Gemma 4 Dominates Hacker News, Highlights Apache 2 License
Sheesh, Gemma 4 stayed at the top of Hacker News for most of the day yesterday. A lot of the positive vibes were around the Apache 2 license. More on that, from @Sam_Witteveen: https://t.co/0GXUntxySL Also, @matthewmccull explains the Android angle: https://t.co/pG5RBKO3aP
Humans Return Beyond LEO After 50 Years
Getting a ringside seat to space history - after over half a century humans venture out beyond LEO again #Artemis #NASA #spaceflight #ArtemisII https://t.co/RMT4s1iZSC https://t.co/7NGliTWrD1
Nation's Largest Urban Battery Deploys Near San Francisco
Nation's largest urban battery to take center stage near San Francisco #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/fv1RqbWPt2
Revolut's Tiny Fine Masks Looming AML Supervision Costs
Revolut's 2025 profit: $2.3 billion. The Lithuanian AML fine: €3.5 million. Trivial relative to profit. But it may have just put Revolut at the top of AMLA's direct supervision list starting 2028. AMLA supervision isn't a fine. It's a permanent structural overhead. That changes...
Non‑Tech Professionals Build Custom AI Agents Fast
I just helped hundreds of business professionals build their first AI agents in my AI Agent Mastermind. Here are five built by people who had never opened a terminal before this week: 1️⃣ A personalized morning brief. She took my original...
Artemis II Captures Earth’s Auroras and Zodiacal Light
Breathtaking view of Earth taken by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman after the TLI burn yesterday. The NASA post (link below) explains the two auroras and the zodiacal light in the image. https://t.co/jSToocbGT1 https://t.co/7lbb8pErhF
Zipline Launches Autonomous Charging Stations for Drone Fleet
Zipline Unveils #Autonomous Charging Stations for Its #Drone Delivery Fleet by @tweetciiiim #EmergingTech #Technology #Innovation https://t.co/qGhjC53ysu
Ridiculous NASA Budget Complicates Isaacman's Mission, Congress Steps In
It's hard to get too exercised about the ridiculous White House budget for NASA, because Congress will address a lot of its issues. But this will make Isaacman's job a lot more difficult than it need be.
Automation Protects Human Judgment, Not Replaces It
One of the sharpest thoughts I’ve heard about AI did not come from a founder, consultant, or conference speaker. It came from a Ryanair pilot I train BJJ with. He said that in aviation, automation is not there to replace human...
AI-Generated LinkedIn Comments Turn Users Off
I’ll see a post on LinkedIn I like and want to engage with and the I read all the AI generated comments from “experts” and I’m turned off and don’t comment. Anyone else do this? Why are yall yang bots...
Memory Supply Chain Faces Growing Constraints, Market Unaware
The memory point is not the only interesting comment here, but we have had a range of supply chain chats on memory, and I don't think the market fully grasps what's coming. We are stacking constraints at this point. This...
Anthropic CCO Warns of Monthly Token Bill Shock
We caught up this week with Anthropic chief commercial officer @realpaulsmith who was basically saying “we send these big companies bills every month for their tokens” and the sticker shock seems real
China's Energy Storage Boom: Watch Inventory Data
China's energy storage market is booming. One Chinese analyst thinks you should look at the inventory data . Read more and sign up to my newsletter here: https://t.co/ck3zk49kBX https://t.co/sA0TPeUWMc
Planetary Society Warns FY2027 NASA Science Cuts
Statement from The Planetary Society about the new FY2027 proposed budget cuts to NASA's science programs: https://t.co/qDYyJ2dGOB
From Kubrick’s Dream to Artemis: Moon Journey Continues
April 2, 1968, Kubrick releases 2001: A Space Odyssey. December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 orbits the Moon. July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. April 1, 2026, Artemis heads back to the Moon. https://t.co/OYK341YTa2
Web Interface Lets You Control Alexa Remotely
Did you know that there's now a Web interface to the Alexa universe that allows you to interact and configure things even miles away from the device? You can chat with Alexa+ too, if you want. Here's how... https://t.co/d65g02lJ3H #echo...
AI-Powered Keyword Research & Competitor Insights via SEO API
- Keyword research connecting to (SEO TOOL) API - Competitor's and market analysis - Trending topics - pSEO with AI
Restrict DB Access; Run with Minimal Privileges
Okay honestly this makes vibe coding into production very dangerous, you guys were all right I think what I'll do is cut off all access to DBs and run it as a user with almost no privileges
Oral NR/NMN Boosts Blood and Brain NAD in Two Weeks
The NAD-brain pharmacokinetic study of NAD augmentation in blood and brain using oral precursor supplementation 🔎 “… oral NR or NMN in humans produces a slow but robust and sustained elevation of systemic and cerebral NAD that stabilizes after ∼2 weeks…” https://t.co/Hvp1NvRwl0
Epigenetic Aging Clocks Lack Reliable Real‑world Accuracy
This is a thoughtful essay on a new preprint from Raghav Sehgal and Albert Higgins-Chen that’s worth your time. It highlights something we don’t talk about enough: for biological aging clocks to be useful outside of research, they need to...
Claude in Microsoft 365 Threatens Copilot’s Bundled Advantage
Claude plugging into Microsoft 365 is a real threat for Copilot. We have seen this before. When COVID hit, Zoom won on deployment speed and ease of use. IT loved Teams. Users did not follow. Copilot has the same problem. Being...
Trump Targets NIH Funding Amid $1.5T War Spend
Trump once again going for draconian cuts to NIH, though not as catastrophic as he sought for the last round (and didn't get). Meanwhile, he wants $1.5T for war. I doubt he'll be any more successful with NIH cuts than...
Hidden Fees Destroy Trust; Price for Partnership
Hidden costs and punitive #fees are trust killers. Algorithm-driven revenue might help Q4, but it erodes long-term #loyalty. Here's how to price for partnership > What the fees customers hate reveal about your pricing strategy @MarTechIsMktg https://t.co/DN9n1Tqk8r #cx #marketing https://t.co/4CgwdPqOvn
Open‑source AI‑powered Real‑time Quant Trading System Released
Some guy made a quant trading system that uses AI, real-time data processing, and risk management. Then open sourced it for free in Python. Here it is:
China Releases Draft Ethical Review Guidelines for AI
Notice from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and eight other departments on Issuing the "Trial Measures for Ethical Review and Service of Artificial Intelligence Technology" https://t.co/S6lAEoicuu https://t.co/rf6ZaQxqZY
Seeking Real‑World OpenClaw Use Cases and Experiences
Anyone using OpenClaw? Very interested to hear how folks are using it? What's your favorite use cases?
Frontier AI Halves Expert Task Time, 5.7‑month Doubling
Here’s an independent domain extension of METR’s famous time-horizon analysis, applying it to offensive cybersecurity with real human expert timing data Similar to METR: 5.7 months doubling time. Frontier models now succeed 50% of the time at tasks that take human...
Russia Tested Its Own Drone Line Initiative Last Year
.@kriegsforscherD and I have a new post about Russia's experiment with its own Drone Line initiative and employment of UAS from last year. https://t.co/XCslVa4HzU
Databricks' $1M Challenge Signals Strategic Lock‑In
Databricks just opened a $1M startup challenge for B2B companies building on their platform. Prize money follows ecosystem bets. When a platform offers $1M in prizes, it's not charity. It's lock-in with upside. Know where the gravity is.
Live Deep Dive: Notch vs DLSS and GPU Hardware
I wanted to use Notch's criticism of DLSS to talk a little bit about GPU hardware, so I did an impromptu livestream last night. VOD is here if you're curious: https://t.co/rqlLnjNvmi
Cut AI Team Delays: End Re‑explanations, Silos, Bottlenecks
Why does work still take too long when your team is using AI? I measured 11 weeks to find out. 9,426 messages analyzed. The re-explanation loop costs 2-3 hours per complex task. Knowledge silos break coordination. Sync bottlenecks limit what's possible. I'm showing...
China Unveils Imaginative Robotic Beasts
Engineering Meets Imagination: China’s #Robotic Beasts Take Shape by @China_Fact #Robotics #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #ML https://t.co/1JwCNWkoIm
FAA Issues Certification Conditions for ZeroAvia’s Hydrogen‑Electric Powertrain
ZeroAvia has this week celebrated a “major step” towards certification of its ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration published special conditions to certify the system’s electric engine component. https://t.co/rtB9kLHKnG #GreenWing
Meta Ads Hit Record Low Performance, No Outage
I'm not one to talk ad performance on Meta but yesterday may have been the worst performance day I've seen on Meta in a long time that wasn't involving an outage. Confirmed now with multiple others.
Apple Bans AI App Builder over Unreviewed Code
Apple removed an AI app builder from the App Store. The reason: it ran code Apple did not review. These “vibe coding” tools let non-developers build and edit apps with AI. Apple says it enforces rules, but this also protects its review system...
Stop Hiding Behind Branded Search; Focus on BOFU Revenue
So many content teams are still HIDING behind branded search while spoon feeding misinformation to their executives about traffic. Look, traffic is up! Umm, how bout no? Exclude branded queries and filter out pages like careers, about us, news, press,...
Three Artemis‑II Cubesats Show Successful Perigee‑Raise Burn
Three of the four Artemis-II cubesats have now been cataloged; orbits are 149 x 70247 km, 492 x 70228 km, and 61 x 70276 km. Suggests at least one made a successful perigee raising burn, but waiting for more data...
RAG’s Brief, Intense Era Ends as New Context Paradigm Emerges
The RAG era was short-lived, but intense. (Not that RAG is not useful, but it is no longer the dominant paradigm for supplying context to agents)
Code Speed Soars, Trust Remains the New Bottleneck
In the era of “vibe coding,” the constraint is no longer building, but believing. AI can generate code quickly, but knowing whether it is correct, secure and reliable still requires human judgment. Speed has improved dramatically, trust has not. The real bottleneck...
Charlie Duke Calls for Return to Moon via Artemis
In honor of Artemis: Yours truly with Charlie Duke, youngest living human to have walked on the moon. Let’s get back there, soon. 🌖 https://t.co/PkTaRIMwJG
Fake Class-Action Emails Could Blur Truth and Scams
If scammers started sending out fake class action emails feel like that would be rally hard to distinguish between real vs fake
Five Steps to $200k AI Data Science Career
Dashboards won’t get you to $200k. These 5 steps will: 1. Python daily 2. Real data analysis 3. Ship an ML app 4. Add RAG 5. Build AI agents You can grow into this AI DS career. 👉 This is how: https://learn.business-science.io/ai-register
ChatGPT 5.4 Not Worth Premium; Claude
Serious question: aside from maybe Codex, what is @ChatGPTapp 5.4 BEST at for business use? As in, you would have to be stupid not to use it? I'm about to cancel my $ 200-per-month sub and switch to the $20...
Apple Watch Pioneered Health Tech, Yet Defies Wellness Trends
As part of this week’s Apple 50 package, today’s Optimizer is all about how the Apple Watch shaped so much of modern health tech — and in some ways, stands in opposition to where wellness trends are headed. https://www.theverge.com/column/906391/apple-watch-optimizer-apple-50-health-tech-wearables
Human Brain Beats AI: It Can Still Dream
Beyond Silicon: Why #AI Cannot Dream and the Human Brain Remains the Ultimate Algorithm @ABPsychologists https://t.co/QELYptrchY #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
Low Promotion, High Churn, Substack Still Boosts Revenue
yep; I almost never share my Substack link and yet revenue from Substack increased ~80% YoY and is now ~20% of my overall revenue. Even if churn is high, I have no doubt that it has been certainly net positive...
China Solar Cell Prices Drop Third Week Amid Cost Easing
China solar cell prices fall for third consecutive week as upstream costs ease #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/Oawb2A3W9W
Semiconductor Industry Faces Tighter DUV Limits and Talent
Latest: Tighter restrictions on DUV litho; Arm-IBM dual-architecture; power device trio; Irish fab; 1.4nm AI chip; heat islands; 2nm & below; 300mm fab equipment; 67k IC jobs unfilled; HBF wins; photonic chip packaging.. https://t.co/hPeWF8CmnV #semiconductor #2nm #1nm #HBF
Robot Walker S2 Battles Human in Live Tennis Rally
UBTECH’s Walker S2 Takes on a Human in a Live Tennis Rally by @XRoboHub #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/w6YMBb4mTN
AI Coding Amplifies Decades of Expertise for Bigger Projects
This is useful, also compliments that Jeremy Howard point on engineering vs coding He frames AI coding as an enhancer of 25 years of experience, and together now you can set higher ambitions as previously laborious projects can be unlocked...