Tuesday/Mardi April/Avril 15th, 2025

Risks To Children Playing Roblox 'Deeply Disturbing,' Say Researchers [Slashdot.org]

Scoop: Trump won't attend 2025 White House Correspondents' Dinner [AXIOS]

FTC v. Meta: in opening arguments, FTC lawyers accuse Meta of a “buy-or-bury strategy” to cement a social networking monopoly by buying Instagram and WhatsApp [TechMeme]

More and more CEOs are expecting a recession as tariffs rattle the economy [Quartz]

The Covid pandemic was catastrophic. But don’t overlook what went right. — From mRNA vaccines to remote work, the technologies that blunted the worst of the pandemic. [Vox]

Quantum utility is at most 10 years away, industry experts believe [TheNextWeb]

WTF Is a Hormbles Chormbles? [Eater]

How the Trade War Is Testing Gen-Z Startups

They’re facing a TikTok ban and a trade war. Is Gen-Z now Gen-T? [Inc.]

iPhones and laptops are now exempt from tariffs, but Trump’s policy on chips will soon change that [Fast Company]

Top 5 Things Women Instantly Check Out in a Man [Medium]

This Entrepreneur Used AI to Transform Their Business and Create Multiple Revenue Streams — Here's Exactly How They Did It [Entrepreneur]

OpenAI’s New GPT 4.1 Models Excel at Coding [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 1027 [TWIT]

6 Highlights from Google Cloud Next 25 [Google Blog]

Geospatial Reasoning: Unlocking insights with generative AI and multiple foundation models [Google Research]

This Be the Place: Singing in Many Languages [Poetry Foundation]

C/2025 F2 (SWAN): A new comet is in the spring sky [Astronomy Magazine]

A Day in the Life of Quantum Engineers: Intel Leads Efforts to Grow the Quantum Ecosystem [Intel Quantum] #IntelQuantum

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT unreleased 'reference' design disassembled and tested [TweakTown] #AMDGPU

Linux kernel 6.14 is a big leap forward in performance and Windows compatibility [ZDNet] #Linux #LearnAboutLinux

The dream of quantum computing is closer than ever | The Excerpt [USA Today] #Microsoft #MicrosoftQuantum

Apple’s complicated plan to improve its AI while protecting privacy — Apple’s new AI training method involves comparing synthetic data to real-world samples. [The Verge] #Apple #AI

Why an Amazon driver could be the one who saves your life [TechCrunch] #Amazon

19 Agentic AI Terms Every Business User Needs To Know [Salesforce, The 360 Blog] Salesforce Recruiters said I wasn’t good enough for SF, therefore SF workers were let go.

SAP Datasphere: Top New Features | March 2025 [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday, April 15th, 2025. It’s #TaxDay (I’m looking at you, Former #PatCEO, what did you do with all that CHIPS Act money, and kept profits for #IntelCorp but losses for #IntelFoundry, illegal under the law, IRS will agree). It’s Tuesday, therefore it’s #GeeksNerdsOtakus day. Very great day for the city of Folsom, CA, because AOC & Bernie are coming to visit for a big speech. Ought to be good!

Until Next Time!

Monday/Lundi April/Avril 14th, 2025

A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s budget [The Economist]

The Alaskan island on the front lines of the Arctic scramble [1843 magazine]

The market mayhem will not be forgotten easily [The Economist Podcasts]

The BEAC has cut rates by 50 basis points to 4.5% as part of a broader effort to ease financial conditions and support recovery beyond the oil sector. Read the full article to explore how monetary policy is evolving in Central Africa: http://econgrp.co/Ud [TheEIU]

What Is the Office for Today? [HBR]

Landmark antitrust trial could force Zuckerberg to sell Instagram [BBC News]

Trump Warns Tariffs Coming for Electronics After Reprieve [Bloomberg]

Tariffs on imported semiconductor chips coming soon, Trump says [Reuters]

LIVE: Israel pounds Gaza amid outcry over attack on al-Ahli Hospital [AL-Jazeera News]

Retirees Urge Taliban To Pay Pensions Instead Of Funding Pakistani Madrasas [Afghanistan International]

‘We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more [POLITICO]

Jeff Bridges is Digging It [The New Yorker]

Bungie’s slick-looking Marathon shooter arrives on September 23rd / The makers of Halo and Destiny are holding a closed alpha test of Marathon later this month. [The Verge]

This podcast wants to be your new best friend — Giggly Squad and the extremely parasocial world of “podcast girlies.” [Vox]

Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk would like to ‘delete all IP law’ [TechCrunch]

Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military [MIT Technology Review]

Larry Summers says DOGE is going to end in a 'disastrous failure' [Business Insider]

We're back in the 'Shoe this weekend! Who are you going to Ohio State Football's Spring Game with, Buckeyes? 🏟️🎉 hashtag #GoBucks [LinkedIn]

Hedge fund billionaire says US may face ‘worse than a recession’ from Trump tariffs [The Guardian]

Texas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque. The Governor Says No. — Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas is trying to stop a planned community near Dallas that has fueled anti-Muslim hostility and divided locals. [The New York Times] #LittleMosqueOnThePrairie

Trump Has A ‘Maximum’ Meltdown On Social Media After Hate-Watching ‘60 Minutes’ [Huffington Post]

Trump Has Found His Class Enemy — The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires. [The Atlantic]

Trump’s tariff policy is ‘all chaos and corruption’: Sen. Elizabeth Warren [FiveThirtyEight aka ABC News Politics]

Trump is pursuing a radical agenda. Does he have a strategy, or is he winging it? [The Washington Post]

Behind Paris's promise to plant 170,000 trees, a more nuanced reality — Paris City Hall has a pro-greening policy, but in practice, NGOs are condemning a 'numbers game' and a lack of care for trees. [Le Monde]

The Sony WF-C710N earbuds beat the AirPods 4 on ANC, sound, and price [Mashable]

Teen Angst: Coming of Age With Ukraine’s Warzone Goths [VICE]

“An Abrupt Plunge Into Hell”: Gaza After the Ceasefire — Israel renewed its bombing campaign on Gaza in March. Killings and food shortages have become the norm again. [The Intercept_]

These are the real fungal ‘superhighways’ that inspired ‘The Last of Us’ [National Geographic]

Bernie Sanders warns of 'extraordinary danger' facing U.S. under Trump at LA rally [NPR] Bernie Sanders & AOC will be in Folsom, CA this week on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

Sacramento firefighter becomes fan favorite on Survivor [CapRadioNews]

Israël tue, la France émue [Le Monde diplomatique]

The Awful History of Tariffs and Depressions [Foreign Policy]

The Age of Forever Wars — Why Military Strategy No Longer Delivers Victory [Foreign Affairs]

To China, Hegseth’s Philippines Trip Was an Escalation [The Diplomat]

Dealing with Nuclear Proliferation in a Dangerous Moment [The Cipher Brief]

Bataille de primes au sein des services de renseignement du ministère des armées [Intelligence Online FR]

‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle [Quanta Magazine]

[Information presse] @ATLASexperiment sonde les rouages du mécanisme de Higgs En savoir plus : [CERN_FR]

What’s Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday April 14th, 2025. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Many of you were able to watch WARFARE over the weekend. How was it? Did you like it? I heard a lot of great reviews. I’ll do my best to watch it this weekend if possible. We are about a month away from my birthday, which means JUSTICE in concert in SF, and the release of JDM the videogame for Steam on PC. As always, Trump is going rampant and I disagree with his work, if you’d like to know what spiel I’d like to say, just refer to first and foremost Mehdi Hasan, Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Cristiane Amandpour, Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, Fareed Zakaria and of course, Bill Maher who has you know all know, does not believe in God, and if we do not remove Trump asap, surely we understand his point of view. Save us, Optimus Prime. #TrumpNightmareSeason2

Until Next Time!

Saturday/Samedi April/Avril 12, 2025

Lyon draw 'best result of season' despite Onana errors [Talk of the Devils, a Manchester United podcast]

What should Manchester United do with Andre Onana? 👀 | ESPN FC Extra Time [ESPN FC]

Festival des Six Nations masculin 2025 : Le résumé de France - Espagne [France Rugby]

Volkswagen World Premiere: The all-electric ID. EVERY1 [Volkswagen News]

The Art of Craftsmanship with Roger Federer | MANUFAKTUR [Mercedes-Benz]

Meet the Audi A6 Avant [Audi]

How to charge your all-electric Macan via app | Tutorial | Spot On [Porsche]

Launch Control Start with the BMW iX M70 xDrive [BMW M]

Buckeye fans think Sayin will be QB1, offensive line will impress in Spring Game [Land Grant Holy Land]

Spring Game Central: Scoring Format, Storylines, Sights and Sounds From Ohio State’s 2025 Spring Game [Eleven Warriors]

Could Bruno be rested at Newcastle? [ManUTD]

Le groupe retenu pour HAC / SRFC [Stade Rennais]

From good to great: The Cavaliers leap under Kenny Atkinson deserves COTY [Fear the Sword]

Elly De La Cruz slams Reds to 5-2 win over Pirates [Red Reporter]

Republic FC and Wilton Rancheria Launch Inaugural Native American Heritage Scholarship [Sacramento Republic FC]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Saturday, April 12th, 2025. It’s Spring, full of sports. That also mean eSports! Anyway, there are some new livestreams on my YouTube channel, be sure to check them out. This weekend, I livestreamed some Death Stranding 1 Director’s Cut in Japanese audio + English subtitles. Part I, and Part II. Also, last night, I watched THE AMATEUR with Rami Malek, I highly recommend it, great movie.

Until Next Time!

Friday/Vendredi April/Avril 11th, 2025

9 Things You Might Not Know About The Switch 2 [KOTAKU]

[PS Plus] "Hogwarts Legacy" will be available in the game catalog from April 15th. "Battlefield 1" and "Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape 2" will also be added. [KOTAKU]

Razer has pulled the pricing and pre-order pages for its new Blade laptops and I think it's pretty obvious what's happening here [PC Gamer]

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for April: Hogwarts Legacy, Blue Prince, the second episode of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and more [Playstation Blog]

Xbox Games Showcase Followed by The Outer Worlds 2 Direct Airs June 8 [Xbox Wire]

Are gaming GPUs subject to new U.S. tariffs? It isn't entirely clear yet [Tom’s Hardware]

BLEACH Rebirth of Souls - Critique [IGN FR]

2025 BAFTA Games Awards: All Winners Revealed [GameSpot]

The 25 best Nintendo Switch games [Polygon]

FF14 and 16 composer Soken would need “two bodies” to tackle Final Fantasy 17 [PCGamesN]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Friday, April 11th, 2025. Now 4/11, means like 411 and what is the 411? The fact that Death Stranding 2 will be released in late June. That’s 77 days away. I cannot wait. I can’t wait to play it, and livestream and share my passion for Hideo Kojima, and Kojima Productions with the world.

Until Next Time!

Thursday/Jeudi April/Avril 10th, 2025

Leukemia Research Results and Study Updates [NIH]

75 Years of Advancing Neuroscience [NIH]

Social factors help explain worse cardiovascular health among adults in rural vs. urban communities [NIH]

Can Bioprinted Skin Substitutes Replace Traditional Grafts for Treating Burn Injuries and Other Serious Skin Wounds? [NIH]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Thursday, April 10th, 2025. It’s a very important day because this weekend, it’s the release of the movie WARFARE. It’s a very special military film, which received many great reviews. I want to watch it, but I am a bit penniless, so I may wait until it’s on digital (Netflix). This is because as previously mentioned, I am without my $500+$300 monthly allowance since November 2024. Now, if you’d like me to watch this movie faster, by all means, send me a movie ticket gift certificate and I will gladly go. Thanks! PS. Bioprinting skin substitutes is a new frontier in medicine, please keep working hard, Researchers/Doctors/Nurses, etc. Thank you!

Wednesday/Mercredi April/Avril 9th, 2025

CURRENTLY WRITING

The Duchess and DYSON Deliver Emotional Gut-Punch with “Drunk on U” [Beatportal]

“If you've got one follower or 10 million, that doesn't matter. What's really important is the quality of the music”: Dr Dubplate on the "gatekeeper mentality" in club culture [Music Radar]

Stereolab announce first new album in 15 years, ‘Instant Holograms On Metal Film’, share single: Listen [DJ Mag]

SHERELLE releases surprise debut album 'WITH A VENGEANCE' [Mixmag]

Two Friends reinvigorate Neil Diamond’s classic ‘Sweet Caroline (Hyde)’ with official remix [Dancing Astronaut]

Dimitri Vegas talks earliest musical memories, the return of his ‘Vinyl Only’ show & current musical influences! [Interview] [Your EDM]

7 Best AI Music Generators [EDM Sauce]

Tomorrowland x Insomniac UNITY Adds 6 More Dates [EDM Tunes]

SESSION LIVE avec L2B, Mattke, Albi, RH430... #PlanèteRap [SKYROCK FM]

Prime Time: Travis Scott Cover Story [COMPLEX]

Announcing 'Hypebeast Magazine #35: The Wavelength Issue' with Cover Stars Oakley and Playboi Carti [Hypebeast]

Ice Cube to Be Honored with Handprint Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre [The SOURCE]

Here’s Why These 29 Rappers Are in Jail or Prison Right Now [XXL Magazine]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, April 9th, 2025. Don’t forget that Tax deadlines are coming soon. I will need an extension because I can’t afford to pay any taxes, since I haven’t reported any positive income from ZACK TECHNOLOGY LLC since I created the legal paperwork last year in March of 2024. Let’s pray for a Hail Mary, someone willing to help me deal with all that.

Until Next Time!

Tuesday/Mardi April/Avril 8th, 2025

Razer Pauses Direct Laptop Sales in the US as New Tariffs Loom [Slashdot.org]

The White House says that tariffs on China are set to rise to 104% at 12:01am ET Wednesday after China missed Trump's deadline to remove its reciprocal tariff [TechMeme]

Consumer sentiment plunged on Monday amid tariff chaos [AXIOS]

McDonald's is doubling down on lemonade [Quartz]

Why are car headlights so blindingly bright now? [Vox]

This Una smartwatch can be taken apart like LEGO and repaired at home [TheNextWeb]

Why Everyone Needs a Kitchen Lamp [Eater]

Survey: Why Non-Tech Workers Don’t Trust AI—and Fear for Their Jobs: A new Pew Research survey shows disparities between AI experts and what the general public thinks. Both groups agree that it will change the workplace. [Inc.]

How much will an iPhone cost after Trump’s tariffs? A lot more. Or maybe not. [Fast Company]

Tech Companies Are Erasing Open Job Postings Now [Medium]

'It's Laughable': Okta's CEO Says AI Won't Replace Software Engineers Despite Other Tech Leaders' Predictions [Entrepreneur]

Tariffs Will Make Electronics More Expensive. If You Need a New Gadget, ‘Buy It Now’ [WIRED]

This Week in Tech 1026 [TWIT]

5 ways to use Gemini Live with camera and screen sharing [Google Blog]

Geospatial Reasoning: Unlocking insights with generative AI and multiple foundation models [Google Research]

High School Students from Across Nation to Compete in Poetry Out Loud National Finals [Poetry Foundation]

The best new astronomy products we saw at NEAF 2025 [Astronomy Magazine]

Intel® Liftoff Days Q1 2025: Building Better AI, Together [Intel AI] #IntelCorp #IntelFoundry #IwantToReturn #IntelOhio #IntelJapan

AI Agents Are Smart — Knowing When To Step Aside Makes Them Smarter [Salesforce, The 360 Blog]

Overview: Unleash Your Full Potential | SAP Business Unleashed [SAP] #SAP #IwantToWorkAtSAP #Neurodivergent I’m very sad by SAP Human Resources. I’ve applied numerous times to SAP SF in the past few years, without receiving a job interview, even though I was qualified.

What’s up, everybody! It’s Tuesday April 8th, 2025. It’s time for some #GeeksNerdsOtakus news, so here you go. Please drive safe if your region is experiencing rain, it is of extreme importance. Thanks in advance.

Monday/Lundi April/Avril 7th, 2025

Will Trump’s trade war cause a global recession? [The Economist]

Myanmar in ruins [1843 Magazine]

Trump’s tariffs will make America poorer again [The Economist Podcasts]

Singapore, Bangladesh and Denmark are the countries where climate change has the greatest potential to undermine the business environment. Download EIU’s latest report here: http://econgrp.co/TY [The EIU]

How to Prevent Strategy Fatigue [Harvard Business Review]

Asian markets plunge, Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing [BBC News]

Stock Slide Deepens in Asia as Trump Stands Firm [Bloomberg]

Japan will ask US to cut tariffs but results won't come 'overnight', PM Ishiba says [Reuters]

I am not a number, I am a real story from Gaza. Remember it [AL-Jazeera News]

Donald Trump’s Ego Melts the Global Economy [The New Yorker]

British Man Describes Taliban Prison As ‘Hell' on Earth [Afghanistan International]

Trump’s pro-Palestinian activism crackdown closely mirrors a plan from the creators of Project 2025 [POLITICO]

‘Hands Off’: Protesters deliver a sweeping message to Trump and Musk at a DC rally — An estimated 100,000 protesters rallied for everything from the federal workforce, to immigrant and trans rights. [The Verge]

The hidden religious divide erupting into politics [Vox]

Meta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI models [TechCrunch]

How 3D printing could make better cooling systems [MIT Technology Review]

A wave of Chinese restaurants is opening in America. They're already hitting a backlash. [Business Insider]

450 Millions d’Européens. C’est Cela Notre Force. [LinkedIn]

US attorney general says Trump likely ‘going to be finished’ after second term [The Guardian]

Asia Stocks Plunge as Trump Says Tariffs Will Stay [The New York Times]

Futures Signal Monday Mayhem [Huffington Post]

Trump Is Gaslighting Us [The Atlantic]

What we know about the foreign college students targeted for deportation [FiveThirtyEight]

NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. [The Washington Post]

Will French companies resist Trump's anti-diversity crusade? [Le Monde FR]

Trump’s China tariffs tanked TikTok deal [Mashable]

Unplugged: The Backlash Against Trump–Musk — Grassroots revolt is taking shape across the country via elections, town halls, and Tesla protests. [The Intercept_]

Secrets Declassified with David Duchovny [History Channel]

Severe storms and floods batter South and Midwest, as death toll rises to at least 18 [NPR]

New bill would further expand health care coverage to immigrants without legal status [CapRadioNews]

Ce grand herbier que l’on saccage [Le Monde diplomatique]

China Fires Back at U.S. in Escalating Trade War — Beijing matches Trump’s 34 percent tariff and imposes other measures. [Foreign Policy]

The Forever War in Gaza: Leaders on Both Sides—and in America—Have Little Incentive to End It [Foreign Affairs]

Myanmar and the Gutting of USAID [The Diplomat]

Allies Weigh in on The Future Under Trump 2.0 — Experts from a half dozen countries reflect on sharp shifts on U.S. policy - and how best to respond [The Cipher Brief]

La Russie, le péché d'orgueil d'Emmanuel Macron [Intelligence Online FR]

Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex [Quanta Magazine]

[Press Release] The LHC experiment collaborations at CERN receive Breakthrough Prize. The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the @ALICEexperiment , @ATLASexperiment, @CMSExperiment and @LHCbExperiment. Find out more: [CERN_FR]

NASA Welcomes Gateway Lunar Space Station’s HALO Module to US [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, April 7th, 2025. A lot of commotion on the stock market, not just America, but Europe, Asia, and I’m sure Africa. It’s up to EVERYBODY to have an “intervention” with Donald Trump. He’s literally DESTROYING WORLD MARKETS overnight. His tariffs are destroying 401Ks, which as a result, destroying lives of millions of Americans. During this past weekend, millions of Americans went protesting in the streets against Trump, saying HANDS OFF 2025 (https://www.handsoff2025.com/ ) because the people are sick of Project 2025, which is oh so ever dangerous. We are far away from the Midterm Elections of 2026, but we must prepare now. Not just the Democrats, but also without yelling at our Republican constituents who have finally realized Trump is a total psychopath, worst than regular psychopaths (people who drink coffee without milk). We must all stick together, and look to greatness, which means listen to Senator Sanders, Congresswoman AOC, and everybody at Our Revolution.

Until Next Time!

Saturday/Samedi April/Avril 5th, 2025

United and Garnacho frustrated as Elanga pace pays off for Forest [Talk of the Devils, Manchester United Podcast]

Do Arsenal or Real Madrid LOOK WORSE right now? | ESPN FC Extra Time [ESPN FC]

#LeRendezVous 29 avec Carla Arbez et Marjorie Mayans [France Rugby]

Love Story: Golf Mk4 R32 🖤🏎️ [Volkswagen News]

Documentary: Project G-Class Past II Future [Mercedes-Benz]

Performance of a lifetime | The Audi A6 Avant​ [Audi]

Speed of Light | Behind the scenes: David Guetta​ [Porsche]

BMW M Trackdays Nürburgring [BMW M]

Hoops Update: Ohio State basketball players in the NBA [Land Grant Holy Land]

HIGHLIGHTS: UNITED V CITY [ManUTD]

Réception de Lannion en Espoirs, le programme de l'Académie [Stade Rennais]

Three takeaways from Cavs 120-113 loss to Kings [Fear the Sword]

Nick Lodolo is Cincinnati’s Joe Nuxhall Memorial Honorary Star of the Week [Red Reporter]

Match Recap: Republic FC 1 – 1 Louisville City FC [Sacramento Republic FC]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Saturday, April 5th, 2025. Let’s enjoy some Formula 1 highlights from the Japan GP.

Until Next Time!

Friday/Vendredi April/Avril 4th 2025

Nintendo Halts Switch 2 Pre-Orders Over Trump's Tariffs [KOTAKU]

FRONTIER's spring sale features a limited number of gaming PCs with Monster Hunter Wilds compatibility at bargain prices! GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and RX 7800 XT models are eligible [FAMITSU]

Assassin's Creed Shadows' huge but shallow open world is proof that we've lost the Nemesis System just when we need it most [PC Gamer]

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for April: RoboCop: Rogue City, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory [Playstation Blog]

Grand Theft Auto V Coming to Game Pass and PC Game Pass on April 15 [Xbox Wire]

Grab a budget HP gaming laptop for just $449 [Tom’s Hardware]

Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: tout ce qui a été annoncé [IGN FR]

ESA Says Tariffs Will Have A "Detrimental Impact" On Entire Gaming Industry, Not Just Nintendo [GameSpot]

The 25 best PlayStation 5 games [Polygon]

Subnautica 2 system requirements are surprisingly low, even for recommended spec [PCGamesN]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Friday, April 4th, 2025. The week is over! TGIF! Thank God it’s Friday! I bet you guys are eager to return to videogames, assuming you finished all your homework for the week, and for Monday. Have fun! I’ll be livestreaming PS5 when I can.

Until Next Time!