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Iran Conflict Jeopardizes $300 Bn Gulf AI Investment
SocialMar 14, 2026

Iran Conflict Jeopardizes $300 Bn Gulf AI Investment

Iran war imperils $300bn in Gulf AI spending. UAE and Saudi Arabia have been big investors in AI and major destinations for data centers. https://t.co/V7640CyKCt https://t.co/jK6wLnogDE

By Holger Zschaepitz
Adobe's Cancellation Trap Turns Loyal Users Into Critics
SocialMar 14, 2026

Adobe's Cancellation Trap Turns Loyal Users Into Critics

This cancellation dark pattern is slowly killing Adobe It turns promoters (customers who love the product and pay for it) into vocal haters I am an example as well who got tricked into the sub you cannot cancel without a penalty. I...

By Gergely Orosz
Grammarly Pulls Writer‑style AI After Lawsuit, Sparking Ethics Debate
SocialMar 14, 2026

Grammarly Pulls Writer‑style AI After Lawsuit, Sparking Ethics Debate

A Grammarly feature that suggested edits in the style of well-known writers has now been removed after backlash and a class-action lawsuit. The tool generated recommendations inspired by named authors and academics, raising concerns about using real identities and reputations without...

By Spiros Margaris
Reddit 2026: AI Threats Eclipse Classic Phishing Concerns
SocialMar 14, 2026

Reddit 2026: AI Threats Eclipse Classic Phishing Concerns

From Phishing to AI Chaos: What My Analysis of All Reddit CyberSecurity Discussions So Far in 2026 Revealed. By late January 2026, the threads already buzzing with upvotes and sharp commentary were not chasing sci-fi nightmares or unproven breakthroughs. https://t.co/LF7w9E3mMR

By Dez Blanchfield
Prompt Engineering Shows We're Still Far From AGI
SocialMar 14, 2026

Prompt Engineering Shows We're Still Far From AGI

The persisting importance of prompt engineering -- and now harness engineering -- is one of the best indicators of how far we are from AGI. A general system doesn't need a task-specific harness. And when provided with instructions, it is...

By François Chollet
NY AI Ban Shields Cartel, Ignoring Uninsured Crisis
SocialMar 14, 2026

NY AI Ban Shields Cartel, Ignoring Uninsured Crisis

New York wants to ban AI that outscores doctors on medical exams. Over 900,000 New Yorkers have no insurance. 92% of low-income legal problems go unaddressed. Anti-AI NY bill S7263 isn't consumer protection. It's cartel protection. https://t.co/e9BdWuvvUB

By Garry Tan
FoxO3a Boost in Dentate Gyrus Eases Stress‑induced Depression
SocialMar 14, 2026

FoxO3a Boost in Dentate Gyrus Eases Stress‑induced Depression

Overexpression of FoxO3a in the dentate gyrus alleviates CUS-induced anxiety- and depression-like behaviors and cognitive impairment https://t.co/p2t18NRkew

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Video-Generated Robot Control Achieves Complex Tasks with Minimal Data
SocialMar 14, 2026

Video-Generated Robot Control Achieves Complex Tasks with Minimal Data

Learning from robot data? Standard. Direct Video-Action Models (DVA) is different: treat robot control as video generation, then translate the generated video into actions. Built by Rhoda AI , the system pre-trains causal video models from scratch and can run...

By Ilir Aliu
GPT-5.4 Solves Two-Decade AI‑impossible Polish Math Puzzle
SocialMar 14, 2026

GPT-5.4 Solves Two-Decade AI‑impossible Polish Math Puzzle

A Polish mathematician spent 20 years building a problem he said no AI could solve. GPT-5.4 cracked it on run 11. https://t.co/ORmXbqZrVQ

By Garry Tan
Built Automated Batch Job Framework in Two Weeks
SocialMar 14, 2026

Built Automated Batch Job Framework in Two Weeks

If you followed my journey to try to build a batch job framework (below) for like three years well, here’s what I got done vibe coding 🤖 as a chaperone for naughty AI agents and chatbots in two weeks. To...

By Teri Radichel
Built a Feature‑Rich macOS Teleprompter While Awaiting iOS Approval
SocialMar 14, 2026

Built a Feature‑Rich macOS Teleprompter While Awaiting iOS Approval

waiting for my iOS app to get approved so i built a macOS teleprompter app because everything else out there sucked. customize size, color, font, speed, hotkey, support for up for 5 scripts at once. it has 4K recording, controls (brightness,...

By Luke Hurd
Starlink Count Corrected to 9,967, Not 9,969
SocialMar 14, 2026

Starlink Count Corrected to 9,967, Not 9,969

I've spent the evening chasing down errors in my data files. Please be aware that the total number of Starlinks currently in orbit is actually only 9967, and not 9969 as shown right now on my web page (should update...

By Jonathan McDowell
AI Sleep Model Predicts 130+ Diseases From PSG
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Sleep Model Predicts 130+ Diseases From PSG

SleepFM is a multimodal #AI foundation model for disease prediction. Developed by @Stanford researchers, trained on over 585K hours of polysomnography (PSG) data from 65K patients. It analyzes brain, heart, & respiratory signals to predict 130+ diseases—including dementia, cancer, and heart...

By Daniel Kraft, MD
Stretchable Metal‑Polymer Wires Enable Flexible Future Electronics
SocialMar 14, 2026

Stretchable Metal‑Polymer Wires Enable Flexible Future Electronics

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸. 👏 Researchers in China have developed a Metal-Polymer Conductor (MPC) by combining elastic polymers with liquid metals like gallium and indium. The result is quite remarkable. A circuit that can: → stretch → twist → fold → bend repeatedly …and still conduct electricity. Traditional...

By Pascal Bornet
Huge Markdown State Machines Become Redundant with Larger Context
SocialMar 14, 2026

Huge Markdown State Machines Become Redundant with Larger Context

I built 4,700 lines of markdown state machines to survive Claude's 200K context window. With 1M tokens, most of that machinery is overhead. Time to rewrite. https://t.co/jKQAUZqjfb

By Brad Feld
EpiAge‑R Integrates Epigenetic Clocks, Resilience, and Multi‑omics Ageing
SocialMar 14, 2026

EpiAge‑R Integrates Epigenetic Clocks, Resilience, and Multi‑omics Ageing

Epigenetic Clocks, Resilience, and Multi-Omics Ageing: A Review and the EpiAge-R Conceptual Framework The hierarchical architecture of the EpiAge-R framework... https://t.co/YpwDdLI7wo https://t.co/Uid3kNzDHr

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
AI Race Visualized: OpenAI Leads, Others Lag
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Race Visualized: OpenAI Leads, Others Lag

I think this is a good way to visualize the AI race using the long-lived GPQA Diamond benchmark. You can see how long OpenAI had the field to itself, the rise (and collapse) of Meta, the sudden catch-up (and then stagnation)...

By Ethan Mollick
AI's True Value: Leveraging Private Data for Small Businesses
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI's True Value: Leveraging Private Data for Small Businesses

The real value in AI is when is uses private data - For a small business what does “private data” actually look like? https://t.co/sLKhpLiqKJ via @DLAIgnite #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling #Sales #SalesLeader #leadership #Marketing #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews

By Tim Hughes
New Guidelines for Evaluating Multi-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells
SocialMar 14, 2026

New Guidelines for Evaluating Multi-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells

Guidelines to assess three-terminal, four-terminal tandem solar cell performance #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/qsJNLWPREf https://t.co/IRgBPkTteX

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Mute Notifications with Android Digital Wellbeing for Better Sleep
SocialMar 14, 2026

Mute Notifications with Android Digital Wellbeing for Better Sleep

Phone endlessly wanting your attention, whether it's 2:00pm or 2:00am? You can mute the darn thing with "Digital Wellbeing" settings in Android. Here's how to set it up... https://t.co/IVvpbMl3N4 #sleep #android #health https://t.co/ewcgIWuoNc

By Dave Taylor
Size Doesn't Matter in 3D‑Printed Robot Battles
SocialMar 14, 2026

Size Doesn't Matter in 3D‑Printed Robot Battles

Does size matter for combat robots that are 3D Printed? I don’t think so. @accucomponents brings some serious robot fighting into sanjaymortimerfoundation 2026 #robotics #3dprintinglife #3dprinting

By Osman Dogan Yirmibesoglu Threads
Nvidia’s NemoClaw Likely Most Secure, Customer‑Ready Solution
SocialMar 14, 2026

Nvidia’s NemoClaw Likely Most Secure, Customer‑Ready Solution

Who has the most secure Claw setup and actually has customers they are supporting on it? Seems like Nvidia’s upcoming NemoClaw would be the safe bet…

By Eric Siu
AI Dismissed on Campus, Belief Becomes Contrarian
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Dismissed on Campus, Belief Becomes Contrarian

Spoke to a 19 year old comp sci student today and asked her how seriously their school (USC) is taking AI. Her teachers tell her not to worry about it. Her peers refuse to use it. She thinks they are all cooked. Insane...

By Eric Siu
AI Agents Will Dictate Future Software Procurement Decisions
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Agents Will Dictate Future Software Procurement Decisions

A subtle dynamic today that will likely end up being quite fundamental in the future is that AI agents implicitly will end up procuring a significant portion of tech in the future for you and your company. For companies that have...

By Aaron Levie
BObsweep MAXIM: The Ferrari of Robot Vacuums
SocialMar 14, 2026

BObsweep MAXIM: The Ferrari of Robot Vacuums

With its amazing features and capabilities, I'm not exaggerating when I call the @bObsweep MAXIM Robot Vacuum and Mop the "Ferrari of robot vacuum cleaners". Watch my video to see why it finally offers a clean that other devices just...

By Dave Taylor
Dinawan Solar Farm Joins 14 Projects in State Investment Round
SocialMar 14, 2026

Dinawan Solar Farm Joins 14 Projects in State Investment Round

Australia’s Dinawan solar farm among 14 projects in state investment round #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xbrjeqgLOx

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Vendor Reply Undermines Massive Human Effort
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Vendor Reply Undermines Massive Human Effort

Got an AI-written reply from a vendor we pay tens of millions of dollars a year to, and it doesn't feel good. Three people spent enormous deliberative effort for a whole day in very expensive company time to make every word of...

By SwiftOnSecurity
Gemini Handles 90% of OpenClaw Tasks
SocialMar 14, 2026

Gemini Handles 90% of OpenClaw Tasks

90% of OpenClaw can be done in Gemini: * Calendar Assistant: Talk to Gemini to schedule events in Google Calendar (same for Gmail, Docs, etc) * Automation/Cron: Use Gemini "Scheduled Actions"

By Philip Fung
Mirror Windows PC to TV via Chromecast, No Chrome Needed
SocialMar 14, 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
Google Acquires Intersect Power, Targets California, Texas Solar-Storage
SocialMar 14, 2026

Google Acquires Intersect Power, Targets California, Texas Solar-Storage

Google completes US$4.75 billion Intersect Power acquisition, initial focus on California & Texas solar-plus-storage #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/ILxqalliTu

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI Dominates CES2026 Spotlight on Show Floor
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Dominates CES2026 Spotlight on Show Floor

#FridayFlashback. AI steals the spotlight on the #CES2026 show floor. (CTV News) #AI #Technology #Tradeshows https://t.co/oVGVf49wFC

By James Gingerich
Human-in-the-M
SocialMar 14, 2026

Human-in-the-M

Today's AI agents live in the back-office. The next wave will be human-in-the-middle UX agents that redefine how customers and employees interact with your business. Data, DevOps, and UX experiments are your onramp. #AI #DigitalTransformation https://t.co/1JJW0fGZaG

By Isaac Sacolick
Canvas Robot Perfectly Maps, Sprays, and Sands Walls
SocialMar 14, 2026

Canvas Robot Perfectly Maps, Sprays, and Sands Walls

Meet Canvas: The #Robot That Maps, Sprays and Sands Walls to Perfection by @Canvas_Build #FutureTech #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology #Tech https://t.co/RR8e3KPhii

By Ron van Loon
Daphne Koller Democratized Education Through Coursera
SocialMar 14, 2026

Daphne Koller Democratized Education Through Coursera

Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera Made Education Accessible To Millions Worldwide Online. (The Timekeeper) #WomenInTech #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/QhMgFh3KHd

By James Gingerich
Data Supply Chain Becomes Critical Backbone for Chip Development
SocialMar 14, 2026

Data Supply Chain Becomes Critical Backbone for Chip Development

#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Silicon The Semiconductor Let Us Learn About Data Supply Chain: 1/ - The Semiconductor Data Supply Chain Is Becoming A Critical Layer Of Modern Chip Development And Manufacturing. - It Connects Design Data, Process Data, Test Data, And Analytics...

By Chetan Arvind Patil
Instagram Should Default to Encryption, Not Cancel It
SocialMar 14, 2026

Instagram Should Default to Encryption, Not Cancel It

Instagram should’ve made end-to-end encryption the default for everyone, not shut it down because “very few people were opting in.” https://t.co/dc2xX4WNbt https://t.co/HLmKFqGLOD

By Runa Sandvik
AI Art Advocates Spread Elitist, Ableist Resentment Narratives
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Art Advocates Spread Elitist, Ableist Resentment Narratives

If AI music and art boosters think it’s such a great tool why are they pushing “resentment” talking points. You know something like “Music and art elites don’t want the common folks competing with them.” Here’s my reply...

By David Lowery
Deadly Export Bill Would Stifle AI Supply Chains
SocialMar 14, 2026

Deadly Export Bill Would Stifle AI Supply Chains

Glad this was killed. It was the worst export bill I’ve ever seen floated in a decade. I was discussing this in DC this week. It would have required every company in the supply chain the get permission to ship...

By Patrick Moorhead
Prioritize S/4HANA Migration Before AI Adoption
SocialMar 14, 2026

Prioritize S/4HANA Migration Before AI Adoption

Many SAP customers are still focused on migrating from legacy systems to S/4HANA. AI adoption is like climbing Maslow's hierarchy – you need basic financials and clean data first. Focus on the transition; AI can come later. #SAP #S4HANA #AI...

By Eric Kimberling
AI Content Targeting Kids Normalizes Low-Quality Visuals
SocialMar 14, 2026

AI Content Targeting Kids Normalizes Low-Quality Visuals

This feels like one of the first frontiers for normalizing content made by AI: put it in front of extremely young children who don’t know any better and parents who are used to low quality CG that already looks like...

By Patrick Klepek
The Chip‑Making Beast Powering Modern Tech
SocialMar 14, 2026

The Chip‑Making Beast Powering Modern Tech

Meet the Chip-Making Beast That Powers Modern Technology by @tweetciiiim #Innovation #TechForGood #EmergingTech #Technology https://t.co/nEHwSNOGen

By Ron van Loon
Braygent Generates Full List of NVIDIA GTC Attendees
SocialMar 14, 2026

Braygent Generates Full List of NVIDIA GTC Attendees

Who is going to NVIDIA GTC next week? These people and companies: https://t.co/b030YHA4zp My "Braygent" made by me and @blevlabs is helping me plan out my week and made this complete report.

By Robert Scoble
Delete AI-Generated Content for $79, Revive Your Site
SocialMar 13, 2026

Delete AI-Generated Content for $79, Revive Your Site

New SEO Service: For $79, I will personally delete all the scaled AI content from your cold, dead website

By Cyrus Shepard
Same Hype Machines: NFTs to AI Music Hype
SocialMar 13, 2026

Same Hype Machines: NFTs to AI Music Hype

Remember when NFTs were gonna revolutionize everything. It’s the same fucking accounts pushing AI music.

By David Lowery
Semantic Layer Gives Agents Backend Context, Free Open‑source
SocialMar 13, 2026

Semantic Layer Gives Agents Backend Context, Free Open‑source

Agents fail at backends because they lack context. @insforge_dev V2 fixes this via a semantic layer & MCP 👀 → Connects Claude/Cursor directly to your backend → Auto-configs Postgres DBs, Auth, & S3 Storage → Deploys edge functions seamlessly Free and open-source 🧵↓ https://t.co/BZmifQ1pqL

By Data Chaz
Professor Demonstrates Color‑Tracking Robotics on Pi Day
SocialMar 13, 2026

Professor Demonstrates Color‑Tracking Robotics on Pi Day

#Nori #AI #Avatar #Robotics #Engineering #Professor teaches color tracking #PiDay #HappyPiDay #NoireSTEMinist #STEM #Robot https://t.co/h3RK0ZadpM https://t.co/EnFpCj55pr

By Dr. Carlotta A. Berry
Musk Vows Annual Optimus Releases; 3 in Summer, 4 by 2027
SocialMar 13, 2026

Musk Vows Annual Optimus Releases; 3 in Summer, 4 by 2027

@elonmusk plans to release a new humanoid robot every year. Optimus 3 begins production in the summer, while Optimus 4 designs are completed by 2027. https://t.co/S88tvfrRF8

By Peter H. Diamandis
Inference Scarcity Will Force Rationing and Smaller Models
SocialMar 13, 2026

Inference Scarcity Will Force Rationing and Smaller Models

Everything is in short supply. It’s no longer just GPUs. It’s power. Data centers. Memory. CPUs. If there’s no relief for six more quarters, perhaps it’s time to plan for a world where inference isn’t freely available on-demand. Inference prices,...

By Tomasz Tunguz
Humanoid Robots Master Shaolin Kung Fu
SocialMar 13, 2026

Humanoid Robots Master Shaolin Kung Fu

Steel Meets Shaolin: Humanoid #Robots Take on Kung Fu by @reborn_agi #AI #MachineLearning #Robotics #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #ML #Technology https://t.co/I35FGdpylV

By Ron van Loon