Dubai-based architecture firm Znera has imagined a new "strategic waterway" for the United Arab Emirates that would circumvent the Strait of Hormuz. According to Znera, the 'Strait of Union' maritime corridor would form a "national spine" enabling trade resilience, economic diversification and the emergence of new urban areas along its path.
Commenting on its concept, Znera said: "In an increasingly complex global landscape, the question is no longer just about growth, but about control, continuity, and long-term positioning. At ZNERA, we believe design has a role to play at this scale – contributing to conversations that shape not just cities, but the future direction of nations."
📷 Znera
I want to thank everyone for the outpouring of love and thank you for believing in me to lead the company that has always put you at the center of our work. This is not goodbye. It’s a hello to John and I can’t wait for you to get to know him like I do! 🙏
A powerful electrical motor propels bacteria in virtually every gut and puddle on Earth. After 50 years, it has finally been understood. @nattyover reports: https://t.co/nAvtH7Jrqv
Today we're releasing Personal Computer.
Personal Computer integrates with the Perplexity Mac App for secure orchestration across your local files, native apps, and browser.
We’re rolling this out to all Perplexity Max subscribers and everyone on the waitlist starting today.
Introducing Project Glasswing: an urgent initiative to help secure the world’s most critical software.
It’s powered by our newest frontier model, Claude Mythos Preview, which can find software vulnerabilities better than all but the most skilled humans.
https://t.co/NQ7IfEtYk7
Earthset.
The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon.
50 years of @Apple
From the early days of the #iPod to bringing the #iPhone into the world, some of the most formative years of my career were spent there. The products and teams stay with you. But more importantly so does how Apple thinks.
A few lessons that have held true for decades:
1) Start with the user, not the tech. The question isn’t “what can we build?” but “what problem actually matters?”
2) Focus is everything. Apple is defined as much by what it says no to as what it builds.
3) End-to-end matters. Hardware, software, services. It all has to work together.
4) Details are the product. What feels small is what users remember.
5) Debate hard. Commit fully.
6) Build for the long term.
We’re in another moment of massive technological change. The fundamentals haven’t changed.
The companies that win build things people actually use and can’t imagine living without.
Congrats to everyone who has been part of Apple’s first 50 years! 🙌
An expansive dust storm has swept across the Sahara. Forming a front of ~2,000 km long, the storm travelled from the south of Algeria all the way to the Canary Islands, disrupting transport routes and affecting air quality across West and North Africa.
Introducing TurboQuant: Our new compression algorithm that reduces LLM key-value cache memory by at least 6x and delivers up to 8x speedup, all with zero accuracy loss, redefining AI efficiency. Read the blog to learn how it achieves these results: https://t.co/CDSQ8HpZoc
Project Silica introduces new techniques for encoding data in borosilicate glass, as described in the journal Nature. These advances lower media cost and simplify writing and reading systems while supporting 10,000-year data preservation: https://t.co/YqOTTVimTU
Logic is a foundation for many things. But what are the foundations of logic itself?
Back in 2000, @stephen_wolfram got a computer to prove that all we need is ((a•b)•c)•(a•((a•c)•a))==c
But can we humans understand why?
https://t.co/jdouYohzHj
#WorldLogicDay
Humans, like other species, harvest resources, process them biochemically and expel the byproducts. Unlike other species, our access to energy amplifies the scale and speed of what we do, and we understand the planetary impact of our actions. #COP30
https://t.co/pAu8apEV6o