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Get AI to Follow Commands, Not Lecture You
SocialApr 14, 2026

Get AI to Follow Commands, Not Lecture You

This is how you make an AI respect your command instead of giving you a lecture. https://t.co/lpbIW4iWpU

By Satya Mallick
Open‑Source Community Rapidly Launches Multica Autopilot Clone
SocialApr 14, 2026

Open‑Source Community Rapidly Launches Multica Autopilot Clone

The open-source community is INSANE 🤯 Claude Code routines dropped literal hours ago, and this guy's already shipped a clone. Meet Multica Autopilot: Now you can run routines entirely locally using whatever agent you want (Opencode, Codex, Hermes, OpenClaw etc). repo in 🧵↓ https://t.co/609SAqKVsX

By Data Chaz
Waymo's Mandatory Google Login Kills User Interest
SocialApr 14, 2026

Waymo's Mandatory Google Login Kills User Interest

Downloaded @Waymo app as I was curious to try out its autonomous robotaxis Then deleted it after 10 seconds Absurd requirement to log in with a @Google account Hard no.

By Dean Bubley
Vietnam's GG Power Launches 5 GWh BESS Plant, Backed by Government
SocialApr 14, 2026

Vietnam's GG Power Launches 5 GWh BESS Plant, Backed by Government

Vietnam’s GG Power opens 5GWh BESS factory, government emphasises support for local supply chain #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/jJekahGYpp

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Meta Doubles Down on AI Chips with Broadcom Partnership
SocialApr 14, 2026

Meta Doubles Down on AI Chips with Broadcom Partnership

Remembering all the way back to last month when people said $META is giving up on building its own AI chips. Today Meta and $AVGO announce an extended partnership to build MTIA (Meta’s AI chips) It’s almost always AND with these...

By Daniel Newman
Manager Support, Workflow Fit Drive AI Adoption
SocialApr 14, 2026

Manager Support, Workflow Fit Drive AI Adoption

AI in the Workplace: What Separates Adopters and Holdouts. Having AI tools at work doesn't guarantee use. AI adoption depends on manager support, workflow fit, and whether workers see value in the tools. https://t.co/Gw9QttY7hv

By Tiffani Bova
Enterprise AI Rethinks GTM Amid New Build Platforms
SocialApr 14, 2026

Enterprise AI Rethinks GTM Amid New Build Platforms

Seeing a quite a few enterprise agentic AI solutions suddenly shifting their go-to-market to reflect the (very) rapidly evolving new build and operating surfaces that OpenClaw, Claude Code, Hermes, and Perplexity Computer have brought to market. An update + overview soon…

By Dion Hinchcliffe
Enable WhatsApp Two‑Step Verification: Better Than Nothing
SocialApr 14, 2026

Enable WhatsApp Two‑Step Verification: Better Than Nothing

Whether you just joined @WhatsApp or have been using it for years, it's a smart idea to enable two-step verification. Here's how, step by step, and why it's not as good as 2-factor authentication, but better than nothing... https://t.co/KDT8J6yjkd #whatsapp...

By Dave Taylor
Replit Unveils Parallel Agents for Unlimited Concurrency
SocialApr 14, 2026

Replit Unveils Parallel Agents for Unlimited Concurrency

Replit's parallel agents: everything everywhere all at once

By Amjad Masad
AI Agents Emerging as New Cyber Threat Vector
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Agents Emerging as New Cyber Threat Vector

Great connecting wit @okta ’ #RSAC. We had a compelling conversation about the rise of #AI agents as a new threat vector 📍FULL episode https://t.co/mZvkH86uQI 📍Learn more https://t.co/A08K78GmfH #Oktapartner #AI #cybersecurity #AgenticAI https://t.co/pkBagPpVI0

By Shira Rubinoff
Google Antitrust Settlement Offers $10K+ Advertisers Cash Refund
SocialApr 14, 2026

Google Antitrust Settlement Offers $10K+ Advertisers Cash Refund

The Google antitrust remedies are actually going to lead to advertisers getting cash back. If you spent more than $10k on Google ads, you can file for damages here. The lawyer is Ashley Keller, he's a super creative antitrust litigator....

By Matt Stoller
All Top AI Models, Fully Managed on Google Cloud
SocialApr 14, 2026

All Top AI Models, Fully Managed on Google Cloud

All the best models in one place. We just lit up @grok 4.20 and Grok 4.1 Fast as fully-managed APIs on @googlecloud. Pay as you go, no infrastructure to provision or manage. Party on. https://t.co/UsUQzqy8sv https://t.co/Zi4ooO3471

By Richard Seroter
Data, Not Models, Limits AI in Biology
SocialApr 14, 2026

Data, Not Models, Limits AI in Biology

The biggest bottleneck in AI for biology isn't models. It's data. @BerkeleyLab is building the infrastructure to fix that: integrated multi-omics datasets, queryable data lakehouses across data types, and high-quality annotated training data for modeling dynamic biological systems. This is DOE-funded, national-scale...

By John Cumbers
AI Models Need Proper Context to Succeed
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Models Need Proper Context to Succeed

Your #AI Model Is Ready, But Your Context Isn't by @xiaoweij @Forbes Learn more: https://t.co/92h45KY33K #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML #DL https://t.co/GJP6fhcX37

By Ron van Loon
Design Becomes the Key Moat in One‑Prompt Apps
SocialApr 14, 2026

Design Becomes the Key Moat in One‑Prompt Apps

Hoping some indie devs will gut check this… I’m building my first app that I plan to possibly sell and I keep coming back to this: When anyone can one-shot an app with a single prompt, what are the moats or diffentiators...

By Hiro (Hiro Report)
FDA's 27-Year Freeze Stalled Critical Strep A Vaccine
SocialApr 14, 2026

FDA's 27-Year Freeze Stalled Critical Strep A Vaccine

The FDA accidentally froze Strep A vaccine development for 27 years. @AsimovPress explains what happened and where things stand now, ft. @jacobtrefethen and @coeff_giving's research.

By Alexander Berger
Aroma Solar Opens 1.2 GW Module Factory in India
SocialApr 14, 2026

Aroma Solar Opens 1.2 GW Module Factory in India

Aroma Solar launches 1.2 GW module factory in India #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/T1YSjCLQtj

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Tesla FSD Seamlessly Merges Traffic, Navigation, Autonomy
SocialApr 14, 2026

Tesla FSD Seamlessly Merges Traffic, Navigation, Autonomy

Initially, I wasn't sure why we were exiting the 51 and getting onto McDowell but I've learn to trust some aspects of Tesla's FSD. Real-time traffic, navigation and autonomous driving, all wrapped up into one. It's hard to beat.

By Driven By EVs
OPPO Find X9 Ultra Unveils Hasselblad 200MP True‑
SocialApr 14, 2026

OPPO Find X9 Ultra Unveils Hasselblad 200MP True‑

OPPO Find X9 Ultra 😍 Hasselblad 200MP Ultra-Sensing Main Camera Hasselblad 200MP 3x Super Portrait Telephoto Hasselblad 50MP 10× Optical Telephoto 50MP Ultra Wide Camera The New Generation True Color Camera

By SuperSaf (Safwan Ahmedmia)
SaaS Overpriced? Building My Own Free Alternative
SocialApr 14, 2026

SaaS Overpriced? Building My Own Free Alternative

Running a SaaS right now is selling bottled water next to a free tap. If your SaaS costs more than Claude Code, looks like a Tailwind demo, and has a text-only output, I'm vibe coding a bespoke alternative for myself.

By Kurt Elster
Rigid Belief in Relativity May Stifle Space Exploration
SocialApr 14, 2026

Rigid Belief in Relativity May Stifle Space Exploration

🤔A question that touches my soul... Are we "demotivated" by our cognitive rigidity that accepts Einstein's equation of time dilation as the final arbitor of space travel? @ericweinstein @elonmusk

By John Nosta
AI Builds Complete News Podcast in One Shot
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Builds Complete News Podcast in One Shot

one-shot podcast from news with @flymy_ai's new agent builder (just tested it), it: - researched news - created a transcript - created a voice for each part - stitched it together full prompt + output https://t.co/MFqPxTSwlr

By Yohei Nakajima
Claude Mac App Gets Sleek Upgrade; ChatGPT Stagnates
SocialApr 14, 2026

Claude Mac App Gets Sleek Upgrade; ChatGPT Stagnates

claude mac app just got a lot slicker and cleaner chatgpt mac app hasn't changed in god knows how long

By Nathan Benaich
Datacenters Are Fully Fungible—Overlooked Key Fact
SocialApr 14, 2026

Datacenters Are Fully Fungible—Overlooked Key Fact

The most important point of this that no one is mentioning is that these datacenters are completely fungible.

By Daniel Newman
AI Agents Can Now Query HaveIBeenPwned Data Securely
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Agents Can Now Query HaveIBeenPwned Data Securely

We’re working on better exposing @haveibeenpwned data to AI agents, including via MCP (no privacy or security changes, still need a key to query the same stuff). I’m trying to craft the right narrative around how “normies” can use this:...

By Troy Hunt
AI Cuts Costs in Bollywood, Undermining Actor Unions
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Cuts Costs in Bollywood, Undermining Actor Unions

The Writers Guild just folded on AI for health and pension funding. SAG is next with a proposed “Tilly Tax” on AI actors. But Bollywood shows the real AI savings are dubbing, recuts and catalogue revival—none of which need actors. https://t.co/nP80lTN6gL

By Andrew Rosen
Microsoft’s New Data Centers Out‑emit 15 Smallest Nations
SocialApr 14, 2026

Microsoft’s New Data Centers Out‑emit 15 Smallest Nations

Fun new @stand.earth research just out. Microsoft's three new massive hashtag#Petrotech fossil-fuelled data centres will: - Increase Microsoft's emissions 160% - Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, New Zealand... - Have higher emissions than the...

By Ketan Joshi
RNA‑seq No Longer a Bottleneck: 3‑day Turnaround
SocialApr 14, 2026

RNA‑seq No Longer a Bottleneck: 3‑day Turnaround

What if sequencing wasn’t the bottleneck anymore? #SynBioBeta2026 is May 4-7th in San Jose, California, you can learn more about the conference and get your tickets here: https://t.co/8abYWJ18mc @plasmidsaurus is removing friction from RNA-seq. 3-day turnaround in Europe. No dry ice. This is...

By John Cumbers
AI Hits Half Global Population Faster, Trust Plummets
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Hits Half Global Population Faster, Trust Plummets

Stanford HAI released its 2026 AI Index, showing AI has reached over half the world's population faster than the PC or internet, but with public trust in AI sitting at record lows https://t.co/LgtFV8ucOH #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews https://t.co/OdbrGNhQS9

By Tim Hughes
Frontier AI Self‑Improves Safety, Paving Path to Future
SocialApr 14, 2026

Frontier AI Self‑Improves Safety, Paving Path to Future

Using frontier AI to autonomously improve safety and alignment capabilities is one of the best paths to a bright future.

By Seth Bannon
Denmark Hits 92% Clean Power, Exports Surplus
SocialApr 14, 2026

Denmark Hits 92% Clean Power, Exports Surplus

"But the wind doesn't always blow" Denmark just hit 92% low-carbon electricity in 2025, with 0 lumps of coal burned for 3 straight months While Big Oil's victims stay hijacked by volatile prices, the Danes are exporting clean energy to their neighbors https://t.co/mMtu3lU8ne...

By Assaad Razzouk
Homes Can Lend Electricity to AI Data Centers
SocialApr 14, 2026

Homes Can Lend Electricity to AI Data Centers

Your house could loan power to AI data centers with new Span product #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/c02apEnncI

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Weight‑Shift‑Powered Electric Skates Conquer Any Terrain
SocialApr 14, 2026

Weight‑Shift‑Powered Electric Skates Conquer Any Terrain

Glide Anywhere: All-Terrain Electric Inline Skates Controlled by Body-Weight Shifts via @ZappyZappy7 #Innovation #EmergingTech #Engineering #Technology https://t.co/SWggBoMuxI

By Ron van Loon
Skipping Junior Marketers Undermines Future Marketing Talent
SocialApr 14, 2026

Skipping Junior Marketers Undermines Future Marketing Talent

The AI Tech ad says cut junior hires in marketing, the magical marketing box will make it work for you. They are wrong. This week is part two of my series on covering the 2026 Content Marketing Institute research on...

By Robert Rose
Likes Aren’t Customers: Trust Drives Real Sales
SocialApr 14, 2026

Likes Aren’t Customers: Trust Drives Real Sales

Most content gets likes from people who relate to you. Customers come from people who trust you can solve their problem. Most people never figure out the difference. I didn't for a long time.

By Vinay Katiyar
First Look: Unreleased Rollable Smartphone in Action
SocialApr 14, 2026

First Look: Unreleased Rollable Smartphone in Action

I got my hands on an unreleased ROLLABLE smartphone and made a video about it: https://youtu.be/5aS-8QCRdGE

By Marques Brownlee (MKBHD)
Iterate, Build Relationships, Review Calls: Win Big Deals
SocialApr 14, 2026

Iterate, Build Relationships, Review Calls: Win Big Deals

A founder in my community was < $10K MRR. Last month, he closed a $70K deal. 4 boring things got him there. When he shared this on our weekly group coaching call, the first question was "how did you do...

By Omer Khan
Automate with AI: Work Less, Scale More
SocialApr 14, 2026

Automate with AI: Work Less, Scale More

You’re working too hard to scale. If you're still doing tasks AI can do… you’re aren’t just backsliding. You’re killing your momentum entirely. Marketing copy. Sales follow-ups. SOPs. They’re all manual tasks that can be automated with a system you build ONCE...

By dmartell
Bionic Eye Mimics Animal Pupils for Sharper Focus
SocialApr 14, 2026

Bionic Eye Mimics Animal Pupils for Sharper Focus

A recent Science #Robotics study describes a #bionic eye that can simulate irregular pupils such as a cat’s vertical pupil for precise focus while hunting and a toad's heart-shaped pupil for improved depth perception. https://t.co/p1uZy6rbky https://t.co/D13AFi1g5T

By Science Robotics
Precise Data Shows CSS Farther From Artemis than ISS
SocialApr 14, 2026

Precise Data Shows CSS Farther From Artemis than ISS

A more precise calculation gives a max CSS-Artemis distance as 419643 km at 2220:08 UTC; max ISS-Artemis was 419581 km at 2222:05 UTC. My earlier calculation neglected a coordinate frame precession between the Artemis and ISS/CSS data...

By Jonathan McDowell
Boston Globe Features AI‑Era West Wing Reimagining
SocialApr 14, 2026

Boston Globe Features AI‑Era West Wing Reimagining

Excited that the Boston Globe featured my recent piece reimagining the West Wing in the AI age in their tech newsletter today. Part two drops tomorrow. Sign up to be the first to get it! https://anchorchange.substack.com

By Katie Harbath
World Lithium Reserves Surge, Fueling Full EV Transition
SocialApr 14, 2026

World Lithium Reserves Surge, Fueling Full EV Transition

New data: no shortage of lithium in the world for a 100% WWS transition. @USGS says known world lithium resources increased by 30% in one year, from 115.1 in 2024 to 150 million tons in 2025. That is enough for 19 billion...

By Mark Z. Jacobson
AI Handles Mechanical Tasks, Boosting Alignment Researchers' Productivity
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Handles Mechanical Tasks, Boosting Alignment Researchers' Productivity

Just as AI can improve the productivity of AI researchers it can specifically improve the productivity of AI alignment researchers. It does so by taking on the most well defined and mechanical tasks, leaving the ambiguous and amorphous work to...

By Ramez Naam
Open‑source Models Fail Due to Mismatched Agent Harnesses
SocialApr 14, 2026

Open‑source Models Fail Due to Mismatched Agent Harnesses

Is there somewhere a collection of the best agent/coding harnesses for each models, especially open-source and local ones? In my opinion, the biggest reason why people are struggling with open/local models these days is that the agent/coding harnesses in most open...

By Clément Delangue
AI Estimates Can't Replace Seeing and Smelling a Home
SocialApr 14, 2026

AI Estimates Can't Replace Seeing and Smelling a Home

“But AI says my home is worth” is the new “But Zillow says my home is worth.” I’ve been hearing this much more frequently lately. Just a reminder that seeing AND smelling a property can make all the difference. https://t.co/ZLmrvPsQPo

By Ryan Lundquist
Build a $200k AI Career for Under $12
SocialApr 14, 2026

Build a $200k AI Career for Under $12

My AI data science stack: 1. Python ($0) 2. Pandas ($0) 3. Scikit Learn ($0) 4. LangChain ($0) 5. LangGraph ($0) 6. OpenAI API ($1/month) You literally can grow into a $200,000 career for less than $12/year. I’m teaching it live (free): 👉 https://learn.business-science.io/registration-ai-workshop-2

By Matt Dancho
Amex Unveils ACE Kit, Letting Agents Pay Directly
SocialApr 14, 2026

Amex Unveils ACE Kit, Letting Agents Pay Directly

Amex just enabled agents to pay on their network. Thy launched the Agentic Commerce Experiences (ACE) developer kit. And this is SUPER different to the other payments networks in a lot of ways. Why? https://t.co/MGvhQapsUO

By Simon Taylor
Anthropic AI Design Tool Slashes Adobe, Wix, Figma Stocks
SocialApr 14, 2026

Anthropic AI Design Tool Slashes Adobe, Wix, Figma Stocks

Sending web design/presentation platform stocks down -> Anthropic is preparing to release Claude Opus 4.7, along with a new AI-powered tool for designing websites and presentations, as soon as this week "News of the upcoming AI design tool sent the share...

By Glenn Gabe
Upskill Your Team or Lose SEO Agency Relevance
SocialApr 14, 2026

Upskill Your Team or Lose SEO Agency Relevance

What happens to your SEO agency when clients realize they can get better results with an SEO consultant + AI and pay significantly less? Solution: re-skill/ up-skill all your employees so that you don't have to go through that.

By Flavio Amiel