🍎 Museum opens doors to ‘World’s largest collection of Apple products’ on April 1 to celebrate Apple’s 50th anniversary

It really has been 50 years since Apple Inc. was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Its 1976 launch product was the Apple I personal computer. A year later, the company would be incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer Inc.

Mimms Museum of Technology and Art in Roswell, GA, will open the doors to its iNSPIRE: 50 Years of Innovation from Apple exhibition on Wednesday, April 1. The exhibit organizers say this is a first-of-its-kind exhibition and will feature more than 2,000 artifacts. The museum is promising some hands-on displays of Apple’s early computers and devices. Visitors can also check out “rare collector’s items, unique documents, and behind-the-scenes stories of Apple’s groundbreaking product.”

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⚡️🇵🇰 Pakistan says ready to facilitate to host US, Iran talks in ‘coming days’

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that Islamabad would be "honoured" to host talks between the US and Iran to end the ongoing Mideast conflict. Both Washington and Tehran expressed their confidence in Pakistan to facilitate the talks. The top diplomats of Türkiye, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia who attended the quadrilateral meeting expressed their full support for the initiative.

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🤖 Japanese firm develops optical fiber with 4x traffic capacity, could be used for undersea cables

As the development of 5G communications, AI models, and cloud services accelerates across the world, so does the demand for transferring massive amounts of data. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), a Japanese telecommunications giant, just announced the development of a four-core multicore optical fiber (MCF) that delivers quadruple the capacity of conventional fiber without increasing its thickness or diameter.

The MCF contains four different cores (instead of the usual single core) surrounded by glass cladding. Signals are then sent through the MCF through spatial multiplexing, essentially allowing a single cable to carry four independent optical paths inside it. Since more undersea cables bundle up to 48 fibers together, NTT’s technology means that just one cable run can now carry as many as 192 cores.

This technology is expected to be rolled out in 2029, meaning telecom companies can start deploying it in their projects in just a few years’ time. Aside from accommodating increased traffic, the MCF could potentially reduce deployment times without the need to completely overhaul the existing system.

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⚡️🇨🇺🇷🇺 U.S. to allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking blockade

The U.S. is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude ​oil to reach Cuba, in an easing of ‌the de facto oil blockade that Washington has imposed on Cuba. The tanker, which is carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of oil could reach Matanzas, Cuba, by Tuesday. The Russian ship’s arrival would shift the trajectory of a rapidly accelerating crisis in Cuba, buying the island nation at least a few weeks before its fuel reserves run out.

Yesterday two Mexican sailboats, the “Friendship” and “Tigermoth” that disappeared at sea while delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba on Thursday have safely docked at Havana’s port. The vessels are part of the Nuestra América convoy, an international aid convoy made up of groups and individuals, largely from Latin America and Europe.

“We arrive with a simple but powerful message: solidarity with the Cuban people doesn’t stop at borders. It crosses oceans,” — said Adnaan Stumo, coordinator of the Nuestra América convoy.

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🇺🇸 Elon Musk has his sights set on a Texas city for another high-tech underground tunnel

Elon Musk is looking to transform the city of Dallas, Texas with an underground tunnel transportation system, which will connect the University of North Texas at Dallas with University Hills — a retail and recreation space that is under construction. The purpose is to create a faster route between two highly trafficked locations to ease the flow of roadway traffic. Rather than take up more land space, it will basically serve as a modern subway system. The project is being helmed by the Boring Company.

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💻 IBM quantum computer accurately simulates real magnetic materials

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Quantum Science Center (QSC) and IBM have utilized a 50-qubit IBM Quantum Heron processor to simulate the quantum dynamics of KCuF3, a magnetic crystal. The study, published in a pre-print, demonstrates that current-generation quantum hardware can produce quantitatively reliable simulations of real materials.

The simulation accurately reproduced the dynamical structure factors (DSFs) of the magnetic material, which represent the energy and momentum exchange of incident neutrons with the spins in the crystal. These findings support the viability of utility-scale quantum simulation prior to the realization of full fault-tolerance, which IBM projects for 2029.

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🌐 Researchers develop ground-penetrating 'Wi-Fi' tech with 100m range

A group of South Korean researchers at the ETRI has successfully created a new underground wireless networking technology capable of penetrating as much as 100 meters below the Earth's surface. This new method takes advantage of magnetic induction to provide clear communication with devices underground and avoids signal attenuation and degradation. The ETRI is reportedly already looking to implement this technology into smartphones.

Having this technology in more portable devices would expand the accessibility of underground wireless communication to virtually all industries and individuals who work or engage in recreation in tunnels and caves. This tech could potentially allow emergency services to communicate with individuals lost or stuck underground. The ETRI has also reportedly discussed the possibility of this technology being useful for offshore drilling and national defense.

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🇨🇳🇹🇼 Xi invites Taiwan’s opposition leader to talk ‘peace’ ahead of Trump summit

Xi Jinping, has invited Cheng Li-wun, the chairwoman of the Nationalist Party for a rare visit aimed at countering Washington’s influence, and arms sales, through a show of good will toward the island and to promote “peaceful development” across the Taiwan Strait. This invitation could help Mr. Xi bolster his argument to Mr. Trump that the U.S. should curtail weapons sales to Taiwan.

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🤖 Xiaomi releases new dual-filter smart air purifier

The Xiaomi Mijia Smart Air Purifier Max is now available in Europe. The product has dual UVC modules, removing 99.9% of viruses like H1N1 and E. coli. The model is SGS certified for allergen removal, tilering out pollen, pet dander and dust mites. It is also said to remove 99% of formaldehyde, with the detected level of the chemical shown in real-time on the integrated display.

Xiaomi claims that the appliance can purify a small 10 m² room in as little as 1.6 minutes, due to its 1,006.5 m³/h clean air delivery rate (CADR). Now it's available in France and Spain. The product is also listed at the brand’s online store in Germany, though it is not currently available to purchase here.

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🤑 Stellar hot off the press: Why Privacy Matters More Than Ever in 2026

In 2026, the race has shifted to something quieter and far more consequential: Privacy. Privacy can’t be abstract. It has to be operational. Transparency builds trust. Privacy is what allows that trust to scale. Stellar is building privacy into an ecosystem that already processes billions in regulated payments.

“Openness and privacy aren't mutually exclusive. In fact, we're making privacy a priority,” — said Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation.

The Stellar network’s X-Ray protocol is brutally honest in its metaphor. X-rays don’t obscure reality. They reveal exactly what matters and nothing more. Privacy is being treated: not as a shield, but as a filter. BN254, an elliptic curve used widely across the zero-knowledge ecosystem, and Poseidon, a hash function designed specifically for zero-knowledge proofs.

These aren’t end-user features. They’re foundational components. The kind of cryptographic infrastructure that everything else has to sit on.

The deeper design choice is philosophical. Stellar doesn’t treat privacy as all-or-nothing. Privacy is opt-in. Configurable. Implemented at the application layer. A token can be confidential. A payment can be shielded. An identity attribute can be selectively disclosed. Or none of the above. The network remains transparent by default.

Transparency and privacy aren’t opposites. They’re complementary components of trust. Transparency creates accountability. Privacy creates safety. Institutions need both. Consumers need both. Regulators need both.

And perhaps most importantly, real-world money already lives on Stellar. Payroll systems, remittances, B2B payments, aid distribution.

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💻 Microsoft unveils AI upgrades, rolls out Copilot Cowork to early-access customers

Microsoft unveiled new features in its Copilot research assistant that would allow users to utilize multiple AI ​models simultaneously within the same workflow. In a new feature called "Critique", Copilot's Researcher agent will now be able to pull outputs from both OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude models for every ​response, rather than relying on a single model. While GPT generates the response, Claude ​will review the output for accuracy and quality before presenting it ⁠to the user.

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🇺🇸🇻🇪 US reopens embassy in Venezuela

The United States is resuming operations at its embassy in Caracas after a seven-year hiatus, citing a “new chapter” in diplomatic ties with Venezuela. Ambassador Laura F. Dogu, the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela will lead the effort to reestablish the country’s diplomatic presence on the ground.

“The reopening will strengthen our ability to engage directly with Venezuela’s interim government, civil society, and the private sector,” — the State Department said, calling it a “key milestone” in implementing President Donald Trump’s plan for Venezuela.

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🤑 Pi’s big Stellar upgrade kicks in: the Pi Mainnet is upgrading to Protocol 21

Pi Network (PI) is rolling out a critical chain upgrade, dubbed as Protocol 21. Stemming from the same code like Stellar Lumens (XLM), Pi’s mainnet now requires each network node validator to upgrade the firmware to the latest version by April 6, 2026.

Nodes are the fourth role in the Pi ecosystem and run on laptops and desktops instead of mobile phones. Similar to other blockchains, Pi Nodes will be responsible for validating transactions on a distributed ledger and resolving the challenges in maintaining a distributed currency by having all nodes come to a “consensus” on the order of new transactions that are being recorded.

Unlike nodes that use proof of work such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, Pi Node uses a different consensus algorithm based on the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP). In SCP, nodes form trusted groups (quorum slices) and only agree to transactions that those trusted nodes agree to.

With Pi Network (PI) silently following in the footsteps of Stellar (XLM), the regulatory compliance could accelerate Pi Coin’s listing procedures. This month, Kraken listed Pi Coin on their Spot market offerings.

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🚀 SpaceX eyes record-breaking IPO — with a sizable share for everyday investors

SpaceX is preparing for liftoff. After months of speculation, the company could file for a historic IPO as early as this week — seeking $75 billion in funding that would push the company’s value to $1.75 trillion. Morgan Stanley's E*Trade is in talks ​with SpaceX to take the lead in selling the rocket maker's shares to everyday U.S. investors in its highly anticipated IPO later ‌this year, giving it an edge over rival brokerages Robinhood Markets and SoFi.

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🇨🇳🇨🇺 China sends Cuba another 15,000 tons of rice

China has resumed shipping rice to Cuba amid the supply crisis affecting the island, this time with a new shipment of 15,000 tons that departed from the port of Shanghai as part of a 60,000-ton emergency aid program approved by Beijing. The shipment is part of a bilateral cooperation program meant to ease Cuba’s deep food shortages.

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📱 Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram

Meta has begun testing a premium subscription on Instagram in a few countries. The subscription, called Instagram Plus, give subscribers access to exclusive features. Among the premium features on Instagram:

▪️the ability to view a Story — a photo or video post that disappears after 24 hours — without the poster knowing you viewed it.
▪️creating unlimited audience lists for Stories, beyond a Close Friends list.
▪️extending a Story for an extra 24 hours and choose to spotlight a Story up to once per week, increasing its visibility by bringing it to the front of the Stories tray for followers.
▪️giving an animated “Superlike” on others’ Stories and search their Story viewer list to quickly see if a specific person looked at their Story.
▪️the ability to see how many people have rewatched their own Stories.

While Meta didn’t share which countries it’s testing the premium subscription presumably in Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines.

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🇺🇸 DeSantis signs bill naming Palm Beach International for Trump

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 919, a bill to name Palm Beach International Airport after the President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The name change would hinge on approval from the Federal Aviation Administration and a potential rights agreement for the commercial use of Trump’s moniker.

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💊 Eli Lilly makes $2.75 billion bet on AI-powered drug discovery

Pharmaceutical titan Eli Lilly wants to bring medications developed with AI to market. To that end, the company has struck a $2.75 billion deal, with Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine. The companies say this collaboration will use Insilico’s AI engine to accelerate the “discovery and development of novel therapeutics.”

The agreement gives Lilly exclusive license to develop, manufacture and market these drugs, with the companies teaming on a variety of research and development programs. Insilico has used AI to develop at least 28 drugs, close to half of which are already at a clinical stage.

“Working with Lilly, we aim to deliver transformative therapies that treat diseases with high unmet need. This collaboration is a testament to the power of AI in tackling the most complex challenges in human health.” — said Alex Zhavoronkov, founder and CEO of Insilico. 🤝

Eli Lilly has also, with Nvidia, committed $1 billion over five years to finance “the talent, infrastructure and computing needed to tackle bottlenecks in AI-based drug discovery,”

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