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From Mocked Creator to Sought‑After Advisor
SocialMay 7, 2026

From Mocked Creator to Sought‑After Advisor

People called me "whack" and "lame" for creating videos on social media... until it worked, and now those same people ask for advice.

By Amber Figlow
Amazon Sees Strong Upfront Market, Launches LinkedIn Ad Pact
SocialMay 7, 2026

Amazon Sees Strong Upfront Market, Launches LinkedIn Ad Pact

NEW: Amazon projects 'strong' upfront market, though many cautious signals abound. Streamer also unveils new programmatic ad pact with LinkedIn... https://t.co/jQvAiiZlpT

By Brian Steinberg
Tesla Semi Is Electric, Not Fully Autonomous
SocialMay 7, 2026

Tesla Semi Is Electric, Not Fully Autonomous

Guys, a battery electric truck is not the same thing as a fully autonomous truck The Tesla Semi that is being sold now is not a fully autonomous truck It is a human operated battery electric semi so there is...

By Timothy Dooner
Google Revises Spam Policy to Dodge EU Antitrust Fine
SocialMay 7, 2026

Google Revises Spam Policy to Dodge EU Antitrust Fine

Wait, what? Google might change its 'Site reputation abuse' spam policy for this? -> Google offers changes to spam policy to avert EU antitrust fine "Google has proposed changes to comply with the DMA, ​the document said, giving interested parties until...

By Glenn Gabe
AI Interfaces Become the New Customer Relationship Frontier
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Interfaces Become the New Customer Relationship Frontier

Businesses are starting to treat ChatGPT like the next operating system for customer interaction. Companies including Starbucks and Lowe's are building directly into the OpenAI ecosystem to stay closer to users. The shift is bigger than apps. Whoever owns the AI interface...

By Spiros Margaris
Marketers Fail on Reddit by Ignoring Its Unique Culture
SocialMay 7, 2026

Marketers Fail on Reddit by Ignoring Its Unique Culture

Most marketers suck at Reddit marketing because they’re obsess with treating it like traditional marketing.. https://t.co/48vBH1jdeI

By Ross Simmonds
Fewer Stories, More Views: Quality Beats Quantity
SocialMay 7, 2026

Fewer Stories, More Views: Quality Beats Quantity

Output down, page views up. Good lesson here -> Axios' total Q1 content output was down 22% YoY, but page views rose 30% and page views per visitor rose 22%, as the outlet shifts away from chasing traffic “Write...

By Glenn Gabe
High Hs‑CRP, Not LDL, Drives Statin Benefit
SocialMay 7, 2026

High Hs‑CRP, Not LDL, Drives Statin Benefit

"But my cholesterol is normal." JUPITER trial (NEJM): 18,000 people, normal LDL, high hs-CRP. Statin → cardiac events ↓44%, heart attacks ↓54%, strokes ↓48%. 322,000-person UK Biobank: hs-CRP outranked LDL. Full episode 🎙 https://youtu.be/FBLB1CQGBPM

By Robert Lufkin, MD
AI Competition Just Entered Its Third Inning
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Competition Just Entered Its Third Inning

MyPOV: @SquawkBoxCNBC @CNBC: We're in the third inning of a nine-inning race in AI, says @constellationr Ray Wang with @andrewrsorkin https://t.co/ZPnNl0U0Kw

By R “Ray” Wang
AI-Generated Handoffs Replace 30‑Minute Calls with Contextual Insights
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI-Generated Handoffs Replace 30‑Minute Calls with Contextual Insights

If your handoffs rely on a 30-minute "let me get you up to speed" call or typing up a word Doc - you're wasting time. And more importantly - still missing the full story. Gong's AI Briefs flip this completely. Choose an...

By Brian LaManna
From Battlefields to Lost AirPods: Modern Struggles
SocialMay 7, 2026

From Battlefields to Lost AirPods: Modern Struggles

Men used to go to war Now I use the Find My app because I left one AirPod by my bed and the other in the bathroom

By Jack Appleby
Longevity Genes Can Switch From Benefit to Harm
SocialMay 7, 2026

Longevity Genes Can Switch From Benefit to Harm

As a medical school professor, I tell students: be careful with "longevity gene." Prof. Nikolai Slavov (Northeastern) just argued that single "longevity genes" are oversimplified. The same gene's effect on lifespan can flip sign with age -- helpful early, harmful later....

By Robert Lufkin, MD
AI Search Favors Listicles Due to “Best” Fanout Bias
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Search Favors Listicles Due to “Best” Fanout Bias

Well, if the listicle situation is going to be addressed in AI Search, then fanouts could be one way to improve the situation -> Patterns in ChatGPT fanouts "Listicles consistently show up as top sources in AI search results, and...

By Glenn Gabe
Regulation Delays Driverless Trucks; Sleeker Designs Await
SocialMay 7, 2026

Regulation Delays Driverless Trucks; Sleeker Designs Await

The ones you see now have human safety drivers for regulatory reasons and they use sleepers because they have more space for the computer array When they have regulatory approval, they’ll start looking more like this (supposedly) https://t.co/3SKi968OZu

By Timothy Dooner
IOS 27 Lets Users Pick AI Model for iPhone Features
SocialMay 7, 2026

IOS 27 Lets Users Pick AI Model for iPhone Features

iOS 27 is adding a setting that lets you pick which AI model handles your iPhone's features. Writing suggestions, image generation, Siri responses — all switchable. That's 1.56 billion iPhones where the AI model is no longer fixed at the factory.

By Serge Bevz
Band Battles Surge of AI‑generated Bootleg Remixes
SocialMay 7, 2026

Band Battles Surge of AI‑generated Bootleg Remixes

The deluge of AI-generated music on streaming platforms continues. Took a look at one band's efforts to curb bootleg AI remixes of its work: https://t.co/ems6ELKMwU

By Kate Knibbs
Invasive Nanowire BCIs Needed, Non‑Invasive for Biomarkers
SocialMay 7, 2026

Invasive Nanowire BCIs Needed, Non‑Invasive for Biomarkers

I love brain-to-computer interfaces and one of my first papers and granted patents was in AI/ML for BCI. And I was very much impressed with BrainCo's non-invasive BCIs and artificial limbs and sensing fingers (that they sell to Tesla btw)....

By Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD
Audit Calls: Conversational Data Reviews, Not Sales Decks
SocialMay 7, 2026

Audit Calls: Conversational Data Reviews, Not Sales Decks

I tell people on audit calls that’s a conversation; not a sales pitch. I’ll pull up their ad accounts and walk through the actual data, findings and concerns with them. It’s just people talking through what’s currently happening and what “could” happen. Where...

By Kody Nordquist
Don't Kill Campaigns, Fix High CPA, Low ROAS
SocialMay 7, 2026

Don't Kill Campaigns, Fix High CPA, Low ROAS

Sooooooo you wanna turn off ads because the CPA is too high or ROAS is too low? Welp...

By Barry Hott
Apple Will Let iPhone Users Swap AI Engines
SocialMay 7, 2026

Apple Will Let iPhone Users Swap AI Engines

Report: Apple is about to let you replace its AI with ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude — and it could change the iPhone forever https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/apple-intelligence/apple-is-about-to-let-you-replace-its-ai-with-chatgpt-gemini-and-claude-and-it-could-change-the-iphone-forever

By Lance Ulanoff
Google's Passage Ranking Debuted 2020; Bing Now Follows
SocialMay 7, 2026

Google's Passage Ranking Debuted 2020; Bing Now Follows

Remember, Google rolled out passage-based ranking in 2020. Maybe Bing is just catching up now. :) "Passage ranking is an AI system we use to identify individual sections or "passages" of a web page to better understand how relevant a...

By Glenn Gabe
Meta's NVL72 Achieves True 1:1 CPU‑GPU Ratio
SocialMay 7, 2026

Meta's NVL72 Achieves True 1:1 CPU‑GPU Ratio

Base GB200 NVL72 is 2 GPUs per CPU. Meta's custom Catalina NVL72, ➡️shown almost than a year ago at a public event, is 1:1. Some of y'all just missed the reason why, I guess.

By Ian Cutress
AI Memory Shifts From Retrieval to Structured Wiki
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Memory Shifts From Retrieval to Structured Wiki

RAG is already becoming the “old way” 🤯 The future of AI memory is not retrieval. It’s compilation. Here’s the shift in one sentence: ➡️ From searching information ➡️ To structuring knowledge The new model? LLM Wiki Instead of: ❌ Chunking documents ❌ Running similarity search ❌ Losing context We move...

By Giuliano Liguori
NVIDIA Explores Revolut's PRAGMA and Transaction Foundation Models
SocialMay 7, 2026

NVIDIA Explores Revolut's PRAGMA and Transaction Foundation Models

Watch our dicsussion w/ Georgios Kolovos, #NVIDIA's Payments and Fintech practice in EMEA, on 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭'𝐬 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐌𝐀, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 & 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠! Full discussion 👉 https://t.co/nJSsfnXgBH https://t.co/aR8XqBtoLW

By Efi Pylarinou
COHR’s InP Ramp Threatens AXTI’s Margin Outlook
SocialMay 7, 2026

COHR’s InP Ramp Threatens AXTI’s Margin Outlook

This terrible for $AXTI $COHR ramping InP capacity fast reads pretty bad for $AXTI. Here are some cliff notes: 1. COHR accelerated internal 6-inch ramp, now one qtr ahead of schedule, effectively "air-gaps" the merchant market. The biggest buyers are becoming their own...

By Mark Lehman (MarkFlowChatter)
Developer Seeks Feedback on Hantavirus Response Stack Launch
SocialMay 7, 2026

Developer Seeks Feedback on Hantavirus Response Stack Launch

just vibe coded my hantavirus response stack. what do you think guys? should I launch this? https://t.co/lfSUFBYbX0

By Pascio
Simplify Onboarding to Unlock Growth without Bigger Budgets
SocialMay 7, 2026

Simplify Onboarding to Unlock Growth without Bigger Budgets

Growth is not always about new marketing or bigger budgets. Sometimes it is about removing friction. In this episode, I show how simplifying onboarding can transform results. 👉 Watch the full episode: https://t.co/5dcOvVfGgn https://t.co/JP2RsfesqE

By Jim Marous
Unlimited AI Demand Justifies Any Price, Says Critic
SocialMay 7, 2026

Unlimited AI Demand Justifies Any Price, Says Critic

“If you subscribe to the “infinite demand at any price” for AI, then it’s all absolutely reasonable.” @countdraghula 🎩🤓 https://t.co/oj0Xv5EWQ6

By Samantha LaDuc
Lock a Single Face Across All AI Video Clips
SocialMay 7, 2026

Lock a Single Face Across All AI Video Clips

This is kind of insane. I just found the fix for every AI video creator's biggest headache. Bach lets you upload one photo, AI locks that face across every clip. Same face, same skin, same eyes and no drift, no reshoot, no fixing...

By Hasan Toor
Essential Docker Cheat Sheet for DevOps Mastery
SocialMay 7, 2026

Essential Docker Cheat Sheet for DevOps Mastery

From Docker basics to volumes and Dockerfiles — this is the kind of cheat sheet every DevOps engineer wishes they had earlier 🐳🔥 If you’re learning containers, mastering these Docker concepts will make deploying, scaling, and troubleshooting apps way easier. Save this...

By AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
AI Alone Can't Drive Enterprise Transformation without Expert Guidance
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Alone Can't Drive Enterprise Transformation without Expert Guidance

The inability of AI systems to act as their own deployment consultants, process mappers, and change management experts is what makes AI use in enterprises so “normal” - the tools are powerful, but you need a lot more to...

By Ethan Mollick
Foundational Models Are AI’s New Operating System
SocialMay 7, 2026

Foundational Models Are AI’s New Operating System

Foundational models are becoming the operating systems of the AI era. If you’re not experimenting now, you risk becoming dependent on those who are. https://t.co/wd54ogpvuv

By Brett King
AI Shifts From Innovation Race to Strategic Control
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Shifts From Innovation Race to Strategic Control

The AI debate is shifting from innovation to control. After the emergence of Mythos, the idea of a completely hands-off approach is becoming harder to defend politically and strategically. The turning point may already be here. The most powerful AI systems are...

By Spiros Margaris
Beyond AI Hype: Deep Dives Into Anthropic Controversies
SocialMay 7, 2026

Beyond AI Hype: Deep Dives Into Anthropic Controversies

AI news is fast. Understanding it properly is not. So I made a new playlist for that. I just published 3 deeper, story-driven videos where I go beyond the weekly hype cycle and unpack what actually happened: 1. Who's Really Stealing From Whom? ...

By Louis Bouchard
Anthropic Secures Full Access to xAI's Colossus Super‑Compute
SocialMay 7, 2026

Anthropic Secures Full Access to xAI's Colossus Super‑Compute

Anthropic Says It’s Buying 100% of Compute From xAI’s Colossus Data Center The data center, known as Colossus 1, has 300 megawatts of capacity and more than 220,000 Nvidia chips. https://t.co/iDeMXbeqF2

By Paul Triolo
Thaicom Partners with Amazonleo for Thailand LEO Broadband
SocialMay 7, 2026

Thaicom Partners with Amazonleo for Thailand LEO Broadband

.@THAICOMPLC selcts @Amazonleo as its LEO broadband partner in Thailand. Thaicom will be authorized distributor and landing-rights holder for consumer and corporate services. https://t.co/d06DeNKdGX

By Peter B. de Selding
Dystopian AI-Generated ASCO Posters Mock ALS Treatment
SocialMay 7, 2026

Dystopian AI-Generated ASCO Posters Mock ALS Treatment

Weird AI-generated ASCO posters? Drinking gold to treat ALS? @adamfeuerstein sends a dispatch from our dystopian future. TLDR: it sounds awful but it is fun to read about. https://t.co/SaniqEGPPn

By Matthew Herper
Clean Data Foundations Drive Smarter AI Decisions
SocialMay 7, 2026

Clean Data Foundations Drive Smarter AI Decisions

Bad data in, bad decisions out – no matter how sophisticated the AI. Here's what fixing the foundation for business intelligence actually looks like. https://t.co/IYNpBESVGW #DataIntegration #BusinessIntelligence https://t.co/ZSDrFbc5tq

By Jim Tompkins
Security Teams Juggle Frameworks Yet Still Question Risk Accuracy
SocialMay 7, 2026

Security Teams Juggle Frameworks Yet Still Question Risk Accuracy

Question for the security folks on Threads: how are you actually measuring risk? NIST CSF? CIS? Some Frankenstein blend of frameworks plus vendor assessments? Every conversation I have lately ends with "all of the above and we are still not sure it...

By Sean D. Mack
AI Nurses Become Co‑pilots, Not Replacements, in Healthcare
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Nurses Become Co‑pilots, Not Replacements, in Healthcare

I shared this news 2 years ago: "NVIDIA teamed up with AI healthcare company Hippocratic AI (that recently raised a lot of money) to develop generative AI "agents" that not only outperform human nurses on video calls but cost a...

By Bertalan Meskó, PhD
Bing Explains Difference Between Search and Grounding Indexing
SocialMay 7, 2026

Bing Explains Difference Between Search and Grounding Indexing

Microsoft Bing on search indexing vs grounding indexing (for AI) and how they are different - super interesting... https://t.co/OXwUmEWJ69 https://t.co/DNw0geATVu

By Barry Schwartz
Drones Poised to Replace Physical Inventory Soon
SocialMay 7, 2026

Drones Poised to Replace Physical Inventory Soon

How quickly will the rise of drones take up physical inventory? Find out. https://t.co/mHXTV1bQQs #drones #GAAP #FASB https://t.co/CnqIJGQAmy

By Peggy Smedley
Understanding Modern GPU Architecture: Fundamentals and Advances
SocialMay 7, 2026

Understanding Modern GPU Architecture: Fundamentals and Advances

Digital Design & Comp. Arch: L20: GPU Architectures (Spring 2026) We will describe the operational principles, design, and programming models of modern GPUs. We will cover both fundamentals and recent advances in GPUs. @SAFARI_ETH_CMU https://t.co/BVGdQn714C via @YouTube

By Onur Mutlu
Google Ads AI Max Adds Account‑level Content Exclusions
SocialMay 7, 2026

Google Ads AI Max Adds Account‑level Content Exclusions

Google will be bringing content and titles related exclusions to the account level to Google Ads AI Max later this year says @adsliaison https://t.co/u8zCVVGJtv https://t.co/TmGatjzuZE

By Barry Schwartz
AI Saves Time Yet Increases Your Workload
SocialMay 7, 2026

AI Saves Time Yet Increases Your Workload

If AI is saving you time, why are you working more than ever? That's the question I couldn't answer. And it changed how I think about AI entirely. A thread on the AI productivity paradox — and the three traps that swallow...

By Michael Hyatt
SEforALL and AfDB Unite
SocialMay 7, 2026

SEforALL and AfDB Unite

A productive discussion on deepening collaboration between @SEforALLorg and @AfDB_Group to accelerate #energyaccess across #Africa.  Key priorities included #cleancooking, renewables, carbon markets, green industrialization and linking energy access to jobs & economic growth. https://t.co/wEu9rHWcSQ

By Damilola Ogunbiyi
SME4SPACE Warns Merger Threatens European Space Competition
SocialMay 7, 2026

SME4SPACE Warns Merger Threatens European Space Competition

European @SME4SPACE small space co assn warns @esa, @defis_eu that merger of @AirbusSpace @Thales_Alenia_S & @LDO_Space is a threat to competition in Europe. https://t.co/QnIdMqgVQN https://t.co/e62hgnTVQk

By Peter B. de Selding
Screenless Fitbit + Century AI Beats Whoop Price
SocialMay 7, 2026

Screenless Fitbit + Century AI Beats Whoop Price

Google Fitbit Air - Screenless Activity Tracker Listed on Amazon US for $99.99 Paired with Century AI and you basically have whoop style experience for less than half of what Whoop costs every year

By Sander Belaen
Xpeng Debuts Humanoid “Iron Egg” Car Salesperson
SocialMay 7, 2026

Xpeng Debuts Humanoid “Iron Egg” Car Salesperson

Xpeng’s “Iron Egg” Hits the Showroom Floor: Meet the Humanoid Car Salesperson by @XRoboHub #Robotics #Technology #RPA #Innovation #Automation https://t.co/WwJgkkWE3Y

By Ron van Loon