📋 Log for 2026-04-18

😄 Joke of the Day

Why did the man put his money in the freezer? He wanted cold hard cash!

Category: dad


YouTube Summaries

[Software itself has no value. It's the solutions that are valuable, and that will sell.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/04LPpj7lQlA)

Channel: freeCodeCamp.org

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Published: 2026-04-18T12:32:26+00:00


Latest OpenRouter Models

Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max (qwen/qwen3.7-max)

Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series. It supports text input and output and is designed for agent-centric workloads, with particular strengths in coding, office and productivity tasks,...

Published: 21/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.7-max


xAI: Grok Build 0.1 (x-ai/grok-build-0.1)

Grok Build 0.1 is xAI’s fast coding model trained specifically for agentic software engineering workflows. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is optimized for interactive coding...

Published: 20/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-build-0.1


Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (google/gemini-3.5-flash)

Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google's high-efficiency multimodal model, bringing near-Pro level coding and reasoning at Flash-tier cost and speed. It is highly optimized for coding proficiency and parallel agentic execution...

Published: 19/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-3.5-flash


Free Models Catalog

Model Capabilities Publication Date
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) N/A 11/03/2026
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free) N/A 12/02/2026
Free Models Router N/A 01/02/2026
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) N/A 29/01/2026
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free) N/A 27/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) N/A 20/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) N/A 20/01/2026
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) N/A 14/12/2025
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini (free) N/A 01/12/2025

Robot Technology

🤖 Artificial neurons successfully communicate with living brain cells

Engineers at Northwestern University have taken a striking leap toward merging machines with the human brain by printing artificial neurons that can actually communicate with real ones. These flexible, low-cost devices generate lifelike electrical signals capable of activating living brain cells, a breakthrough demonstrated in mouse brain tissue.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com • Published: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:32:36 EDT

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🤖 Quantum AI just got shockingly good at predicting chaos

Researchers have shown that blending quantum computing with AI can dramatically improve predictions of complex, chaotic systems. By letting a quantum computer identify hidden patterns in data, the AI becomes more accurate and stable over time. The method outperformed standard models while using far less memory. This could have big implications for fields like climate science, energy, and medicine.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com • Published: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:51:09 EDT

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Good News

Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions

Challenging a 50-year-old narrative about Hawaii’s native birds, a new study from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa found no scientific evidence that indigenous people hunted waterbird species to extinction. Published in the journal Ecosphere, the research debunks this long-held myth and offers a new, integrated theory to explain the disappearances. It’s not the first […] The post Study Debunks Myth of Native Hawaiians Brutishly Causing Bird Extinctions appeared first on Good News Ne...

Published: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:30:44 +0000

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Earth Day at 56: why the 2026 theme carries more weight than usual

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM On April 22, 1970, roughly 20 million Americans took to the streets, campuses, and parks to demand that the government treat the environment as something worth protecting. At the time, rivers in the United States were catching fire. Lead was still in gasoline. The Cuyahoga River in Ohio had […] The post Earth Day at 56: why the 2026 theme carries more weight than usual first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .

Published: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:24 +0000

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Embryo Fossil is Missing Puzzle Piece Thrilling Scientists with Oldest Proof that Mammal Ancestors Laid Eggs

A remarkable new discovery is shedding light on one of the greatest survival stories in Earth’s history—and answering a decades-old scientific mystery. Lystrosaurus, a hardy, plant-eating mammal ancestor, rose to prominence following a mass extinction some 252 million years ago—the most devastating extinction event our planet has ever experienced. While countless species vanished, Lystrosaurus not […] The post Embryo Fossil is Missing Puzzle Piece Thrilling Scientists with Oldest Proof tha...

Published: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:35:35 +0000

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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: […] The post Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:00:44 +0000

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Good News in History, April 18

251 years ago, Paul Revere, who was 40 years old at the time, a respected craftsman and father of 16 children, rode with William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, galloping through the countryside of colonial Massachusetts to Lexington and Concord warning of the sudden movements of the British army. Contrary to myth, Revere did not shout, […] The post Good News in History, April 18 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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