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Industry Denies Rumors of Further Home Battery Price Cuts
SocialMar 5, 2026

Industry Denies Rumors of Further Home Battery Price Cuts

Shock …and doubt: Industry bats off rumour Cheaper Home Batteries will get another haircut #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/kkxsAJspHE

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Pentagon Accessed OpenAI via Microsoft, Bypassing AI Ban
SocialMar 5, 2026

Pentagon Accessed OpenAI via Microsoft, Bypassing AI Ban

Everyone is selling their software through third-party carveouts. Sometimes those third parties are the fifth-most valuable companies on Earth

By Graham Starr
Omada Launches Flexible GLP‑1 Care for Employers
SocialMar 5, 2026

Omada Launches Flexible GLP‑1 Care for Employers

When it comes to GLP‑1s, many employers feel stuck between “do nothing” and “all‑in coverage.” That’s not a great set of choices, especially when they want to find a way to say yes. I’m excited that @OmadaHealth is adding a...

By Sean Duffy
Cheap LLM Benchmarks Mislead; Need Massive Compute
SocialMar 5, 2026

Cheap LLM Benchmarks Mislead; Need Massive Compute

this is gonna get no views vs the confirmation bias machine, but pls remind everyone that the @OfirPress literal swebench author doesnt endorse this cheap sample benchmark and you need to run about 30-60x compute that margin labs is doing...

By Swyx (Shawn Wang)
Xbattery Unveils Scalable 5 kWh Home Battery in India
SocialMar 5, 2026

Xbattery Unveils Scalable 5 kWh Home Battery in India

Xbattery launches 5 kWh scalable residential ESS in India #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/YkfwCCxE7g

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Limit Change Scope to Keep Projects Manageable
SocialMar 5, 2026

Limit Change Scope to Keep Projects Manageable

Trying to change too much at once overwhelms organizations. Projects like ERP implementations never truly end because they require constant updates. Focus on manageable change. #ChangeManagement #ProjectManagement https://t.co/XgwBM8TDIa

By Eric Kimberling
AI Productivity Gains Finally Appear in Macro Data
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI Productivity Gains Finally Appear in Macro Data

Alex has been tracking the evidence on whether AI is showing up in the productivity stats. Seems like that may have actually started.

By Ethan Mollick
AI Will Redefine White‑Collar Work, Not Just Eliminate Jobs
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI Will Redefine White‑Collar Work, Not Just Eliminate Jobs

Note that "exposure" here does not necessarily mean "job loss". It means AI can automate -- or is now automating -- many of the TASKS involved in a job. That CAN manifest as job loss, but it can also free...

By Noah Smith
Experts Warn Age‑verification Laws Create Global Surveillance Network
SocialMar 5, 2026

Experts Warn Age‑verification Laws Create Global Surveillance Network

371 security/ privacy academics, including a Turing Award winner, just issued a letter saying age verification laws are building global surveillance infrastructure. Every search, message, and article read would require ID verification. Democrats are working w/ Republicans to push these laws...

By Taylor Lorenz
Anthropic's Edge Heightens Risks for Palantir Split
SocialMar 5, 2026

Anthropic's Edge Heightens Risks for Palantir Split

Don’t sleep on this. No matter how many egos are involved money talks and the reality is that no other lab is able to deliver what Anthropic provides right now.

By Paul Roetzer
Boom Launches 200k‑sqft Denver Plant for 1‑2 GW/Year Turbines
SocialMar 5, 2026

Boom Launches 200k‑sqft Denver Plant for 1‑2 GW/Year Turbines

Boom is building a 200,000sqft factory in Denver where we will build 1-2GW/year of turbines from raw materials. First equipment arrived today. https://t.co/HijqLgjsBL

By Blake Scholl
Full Capacity Unlikely Until Mid‑April, Not March 9
SocialMar 5, 2026

Full Capacity Unlikely Until Mid‑April, Not March 9

They physically cannot restart everything by March 9–apparently full capacity probably can’t be restored for a month.

By Ellen Wald
Customers Choose Us to Secure and Scale AI Investments
SocialMar 5, 2026

Customers Choose Us to Secure and Scale AI Investments

Great to join the Money Movers team at @CNBC to talk about @Okta earnings, and why customers are coming to us to help them secure and scale their AI investments. https://t.co/r2zayte2sd

By Todd McKinnon
AI-Generated AWS Scripts Need Human Verification
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI-Generated AWS Scripts Need Human Verification

So here’s a couple of fun things I tried that show how counting on AI 🤖 to do the right thing can go terribly wrong if you are not testing and paying attention. I tested automatically creating some AWS infrastructure scripts...

By Teri Radichel
Market Operator’s New Energy Plan Already Outdated?
SocialMar 5, 2026

Market Operator’s New Energy Plan Already Outdated?

Is the market operator’s next energy transition plan already out of date? #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/onnOaC55j4 https://t.co/KQEdqiJe4m

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Hotel AI Investments Expected to Yield Returns by 2026
SocialMar 5, 2026

Hotel AI Investments Expected to Yield Returns by 2026

J.P. Morgan says hotel chains' AI bets will start paying off in 2026, citing gains at Hyatt, Wyndham, Marriott, Hilton, and Choice. via @skift https://t.co/duCP81mSQl

By Sean O’Neill
Resveratrol Eases Neuropathic Pain via Mitochondrial Restoration
SocialMar 5, 2026

Resveratrol Eases Neuropathic Pain via Mitochondrial Restoration

Neuropathic pain affects 7-10% of all people globally. New 🐁 study finds resveratrol alleviates neuropathic pain associated with restoration of mitochondrial dynamics 👏 https://t.co/zJ8LvwZ9UP https://t.co/hdCK7UgqBj

By David Sinclair, PhD
ChatGPT Upgrades to GPT‑5.4 for Complex Tasks
SocialMar 5, 2026

ChatGPT Upgrades to GPT‑5.4 for Complex Tasks

ChatGPT just got another brain boost with GPT-5.4 Thinking — and it’s built for bigger, more complex tasks https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/chatgpt-just-got-another-brain-boost-with-gpt-5-4-thinking-and-its-built-for-bigger-more-complex-tasks

By Lance Ulanoff
Fragmented Workflows Turn Liability as AI Defies Hierarchy
SocialMar 5, 2026

Fragmented Workflows Turn Liability as AI Defies Hierarchy

Ambient scribe → codes → claims → payments. AI doesn’t respect org charts. NextGen explains why fragmented workflows are becoming a liability. 👀 🔗 https://t.co/557h8ofHZ0 @NextGen #AmbulatoryEHR #HITSM

By Colin Hung
Meta Glasses Privacy Breach Threatens AR Adoption
SocialMar 5, 2026

Meta Glasses Privacy Breach Threatens AR Adoption

The biggest viral AI post across all lists today. 14,000+ retweets. Meta glasses sending intimate footage to offshore contractors is exactly the privacy nightmare everyone predicted. This could kill consumer AR adoption if not addressed immediately.

By Robert Scoble
New AI‑Driven Weapons Define Future Warfare
SocialMar 5, 2026

New AI‑Driven Weapons Define Future Warfare

AI-enabled kill chains, swarming drones, high-energy lasers and stealth clusters...the weapons pummeling Iran," my latest @DailyMail https://t.co/5DPTssFCRC World War I introduced the tank and large-scale air combat. World War II debuted radar, jet aircraft, and the atomic bomb. The Gulf War...

By John Spencer
Daily AI Content Insights Drive Stunning Growth
SocialMar 5, 2026

Daily AI Content Insights Drive Stunning Growth

Started posting daily on LinkedIn about what I'm learning around AI for content marketing and holy crap look at this beautiful graph https://t.co/p6bihegxGi

By Kaleigh Moore
Solar and Storage Set to Drive 86 GW US Capacity Record
SocialMar 5, 2026

Solar and Storage Set to Drive 86 GW US Capacity Record

Solar, storage to lead record 86 GW of US capacity in 2026 #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/2UgswLbB0M

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Easily Compare Top Robotics Reward Functions on Your Videos
SocialMar 5, 2026

Easily Compare Top Robotics Reward Functions on Your Videos

for robotics researchers: there's many fantastic reward functions out there (TOPReward, Robometer, GVL, etc), so I made a lil website so you easily evaluate them on your own videos. Try: https://philfung.github.io/rewardscope/

By Philip Fung
Globalstar Posts Record 2025 Revenue, Targets Two SpaceX Launches
SocialMar 5, 2026

Globalstar Posts Record 2025 Revenue, Targets Two SpaceX Launches

.@Globalstar: Record 2025 rev, hoping for 2 @SpaceX launches this yr, only certain of one. @Apple @MDA_space @RocketLab @ITU.https://t.co/SDDwWZZM9C https://t.co/Cr479jj1du

By Peter B. de Selding
Fintech's Future Lies in Infrastructure, Not Consumer Hype
SocialMar 5, 2026

Fintech's Future Lies in Infrastructure, Not Consumer Hype

European fintech is entering a phase where the underlying structure matters more than the story. For most of the past decade, consumer challengers defined the category. Neobanks like Monzo and Revolut proved that better interfaces could acquire millions of users quickly. But...

By Lex Sokolin
OpenClaw Agents Boost Sales via Slack Integration
SocialMar 5, 2026

OpenClaw Agents Boost Sales via Slack Integration

Pls don't give me this BS that agents can't drive real business ROI. Here's an example of my OpenClaw agents invading our Slack and helping our sales team. The possibilities are endless. https://t.co/RGBDK21qyO

By Eric Siu
Open‑source Tool Reveals Flaws in Claude Code Compactions
SocialMar 5, 2026

Open‑source Tool Reveals Flaws in Claude Code Compactions

also got extremely mad at too many bad claude code compactions so opensourcing this tool for myself for deeply understanding wtf is still bad about claude compactions https://t.co/yEFTuulED6 prob can be extended for codex compactions https://t.co/6NSDWFXMCP

By Swyx (Shawn Wang)
New Jersey Adds 3 GW to Community Solar Program
SocialMar 5, 2026

New Jersey Adds 3 GW to Community Solar Program

New Jersey expands state community solar program by 3 GW #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/afe46RjClj

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
GPT-5.4 Boosts Document Extraction Accuracy by 6 Points
SocialMar 5, 2026

GPT-5.4 Boosts Document Extraction Accuracy by 6 Points

Model progress continues unabated, with GPT-5.4 showing significant improvements in critical knowledge worker tasks. In our Box AI tests, we saw a 6 point jump in agentic document processing, which is upstream from most automation workflows. GPT-5.4 is now available...

By Aaron Levie
AI Shifts to Ops, Budgets Rotate, Constraints Move Beyond Tech
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI Shifts to Ops, Budgets Rotate, Constraints Move Beyond Tech

📊⚡️The enterprise technology agenda just shifted again in a very fast-paced market: My latest @TheFuturumGroup 1H 2026 CIO & Tech Buyers Global Enterprise Decision Maker Survey reveals a set of structural changes happening inside enterprises right now. Across three quarterly waves of...

By Dion Hinchcliffe
Gene Therapy Leaps: Base Editing, CAR‑astrocytes, iPSC Approval
SocialMar 5, 2026

Gene Therapy Leaps: Base Editing, CAR‑astrocytes, iPSC Approval

stunning week in cell and gene therapy: in vivo base editing of PCSK9 delivered via LNP, w clinical data (Nat Med), preclinical POC of CAR-astrocytes engineered w AAV (Science) and of self-amplifying RNA delivered IM (also Science), Japan approves gene...

By Paul D. Rennert
Oil Spike Highlights Renewables' Growing Competitive Edge
SocialMar 5, 2026

Oil Spike Highlights Renewables' Growing Competitive Edge

The Middle East conflict is stress testing global energy. Bloomberg sees oil at $108 in a severe escalation. We have seen this before. The difference now is that solar and batteries are more cost competitive. Every fossil fuel spike strengthens the...

By Jan Rosenow
Teen Builds $50M AI Diet App, Sold
SocialMar 5, 2026

Teen Builds $50M AI Diet App, Sold

✅ teenager ✅ $50M/yr calorie tracking AI app ✅ sells to my fitness pal We had to get him back on the pod https://t.co/jOdVSD6J8u

By Shaan Puri
Comparing Opencode and Claude Code on Opus 4.6
SocialMar 5, 2026

Comparing Opencode and Claude Code on Opus 4.6

Ok, I had been sleeping on Opencode. How does this compare to Claude Code if both are using Opus 4.6?

By Roby (Coding with Roby)
Agentic AI Triggers 2026 CIO Platform Reset
SocialMar 5, 2026

Agentic AI Triggers 2026 CIO Platform Reset

My latest research: The Great CIO Platform Reset: Why Agentic AI Is Forcing a 2026 Reckoning | @TheFuturumGroup https://t.co/5nUzVNyJb8 https://t.co/mo0N1ROE2a

By Dion Hinchcliffe
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SocialMar 5, 2026

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Doesn’t look like $LLY and $NVO have much to worry about from $RHHBY obesity 🤷🏻‍♂️

By Adam May
AI Agents Can Now Launch Flawless $50k MRR Startups
SocialMar 5, 2026

AI Agents Can Now Launch Flawless $50k MRR Startups

You can quite literally ask your agent to "build me a 50k MRR startup, make no mistakes" now

By Guillermo Rauch
Congress Urges NASA to Pick Private Station Developers by 2032
SocialMar 5, 2026

Congress Urges NASA to Pick Private Station Developers by 2032

The ISS is now likely to fly through 2032, and Congress wants NASA to get moving on selecting two developers for private space stations. https://t.co/tsD0ZCfxnB

By Eric Berger
Project Helix: Xbox’s Next‑Gen Console Unifies Xbox and PC Gaming
SocialMar 5, 2026

Project Helix: Xbox’s Next‑Gen Console Unifies Xbox and PC Gaming

Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox console is codenamed Project Helix. @asha_shar says it will “lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games” https://t.co/bEXKW3W5P1

By Tom Warren
Early Draft Review Uncovers Fresh Views
SocialMar 5, 2026

Early Draft Review Uncovers Fresh Views

Complex Systems this week is a tiny experiment: I did a read of a work-in-progress essay rather than the finished version with author's commentary. It's about secondary authentication/authorization, particularly for payments.

By Patrick McKenzie
Tesla Wins FCC Nod for Ultra‑Wideband Wireless EV Charging
SocialMar 5, 2026

Tesla Wins FCC Nod for Ultra‑Wideband Wireless EV Charging

Tesla Secures FCC Approval for Ultra-Wideband #Wireless #EV Charging by @IntEngineering #Innovation #EmergingTech #Tech #Technology https://t.co/UWndlAbFZ1

By Ron van Loon
Fluence Delivers 600MWh BESS Enclosures Ahead of Schedule
SocialMar 5, 2026

Fluence Delivers 600MWh BESS Enclosures Ahead of Schedule

Fluence completes ahead-of-schedule delivery of all enclosures to 600MWh BESS in Australia #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/jqxtRVrdmj

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Target Allocates $2B to AI, Signaling Strategic Priority
SocialMar 5, 2026

Target Allocates $2B to AI, Signaling Strategic Priority

Target fuels AI in $2B spending plan | @CIOdive https://t.co/bz9LR1PLOB More evidence that companies view AI as absolutely strategic to their future growth.

By Dion Hinchcliffe
Agentic AI: Autonomous Ops Agents Beyond Simple Alerts
SocialMar 5, 2026

Agentic AI: Autonomous Ops Agents Beyond Simple Alerts

Think beyond co-pilots. Agentic AI in ops means agents that observe signals, reason across security and reliability data, and take guarded actions - not just summarize alerts. #ITOps #SecOps https://t.co/e3w3lXkvfc

By Isaac Sacolick
Meet Barb: AI Water Cooler That Solves Complaints
SocialMar 5, 2026

Meet Barb: AI Water Cooler That Solves Complaints

I built an AI water cooler that's been sitting in a beige office since 1987, absorbing complaints. Her name is Barb, named after Susan Berger's character in Jury Duty. You walk up. You vent. Barb (the longtime smoker who has...

By Allie Miller
NASA’s ISS Live Stream Lacks Rewind Feature, Users Frustrated
SocialMar 5, 2026

NASA’s ISS Live Stream Lacks Rewind Feature, Users Frustrated

@NASA is there a reason you don't have rewind mode enabled on the ISS live video stream https://t.co/bqWRdeeWwb ? This used to work, and it's very inconvenient not to be able to replay something you missed...

By Jonathan McDowell
Robotic Modules Bloom to Shade Rooms Based on Light
SocialMar 5, 2026

Robotic Modules Bloom to Shade Rooms Based on Light

Scientists have developed rearrangeable robotic modules that can “bloom” like flowers to shade a sunlit room by sensing light levels and adapting collectively. Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/0zas9GijHE https://t.co/el9OOHyFMB

By Science Robotics
GKE Now Supports Custom-Metric Horizontal Autoscaling
SocialMar 5, 2026

GKE Now Supports Custom-Metric Horizontal Autoscaling

Autoscaling is a magic part of cloud platforms, and a major reason picking use one. But scaling is often based on proxy metrics decided on by the vendor. We just lit up the ability for horizontal autoscaling on @googlecloud GKE based on...

By Richard Seroter