Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Solar Energy

"Every day, the sun shines more energy on the world than we could ever need."

https://www.good.is/scientists-bottle-the-sun-with-a-liquid-battery-that-stores-sunlight-for-use-at-night/?utm_source=newsletters.good.is&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=variations-on-the-theme-of-sparks&_bhlid=e2691a56641e956fececc24c86441f468702f720

Monday, March 23, 2026

Elon Musks plan

"Elon Musk said his Terafab project — a grand plan to eventually manufacture his own chips for robotics, artificial intelligence and space data centers — will be built in Austin and jointly run by Tesla and SpaceX."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-22/elon-musk-says-tesla-xai-spacex-terafab-to-start-in-austin?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NDE5MDkwNCwiZXhwIjoxNzc0Nzk1NzA0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQzlaV1lLR1pBSVcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxMkIxRkMwRTUyQjQ0MTk0OEU0RDgzRjQzRUNGOTE1MiJ9.i9jSXIG8uwM7Ad7hq-7VPXKYkgtR1wxG_DsAxCLIzzs&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4&leadSource=uverify%20wall

Applying AI to Ultrasound

"Applying artificial intelligence techniques to cardiac ultrasound data may make it easier to identify patients with advanced heart failure, a new study has found."

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/ai-tools-show-promise-diagnosing-advanced-heart-failure

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Uber

"If you can parse the above excerpt, I’ve got wonderful news: Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick wrote about 1,700 words along similar lines to celebrate the transition of his real estate company into a new robot company called Atoms, dedicated to manufacturing robots that will perform tasks related to food infrastructure, mining, and transport."

https://gizmodo.com/co-founder-of-uber-pivots-real-estate-company-to-robots-posts-manifesto-2000733751?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-03-15-pm

Siri

"The ever-elusive “Siri, But Make It Actually Good” is not just a quirky side project at Apple that’s not going well, according to the claims in some anonymously sourced new reporting."

https://gizmodo.com/apples-delay-plagued-siri-project-has-also-interfered-with-physical-product-releases-report-says-2000733769?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-03-15-pm

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Facebook

"Social media has changed our interactions with one another."https://www.investing.com/academy/statistics/facebook-meta-facts/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

NATIONAL MARIO DAY



"National Mario Day on Mar 10 recognizes an iconic character from a popular video game."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-mario-day-march-10?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=17202670&hashed_email=90b5e25581634376972953552bab634b31f7675f&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

MIT & JAX

"Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed the first bandage-like microneedle patch that can sample the body's immune responses painlessly from the skin."https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-painless-skin-patch-immune-health.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

IPhone

"Apple opened its week of product launches on Monday morning with a refreshed low-cost iPhone and a faster iPad Air, as it begins what looks to be a broader multi-day hardware push."https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/02/apple-iphone-17e-ipad-air-m4-chip.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

COBOL

"COBOL was designed with optimal versatility in mind; its verbosity enables programmers to use a readable, easily maintainable programming language that can function across mainframe computers and operating systems."https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/cobol?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

OpenAI

"As AI-powered browsers from companies like OpenAI, Perplexity, and others attempt to carve out a space for themselves in a market that’s long been dominated by Chrome, Google says that it’s now speeding up the pace of Chrome releases."https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/amid-new-competition-chrome-speeds-up-its-release-schedule/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4