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OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT's Image Generation Model (wired.com)
· wired
ChatGPT Images 2.0 is better at rendering non-Latin text (engadget.com)
· engadget
Sam Altman throws shade at Anthropic’s cyber model, Mythos: ‘fear-based marketing’ (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
SpaceX Debt Jumped to $23 Billion Last Year (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
OpenAI Livestream (openai.com)
· hn · HN
ChatGPT Images 2.0 (openai.com)
· hn · HN
Top Oil Traders Say Billion-Barrel Shock to Echo Long After War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Framework’s Laptop 13 Pro launch event (theverge.com)
· theverge
OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web (theverge.com)
· theverge
Netflix's Devil May Cry animated adaptation returns for a second season on May 12 (engadget.com)
· engadget
Paraguay Leaves Key Rate at 5.5% on Stable Inflation Outlook (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Vance Trip to Pakistan for Talks With Iran Is On Hold, NYT Reports (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Warsh's Undisclosed Investments Raise Questions on Influence Says Richards (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 151 Bugs in Firefox (wired.com)
· wired
Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 151 Bugs in Firefox (wired.com)
· wired
X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links (theverge.com)
· theverge
Sources: SpaceX has agreed to buy Cursor for $50B+; SpaceX says it is working with Cursor to "create the world's best coding and knowledge work AI" (New York Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Here comes the food price inflation (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft removes Call of Duty from Game Pass, lowers subscription pricing (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Framework is building an eGPU kit for its Laptop 16 (engadget.com)
· engadget
Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Framework launches the Laptop 13 Pro with Intel's new Panther Lake chips (engadget.com)
· engadget
Senator Tillis Floats Off-Ramp to Move Warsh’s Fed Nomination Forward (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Trump Media & Technology Group names Kevin McGurn as interim CEO effective immediately; McGurn previously worked as an executive at Hulu, Vevo, and T-Mobile (Todd Spangler/Variety) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Framework announces Laptop 13 Pro, ‘the MacBook Pro for Linux users’ (theverge.com)
· theverge
Warsh Pledges Independence But Dodges Questions on Rates (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC (theverge.com)
· theverge
Framework is building a better couch keyboard because everyone hates the Logitech one (theverge.com)
· theverge
Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Monterey Park, California has banned any data centers within its city limits (engadget.com)
· engadget
Deutsche Telekom Weighs Full Combination With T-Mobile (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft Cuts Xbox Game Subscription Price 23% (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Tim Cook tells employees why he chose to step down now, what’s next for him (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigns from Congress (axios.com)
· axios
Source: a handful of unauthorized users in a private Discord channel have been accessing Anthropic's Mythos model since the day the company announced it (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Framework Laptop 13 Pro (frame.work)
· hn · HN
The best (and worst) Apple products under Tim Cook [Video] (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Cal.diy: open-source community edition of cal.com (github.com)
· hn · HN
Adobe Says It Will Start Charging For AI Agents Only When They Work (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Scientists are still learning from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster (economist.com)
· economist
The AirPods are Tim Cook’s most underrated achievement (theverge.com)
· theverge
NASA's Curiosity Rover found promising organic chemicals on Mars (engadget.com)
· engadget
New York Sues Coinbase, Gemini Over Crypto Exchanges’ Prediction Markets (wsj.com)
· wsj
Meta capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
· hn · HN
A look at Tim Cook’s 15-year legacy as CEO of Apple (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Google now offers two research agents: Deep Research, replacing its December preview release, and Deep Research Max, both available via Gemini API paid tiers (The Keyword) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Twelve South’s magnetic PowerBug charger is down to just $35 (theverge.com)
· theverge
Tim Cook's Legacy Is Turning Apple Into a Subscription (wired.com)
· wired
Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (britannica11.org)
· hn · HN
More Cisco SD-WAN bugs battered in attacks (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Apple says iOS 27 and macOS 27 will have stricter security requirements for networks (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube (theverge.com)
· theverge
Scoop: DeSantis "begging" Trump for prime role in administration (axios.com)
· axios
Govee’s new rechargeable table lamp is less than half the price of Hue’s (theverge.com)
· theverge
I was happy with my Pixel camera until I tried the Oppo Find X9 Ultra [Gallery] (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era (theverge.com)
· theverge
Reliable Robotics, which is developing autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160M led by Nimble Partners, pushing its valuation to ~$1B (Cailley LaPara/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
macOS 26.5 public beta 2 now available (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
9to5Mac Daily: April 21, 2026 – Tim Cook stepping down, John Ternus named CEO (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Public beta 3 for iPadOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, and more available now (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Sen. Tillis Calls for End to Powell Probe During Warsh Hearing (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The Vercel breach: OAuth attack exposes risk in platform environment variables (trendmicro.com)
· hn · HN
Ibuilt a tiny Unix‑like 'OS' with shell and filesystem for Arduino UNO (2KB RAM) (github.com)
· hn · HN
Tim Cook's Exit, Warsh Faces Congress | Open Interest 4/21/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Work with the Garage Door Up (notes.andymatuschak.org)
· hn · HN
Apple releases iOS 26.5 public beta 3 (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Clarifai deletes 3 million photos that OkCupid provided to train facial recognition AI, report says (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Silo's season 3 trailer takes us back to how it all began (engadget.com)
· engadget
Opinion | The Price Beijing Pays for Backing Tehran (wsj.com)
· wsj
Luxury-Jacket Brand Moncler Starts Year Strongly as Asian Demand Makes Up for Hit to European Tourism (wsj.com)
· wsj
Wearable health tech might be Tim Cook’s greatest legacy  (theverge.com)
· theverge
Trellis AI (YC W24) Is hiring engineers to build self-improving agents (ycombinator.com)
· hn · HN
Adobe announces a $25B stock repurchase program through April 30, 2030; Adobe shares have fallen around 30% so far this year (Zaheer Kachwala/Reuters) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Oppo announces the Find X9 Ultra with a 50MP 10x optical zoom telephoto camera (engadget.com)
· engadget
Anthropic gets $5B investment from Amazon, will use it to buy Amazon chips (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Deutsche Lufthansa to Cancel 20,000 Short-Haul Flights to Save Jet Fuel (wsj.com)
· wsj
Chip-Equipment Supplier ASM International Logs Higher Sales on Booming AI Demand (wsj.com)
· wsj
Here Are the Key Takeaways From Kevin Warsh’s Fed Confirmation Hearing (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Citadel Securities Takes On Banks With Push for Big Stock Trades (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with cloud gaming gets a price cut and just one trade-off (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Oppo’s new phone has one camera too many (theverge.com)
· theverge
Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training (reuters.com)
· hn · HN
The US DOJ says a former ransomware negotiator pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals extort companies in cyberattacks in five different incidents (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Quoting Andreas Påhlsson-Notini (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
Xbox cuts Game Pass prices but new Call of Duty games will no longer hit the service on day one (engadget.com)
· engadget
Phone-to-satellite use goes into orbit, growing 25% in 8 months (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
LG's super-thin Wallpaper OLED TV starts at $5,500 (engadget.com)
· engadget
A Periodic Map of Cheese (cheesemap.netlify.app)
· hn · HN
Here are Tim Cook’s words of advice to Apple’s next CEO (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Exclusive: Kalshi to Launch Crypto Trading With Perpetual Futures (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram (wired.com)
· wired
Roblox reaches settlements totaling $35.8M with the AGs of West Virginia, Alabama, and Nevada over child-safety protections (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Chipolo’s Android Find Hub trackers actually have 1-year battery life, new wallet launches (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare (theverge.com)
· theverge
Show HN: Daemons – we pivoted from building agents to cleaning up after them (charlielabs.ai)
· hn · HN
An interview with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman on OpenAI's restructuring, cutting Sora, "personal AGI", Anthropic's "fear-based marketing" for Mythos, and more (Core Memory) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Dyson’s newest floor scrubber is already on sale for 20 percent off (theverge.com)
· theverge
US Says It Boarded Oil Tanker, First During Iranian Blockade (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Mercuria Was Able to Get Ships Out Through Hormuz, CEO Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate gets a price cut but loses new Call of Duty games (theverge.com)
· theverge
Those ‘new’ EU battery regulations probably won’t mean hot-swap batteries for your Android phone (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Wall Street’s Crypto Ambitions Dealt a Setback by Latest Hack (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
TAG Heuer Has Dropped New Polylight-Powered F1s (wired.com)
· wired
Tax-the-Rich Boosts Appeal of Bonds That Give Shelter to Wealthy (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google now lets you have full conversations with Gemini for Home (engadget.com)
· engadget
Suddenly Everyone Wants a Tailor. They’re in Short Supply. (wsj.com)
· wsj
AI Dungeon maker Latitude unveils Voyage, a platform for creating AI-powered RPGs (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
The Best Casio Watches You Can Wear Anywhere (wired.com)
· wired
Why It Takes Years of Training to Make This $1,200 Montblanc Pen (wsj.com)
· wsj
Gemini for Home assistant adding Continued Conversation (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Hawaii and Alaska Are Feeling the Brunt of the Energy Shock (wsj.com)
· wsj
UPS Doesn’t Want to Deliver Every Package, But It Really Likes Returning Them (wsj.com)
· wsj
Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra — and it’s actually good (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Reflecting on when Steve Jobs passed the Apple CEO torch to Tim Cook (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
scosman/pelicans_riding_bicycles (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
Kasane: New drop-in Kakoune front end with GPU rendering and WASM Plugins (github.com)
· hn · HN
macOS ClickFix attacks deliver AppleScript stealers to snarf credentials, wallets (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Core Scientific plans to raise $3.3B via a junk bond sale to finance its shift from crypto mining to building AI data centers and leasing them to CoreWeave (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Deals: 1TB M5 MacBook Air, 2TB M5 Pro MacBook Pro new low, Apple black USB cables, chargers, more (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
The next evolution of The Verge’s homepage is here (theverge.com)
· theverge
Deals: Pixel Watch 4 LTE $110 off, Pixel 10 up to $321 off, Galaxy Ring from $108, more (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Sources: following Manus probe, Chinese authorities ordered at least one other prominent AI startup, MiroMind, not to send talent and research out of China (Washington Post) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
New leaks reveal pricing and performance specs for DJI’s next beginner drones (theverge.com)
· theverge
John Ternus is already overhauling Apple operations using AI, per report (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Mozilla says its Firefox 150 release includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified using early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Amazon sued over killing Chromecast-era Fire TV Sticks, new update policy confirmed (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
NeoCognition, which wants to build AI agents that self-learn like humans, emerges from stealth with a $40M seed co-led by Cambium Capital and Walden Catalyst (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
CrabTrap: An LLM-as-a-judge HTTP proxy to secure agents in production (brex.com)
· hn · HN
Anthropic bakes memory fixes into Bun 1.1.13 as developers complain of leaks (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
ChatGPT Images 2.0 is available globally to ChatGPT and Codex users, with a more powerful version for paying subscribers; its knowledge cutoff is December 2025 (Reece Rogers/Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Bond, a new social media platform, wants to use AI to help you kick your doomscrolling habit (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Who is John Ternus? Everything you need to know about Apple’s next CEO (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series outsold the S25 by 29% over its first three weeks (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
OpenAI says ChatGPT Images 2.0 comes in Instant and Thinking variants and can generate images of up to 2K resolution and in multiple aspect ratios (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Crisis y sanciones de Trump limitan las opciones a cubanos que quieren salir de la isla (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Samsung brings SmartThings integration to IKEA's Matter devices (engadget.com)
· engadget
OpenAI says that ChatGPT Images 2.0 has a stronger understanding of non-Latin text rendering in languages like Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and Bengali (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Rising Costs Threaten the Airline Boom (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Draft IPO prospectus: SpaceX debt grew from $14B in 2024 to $23B in 2025, tied to a $4.5B lease deal with Valor Equity for AI equipment such as chips for xAI (The Information) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0 with new "thinking capabilities", allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt (Emma Roth/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Original GrapheneOS responses to WIRED fact checker (discuss.grapheneos.org)
· hn · HN
Canadian Telco Rogers Shares in a Tailspin as Price War Heats Up (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
CATL's new LFP battery can charge from 10 to 98% in less than 7 minutes (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Bloomberg Surveillance 4/21/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Scoop: Top U.S. cyber agency doesn't have access to Anthropic's powerful hacking model (axios.com)
· axios
MUFG Bank Seeks More Acquisitions After $4.3 Billion India Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenAI Launches Cost-Per-Click ChatGPT Ads (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
As Oceans Warm, Great White Sharks Are Overheating (e360.yale.edu)
· hn · HN
HORMUZ TRACKER: Traffic Stays at a Trickle of Iran-Aligned Ships (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The spaghettified DBMS chart that shows Oracle's crown is slowly slipping (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review: Tons of cache for tons of dollars (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Trump Urges Judge Not to Let Dimon ‘Escape’ JPMorgan Lawsuit (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift 'Super Dumb' Men (wired.com)
· hn · HN
Nothing Warp removal was to ‘fine-tune,’ but its return requires sideloading (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Trump to United and American: Don’t Merge (wsj.com)
· wsj
Brad Jacobs on His Big Bet on Building Insulation (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Tiny Iran-Linked Tanker Tests US Blockade With Arabian Sea Move (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Odd Lots: QXO’s Brad Jacobs on His Big Insulation Bet (Podcast) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple has 10+ new products rumored to launch first with John Ternus as CEO (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Fusion Power Plant Simulator (fusionenergybase.com)
· hn · HN
Ugandan Banks Balk at New ‘Foreign Agents’ Registration Law (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
What's the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time? (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Loneliness in older adults can often lead to memory impairment (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Ukraine Willing to Delay Access to EU Benefits, Deputy PM Kachka Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenAI teases next AI announcement coming today, here’s what to expect (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Your favorite brands got worse on purpose (worseonpurpose.com)
· hn · HN
Le Pen’s Energy Plan for France Called a ‘Disaster’ by Engie CEO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
MacRumors Readers React to Tim Cook Stepping Down as CEO (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Riskiest Junk Debt Is Lagging as Investors Continue to Fret About Software Firms’ AI Future (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Yet another ex-ransomware negotiator admits turning rogue after payoff from crimelords (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
US Natural Gas Ticks Down on Mild Weather, Growing Surplus (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Show HN: GoModel – an open-source AI gateway in Go; 44x lighter than LiteLLM (github.com)
· hn · HN
Silo season 3 just got its Apple TV release date and first trailer (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Amazon taps Sweden’s Einride for its electric big rigs (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Snap CFO to Leave (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Splatoon Raiders lands on Nintendo Switch 2 on July 23 (engadget.com)
· engadget
Saudi IT Firm to Press Ahead with IPO Despite War Uncertainty (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anthropic’s ID Verification Imperils Chinese Founders (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
How opposition to data centers, over concerns like power demands, pollution, and water needs, has become a voting issue for many people in the 2026 US midterms (NPR) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Beats debuts special Onyx Black Solo 4 headphones in collaboration with JENNIE, more (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Treasuries Weaken Before Warsh Testifies for Fed Chair Role (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Is John Ternus the right choice for new Apple CEO? [Poll] (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
All-hands: Tim Cook said he's stepping down now to ensure the "best-ever transition," citing strong financials, an "incredible" pipeline, and Ternus' readiness (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
BMO, Teck, TC Energy CEOs to Advise Carney on US Strategy on New Panel (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple TV has another busy summer of sci-fi with Silo season 3 in July (theverge.com)
· theverge
German Pension VBL Shifts €7 Billion Housing Portfolio Into Fund (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase and Gemini, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Revolut eyes valuation of up to $200B in eventual IPO (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
The Vergecast Vergecast, 2026 edition (theverge.com)
· theverge
Pixel phones hit with battery drain issue, Google investigating (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
John Ternus’s first big problem is AI (theverge.com)
· theverge
Billionaire Fredriksen’s Firm Faces $1 Billion Claim After Failed Fraud Trial (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The 10 Best Electrolyte Powders (We Tested Nearly 20) (wired.com)
· wired
Core Scientific Adds to AI Junk-Bond Wave With $3.3 Billion Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Here's What's New in iOS 26.5 So Far (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Apple TV's Hit Show 'Silo' is Returning Soon: Release Date and Trailer (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap' (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
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