Voice AI Secures Over $1B Funding in January
Voice AI had a stellar first quarter, with startups getting more than $1.88 million in funding in voice and voice-related startups. January was the biggest month with over $1 billion in funding My story in the newsletter: https://t.co/xanR263SOd
Meta-Analyses Reveal Psychedelics Boost Brain Circuits
Two systematic, meta-analyses on psychedelic drugs today Brain Circuit Function @NatureMedicine https://t.co/nBmjreYEXU Depression @NatMentHealth https://t.co/zJR06AsC0Z https://t.co/qpWdjzBR4D
Tesla Business Superchargers Expand with Discounted V3s in Kansas
"It was some of the last V3s being sold at a discount to move stock." Tesla Supercharger for Business grows with rare V3 site in Belleville, Kansas Read on EVwire: https://t.co/e5hIoqYGOZ by @ResidentSponge
New ROS Guide Adds Outpost Thermal-Control System
Expanding our exclusive technical guide to the ROS complex with the introduction to the outpost's thermal-control system (subscription). CONTEXT: Home page for the ROS project: https://t.co/81bSOWHp9D https://t.co/upduOMWNYd
Cell Senescence Drives Cancer Risk, Yet Can Be Modulated
Cell senescence and how it predisposes to cancer, no less how we may be able to modulate it. An outstanding @CellCellPress review https://t.co/bmAXOS1Ybz
AI Safety Will Curb Crashes; Convenience Drives Driverless Adoption
Hopefully never. AI active safety features should hopefully make it nearly impossible for humans to crash while driving manually too. Convenience and saving on insurance, not a dystopian ban on driving, will be the incentive to move to a fully...
Tackling Microplastics, Safer Nuclear, Massive Battery Recycling Deal
In the latest Current Climate: 🫗Cracking down on microplastics in drinking water ⚛️A cheaper, safer form of nuclear power 🔋A $1.1 billion deal to get nickel and lithium from a “black mass” of recycled battery waste https://www.forbes.com/sites/current-climate/2026/04/06/a-move-to-crack-down-on-microplastics/
Google Play Drops Device Model Filter From Review Search
Google Play Store has removed the “This device model” filter from app reviews in the latest version You can now search reviews more easily, but you can't filter by your device model anymore. ✅ Details - https://t.co/uTTepcVK0t https://t.co/Odio8tXyjb
Open-Weight LLMs Democratize Recommendation System Capabilities
RecSys and chill "Open-weight models are, by definition, publicly accessible. If the argument made by Meta and Netflix about the value of LLMs is truly that they bring semantic, contextual data to bear on ranking tasks (Meta has called this “world...
Yarbo Launches Fully Autonomous Snow Removal System
Yarbo Brings Fully #Autonomous Snow Removal to Winter Maintenance by @yarboglobal #EmergingTech #Innovation #Tech #Technology https://t.co/x2PSOshT5a
Fiscal Now Integrates with Claude for Instant Financial Data
Fiscal is now an official Claude Connector. 🥳 Get our structured data content into Claude with one click of a button if you have the API & MCP plan. Fiscal is now officially partnered with most frontier labs to deliver accurate &...
Switched to Claude for Work, Still Use Grok for News
I have switched from ChatGPT to Claude for work related stuff. I still use Grok for anything related to news. what are you guys using right now?
Expo Simplifies Native App Testing and Deployment via QR Code
Expo is awesome for mobile apps. QR Code scan to test native app building and usable before publishing, handles full deployment to appstore/play store. Easiest thing ever.
Soft Electrofluidic Fiber Muscles Bundle to Lift Heavy Loads
Scientists have developed soft artificial electrofluidic fiber muscles that can be bundled together like skeletal muscles to lift heavy weights or launch objects in the blink of an eye. Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/QigPsEJDBc https://t.co/WpfeI9W1vW
Packaging Shift Lets Amazon, Google Embrace Intel Foundry
Pat’s Law of Something: All major vendors and suppliers are always in talks and testing. I do think this will move forward, though. Packaging is an easier commitment than wafers as it doesn’t force a redesign. Not easy but just...
Autonomous Cars Already Delivered the ChatGPT Moment.
Everyone's waiting for the "ChatGPT moment" in robotics. @Alfred_Lin thinks it already happened. It's the autonomous car. And most of the industry is looking in the wrong direction. Deployed EP2 with Alfred Lin drops tomorrow. https://t.co/H8O6RnzkG6
Claude AI Pinpoints Cause of Recent Overcharges
It looks like @claudeai has identified why we have been getting overcharged for the past week. Identified an issue resulting in elevated errors on CaludeAI
Iterate AI Automation Step‑by‑step, Then Go Autonomous
I've automated so much of my business with AI over the last 2 months. But I didn't start by automating everything. Here's the pattern I used: 1// Pick one annoying workflow that's regular and touches multiple platforms 2// Build it in assisted mode...
Mini Humanoid Robot Delivers Bundesliga Match Ball
4NE-1 Mini Humanoid #Robot Delivers Match Ball at Bundesliga Stadium by @CyberRobooo #Robotics #Innovation #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech https://t.co/THW8PJZZcq
Future Trend Could Sabotage Tesla Robotaxis and Cause Crashes
Prediction: There will be some stupid af cultural movement where people start doing this to Tesla robotaxis en masse ...and that will suck for everyone involved. It'll happen, mark my words. Might also lead to an accident if suddenly there's real driver without...
AI Revolutionizes Penetration Testing: My Museum Talk
How I Use AI for Penetration Testing Speaking at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA April 10, 2026 https://t.co/tTRkze5Enp https://t.co/aYFdKg7G78
Apple’s Accidental AI Rollout in China Sparks Regulatory Risk
ICYMI Apple’s accidental AI feature roll-out in China risks regulatory backlash, expert says | South China Morning Post https://t.co/UNLH7A2Dez
Google Tests AI Enhance in Photos, Trims Options
Google Is Testing "AI Enhance I" and "II" in Photos—Here’s What’s Changing The new feature would limit the number of output options, so you don’t get exhausted by too many. ✅ More details & screenshots- https://t.co/e3j6IzSXB0 https://t.co/jT0TCfOSpu
Meta Hires Ex‑ByteDance Exec Xu Rui to Lead AI Hardware
Who is Xu Rui, the ex-ByteDance executive tapped by Meta to lead AI hardware? Xu, a graduate of Harbin Institute of Technology.... https://t.co/hAA1jCYNZG
Chinese Firms Lag US AI Adoption Due to Cultural Gaps
Chinese firms trail US peers in AI adoption due to corporate culture: ex-OpenAI executive “The American consumer is far more cynical about technology and big tech,” said Kass, citing anxieties over social media’s impact on children and declining public trust. This...
S27 Pro/Ultra Leap Forward, Base Needs Telephoto, 45W
Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra having bigger upgrades allows the base and plus to also finally get proper upgrades What both of these need the most is a better Telephoto. Also for the base to get 45w charging
AI Turns Specialists Into Scalable Generalist‑Specialists in Healthcare
In @Health_Affairs Scholar, @bobkocher, Siobhan Nolan Mangini (both of @Venrock) and I argue that – by scaling specialist-level knowledge – AI will create, in essence, the "generalist-specialist." We explore the far-reaching implications for healthcare. https://t.co/FozKzBoINd
MIT Professor Warns AI's Major Flaw in Finance Advice
AI has a big problem when it comes to financial advice, MIT professor says. https://t.co/b2VMAS1AcK
New Model Updates Cost‑Per‑Transistor Economics for AI Era
Working on building a new cost per transistor model with updated economics since it's been a few years since I have seen one. So many more dynamics are needed than the ones from a few years ago, pre AI...
NHTSA Clears Tesla Remote Driving Feature as Safe
In other words: An NHTSA probe into Tesla ASS determined it is safe to tap. What Detroit News really fought hard to NOT say ("remote driving feature, lol"), we leaned into instead: https://t.co/UP5Sm96MtF https://t.co/HGerL9tcIv
No Orbital Starship Flight Before IPO—Do Investors Care?
One important takeaway is no orbital Starship flight before the IPO. But do investors care?
MIT's OSGym Enables Scalable Training of Computer-Using AI
How do you train AI agents that can use computers like humans? 🧵 MIT CSAIL researchers introduce "OSGym": scalable OS infrastructure to improve the capabilities of computer use agents. It introduces large-scale training made possible by extensive infrastructure optimization: https://t.co/vALL4TL5BX
Real-Time AR Digital Twin Revitalizes Construction Data
vGIS Brings Construction #Data to Life with Real-Time #AR Digital Twin Visualization via @WevolverApp #EmergingTech #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/y4DKpduD26
AGI Triggers Cambrian-Scale Evolution in Decades
If AGI is here (which I think it is) then reality itself will start to shift faster and faster. Don't think Industrial era, think Cambrian Era but 10 to 25 million years compressed into decades.
Quantum AI Conference Calls for Papers; Chair Leads NLP Track
Please see below the call for papers for the 2nd Quantum AI conference in Indiana, this summer August 14-16. I will be chairing the quantum NLP track. Last year it was great in many ways, with lots of...
Artemis II Moon Return Sparks Hope for Humanity
Something special is happening in space right now As Artemis II astronauts reach the Moon for the first time in 54 years, it gives humanity something we've been missing for decades: hope that we can become something great. https://t.co/wdFUF4tfOB
Quantum CNNs Proven Classically Simulable Without Barren Plateaus
Extremely proud to see our paper "Quantum Convolutional Neural Networks are Effectively Classically Simulable" published in @PRX_Quantum https://t.co/1UGukJYQLv This is an instantiation of our work, provable absence of barren plateaus implies classical simulability.
Intel Foundry Poised for Packaging Wins, Wafer Demand Drives Momentum
$INTC Foundry is well set up for packaging wins. The market is more eager to hear about wafer wins. But… it all adds up. 👏🏻
LinkedIn Silently Harvests Chrome Extension Data
Every time you open LinkedIn in a Chrome or Chromium-based browser, covert code silently scans your browser for info about any extensions you've installed, then transmits the info back to LinkedIn and partners. From this, they can glean info about...
Google AI Predicts Flash Floods 24‑hours Early, Saving Lives
Google's new AI can predict flash floods 24 hours before they strike. How it works: > Uses Gemini to extract confirmed flood locations and times from global news > Builds a dataset of past events that never formally existed. > That dataset feeds a...
Security Tools Chase CVEs, Miss Planted Backdoors
"Modern-day security tooling looks for the wrong things ... a deliberately planted backdoor doesn’t have a CVE." https://t.co/1wbJMiZMrj
Lean Tools Thrive without Niche Constraints, Handling Any Data
Parseur ignored "pick a niche" advice. One tool now parses 10,000 utility bills and pigeon genealogy PDFs. "There is a beauty in building a product so lean it doesn't care what data it receives." https://t.co/9Dt7qXY0ky
Nebius AI Cloud Surges 483% with $1.2B Run Rate
Top 7 AI beneficiaries 👇 $NBIS (Nebius) | +483% NTM Nebius is building a pure-play AI cloud, optimized for GPU-heavy workloads. AI cloud run rate already at $1.2B annualized, with rapid regional expansion including new European capacity. Focus is not generic...
Zero‑Carbon Visitor Centre Earns AIA Canada Design Award
AIA Canada Design Awards: "Buffalo Crossing Paul Albrechtsen Visitor Centre by Stantec... Designed for Winnipeg’s extreme climate, achieved the CaGBC Zero Carbon Building Design Standard & targeting Passive House Certification." #passivhaus #passivehouse https://t.co/zxrY2QLKE1 https://t.co/V4r3x7wBN4
Sequence Over Quantity: Fix Foundations Before Scaling
Most CMOs inherit a messy system. So they add more: • new campaigns • new channels • new ideas But pipeline doesn’t improve. What helps is sequence: • fix the foundation • capture high-intent demand • align messaging • clean up channels Order matters more than activity. https://t.co/DWAOnm26p8
AI Cuts DSO, Ends Manual Billing Era
99% of companies using AI in accounts receivable have cut their DSO. three quarters reduced it by six or more days. the manual billing era is ending. the only question is whether you're ahead of it or behind it.
AI Cuts Payroll, Nudges U.S. Unemployment Higher
Goldman tries to quantify the net effect of AI both substituting for and augmenting U.S. employment. Their conclusion: AI substitution in occupations like phone operations and insurance claims administration have reduced monthly payroll gains by around -25K and raised the...
Morphic's Workflows Turn One Image Into Animated Video
Holy sh*t. Dropping one image in and watching it automatically predict 9 scenes, upscale every frame, animate them, and stitch together a compiled video 🤯 @Morphic just dropped ‘Workflows’. You bring the image. It handles everything after. Following closely 👀
AI Chooses Same B2C or B2B Paths as Others
AI has the same choice in business models as everyone else: B2C and B2B. from @berber_jin1 https://t.co/WVtTCdWPLx
Young Journalist Reveals Behind‑Scenes of Artemis II Live Stream
A young journalist shares the production story behind NASA’s historic Artemis II live stream. https://t.co/VaicXmbX1a
