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AI Fits Primary Care Now, Brain Surgery Later
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Fits Primary Care Now, Brain Surgery Later

health is pretty broad -- so when we turn it over to AI depends on the use case, starting where is the risk low and AI-knowledge high. Primary care is no-brainer for AI, today. Brain surgery is a full-brainer, so later.

By Vijay Pande
Industry, Not Consumers, Power Canada’s Electrification Shift
SocialMar 19, 2026

Industry, Not Consumers, Power Canada’s Electrification Shift

Industry, Not Consumers, Driving Electrification of Canada Canada’s electrification story isn’t what you think. David Pickup of @Pembina discusses Canada's Energy Futures 2026. https://youtu.be/N4OWzu-p-YU

By Markham Hislop
AI Threatens Traditional Human Judgment in Analyst Roles
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Threatens Traditional Human Judgment in Analyst Roles

Will AI replace the human judgment that has traditionally been at the center of analyst work? https://t.co/9jNgJSBOPk #sustainability #AI #5G #cloud #edge #futureofwork #digitaltransformation https://t.co/sMXNHxEr6K

By Peggy Smedley
Queensland Battery Approved in Record 41 Days
SocialMar 19, 2026

Queensland Battery Approved in Record 41 Days

EPBC gives green tick to massive Queensland battery in just 41 days, now for the state #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/oKUJjHFPQ8 https://t.co/FVuu4jYuwk

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Space Warfare Mirrors 1930s Air Superiority Era
SocialMar 19, 2026

Space Warfare Mirrors 1930s Air Superiority Era

“Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s.” https://t.co/vdPDSKfwkt

By Stephen Clark
On‑prem Token Generators Reshape Edge Hardware Strategy
SocialMar 19, 2026

On‑prem Token Generators Reshape Edge Hardware Strategy

We think these token generators that can live on-prem and serve tokens to teams are a new factor to consider in modeling where all this hardware goes and how agentic plays at the edge. Good example from @dell here with...

By Ben Bajarin
Specialization Beats Generalization: TaskRabbit's Downfall, DoorDash's Pivot
SocialMar 19, 2026

Specialization Beats Generalization: TaskRabbit's Downfall, DoorDash's Pivot

Funny to see Doordash getting into generalized tasks. What killed TaskRabbit was never specializing to get to full liquidity. They were unbundled into Instacart / DoorDash / etc. Read your Bill Gurley and Lenny Rachitsky, marketplace founders.

By Pete Kazanjy
Offshore Wind Could Counter Trump's Disinformation Campaign
SocialMar 19, 2026

Offshore Wind Could Counter Trump's Disinformation Campaign

"Can Offshore Wind Win The Trump Disinformation War?" by Carolyn Fortuna (@c4tuna31) for @CleanTechnica: https://t.co/XYV8TJiu5e

By Michael E. Mann
Build Complete Apps While Taking Real Breaks
SocialMar 19, 2026

Build Complete Apps While Taking Real Breaks

Now I can literally stack prompts in @Anything, step outside to touch grass, and come back to a fully built app ☕ Shall we coin it async vibe-coding? 👀 https://t.co/EcLpC3CLWs

By Data Chaz
Antimony Shows Promise as Czochralski PV Wafer Dopant
SocialMar 19, 2026

Antimony Shows Promise as Czochralski PV Wafer Dopant

Antimony emerges as strong candidate dopant for Czochralski PV wafers #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/CAUE6LNgmK

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Won’t Replace Radiologists—Just Redefine Their Role
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Won’t Replace Radiologists—Just Redefine Their Role

AI replacing radiologists? @ShafiAhmed5 and I go at. A provocatively playful discussion... https://t.co/3MejjtUgSa #AI #radiology #medicine #digitalhealth https://t.co/GMj9HigoAI

By John Nosta
AI‑built Apps Turn You Into Your Own Vendor
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI‑built Apps Turn You Into Your Own Vendor

Moving from SaaS to AI-generated apps doesn't just change your tech stack—it shifts the risk. ⚠️ When you "build" with AI, you are the vendor. You own every bug, every breach, and every patch. Are you ready to be a software...

By Tim Crawford
Mid‑session Unblinding Doesn’t Equal Procedural Equivalence
SocialMar 19, 2026

Mid‑session Unblinding Doesn’t Equal Procedural Equivalence

But one set of trials (TAD) were open label and other set of trials (psychedelic) included impt elements of experimental control, procedures like randomization and blinding. Does functional unblinding mid-session justify treating these trials as procedurally equivalent? No.

By Robin Carhart‑Harris, PhD
Storage Limits Keep Users Stuck on iOS 18
SocialMar 19, 2026

Storage Limits Keep Users Stuck on iOS 18

I bet most people who are still on iOS 18 haven’t upgraded because of a lack of storage space. It always surprises me when I look at family and friend’s phones and they’re on an ancient iOS version because they...

By Tom Warren
NVIDIA Clarifies Its Role: Not Full Autonomy Solutions Provider
SocialMar 19, 2026

NVIDIA Clarifies Its Role: Not Full Autonomy Solutions Provider

Jensen says at the 42-minute mark, “we’re not the solutions provider" for autonomy. Obviously they won't make cars but what exactly is NVIDIA’s role beyond compute and training? Do Mercedes and others still need a separate AV partner?...

By Walt Piecyk
Women Needed in Fast‑Growing HR Technology Intersection
SocialMar 19, 2026

Women Needed in Fast‑Growing HR Technology Intersection

I want more Woman in HR Technology, its growing fast and there is a lot of opportunities. I've been in HR Technology for over 10 years, and this area has grown so much. The most important thing to understand about...

By Ajeia (HR Tech/HRIS)
AI Is a Librarian, Not a Scientific Explorer
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Is a Librarian, Not a Scientific Explorer

Indeed. This is the essence of anti-intelligence. AI doesn’t extend human cognition, it departs from it. At times it outperforms us. At times it falls short. But those comparisons miss the deeper point. AI operates in a different geometry altogether—one that doesn’t...

By John Nosta
Affordability Drives Energy Solutions: New Ideas Ahead
SocialMar 19, 2026

Affordability Drives Energy Solutions: New Ideas Ahead

Affordability is THE key word in energy today. So how do we tackle it? @cleanaircatf has some ideas. Let’s get to work.

By Julia Pyper
Simple Offer Cheat Sheet Boosts 9‑Figure Sales
SocialMar 19, 2026

Simple Offer Cheat Sheet Boosts 9‑Figure Sales

This cheat sheet has helped me make 9+ figures from our offers… LOW COMPLEXITY (start here): > % off / $ off > BOGO (same product) > Free shipping > Free trial MEDIUM COMPLEXITY (scale here): > BOGO (different product) > Mystery boxes > Bundles > Subscribe & save > Post-purchase...

By Davie Fogarty
All Ads Compete for a Single Budget
SocialMar 19, 2026

All Ads Compete for a Single Budget

Creative testing philosophy. There is only THE BUDGET, and every ad competes for it. CTCMAXX Ontology https://t.co/MrrHFGwSWU

By Taylor Holiday
AI Will Turn Marketplace Supply Into Autonomous Agents
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Will Turn Marketplace Supply Into Autonomous Agents

marketplace startups are destined to be massively reinvented by AI. The weak form is already happening, where we use LLMs for customer support, supply/demand matching, etc. That’s easy The strong form is to figure out how much of the supply side...

By Andrew Chen
Minnesota LMI Community Solar Hits 179 MW Amid Policy Changes
SocialMar 19, 2026

Minnesota LMI Community Solar Hits 179 MW Amid Policy Changes

Minnesota LMI community solar reaches 179 MW amid regulatory shifts #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/WFynWhcfpB

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Fast Online RL Upgrades Π-06 with 15‑minute Data
SocialMar 19, 2026

Fast Online RL Upgrades Π-06 with 15‑minute Data

Back in Nov we developed Recap and trained π*-06 with RL. Now, we developed a fast *online* RL method that improves π-06 with as little as 15 min of robot data for precise tasks, using "RL tokens" exposed by our...

By Sergey Levine
Platform-Owned Agents Outshine Independent Commerce Bots
SocialMar 19, 2026

Platform-Owned Agents Outshine Independent Commerce Bots

The fundamental issue with independent agentic commerce, and what almost certainly led OpenAI to shutter Instant Checkout after just a few months, and Walmart to pivot toward pushing Sparky into other chatbots rather than facilitating direct checkout, is what I've...

By Eric Seufert
AI Saves $10k on HVAC Project Using Claude Code
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Saves $10k on HVAC Project Using Claude Code

I have a very similar story on the impact of AI on an HVAC project I just did. Easily $8-10k savings from just sticking everything in Claude Code and managing it there.

By Taylor Pearson
Turn Truck Sightings Into Sales Leads With AI
SocialMar 19, 2026

Turn Truck Sightings Into Sales Leads With AI

I keep an index card on my desk and write down the names of trucking companies I see out my window... (Yes, it's weird) I now use @claudeai and @ZoomInfo's MCP integration to help. Let me explain. Every time I pass a...

By Henry Schuck
Android March Canary Brings App Lock, Bubbles, New UI
SocialMar 19, 2026

Android March Canary Brings App Lock, Bubbles, New UI

Android's March Canary update is live and here's everything we've spotted so far The update introduces several new features. • App lock • App bubbles • New screen recording UI • Blur for widget picker • Separate wifi/mobile QS tile ✅ More details here with screenshots -...

By AssembleDebug (Shiv)
Form Energy's 100‑hour Battery to Bolster Ireland Grid
SocialMar 19, 2026

Form Energy's 100‑hour Battery to Bolster Ireland Grid

US 100-hour battery startup Form Energy’s first overseas deployment ‘set to fill a critical gap in Ireland’s power system’ #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/fSUXWsSHhn

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Humanoid Robot Demos Thrive only in Controlled Labs
SocialMar 19, 2026

Humanoid Robot Demos Thrive only in Controlled Labs

This is one reason I'm suspicious of most humanoid robotics companies today. I've seen lots of canned demos in perfect or near perfect conditions. Very very few in uncontrolled settings that were even the slightest bit impressive.

By Ramez Naam
Scaling AI to AGI Is History’s Costliest Failed Experiment
SocialMar 19, 2026

Scaling AI to AGI Is History’s Costliest Failed Experiment

Not so, not at all. The most expensive experiment in history is *not* the Metaverse. It is trying to derive AGI from scaling. Far more expensive. So far the results are not promising.

By Gary Marcus
Obsessed with the Name of China's Lunar Rocket
SocialMar 19, 2026

Obsessed with the Name of China's Lunar Rocket

Speaking of going insanely hard, I’m obsessed with the name of the rocket that will take the first Chinese astronauts to the moon https://t.co/62ZZ4ZV2lS

By Joe Weisenthal
VC Sarah Hess Bridges Silicon Valley, DC on Defense AI
SocialMar 19, 2026

VC Sarah Hess Bridges Silicon Valley, DC on Defense AI

Hot takes on defense, industrial and AI sectors, as well government, from Sarah Hess, one of the few VCs who spends quality time between Silicon Valley and Washington D.C. https://t.co/p8btunQFd2

By Bilal Zuberi
Battery Storage Secures 1.8GW in UK Capacity Market
SocialMar 19, 2026

Battery Storage Secures 1.8GW in UK Capacity Market

Battery storage projects win 1.8GW in UK capacity market auctions #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/rjIyZjNExR

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Half‑Price AI SEO Cohort: Enroll Before Sunday
SocialMar 19, 2026

Half‑Price AI SEO Cohort: Enroll Before Sunday

another day another mollah students enrolling for the AI SEO cohort course at 50% until sunday. https://t.co/pH4SWQZmmG

By Flavio Amiel
FBI Takes Down Iran-Linked Hacker Group’s Website
SocialMar 19, 2026

FBI Takes Down Iran-Linked Hacker Group’s Website

The FBI appears to have seized the website of an Iran-linked hacker group that claimed responsibility for the only known significant cyberattack on a U.S. company since war between the countries started in February. https://t.co/B8Efsx5dD0

By Rich Tehrani
Nvidia Unveils 2028 Rosa‑Feynman AI Hardware Roadmap
SocialMar 19, 2026

Nvidia Unveils 2028 Rosa‑Feynman AI Hardware Roadmap

Nvidia has spiced up its 2028 AI hardware roadmap with reveals about the future Rosa-Feynman systems. $NVDA https://t.co/vLAotJHTKh

By Timothy Prickett Morgan
AI Agents on PCs Echo 90s Web‑server Hype
SocialMar 19, 2026

AI Agents on PCs Echo 90s Web‑server Hype

This week’s idea that the future of AI is everybody running AI agents locally on their computer reminds me a lot at the moment in the mid 90s when people thought that everyone working in a big company would have...

By Benedict Evans
Kingston 1TB Dual‑Port SSD Delivers Lightning‑Fast Mac Transfers
SocialMar 19, 2026

Kingston 1TB Dual‑Port SSD Delivers Lightning‑Fast Mac Transfers

The Kingston Dual USB-A/USB-C Portable 1TB SSD is one of the most fascinating demos I've recorded: A capacious storage device, it's super fast, but you can also see it negotiate optimal transfer speed with MacOS. Check it out: https://t.co/EUsSw8DAE7 #ssd...

By Dave Taylor
EU Auditors Say Energy Community Goals Exceed Feasibility
SocialMar 19, 2026

EU Auditors Say Energy Community Goals Exceed Feasibility

EU auditors warn energy community targets outpace reality #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/QZqS1XRUDX

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Two AI Projects, Not Ten, Unlock $200K Career
SocialMar 19, 2026

Two AI Projects, Not Ten, Unlock $200K Career

You don’t need 10 AI DS projects. You need 2 that matter: 1. ML app that predicts something real 2. RAG + agent app that saves time for a team That’s a portfolio that will land you a $200K career. 👉Here's your 1st one: Comment...

By Matt Dancho
Google Launches Gemini Mac App to Challenge ChatGPT
SocialMar 19, 2026

Google Launches Gemini Mac App to Challenge ChatGPT

NEW: Google is ramping up development of a dedicated Gemini AI app for Apple Inc.’s Mac computer lineup, looking to step up competition with OpenAI and Anthropic. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-19/google-begins-testing-gemini-mac-app-to-match-chatgpt-and-claude?utm_medium=email&utm_source=author_alert&utm_term=260319&utm_campaign=author_19842959

By Mark Gurman
Good AI Teams Must Outpace Bad Actors' AI
SocialMar 19, 2026

Good AI Teams Must Outpace Bad Actors' AI

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with an AI is a good guy with an AI. Or many good guys with AI. We need to find ways to incentivize that, and build our detection, defense, and intervention capacities...

By Ramez Naam
Bezos Plans $100B Fund to Automate Manufacturing with AI
SocialMar 19, 2026

Bezos Plans $100B Fund to Automate Manufacturing with AI

"Jeff Bezos is in early talks to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation." https://t.co/UmA1I3g0xp

By Scott Lincicome
ChatGPT’s Relevance Boost Cuts Site Mentions, Citations
SocialMar 19, 2026

ChatGPT’s Relevance Boost Cuts Site Mentions, Citations

Site seeing massive decline in mentions and citations in ChatGPT. When checking what dropped, ChatGPT is surfacing much more relevant content than before. Very interesting example... Mentions is the first screenshot, then citations. I need to dig in further but...

By Glenn Gabe
FDA’s Post‑Prasad Path: Six Drugmakers, Six Months
SocialMar 19, 2026

FDA’s Post‑Prasad Path: Six Drugmakers, Six Months

This week's Biotech Scorecard newsletter: Six drugmakers, six months: Charting the FDA’s course in the post-Prasad era $REPL Pierre Fabre $ATRA $QURE $CAPR $RGNX https://t.co/sGa7G6YTDn

By Adam Feuerstein
AT&T's New App Might Be As Annoying As T‑Life
SocialMar 19, 2026

AT&T's New App Might Be As Annoying As T‑Life

Opining about AT&T's new app. Is it as annoying as T-Life? @ATT @TMobile #AI #apps 🖇️ https://t.co/yTpVLYHC0z 🖇️ https://t.co/KwICNKp2wu

By Monica Alleven
Universal Commerce Protocol Simplifies AI Shopping Experience
SocialMar 19, 2026

Universal Commerce Protocol Simplifies AI Shopping Experience

AI shopping gets simpler with Universal Commerce Protocol updates https://t.co/aqwpcfY5zc < new options, capabilities, and identity-linking features

By Richard Seroter
Add a Verification Selfie to Secure Your Instagram
SocialMar 19, 2026

Add a Verification Selfie to Secure Your Instagram

Big IG fan? Then you definitely want to ensure that you can recover access to your Instagram account if it's hijacked. Now, before it's an issue, the smart move is to add an @Instagram Verification Selfie. Here's how... https://t.co/YVCNoanFY5 #instagram...

By Dave Taylor
Pentagon Faces Push to Drop Claude, Users Resist
SocialMar 19, 2026

Pentagon Faces Push to Drop Claude, Users Resist

Hegseth wants Pentagon to dump Anthropic's Claude, but military users say it's not so easy https://t.co/JpevYXENl9

By Paul Triolo