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- Mitchell Hashimoto, co-founder of HashiCorp, says his terminal application Ghostty will move off GitHub, citing GitHub's frequent outages (Mitchell Hashimoto) [1d]
- Sources: Goldman Sachs stopped its bankers in Hong Kong from using Anthropic's models; Anthropic says its models were never officially "supported" in Hong Kong (Financial Times) [1d]
- OpenAI projected at the start of this year that $8/month ChatGPT Go subscriptions will grow ~36x to 112M in 2026, while $20/month Plus subs will fall 80% to ~9M (Sri Muppidi/The Information) [1d]
- US startup Poolside debuts its first open-weight model, Laguna XS.2, a 33B-A3B-parameter MoE model, and Laguna M.1, a proprietary 225B-A23B-parameter MoE model (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) [1d]
- Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open multimodal model with a 30B-A3B hybrid MoE architecture; the Nemotron 3 family saw 50M+ downloads in the past year (Kyt Dotson/SiliconANGLE) [1d]
- AWS launches a desktop app for its Amazon Quick AI assistant, letting users connect their tools and local files to build custom apps, live dashboards, and more (Jigar Thakkar/About Amazon) [1d]
- Musk v. Altman: Musk testifies he's suing OpenAI because "it is not okay to steal a charity" and its pivot sets a concerning precedent for philanthropic efforts (Bloomberg) [1d]
- NXP reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $3.18B, vs. $3.15B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates; NXPI jumps 13%+ after hours (Christina Kyriasoglou/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: the US Commerce Department last week ordered multiple chip equipment companies to halt some shipments to China's second-largest chipmaker, Hua Hong (Karen Freifeld/Reuters) [1d]
- Robinhood reports Q1 revenue up 15% YoY to $1.07B, vs. $1.14B est., and crypto revenue down 47% to $134M, vs. $147.6M est.; HOOD drops 6%+ after hours (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News) [1d]
- Seagate reports Q3 revenue up 44% YoY to $3.11B, vs. $2.96B est., and forecasts Q4 revenue and adjusted EPS above estimates; STX jumps 13%+ after hours (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters) [1d]
- China's National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen unveils the Lingshen project, aiming for 2+ exaFLOPS performance using a domestic-made CPU-only architecture (Luke James/Tom's Hardware) [1d]
- Sources: Apple plans an AI overhaul for photo editing in iOS 27, including using on-device AI models to extend, enhance, and reframe photos (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [1d]
- South Africa withdraws its first draft national AI policy after revelations that it contained fictitious sources that appeared to have been AI-generated (Nellie Peyton/Reuters) [1d]
- Q&A with Sam Altman and AWS CEO Matt Garman about OpenAI's new partnership with AWS, Bedrock Managed Agents, Trainium chips, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery) [1d]
- Sources: Google dropped out of a $100M Pentagon challenge to create tech for voice-controlled, autonomous drone swarms, following an internal ethics review (Katrina Manson/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Amazon and OpenAI announce an expanded deal that will make OpenAI's models available from AWS, a day after OpenAI revised its Microsoft partnership (Ina Fried/Axios) [1d]
- AWS launches Amazon Connect Decisions and Amazon Connect Talent, which are AI agentic tools aimed at logistics workers and recruiters (Matt Day/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Lovable launches its AI coding app on iOS and Android, letting users code via voice or text AI prompts, and allowing them to switch between a PC and mobile (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) [1d]
- Musk v. Altman: the judge asks Elon Musk and Sam Altman to "control your propensity to use social media to make things worse", as opening statements begin (Madlin Mekelburg/Bloomberg) [1d]
- The FIDO Alliance launches two working groups to establish industry standards for securing AI agent transactions; Google contributes the Agent Payments Protocol (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) [1d]
- Foxconn Industrial Internet, which sells AI servers, reports Q1 revenue up 57% YoY to ~$37B, below $44.5B est., and a record ~$1.5B net income, below $1.8B est. (Rachel Yeo/Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources: Polymarket has discussed lifting the prohibition on US-based customers with the CFTC, as it seeks to bring its main exchange back to the US (Bloomberg) [1d]
- Anthropic partners with Blender, Autodesk, Adobe, Ableton, and others to launch connectors that integrate Claude directly into professional creative workflows (Anthropic) [1d]
- OpenAI describes a report that it has missed internal goals as "prime clickbait" and says its consumer and enterprise businesses are "firing on all cylinders" (Seth Fiegerman/Bloomberg) [1d]
- True Anomaly, which makes autonomous spacecraft and software for the US Space Force, raised a $650M Series D at a $2.2B valuation, bringing total funding to $1B (Samantha Subin/CNBC) [1d]
- Snapchat launches AI Sponsored Snaps, a conversational ad format in the Chat tab that lets users talk to brand-specific AI agents for product recommendations (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) [1d]
- US prosecutors allege Peter Stokes, a 19-year-old dual US-Estonian citizen known as Bouquet, is a Scattered Spider member; he was arrested at a Finnish airport (Jason Meisner/Chicago Tribune) [1d]
- Sources: at least two China-based funds that back leading AI companies have used parallel fund structures to fundraise from US investors in recent months (Bloomberg) [1d]
- Sources and memos: Tencent employees used Claude Code to assist them with evaluating and fine-tuning the company's new Hy3 model to improve its performance (Juro Osawa/The Information) [1d]
- 'The connective tissue between your data, your people, and your goals': Google Cloud positions Gemini Enterprise as the one-stop shop for all your agentic affairs [1d]
- Dyson's latest vacuum cleaner empties itself, so you don't have to get your hands dirty [1d]
- How to watch The House of the Spirits online from anywhere — stream the Prime Video literary adaptation [1d]
- Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, April 29 (game #1556) [1d]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Wednesday, April 29 (game #1053) [1d]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, April 29 (game #787) [1d]
- 'A significant threat': These tiny 'trained' robots can catch invisible plastic dust in your drinking water [1d]
- Can we please talk about the iPhone Air's controversial Light Gold color? [1d]
- I watched a Joby electric Air Taxi take off and land in New York City, and now I can't wait for our Uber of the skies future [1d]
- 'They can’t block the sky': Inside an ingenious satellite TV hack bypassing Iran’s internet blackout — when the web goes dark, activists are smuggling gigabytes of data through ordinary television signals to keep the Iranian people connected to the world [1d]
- These are the 5 best GMKtec mini PC deals on Amazon — save big on some of our highest rated and reviewed compact desktops, but be quick [1d]
- 'We need to deliver warfighting capability at a faster rate': US Space Force cancels Next Generation GPS project over 'extensive system issues' and an 'insurmountable' timeline [1d]
- The best DJI Lito alternatives — including 'your best first drone', and one serious curve-ball option [1d]
- 'The attacker completed in under five minutes': Experts warn of North Korea-linked campaign using fake Zoom meetings to target crypto execs [1d]
- Don't suffer with seasonal allergies — I test air purifiers for a living and these are my top 3 recommendations for filtering out pollen and dust [1d]
- 'Battery-free, quiet, and inherently private' — These 3D-printed metal tags could change home and office tracking, turning penny-sized discs into smart devices using ultrasonic tech for maintenance-free monitoring without charging [1d]
- Pro-Ject just launched a tiny box to turn any passive speakers wireless that attaches to the binding posts, and brings them into the Sonos-rivaling WiiM ecosystem — and there's a streamer box for hi-fi amps too… but Apple users should probably pass [1d]
- The rise of glasses-free 3D light-field displays: Samsung has created a 2D/3D switchable screen using a 'metasurface lenticular lens' with 'nanoscale structures' for no-compromise viewing — and it follows impressive demos from TCL and others [1d]
- 'The data should be a wake-up call': Report finds cybersecurity workers feel underpaid, undervalued and overstressed — and that's putting everyone at risk [1d]
- I ditched my iPhone and used the second-generation Ray-Ban Meta (2nd gen) by using it as my travel guide in Rome, Italy — but I absolutely got the wrong pair [1d]
- How the white iPhone 4 may have accidentally paved the way for Apple’s next big iPhone shakeup [1d]
- Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini i5 Tower with Intel Core 5 210H hits its 'lowest price ever' — save £150 on this diminutive 1L mini desktop PC at Argos [1d]
- NordVPN hit with yet another lawsuit over 'difficult to cancel' auto-renewal subscriptions [1d]
- If it's good enough for Sawe... the Garmin watch used to break the two-hour marathon barrier at London is actually super cheap — here's where to get it [1d]
- 'It was controversial internally too' — Former Naughty Dog dev says the studio was 'split' on The Last of Us Part 2's most divisive death [1d]
- 'It's puke or be puked on' — this crazy indie game has you taking shots to save your soul [1d]
- 'This doesn't have RAM in it, and it's not as complicated to start getting out the door for us' — Valve confirms it's releasing the Steam Controller before the Steam Machine in response to RAM crisis, but originally saw 'no need' to ship them together [1d]
- Hackers exploit Robinhood account creation tool to launch worrying phishing scam [1d]
- Lenovo's Ryzen 7 laptop hits 'lowest ever price' of just £569 — and comes with 24GB DDR5 RAM and a 1TB SSD [1d]
- I stopped asking AI for answers and started asking for frameworks — and suddenly it all clicked [1d]
- This updated open-source app makes it easier to use your AirPods with Android — just in time for the rumored AirPods Ultra [1d]
- New figures show March 2026 was the worst month for tech job layoffs since 2024 — but it's probably going to get worse [1d]
- How to watch PSG vs Bayern Munich: Free Streams & TV Channels [1d]
- ‘It is about choice — if you want to hear AI music or if you don't.’ One Spotify user got so frustrated with AI slop that they created an ‘AI blocker’, but it 'may violate Spotify's terms of service' [1d]
- Amazon drops new Kindle deals ahead of Prime Day — but should you buy now or wait? [1d]
- 'The mini-game is already in its final stages': Resident Evil Requiem director confirms DLC is imminent, but you need to make sure you've finished the game first [1d]
- ExpressVPN makes a U-turn on its always-free password manager promise [1d]
- Medtronic says ShinyHunters hackers stole around 9 million medical records in latest attack [1d]
- All the best Geekom mini PC deals worth buying in the sale — from office desktops to content creation workstations, these are the machines to choose based on our benchmark tests [1d]
- Apple TV sets August release date for Ted Lasso season 4 — and the returning soccer comedy show's first trailer is like a warm hug on a cold, wet, and windy night in Stoke [1d]
- IT: Welcome to Derry creator teases an underrated Stephen King plot for season 2 — and I'm begging HBO Max to officially renew it [1d]
- Trust by design: How much can you really trust your AI agent [1d]
- Top open source PyPI package with over 1 million downloads each month hacked to send out malware [1d]
- Moosend review [1d]
- Fake GPUs have gotten so good, even a repair expert was initially fooled by this scam Nvidia RTX 4090 — so be careful out there [1d]
- Proton VPN's promises post-quantum groundwork, Stealth for Linux, and slick new app releases [1d]
- How to watch Hacks season 5 online – stream FREE and from anywhere [1d]
- CheckMarx admits it was hit by major cyberattack that saw data leaked onto Dark Web [1d]
- Final Fantasy 14 is finally coming to Switch 2 just in time for the Evercold expansion, but you'll need to buy a separate subscription even if you play on another platform [1d]
- DJI Mic Mini 2 vs DJI Mic Mini: tiny upgrade, massive price cut, but there’s a Mini 2S on the horizon which will add a key feature [1d]
- ‘Human lives are already being lost’: Open letter signed by hundreds of Google employees requests CEO reject ‘unethical and dangerous’ US military AI use [1d]
- The best bean-to-cup coffee maker we've ever tested just got a big discount on Amazon — save 20% on the Breville the Barista Express Impress [1d]
- 'AI adoption is entering a new phase': AMD report finds AI PCs are becoming an increasingly common sight in the workplace - so what can they do for you? [1d]
- ‘You feel radicalized’: A Meta AI exec watched agents beat her top workers. Now she’s built a nonprofit to help Gen Z find jobs before they disappear [1d]
- Would you buy a ChatGPT-powered iPhone rival? OpenAI is reportedly developing a smartphone chip, which teases the possibility of a full-blown OpenAI mobile [1d]
- I tested the DJI Mic Mini 2 and the thing that excited me the most is the new low pricing — there’s no better value small wireless mic [1d]
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