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Apr 30, 23:00GSC

A report on the 6-session 'Doodling Illustrations Together' creative arts workshop held at Ibaraki Elementary School's after-school children's class.

Apr 30, 22:02Pick Up

Why should the 'online age verification system,' promoted under the guise of protecting children, absolutely not be allowed?

Apr 30, 21:00Web Service

Popular terminal 'Ghostty' announces departure from GitHub; developers explain 'what they're unhappy about.'

Apr 30, 20:00Note

A strange bug has occurred where simply writing 'HERMES.md' in the commit message incurs additional charges for Claude Code.

Apr 30, 19:00AI

Headline news for April 30, 2026

Apr 30, 18:40Headline

An open-source model, 'SenseNova U1,' capable of image generation without the need for VAEs, has been released, offering significantly faster speeds and better quality than Z-Image.

Apr 30, 18:19AI

OpenAI dismissed claims that it had failed to meet its targets for new users and revenue as 'typical clickbait.'

Apr 30, 17:36AI

YouTube TV officially introduces a multi-view feature that allows users to customize their viewing experience, such as watching four programs simultaneously on one screen.

Apr 30, 17:25Software

A taste test review of 'One Squeeze Lemon Lassi & Calpis,' a sweet and sour drink with an even richer Calpis flavor.

Apr 30, 17:00Tasting

The French-made AI model 'Mistral Medium 3.5,' which surpasses Claude Sonnet 4.5, has been released as an open model, and Mistral Vibe now supports cloud computing.

Apr 30, 16:11AI

OpenAI has instructed its AI coding tool, Codex, to 'not talk about goblins or raccoons.'

Apr 30, 16:00AI

Gemini can now output PDF, Word, Excel, and other formats.

Apr 30, 15:35AI

NVIDIA announces Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open omnimodal inference model that integrates vision, speech, and language models.

Apr 30, 15:10AI

Nuclear fusion power startups are taking on a side business in nuclear fission power generation due to high electricity demand.

Apr 30, 15:00Hardware

Motorola has announced a total of eight smartphone models in its 'razr,' 'edge,' and 'g' series.

Apr 30, 14:15Smartphone

To celebrate Google Translate's 20th anniversary, a 'pronunciation practice feature' will be added, and popular translated phrases will also be announced.

Apr 30, 14:14Web Service

'Ultra-processed foods' such as snacks and processed meats are linked to decreased concentration and an increased risk of dementia.

Apr 30, 14:00Science

The 6-second looping video app 'Vine' has returned to the app store as 'Divine,' funded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey.

Apr 30, 13:50Software

An American company has released the 'Laguna XS.2,' a high-performance, locally-operating open-source model. Can it compete with the Chinese companies that are making great strides in the open-source market?

Apr 30, 13:34AI

A group of film companies has dropped its piracy lawsuit against an ISP, withdrawing both a multi-million dollar damages claim and an injunction.

Apr 30, 12:15Web Service

For the first time in the United States, a law has been passed prohibiting 'supervised pricing,' which allows for price changes based on personal data, even for the same product.

Apr 30, 12:10Note

Wild orangutans have been filmed using an artificial suspension bridge for the first time.

Apr 30, 12:00Creature

Google announced its Q1 2026 earnings, reporting a 25 million increase in subscribers in three months and an 81% year-over-year increase in net profit, driven by strong performance from YouTube and Google One.

Apr 30, 11:31Note

IBM has released the 'Granite 4.1' series of AI models, open models that excel at following prompts and calling tools.

Apr 30, 11:30AI

Meta's Reality Labs division is expected to report losses exceeding 650 billion yen in the first quarter of 2026.

Apr 30, 11:17Note

Microsoft announced its Q3 2026 earnings, reporting strong performance in its cloud business, but a 33% decline in Xbox hardware sales.

Apr 30, 10:36Note

I tried out the 'SwitchBot AI Hub,' which lets you quickly create an AI smart home at home. You can build various home appliances and AI systems, and even set up an OpenClaw environment with just the push of a button.

Apr 30, 09:00Advertisement

The reason why 'dendritic crystals' (dendrites), which hinder the practical application of the dream all-solid-state battery, are formed has been revealed.

Apr 30, 08:00Science

An engineer emphatically explains 'the reasons why I canceled my Claude subscription,' citing token issues, declining quality, and inadequate support.

Apr 30, 07:00AI

The reason the heart is less prone to cancer might be because it keeps beating steadily.

Apr 30, 06:00Science

The 9-year journey to the birth of the Temporal object, which revolutionized the concept of dates in JavaScript.

Apr 29, 23:00Software

I took a variety of photos with the Xiaomi 17 Ultra, a smartphone equipped with an optical zoom lens and capable of shooting at up to 200 million pixels.

Apr 29, 20:07Review

Tududi is a free, open-source application that allows you to efficiently categorize and track your work, from personal task management to large-scale project management and detailed note-taking.

Apr 29, 20:00Review

Anthropic has announced a connector that allows direct integration between Claude and tools like Adobe and Blender, as well as Ableton, Canva, Autodesk, Resolume, SketchUp, and Splice.

Apr 29, 19:00AI

Review of the lightweight, easy-to-carry 16-inch portable monitor 'ASUS ZenScreen MB16FC' that can also be mounted on a tripod.

Apr 29, 18:00Review

How do astronauts go to the toilet? The dramatic history of NASA's half-century-long quest for a 'space toilet.'

Apr 29, 17:00Note

OpenAI explains that the standard benchmark used to measure AI coding ability is 'no longer meaningful,' and that examining the problems that initially failed to solve revealed that the problems themselves were flawed.

Apr 29, 12:00AI

Why has a cure for Alzheimer's disease still not been found, even after more than 100 years of research?

Apr 29, 10:00Science

There is a high possibility that 'AirPods Ultra' will be released in the second half of 2026.

Apr 29, 09:34Hardware