiveness for M&A Explored at Energy Summit

VIDEO – Energy Storage Summit 2026: How attractive is BESS for M&A? #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/AAtsgcK6vP

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Chinese Astronauts Conduct 5‑hour Spacewalk on April 16
SocialApr 17, 2026

Chinese Astronauts Conduct 5‑hour Spacewalk on April 16

Astronauts Zhang L. and Wu F. made a spacewalk from the Chinese Space Station on Apr 16 from about 1206 UTC to 1736 UTC

By Jonathan McDowell
Hybrid Cloud Essential for Deploying AI Agents at Scale
SocialApr 17, 2026

Hybrid Cloud Essential for Deploying AI Agents at Scale

Why hybrid cloud? More CIOs look to bring AI Agents to production; they'll need to consider where to run AI inference. #CIO #AI #Cloud https://t.co/v3MPhHTyuw

By Isaac Sacolick
AI Succeeds when It’s for You, Not Happening to You
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Succeeds when It’s for You, Not Happening to You

The difference between feeling AI is happening to you instead of FOR YOU is success and failure. https://t.co/IgznkMNkMF

By Peter H. Diamandis
Snapdragon X2 Could Thin Surface Laptop Studio Design
SocialApr 17, 2026

Snapdragon X2 Could Thin Surface Laptop Studio Design

Surface Laptop Studio with Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme would be a dream come true At the same time, it would allow this design to be more feasible thanks to not needing as much cooling, maybe even eliminating the stacked base in...

By The Galox
Rebuild Your Campaigns for Immediate Performance Boost
SocialApr 17, 2026

Rebuild Your Campaigns for Immediate Performance Boost

So spend yesterday rebuilding a lot of our campaigns and oddly today is popping. Some of the best numbers since last week. If you're still seeing bad performance today as you have all week I suggest trying this in your campaigns.

By David Herrmann
State Threatens to Intervene over EV Charging Tariffs
SocialApr 17, 2026

State Threatens to Intervene over EV Charging Tariffs

State to “step in” if regulator and network fail to remove EV charging “handbrakes and sort out tariffs #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/TnXmAWWV3C https://t.co/qdFWboEvmI

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Allbirds' $50M AI Data Centre Can Power Seven Chatbots
SocialApr 17, 2026

Allbirds' $50M AI Data Centre Can Power Seven Chatbots

SCOOP: Leaked photo of the first AI compute data centre that Allbirds built with its recent $50m investment. Insiders say that the rack has enough capacity to provide tokens for 7 AI chatbot users. https://t.co/eWfoeVYWCq

By Trung Phan
STAT's Live AACR Coverage: Newsletter, Event, Recap
SocialApr 17, 2026

STAT's Live AACR Coverage: Newsletter, Event, Recap

A heads up: starting Sunday, and through the beginning of next week, STAT is going to be taking the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research by storm. This is one of the best venues for spotting new ideas...

By Matthew Herper
Six New Production-Ready AI Marketing Tools Open‑Source
SocialApr 17, 2026

Six New Production-Ready AI Marketing Tools Open‑Source

We just open-sourced 6 more production AI marketing skills to our big AI business skills repo (1.9k stars) Total count: 17 skill categories, 32K lines of code, all MIT licensed. New additions: → Video Clip Pipeline: 60-min episode to 5 clips in 15...

By Eric Siu
Hold DM Icon to Instantly Copy Link on Threads
SocialApr 17, 2026

Hold DM Icon to Instantly Copy Link on Threads

Threads has a small new feature: hold the paper plane icon dm and the link copies instantly.

By Sander Belaen
Claude Self‑diagnoses Its Own Tool Error, Hinting at Autonomous AI
SocialApr 17, 2026

Claude Self‑diagnoses Its Own Tool Error, Hinting at Autonomous AI

This is quite fascinating. Claude gave me 3 options A, B, and C for a possible approach and left A completely blank. It states below the blank "The tool rendered one. Here are the two other strategic angles to choose...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Lennybot Now Lives Inside Substack, Ready for Queries
SocialApr 17, 2026

Lennybot Now Lives Inside Substack, Ready for Queries

New: Lennybot now lives natively within my Substack. Trained on all of my ~350 newsletter posts and ~300 podcast interviews. Check it out, ask it a question: https://t.co/3DzeiuQpl6 You can also text or call him anytime: +1 (877) 537-9455 https://t.co/DT4mtt7gtH

By Lenny Rachitsky
AI‑Powered ERP Guarantees Audit Trails for Regulated Finance
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI‑Powered ERP Guarantees Audit Trails for Regulated Finance

ERP systems with AI agents offer a clear audit trail, making them ideal for regulated industries like financial services. This predictability can be more reassuring than standalone AI. #AI #ERP #RegTech https://t.co/5CDZxYsjfj

By Eric Kimberling
AI Tweets Miss My Voice, but Embrace Absurdity
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Tweets Miss My Voice, but Embrace Absurdity

I asked Opus 4.7 to come up with 10 tweets in my voice. And they sound nothing like me. But some of them have a kind of bizarre or absurd quality that I kind of like https://t.co/PcZyz7DCVK

By Joe Weisenthal
AI Coding Alone Can Lead to Costly Mistakes
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Coding Alone Can Lead to Costly Mistakes

I messed up... maybe letting AI do all our coding isn't a great idea https://t.co/becnMOkZkV

By Matthew Berman
A Tiny Elite Sees AGI; Rest See Hallucinations
SocialApr 17, 2026

A Tiny Elite Sees AGI; Rest See Hallucinations

Incredible…. The 2% of people using these tools are experiencing AGI, and the other 98% belief AI is a ChatGPT 3.5 result filled with hallucinations One month is seven months of progress right now There is no precedent for what we...

By Jason Calacanis
Canva Forces AI; Optional Use Should Remain
SocialApr 17, 2026

Canva Forces AI; Optional Use Should Remain

Canva won't make you use its new AI https://t.co/nvHtdWaBrF < it's probably blasphemy for me to say (and I'll check to see if my badge works tomorrow), but using AI should be *an* option, not the *only* one, in your...

By Richard Seroter
NASA Denies Non‑Polar Artemis IV Landing Rumors
SocialApr 17, 2026

NASA Denies Non‑Polar Artemis IV Landing Rumors

FYI I've been hearing murmurings that NASA is seriously considering a non-polar landing for Artemis IV. @SpcPlcyOnline also had an intriguing story about a month ago (linked below). Anyway, I asked NASA about it this week and got a firm...

By Eric Berger
AI Accelerates Attention‑Span Collapse Beyond Social Media
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Accelerates Attention‑Span Collapse Beyond Social Media

I think AI is gonna kill attention spans wayyy more than social media supposedly has. It’s instant gratification within search. The idea of slow learning & patience are over.

By Jack Appleby
New Tech Cuts Silver Use in TOPCon Cells Tenfold
SocialApr 17, 2026

New Tech Cuts Silver Use in TOPCon Cells Tenfold

New tech reduces silver use in TOPCon solar cells by a factor of 10 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/bWZdpaj0ge

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Agents Prioritize Data-Driven Vendor Criteria over Brand Legacy
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Agents Prioritize Data-Driven Vendor Criteria over Brand Legacy

If an AI Agent doesn't care about legacy brands or emotional storytelling, what specific parameters does it evaluate when shortlisting vendors https://t.co/YV3RT3pqcl @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Marketing #MarketingSuccess #MarketingStrategy #Branding

By Tim Hughes
AI Fails without Data Quality and Business Context
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Fails without Data Quality and Business Context

Most companies think they have one AI data problem. They actually have two: Data quality (clean, accessible, governed) Business context (what the data means) Fixing #1 without #2 leads to AI that is fast—but wrong. That’s the gap most teams are missing. More: https://t.co/GmvEnNXPrb

By Maribel Lopez
Rivian R2 Brings Clean, Fun Electric Driving to Colorado
SocialApr 17, 2026

Rivian R2 Brings Clean, Fun Electric Driving to Colorado

Sneak peek 👀 at Rivian’s (@rivianofficial) new R2.​ We are proud that Coloradans have a variety of options for going electric - a fun, quiet, clean way to get around while cutting pollution. This addition is great news for Colorado families...

By Governor Jared Polis
257K Views Per Clip
SocialApr 17, 2026

257K Views Per Clip

TBPN's 257K views per clip turned their ad business from $5M to $30M in a single year. I dive into what I call "The Clip Economy" in my latest newsletter: bit.ly/ClipEconomy

By Andrew Elson (Ed Elson)
AGI Won’t Replace Most Jobs, Says Yale Economist
SocialApr 17, 2026

AGI Won’t Replace Most Jobs, Says Yale Economist

A Yale economist says AGI won’t automate most jobs—because they’re not worth the trouble https://t.co/no1ySx10mU #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/3zYHUNgVwh

By Tim Hughes
France Leads Approval of IV Ketamine for Suicidal Crises
SocialApr 17, 2026

France Leads Approval of IV Ketamine for Suicidal Crises

Scientists test if ketamine has antidepressant effects under anesthesia; France is the first to approve IV ketamine for severe suicidal crisis https://t.co/s7W7YlAOMr

By Michael Pollan
Opus 4.7 Excels at Visual Design Transformations
SocialApr 17, 2026

Opus 4.7 Excels at Visual Design Transformations

Opus 4.7 has a STRONG affinity for certain design aesthetics. Left - Claude Design creating a slide preso for me. Right - Claude Code redesigning my homepage. https://t.co/qrvVX118Iq

By Matthew Berman
How to Remove Unnecessary AI Watermarks From Images
SocialApr 17, 2026

How to Remove Unnecessary AI Watermarks From Images

While it's good to be able to differentiate AI-created photographs from real photos, there are many images that don't need the AI mark. Here's how to remove it, as needed, and how it all works behind the scenes: https://t.co/m8yBJd6MVt #ai...

By Dave Taylor
Casual Contributors Rely on AI, Skip Safety; Maintainers Double‑check
SocialApr 17, 2026

Casual Contributors Rely on AI, Skip Safety; Maintainers Double‑check

Does this research surprise you? Casual codebase contributors use AI agents to do the heavy lifting (and skip safety checks more often) while core maintainers use agents to take on toil, while still double-checking work themselves. https://t.co/VQUivyGjju

By Richard Seroter
UCB to Acquire Neurona for $1.2B, Targeting Seizure Cell Therapy
SocialApr 17, 2026

UCB to Acquire Neurona for $1.2B, Targeting Seizure Cell Therapy

UCB, betting on seizure cell therapy, to buy Neurona for up to $1.2B https://t.co/LxI1Omodan by @realJacobBell $UCB

By Ben Fidler
CZ-4C Launches Daqi-2 Atmospheric Satellite From Jiuquan
SocialApr 17, 2026

CZ-4C Launches Daqi-2 Atmospheric Satellite From Jiuquan

LAUNCH at 0410 UTC Apr 17 of a CZ-4C from Jiuquan with the Daqi-2 atmospheric research satellite

By Jonathan McDowell
US Visibility Shifts Reveal March 2026 Core Update Trends
SocialApr 17, 2026

US Visibility Shifts Reveal March 2026 Core Update Trends

Google March 2026 Core Update Visibility Shifts & Patterns In the US - International SEO Consultant, Author & Speaker | Aleyda Solis https://buff.ly/zC9McSD

By Trish Carey
Tools Are Easy; Business‑focused Risk Understanding Is Hard
SocialApr 17, 2026

Tools Are Easy; Business‑focused Risk Understanding Is Hard

The more time I spend in security, the more I believe tools are the easy part. Understanding risk in a way the business cares about and then acting on it is where most teams struggle.

By Sean D. Mack
Let AI Do the Research, Unleash X API Superpower
SocialApr 17, 2026

Let AI Do the Research, Unleash X API Superpower

Best advice: do your own homework. Even better advice? Have your AI read all of X and do the homework for you. I did and the X API with AI is a super power.

By Robert Scoble
One Week Later: Artemis II’s Purpose and Legacy
SocialApr 17, 2026

One Week Later: Artemis II’s Purpose and Legacy

A week since splashdown and I’m thinking a lot about the motivations and legacy of Artemis II…

By Skylar (Space According to Skylar)
Build a Neighborhood Storm‑Overlay App in Minutes
SocialApr 17, 2026

Build a Neighborhood Storm‑Overlay App in Minutes

If you want to watch the weather, I have a list for you: https://t.co/VJ80K1PTy0 Put it into @Pokee_AI (or your favorite AI agent that has access to the X API) and build an app to lay the storms over your neighborhood....

By Robert Scoble
Team Pauses Swift BAT Observations to Save Power
SocialApr 17, 2026

Team Pauses Swift BAT Observations to Save Power

Noteworthy: “On April 7, the team also halted observations by Swift’s Burst Alert Telescope to reduce power consumption.”

By Jeff Foust
OpenAI and InSilicoMeds Partnership Promises Significant Growth
SocialApr 17, 2026

OpenAI and InSilicoMeds Partnership Promises Significant Growth

A collaboration between @OpenAI and @InSilicoMeds has great upward potential. Would you be open to exploring this @sama ?

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
AI Design Tools Force Agencies to Sell Expertise, Not Output
SocialApr 17, 2026

AI Design Tools Force Agencies to Sell Expertise, Not Output

Every agency founder’s quiet fear is that AI will make their business obsolete in six months. That’s not true. It's much worse than that. Six months was last week’s timeline. This morning, Anthropic released Claude Design, a tool that turns a sentence into...

By Dan Mall
Robotics Streamline Warehouse Automation for Faster Operations
SocialApr 17, 2026

Robotics Streamline Warehouse Automation for Faster Operations

How to #Automate Your #Warehouse with #Robotics by @antgrasso #Robots #RPA #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/LYCHsW7agp

By Ron van Loon
Future AI Wins by Seeing, Not Just Talking
SocialApr 17, 2026

Future AI Wins by Seeing, Not Just Talking

Most AI today can read, write, and talk, but struggles to reliably understand the real world through vision. The next wave of winning AI will come from systems that can see, interpret, and act in real environments, not just generate...

By Satya Mallick
LLMs Require Fat Skills, Not Solo Effort
SocialApr 17, 2026

LLMs Require Fat Skills, Not Solo Effort

Logical fallacy: Kyle Kingsbury assumes the LLM must do all the work alone naked No dude, that is what fat skills (markdown that tells the model how to do it like a human would) and fat code (literally deterministic Turing machines)...

By Garry Tan
Self‑Driving Tech Will Define Trucking Competitiveness in Five Years
SocialApr 17, 2026

Self‑Driving Tech Will Define Trucking Competitiveness in Five Years

Big flex from @chris_urmson, ceo of @aurora_inno onstage at @humanxco last week discussing how the self-driving truck co is going from R&D to profitable business. "Within five years, if you're not using our technology, I expect you won't be competitive...

By Rebecca Bellan
Decade Reset: New Social Selling Rules for 2026
SocialApr 17, 2026

Decade Reset: New Social Selling Rules for 2026

The Decade Reset: Why we Rewrote the Social Selling Rules for 2026 by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/aRvIFwO3qi @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #MarketingStrategy #MarketingSuccess https://t.co/gGMyaSde0i

By Tim Hughes
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Sparks Realistic AI Voice Boom
SocialApr 17, 2026

Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Sparks Realistic AI Voice Boom

These Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS demos I've seen floating around are so darn awesome. @glaforge built a cool one with our Gemini Interactions SDK for Java. Are we about to see an explosion in realistic AI voices? https://t.co/RFLF4TyuoU

By Richard Seroter