📍Your Car Collects Weight, Face Data, and Every Trip You Take. Mozilla analyzed 25 car brands' privacy policies and found every single one failed its standards. 19 brands admit they may sell your data, including precise location, biometrics.. #CarDataPrivacy #LexisNexis factide.com/your-car-col...
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📍AI Models Now Write Their Own Training Code, Human Oversight Remains. OpenAI's GPT-5.3-Codex debugs its own training errors and Anthropic's Claude Code writes most internal code, yet humans still define success criteria... #ClaudeCode #Codex factide.com/ai-models-no...
📍Xiaomi MIX 5 'Hongkong' Codename Spotted in Code, Targets 2026 Launch. Internal Xiaomi code reveals device Q5, codenamed 'Hongkong,' aligning with the company's 2026 flagship naming scheme. The model number suggests a Snapdragon 8 Elite... #Xiaomi #Mix5 factide.com/xiaomi-mix-5...
📍Revolution in Hydrogen Production: Panel That Produces Hydrogen from Water and Sunlight Introduced. A prototype panel uses photocatalysis to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in one step, bypassing the need for solar panels... #Photreon #CleanEnergy #GreenHydrogen factide.com/revolution-i...
📍Figure AI Has Started Producing One Humanoid Robot Per Hour. Figure's BotQ factory now produces one humanoid robot per hour, a 24-fold increase in four months, with over 350 units delivered. This volume accelerates data collection for AI.. #FigureAI #BotQ #AIHardware factide.com/figure-ai-ha...
📍Hydrogen engine hits 60% efficiency, matches diesel power with zero emissions. A closed-loop hydrogen engine achieves over 60% efficiency, matching diesel power output in lab tests. The team notes limits in power density and potential CO2... #HydrogenEngine factide.com/hydrogen-eng...
📍A Chilling Clue: Ice May Have Assembled Life's First Cells. Vesicles with double-bond phospholipids fused into larger compartments during freeze-thaw cycles, capturing DNA more effectively than rigid membranes. #DNA #EarthScience #FreezeThaw factide.com/a-chilling-c...
📍Meta Commits to 1 GW of Space-Based Solar Power for AI Data Centers. Meta's data centers used over 18,000 GWh in 2024, and the company has reserved 1 gigawatt of power from satellites that beam infrared light to solar farms at night. #Meta #DataCenter #Space factide.com/meta-commits...
📍Samsung Unveils the World’s First DCI-Certified Giant Cinema Display. Samsung announced a new 14-meter standard size for its Onyx cinema LED displays, designed for Premium Large Format theaters. The screen can be scaled up to 20 meters... #Samsung #DCI factide.com/samsung-unve...
📍Chinese Fuel Cell Burns No Coal, Still Makes Power. Shenzhen team runs coal through oxide membrane, captures CO₂ on-site, skips combustion. Lab unit silent, but scale-up durability unproven. #Fuel #Energy factide.com/chinese-fuel...
📍XChat iOS App Adopts iOS 26 Design, Lacks Android Release Date. X's new messaging app, XChat, fully adopts iOS 26 design language but currently has no announced release date for Android. The app promises end-to-end encryption and ad-free messaging. #XChat factide.com/xchat-ios-ap...
📍Meta Cuts 8,000 Jobs, Closes 6,000 Open Roles to Fund AI Spending. Meta will lay off 10% of its workforce in May, affecting 8,000 employees, while eliminating 6,000 open positions. The cuts are intended to offset billions in new AI investments. #Meta #MetaAI factide.com/meta-cuts-8-...
📍Sodium-Ion Batteries Keep 90% Capacity at -40°C, Cost 30% Less Than LFP. CATL says its sodium-ion batteries retain 90% capacity at -40°C and cost 30% less than LFP, but their 175 Wh/kg density currently limits them to affordable small EVs. #CATL #EVs #BatteryTech factide.com/sodium-ion-b...
📍Google Splits TPUv8 into Training and Inference Chips, Promises 3x Faster AI. Google's new TPU 8t and TPU 8i chips claim 3x faster model training and 80% better performance per dollar. #TPU #GoogleCloud #AIChips factide.com/google-split...
📍Higher Neutrophil Ratio in Blood Predicts Alzheimer's Years Before Symptoms. A high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio from a routine blood test was linked to increased dementia risk in 370,000 people. #Science #MedResearch #Biomarker factide.com/higher-neutr...
📍Curiosity Rover Finds DNA-Like Molecule on Mars in First-Ever Off-World Chemical Test. A nitrogen-bearing molecule similar to DNA-Like Molecule was detected on Mars for the first time using a new chemical experiment. #Astrobiology #Astrophysics factide.com/curiosity-ro...
📍Vercel Breach: OAuth Hijack Exposed Customer API Keys, Source Code. Attackers gained access through a compromised employee Google account linked to a third-party app, exposing unencrypted credentials. #Vercel #CyberSecurity #OAuth #ApiSecurity factide.com/vercel-breac...
📢 Soil-Powered Fuel Cell Generates 68 Times More Power Than Sensors Need. A dirt-powered fuel cell using soil microbes generated 68 times more power than required to run its sensors. It lasted 120% longer than similar technologies... #Bioelectronics #Science #TechNews factide.com/soil-powered...
📍Quantum-Informed AI Outperforms Standard Models Using Hundreds of Times Less Memory. A hybrid quantum-AI method achieved 20% greater accuracy in predicting chaotic systems while requiring hundreds of times less memory... #Quantum #Science #HybridML factide.com/quantum-info...
📍Natural Hormone Reverses Obesity by Burning Energy, Not Curbing Appetite. FGF21 reversed obesity in mice by activating a hindbrain circuit that increases energy burning rather than suppressing hunger. #Science #Obesity #MedResearch factide.com/natural-horm...
📍Liver 'Zombie' Cells Hit 80% in Aging Mice; Removing Them Reversed Damage. Senescent macrophages rose from 5% to 60-80% of liver immune cells in older mice. Drug elimination restored liver size and body weight without diet change. #Science #MedResearch factide.com/liver-zombie...
📍One in Four U.S. Adults Now Use AI for Health Advice, Survey Finds. Over 66 million Americans report using AI tools for physical or mental healthcare information. 71% cite speed as motivation, yet only 4% strongly trust... #Health #PublicHealth #DigitalHealth factide.com/one-in-four-...
📍Amazon to Pay $11.6 Billion for Globalstar, Become iPhone's Primary Satellite Provider. Amazon will acquire Globalstar for $11.57 billion in cash or stock, giving it Apple's satellite business for Emergency SOS and messaging. #AmazonLeo #DirectToCell #TechNews #Space factide.com/amazon-to-pa...
📍Linux 7.0 Promotes Rust to Stable, Concluding 'Experiment' Rust support graduates from experimental after the 2025 Kernel Maintainers Summit. The shift brings memory-safe code into the stable kernel for the first time. #Linux7 #Kernel #TechNews factide.com/linux-7-0-pr...
📍ChipSoft Ransomware Attack Hits 80% of Dutch Hospital Networks. A ransomware attack on healthcare IT vendor ChipSoft forced 11 hospitals to disconnect patient portals after the company advised terminating VPN connections. #CyberSecurity #Security #TechNews factide.com/chipsoft-ran...
📍Toxic MCCPs Detected in U.S. Air for First Time, Likely From Sewage Fertilizer. Scientists found Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Oklahoma air using mass spectrometry, the first Western Hemisphere detection... #Science #ScienceNews factide.com/toxic-mccps-...
📍Hacker Claims 10-Petabyte Theft From China's Defense Supercomputer. A hacker claims to have extracted 10 petabytes from China's National Supercomputing Center over six months via a compromised VPN. #Hacker #CyberSecurity #SuperComputer factide.com/hacker-claim...
📍WHEA Logger Event ID 17: We Solved the PCIe Gen 4 Issue Experienced on Samsung 990 Pro and Intel Z790 Motherboards. Multiple blue screens and the WHEA Logger ID 17 error in the Samsung 990 Pro + ASUS TUF Z790 combination. #Tech #Whea #TechSupport #Hardware factide.com/whea-logger-...
📍CareCloud Breach: 45,000 Medical Providers' Patient Data Exposure Unknown. Unauthorized access detected March 16 in CareCloud's EHR environment; company cannot confirm if millions of patient records were exfiltrated. #CyberSecurity #DataBreach #HealthcareSecurity factide.com/carecloud-br...
📍Roku Hits 500 Free Channels as Streaming Bills Force Cord-Cutter Rebellion. Roku's free ad-supported library crossed 500 channels in April 2026 after adding since January. CEO Anthony Wood claims the platform now runs in over half of U.S. #FreeChannell #Roku factide.com/roku-hits-50...
📍Aging Lung Cells Trigger Runaway Inflammation That Turns Mild Flu Severe. Fibroblasts in aging lungs activate NF-κB to recruit destructive immune cell clusters. Young mice with this signal developed severe COVID-like illness. #Health #Covid #Flu factide.com/aging-lung-c...
📍GTA 5 Exits Xbox Game Pass April 15, Its Fifth Removal in Six Years. GTA 5 leaves Xbox Game Pass on April 15 after appearing five separate times since 2020. Rockstar's leverage over Microsoft makes consistent availability structurally... #Gta5 #Xbox #GamePass #Gaming factide.com/gta-5-exits-...
📍10,000 Qubits Could Break Internet Encryption, Not Millions. Elliptic curve cryptography could fall to a 9,988-qubit quantum computer in about 1,000 days. The estimate dropped from 20 million qubits thanks.. #QuantumComputing #Cybersecurity #Encryption #QuantumPhysics factide.com/10-000-qubit...
📍One Protein Reverses Brain Aging in Old Mice, Restoring Lost Memory. Reducing FTL1 protein in aging mice rebuilt neural connections and improved memory performance. The reversal was measured through hippocampal synapse.. #Aging #NeuroScience #BrainHealth #Neurobiology factide.com/one-protein-...
📍Marine Worms Face 'Silent Extinction' Before Scientists Can Name Them. Many marine annelid species may vanish before being identified. The EuroWorm project will build an open-access genomic database of European... #Science #Ecology #GenomicDatabase #ScienceNews factide.com/marine-worms...
📍DNA Drug Uses 'Two-Factor Authentication' to Kill Cancer Cells While Sparing Healthy Tissue. A synthetic DNA system activates only when it detects two distinct tumor markers simultaneously, like a molecular computer... #Science #MedResearch #DNA #SyntheticBiology factide.com/dna-drug-use...
📍84% of U.S. States Warm in Specific Ways Averages Miss, Study Finds. Only 27 states show statistically significant average temperature rises since 1950, yet 41 states warm in parts of their temperature range. #ClimateScience #ContiguousUS #DailyTempData factide.com/84-of-u-s-st...
📍Native Americans Made Dice 6,000 Years Before Bronze Age Gamblers. The oldest dice artifacts date to 12,000 years ago, predating Old World probability tools by six millennia. A new diagnostic framework identified 565 dice from 45... #Archeeology #IceAgeArtifacts factide.com/native-ameri...
📍Steve Eisman Called Iran War a Unipolar Market After Crude's Biggest Monthly Surge Ever. Eisman said in early March he wouldn't change a single trade. Four weeks and 55% oil later, he reversed: the Iran war now runs everything. #EnergyMarkets #OilPrice #IranWar factide.com/steve-eisman...
📍TA416 Abused Microsoft's Own OAuth Endpoint to Plant PlugX in EU Missions. TA416 resumed targeting EU and NATO diplomatic missions in mid-2025 after two years away, using OAuth redirect abuse, Cloudflare... #CyberSecurity #PlugX #Malware #InfoSec #Phishing factide.com/ta416-abused...
📍Iran War Drives EV Inquiries Up 36%, but Buying Habits Lag Behind. EV leasing inquiries rose 36% and new EV purchase interest jumped 28% after Iran conflict disrupted Strait of Hormuz oil flows. #EV #FossilFuels #Oil #StraitOfHormuz #EnergyTransition factide.com/iran-war-dri...
📍GeForce NOW Streams 12 Titles This Week, PRAGMATA Leads April Lineup. GeForce NOW adds 12 games to stream this week including Arknights: Endfield, with Capcom's PRAGMATA arriving April 17 and eight more titles throughout... #Pragmata #Nvidia #Xbox #GeforceNow #Gaming factide.com/geforce-now-...
📍Gemma 4 Open Models Outperform 20x-Larger Rivals on Local Hardware. Gemma 4's four sizes (E2B to 31B) deliver advanced reasoning and agentic workflows under Apache 2.0. The 31B model ranks #3 among open models on Arena AI. #Gemma4 #LLM #AI #Gemini #Ollama #HuggingFace factide.com/gemma-4-open...
📍Cicada Variant Infects Children More Readily, But Severity Stays Low. BA.3.2, nicknamed Cicada, infects children ages 3 to 15 about five times more efficiently than other variants, per NYC wastewater and case data. #BA32 #Covid #Cicada #PublicHealth #ChildInfection factide.com/cicada-varia...
🎮 Minecraft Herdcraft Snapshot Turns Blocks Into Commandable Companions. Minecraft's Herdcraft snapshot removes the inventory menu, making items roam as commandable companions tied with leads. Shown in Mojang's YouTube trailer, the April... #Gaming #GameDev #VoxelGames factide.com/minecraft-he...
📍Gottheimer Presses Anthropic on Repeated Code Leaks. Rep. Josh Gottheimer pressed Anthropic's CEO on repeated Claude Code leaks, citing national security risks. Anthropic called it a packaging error, not a breach... #Claude #Security #ClaudeLeaks #LLMModels #AIPolicy factide.com/gottheimer-p...
📍SpaceX IPO Filing Could Make Elon Musk World's First Trillionaire. SpaceX filed preliminary paperwork for public share sale, reportedly seeking up to $75 billion. Offering could value company at $1.5 trillion. Musk owns 42% of SpaceX... #SpaceX #Space #NASA factide.com/spacex-ipo-f...
🎮 Fortnite Brainrot Skins Datamined: 7 Cosmetics, 3,300 V-Bucks Bundle Estimated. Dataminers cracked encrypted files from April 1 Fortnite update to reveal full Brainrot cosmetic lineup. Pricing and release date remain... #Fortnite #ItemShop #Gaming #Datamine #VBSkins factide.com/fortnite-bra...
🎮 Mimikyu Spawns in Pokémon Go During April Fools Day 2026. Ghost and Fairy-type Mimikyu appears in the wild from 12am to 11:59pm on April 1st, with increased rates during 6pm to 7pm Pikachu Spotlight Hour. Shiny form not yet available. #PokemonGo #Mimikyu #Gaming factide.com/mimikyu-spaw...
📍Flipped DNA Locks Gene Combos, Fueling 800 Species in One Lake. Chromosomal inversions in five chromosomes across 1,300+ Lake Malawi cichlids block DNA mixing during reproduction, locking beneficial traits into supergenes. #Science #Genetics #Supergenes factide.com/flipped-dna-...