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Meta Memo Confirms Plans to Cut 10% of Staff (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
OpenAI Releases ‘Spud’ GPT-5.5 Model (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Come see Odd Lots LIVE in New York City (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers (theverge.com)
· theverge
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘superapp’ (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
X is shutting down its Communities feature (engadget.com)
· engadget
Spirit is broken (theverge.com)
· theverge
Ken Griffin Pushes Back After Mamdani Features His $238 Million Penthouse in Tax-the-Rich Video (wsj.com)
· wsj
Anthropic’s Mythos breach was humiliating (theverge.com)
· theverge
At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty (wired.com)
· wired
Apple, Amazon join push for looser greenhouse emissions reporting (engadget.com)
· engadget
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT and Codex with GPT-5.5: ‘a new class of intelligence for real work’ (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Middle Eastern News Sites Are U.S. Government Propaganda Ops (theintercept.com)
· hn · HN
Today’s Android game and app deals: DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS, 9th Dawn Remake RPG, Maneater, more (9to5toys.com)
· 9to5google
John Ternus is officially Apple’s next CEO, iPhone 18 colors, iOS 27 rumors (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
GPT-5.5: Mythos-Like Hacking, Open to All (xbow.com)
· hn · HN
US Air Force department names firms to power its bases with mini nukes (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
SNB Readiness to Intervene on FX Is Elevated, Martin Tells RTS (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Rare Diesel Cargoes Head to Australia from US West Coast (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Astronomers Find the Edge of the Milky Way (skyandtelescope.org)
· hn · HN
Meta Will Lay Off 8,000 Employees in May: Memo (wsj.com)
· wsj
Sources: the US DOJ arrested a soldier involved in the capture of Nicolás Maduro for allegedly making $400K+ on Polymarket by betting on his removal from office (ABC News) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Meta to cut 10% of jobs, or 8,000 employees, report says (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Apple TV's upcoming For All Mankind spinoff Star City oozes Cold War-era paranoia (engadget.com)
· engadget
The iPhone is ‘not getting disrupted’ at all by AI, says Perplexity CEO (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Introducing GPT-5.5 (openai.com)
· hn · HN
OpenAI releases "Spud" GPT-5.5 model (axios.com)
· axios
America’s First Commercial Nuclear-Power Projects in a Decade Just Broke Ground (wsj.com)
· wsj
Oil Jumps as Iran Tensions Simmer With Hormuz Blocked (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Amtrak Sues Metro-North Over Denied Request to Run Work Trains (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Instagram ‘Instants’ app launches on Android, and it’s basically Snapchat (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement to Long-Serving Employees (theverge.com)
· daringfireball
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement to Long-Serving Employees (theverge.com)
· daringfireball
Ikea’s new inflatable chair doesn’t look like an inflatable chair (theverge.com)
· theverge
An update on recent Claude Code quality reports (anthropic.com)
· hn · HN
YouTuber has DIMM idea, builds working DRAM in backyard (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
People Do Not Yearn for Automation (theverge.com)
· hn · HN
Blackstone’s Secondaries Unit Hits $100 Billion as Demand Grows (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 model is more efficient and better at coding (theverge.com)
· theverge
Google Conference Shows Customers Want Help Making AI Work (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder If They're the Bad Guys (wired.com)
· hn · HN
Unauthorized Users in Discord Group Had Weekslong Access to Anthropic’s Supposedly-Super-Dangerous Claude Mythos Model (bloomberg.com)
· daringfireball
Unauthorized Users in Discord Group Had Weekslong Access to Anthropic’s Supposedly-Super-Dangerous Claude Mythos Model (bloomberg.com)
· daringfireball
Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming (theverge.com)
· theverge
White House Reviewing SEC Bid to Ease Share-Offering Disclosures (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Rivian begins production on the R2 electric SUV (engadget.com)
· engadget
Great news, the Moto G Stylus is no longer teeming with bloatware (theverge.com)
· theverge
John Ternus explains what he thinks of Apple Vision Pro (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Google explains why its all-in-one AI stack embraces competitors (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Claude just gained Spotify music and podcast integration, here’s what it can do (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Warner Bros. Shareholders Approve $110 Billion Paramount Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Why Booking a FlightWith Miles Is ReallyGetting Harder (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Avis Stock Collapse Sparks Plunge in Dow Transports It Lifted (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple's M4 Mac mini, including the $599 one, is gradually becoming impossible to buy (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
What to know about the missing scientists alarming Congress (axios.com)
· axios
Keychron’s customizable V1 mechanical keyboard is back down to $45 (theverge.com)
· theverge
'Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor' to win $34,000 Polymarket bet (telegraph.co.uk)
· hn · HN
Trump cuts drug price deal with Regeneron (axios.com)
· axios
MeshCore development team splits over trademark dispute and AI-generated code (blog.meshcore.io)
· hn · HN
Blackstone's Jon Gray says AI is Single Biggest Driver | Open Interest 4/23/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
US Space Command: Russia is now operationalizing co-orbital ASAT weapons (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
U.S. Airlines Raise Fares, Trim Capacity for Summer as Fuel Costs Jump (wsj.com)
· wsj
Japan Expert Sees Risk to the Yen (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Trump’s Emergency Oil Sails to Europe as War Upends Energy Flows (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 7% of Workforce (wsj.com)
· wsj
Five Annapurna Interactive games get Switch 2 releases (engadget.com)
· engadget
Leaked One UI 8.5 changelog details new features on Galaxy S25, AirDrop and more (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Japan’s Katayama on Constant Close Contact With US on FX (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
ADP Is Said Planning to Reduce Stake in India’s GMR Airports (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Bluesky now supports better quality photos (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Siemens Energy Raises Outlook on Strong AI-Driven Demand (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam (techcrunch.com)
· hn · HN
Apple Watch has a useful hidden feature for tracking a great healthy habit (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of U.S. employees (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Apple stops weirdly storing data that let cops spy on Signal chats (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat Q2 guidance driven by high demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
SpaceX’s IPO Will Help Elon Musk Consolidate Power. Investors Welcome It. (wsj.com)
· wsj
Here’s a preview of Pixel 11 Pro Fold’s wallpapers, hinting at colors [Gallery] (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
My phone replaced a brass plug (drobinin.com)
· hn · HN
Eight months early and under budget, the Roman Telescope is ready to launch (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Ubisoft has finally dropped a trailer for that Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake (engadget.com)
· engadget
Google hosting The Android Show before I/O 2026: ‘one of the biggest years for Android yet’ (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Shenzhen-based Pudu Robotics, which makes commercial service robots, raised ~$150M, bringing its total funding to $300M+, and says its valuation exceeds $1.5B (The Robot Report) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk (wsj.com)
· wsj
Incident with Multple GitHub Services (githubstatus.com)
· hn · HN
Age checks could turn internet into an ID checkpoint, complains Proton CEO (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
U.S. accuses China of "industrial-scale" campaigns to steal AI secrets (axios.com)
· axios
Intel reports Q1 revenue up 7% YoY to $13.58B, vs. $12.42B est., and forecasts Q2 revenue and adjusted EPS above estimates; INTC jumps 15%+ after hours (Katie Tarasov/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Apple shares fun new ‘Health with iPhone + Apple Watch’ ad with wonderful tagline (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
U.S. sailor en route to Strait of Hormuz sidelined by monkey attack (axios.com)
· axios
If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad? (derekthompson.org)
· hn · HN
Sheinbaum Points to Local Officials After CIA Agent Deaths (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys (wired.com)
· wired
Supply chain cracks constrain AI boom (axios.com)
· axios
Meta is revamping its cross-app management system (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Era computer raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
French government agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data (bleepingcomputer.com)
· hn · HN
France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens' IDs (techcrunch.com)
· hn · HN
Rogers’ Spending Cut Plan Prompts Two Analysts to Boost Ratings (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft gives your Word documents an AI co-author you didn’t ask for (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Dow CEO Says Petrochemical Supply Disruptions to Persist in 2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple has ‘six major new product categories’ coming, says Mark Gurman (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets (engadget.com)
· engadget
Uruguay Finance Chief Says Pensions Will Stay in Private Hands (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Treasuries Headed for Tightest Monthly Trading Range Since 2020 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
America’s Largest Landowner Is Using AI to Digitize the Forest (wsj.com)
· wsj
Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures (theverge.com)
· theverge
Microsoft Offers Voluntary Retirement Buyouts for Some Employees (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Deals: Giant $819 off Galaxy Z Fold 7, Tab S10 Lite $120 off, Pixel 10 Pro/XL $300 off, more (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
OpenAI teases GPT-5.5 model upgrade in cryptic message (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Music publishers including UMG, Warner Music, and Sony drop a copyright suit against Verizon following a SCOTUS decision limiting ISP liability in Cox's suit (Kyle Jahner/Bloomberg Law) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Datadog digs down into GPU efficiency as AI costs soar (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
X is shutting down Communities because of low usage and lots of spam (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Deals: M5 Pro MacBook Pro up to $220 off, M5 Max models up to $400 off, M3 iPad Air clearance $250 off, more (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Math Is Hard – OpenBSD Stories (miod.online.fr)
· hn · HN
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty detail their "return of Xbox" strategy, including daily active players as its "new north star" (Tom Warren/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to long-serving employees (theverge.com)
· theverge
Instagram launched Instants, an app for sharing disappearing photos, in Italy this week, after rolling out an Instants feature in its main app in some regions (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
To Protect and Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets (nyc.streetsblog.org)
· hn · HN
Tesla Discloses $2 Billion Deal for Unnamed AI Hardware Company (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
DOJ Met With TV Station Executives as Part of Sports TV Probe (wsj.com)
· wsj
BMW bumps the 7 Series for 2027, adds all-new battery (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
CAAT Pension Earns 8.4% as Stock Gains Outweigh Weak PE Returns (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenAI says "GPT-5.5 matches GPT-5.4 per-token latency in real-world serving, while performing at a much higher level of intelligence" (OpenAI) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Everpure 'takes the hit' as AI-fueled supply crunch drives prices up 70% (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Salmon raises $100M in equity and debt to bring digital credit to underbanked Filipinos (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Greenhouse gases from data center boom could outpace entire nations (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Anthropic says it has fixed three causes of recent Claude Code quality issues: reduced default reasoning, a caching bug, and a system prompt to reduce verbosity (Anthropic) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Warner Bros. Discovery Stockholders Approve Paramount Deal (wsj.com)
· wsj
The WNBA's Expansion into Cleveland is Powered by PE (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Bloomberg Surveillance 4/23/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple cuts interest rate for Apple Card Savings accounts (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Tesla Promises Upgrade for Customers Who Bought Cars That Can’t Drive Autonomously (wsj.com)
· wsj
Czech Utility Giant CEZ Plans Asset Split Before Possible Buyout (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
DJI’s new Lito Series beginner drones start at less than $400 (theverge.com)
· theverge
Vercel says some of its customers’ data was stolen prior to its recent hack (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
GPT-5.5 is priced at $5/1M input tokens and $30/1M output tokens, double GPT-5.4's pricing; GPT-5.5 Pro costs $30/1M input tokens and $180/1M output tokens (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Why EV Demand Stronger Than It Looks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Be sinceerly human – AI to undo your AI writing (sinceerly.com)
· hn · HN
New MacWhisper CLI lets users automate AI transcriptions from the Terminal (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
American Express Sees Strong Card Spending, Higher Costs (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Pimco Privately Lends $10 Billion to Gulf in Wartime Bond Deals (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Turkey wants to ban social media for kids under 15 (engadget.com)
· engadget
Apple Music exec said the thing about lossless audio that we were all thinking (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
WBD Shareholders Approve Paramount Purchase (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
GPT-5.5 is rolling out to Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT and Codex, and GPT-5.5 Pro to Pro, Business, and Enterprise users in ChatGPT (The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
The Billionaire Trying to Build the ‘Next Great Washington Newsroom’ (wsj.com)
· wsj
Bitwarden CLI Compromised in Ongoing Checkmarx Supply Chain Campaign (socket.dev)
· hn · HN
Unusual Weather Bets on Polymarket Spur French Investigation (wsj.com)
· wsj
BP Faces Shareholder Rebellion at Annual Meeting (wsj.com)
· wsj
OpenAI says GPT-5.5's improvements are strongest in agentic coding, computer use, and early scientific research, which require reasoning across longer contexts (Madison Mills/Axios) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly | Season 4A Trailer (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
New Apple TV space-race thriller series is coming soon, trailer here (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
OpenAI unveils GPT 5.5, intended to be better at completing work without much direction, saying the model "kind of figures it out, deals with ambiguity" (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Motorola’s new Razr Ultra leaks again, this time with all of its cameras [Gallery] (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Avis Shares Sink 57% in Two Days as Rally Meets a Crashing Halt (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
New Security Breaches at Anthropic and OpenAI Proved Mark Zuckerberg Right (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
AI Junk-Bond Binge Brings Rare Early Repayments to Sweeten Deals (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Grab a ticket today: The first StrictlyVC of 2026 kicks off in just a week in San Francisco (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Another customer of troubled startup Delve suffered a big security incident (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Google Wallet rolling out big homepage, search redesign (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
American Airlines Lowers Outlook on Rising Fuel Costs (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
UK Biobank health data keeps ending up on GitHub (biobank.rocher.lc)
· hn · HN
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope trumps Trump cuts, is launch-ready ahead of schedule (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
At a town hall, Asha Sharma said Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming, as "Xbox needs to be our identity" (Tom Warren/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
THE PEOPLE DO NOT YEARN FOR AUTOMATION (theverge.com)
· theverge
American Airlines Lowers Guidance Due to Rising Fuel Prices (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Memo: Meta plans to cut 10% of workers, or ~8,000 jobs, on May 20 and won't fill 6,000 open roles, in an effort to offset its AI spending and boost efficiency (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Apollo’s Ingenico Starts Talks With Lenders on ‘Untenable’ Debt (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Banks Kick Off Talks on Lone Star’s €1.5 Billion Lonza Unit Debt (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Nothing upgrades voice-to-text with AI-powered ‘Essential Voice’ (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Andurand Lost 52% in April First Half as Ceasefire Hurt Oil Bets (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Tesla drops Musk’s $29B ‘interim’ award after Delaware court restored larger pay package (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Vail Resorts Sees Earnings at Low End of View on Dearth of Snow (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze (theverge.com)
· theverge
Trump administration reclassifies cannabis as less dangerous (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
US Jobless Claims Rise to 214,000 With Layoffs Limited (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Quoting Maggie Appleton (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
Microsoft announces its first voluntary retirement program, for staff whose years of employment and age add up to 70+; source: 7% of US employees are eligible (Jordan Novet/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Opinion | The Lesson for Mamdani Marts From India (wsj.com)
· wsj
Optimizing Datalog for the GPU (dl.acm.org)
· hn · HN
Netflix can’t seem to follow-up its biggest shows (theverge.com)
· theverge
New Mountain Raises $2.4 Billion to Hold Azuria Water for Longer (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Hands-on: Satechi’s ChargeView brings real-time power monitoring to your tech (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
WhatsApp adds prepaid phone recharges in India as its payments usage still lags (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
American farms have a new steward for their safety net, disaster programs... Palantir (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Why the U.S. Is Such an Outlier on EVs (wsj.com)
· wsj
The End of Responsive Images (piccalil.li)
· hn · HN
Freeport-McMoRan Production Sinks (wsj.com)
· wsj
Estrangeiros colocam R$ 65 bi na bolsa e locais ficam à margem (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
25 years later, is it time for a new iPod? (theverge.com)
· theverge
Foreigners Tighten Hold on Brazil Stocks as Locals Sit Out Rally (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
A look at Microsoft's recent wave of executive departures, as it struggles to retain talent and changes its annual rewards and performance programs in response (Tom Warren/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Berkshire Hathaway, Chubb Win Approval to Drop AI Insurance Coverage (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
AI galaxy hunters are adding to the global GPU crunch (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
US Futures Decline as US-Iran Impasse Continues, Oil Price Jumps (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI now gobbling up power and management chips for servers (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Goldman Expects Global Oil Inventories to Hit a Record-Low (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
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