Technology Social Media and Updates

Instagram Bots Inflate Likes, Kill Real Sales
SocialApr 2, 2026

Instagram Bots Inflate Likes, Kill Real Sales

I’m fairly confident Instagram is using bot traffic to compete for creators. How could a Soundcloud link get 77 like and lead to zero sales of a $7 book? https://t.co/OyE7ILI5XZ

By David Kadavy
Artemis II Begins TLI Burn, Reaching Lunar Distance
SocialApr 2, 2026

Artemis II Begins TLI Burn, Reaching Lunar Distance

The Artemis II Integrity spacecraft is now coasting downwards and will reach perigee of about 195 km late on Apr 2. At 2349:50 UTC it will make the TLI (Trans-Lunar Injection) burn, a 388 m/s burn lasting 5m51s to raise...

By Jonathan McDowell
Inbound Content Attracts Brands, Cold Pitches Fail
SocialApr 2, 2026

Inbound Content Attracts Brands, Cold Pitches Fail

Cold pitching brands is a losing strategy. Response rates sit in the low single digits, and brands ignore generic emails. Inbound flips the script by making you discoverable through SEO, problem-solving content, and organic brand mentions. Warm inbound leads close at higher rates...

By Ask Dr. Brown
Many Still Doubt AI's Readiness for Security
SocialApr 2, 2026

Many Still Doubt AI's Readiness for Security

Have you met people in the last few months who believe that todays AI is NOT ready to be used for security?

By Dr. Anton Chuvakin
Noon Merges Design and Production Code in One
SocialApr 2, 2026

Noon Merges Design and Production Code in One

got an early glimpse of "Noon," three things to note vs. others in market: #1 - you work directly on your production code without any translation (other design tools that use MCP and Claude/Codex to work on code and AI produce...

By Scott Belsky
AI Humanoid Girlfriend “Melody” Speaks Multiple Languages
SocialApr 2, 2026

AI Humanoid Girlfriend “Melody” Speaks Multiple Languages

Meet Melody—The #AI-Powered, Multilingual Humanoid Girlfriend by @MarioNawfal #Robotics #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #MI #ML #Innovation https://t.co/DFAIoGFBSh

By Ron van Loon
Gap Introduces AI-Powered Checkout via Google Gemini
SocialApr 2, 2026

Gap Introduces AI-Powered Checkout via Google Gemini

Gap says it will launch checkout within Google's Gemini, in an AI first from a major fashion company https://t.co/7Yr8fgyRp9

By Jason Goldberg
Google Launches Apache‑licensed Gemma 4 for Local AI
SocialApr 2, 2026

Google Launches Apache‑licensed Gemma 4 for Local AI

So happy to see Google release Gemma 4 today in apache 2.0 that gives you frontier capabilities locally. You can use it right away in all your favorite open agent platforms like openclaw, opencode, pi, Hermes by asking ...

By Clément Delangue
Open‑Source Robot Dog Built with Just Six Servos
SocialApr 2, 2026

Open‑Source Robot Dog Built with Just Six Servos

I built an open source really simple Robot Dog with only 6 servos, full video link in bio. #testing #mechanical #robotics #3dprinted #arduino

By James Bruton Threads
Superintelligence Redefined: From Human Supremacy to Product Value
SocialApr 2, 2026

Superintelligence Redefined: From Human Supremacy to Product Value

Talk about moving goalposts. This one from MSFT’s Suleyman may well take the cake. “Superintelligence” just went from intelligence beyond all humans to merely “delivering product value”. 🙄

By Gary Marcus
AI Dominates Medium, Gaining Ground on Reddit
SocialApr 2, 2026

AI Dominates Medium, Gaining Ground on Reddit

Per @max_spero_ over 50% of Medium was AI-written as of a year and a half ago. Reddit is now up to 10% AI-generated content, up from 7% last year

By Joe Weisenthal
Fossil Fuels Consume 11% of Global Energy; Renewables Need None
SocialApr 2, 2026

Fossil Fuels Consume 11% of Global Energy; Renewables Need None

To boot, 11% of all energy worldwide is used just to mine, transport, process, and/or refine fossil fuels and uranium. https://t.co/c3RjxqKhcO Whereas wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro require 0 such energy because wind comes right to the turbine, etc. So for anyone to...

By Mark Z. Jacobson
Structured Prompting Can Supplant Execution Environments in Code Review
SocialApr 2, 2026

Structured Prompting Can Supplant Execution Environments in Code Review

Meta's Semi-Formal Reasoning Shows How Structured Prompting Can Replace Execution Environments in Code Review https://t.co/Y9sW9DKSmx

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Grok 4.1 Surpasses Newer Models in Drug Discovery Benchmarks
SocialApr 2, 2026

Grok 4.1 Surpasses Newer Models in Drug Discovery Benchmarks

Whoa, @grok 4.1 beats many newer models in BVP. Btw. it is surprising that Grok does such a good job (not SOTA but better than frontier foundation models) in many drug discovery tasks https://t.co/UWaQZucawU

By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD
MIT Study Shows AI Progressing Rapidly Yet Steadily Across Jobs
SocialApr 2, 2026

MIT Study Shows AI Progressing Rapidly Yet Steadily Across Jobs

A first-of-its-kind study from MIT measures how successful AI is in completing thousands of tasks done by workers in the US economy. Across these real-world tasks, they found that AI capabilities are improving quickly, but performance is rising smoothly: https://t.co/tAD0bDezIh https://t.co/brXTxFh62A

By MIT CSAIL
New AI News Hub Built on X API
SocialApr 2, 2026

New AI News Hub Built on X API

Just updated: all the top AI news here on X. https://t.co/kiuZ7QXLzb My AI wasn't fooled by any April Fools joke too. So proud of it. All built with the X API by an idiot. Me. With a better AI than you...

By Robert Scoble
Snowflake's Data Cloud Becomes Financial AI Gravity Well
SocialApr 2, 2026

Snowflake's Data Cloud Becomes Financial AI Gravity Well

Snowflake: Morningstar partnership, new CRO, rising AI workloads. Three signals, one direction. Enterprise data clouds aren't just storage. They're gravity wells for financial intelligence. The platform that controls data access controls the AI output.

By Yves Mulkers
Fix Post‑click Funnels, Turn $1 Into $4
SocialApr 2, 2026

Fix Post‑click Funnels, Turn $1 Into $4

Most businesses think scaling = increasing ad budget. But in reality, 80% of growth comes from fixing what happens after the click. We’ve seen brands turn $1 into $4 just by improving funnels + follow-ups. Traffic gets attention, but systems...

By Premlata (Meta + Google Ads)
AI's Perfect Answers Breed False Certainty and Hidden Costs
SocialApr 2, 2026

AI's Perfect Answers Breed False Certainty and Hidden Costs

🤔Today's curious perspective... 🚨Borrowed Certainty and the Cost of AI's Perfect Answers | Psychology Today https://t.co/Dm5uAa6UKE #AI

By John Nosta
Usage Caps Push for Cheaper, Less Capable Alternatives
SocialApr 2, 2026

Usage Caps Push for Cheaper, Less Capable Alternatives

The big coding model providers are acting like they have a collective monopoly. Usage caps create a powerful incentive to create lower cost/lower capability options.

By Kent Beck
Roscosmos Chooses Modern Start‑1M as Light‑Weight Launcher
SocialApr 2, 2026

Roscosmos Chooses Modern Start‑1M as Light‑Weight Launcher

Roskosmos now positions Start-1M vehicle, (converted from Topol-M ICBM) as its prime candidate for a light-weight launcher through the Novy Start venture. Compare it to the Start-1 vehicle from the 1990s, based on previous-generation Topol. Context: https://t.co/qfFQGn2e0c https://t.co/rP18aP5xVL

By Anatoly Zak
Quick Score Reveals Hidden Gaps in Unpredictable Pipelines
SocialApr 2, 2026

Quick Score Reveals Hidden Gaps in Unpredictable Pipelines

Pipeline feels unpredictable for a reason. • Month to month swings • MQL vs quality debates • No clear root cause Usually not one issue. A few small gaps across the system. We built a simple score to spot them fast. Takes 5 minutes. Shows where...

By devbasu
Denuvo Cracked; Zero‑day Releases Now Commonplace
SocialApr 2, 2026

Denuvo Cracked; Zero‑day Releases Now Commonplace

Denuvo has been broken, company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass https://t.co/TM2KY6ritV

By Anj Bryant
Stripe Drops TomoCredit; Adyen and Chargebee Remain
SocialApr 2, 2026

Stripe Drops TomoCredit; Adyen and Chargebee Remain

Per @JeffKauflin of Forbes, @stripe has ceased processing payments for TomoCredit -- but @Adyen still is A review of Tomo's site reveals it also works with subscription billing management platform @chargebee https://t.co/0zGTS6SQGG

By Jason Mikula
Free Open‑Source AI Beats Claude, Threatening Closed Tools
SocialApr 2, 2026

Free Open‑Source AI Beats Claude, Threatening Closed Tools

A serious competitor to Claude just appeared and it’s free. Open-source, locally hosted, and already beating it in research tasks. This is what happens when devs take control. Is this the beginning of the end for closed AI tools?

By Naveed Ullah
Artemis 2 TLI Burn Approaches: Updated Mission Timeline
SocialApr 2, 2026

Artemis 2 TLI Burn Approaches: Updated Mission Timeline

Timeline of Artemis 2 key events (in Mission Elapsed Time) is in NASA's press kit. https://t.co/dKNkKadt10 NASA is posting updates on the Artemis blog. https://t.co/WeDPP3en7T TLI burn is next major event ~7:35 pm ET today (1d1h37s post-launch) https://t.co/kQH3BiJIJG

By Marcia Smith
Marketers Can Now Access Premium TV with Social‑Style Targeting
SocialApr 2, 2026

Marketers Can Now Access Premium TV with Social‑Style Targeting

2026 is the year TV becomes a lot more accessible to marketers spending $50k to $500k/month on Meta. Meta CPMs are up 30%+ YoY. The average social session is 8 minutes. The average CTV session is 99 min, yet most DTC...

By Nik Sharma
Strategy Decisions Must Be Rooted in Real Data
SocialApr 2, 2026

Strategy Decisions Must Be Rooted in Real Data

One thing I’m relentless about in strategy work 👉 Nothing gets recommended unless it’s grounded in data or market research. Brand decisions. Messaging direction. Funnel structure. Channel mix. All of it ties back to real inputs: → Stakeholder and customer research → Peer and competitor analysis → Patterns...

By Mallory Musante
Agent Economy: Infrastructure, Not Just Software
SocialApr 2, 2026

Agent Economy: Infrastructure, Not Just Software

The Clawconomy: Why the Agent Economy Is an Infrastructure Story, Not a Software Story https://t.co/ztpFwTlK4Y

By Shashi Bellamkonda
Memory Market Focus Shifts to Duration Over Demand
SocialApr 2, 2026

Memory Market Focus Shifts to Duration Over Demand

New report in the @DiligenceStack. Memory market update and sharing the framework for our tracking model of the cycle's durability. The Next Debate in Memory Is Duration, Not Demand https://t.co/gB1OsgGpBW

By Ben Bajarin
Eliminate User Input, Boost MRR to $40K
SocialApr 2, 2026

Eliminate User Input, Boost MRR to $40K

How Parseur reached 40K MRR: they removed all user inputs. Sign up, upload document, AI identifies what to extract. "We don't ask anything from the user." Took months of watching session recordings to find every friction point. https://t.co/0u2bk1NmPG

By Omer Khan
Attribution: From Credit Scoreboard to Coordination Engine
SocialApr 2, 2026

Attribution: From Credit Scoreboard to Coordination Engine

Attribution was supposed to tell us which channels deserve credit. It mostly told us which teams should fight about it. Frans Riemersma and I just published The State of Marketing Attribution 2026 (sponsored by CaliberMind), and the finding that hit hardest...

By Scott Brinker
Artemis II Prioritizes Practical Gains Over Cultural Iconic Impact
SocialApr 2, 2026

Artemis II Prioritizes Practical Gains Over Cultural Iconic Impact

Artemis II probably will not have a profound cultural impact like Apollo 8, and that's totally fine. We're not trying to win hearts and minds this time, but to have carts and mines. https://t.co/kBHD2sshu1

By Eric Berger
Google's LangExtract: Free, Open‑Source Alternative Beats $100K Tools
SocialApr 2, 2026

Google's LangExtract: Free, Open‑Source Alternative Beats $100K Tools

RIP document extractors. Google just released LangExtract: Open-source. Free. Better than $100K enterprise tools. Here’s what it does: 🧵

By Matt Dancho
AI Reshapes Competition; Infrastructure, Power, Talent Limit Entrants
SocialApr 2, 2026

AI Reshapes Competition; Infrastructure, Power, Talent Limit Entrants

AI isn’t just enabling global trade, it may be reshaping who gets to compete. Infrastructure, power, and talent are the real constraints. New podcast episode: https://t.co/tKNDnOb8bQ https://t.co/eX3Ua07F1E

By Brian Straight
LLMs Boost Output Volume, Not Literary Quality
SocialApr 2, 2026

LLMs Boost Output Volume, Not Literary Quality

The real question all the "authors must use LLMs" pieces ignore is how they improve *quality* in any way. There's plenty of evidence they aid *quantity*. LLMs cam generate infinite low quality text. But what book is improved by that?...

By Lincoln Michel
US Space Force Confirms Russian Starlink Satellites Stay Near Rocket
SocialApr 2, 2026

US Space Force Confirms Russian Starlink Satellites Stay Near Rocket

Thanks to the US Space Force, there is finally tracking data for the "Russian Starlink" group, indicating that all 16 satellites are in their nearly original orbit, a few kilometers above the third stage of the Soyuz-2 rocket, which had...

By Anatoly Zak
Future Bluetooth Compatibility Threatened by Global Trade
SocialApr 2, 2026

Future Bluetooth Compatibility Threatened by Global Trade

“We shouldn’t take for granted our ability to sync Apple airpods to a Lenovo tablet or a Google mobile phone to a Bose speaker. Given the direction of global trade, Americans may not have access to the Bluetooths of the...

By Victoria Guida
WHOOP Becomes PSG's Official Health Wearable Through 2029
SocialApr 2, 2026

WHOOP Becomes PSG's Official Health Wearable Through 2029

NEW PARTNERSHIP: @WHOOP x PSG WHOOP is now the Official Health & Fitness Wearable of Paris Saint-Germain through 2029. Players will use Whoop to unlock continuous insights into key physiological metrics helping optimize performance and improve health across a demanding season. https://t.co/bXbryfH74v

By Will Ahmed
OpenAI CEO Informs Disney CEOs About Sora Shutdown
SocialApr 2, 2026

OpenAI CEO Informs Disney CEOs About Sora Shutdown

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called both former Disney CEO Bob Iger and new Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro to tell them about the decision to shutter Sora. "I get it," D'Amaro told Altman, the tech exec said in a new interview.

By Alex Weprin
LLMs Erode Book Culture, Threatening Their Own Host
SocialApr 2, 2026

LLMs Erode Book Culture, Threatening Their Own Host

The value of LLMs "depends on our continued esteem for bookiness. But as they take over the tasks both of reading and (...) writing, they necessarily eat away at that esteem. They are a parasite that threatens to kill the...

By Dr. Dorothea Baur
Local File-Based Memory Boosts Agent Accuracy Post-Leak
SocialApr 2, 2026

Local File-Based Memory Boosts Agent Accuracy Post-Leak

This is exactly what the ecosystem needed after the claude code leak. local, file-based memory for agents with top market accuracy, proven in real production. Crazy how fast open source moves right now.

By Hasan Toor
Atlanta Man Arrested for Smuggling AI Chips to China
SocialApr 2, 2026

Atlanta Man Arrested for Smuggling AI Chips to China

Atlanta man arrested in scheme to smuggle sensitive AI chips into China, officials say Tiny numbers. Waiting for export control proponents to note that these numbers are small, and GPUs now legal for export... https://t.co/oyOQFBkWWR

By Paul Triolo
Real‑World AI Transforming Communications Through Tested Processes
SocialApr 2, 2026

Real‑World AI Transforming Communications Through Tested Processes

Two people doing AI in comms the right way: @KyleArteaga at @bulleitgroup and @DandotLewis at The Comms Stack. Not theory. Not vibes. Actual process, actual testing, actual answers. Kyle has been doing the work at Bulleit, testing wire services for...

By Jen Spencer
Smart Charging and Power Conversion Define Modern EV Edge
SocialApr 2, 2026

Smart Charging and Power Conversion Define Modern EV Edge

Why smarter charging, battery management, and power conversion are now the real differentiators in EVs and edge systems. https://t.co/HDQpNF4yJ1 #BMS #automotive #EVs #PMIC #batterymanagementsystems #edgepower #powerconversion #edge

By Ed Sperling
Navigation 2.0: Smarter, ROI‑Focused Healthcare Guidance
SocialApr 2, 2026

Navigation 2.0: Smarter, ROI‑Focused Healthcare Guidance

A few years ago, we were all talking about healthcare navigation as the ultimate solution for a broken system. But then the hype cooled. Why? Navigation 1.0 was built on a model that was too human-heavy, too fragmented, and too focused...

By Christina Farr
US AI Training Risks Illegality, Undermining Global Dominance
SocialApr 2, 2026

US AI Training Risks Illegality, Undermining Global Dominance

if training AI isn’t fair use ↓ all US base models are now infringing & unlawful ...

By Andrew Arruda
Altman and Ive Team Up on Cognitive Hardware
SocialApr 2, 2026

Altman and Ive Team Up on Cognitive Hardware

So, whatever happens to this "big" idea? Are Sam Altman and Jony Ive Creating Cognitive Hardware? https://t.co/G9DgJPeVg0

By John Nosta
GPU Power Draw Beats Scheduling as Utilization Metric
SocialApr 2, 2026

GPU Power Draw Beats Scheduling as Utilization Metric

Without getting all the way down to performance counters, GPU power from nvidia-smi is a better indicator of true utilization than job scheduling or “gpu busy”. I would love to see animated “heat maps” of the big data centers, with...

By John Carmack