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Power Grid, Not Algorithms, Becomes AI Bottleneck
SocialApr 12, 2026

Power Grid, Not Algorithms, Becomes AI Bottleneck

Hyperscalers will spend $700 BILLION on data centers in 2026 alone. Amazon: $200B. Google: $185B. Meta: $135B. AI data centers now represent 70%+ of all new grid interconnection requests in the US. The bottleneck isn't the algorithm anymore. It's the power line.

By Peter H. Diamandis
Mirror Windows PC to TV via Chromecast, No Chrome Needed
SocialApr 12, 2026

Mirror Windows PC to TV via Chromecast, No Chrome Needed

Want to mirror your Windows PC display onto a big television? Skip Miracast; you can easily connect with almost every brand using Chromecast, even if you don't have Google Chrome installed. Here's how, step by step, with a @Vizio TV......

By Dave Taylor
Waymo Logs 500,000 Driverless Rides Weekly
SocialApr 12, 2026

Waymo Logs 500,000 Driverless Rides Weekly

This is an interesting conversation with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo. They are doing something like 500,000 driverless rides per week. https://t.co/ZWz4nwbUGR

By Lawrence Hamtil
Trust-Led Growth Dominates 2026, but Teams Stay Manual
SocialApr 12, 2026

Trust-Led Growth Dominates 2026, but Teams Stay Manual

Heads up, CROs & GTM Leaders: “Trust-Led Growth” is the battle cry for 2026. But most of you are still trying to manual your way through it by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/rl93jz7QM6 @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #SalesEnablement

By Tim Hughes
Annealing Boosts Efficiency of Copper-Plated Heterojunction Cells
SocialApr 12, 2026

Annealing Boosts Efficiency of Copper-Plated Heterojunction Cells

The impact of annealing on copper-plated heterojunction solar cells #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/DM37J5KaRF https://t.co/POFNPoUMby

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Muse Spark Reveals Century-Long Global GDP Shifts
SocialApr 12, 2026

Muse Spark Reveals Century-Long Global GDP Shifts

i find muse spark is very good at data analysis—both finding relevant open-source data and analyzing it. for example, here's my results for analyzing global share of GDP over past century: https://t.co/pD4q7n7mqX https://t.co/xHcZTIgAl4

By Alexander Wang
China's Quiet Push Toward Energy Independence Accelerates
SocialApr 12, 2026

China's Quiet Push Toward Energy Independence Accelerates

China is the most at risk and oddly silent during all of this chaos 🤔 Solar, nuclear and EV investments are obviously paying off for them. Expect them to redouble their already staggering efforts to be energy independent https://t.co/d92Cg4sy4B

By Jason Calacanis
Hermes Outshines OpenClaw as Self‑learning Strategic COO
SocialApr 12, 2026

Hermes Outshines OpenClaw as Self‑learning Strategic COO

My OpenClaw concedes that it's a better COO and not a strategist. It believes Hermes is better for that job: Where Hermes will be better: 1. It gets smarter automatically. When Hermes solves a strategic problem, it turns that solution into a reusable...

By Eric Siu
AI Data Centers Outspend Interstate Construction Weekly
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Data Centers Outspend Interstate Construction Weekly

The AI data center build-out is the largest privately-funded infrastructure program in American history. The Interstate Highway System took 35 years to build at an average of approximately $18.8 billion per year in 2026 dollars. The AI data center build-out is...

By Craig Fuller
AI Platforms Will Monetize Aggressively, Driving Away Unwanted Users
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Platforms Will Monetize Aggressively, Driving Away Unwanted Users

Like it or not, this is the kind of fun monetization optimization strategy we can expect from AI platforms in the years to come. They'll turn every knob and fondle every lever passionately to ensure that unwanted users migrate off their...

By Arvid Kahl
Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE Impresses: Fast, Bright Tablet Experience
SocialApr 12, 2026

Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE Impresses: Fast, Bright Tablet Experience

AT&T sent me a Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE 10.9" Android Tablet to evaluate, and I'm darn impressed. It's fast, has a crisp, bright screen, and makes reading the news, an ebook, or playing games way more fun than on...

By Dave Taylor
Musk Sees Autonomy as Key to Long‑term Sales Growth
SocialApr 12, 2026

Musk Sees Autonomy as Key to Long‑term Sales Growth

What Musk realizes that you haven’t yet is that autonomy is the only thing that matters for sales growth medium to long term

By Whole Mars Catalog
U.S. Deploys Underwater Drones to Sweep Hormuz Mines
SocialApr 12, 2026

U.S. Deploys Underwater Drones to Sweep Hormuz Mines

U.S. military announces the deployment of "underwater drones" to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

By The Real Fly (iBankCoin)
Opus 4.6 Gives Researchers Super‑Human, On‑Demand Expertise
SocialApr 12, 2026

Opus 4.6 Gives Researchers Super‑Human, On‑Demand Expertise

Doing comp sci research with Opus 4.6 Extended (here, in the context of an upcoming Verse programming language theory paper) is really a Flowers for Algernon moment. It's a superpower, like having a team of graduate students that can answer...

By Tim Sweeney
IA Outperforms BAU in $100k A/B Test
SocialApr 12, 2026

IA Outperforms BAU in $100k A/B Test

A/B test results against BAU vs IA test All creative / setup the exact same about $100k in spend so far IA is the top result - very curious if these will continue to hold. https://t.co/BBA731MpGN

By Kody Nordquist
Artemis Highlights NASA’s Evolving Mission Landscape
SocialApr 12, 2026

Artemis Highlights NASA’s Evolving Mission Landscape

This post is now a newsletter, with hyperlinked sources + some thoughts on Artemis and the state of NASA https://ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/earth-is-blue-thank-you-artemis

By Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Seeking AI Agents for Deterministic DevOps Collaboration
SocialApr 12, 2026

Seeking AI Agents for Deterministic DevOps Collaboration

Dear algo: please connect me with people interested in AI agent harnesses for deterministic software engineering, CI/CD, operations, observability, and reliability. No Grok

By Robert Taylor
GLM Tackles Tough
SocialApr 12, 2026

GLM Tackles Tough

GLM caught the “chess-best-move” trial on this test run — the nasty one. It’s been grinding on it for ~40 minutes already, ~20 left on the clock. Let’s see if it clears it; Opus only managed to pull it off a...

By Aleksei Petrov
Turning Loom Videos Into Multi‑Channel Customer Education
SocialApr 12, 2026

Turning Loom Videos Into Multi‑Channel Customer Education

Going to make it a mission that every customer knows and learns our top capabilities in Gong. Like everything we've rolled out the last year. Spent 2 hours this afternoon: -10 Loom Videos -Queue'd up Loom Videos on YouTube Series -Took Transcripts from...

By Brian LaManna
IPSC Therapies Succeed; In‑vivo Reprogramming Remains Hype
SocialApr 12, 2026

IPSC Therapies Succeed; In‑vivo Reprogramming Remains Hype

your regular reminder that Yamanaka factor-driven production of iPSCs is already producing real medicine (eg dopaminergic neural progenitor for Parkinson's, cardiomyocyte sheets for heart failure & more) iPSC tech is not done in vivo... ppl isolate the well behaved cells away...

By Charles Brenner, PhD
Content Marketing Success Starts Before and After Creation
SocialApr 12, 2026

Content Marketing Success Starts Before and After Creation

Let’s debunk the biggest myth about content marketing… It’s not just about the content. It’s about what you do before and after creating it that matters most.. https://t.co/XPc4Og70VS

By Ross Simmonds
Tiny Reliability Gains Unlock Fully Autonomous Tesla Driving
SocialApr 12, 2026

Tiny Reliability Gains Unlock Fully Autonomous Tesla Driving

The improvement in 14.3 is actually pretty noticeable (for people who drive FSD a lot like me), but just because you can’t see an upgrade doesn’t mean it’s not important As we go from 99.999% reliability to 99.9999% reliability, you...

By Whole Mars Catalog
Daily Evoked Gamma Therapy Shows Safety and Cognitive Benefit
SocialApr 12, 2026

Daily Evoked Gamma Therapy Shows Safety and Cognitive Benefit

Safety, tolerability, and efficacy estimate of evoked gamma oscillation in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease 👉 “Our results demonstrate that 1-h daily treatment with [CogTx-001] was safe and well-tolerated and demonstrated potential clinical benefits in mild to moderate AD.” 🔘 Participants underwent...

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Consumer Skepticism Is Just Resistance to Innovation
SocialApr 12, 2026

Consumer Skepticism Is Just Resistance to Innovation

"Consumers don't want this," one of the repies to @markgurman said this morning in response to his post about Apple's glasses plans. Now this is something I've actually studied deeply, doing consumer research in many places around the world while writing...

By Robert Scoble
ChatGPT Leads in Transparent Thinking Traces, Gemini Lags
SocialApr 12, 2026

ChatGPT Leads in Transparent Thinking Traces, Gemini Lags

Currently, ChatGPT has the best way of viewing thinking traces, a short summary of steps in the main window, and a detailed audit in the sidebar if you want it Claude does almost as well, but more summarized and harder to...

By Ethan Mollick
Seven Nations Generate Over 99.7% Power From Renewables
SocialApr 12, 2026

Seven Nations Generate Over 99.7% Power From Renewables

Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power. https://t.co/vEn1zZFxEb

By Vishal Gulati
Make Google Search Console Your Primary SEO Tool
SocialApr 12, 2026

Make Google Search Console Your Primary SEO Tool

Focus on Google Search Console as your main SEO tool. The rest for guessing, but I guess guessing is better than not guessing 🤣

By Flavio Amiel
JCBOT: Fast, AI-Enabled Humanoid for Home Use
SocialApr 12, 2026

JCBOT: Fast, AI-Enabled Humanoid for Home Use

JCBOT Wheeled Humanoid Blends Speed, #AI Interaction and Home-Friendly Design via @XRoboHub #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/VS4J9xIzfc

By Ron van Loon
AI Democratization Needs Governance to Match Innovation
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Democratization Needs Governance to Match Innovation

RT AI democratization isn't just about giving everyone copilots and agents. It's about balancing capability with governance so innovation doesn't outpace security and trust. #AI #GenAI #CIO #CISO #CDO @Star_CIO https://t.co/8OLLAWNSNL

By Isaac Sacolick
Thin GeekBook X14 Pro Impresses with 32GB RAM, 2TB Storage
SocialApr 12, 2026

Thin GeekBook X14 Pro Impresses with 32GB RAM, 2TB Storage

Sick of your boat anchor? I put a shockingly thin and light GEEKOM GeekBook X14 Pro Windows 11 Pro Laptop through its paces, and I'm not going to lie, I was impressed. Did I mention 32GB of RAM and 2TB...

By Dave Taylor
Budget MusiBaby Speakers Cost Less than Fast Food, Sound Average
SocialApr 12, 2026

Budget MusiBaby Speakers Cost Less than Fast Food, Sound Average

The MusiBaby Portable Bluetooth Speaker costs less than a burger and fries at your local bar, but does it sound good? I checked out two - a stereo pair - and found them middling, but typical for their very budget...

By Dave Taylor
Transformers Collapse Without Positional Embeddings, Lose Sequence Understanding
SocialApr 12, 2026

Transformers Collapse Without Positional Embeddings, Lose Sequence Understanding

the transformer doesn’t struggle, it craps out. no positional embeddings, no learning sequence info https://t.co/UDe2Mwea2j

By Andrew Arruda
AI Will Force a Massive, Lengthy Rearchitecture of Everything
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Will Force a Massive, Lengthy Rearchitecture of Everything

All infra, all software, all services, will have to be rearchitected for AI. This is a long cycle.

By Ben Bajarin
Seeking Expert to Build Production-Grade AI Solutions
SocialApr 12, 2026

Seeking Expert to Build Production-Grade AI Solutions

HIRING: AI implementation partner (technical) floriandarroman and I are helping founders integrate AI into their businesses. we need someone who loves building production-grade AI systems to join us. comment “Expert” below & I’ll DM more details. (proof of work required)

By itsolelehmann
LegacyScreenSaver Memory Leak Blocks Mac App Launches
SocialApr 12, 2026

LegacyScreenSaver Memory Leak Blocks Mac App Launches

If your Mac system is complaining that it can't launch apps due to a lack of memory, it might be that you have the "legacyScreenSaver" running, with its notorious memory leaks. Here's how to figure out if that's the case,...

By Dave Taylor
AI Enables Affordable, High‑Quality Legal Services for Everyone
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Enables Affordable, High‑Quality Legal Services for Everyone

the world needs more lawyers, not less. the key is that the lawyers must be affordable AND high quality. AI helps make this a reality. imagine everyone being able to have the same legal services of a large corporation. the...

By Andrew Arruda
24/7 Green Lab Services Available for $49‑$150
SocialApr 12, 2026

24/7 Green Lab Services Available for $49‑$150

Great list of services from @americanwetware to ultimately have available 24/7. We have most of the green ones already in place w/ protocols in Ginkgo Cloud Lab for $49-$150, still need to add solubility measurement but can do that...

By Jason Kelly
AbbVie’s Mirvetuximab Shows
SocialApr 12, 2026

AbbVie’s Mirvetuximab Shows

AbbVie combo mirvetuximab posts 62.7% ORR; median DOR 11.2m. Efficacy boosts pipeline vs rich valuation and R&D hit. Trading insight: buy on pullback ahead of catalysts. 📈 — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov

By Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA
AI Will Erase Complex Reward Calculations Across Industries
SocialApr 12, 2026

AI Will Erase Complex Reward Calculations Across Industries

I wonder what happens to the profitability of airline and credit card point systems when an agent can do the hard work of calculating how and where to apply your rewards and make the bookings for you, instead of you...

By Benedict Evans
First Human Orbital Flight Marks 65-Year Milestone
SocialApr 12, 2026

First Human Orbital Flight Marks 65-Year Milestone

65 YEARS AGO TODAY: The first human reaches Earth's orbit FULL STORY (and my reconstruction of the event): https://t.co/l1fyUe3ztw https://t.co/KqZ4ndMNXk

By Anatoly Zak
Anthropic's Rate Limits Spiking Despite Stable Network
SocialApr 12, 2026

Anthropic's Rate Limits Spiking Despite Stable Network

the nerds are really nerding this weekend. consistent rate limit triggers all day. internet is stable and just checked no packet loss so it must be from anthropic. https://t.co/1vkvdw0ClJ

By Sebastian Cocioba
Hacker Targeting Climate Activists Extradited to New York
SocialApr 12, 2026

Hacker Targeting Climate Activists Extradited to New York

"Suspect in Hacking of Climate Activists Is Extradited to New York" via @NYTimes| There's a link to early attacks on me and other climate scientists & advocates via the shadowy "DCI Group" -- a fossil fuel-funded black ops groups 🧵 https://t.co/PkBDgEkhqd

By Michael E. Mann
Put Top Customers and Engineers in a Chat
SocialApr 12, 2026

Put Top Customers and Engineers in a Chat

Protip: Create an X group chat with your best and most demanding customers. Put your engineering leads in said group chat. Respond and ship quickly. Face the music. We have one going for @v0. DM if you want to be a...

By Guillermo Rauch
Gemini Live 2.5: Best, Fast, Smart Voice Agent
SocialApr 12, 2026

Gemini Live 2.5: Best, Fast, Smart Voice Agent

It’s official, Gemini Live 2.5 voice agent is the best It’s smart, it’s fast, it has large enough context Coming to GBrain Voice shortly

By Garry Tan
Scale AI Autonomy by Climbing Permission Ladder, Not Skipping Steps
SocialApr 12, 2026

Scale AI Autonomy by Climbing Permission Ladder, Not Skipping Steps

This isn’t a “learn AI agents” roadmap. It’s a permission ladder for autonomy. Skills → memory → coordination → control → monetization. Skip steps and you don’t get scale — you get outages. https://t.co/Z6mgmIIIFj

By Giuliano Liguori
China Deploys Robots to Revolutionize Hospital Operations
SocialApr 12, 2026

China Deploys Robots to Revolutionize Hospital Operations

How China Is Transforming Hospital Operations with #Robots by @Arcfunmi #Healthcare #MedTech #HealthTech #TechForGood https://t.co/Tx2XMAoO8i

By Ron van Loon
Lily Pond Myth Reveals AI’s Exponential Doubling
SocialApr 12, 2026

Lily Pond Myth Reveals AI’s Exponential Doubling

The Great Doubling: What the Lily Pond Myth Teaches Us About the AI Singularity by @Timothy_Hughes https://t.co/2ON532sDsl @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesTips #SalesLeader #Salesforce #Marketing #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews

By Tim Hughes
2027 Mercedes CLA 250+ Redefines Intuitive Self-Parking
SocialApr 12, 2026

2027 Mercedes CLA 250+ Redefines Intuitive Self-Parking

I don’t use the auto park assist feature in many cars since I can park faster on my own manually, but the 2027 Mercedes-Benz CLA 250+ has one of the most intuitive self parking features I’ve come across. @MercedesBenz @mercedesbenzusa @raybanmeta...

By John Velasco
User Doubts OneKeyCash After Missing Payment Option
SocialApr 12, 2026

User Doubts OneKeyCash After Missing Payment Option

Alright, is OneKeyCash a complete scam? I've booked 8 properties for an upcoming trip and not once have I ever had the opportunity to select OneKeyCash as a payment option. @vrbo @expedia @hotelsdotcom

By Katie & Joe on the Go