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Koushicare Device Offers Relief for Dry Eye
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Koushicare Device Offers Relief for Dry Eye

Can you guess what this device is for? It is made by Koushicare, and it helps people with dry eye. https://t.co/FilgMQ1JEy

By Bertalan Meskó, PhD
Developing Nations Leapfrog Fossil Era, Embrace Clean Power
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Developing Nations Leapfrog Fossil Era, Embrace Clean Power

I *love* this ternary chart showing developing economies increasingly go directly for clean electrons (solar plus some wind), bypassing the fossil economy that the US and EU went through. I expect Africa will take an even more direct route than India. https://t.co/KjsZV3S6P1...

By Auke Hoekstra
Kling 3.0 Sets New 1080p Video Generation Standard
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Kling 3.0 Sets New 1080p Video Generation Standard

🚨 Kling 3.0 vs Veo 3.1 vs Sora 2. I’ve been testing all 3, Kling 3.0 takes the crown 👑 The native 1080p quality is insane. Feels like we just crossed a major threshold for video gen. Watch the showdown 🧵↓ https://t.co/SIGsdjQLCD

By Data Chaz
AI Will Outpace Pilots; Our Future Heroes at Risk
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Will Outpace Pilots; Our Future Heroes at Risk

When I stayed on a working aircraft carrier I met many of the pilots. They are our best and brightest people. Often become leaders. Or heros. Remember Captain Sullenberger that landed a plane in the Hudson? But we should know...

By Robert Scoble
ITRK Acquires Drone Solar Inspector, Yields Improve
SocialFeb 17, 2026

ITRK Acquires Drone Solar Inspector, Yields Improve

#ITRK bought Aerial PV Inspection GmbH which uses Drones to inspect Solar Panels. No financial details given. ShareScope showing fwd p/e 17.7 falling to 16.2 and fwd Divvy 3.6% rising to 4%; classy business and decent yield now. I don't...

By WheelieDealer
Wisk Envisions Autonomous, Accessible Electric VTOL Air Taxis
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Wisk Envisions Autonomous, Accessible Electric VTOL Air Taxis

Re-up! Autonomous and accessible - Wisk's vision for future electric VTOL air taxis #avgeek #Boeing #eVTOL #Wisk https://t.co/tpZctOS8e0

By Tim Robinson
Urgent Shift to Solar and Wind Over Gas
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Urgent Shift to Solar and Wind Over Gas

Forget climate change for the moment. One of the main reasons for supporting green energy is to reduce our reliance on gas for electricity generation. The Ukraine war has compromised access to Russian gas and this has had a massive...

By Bob Cushing
HackwithTrees Showcases Future‑Focused Innovation Across America
SocialFeb 17, 2026

HackwithTrees Showcases Future‑Focused Innovation Across America

Now that I've had 24 hours to think about it, @hackwithtrees was the best of America. I've been to every state except Alaska. And this was the highest concetration of people building the future at a very high level. I've been telling...

By Robert Scoble
Real-World DevOps Interview Prep with Hands‑on Projects
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Real-World DevOps Interview Prep with Hands‑on Projects

DevOps Interview Prep Kit covers: ✔ Real Corporate Workflows ✔ Resume-Ready Projects ✔ GitOps with ArgoCD ✔ Kubernetes Gateway API ✔ Production Deployments If you’re serious about DevOps interviews — start learning how systems actually work. 👇 Comment devopsshack to receive all videos in DM Follow @devopsshack for...

By Aditya Jaiswal
GSK
SocialFeb 17, 2026

GSK

#GSK Exdensur (depemokimab) approved in EU for treating "severe asthma with type 2 inflammation and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps". Follows from the SWIFT and ANCHOR phase III trials.

By WheelieDealer
New Framework Distinguishes Thought Leaders, Influencers, Advocates
SocialFeb 17, 2026

New Framework Distinguishes Thought Leaders, Influencers, Advocates

What's the difference between a thought leader, influencer and advocate? All of these terms have been used interchangeably over the years until Joel Harrison and Katy Howell discussed the topic last week on a LinkedIn Live. Joel shared his new...

By Sarah Goodall
Fans Queue for AI Surveillance Device Despite Privacy Risks
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Fans Queue for AI Surveillance Device Despite Privacy Risks

If i were pitching @steipete i would start by telling the Siri story: how the founders were sold by Steve Jobs who called them every day for a month. It was launched in my house. Promised them they would be...

By Robert Scoble
No‑Compression Breast CT Approved, Yet Still Rare
SocialFeb 17, 2026

No‑Compression Breast CT Approved, Yet Still Rare

Pain that comes from mammography has been a common challenge in screening. But what if a device can change that experience? Here is a no-compression breast CT. As far as I know, no-compression dedicated breast CTs like the Koning Vera exist...

By Bertalan Meskó, PhD
Story-Driven Product Copy Triples Add-to-Cart Rates
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Story-Driven Product Copy Triples Add-to-Cart Rates

I've tested 200+ product descriptions. Here's the pattern: Descriptions I wrote as 'features lists' got 2% ATCs. Descriptions I wrote as 'transformation stories' got 9% ATCs. Your specs don't matter. Outcomes do. Test everything. Trust nothing.

By Kamil Sattar
Share One Base Model, Deploy Many LoRA Adapters Efficiently
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Share One Base Model, Deploy Many LoRA Adapters Efficiently

Why Fine‑Tuned Models Break the Bank 💸 Every LoRA adapter shouldn’t need its own full base model copy. That’s how dozens become hundreds… and inference becomes impossible. 👉 Multi‑LoRA serving fixes this: one base model, many adapters, applied per request with custom...

By Satya Mallick
Nature-Inspired Robot Mastering Fly, Roll, Walk, Crawl
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Nature-Inspired Robot Mastering Fly, Roll, Walk, Crawl

Bioinspired robot Fly - Roll - Walk - Crawl Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4), a revolutionary robot inspired by nature's most adaptable creatures. > Capable of multiple forms of movement: flying, rolling, crawling, and more. > Features adaptive appendages that function...

By Ilir Aliu
Join Me in Berlin to Advance Payments at MPE2026
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Join Me in Berlin to Advance Payments at MPE2026

Counting down the days to #MPE2026 with my @Consult Hyperion Hat on! Join me in Berlin: https://t.co/COnbfNb691 Move payments forward, #MPE2026 is your place. @mpecosystem #Payments #Fintech #MPEBerlin #ILoveMPE https://t.co/XpEOPoPtB3

By Dave Birch
AI Shifts to Edge, Dem
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Shifts to Edge, Dem

#AI is leaving the data center for robots, sensors, drones, and #XR. 🥽 It needs open, programmable #5G now and AI-native #6G next. 5G SA brings slicing, automation, and open APIs. 🔗 Read more on Börje Ekholm’s blog: https://t.co/0AP5Zz84dm via...

By Harold Sinnott
Vivo X Fold 5 Ranks Second Best Foldable Camera
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Vivo X Fold 5 Ranks Second Best Foldable Camera

Randomly jumped back on the Vivo X Fold 5 and this is still the second best foldable camera around behind only the X Fold 3 Pro.

By Ben Sin (Ben’s Gadget Reviews)
Google Messages Adds Partial Text Selection Feature
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Google Messages Adds Partial Text Selection Feature

Google Messages is quietly addressing one of its most requested features You can finally select and copy a part of a message instead of the whole thing. ✅ Details and demo video - https://t.co/RmENf6Pn3j https://t.co/Va0NMH9Xx3

By AssembleDebug (Shiv)
AI Voice Agents Set to Power One‑Third of Brands
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Voice Agents Set to Power One‑Third of Brands

Is the future of customer operations conversational and human? "Today, <1% of companies use AI voice agents at scale. In two years? One in three brands will.” — Lauren Rothwell @elevenlabsio made this prediction during #CXOSpice. Instant support + conversational commerce is...

By Helen Yu
MrBeast Acquires Teen Bank to Teach Gen Z Finance
SocialFeb 17, 2026

MrBeast Acquires Teen Bank to Teach Gen Z Finance

MrBeast bought a teen banking app with 7M users. His goal: teach Gen Z how to build credit, save, and invest. He says nobody taught him money skills—so he's building the tools he never had. This isn't about YouTube views. It's about owning...

By Ask Dr. Brown
Closing the 2026 Confidence Gap Through Workforce Adaptation
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Closing the 2026 Confidence Gap Through Workforce Adaptation

The Great #WorkforceAdaptation: How to Bridge the 2026 Confidence Gap https://t.co/HrK66onclJ #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator #HR

By Dave Millner
Solve Real Problems with Plain‑language Steps, Not Buzzwords
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Solve Real Problems with Plain‑language Steps, Not Buzzwords

If you want more traction, make content that solves a problem in plain language. Not “strategy.” Actual steps.

By Rachel Pedersen
Quantum Breakthrough Makes Once‑impossible Problems Solvable
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Quantum Breakthrough Makes Once‑impossible Problems Solvable

I’ve been waiting for a moment like this. Google’s new quantum chip solved a 150-year-old problem in 2 hours. 13,000× faster than one of the world’s best supercomputers. That’s not incremental. That’s a different category. Their Willow chip ran an algorithm that models how atoms...

By Pascal Bornet
AI Boosts Productivity but Amplifies Workload and Burnout
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Boosts Productivity but Amplifies Workload and Burnout

A provocative new Harvard Business Review article is challenging everything we thought we knew about #AI in the workplace. “AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It” shares findings from an eight-month study that reveal a counterintuitive truth: instead of lightening workloads, AI...

By Terence Leung
Monthly Subscriptions Beat One‑time Sales for Lasting Growth
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Monthly Subscriptions Beat One‑time Sales for Lasting Growth

I'm much more bullish on the indiehacker doing $2k MRR on $50 / mo subs, than I am on someone who did $10,000 sales of lifetime deals. Getting people to buy something on a "one time" basis has gotten easier, in...

By Jon Yongfook
Tech Backlash Repeats: From “Devil Wagons” To AI “Slop”
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Tech Backlash Repeats: From “Devil Wagons” To AI “Slop”

When cars first came out, people called them "devil wagons" and literally tried to ban them. When that didn't work, they shot at them and even set traps. Calling AI "slop" is the modern version of this. https://t.co/OoLW0Nl2sq

By Nathan Lands
VLA Reasoning Lets Vehicles Safely Navigate Complex Edge Cases
SocialFeb 17, 2026

VLA Reasoning Lets Vehicles Safely Navigate Complex Edge Cases

VLAs can enable vehicles to better handle complex edge cases: a VLM can "think through" a complex interaction, deduce a common sense behavior, and then a VLA can carry that out to maintain safe(r) behavior even in unusual situations.

By Sergey Levine
Azure Services Simplified: Plain English Cheat Sheet
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Azure Services Simplified: Plain English Cheat Sheet

☁️ Azure in Plain English • VM → computer in the cloud • Blob Storage → file storage • Azure SQL → managed SQL database • Functions → code that runs automatically • App Service → deploy apps easily • VNet → private network •...

By Megha Bhardwaj
Speed, Not Scale, Drives AI Agent Advantage
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Speed, Not Scale, Drives AI Agent Advantage

OpenClaw proved that one person can out-ship billion-dollar labs on agents. What does that say about where the competitive advantage actually is?

By Ahmad Al‑Dahle
Regressive Mandates Undermine Climate Resilience, Not Protect It
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Regressive Mandates Undermine Climate Resilience, Not Protect It

During today’s nonstop rain, California’s “fight” against climate danger has featured mandated solar panels that produce no electricity and mandated paper bags that can’t carry groceries. “Fighting” climate via forced technological regression just makes us more vulnerable to it.

By Alex Epstein
Plasmid Injection Triggers Immune Attack on Cancer Survival Protein
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Plasmid Injection Triggers Immune Attack on Cancer Survival Protein

What if a physician could inject you with a plasmid that would induce an immune response against a protein needed for cancer cell survival? This novel strategy is being tested and looks promising for refractory cancers. Talking Biotech 488 ...

By Kevin Folta
Google Confirms Android Downloads Backup Feature
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Google Confirms Android Downloads Backup Feature

Google confirms new Downloads backup feature for Android that I spotted first back in August 2025 https://t.co/zX3HyBV3TK

By AssembleDebug (Shiv)
Instantly Compare Mall Prices to Amazon Deals
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Instantly Compare Mall Prices to Amazon Deals

Why do you need this? So you can look at something in a mall and it will tell you “that is cheaper on Amazon.”

By Robert Scoble
HTML Comments Reveal Vendor’s Intentional Export Method Distinction
SocialFeb 17, 2026

HTML Comments Reveal Vendor’s Intentional Export Method Distinction

Your human users might only read the visible content in your page, but bots read the HTML comments :-) I appreciated this nugget from my EHI Export analysis, and I have to say that I agree with "kendra/sli", they had...

By Josh Mandel, MD
Asian Markets Split: AI Surge vs Old‑Economy Shift Ahead
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Asian Markets Split: AI Surge vs Old‑Economy Shift Ahead

Asian equity markets are diverging into two camps: AI capex beneficiaries in East Asia and "old economy" companies in Southeast Asia. There will be an inflection point where the former peaks, and flows move towards the latter. But when?

By Michael Fritzell
AI Agent Security Becomes the Next Adoption Bottleneck
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Agent Security Becomes the Next Adoption Bottleneck

The power of AI agents comes from: 1. intelligence of the underlying model 2. how much access you give it to all your data 3. how much freedom & power you give it to act on your behalf I think...

By Lex Fridman
Holodeck Reality Emerging Fast Across Five Tech Layers
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Holodeck Reality Emerging Fast Across Five Tech Layers

The Holodeck Report. I fed @blevlabs the book @IrenaCronin and I wrote "The Infinite Retina" and asked it to analyze X for what's happening right now when it comes to AI-driven 3D environments and things and it spit out this...

By Robert Scoble
Netflix Drops Older TVs; Cheap Roku and Fire Sticks Available
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Netflix Drops Older TVs; Cheap Roku and Fire Sticks Available

Netflix is about to stop working on some more older smart TVs and consoles — but handily, you can get a Roku or Fire TV Stick super-cheap right now https://www.techradar.com/televisions/streaming-devices/netflix-is-about-to-stop-working-on-some-more-older-smart-tvs-and-consoles-but-handily-you-can-get-a-roku-or-fire-tv-stick-super-cheap-right-now

By Lance Ulanoff
Strategy Cards Ignite Collaborative Team Planning
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Strategy Cards Ignite Collaborative Team Planning

🤝 Looking for tools that support team conversations around planning? 🧠 I share how my new Strategy Cards can spark collaboration in this episode. 🎧 Listen to episode 356 to hear the ideas in action. https://t.co/RsinuUdLlP

By Monica Burns
U.S. Unready for Potential GPS Attack, Warns Former NSA Chief
SocialFeb 17, 2026

U.S. Unready for Potential GPS Attack, Warns Former NSA Chief

"America is dangerously unprepared for a GPS attack," Adm. Michael Rogers, U.S. Navy (ret.), former commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency. https://t.co/hYWXOZoxEZ

By John Spencer
AI Video Is Set to Reshape Hollywood's Future
SocialFeb 17, 2026

AI Video Is Set to Reshape Hollywood's Future

I remember when I was posting AI video threads 2 years ago and talking about how AI video would disrupt Hollywood. So many people couldn’t see beyond the early versions. And still, people probably see this and aren’t realizing what comes...

By Nathan Lands
Multiple Bidders Boost Leverage, Valuation, and Deal Success
SocialFeb 17, 2026

Multiple Bidders Boost Leverage, Valuation, and Deal Success

A competitive sales process includes multiple buyers bidding against each other, each investing considerable time and resources to win the bid. This competition increases: * Your negotiating leverage * Your valuation * Your probability of a closed deal #founders #pathtoexit

By Michael Lyon
Considering Soviet Space History Over Modern
SocialFeb 16, 2026

Considering Soviet Space History Over Modern

I now have quite a collection of messages like the one below, so the only solution I see is shifting my focus from today's Russia to the Soviet space history, but I am open to other suggestions and, of course,...

By Anatoly Zak
Earnings Surge, AI Capex Debate Drives Tech Outlook
SocialFeb 16, 2026

Earnings Surge, AI Capex Debate Drives Tech Outlook

The Week Ahead In Technology for February 16, 2026. Markets reopen after Presidents’ Day into a big earnings week. $ADI is the key semi cycle read with 41% EPS growth expected. $PANW tests enterprise cyber spend. $CDNS gives a read on...

By Patrick Moorhead
AI Accelerates Market Signal Turnover and Degradation
SocialFeb 16, 2026

AI Accelerates Market Signal Turnover and Degradation

One thing I feel strongly about regarding AI is that, when it comes to trading, we are going to witness a streamlined cycle of signal degradation. Classical signals will become crowded very quickly. The market will rotate through those cycles faster...

By Kris Sidial
Free, Ad‑free Biomed Insights Reaching 200k Globally
SocialFeb 16, 2026

Free, Ad‑free Biomed Insights Reaching 200k Globally

Ground Truths are free essays and podcasts on the hot topics in biomedicine and health. Mostly things the media doesn't cover or adequately highlight. No ads or sponsors. Join ~200,000 subscribers from 212 countries https://t.co/ZgnO2Y0P4L

By Eric Topol
Nurture Leads for 12 Months, Book More Clients
SocialFeb 16, 2026

Nurture Leads for 12 Months, Book More Clients

This is soooo true My lead funnel is a solid 12 month of nurturing. 75% of the clients we booked in January found out about us over 6-9 months ago. They just kept getting nurtured and given free info. Scale into your lead gen...

By Kody Nordquist