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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) [41m]
- 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) [1h]
- Chinese PCB maker Victory Giant surges ~57% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$2.6B in its IPO, the largest in the city so far this year (Eunice Xu/South China Morning Post) [3h]
- Sources: Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus is close to a $10B fundraising deal, which includes an initial $6.2B raise in November, at a $38B post-money valuation (Financial Times) [4h]
- In an email to employees, Johny Srouji details newly combined hardware engineering and hardware technologies division, organized across five key areas (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) [4h]
- Apple says Tim Cook, as executive chairman, "will assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world" (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac) [4h]
- The US Air Force cancels RTX's ground-control network for the US' next generation of GPS satellites after years of delays and cost overruns (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg) [6h]
- Q&A with Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on the company's growth in enterprise, competing with AI labs, token pricing, investing in its own models, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge) [6h]
- A US jury finds Uber liable for a sexual assault by a driver in 2019, handing Uber a second consecutive defeat in its first trials of 3,000+ pending lawsuits (Emily Steel/New York Times) [7h]
- OpenAI rolls out Chronicle, which builds memories from screen captures to make Codex more aware of context, as a research preview for Pro subscribers on macOS (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) [8h]
- John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman of Apple's board (CNBC) [8h]
- Apple says Johny Srouji, who most recently served as senior VP of Hardware Technologies, will assume an expanded role leading Hardware Engineering (Apple) [8h]
- Amazon agrees to invest up to $25B in Anthropic, on top of the $8B that it has already invested; Anthropic commits to spend $100B+ on AWS over the next 10 years (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) [8h]
- Apple announces that John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman (Business Wire) [8h]
- Microsoft pauses new GitHub Copilot signups for Pro, Pro+, and Student tiers, tightens usage limits, removes Opus models from Pro, and limits Opus 4.7 to Pro+ (The GitHub Blog) [9h]
- Docs: Microsoft intends to pause student and paid individual tier signups for GitHub Copilot, tighten limits, and then move from request to token-based billing (Edward Zitron/Ed Zitron's Where's ...) [9h]
- RaveDAO's RAVE has lost $6.6B+ in market cap and its price has sunk ~98% since Saturday, after ZachXBT called on exchanges to probe if it was being manipulated (André Beganski/Decrypt) [9h]
- A profile of far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, who has been kicked off most mainstream social media but made ~$900K from "fanatical" donors since early 2025 (Washington Post) [10h]
- Filing in California's antitrust lawsuit: CA accuses Amazon of price-fixing by pressuring brands to ask competing retailers to increase prices on some products (David McCabe/New York Times) [11h]
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- I used the Philips Baristina Milk Frother for two weeks and found it produced consistently thick foam, even from non-dairy milks — but it’s too thick for latte art [1h]
- The Breville Barista Touch Impress is the perfect coffee machine for my needs — and it’s now exceptional value thanks to our exclusive discount [2h]
- "5,000 tiny robot arms": How a humble telescope created the largest 3D map of the universe to help unlock dark energy's secrets [2h]
- What is the release date for Hacks season 5 episode 3 on HBO Max? [4h]
- Don't buy her a new apron this Mother's Day: these are the kitchen upgrades Mum actually wants [5h]
- Forget wheezy hotel hair dryers — the Dyson Supersonic Travel is small enough to fit in your carry-on bag [5h]
- Quordle hints and answers for Tuesday, April 21 (game #1548) [6h]
- NYT Connections hints and answers for Tuesday, April 21 (game #1045) [6h]
- NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, April 21 (game #779) [6h]
- “Essentially invisible:” How hackers 'trojan-horsed' QEMU virtual machines to bypass security and drop ransomware [6h]
- "100x faster than traditional tools": Scientists load quantum computer with first complete genome to crack biology’s 'impossible' puzzle — in time for World Quantum Day [7h]
- Veremark Background Check review: A surprisingly practical solution for businesses of all sizes [7h]
- "Relying on a single, centralized mine represents a risk": US wants rare earth independence from China — but can DARPA actually make it work? [8h]
- Tim Cook to step down, John Ternus will become new Apple CEO [8h]
- I turned my text messages into a song with Suno and now my dinner plans sound like a pop duet [8h]
- 'The 1000 TOPS consumer': How the NPU-everywhere strategy could turn every user into a walking supercomputer by 2030 [8h]
- How to watch NBA Playoffs 2026: live streams, schedule, TV channels [9h]
- I picked up this cheap MP3 player, and it freed me from my phone so often, I wish I'd got it sooner [9h]
- Robots are fighting wars and helping to quash riots — China is arming riot police with squads of AI controlled drones and Ukraine wants to man the frontlines with 25,000 robots [10h]
- Hyundai reinvents the hatchback with the 300-mile range Ioniq 3 — a compact, aerodynamic EV that runs on Android Automotive [11h]
- Accurate Background review: Streamlining background employment checks — but I found it's geared to mid- to large-sized businesses, not SMBs [11h]
- US security agency still using Mythos despite ban – government using new security tool despite Pentagon's 'supply chain risk' designation [11h]
- What is the release date for Running Point season 2 on Netflix? [11h]
- How to watch 'Running Wild with Bear Grylls' season 9 online from anywhere — stream the survival series [11h]
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