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Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as CEO on his own terms, seemingly picking the right successor in John Ternus, much like Jobs did with Cook (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)

Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exits as C...

John Gruber / Daring Fireball: Tim Cook reshaped Apple in his own image and exit...

A look at transnational scam syndicates in Cambodia, running hundreds of online scam operations and call centers and infiltrating Cambodia's ruling class (Wall Street Journal)

A look at transnational scam syndicates in Cambodia, ru...

Wall Street Journal: A look at transnational scam syndicates in Cambodia, runnin...

A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google hold ~70% of EU cloud and US vendors get 80% of enterprise software spend (Politico)

A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study:...

Politico: A look at EU efforts to cut reliance on US tech; study: Amazon, Micros...

Mythos shock & is AI taking cybersecurity risks to new levels?

Mythos shock & is AI taking cybersecurity risks to new ...

Governments and regulators are assessing potential implications and urging criti...

WhatsApp says it is testing a new subscription called W...

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp says it is testing a new subscription called W...

Moonshot introduces Kimi K2.6, an open&weight model that it says shows strong improvements in long&horizon coding tasks, available under a modified MIT License (Kimi AI)

Moonshot introduces Kimi K2.6, an open&weight model tha...

Kimi AI: Moonshot introduces Kimi K2.6, an open-weight model that it says shows ...

A new media company called MTS launches for "monitoring the situation" across tech, business, politics, and culture, with backing from a16z and others (a16z)

A new media company called MTS launches for "monitoring...

a16z: A new media company called MTS launches for “monitoring the situation” acr...

Billion&dollar tariff refund process kicks off in US

Billion&dollar tariff refund process kicks off in US

US businesses can finally start applying for tariff refunds following the US Sup...

Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$15B post&money valuation, up from $9B in October 2025, but below Kalshi's $22B valuation from March 2026 (The Information)

Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$1...

The Information: Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$15B post-...

Australian data center operator NextDC plans to raise AU$1.5B in equity for its 350MW Sydney site rollout, and raises its FY26 capex by AU$300M to AU$2.7B&AU$3B (Sneha Kumar/Reuters)

Australian data center operator NextDC plans to raise A...

Sneha Kumar / Reuters: Australian data center operator NextDC plans to raise AU$...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to ease the EU's "regulatory burden" on AI and possibly exempt industrial AI to boost productivity (Andreas Rinke/Reuters)

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to e...

Andreas Rinke / Reuters: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to e...

Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop a memory processing unit that works alongside TPUs, and a new TPU for running AI models (Qianer Liu/The Information)

Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to ...

Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technolog...

A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued ...

Amanda Mull / Bloomberg: A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued ...

Sources: the glowing "26" in Apple's WWDC invite is teasing a revamped Siri, memory shortages may push Mac Studio and touch MacBook Pro launches by a few months (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: the glowing "26" in Apple's WWDC invite is tea...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: the glowing “26” in Apple's WWDC invite is tea...

An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero&powered cross&chain bridge, appears to have drained ~$292M worth of rsETH before Kelp paused all rsETH contracts (Zack Abrams/The Block)

An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero&powered cros...

Zack Abrams / The Block: An attacker targeting Kelp DAO's LayerZero-powered cros...

Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans on being an alternative to Chinese and US labs, says it's on track for $80M in monthly revenue by Dec. (Iain Martin/Forbes)

Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now lean...

Iain Martin / Forbes: Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans o...

A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned "ICE Sightings & Chicagoland" Facebook group and Eyes Up mobile app, who say DHS and DOJ violated the 1A (Cheyenne MacDonald/Engadget)

A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the banned...

Cheyenne MacDonald / Engadget: A US judge grants an injunction to makers of the ...

Chinese lidar maker Hesai, a primary supplier for Nvidia's ADAS, announces EXT lidar, calling it the industry's first to integrate spatial and color detection (Reuters)

Chinese lidar maker Hesai, a primary supplier for Nvidi...

Reuters: Chinese lidar maker Hesai, a primary supplier for Nvidia's ADAS, announ...

Global DRAM supply is likely to meet only 60% of demand through 2027; memory to hit ~40% of low&end smartphone manufacturing costs by mid&2026, up from 20% now (Nikkei Asia)

Global DRAM supply is likely to meet only 60% of demand...

Nikkei Asia: Global DRAM supply is likely to meet only 60% of demand through 202...

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4B across 34 deals through April 15, up from $5.9B raised across 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4B acro...

Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record ...

What some leaders think of using universal income to mitigate AI&fueled layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way", OpenAI's policy doc mentions a Public Wealth Fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

What some leaders think of using universal income to mi...

Siladitya Ray / Forbes: What some leaders think of using universal income to mit...

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four&month&old start&up developing self&teaching AI and founded by ex&DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised $500M+ (Financial Times)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four&month&old ...

Financial Times: Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old start-up...

White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Dario Amodei had been "productive and constructive"; source: Scott Bessent joined the meeting (Axios)

White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie...

Axios: White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Dario A...

Sources: Dario Amodei is set to meet with WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles on Friday, a breakthrough in Anthropic's effort to resolve its fight with the Pentagon (Axios)

Sources: Dario Amodei is set to meet with WH Chief of S...

Axios: Sources: Dario Amodei is set to meet with WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles o...

Uber agrees to pay ~€270M for an additional 4.5% stake in German food delivery rival Delivery Hero from Prosus, which would bring its total stake to ~7% (Financial Times)

Uber agrees to pay ~€270M for an additional 4.5% stake ...

Financial Times: Uber agrees to pay ~€270M for an additional 4.5% stake in Germa...

Sources: Sequoia raised ~$7B for a new fund, the first fundraising round under its new leadership; the firm's last expansion fund was a $3.4B vehicle in 2022 (Bloomberg)

Sources: Sequoia raised ~$7B for a new fund, the first ...

Bloomberg: Sources: Sequoia raised ~$7B for a new fund, the first fundraising ro...

Netflix says its 2026 ad revenue remains on track to reach $3B, doubling from 2025, and it now works with over 4,000 advertising clients, up 70% YoY (Bill Bradley/Adweek)

Netflix says its 2026 ad revenue remains on track to re...

Bill Bradley / Adweek: Netflix says its 2026 ad revenue remains on track to reac...

Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open links side by side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open li...

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open l...

Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.3B, vs. $12.2B est., net income of $5.28B, and forecasts Q2 EPS below estimates; NFLX drops 8%+ after hours (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.3B, vs. $1...

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.3B, vs. $12...

A TTP analysis finds dozens of nudify apps in Apple and Google app stores via search, despite company policy prohibiting them; the apps earned $122M+ in revenue (Bloomberg)

A TTP analysis finds dozens of nudify apps in Apple and...

Bloomberg: A TTP analysis finds dozens of nudify apps in Apple and Google app st...

X launches Cashtags, a feature that lets users view real&time financial data on stocks and crypto directly in their timelines, in the US and Canada (Timmy Shen/The Block)

X launches Cashtags, a feature that lets users view rea...

Timmy Shen / The Block: X launches Cashtags, a feature that lets users view real...

Anthropic rolls out identity verification that may require Claude users to provide a government&issued photo ID and live selfie to access "certain capabilities" (Jose Antonio Lanz/Decrypt)

Anthropic rolls out identity verification that may requ...

Jose Antonio Lanz / Decrypt: Anthropic rolls out identity verification that may ...

Sources: at least two US federal agencies and three congressional committees have reached out to Anthropic to test Claude Mythos, quietly bypassing Trump's ban (Politico)

Sources: at least two US federal agencies and three con...

Politico: Sources: at least two US federal agencies and three congressional comm...

How some mathematicians are exploring ways to incorporate LLM models into their research without losing direct experience with mathematical understanding (Konstantin Kakaes/Quanta Magazine)

How some mathematicians are exploring ways to incorpora...

Konstantin Kakaes / Quanta Magazine: How some mathematicians are exploring ways ...

A profile of BusPatrol, whose AI&powered cameras on 35K...

Byard Duncan / Bloomberg: A profile of BusPatrol, whose AI-powered cameras on 35...

Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic limited the release of its latest model Mythos to select companies and organizations (Politico)

Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop ...

Politico: Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic li...

A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a...

Dom Cooke / Colossus: A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $1...

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for an undisclosed sum; Hiro stops new signups, will shut down on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance f...

Julie Bort / TechCrunch: OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance f...

Internal memo: Microsoft's gaming chief Asha Sharma says "Game Pass has become too expensive for players" and that Microsoft needs "a better value equation" (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Internal memo: Microsoft's gaming chief Asha Sharma say...

Tom Warren / The Verge: Internal memo: Microsoft's gaming chief Asha Sharma says...

Amazon Leo unveils the Aviation Antenna, saying it can deliver up to 1 Gbps download and 400 Mbps upload speeds for in&flight Wi&Fi (Michael Kan/PCMag)

Amazon Leo unveils the Aviation Antenna, saying it can ...

Michael Kan / PCMag: Amazon Leo unveils the Aviation Antenna, saying it can deli...

Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer says Anthropic is "grossing up rev share with Amazon and Google" and overstating its "run rate by roughly $8B" (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer says Anthro...

Hayden Field / The Verge: Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer says Anthr...

Ornn Compute Price Index: Nvidia Blackwell GPU hourly rent hit $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two months ago, driven by agentic AI demand (Wall Street Journal)

Ornn Compute Price Index: Nvidia Blackwell GPU hourly r...

Wall Street Journal: Ornn Compute Price Index: Nvidia Blackwell GPU hourly rent ...

Shenzhen&listed server PCB maker Victory Giant plans an April 21 Hong Kong listing, aiming to raise as much as $2.2B; the company was valued at $37B on April 10 (Bloomberg)

Shenzhen&listed server PCB maker Victory Giant plans an...

Bloomberg: Shenzhen-listed server PCB maker Victory Giant plans an April 21 Hong...

Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talks with ad companies to end an antitrust probe into their alleged coordinated boycotts against sites like Elon Musk's X (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talks with ad comp...

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: Sources: the US FTC is in settlement talk...

OpenAI launches a $100/month ChatGPT Pro subscription, ...

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: OpenAI launches a $100/month ChatGPT Pro subscription, which...

Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3D models and simulations; users must select the Pro model in the prompt bar (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive...

Emma Roth / The Verge: Google says the Gemini app can now generate interactive 3...

Sources: the White House is pushing back on GOP&led AI bills in Nebraska and Tennessee, putting new pressure on GOP state lawmakers who support AI guardrails (Axios)

Sources: the White House is pushing back on GOP&led AI ...

Axios: Sources: the White House is pushing back on GOP-led AI bills in Nebraska ...

Sources: Arm CEO Rene Haas is in line for an additional role at SoftBank Group to advance Project Izanagi, the Japanese group's AI chip strategy (Financial Times)

Sources: Arm CEO Rene Haas is in line for an additional...

Financial Times: Sources: Arm CEO Rene Haas is in line for an additional role at...

UAE's leading AI company G42 says its data center campus and overseas plans are on track despite regional tensions and Iranian attacks on UAE infrastructure (Bloomberg)

UAE's leading AI company G42 says its data center campu...

Bloomberg: UAE's leading AI company G42 says its data center campus and overseas...

TSMC says its most advanced chip packaging tech, CoWoS, is growing at an 80% CAGR as it ramps up capacity; Nvidia has reportedly reserved most of the capacity (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

TSMC says its most advanced chip packaging tech, CoWoS,...

Katie Tarasov / CNBC: TSMC says its most advanced chip packaging tech, CoWoS, is...

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