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“By the end of this week, you and Sam will be the most hated men in America.”
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Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.
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The vibes around the current AI boom aren't great, even in the tech industry.
Also, it's tough to get graduating students excited about a future shaped by artificial intelligence.
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The action camera maker, like so many other companies these days, is looking to defense applications as it evaluates a possible sale.
Also, more than 50 employees have reportedly left Elon Musk’s newly merged SpaceXAI since February, raising questions about burnout, leadership changes, talent poaching, and whether liquidity events weakened retention incentives.
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OpenAI is so frustrated with Apple over a ChatGPT integration that failed to deliver the subscribers and prominence it expected that the company is now actively exploring legal action against the iPhone maker.
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Brown says, "the conversation is sort of happening in Silicon Valley around one thing, and a totally different conversation is happening among consumers."
Also, gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.
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OpenAI's CEO recalls a "particularly hair-raising" conversation with the SpaceX founder.
Also, Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
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TikTok is systematically converting its discovery engine into a transaction layer, which both deepens user retention and opens entirely new revenue streams for its new owners.
Also, fleet management company Samsara has developed an AI model to detect different kinds of potholes and gauge how fast they're deteriorating.
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CloudFlare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support roles.
Also, fictional portrayals of artificial intelligence can have a real effect on AI models, according to Anthropic.
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The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting one of the its key clean power goals at risk.
Also, Moonshot's annualized recurring revenue topped $200 million in April, driven by rapid growth in paid subscriptions and API usage.
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Match Group said that it's slowing its hiring plans for the rest of the year because AI tools "cost a lot of money."
Also, Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class-action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.
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As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
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A sensor that can simultaneously capture depth and image data has long been a "holy grail," Ouster CEO Angus Pacala told TechCrunch.
Also, Virginia and Washington D.C. paused the data collection and sharing, after Bloomberg's investigation found their health insurance marketplaces were sharing users' information with advertisers.
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The deals come as the DoD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.
Also, Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital, has a new venture that is reportedly buying land near large power sources.
And, an ad c from Artisan, the AI startup behind billboards urging businesses to "stop hiring humans" stole art from carto...
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Apple said it will be supply-constrained on Mac Mini, Studio, and Neo in the next quarter, too.
Plus, web hosts are scrambling to fix the bug under active attack by hackers. One company said hackers have been abusing the bug for months.
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Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.
Also, Roku’s $2.99 streaming service Howdy has topped 1M subscribers, showing demand for cheaper, low-commitment alternatives to pricier streamers.
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After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.
Also, the app allows developers to vibe code web apps and websites on the go.
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Skye's new AI app attracted investors before it even launched — a sign of interest in a more AI-aware iPhone.
Also, natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
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Steve Ballmer wrote a fiery letter in the sentencing of disgraced founder Joseph Sanberg documenting all the harm that's befalling him as an investor.
Also, the IRS has used Palantir's software since at least 2018, The Intercept reports.
Plus, in a letter to the residents of Tumbler Ridge, Canada, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is “deeply sorry” that his company failed to alert law enforcement about the suspect in a recent mass sh...
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April 24, 2026 • 6 mins
The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.
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