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April 11, 2026
Netherlands First to Approve Tesla FSD Supervised
The Netherlands is the first European country to approve Tesla's supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) after over 1.5 years of RDW testing. This allows FSD use on Dutch roads and may enable wider EU adoption. Tesla's European HQ in Amsterdam positions it as a pioneer.
xAI Tests Credits for Grok Build Launch
xAI is testing a credits-based pricing model for Grok Build, its upcoming coding tool. This system is being prepared ahead of the official launch to enable flexible usage billing.
Google Builds Voice & Collab for Mixboard
Google is testing voice mode, voice notes, stickers, and PDF export on Mixboard. These collaborative enhancements aim to boost real-time interaction. A reveal may occur at Google I/O.
ICML post-rebuttal scores frustration
Reddit user reports 3.5 average ICML score post-rebuttal, citing a reviewer raising a new unmentioned issue borrowed from another. The affected reviewer dismissed it as non-issue. Paper Co-Pilot tool indicates 4.2 averages only top 40% of papers.
Wisconsin Town Halts Data Center Tax Breaks via Vote
Residents of Port Washington, Wisconsin, passed a referendum to cancel tax incentives for a data center project. This marks the first US community to block such a project via public vote. The decision raises concerns about future AI infrastructure deployments.
Brian Cox on AI's Unknown Power
Physicist Brian Cox states that AI's future power is unknown, describing it as both exciting and potentially problematic. His live show Emergence is inspired by Johannes Kepler's book on snowflake symmetry observed during a Prague snowstorm. The discussion touches on science, art, and emergence themes.
UK Army Tests AI Drones for Faster Mine Clearance
British Army and Dstl completed field tests of AI-equipped drones in Essex, England. The drones use advanced sensors and AI to rapidly detect mines and unexploded ordnance over large areas. This aims to boost demining efficiency and reduce personnel risks.
Unitree H1 Hits 10m/s, Nears Bolt Speed
Unitree Technology's H1 humanoid robot has set a new world record for 100m sprint peak speed at 10 m/s. This performance approaches Usain Bolt's human peak of 10.44 m/s, highlighting rapid progress in robotic locomotion.
128GB DDR5 Kit Priced at $4199 in US
Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6400 128GB (2x64GB) memory kit is listed for $4199 in the US, equivalent to about 28,000 RMB. This price surpasses some RTX 5090 GPUs. The shocking quote was shared on overseas social media.
iPhone Snaps Selfies on NASA Moon Mission
Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft used iPhone 17 Pro Max to shoot Earth-backdrop selfies. Apple highlighted these images, gaining widespread attention. The feat underscores iPhone's imaging prowess in space.
Apple High-End Macs Out of Stock, M5 Rumors Heat Up
High-end configurations of Mac mini and Mac Studio are marked 'temporarily unavailable' on Apple's official site. This supply tightness, reported on April 11, amplifies speculation of an imminent M5 chip version update.
Live AI video gen: tech category or marketing hype?
A Reddit post debates whether 'live AI video generation' represents a distinct technical challenge or mere marketing. It differentiates true real-time frame generation from live inputs, involving unique architectures and latency issues, from faster offline video gen. The discussion seeks a clearer taxonomy and identifies orgs tackling the harder real-time problem.
OpenAI's Unified Codex App Merges Tools
OpenAI is developing a unified desktop app based on Codex, merging ChatGPT, Atlas browser, and coding tools. It introduces a new Scratchpad feature. The app may support managed agents and parallel task execution.
Alibaba Prioritizes Revenue Over Open-Source AI
Financial Times reports Alibaba is shifting focus from open-source AI development to revenue-generating initiatives. This strategic pivot marks a departure from previous commitments to open models like Qwen. The change reflects broader pressures in China's AI landscape.
Sam Altman Hits Back at Incendiary Profile Post-Home Attack
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman published a blog post responding to a New Yorker profile that questions his trustworthiness, labeling it 'incendiary'. The response follows an apparent attack on his home. This highlights ongoing scrutiny of Altman's leadership amid OpenAI's rapid growth.
Netherlands First for Tesla FSD Supervised
Tesla's Full Self-Driving Supervised gains approval in the Netherlands, its first European market. RDW confirmed the type approval after over 1.5 years of testing, calling it a road safety boost while stressing driver responsibility. This paves the way for potential EU-wide rollout amid ongoing US safety probes.
DFlash achieves 85 tok/s on Apple Silicon
Native MLX implementation of DFlash speculative decoding delivers 3.3x speedup on Qwen3.5-9B with M5 Max. Benchmarks show strong gains across model sizes and quantizations. Developer shares optimizations and future plans including open-sourcing.
Run Massive Qwen 397B on 8x R9700 GPUs
Tutorial enables running Qwen3.5-397B-A13B with vLLM on 8x AMD R9700 GPUs using MXFP4 quantization. Achieves 30 t/s single request, up to 100 t/s batched. Includes Dockerfile patches and launch script for high throughput.
Educational PyTorch FlashAttention FA1-FA4
FlashAttention-PyTorch repo updated with plain PyTorch implementations of FA1-FA4 to highlight algorithmic evolutions. Focuses on understanding design changes like tiled softmax to advanced schedulers, without CUDA optimizations. Aimed at clarifying 'What changed from FA1 to FA4?' via clean code.
DiDi Achieves L4 Self-Reliant Autonomous Tech
DiDi Autonomous Driving CEO announces 10-year breakthrough to L4 full-stack core tech self-reliance. R2 Robotaxi with GAC Aion launched in Jan 2026 for road tests. Full unmanned passenger tests started in Guangzhou and Beijing.