2026-04-25

Lutnick GOES SILENT when CROSS-EXAMINED on Epstein!!!

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick refusing to answer questions during his under oath Congressional Hearing and Meiselas interviews Democratic Congressman Mike Levin about exposing Trump’s corruption in the House. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE

Why is an AI agent managing this store in San Francisco? 🤔 #trendingshorts #ai #tech #future

Andon Labs, a San Francisco company that tests AI agents in real-world settings, signed a three-year lease and gave an AI named Luna a hundred thousand dollars to run a retail store. Luna, powered by Anthropic's Claude AI, hired employees, ordered inventory, and set prices on her own. The result has been mixed. The store opened on April 10 on Union Street, but Luna has struggled with schedulin

Weed Is No Longer Classified As Dangerous As Heroin

Watch the full Daily DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/@PhilipDeFranco?sub_confirmation=1 Get More News Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpLB7kBu9O5dbBKhaIOmqcQ?sub_confirmation=1 —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Philip DeFra

Different Language Models Learn Similar Number Representations

Language models trained on natural text learn to represent numbers using periodic features with dominant periods at $T=2, 5, 10$. In this paper, we identify a two-tiered hierarchy of these features: while Transformers, Linear RNNs, LSTMs, and classical word embeddings trained in different ways all learn features that have period-$T$ spikes in the Fourier domain, only some learn geometrically separable features that can be used to linearly classify a number mod-$T$. To explain this incongruity, we prove that Fourier domain sparsity is necessary but not sufficient for mod-$T$ geometric separability. Empirically, we investigate when model training yields geometrically separable features, finding that the data, architecture, optimizer, and tokenizer all play key roles. In particular, we identify two different routes through which models can acquire geometrically separable features: they can learn them from complementary co-occurrence signals in general language data, including text-number co-occurrence and cross-number interaction, or from multi-token (but not single-token) addition problems. Overall, our results highlight the phenomenon of convergent evolution in feature learning: A diverse range of models learn similar features from different training signals. arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs .

Nuclear startup X-energy raises $1B in data center-driven IPO

Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges. Amazon-backed X-energy was able to raise around 20% more money in its IPO as demand for nuclear power surges. The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. Register now. The first StrictlyVC of 2026 hits SF on April 30. Tickets are going fast. Register now. Nuclear startup X-energy raised $1 billion in its initial public offering yesterday, selling 44.3 million shares for $23 each, a hefty premium above the $16 to $19 per share it was seeking. Initially, the company had hoped to raise around $800 million .

Sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing

I’ll be attending Babashka Conf on May 8 and Dutch Clojure Days on May 9. If you’re attending either (or just visiting Amsterdam), drop me a line! When I have an idea for a project, it tends to go in one of these two directions: I just do it. Maybe I make a few minor revisions, but often it turns out exactly how I’d imagined and I’m happy.

Spinel: Ruby AOT Native Compiler

Spinel compiles Ruby source code into standalone native executables. It performs whole-program type inference and generates optimized C code, achieving significant speedups over CRuby. Spinel is self-hosting : the compiler backend is written in Ruby and compiles itself into a native binary. Spinel compiles its own backend. The bootstrap chain:

Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event

Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.

Refuse to let your doctor record you

By: Emily M. Bender and Decca Muldowney At a recent appointment, Emily’s physical therapist (who knows some about her research) said, “Before we get started,... At a recent appointment, Emily’s physical therapist (who knows some about her research) said, “Before we get started, there’s something I want to ask you about.” The something was an automatic “scribing” system their office is trialling for two weeks and deciding whether to purchase. These systems take in a (presumably audio-only) recording of the patient encounter and then output a draft patient note for the chart. Both Alex and Decca have had similar experiences in recent appointments with providers, suggesting these tools are infiltrating healthcare from small doctor’s offices to huge conglomerates like Kaiser. As a recent storyline on emergency room drama The Pitt showed, these scribing tools are being advertised as time-saving programs that allow healthcare workers to focus more on the patient and less on note-taking, but we are highly skeptical of these claims. (And art even imitates life; “AI” transcription tool on the Pitt made an error that compromised a patient’s well-being!) The PT knew that Emily was likely to decline (as she did) and was really curious as to why. That conversation prompted this newsletter post, meant both for patients trying to decide whether to accept or decline, and providers (the lucky ones with decision making power) trying to decide whether to purchase or subscribe to such systems.

Another spyware maker caught distributing fake Android snooping apps

Researchers have found a new case where government authorities used a fake Android app to plant spyware on a target’s phone. The company that allegedly developed the spyware was not previously known to sell this type of software.

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Norway Set to Become Latest Country to Ban Social Media for Under 16s

Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway's primary modules are corroded

Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors."

As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti

Porsche's stake in Bugatti and Rimac Group have been sold to private equity.