The Brutalist Report - tech
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- Anthropic says Claude subscriptions will no longer cover usage on third-party tools like OpenClaw starting April 4 at 12pm PT, to better manage capacity (Boris Cherny/@bcherny) [1d]
- Filing: Anthropic has formed AnthroPAC, a new PAC that will be funded exclusively and voluntarily by its employees and is expected to be bipartisan (Miranda Nazzaro/The Hill) [1d]
- Sources: Meta's "Project Walleye" Ohio data center seeks $3B in loans in a first-of-its-kind deal where lenders will fund both the building and the power assets (Financial Times) [1d]
- Sources: Meta has paused its work with Mercor while it investigates a security breach at the data vendor; OpenAI says it is investigating the security incident (Wired) [1d]
- Utah launches a one-year pilot program allowing Legion Health's AI chatbot to renew prescriptions for 15 low-risk psychiatric maintenance medications (Robert Hart/The Verge) [1d]
- Internal memo: Iranian strikes have rendered two AWS zones "hard down" in Dubai and Bahrain and Amazon expects them to be "unavailable for an extended period" (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) [1d]
- Interviews with Codex lead Alexander Embiricos, OpenClaw's Peter Steinberger, and others about OpenAI's upcoming superapp that combines ChatGPT with Codex (Alex Heath/Sources) [1d]
- OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a special projects role reporting to Sam Altman; Fidji Simo is taking medical leave for several weeks (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: Mercor asked professionals in fields like entertainment to sell their prior work materials for AI training, even if the IP could belong to ex-employers (Katherine Bindley/Wall Street Journal) [1d]
- Sources: Elon requires banks seeking roles in SpaceX's IPO to subscribe to Grok and advertise on X; some banks are spending tens of millions integrating Grok (Maureen Farrell/New York Times) [2d]
- Chinese semiconductor companies like SMIC reported record 2025 revenue, driven by AI demand and China's self-sufficiency push as a result of US restrictions (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC) [2d]
- Tower Semiconductor's market cap tops $20B, four years after a near-sale to Intel for $5B; shares are up ~60% over the past month and ~525% over the past year (CTech) [2d]
- Sources: Huawei's Ascend 950PR chip, set for mass production soon, saw prices rise 20% after Chinese tech giants placed bulk orders to run DeepSeek's V4 model (Qianer Liu/The Information) [2d]
- Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech) [2d]
- A US bill seeks to ban exports of DUV lithography tech to China, whose imports of chipmaking equipment reportedly grew from $10.7B in 2016 to ~$51.1B in 2025 (Jared Perlo/NBC News) [2d]
- Some startups and researchers who can't access the most advanced chips are adopting a "frugal AI" approach, building smaller models on open-weight systems (Rina Chandran/Rest of World) [2d]
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- Quordle hints and answers for Saturday, April 4 (game #1531) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 4 (game #1028) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, April 4 (game #762) [1d]
- Forget the tower: Dell’s palm-sized desktop draws 100W through USB-C and still manages 50 TOPS of AI computing power [1d]
- 'It embarrasses the 9700X': Reviewer raves about one of Intel's best CPU releases in years as Core Ultra 200S series pummels similarly priced AMD rivals [1d]
- I turned the Artemis II mission's most stunning Earth photo into an iPhone wallpaper — but I needed a little help from AI [1d]
- Save over $500 on this powerful Alienware 16X Aurora gaming laptop with an RTX 5060 [1d]
- IKEA just launched the perfect balcony gardening starter kit — 12 essentials from $1.99 [1d]
- The invisible threat hidden in clear view: how Unicode characters are being weaponized to hide malicious commands from human users [1d]
- Looking for a compact air purifier? These are the 3 best options we've tested [2d]
- 'Building AI literacy, proficiency, and fluency': how the US National Science Foundation is planning a nationwide AI workforce expansion [2d]
- Be careful what you click - hackers use Claude Code leak to push malware [2d]
- I went back 50 years and played the best Apple-1 games — and my brain is still recovering [2d]
- 3 unmissable new Prime Video shows to stream in April 2026 — including the final season of The Boys [2d]
- Lowe's just launched a massive spring sale — here's everything I'd buy for my backyard, including furniture, plants, grills, and more [2d]
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2026 review: An impressive collection of creative software for PC and Mac — now with added AI [2d]
- 'Copilot is for entertainment purposes only': Even Microsoft's official terms and conditions say you really shouldn't be using its AI at work [2d]
- Battlefield 6 audio director explains there's 'a lot of demand' for high-quality soundtracks — 'We're following suit with the rest of the entertainment industries' [2d]
- 'A guy who was not an expert...used ChatGPT to make a custom mRNA vaccine for his dog's cancer', and other incredible tales from Sam Altman [2d]
- Hims and Hers reveal cyberattack — customer support system hacked and personal info stolen, here's what we know [2d]
- Ten years ago Acer debuted its awesomely ridiculous $10K gaming laptop – how well does it hold up in 2026? [2d]
- Top money transfer site Duc leaks user passport and driving license data info online [2d]
- Why traditional metrics are giving CISOs a false sense of security [2d]
- Regulatory whiplash: Why cyber resilience is now a governance imperative [2d]
- 'The irony is rich': Anthropic issues copyright takedown requests in attempt to stem Claude Code leak [2d]
- Agentic AI: Transforming industries and tackling the interoperability imperative [2d]
- 'Mass surveillance isn’t just viable, it already happens' — AI experts warn the threat is already here [2d]
- 7 new movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and more this weekend (April 3) [2d]
- ‘The longest-lasting phone I've ever reviewed’ — I spent 3 weeks with the Poco X8 Pro Max, and it beats Apple and Samsung rivals in one big way [2d]
- The 'best budget laptop you can buy' just got a rare early discount at Amazon [2d]
- Many of the most downloaded and top-grossing apps in the United States are developed and maintained by foreign companies': FBI urges users not to download Chinese mobile apps over privacy risks [2d]
- Best Buy's March Madness TV sale is ending soon — score clearance prices on best-selling 4K, QLED, and OLED TVs from $169.99 [2d]
- Your Amazon shop will soon cost more — 3.5% 'fuel and logistics-related surcharge' added due to Iran war knock-on effects [2d]
- EU cyberattack may have been worse than we thought - 90GB of data published online as 30 entities hit [2d]
- I’m TechRadar’s 4K Blu-ray tester — here are the 4 new discs I’m most excited about reviewing in April 2026 [2d]
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