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China Deploys Drones for High‑Rise Fire Rescue
SocialApr 11, 2026

China Deploys Drones for High‑Rise Fire Rescue

China Unveils #Drone Firefighting Tech for High-Rise Rescue and Fire Control by @MarchUnofficial #Innovation #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech #TechForGood https://t.co/X3TFjnP0XV

By Ron van Loon
Use Gen AI to Argue Bull and Bear Views
SocialApr 11, 2026

Use Gen AI to Argue Bull and Bear Views

Jeremy https://t.co/SHKmqpIutV, you’d instead use gen AI tools to argue the bull and the bear arguments https://t.co/QnEXYv9D2P

By Michael Fritzell
India Adds 44.6 GW Solar, Hits 150 GW Milestone.
SocialApr 11, 2026

India Adds 44.6 GW Solar, Hits 150 GW Milestone.

India just smashed the 150 GW solar milestone >Added 44.6 GW of solar in 1 year, up 87% y-on-y (that's more than the total installed solar capacity of the UK or Spain) >Global solar leaderboard shifting fast: India now 3rd largest solar...

By Assaad Razzouk
AI‑Engineered Steel Boosts 3D‑Print Strength, Cuts Costs
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI‑Engineered Steel Boosts 3D‑Print Strength, Cuts Costs

🔺 Scientists use AI to create ultra-strong, rust-proof steel for 3D-printed parts New AI-designed steel delivers high strength, flexibility, and rust resistance while cutting cost and processing time for 3D printing. https://t.co/hbm3AUGt2z https://t.co/b3vLdGRclh

By Efi Pylarinou
Delay Cookie Consent Until Interaction to Boost Conversions
SocialApr 11, 2026

Delay Cookie Consent Until Interaction to Boost Conversions

Full-Screen Cookie Banner are the biggest conversion killer. You know that you can delay consent (and tracking) until the visitor interacted (e.g. scrolled a bit) with you page? So that user get a chance to understand if your offering is...

By David Wippel
Aging
SocialApr 11, 2026

Aging

RIP Dr Skulachev who made serious contributions to the ROS theory of aging. Unfortunately, no FDA-approved drug out of his work yet. One of my goals is to have several FDA approved drugs before or after I die. Papers and...

By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD
Digital Dashboards Need Retro Flair, Not Just Beach Vibes
SocialApr 11, 2026

Digital Dashboards Need Retro Flair, Not Just Beach Vibes

10/10. Modern digital dashboards really should get a bit more creative and offer a retro theme too. Unlike... *checks notes* a bloody beach theme on the MBUX Hyper screen.

By Dhruv Bhutani
Claude AI Grows Tomatoes Autonomously for 100+ Days
SocialApr 11, 2026

Claude AI Grows Tomatoes Autonomously for 100+ Days

Anthropic’s Claude #AI #Autonomously Grows Tomatoes for 100+ Days in Groundbreaking Experiment by @d33v33d0 #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/lhMuLS70zA

By Ron van Loon
Samsung Drops Native Messaging App From Default in 2024
SocialApr 11, 2026

Samsung Drops Native Messaging App From Default in 2024

@MKBHD @WVFRM RE Samsung messages It was 2021 when Samsung started pre installing Google Messages, but Samsung Messages was on the phone as well. 2024 is when Samsung's messaged wasn't included out of the box, and had to be downloaded...

By Zac Kew‑Denniss
Autonomous Agents Turn Compute Into Unlimited Demand
SocialApr 11, 2026

Autonomous Agents Turn Compute Into Unlimited Demand

My take: When agents are free to work, chat, design, code, buy, sell, and self-organize 24/7 the demand for compute will become limited only by compute availability itself. Agents are Jevons Paradox embodied.

By Dion Hinchcliffe
Tree‑Climbing Pruning Robot Outpaces Monkeys
SocialApr 11, 2026

Tree‑Climbing Pruning Robot Outpaces Monkeys

Faster Than a Monkey: This Tree-Climbing Pruning #Robot Is Wild by @IntEngineering #Robotics #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/7Hldaa6bJU

By Ron van Loon
Kuvera's Decline Drives Users to New
SocialApr 11, 2026

Kuvera's Decline Drives Users to New

The enshittification of Kuvera has begun, with Cred "revamping" the app. What mutual fund app is now everyone moving to?

By Aamir Siddiqui
Over the Moon After Seven Hours of Stunning Recovery Images
SocialApr 11, 2026

Over the Moon After Seven Hours of Stunning Recovery Images

So many amazing images at recovery. What is your fav? I'm quite figuratively "over the moon" having watched everything unfold over the past 7 hours.

By Marcus House
AI Chat Slows Down when Browser Tab Loses Focus
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI Chat Slows Down when Browser Tab Loses Focus

Does it feel like your AI slows its response if you leave the browser tab? Is this just me?

By Nir Eyal
Artemis II’s 3D Flight Path to the Moon
SocialApr 11, 2026

Artemis II’s 3D Flight Path to the Moon

Artemis II mission route in 3D! https://t.co/MwqPxMYofs #artemis #ArtemisII #moonmission #moon #journeytomoon #space #SpaceLovers @lexfridman @KirkDBorne @Ronald_vanLoon @erikbryn @antgrasso @sallyeaves @Nicochan33 @HaroldSinnott @mvollmer1 @marcusborba @CatherineAdenle @vinod1975 @YuHelenYu @ingliguori @fogoros @ylecun @TerenceLeungSF @SourabhSKatoch @wil_bielert @HsrYueli @faustospain @Whats_AI @kaifulee @demishassabis @marek_rosa @AndrewYNg @BernardMarr...

By Amitav Bhattacharjee
Frontier AI's Rapid Threat Looms if Misused
SocialApr 11, 2026

Frontier AI's Rapid Threat Looms if Misused

We live in such a perfect world considering where frontier AI could easily take us in under a year if the villains were a bit more creative. Some of the very realistic ideas that are on the surface I am...

By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD
Starlink Group 17‑21 Launches From Vandenberg at 0504 UTC
SocialApr 11, 2026

Starlink Group 17‑21 Launches From Vandenberg at 0504 UTC

LAUNCH at 0504 UTC Apr 11 of Starlink Group 17-21 from Vandenberg Space Force Base

By Jonathan McDowell
Huawei’s Fold Signals the Dawn of Post‑Keyboard Computing
SocialApr 11, 2026

Huawei’s Fold Signals the Dawn of Post‑Keyboard Computing

Huawei may have just shown where personal computing is heading next. And it looks a lot less like a traditional laptop. The MateBook Fold takes an 18.3-inch OLED display, folds it like a book, and turns it into a smaller 13-inch device...

By Pascal Bornet
S Plus Production Slumps, Edge Model Likely Replacement
SocialApr 11, 2026

S Plus Production Slumps, Edge Model Likely Replacement

Galaxy S Plus is not lasting another generation. Might not even last this one. Production breakdown: S26 Ultra: 1.5 Million S26 Plus: 200K S26: 1.3 Million S26 Plus is getting dangerously close to S25 Edge level production. At this point I'd just launch the S26...

By The Galox
Yudkowsky’s Double Talk: Safety Proposals vs Bomb Threat
SocialApr 11, 2026

Yudkowsky’s Double Talk: Safety Proposals vs Bomb Threat

“Yudkowsky talks out of both sides of his mouth. He wants us to believe that his proposals for avoiding an AGI apocalypse are within the bounds of established norms, yet in a moment of honesty he says that he would...

By Taylor Lorenz
AI Agent Integration Still Stuck in Altair BASIC Era
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI Agent Integration Still Stuck in Altair BASIC Era

Yes, this is indeed a somewhat frustrating setup to get OpenClaw + GBrain + LLM Knowledge Wiki talking to your phone. These are all things that need to be fixed. We're in the Altair BASIC era of AI agents. (Screenshot below...

By Garry Tan
Designing Legible AI Codebases & Embracing Friction
SocialApr 11, 2026

Designing Legible AI Codebases & Embracing Friction

AI Engineer conference in Europe is pretty good. A few slides from Armin Ronacher's talk: Designing agent legible codebases and embracing friction links below

By Oleg Ciubotaru
Brain‑Inspired AI Delivers Scalable, Energy‑Efficient Parallel Computing
SocialApr 11, 2026

Brain‑Inspired AI Delivers Scalable, Energy‑Efficient Parallel Computing

We absolutely must understand how the brain works to solve brain diseases. @unconvAI is taking inspiration from the brain, and is ultimately solving a different problem: it is building machines that can solve many problems in parallel in a massive...

By Shahin Farshchi
BYOAI's Rise Brings Huge Governance Risks for Untrained Users
SocialApr 11, 2026

BYOAI's Rise Brings Huge Governance Risks for Untrained Users

BYOAI Revolution: Why “Bring Your Own AI” is the new BYOD and the massive governance risks of an illiterate workforce building their own bots https://t.co/rHwTssIIiG via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Leadership #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #AgenticAI #AIAgents #AI

By Tim Hughes
Moya: First Biomimetic AI Robot Mimics Human Expressions
SocialApr 11, 2026

Moya: First Biomimetic AI Robot Mimics Human Expressions

Meet Moya: World's First 'Biomimetic AI Robot' That Can Bend, Smile and Wink with Unsettling Human-like Accuracy https://t.co/37i9oYo8rd #biomimetic #humanoidtech #humanoid #robot #Robotics #AI #TechRevolution #TechInnovation #ArtificialInteligence #PhysicalAI @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @Fisher85M @kalydeoo @Ym78200 @Nicochan33 @chboursin @3itcom @Fabriziobustama...

By Amitav Bhattacharjee
AI Turns Knowledge Work Into Mass‑Produced Synthetic Labor
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI Turns Knowledge Work Into Mass‑Produced Synthetic Labor

AI is synthetic labor. It gives us the ability to mass-produce knowledge labor itself. And accelerate it. The implications are incredible and terrifying.

By Dave Stagner
New IDS Enhance SCADA Cybersecurity Protection
SocialApr 11, 2026

New IDS Enhance SCADA Cybersecurity Protection

New intrusion detection systems boost protection of SCADA systems against cyber threats #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/110epGR3u2

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
New GBrain Connectors Enable Agent Chat and Phone Calls
SocialApr 11, 2026

New GBrain Connectors Enable Agent Chat and Phone Calls

Two things I'm excited to ship for GBrain for the next 36 hours: Connectors to Claude Cowork / Perplexity Computer so your GBrain can talk with the locked down agents via MCP GBrain Skillpack that will let you have Call-Your-Claw-By-Phone via Twilio...

By Garry Tan
Waymo's Scattered Rollout May Avoid Rapid
SocialApr 11, 2026

Waymo's Scattered Rollout May Avoid Rapid

Why does Waymo spread their cars across dozens of cities? They should completely saturate one city til they match Uber’s pick up times. I assume they’re trying to lose because winning in self-driving means putting too many people out of work,...

By Ryan Petersen
Hawai‘i Campus Adds Solar Carports with Battery Storage
SocialApr 11, 2026

Hawai‘i Campus Adds Solar Carports with Battery Storage

University of Hawai’i branch campus to install solar carports with battery system #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/mP7B0rliLk

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
WA Households Miss Negative Pricing, Boosting Solar‑battery Push
SocialApr 11, 2026

WA Households Miss Negative Pricing, Boosting Solar‑battery Push

In Western Australia, domestic customers don't have access to negative pricing events - because? @SynergyEnergy How about it @RogerCookMLA - a further incentive to put solar into batteries - and into batteries on wheels?

By Prof Ray Wills
Monopoly Go!Chat Hits #1, Learning App Store Secrets
SocialApr 11, 2026

Monopoly Go!Chat Hits #1, Learning App Store Secrets

up to #3, coming for the crown 👑 that being said, MONOPOLY GO!Chat is now #1, so i’m learning a lot about the App Store https://t.co/Vz1pwoxdpY

By Alexander Wang
Building Apps That Profit and Save Lives During Floods
SocialApr 11, 2026

Building Apps That Profit and Save Lives During Floods

Building a profitable app feels great, but even better: Building tech that helps people in need. @kurbaitaev seeing a dangerous flood hit his home country Dagestan by doing what he does best: Building. The app quickly went viral and empowered many...

By Amjad Masad
Data Centers Face 2026 Ballot, Fail Initial Test
SocialApr 11, 2026

Data Centers Face 2026 Ballot, Fail Initial Test

Data centers are on the ballot in 2026 — and just failed the first test #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/T5JkqFSW8w

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Magnetic Privacy Filter Shields MacBook From Shoulder Surfers
SocialApr 11, 2026

Magnetic Privacy Filter Shields MacBook From Shoulder Surfers

Tired of shoulder surfers seeing everything on your MacBook screen when working in public? Then you'll want to learn all about the Afterplug Magnetic Privacy Filter Screen, which I demo and test in my latest review video: https://t.co/dVTvZyGDMc #privacy #macbook...

By Dave Taylor
LLM Drafts Are Useful, but Require Careful Human Editing
SocialApr 11, 2026

LLM Drafts Are Useful, but Require Careful Human Editing

Amazing how many established leaders and intellectuals think they can fool everyone with pure llm generated writing. Pangram 100% level It can be very helpful to get a draft of a sentence or paragraph from an LLM…but how do you not...

By Skanda Amarnath
Human Cells Lag Far Behind Yeast in Large DNA Integration
SocialApr 11, 2026

Human Cells Lag Far Behind Yeast in Large DNA Integration

“Ultra large” in this paper is 8 kb 😭 > shows how far we are from achieving the sort of SynBio we routinely do in yeast in primary human cells. 50 kb integrations are fairly routine in yeast

By Tom Ellis
Disable Adaptive Reasoning on Opus & Sonnet via Env Variable
SocialApr 11, 2026

Disable Adaptive Reasoning on Opus & Sonnet via Env Variable

To disable adaptive reasoning on Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 and revert to the previous fixed thinking budget, set CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_ADAPTIVE_THINKING=1. When disabled, these models use the fixed budget controlled by MAX_THINKING_TOKENS. https://t.co/sPAkOwVB9C

By Teri Radichel
A Proxy Without SLOs Is a Liability
SocialApr 11, 2026

A Proxy Without SLOs Is a Liability

Your proxy is either a guardian or a liability. There’s no in-between. If it doesn’t have its own SLOs, timeouts, and runbook — it’s not a safe proxy. It’s a false sense of security with a load balancer in front. 🫥 What’s yours running...

By Kaila Mayho
Substack's In-App Payments Set for Global Rollout by Mid‑2026
SocialApr 11, 2026

Substack's In-App Payments Set for Global Rollout by Mid‑2026

Substack in-app payments haven't become a big thing yet, as they're only available in the US and a few other countries. But I think they'll be rolled out globally by mid-2026 https://t.co/iHQrkcgbb6

By Michael Fritzell
AI‑generated Fact Checks Win Broader, Less Biased Approval
SocialApr 11, 2026

AI‑generated Fact Checks Win Broader, Less Biased Approval

Neat experiment finds AI fact checks are rated as more helpful & less ideological than human ones "LLM-generated Community Notes can achieve broader cross-ideological acceptance than human-written notes, receiving more positive ratings from raters across the political spectrum" https://t.co/Ofg1kYNxYe

By Ethan Mollick
SaaS Buybacks Soar While Companies Remain Deeply Underwater
SocialApr 11, 2026

SaaS Buybacks Soar While Companies Remain Deeply Underwater

software is trying to catch a falling knife SaaS companies have announced >$70B in buybacks this year… almost all are underwater

By Deirdre Bosa
Artemis II Nails Precision: Distance, Speed, Reentry on Target
SocialApr 11, 2026

Artemis II Nails Precision: Distance, Speed, Reentry on Target

Artemis II return stats, per flight director Rick Henfling (via FDO): • Distance traveled: 700,237 miles • Top speed: 24,664 mph • Reentry angle: Within 0.4% of target • Entry distance: 1,957 miles • Landing location: Within 1 mile of target

By Stephen Clark
Colorado Aerospace Powers Artemis’s Record‑Fast Reentry
SocialApr 11, 2026

Colorado Aerospace Powers Artemis’s Record‑Fast Reentry

An incredible moment for American innovation and exploration. As NASA’s Artemis mission returns to Earth, astronauts are reentering our atmosphere at speeds nearing 25,000 mph — among the fastest speeds ever traveled by humans. Colorado is proud to play a role in...

By Governor Jared Polis
Coding AI Voice Agent by Pool, Dynamic VAD Works
SocialApr 11, 2026

Coding AI Voice Agent by Pool, Dynamic VAD Works

I don’t even know what is going on with software anymore because I’m by a pool in Kona Big Island right now and coding my personal AI voice agent by chatting with it on Telegram on my iPhone while sipping...

By Garry Tan
Renewables and Nuclear to Power Half of World by 2030
SocialApr 11, 2026

Renewables and Nuclear to Power Half of World by 2030

The IEA expects renewables and nuclear to provide half of global electricity by 2030 as power demand accelerates. https://www.metalnomist.com/2026/04/clean-power-growth-will-reshape-global.html

By The Metalnomist
Layers Makes Demo Video Creation Super Easy
SocialApr 11, 2026

Layers Makes Demo Video Creation Super Easy

Layers is one of my favourite tool and creating demo videos are now super easy

By Hasan Toor
Artemis Returns Safely, Celebrating Humanity’s Space Triumph
SocialApr 11, 2026

Artemis Returns Safely, Celebrating Humanity’s Space Triumph

Artemis home, safe in the sea, Millions watched, one HUM-AN-ITY. From questions asked to answers flown, Science made the unknown… known. To every hand that shaped the way, Thank you for bringing her home today 🌙 Goodnight, everyone ✌️

By Joan Marie (YourFemaleEngineer)
Master GPU Latent vs CPU Deterministic in 2026
SocialApr 11, 2026

Master GPU Latent vs CPU Deterministic in 2026

Open source and knowing what goes in latent space (GPU) and what goes in deterministic space (CPU) ^^ the defining concepts to know and implement in 2026

By Garry Tan