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Asus ROG Ally X Revives Hope for Windows Handheld Gaming
SocialApr 9, 2026

Asus ROG Ally X Revives Hope for Windows Handheld Gaming

The @asusrog @xbox Ally X has rekindled my hope for the handheld Windows gaming PC. https://moorinsightsstrategy.com/research-notes/the-asus-rog-xbox-ally-x-has-rekindled-my-hope-for-windows-gaming-handhelds/

By Anshel Sag
Oprah and Tristan Harris Warn of AI’s Anti‑human Future
SocialApr 9, 2026

Oprah and Tristan Harris Warn of AI’s Anti‑human Future

This week on Your Undivided Attention, we're bringing you a recent conversation Tristan Harris and I had with @Oprah on The Oprah Podcast, where we went deep into the anti-human future that the current AI path is moving us...

By Aza Raskin
OpenAI's Early Compute Surge Secures Edge over Anthropic
SocialApr 9, 2026

OpenAI's Early Compute Surge Secures Edge over Anthropic

OpenAI told investors this week that its early push to dramatically increase computing resources gives it a key advantage over Anthropic - Bloomberg

By Evan – StockMKTNewz
Distilled AI Makes Superintelligence Affordable for All
SocialApr 9, 2026

Distilled AI Makes Superintelligence Affordable for All

The thing is, thanks to mother models distilling intelligence into smaller models, everyone up and down the ability-to-pay curve will benefit as the models get to superintelligence

By Garry Tan
Arm Yourself: Prep Value, Champion, Limits Before Procurement
SocialApr 9, 2026

Arm Yourself: Prep Value, Champion, Limits Before Procurement

Procurement's job is to grind you on price. Your job is to make sure they don't negotiate in a vacuum. Before every procurement meeting: 1. Review the business value (60 seconds) 2. Bring your champion if possible 3. Know your walk-away limit 4. Get a get...

By Chris Orlob
AES Abandons San Diego Battery Project Amid Local Opposition
SocialApr 9, 2026

AES Abandons San Diego Battery Project Amid Local Opposition

AES pulls out of San Diego area battery project after local opposition #energysky -- via Canary Media: https://t.co/gaxfAy1ZM1

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Infinite Software Demand Fuels AI‑closed Loop Growth
SocialApr 9, 2026

Infinite Software Demand Fuels AI‑closed Loop Growth

The demand for software is infinite. Kyle Daigle, GitHub’s COO, made the case concrete : There were 1 billion commits in 2025. Now, it’s 275 million per week, on pace for 14 billion this year if growth remains linear (spoiler :...

By Tomasz Tunguz
Open Digital Personal & Business Accounts—Skip AI Banking
SocialApr 9, 2026

Open Digital Personal & Business Accounts—Skip AI Banking

You can open personal and business accounts digitally (and easily) at @citizensedmond. Don't rely on AI for your banking.

By Jill Castilla
ChatGPT Pro Launches at $100 After High Demand
SocialApr 9, 2026

ChatGPT Pro Launches at $100 After High Demand

It is very nice to see Codex getting so much love. We are launching a $100 ChatGPT Pro tier by very popular demand.

By Sam Altman
AI Hype Is Always Off‑balance, Never Just Right
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Hype Is Always Off‑balance, Never Just Right

The current level of AI psychosis is sky high. It’s either way too much or not nearly enough, but the odds that it’s the right amount are 0%.

By Jack Altman
Scrapling: Open‑Source AI Agent Engine Eliminates Brittle Bots
SocialApr 9, 2026

Scrapling: Open‑Source AI Agent Engine Eliminates Brittle Bots

🚨 Unleash your AI agent on the open web right now. @Scrapling_dev just smashed through 35k ⭐ on GitHub 🤯 Here is exactly why it’s the absolute best engine for modern agents. It finally fixes the dreaded "Brittle Bot" syndrome. When a frontend dev...

By Data Chaz
AWS AI Revenue Surpasses $15 B Run Rate
SocialApr 9, 2026

AWS AI Revenue Surpasses $15 B Run Rate

Amazon $AMZN CEO Andy Jassy just said: "AWS’s AI revenue run rate is over $15 billion in Q1 2026"

By Evan – StockMKTNewz
Zuckerberg Funds Wang's New AI Lab, Unveils Results
SocialApr 9, 2026

Zuckerberg Funds Wang's New AI Lab, Unveils Results

Last summer, Mark Zuckerberg handed Alexandr Wang the keys to a brand new lab with some expensive, freshly poached talent from top rivals. Today, we got the first look at what that money built https://t.co/TQrEmVo5z8 #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology #Tech #TechNews...

By Tim Hughes
America's Shahed-136 Clone Emerges as Indispensable War Weapon
SocialApr 9, 2026

America's Shahed-136 Clone Emerges as Indispensable War Weapon

How America’s Shahed-136 Clone Became An “Indispensable” Weapon Of War Michael Horowitz, who pushed for the LUCAS drone program while at the Pentagon, offers unique insights into its genesis and future. https://t.co/DC5BtHgsGK

By Tyler Rogoway
SpaceX Poised to Dominate AI Infrastructure Across All Layers
SocialApr 9, 2026

SpaceX Poised to Dominate AI Infrastructure Across All Layers

Most people still miss who has a clear shot at being the most disruptive AI player of all: SpaceX It’s the only firm with a plausible path to controlling every layer of the emerging AI infrastructure: Chips, models, global connectivity, and virtually unlimited...

By Dion Hinchcliffe
Low‑Voltage Artificial Muscles Power Untethered Soft Robotic Fish
SocialApr 9, 2026

Low‑Voltage Artificial Muscles Power Untethered Soft Robotic Fish

Scientists have developed #dielectric elastomer actuators, or artificial “muscles,” that can operate at low voltages while still producing high output to drive #untethered, soft robotic fish movements. Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/zAb0uHec2c https://t.co/d7qaKanQr1

By Science Robotics
AI‑crafted Game at GTC Left Me Stunned
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI‑crafted Game at GTC Left Me Stunned

This is what I saw at GTC. It is a completely AI generated game. Blew me away.

By Robert Scoble
AI‑crafted Personalized Interfaces Will Replace Static Apps
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI‑crafted Personalized Interfaces Will Replace Static Apps

Yes, I feel everyone generating their own OS'es now is fun but also says something maybe about our future interfaces Firstly that we can personalize our own daily OS and interfaces we use by just generating them according to our own...

By Pieter Levels
7 Technical SEO Issues That Boost Rankings
SocialApr 9, 2026

7 Technical SEO Issues That Boost Rankings

Technical SEO is so so so booooorinnnggggg But after optimizing 100+ websites I've identified 7 technical issues that make a yugeee difference mai fren. I know 99.99999% of you won't do any of this, but the 0.00001% that do will see higher...

By Flavio Amiel
Mythos Cuts Cyber Attack Surface, Makes Exploits Scarcer
SocialApr 9, 2026

Mythos Cuts Cyber Attack Surface, Makes Exploits Scarcer

Concur. Mythos shrinks the total cyber attack surface area. There will be fewer exploits remaining, and those likely harder to find. And because model capabilities scale sub-linearly with both compute and training data, it likely takes a very large $$...

By Ramez Naam
Modest LLM Matches Specialized Aging Clocks Across Modalities
SocialApr 9, 2026

Modest LLM Matches Specialized Aging Clocks Across Modalities

The End of Aging Clocks: Training Foundation Models to Reason in Aging and Longevity 🤔 “These results demonstrate that a single modestly sized LLM can match or replace purpose-built aging clocks across data modalities.” https://t.co/WkOvpxDBiU @biogerontology https://t.co/Knb0368KN4

By David Barzilai, MD PhD
Outdated Free AI Models Skew Public Perception of Cap
SocialApr 9, 2026

Outdated Free AI Models Skew Public Perception of Cap

Judging by my tl there is a growing gap in understanding of AI capability. The first issue I think is around recency and tier of use. I think a lot of people tried the free tier of ChatGPT somewhere last...

By Andrej Karpathy
CMS Partners with Innovators to Empower Patients and Streamline Care
SocialApr 9, 2026

CMS Partners with Innovators to Empower Patients and Streamline Care

“CMS is teaming up with innovators to give patients control of their data, reduce burdensome paperwork, and harness AI to deliver faster, smarter, more compassionate care.” ‼️

By Andrew Arruda
Blue Moon Mk1 Exits NASA Vacuum Chamber, No Issues Reported
SocialApr 9, 2026

Blue Moon Mk1 Exits NASA Vacuum Chamber, No Issues Reported

Amit Kshatriya of NASA said Blue Moon Mk 1 has “just” come out of the vacuum chamber at Johnson Space Center and will soon be shipped back to Florida. No comment on how it performed but he did not indicate...

By Eric Berger
FSD 14.3 Beats Humans; Regulation, Not Tech, Limits Deployment
SocialApr 9, 2026

FSD 14.3 Beats Humans; Regulation, Not Tech, Limits Deployment

Unsupervised is purely a legal / regulatory issue at this point. FSD 14.3 is already above human performance in most major metros

By Whole Mars Catalog
DoD Switches Allies as Anthropic Unveils Dangerous AI Weapon
SocialApr 9, 2026

DoD Switches Allies as Anthropic Unveils Dangerous AI Weapon

DoD: Friendship ended with Anthropic. Now OpenAI is my best friend. [one month later] Anthropic: We’re pleased to announce the most powerful hacker capability ever created, able to discover and exploit thousands of critical 0days. Friends only release.

By The Grugq
AI Still Lacks True Investment Judgment, Yet Perspectives Shift
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Still Lacks True Investment Judgment, Yet Perspectives Shift

The common thing for investors to say about AI over the last 18 months is that "AI can help with process, but has no judgment". When I would hear that, I would pretty much agree. LLMs are fundamentally stateless with...

By Brett Caughran
AI Cybersecurity Closes Gaps, Giving Defenders the Edge
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Cybersecurity Closes Gaps, Giving Defenders the Edge

Yes. We're closing vulnerabilities that could have been (and may have been) exploited by bad actors already. AI cyber-security may well favor defenders in the large majority of cases.

By Ramez Naam
AI Homogenizes College Lectures, Dulling Diverse Voices
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Homogenizes College Lectures, Dulling Diverse Voices

Everyone now kind of sounds the same’: How #AI is changing college classes by Asuka Koda @CNN Learn more: https://t.co/TrNDrbgpz3 #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #ML https://t.co/Yl94RQRuHm

By Ron van Loon
New UNSW Study: Next‑Gen Solar Modules May Degrade Faster
SocialApr 9, 2026

New UNSW Study: Next‑Gen Solar Modules May Degrade Faster

Next-generation solar modules could degrade faster than expected, new UNSW research warns #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/9MN0k0o50k

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Skill‑training Games Market Is Crowded, More than You Think
SocialApr 9, 2026

Skill‑training Games Market Is Crowded, More than You Think

I wanted to tell someone about @trywilco, but I forgot the name. So I searched for “Israeli company building skills training as games”. I got 8 different companies in just the first few results. Man, I had no idea how many companies...

By Gwen (Chen) Shapira
Meta AI Hits #5 After Muse Spark Debut
SocialApr 9, 2026

Meta AI Hits #5 After Muse Spark Debut

Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch https://t.co/SE02ZMLgm9

By Sarah Perez
AI's Upcoming Challenger‑Style Disaster Could Be Catastrophic
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI's Upcoming Challenger‑Style Disaster Could Be Catastrophic

.@simonw: "We're going see a Challenger disaster for AI and it's going to be very very very bad." https://t.co/uiElnowAUs

By Lenny Rachitsky
Stablecoins: Payment Tool, Not High‑Yield Savings Alternative
SocialApr 9, 2026

Stablecoins: Payment Tool, Not High‑Yield Savings Alternative

To be clear, we offer above market yields for savings (3.61 APY) and checking (2 APY) @bankonroger. I'm not concerned about competition & love embracing faster payments, I'm concerned about the impact to local economies. Stablecoins should be a payments...

By Jill Castilla
Tesla Went From Zero to Fully Driverless in a Year
SocialApr 9, 2026

Tesla Went From Zero to Fully Driverless in a Year

And one year ago Tesla had 0 driverless cars. 9 months ago they had 11 cars in Austin driverless with a supervisor in the front seat Now they’re fully driverless. Guess what happens next?

By Whole Mars Catalog
Altman Wants to Monetize AI Like Utilities, Selling Smarts
SocialApr 9, 2026

Altman Wants to Monetize AI Like Utilities, Selling Smarts

Sam Altman has a new plan to make money from generative AI: he wants intelligence to be treated like water or electricity — and we’ll all have to pay him for it. His chatbots are degrading people’s ability to retain information...

By Paris Marx
OneWeb UK Cuts Costs, Boosts Revenue, Secures Eutelsat Backing
SocialApr 9, 2026

OneWeb UK Cuts Costs, Boosts Revenue, Secures Eutelsat Backing

.@EutelsatGroup OneWeb UK reports 44.5% rev boost in FY 2025; opex down 17%; staff costs down 33%; operating loss, at $456M, down sharply from 2024. Letter from Eutelsat guarantees financial backing through June 2027 if needed. @AirbusSpace @defis_eu.https://t.co/m1k5YGix9u https://t.co/iTbKQhShKk

By Peter B. de Selding
Unexpected Celestial Glitch Becomes Artemis II’s Greatest Gift
SocialApr 9, 2026

Unexpected Celestial Glitch Becomes Artemis II’s Greatest Gift

It was an accident of celestial mechanics, but ended up becoming one of the "greatest gifts" of the Artemis II mission. https://t.co/Tg8VGfIpjl

By Stephen Clark
Mythos Launches Blackwell AI, GPUs Promise 2‑3×
SocialApr 9, 2026

Mythos Launches Blackwell AI, GPUs Promise 2‑3×

Get ready for the acceleration 🚀 Mythos is JUST the first Blackwell class AI Vera Rubin GPUs land in months → 2-3x better models by December. Feynman in 2028 → another 2-3x leap. Mythos 10T → 100T–500T+ class by end-2028

By Ryan Bethencourt
Google Partners with Intel for SmartNIC‑powered Datacenters
SocialApr 9, 2026

Google Partners with Intel for SmartNIC‑powered Datacenters

Google wants more Intel inside ... its datacenters, taps Chipzilla for more SmartNICs https://t.co/NWjnTCSr9z https://t.co/IGYOky9NxI

By Eric Vanderburg
AI Judges Could Bridge Small Claims‑Arbitration Gap
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Judges Could Bridge Small Claims‑Arbitration Gap

Problem: The large gap in commercial dispute resolution between small claims court (capped at like $10k damages in CA) and arbitration (where you're going to spend $20k+ on legal, which you may or may not get back). Proposed solution: A neutral AI...

By Moses Kagan
Investors Bet Wrong AI Layer; Profits Flow Elsewhere
SocialApr 9, 2026

Investors Bet Wrong AI Layer; Profits Flow Elsewhere

“The layer you’re investing in may not be where the profits end up.” On the latest @excessreturnpod, we sit down with GMO's Tom Hancock to discuss their excellent recent paper Hype vs. High Conviction. We cover: ☑️the 4-layer AI stack and where...

By Jack Forehand
Emerging Markets Leapfrog Oil, Embrace Energy Tech
SocialApr 9, 2026

Emerging Markets Leapfrog Oil, Embrace Energy Tech

Emerging Markets are Leapfrogging Oil and Gas ...just like the Global South leapfrogged landline phones and rapidly adopted cellular at scale. With @KingsmillBond of ember_energy. #uspoli #cdnpoli https://markhamhislop.substack.com/p/emerging-market-are-leapfrogging

By Markham Hislop
Mark Hamill Embraces Lego Smart Play with Granddaughter
SocialApr 9, 2026

Mark Hamill Embraces Lego Smart Play with Granddaughter

This is so cool. @markhamill spoke to TechRadar. Dream scenario complete. 'I'm going to play this with my granddaughter' — Mark Hamill on Lego Smart Play and nearly 50 years of Star Wars https://www.techradar.com/streaming/entertainment/im-going-to-play-this-with-my-granddaughter-mark-hamill-on-lego-smart-play-and-nearly-50-years-of-star-wars

By Lance Ulanoff
AI Turns Knowledge Into Scalable Revenue Engine
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Turns Knowledge Into Scalable Revenue Engine

My take: Enterprise knowledge will soon stop being a “soft asset.” AI is turning decades of tacit expertise, playbooks, and tribal know-how into owned, highly operational capital. 📈 When companies combine that with real business model redesign, with new decision rights, strong...

By Dion Hinchcliffe
DeepMind CEO Claims They'd Cure Cancer, Not ChatGPT
SocialApr 9, 2026

DeepMind CEO Claims They'd Cure Cancer, Not ChatGPT

This – “The CEO of Google DeepMind (@demishassabis) just admitted that if the decision had been his, we would've cured cancer before anyone ever used ChatGPT.” is exactly what i am trying to say in my pinned tweet, in different...

By Gary Marcus
Meta's Muse Could Boost Stock by $1 Trillion
SocialApr 9, 2026

Meta's Muse Could Boost Stock by $1 Trillion

If Open AI and Anthropic is worth $800 billion, then Meta's new Muse models should add $1 trillion to $META stock, given its vastly superior distribution with 3.5 billion users.

By Growth Value Investing
Board Liquidated Teledesic Despite $4/Share Payout, Shaping NGSO Regulation
SocialApr 9, 2026

Board Liquidated Teledesic Despite $4/Share Payout, Shaping NGSO Regulation

Wrong. A decision was made by the board In 2002 to liquidate Teledesic even though there was enough capital to pay out shareholders almost $4 a share. Hundreds of millions paid. No bankruptcy. Teledesic's win at WRC created regulatory category...

By Tren Griffin
AI Is Ruining the Customer Service Experience
SocialApr 9, 2026

AI Is Ruining the Customer Service Experience

Well one thing is absolutely for sure: AI has sure made customer service a terrible experience

By Nate Luebbe