SuccessFactors
1H 2026 Release: Streamlining Data after Employment Terminations in #SuccessFactors Employee Central https://t.co/ziJejLz3eW >a good feature for cleaning up data. #SAP
OpenAI Might Follow Netscape’s Decline Without AI ‘Homepage’
"Does OpenAI go to zero the way Netscape did?" @fubini asked me this. We both interviewed at Netscape the same day in '95. His answer: "The “homepage” for AI hasn't shown up yet." Deployed EP4 is live. Link in comments. https://t.co/NzofcUJFwa
Prioritize Maintenance Automation Over Feature Checklists
Good point @YuvrajSShergill. While we don't advice anyone to select a learning system using a feature-first laundry list, too many decision makers don't look ahead at these critical considerations.
CSAIL Revives 80s Three‑s
In the '80s, future MIT prof. Bill Freeman envisioned a three-sided zipper that could switch items between soft & rigid states. Last year, CSAIL revived his idea w/an automated design tool. It 3D prints "Y-zippers" that snap gear, robots, & art...
AI Accelerates Marketing Plans, Humans Still Own Strategy
Executives don't just want a marketing plan. They want answers to 6 specific questions - fast. AI can help you get there. But only if you're the one driving. In my blog post, I walk through how to build a...
Google Funds AI Agents to Own Business Outcomes
Google just dropped a $750M fund and a new enterprise agent platform. The vision: AI that owns business outcomes, not just tasks. The problem nobody solved: reliability, accountability, compliance, security. Ambition is not a product.
AI Is a Thinking Challenge, Not a Workplace Tool
The biggest AI mistake: treating it like a workplace problem. It’s not. It’s a thinking problem. Kids won’t “discover” AI someday. They’ll grow up inside it. The future won’t belong to kids who press the right button. It will belong to kids who ask better...
AI Agents Emerge as Enterprise Workforce Layer
AI agents are becoming a new enterprise workforce layer. @IrenaCronin and I write this newsletter every week. AI agents are becoming a new enterprise workforce layer because they can move beyond simple chatbot tasks and operate inside real business workflows. They can...
Pfizer Scrubs Trillium Pipeline, CD47 Concept Proves Bust
Sometimes in biotech you can get lucky and win even though you were dead wrong. $PFE just dumped the rest of the Trillium ( $TRIL) pipeline - it all came to naught. I made out nicely when PFE bought TRIL,...
Bob Demonstrates Agentic‑Era SDLC Automation at IBM Think
At the 2nd keynote of day 01 at #Think Neel Sundaresan, General Manager, Automation and AL and Sanah Pallithotungal, Product Manager, IBM Bob gave us the demo of how Bob enables SDLC in Agentic era. #IBMThink #Think #Think2026 https://t.co/1kxeKLtKGo
Today's Must-Read Marketing AI News Highlights
Top #Marketing #AI News Stories today: https://t.co/u9ydkMkv8q Top stories from @FastCompany @diginomica @MarketingBrew @AdobeForBiz @martechismktg @databricks @vismktg @SlackHQ @MyTotalRetail @EYnews and more. https://t.co/xheJz5XeKV
Biotech Poised to Create Universal Anti‑venom Breakthrough
Day 1 @SynBioBeta first panel on building a universal anti-venom "We haven't innovated in 125yrs, since injecting horses with venom worked okay" We're now on the cusp of a universal anti-venom thanks to modern biotech https://t.co/wNbPwXjHPi
Chemical Reprogramming Triggers Toxic Lipid Droplets In Vivo
https://t.co/F6dZ4lFcUZ problem is that most groups don't publish negative results here's a recent paper from @gladyshev_lab showing that chemical reprogramming (yes, different thank OSKM) causes lipid droplet formation and significant in vivo toxicity
AI Inferencing Nodes Will Soon Blanket the Planet
Quote of the day comes from Sean Farney, VP, Data Center Strategy – Americas at JLL, here at @ConnectX_USA #ConnectX26 “We need to carpet the planet with AI inferencing compute nodes....We’re in the infancy of this.” #EdgeComputingReturns
Tim Cook Confirms Massive Demand for Neo Device
I wrote this a month ago. Tim Cook confirmed the Neo’s outsized demand last week. https://t.co/yR6Ee5nuV7
AMD Poised to Beat Estimates; Watch GPU Ramp
$AMD reports after close. Consensus ~$9.84B / ~$1.30 EPS (+32% rev, +35% EPS). Stock up 74% in April sets a high bar. I think they will beat. I’m watching a few things: MI355 ramp, MI400/Helios timing, Meta 6GW progress, EPYC...
Publishers Sue Meta for Pirated Books Used in AI Training
Major publishers sued Meta for pirating millions of books to train its AI Five major publishers are suing Meta for training its AI on pirated books. The lawsuit alleges Zuckerberg “personally authorized” massive copyright infringement. It claims Meta’s Llama AI model was trained...
Amazon's New Supply Service Mainly Boosts Baseline Capacity
"...We see the overall disruptive impact [Amazon Supply Chain Service] as on the margin, given our view that Amazon's primary motivation for a third-party offering is aimed toward densifying its baseload capacity..." - Bruce Chan, Stifel
AI Forces Leaders Back Into the Trenches
Lots of possible takes on today's Coinbase announcement, but this passage caught my eye. If this becomes a trend, it will be quite disruptive to tech's managerial layer. It was something I was acutely aware of during my comms career: the...
AI Powers Email Copy, Ignores Outdated Segmentation
Email marketing has a serious AI problem. Not the kind you're thinking. Everyone aimed AI at the wrong part of the funnel. Two years of AI-generated subject lines and copy. Nobody used it to figure out who should actually get the email. Audience...
Agentic AI Enters First Investable Cycle via Measurable Work
Latest report @DiligenceStack From AI Usage to AI Earnings Power Agentic AI’s first investable cycle is forming around measurable work, workflow control, and budget formation. https://t.co/GO5Exh5d9w
Choosing the Ideal AI Tool for Researchers
What does ‘the right AI tool’ for researchers look like? Maxim Khan, SVP for Academic and Government Solutions, Elsevier, answers the question. https://t.co/mmPAqitTxE #AI #Research #Researchers
Orexin Therapies Unlock New Horizons Beyond Narcolepsy
Orexin drugs for narcolepsy and more. Listen to Richard Pops @popsalks discuss the emerging opportunity, and his 35-year-career, on The Long Run. Sponsored by @AlphaSenseInc & Dash Bio. https://t.co/Qr6oJ8AwzB
AI Enhances Top Developers: Redis Array Success
Love this post by @antirez on developing Redis Array support. Its a great showcase of thoughtful AI usage and how AI can empower even the best developers while still producing high quality work. https://t.co/xc5KhcHb2P
Amazon Business Launches Same‑day Grocery Delivery for Firms
Interesting move - Amazon Business is providing same-day delivery of perishable groceries to business customers in more than 2,300 U.S. cities. https://t.co/fq9JaBDdDJ "Amazon Business serves more than eight million organizations globally, including 97 of the Fortune 100."
Countries Advancing to Smart Grid Phases 4‑6 in Renewable Integration
6 phases of renewable energy integration: @iea.org lays out typical challenges and how countries are solving them. Several are already in the high phases (4–6), where grids go from "building enough" to "operating smarter". A useful mental map to understand where countries...
Uncovering a Silent Docker Swarm Scheduler Bug
How We Diagnosed a Hidden Scheduler Failure in a Docker Swarm Cluster Serving 2 Million Users https://t.co/tRVM3lhJbH https://t.co/EWgmPiB2s2
Flip the Ratio: Cheap Assessment, Board‑
"The answer probably starts with flipping the ratio: making assessment as cheap as generation, paying for fixes instead of just finds, and treating supply chain security as the board-level priority it has been pretending to be."
New Features Unveiled in SAP SuccessFactors 2026 Release
First Half 2026 Release: What’s New for #SAP #SuccessFactors Performance & Goals https://t.co/cOzqLILfzV #EnSw #HRTech #HR #HCM
NIST Should Conduct Public, Independent AI Capability Tests
In addition to the CAISI evaluation, it would be useful if NIST conducted public tests of AI abilities as an independent evaluator - though those obviously should not be pre-release tests & can be done when models are public. Independent testing...
Next-Gen Low-Power Memory Boosts High-Performance Computing
New CPU Memory Module: Benefits and questions surrounding a next-gen low-power standard for high-performance compute. https://t.co/1O8k7qRB7d #DDR #SOCAMM #thermalmanagement #lowpowermemory https://t.co/pfo54Qm7Pt
Find Underpriced Growth Channels Early for Long-Term Advantage
Looking for underrated growth channels? 👉 Find “underpriced” channels early 👉 GPT marketplace = thousands of users/month (for free) 👉 Early positioning = long-term advantage Episode 248 is live 👇 https://t.co/NXvJ9ucWeW #SaaS #Startups #Growth https://t.co/nuXgklWHna
AI Can Discover and Execute Tasks You Never Imagined
Everyone uses AI the same way. That was me until a few weeks ago. You open a window, type what you need, and it gives you something back. That's useful, but it has a ceiling most people don't realize: you can...
Single 25 Mg Psilocybin Dose Triggers Month-Long Brain Changes
A single 25 mg dose of psilocybin leads to brain structural changes that were seen at 1 month. From a cross-over study of 28 healthy volunteers, no prior psychedelic, who also were also assessed after 1 mg. Behavioral results in...
AI Swapped Effort for Time, Not Productivity
AI didn't solve my productivity problem. It replaced the constraint I understood (effort) with one I'd already beaten once (time). https://t.co/VEPUVUMcoe
AI and Quantum Threats Demand New Cybersecurity Frameworks
Why Cybersecurity Strategies and Frameworks Must Be Recalibrated in the Age of AI and Quantum Threats
Focus on Tasks: Thriving in AI-Augmented Careers
AI is going to change every job on the planet. That can sound alarming, but the reality is more nuanced. In this video, I explain why some jobs will be displaced, why many more will be augmented, and why the...
Industry Success Demands Relocating to Its Geographic Hub
"The single most important thing for anybody wanting to break into any industry is go to the headquarters or cluster of that industry. Move to wherever that thing is. And all the advice that you can do anything from anywhere...
Skepticism Over AI Data Traffic Forecast's Broad Scope
I’m not entirely convinced by this prediction from @WIAorg about AI data traffic going to 10% on wireless, unless it’s a “kitchen sink” figure including any data that is AI created, modified or recommended (eg timelines) https://t.co/6UoCVNyH72
AI Coach Reviews Meetings, Aligns With Performance Feedback
"It's really been surprising how good of a coach [AI] is." @rywiggs (Mercury VP) built a Claude Code system that reviews his meeting transcripts from @meetgranola and cross-references them against his performance review and coaching feedback. "It tells me, hey, in...
Cross‑Device Handoff Untethers AI Coding with TRAE SOLO
TRAE SOLO Mobile is here, and it changes how AI coding works. the killer feature isn't the mobile app itself. it's the cross-device handoff. assign a Cloud task from your phone. open the desktop or web app. the agent is already running, with full context,...
Google Keep Restores Lock‑Screen Note Settings
Google hasn't forgotten about Keep's lock screen notes (yet) as the latest version of Google Keep brings back old settings related to it We last saw Google working toward a feature like this in late 2023. ✅ Details - https://t.co/b2TT2Nyo7j https://t.co/8fPmWTIEWq
Top Corp Illegally Trains AI on Pirated Authors' Books
“I find it distressing and infuriating that one of the top-10 richest corporations in the world knowingly used pirated copies of my books, and thousands of other authors, to train Llama, which can and has produced competing material,” Turow https://t.co/wCFSd4NIR0...
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Looking for 5 Shopify merchants to spend 25 min with me this month. I'll show you something about your own brand on Google you've probably never seen before. You tell me what's useful and what's broken. No pitch, no signup. Just feedback. DM...
Russia's Ekspress‑AMU4 Launch Pushed to 2028
Ekspress-AMU4, Russia's first civilian geostationary communications satellite to be developed in isolation from the West, completed acoustic tests, but its launch just slipped from 2026 to 2028 due to components' delays... https://t.co/Mz5ys2bFrq
US Gov to Pre‑Approve Google, Microsoft, xAI Models
Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models. The Center for AI Standards and Innovation will now evaluate new models before they’re released publicly https://t.co/esafvxPaCb
OpenClaw's Zombie Workers: Is Tini the Fix?
OpenClaw is giving me the craziest zombie worker problem Has anyone solved this properly? Is tini the correct solution? https://t.co/6HqgSTSb7o
Liberal Arts Skills Will Lead AI Management Revolution
Most executives are focused on what AI can automate. A more interesting question is who will manage it well. Human-AI workflows need people who can frame problems, test reasoning, detect manipulation, communicate clearly, and guide decisions under ambiguity. That is...
B2B Growth Now Driven by Emotional Buying Blueprint
The real B2B revolution is emotional: inside LinkedIn’s ‘Buyability’ blueprint for growth https://t.co/XBYS6ACrY8 via @thedrum #SocialSelling #DigitalSelling
Uber Solved AI Scaling with Centralized Gateways and Registry
What problems did Uber face when scaling AI? There wasn't a shared way of building, security was inconsistent, opaque visibility into call patterns, and discovery was unmanaged. They added centralized MCP gateways and a registry. More ... https://t.co/pVTbFSPRR9