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Apple Home recently got better in three ways, here’s what’s new (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter (theverge.com)
· theverge
Evaluating Claude’s Bioinformatics Research Capabilities with BioMysteryBench (anthropic.com)
· anthropic
PayPal to Reorganize Into Three Business Units in Streamlining Effort (wsj.com)
· wsj
Amazon.com Posts Double-Digit Growth Anchored by Booming Web Services (wsj.com)
· wsj
Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2026 Results (abc.xyz)
· hn · HN
Meta Reports Big Revenue Jump and Projected Spending Increase (wsj.com)
· wsj
SCOTUS' voting rights decision deals big down-ballot blow (axios.com)
· axios
Carvana Posts Higher First-Quarter Profit on Record Car Sales (wsj.com)
· wsj
Microsoft Reports Strong Cloud Growth, Easing Fears Over AI Spending (wsj.com)
· wsj
Microsoft Reports Strong Cloud Growth, Easing Fears Over AI Spending (wsj.com)
· wsj
Alphabet reports Q1 2026 revenue of $109.9 billion (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Google Reports 81% Jump in Profits, Beating Wall Street Expectations (wsj.com)
· wsj
Report: Apple leads satellite smartphone market as adoption hinges on broader use cases (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Mattel Defies Expectations, As Sales Accelerate Despite Macro Uncertainty (wsj.com)
· wsj
Researchers move in the right direction, develop powerful GPS interference alarm (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
BP and Venezuela Sign Pact to Explore for Offshore Gas (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Sources: SoftBank plans to create an AI and robotics company called Roze in the US to build data centers and list it as early as 2026, seeking a $100B valuation (Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Jimmy Kimmel’s Journey From Bro-Comic to Trump’s Late-Night Foil (wsj.com)
· wsj
Pentagon spending on drones jumps from $225M to $55B in one year (foxnews.com)
· hn · HN
California high-speed rail price tag jumps to $231B, nearly 7x 2008 estimate (kmph.com)
· hn · HN
Where the goblins came from (openai.com)
· openai
Meta Fails to Block Users Under 13 as Required, EU Says (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Gemini can now generate files, including Microsoft Word and LaTeX documents (engadget.com)
· engadget
PayPal Reorganizes to Make Venmo Standalone Unit (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Bloomberg Deals 4/29/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenTrafficMap (opentrafficmap.org)
· hn · HN
War, Fuel Prices Seen Steering Travel Industry Toward M&A (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Supreme Court boosts DeSantis' GOP congressional map (axios.com)
· axios
Mamdani vs. Griffin Standoff Puts $6 Million Tower at Risk (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
YouTube starts rolling out free picture-in-picture (PiP) globally on Android, iOS (9to5google.com)
· 9to5mac
YouTube starts rolling out free picture-in-picture (PiP) globally on Android, iOS (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Humanoid robots will work as baggage handlers at Tokyo airport (engadget.com)
· engadget
Kyoto cherry blossoms now bloom earlier than at any point in 1,200 years (jivx.com)
· hn · HN
Starlink Mobile Seeing ‘A Lot Less Usage’ Than Expected, T-Mobile CEO Says (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
iOS 26.4 adds convenient new iCloud feature, here’s how to enable it (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Opportunity in Small, Midcap Travel M&A: LionTree (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI (engadget.com)
· engadget
Female Looksmaxxer Alorah Ziva Is Suing Clavicular for Alleged Battery (wired.com)
· wired
"People who don't use AI will be left behind" (migrainebrain.bearblog.dev)
· hn · HN
Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
ABC can beat Trump FCC's license threat if owner Disney is willing to fight (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Need To Invest in Distinctive Travel Brands: Cain CEO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Significant Airline M&A on the Horizon: McCaleb (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Powell Says He Has 'No Choice' But to Stay at Fed (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Trump claims Netanyahu pardon would make Israeli president "national hero" (axios.com)
· axios
OpenAI Plots Big Expansion of Cheaper ChatGPT (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
LLM 0.32a0 is a major backwards-compatible refactor (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
OpenAI Codex system prompt includes explicit directive to "never talk about goblins" (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
The end of "Just ask Sarah" (simme.dev)
· hn · HN
llm 0.32a0 (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
Anthropic bug causes $200 extra charge, refuses refund (github.com)
· hn · HN
JetBlue, Booking Give Mixed Update on Travel Demand (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk says he was a "fool" for backing OpenAI, accusing Altman and Brockman of manipulating him into donating tens of millions of dollars (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Trump Hails UAE’s Exit from OPEC, Says Will Lower Energy Prices (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Legacy TLS tour continues with Exchange Online blocking old versions from July 2026 (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Fed Moving Towards Symmetrical Policy, JPMorgan's Michele Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Sun Pharma, Lilly Lead Latest Healthcare Deal Rush (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Fed Can Stay on Hold This Year, JPMorgan's Michele Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The EU thinks Meta isn't doing enough to protect children (engadget.com)
· engadget
Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Four Officials Dissent (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Iran Having a Nuclear Weapon is a 'Real Danger To The World' Says Sen. Moore Capito (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Kone Agrees to Buy TK Elevator for $34.4B (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
2026 Another Catalyst Rich Year: AstraZeneca CFO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Copy Fail – CVE-2026-31431 (copy.fail)
· hn · HN
Don’t bother with Moto’s new Razr Ultra — last year’s model is nearly half off and virtually identical (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Fed holds rates steady amid the most dissents in decades (axios.com)
· axios
All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman (theverge.com)
· theverge
Databricks can't seem to shake authors' copyright claim that could result in 'extraordinary' damages (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Sources: Anthropic has begun weighing a new funding round at a $900B+ valuation, after previously resisting investor proposals at an $800B+ valuation (Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
OnePlus has reportedly been merged with Realme as the downward spiral continues (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Today’s Android game and app deals: NARUTO, Onigo Hunter, Endurance, more (9to5toys.com)
· 9to5google
Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Meta Launches Stablecoin Payouts for Creators Using Stripe (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Trump Fires Back at Merz Over Iran (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Pernod Ricard and Jack Daniel’s Maker End Merger Discussions (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
SpaceX’s Starlink Revenue Per User Fell 18% As Customers Quadrupled (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
New Sam Bankman-Fried trial would be huge waste of court’s time, judge says (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Meta says Q1 family daily active people fell 20M QoQ to 3.56B, vs. 3.62B est., due to internet disruptions in Iran and WhatsApp access restrictions in Russia (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Formula 1’s Miami Grand Prix is on Apple TV, here’s how to watch (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Ramp's Sheets AI Exfiltrates Financials (promptarmor.com)
· hn · HN
Fedora 44 is out – countless versions of it (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
The Google TV platform will soon display YouTube Shorts videos directly on the home page (engadget.com)
· engadget
Brent Crude hits $119.56/barrel peak today (tradingeconomics.com)
· hn · HN
Ubuntu’s AI plans have Linux users looking for a ‘kill switch’ (theverge.com)
· theverge
The Abstraction Fallacy: Why AI can simulate but not instantiate consciousness (deepmind.google)
· hn · HN
Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
May's PlayStation Plus lineup includes Nine Sols, EA FC 26, Wuchang (engadget.com)
· engadget
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est., net income up 81% to $62.58B (Alphabet) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Sanctioned Chinese AI Firm SenseTime Releases Image Model Built for Speed (wired.com)
· wired
Google says paid subscriptions reached 350M in Q1, up 25M QoQ, driven by YouTube and Google One, while Gemini Enterprise paid MAUs grew 40% QoQ (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
iPhone 18 Pro to have some of Apple’s biggest camera upgrades ever: report (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Pershing Square's Ackman Talks IPO, State of Markets (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
eBay reports Q1 revenue up 19% YoY to $3.09B, vs. $3.04B est., net income up 2% to $512M, GMV up 18% to $22.2B, and forecasts Q2 revenue above estimates (Kelly Cloonan/Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Live Q&A: The U.S. Car Industry Stares Down China—Ask Us Your Questions (wsj.com)
· wsj
Oil Charges Toward $120 With No End in Sight to US-Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Cloudflare says autocrats, wars and elections caged the internet in Q1 (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
AWS revenue rose 28% YoY in Q1 to $37.6B, vs. $36.64B est., its fastest growth in 15 quarters, as capital expenditures rose to $44.2B, up from $25B in Q1 2025 (Quartz) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
KPMG to Lay Off 4% of U.S. Advisory Workforce (wsj.com)
· wsj
Atome Sees War Driving Shifts That Boost Low-Carbon Fertilizer (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Porsche Backs Guidance as Turnaround Plan Continues (wsj.com)
· wsj
YouTube Bringing Free Picture-in-Picture to iPhone Users Outside the U.S. (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Yet another experiment proves it's too damn simple to poison large language models (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Ackman Says Stocks Above 'Stupidly Cheap' Market Bottom (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google Photos Wardrobe will scan your pictures to compile a digital version of your closet (engadget.com)
· engadget
Laws of UX (lawsofux.com)
· hn · HN
Motorola reveals 2026 Razr lineup with modest upgrades and higher prices (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Why Software Needs a Third Loop [audio] (heavybit.com)
· hn · HN
Rise of the Forward Deployed Engineer (hfsresearch.com)
· hn · HN
Virtualisation on Apple Silicon Macs is different (eclecticlight.co)
· hn · HN
Camera in iOS 27 to feature Siri mode with enhanced Visual Intelligence, per report (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue down 3% YoY to $10.6B and says a top hyperscaler is on track to begin using its chips later this year; QCOM jumps 7%+ after hours (Ian King/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Microsoft reports Q3 Xbox hardware revenue fell 33% YoY and Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Game Pass, dropped 5% YoY (Emma Roth/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores (theguardian.com)
· hn · HN
Vine reboot app Divine arrives with a ban on AI slop (engadget.com)
· engadget
Ackman Says It'll Take Weeks, Not Months to Invest IPO Proceeds (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Democrats admit Supreme Court ruling weakening Voting Rights Act is "devastating blow" (axios.com)
· axios
Google has told employees in a memo that it "proudly" works with the US military and will continue to do so, amid opposition from some staff over DOD contracts (Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Analysis of Fed Rate Decision, Powell News Conference (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google Photos uses AI to make the iconic closet from ‘Clueless’ a reality (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
A glimpse into cyber-security’s AI-driven future (economist.com)
· economist
More Gemini features are coming to Google TV (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Meta reports Reality Labs Q1 revenue of $402M, vs. $488.8M est., and a $4.03B operating loss, vs. $4.82B est.; Reality Labs has $80B+ in losses since late 2020 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Genome editing can be risky. Meet the epigenome editors (economist.com)
· economist
Microsoft's Q3 Intelligent Cloud revenue was $34.68B vs. $34.27B est., with Azure and other cloud services surging 40% YoY; Microsoft 365 Copilot has 20M+ seats (Jordan Novet/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Can AI Be Trained to Predict the Past? (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Universal Music Logs Strong Subscriptions, Streaming Revenue Growth (wsj.com)
· wsj
Meta raises its 2026 capital expenditures to between $125B and $145B, far exceeding analysts' estimates, after previously forecasting $115B to $135B (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Amazon reports Q1 ad revenue up 24% YoY to $17.24B, vs. $16.87B est., and subscription services revenue up 15% to $13.43B (Annie Palmer/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Moto Buds 2 Plus pack Bose sound for $149, available this week (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Gemini app can now generate Google Docs, PDF, Word, and other files (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
The US Tech Giant Where Employees Wear IDF Uniforms to Work (donotpanic.news)
· hn · HN
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q1 ad revenue rose 10.7% YoY to $9.88B, vs. $9.99B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $77.25B, up from $66.89B in Q1 2025 (Todd Spangler/Variety) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
At Protocol: Building the Social Internet (atproto.com)
· hn · HN
Bill Gurley, Jack Altman back startup Pursuit, which helps companies sell to government (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $82.9B, net income up 23% to $31.8B, and says its AI business surpassed an annual revenue run rate of $37B, up 123% (Microsoft) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Amazon reports Q1 revenue of $181.5B, up 17% YoY, net income of $30.3B, up 77%, and operating income of $23.9B, up 30% YoY (Amazon) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
FastCGI: 30 Years Old and Still the Better Protocol for Reverse Proxies (agwa.name)
· hn · HN
Android’s ‘Search’ bar now lets you ‘Ask Google’ and AI Mode (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est., net income up 81% to $62.58B (Jennifer Elias/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
CN Rail Shares Drop the Most Since 2021 Amid Macro Uncertainty (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Motorola's latest family of Razrs includes its first book-style foldable (engadget.com)
· engadget
NASA boss: Make Pluto A Planet Again (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Court Rules 2nd Amendment Covers Firearms Parts Good News Those Who Build Guns (cowboystatedaily.com)
· hn · HN
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $56.31B, net income up 61% to $26.77B, and family DAP up 4% to 3.56B on average for March; META drops 6%+ after hours (Meta) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Nvidia fixes the 8GB RAM problem with one of its GPUs—if you can pay for it (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Here’s everything that’s actually new with Motorola’s 2026 Razr lineup — it’s not much (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Show HN: A new benchmark for testing LLMs for deterministic outputs (interfaze.ai)
· hn · HN
Motorola Razr Fold officially costs $1,899 in the US, available in May (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Google Photos ‘Wardrobe’ digitizes your closet and helps find what to wear (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
How Bill Perkins Climbed the Ranks of the Trading World to Start His Own Fund (wsj.com)
· wsj
Motorola's New Razr Folding Phones Command a Higher Price and Few Upgrades (wired.com)
· wired
Motorola’s Razr (2026) lineup is a game of spot the difference where it’s mainly higher prices (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Apple might ditch MagSafe on future iPhones, per bizarre rumor (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
The Moto Razr and Razr Plus are victims of shrinkflation (theverge.com)
· theverge
Professional school grads from diverse classes get higher salaries (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
North American trade deal at risk as U.S., Canada exchange barbs (axios.com)
· axios
Google Photos launches an AI try-on feature for clothes you already have (theverge.com)
· theverge
The new Razr Ultra is still the best-looking phone out there (theverge.com)
· theverge
Letters: House Homeland Security Committee and House China Select Committee are probing Airbnb and Cursor maker Anysphere over their use of Chinese AI models (Rachyl Jones/Semafor) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Shrdlu (en.wikipedia.org)
· hn · HN
Option Traders Build ‘Electric Fence’ Around Bitcoin at $80,000 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Exclusive: Trump rejects Iran's offer, says blockade stays until nuclear deal (axios.com)
· axios
Google Photos to Get AI 'Wardrobe' Feature (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
GOP revolt leaves House agenda in limbo (axios.com)
· axios
Online age verification is the hill to die on (xcancel.com)
· hn · HN
Online age verification is the hill to die on (x.com)
· hn · HN
Microsoft is giving its Xbox employees an Xbox email address (theverge.com)
· theverge
Third Editor Fired in Elsevier's Citation Cartel Crackdown (chrisbrunet.com)
· hn · HN
iPhone 18 Pro vs iPhone Ultra: Three features to win your upgrade (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Cursor Camp (neal.fun)
· hn · HN
Big Tech Capex Hits Critical Limit (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official (reuters.com)
· hn · HN
CISA flags data-theft bug in NSA-built OT networking tool (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Google says the Gemini app can now generate files; supported formats include PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, plain text, and Markdown (Abner Li/9to5Google) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
YouTube TV gets a fully customizable multiview feature, with availability for all channels (engadget.com)
· engadget
The Hidden Risks in AI Funding (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
I built ten custom subagents to tame a 500K-line Clojure codebase (metabase.com)
· hn · HN
Roku’s $3 streaming service, Howdy, reaches 1M subs, per recent report (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Deals: Galaxy Tab S11 up to $411 off, Galaxy S26 Ultra + Buds 4 Pro at $325 off, Xbox ROG Ally X handheld, more (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Data center boom strains Texas homebuilders' need for electricians (texastribune.org)
· hn · HN
Deals: M5 MacBook Air $219 off, 1TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro best price ever, iPad Air new low, AirTag, iPhone Air, more (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
‘All-In Wednesday’ to Test Stock Market Where ‘Everyone’s Long’ (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Meta quietly rolled out USDC stablecoin payouts on Solana and Polygon for select creators in Colombia and the Philippines (Fortune) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Tech Continues to Lead the Way: Dudley (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
Iran War Disrupts Travel More Than Prices: Booking CEO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Wells Fargo CEO Says Private Credit Isn't a Systemic Risk (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Andrej Karpathy: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering (youtube.com)
· sequoia
Hormuz Crisis Drives Insurance Spike (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Demis Hassabis: We're Three Quarters of the Way to AGI (youtube.com)
· sequoia
Bloomberg Surveillance 4/29/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Mistral Medium 3.5 (mistral.ai)
· hn · HN
What can we gain by losing infinity? (quantamagazine.org)
· hn · HN
U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Fall on Record Weekly Exports (wsj.com)
· wsj
The best deals we found during Amazon’s Gaming Week (theverge.com)
· theverge
‘Elon Musk Appeared More Petty Than Prepared’ (theverge.com)
· daringfireball
Banks Get Picky on Asset-Based Loans as Tricolor, MFS Hit Market (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Linux 7.0 Broke PostgreSQL: The Preemption Regression Explained (read.thecoder.cafe)
· hn · HN
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