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Apple accelerates eco progress with highest-ever recycled materials (apple.com)
· hn · HN
Google announces a Gemini app integration between Personal Intelligence and Nano Banana 2 to let the AI image generator "automatically reflect" users' tastes (Abner Li/9to5Google) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
UAE Investor Buys Stake in General Atlantic’s Joe & the Juice (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The Oppo Find N6 is the best foldable you can’t buy, again (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
Does Education Matter in the Age of AI? MIT President Sally Kornbluth (youtube.com)
· sequoia
Smart Plug Guide (2026): When You Should and Shouldn’t Use One (wired.com)
· wired
DJI Osmo Pocket 4 review: The only vlogging camera you'll ever need (engadget.com)
· engadget
Anthropic will ask Claude users to verify their identities 'for a few use cases' (engadget.com)
· engadget
US Premarket Movers: Hims & Hers, PPG Industries, QuidelOrtho (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Sabi, which is developing a brain-computer interface beanie that can decode internal speech into words, emerges from stealth with backing from Khosla and others (Emily Mullin/Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Apple leaks four iOS 27 features, including overdue Wallet upgrade (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Schwab Earnings Jump 30% on Rush of Trading Activity (wsj.com)
· wsj
Textbook titan McGraw Hill on ransomware crew's reading list after 13.5M records exposed (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Study: EVs with V2H cut household electricity costs and need for home batteries (adelaide.edu.au)
· hn · HN
Gas Back in $3 Range by End of Summer ‘Optimistic,’ Says Oil Analyst McNally (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Renault CEO Says Making Growth in India a Key Priority (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anthropic says Opus 4.7 uses an updated tokenizer that "improves how the model processes text", but "the tradeoff is that the same input can map to more tokens" (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Renault CEO Says Making Growth in India Is Key Priority (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Cocoa Demand Recovery Bumpy as Europe Grinds Drop to 17-Year Low (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
LG Sound Suite Review: Big Sound for Larger Rooms (wired.com)
· wired
Best MacBook Accessories (2026): Chargers, Covers, Keyboards, and More (wired.com)
· wired
Wall Street Quants See an Edge in Polymarket Earnings Forecasts (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Spotify just won $322 million from music pirates it can’t find (theverge.com)
· theverge
The noise we make is hurting animals. Can we learn to shut up? (technologyreview.com)
· hn · HN
Manufacturing started for all-new iPhone 18 Pro camera feature (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Canva unveils Canva AI 2.0, which can generate editable layered designs from conversational prompts using Canva's foundation model built specifically for design (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
US & Iran Weigh Truce Extension & Stocks Hit Highs | The Pulse 4/16 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Bondholders Seek Sweeteners as Shapoorji Unit Pushes Extension (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Aluminum Market Enters a Prolonged Supply ‘Black Hole’ (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
TSMC Boosts Tech Rally as Stocks Extend Highs; Live Nation's Court Loss | Bloomberg Brief 4/16/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Walmart’s new $60 Onn 4K Pro Google TV box is launching soon, here’s every detail (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
The race to Shackleton Crater is on—will Jeff Bezos or China get there first? (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Heybike Comfort Ranger 3.0 Pro Electric Bike Review: Tough Little Cargo Ebike (wired.com)
· wired
This Beanie Is Designed to Read Your Thoughts (wired.com)
· wired
‘Hunger Bonds’ Comeback Shows Depth of Venezuela Debt Rally (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
German Companies Increasingly Favor Asia Over US Investments (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anthropic says Opus 4.7 is "less broadly capable" than Claude Mythos Preview and that its "cyber capabilities are not as advanced" as those of Mythos Preview (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf] (reich.hms.harvard.edu)
· hn · HN
Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, saying it is a "notable improvement" on Opus 4.6 in advanced software engineering and comes with a new "xhigh" effort level (Anthropic) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
AI cybersecurity is not proof of work (antirez.com)
· hn · HN
EDP Freezes Three US Wind Projects Over Trump-Era Policy Risks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Swarm welcome: Britain lines up 120,000 drones for Ukraine (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Codex Hacked a Samsung TV (blog.calif.io)
· hn · HN
Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk (wsj.com)
· wsj
BNY Profit Rises on Fee, Net Interest Income Growth (wsj.com)
· wsj
Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay (theverge.com)
· theverge
BNY Mellon Profit Beats Analyst Estimates on Revenue Gains (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Netflix Earnings Shift Focus to Basics as ‘M&A Overhang’ Clears (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Robot Vacuum Throwdown: Shark Versus Dyson (2026) (wired.com)
· wired
Tempo Prepared Meal Subscription Review (2026): Surprisingly Tasty (wired.com)
· wired
Oil Futures Expecting Iran War Resolution, Hormuz Reopening (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now (wired.com)
· wired
The Star Trek Communicator Is Now a High-End Wristwatch (wired.com)
· wired
Next Time You Order a Dairy Queen Blizzard, You May Be Talking to AI (wsj.com)
· wsj
NBA Basketball League in Europe Draws Private Credit Lenders (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
PepsiCo Posts Higher Sales as Price Cuts Pay Off (wsj.com)
· wsj
Investors Aren’t Buying Into Policymakers’ Gloom (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI Trade Fuels Emerging-Markets Stock Rally After TSMC Results (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Iran War: US & Tehran Weigh Longer Truce, Oil Stabilizes | The Opening Trade 4/16/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft announces product it doesn't want you to buy: Extended security updates for old Exchange, and Skype for Biz (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Meta is increasing the price of the Quest 3 by $100 to $599.99 and both Quest 3S models by $50 to $349.99 for 128GB and $449.99 for 256GB, starting April 19 (Jay Peters/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
OpenAI Codex Update Adds Computer Use, Image Generation, and Memory on Mac (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Kennedy returns to Capitol Hill with clout diminished (axios.com)
· axios
The Pros and Cons of a Pennsylvania Data Center (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
An Interview with F1 Driver and Venture Capitalist Nico Rosberg About the Drive to Win (stratechery.com)
· stratechery
MAGA Indians Went All In on Trump. Many Right-Wingers Can’t Stand Them (wired.com)
· wired
Codex for (almost) everything (openai.com)
· openai
Blackrock’s Turner Sees Bond Opportunity From Mispriced ECB Bets (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Financial services startup Slash, which is building an AI agent, raised $100M led by Ribbit at a $1.4B valuation and reports nearly $300M in annualized revenue (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Barclays Analyst Sees Extreme Pricing for Physical Oil (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Amazon MGM's 2026 theatrical slate includes 'Highlander' and 'Spaceballs: The New One' (engadget.com)
· engadget
SDL bans AI-written commits (github.com)
· hn · HN
The Best Pillows for Neck Pain, Recommended by a Sleep Science Coach (2026) (wired.com)
· wired
Apple says a record 30% of material across all products it shipped in 2025 came from recycled content; all Apple-designed batteries now use 100% recycled cobalt (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Barry Callebaut Shares Plunge After Profit Warning (wsj.com)
· wsj
Roku says it is in 100M+ homes globally and its devices are used by "more than half of all US broadband households"; Roku had $4.15B in 2025 platform revenue (Chris Welch/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Debt-Laden Bahrain’s Bonds Bounce Back From Shock of Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Obsolete Google nag drowns out vital bar information at Swedish concert hall (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Sources: Google is negotiating a deal with the US DOD that would let the Pentagon deploy Gemini AI models in classified settings, reversing its previous stance (Erin Woo/The Information) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Anthropic secures new London office space for 800 people, days after OpenAI unveiled its first London office; Anthropic currently has 200+ London staff (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Euro-Zone Inflation Was Quicker Than Thought in March at 2.6% (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The New Face of NBA Media (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anthropic's AI downgrade stings power users (axios.com)
· axios
Religious resurgence stirs Gen Z (axios.com)
· axios
Sinking Gas Exports Leave Cash-Strapped Bolivia Needing IMF Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
HalkBank-DOJ Deal to End Criminal Case Questioned by Lawmakers (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
KKR and Apollo Among Potential Suitors for Portugal’s Logoplaste (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
YouTube now lets you hide Shorts (engadget.com)
· engadget
Equinor Trading Profits to Beat Forecast as War Spurs Volatility (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Pakistan Boosts Mediation Efforts as US, Iran Weigh Longer Truce (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The NIST narrows its National Vulnerability Database priorities to CVEs in CISA's known exploited catalog, to deal with a backlog after its 2024 funding lapse (Matt Kapko/CyberScoop) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Cops hand Motorola £25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Half-Full Tanker Heading to Japan Highlights Scramble for Oil (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple Covers iPhone 17 Pro in Stickers in New Ad (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
TSMC Raises Revenue Forecast as AI Chip Demand Surges (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
TSMC Raises Revenue Forecast as AI Chip Demand Surges (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Bubblemaps analysis: an anonymous Polymarket trader netted $316,346 in profits by correctly betting on Biden's pardons for Hunter Biden, Liz Cheney, and others (Bobby Allyn/NPR) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Repsol Signs Agreement With Venezuelan Government to Increase Oil Production (wsj.com)
· wsj
Server-room lock was nothing but a crock (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Brad Setser on the War in Iran and the Future of the US Dollar (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Odd Lots: Setser on the Future of the US Dollar (Podcast) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
DeepL, known for text translation, now wants to translate your voice (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Opera extends the Browser Connector functionality to Opera One and Opera GX (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Opera adds Browser Connector for integrating AI chatbots (engadget.com)
· engadget
A look at Doug Liman's $70M Bitcoin: Killing Satoshi movie, which uses AI for sets, lighting, and more in post-production, cutting costs from an estimated $300M (Emily Zemler/The Wrap) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Won't Be Seeing Three ECB Rate Hikes in 2026: BlackRock (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Asian Stocks Advance on U.S.-Iran Deal Hopes (wsj.com)
· wsj
easyJet Flags First-Half Loss as Middle East Conflict Bites (wsj.com)
· wsj
QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
European Stocks Stall as Airline Losses Offset Media, Tech Gains (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Tesco Broadens Guidance as Iran War Uncertainty Clouds Outlook (wsj.com)
· wsj
EasyJet Shares Slump Amid Warning of Loss Driven By Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Stellantis to Invest €100 Million to Keep Plant Near Paris Open (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Inditex Flags Contractor Data Leak, Says Client Records Safe (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
RamAIn (YC W26) Is Hiring (ycombinator.com)
· hn · HN
Sources: UK paraplegic athlete Claire Lomas was being filmed for Apple Vision Pro series Adventure when she crashed a microlight in Jordan and died in July 2024 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Singapore Rejects US Claims in Manufacturing, Forced Labor Probe (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Get Apple's M5 MacBook Air at $150 Off Before Amazon Runs Out (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Barry Callebaut Sees Profit Falling After Sharp Cocoa-Price Drop (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple and Google are reportedly pointing users to nudify apps (engadget.com)
· engadget
TotalEnergies Eyes Boost From Oil-Price Surge, Despite Hit to Production (wsj.com)
· wsj
Abu Dhabi Fund Led by Crown Prince Inks $2.3 Billion Jordan Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Big Tech companies say a $90B data center buildout in Spain's Aragón, one of Europe's fastest-growing hubs, should be an EU model, as local residents push back (Clara Hernanz Lizarraga/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
TotalEnergies Flags Strong Quarter as War Rattles Energy Market (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
CATL Overtakes PetroChina in Market Value as Green Bets Ramp Up (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei says TSMC checked with customers about AI demand and was reassured that it was still strong amid the Iran war, as it raises revenue forecasts (Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Investors Look Past War to Focus on Fundamentals, Yardeni Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Chinese Economy Blows Past Growth Forecasts Despite Mideast War | The China Show 4/16/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Horizons Middle East & Africa 4/16/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Alibaba's new Token Hub unit releases Happy Oyster, a new AI world model that can create 3D environments, interactive videos, films, video content, and games (Luz Ding/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Apple Offers 10% Off AirPods and More for Earth Day Device Recycling (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Paschi Investors Back Fresh Term for Ousted CEO Lovaglio (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Orban’s Defeat Ignites Euro Convergence Trade in Hungary (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Tesco Says Middle East Conflict Causing Uncertainty for Outlook (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Q&A with a16z partner Martin Cascado, who leads an AI investment team, on why recent AI progress is an industrial-revolution scale event, AI economics, and more (George Hammond/Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Foreign Investors Keep Selling Chinese Bonds Despite Resilience (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Insight with Haslinda Amin 4/16/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Private Credit's Biggest User Is in an Even Worse Place (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Rebound in South African Bonds Pays Off for Van Eck (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
How Bond Market Volatility Hurts the UK Economy (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple Hits Record 30% Recycled Content Across All Products in 2025 (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Max Healthcare Targets Over 10,000 Beds in Two Years (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Analysis and filings: Google owns a ~5% SpaceX stake, down from 6.11% at 2025's end; if SpaceX hits a $2T IPO valuation, Google's stake would be worth $100B (Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
TSMC Posts Profit Beat Despite Middle East Conflict (wsj.com)
· wsj
Gucci Owner Kering Plans to Complete Structural Reset This Year in Bid to Revive Fortunes (wsj.com)
· wsj
Pernod Ricard Expects Full-Year Sales to Fall on Middle East Conflict (wsj.com)
· wsj
Sun Pharma, Grünenthal Are Said to Vie for US-Listed Organon (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
FTSE 100 Poised to Miss Out on Rally (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
YouTube now lets users set a zero-minute Shorts time limit, effectively removing them from its iOS and Android app; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes (Stevie Bonifield/The Verge) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Germany suspends military approval for long stays abroad for men under 45 (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
Indian LNG Importers Scoop Up Spot Shipments After Prices Recede (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Germany-based Synera, which develops AI agents to automate CAD and engineering workflows, raised $40M to expand across Europe, the US, and Asia-Pacific (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Iran-Linked Ships Take New Path To Trickle Into the Persian Gulf (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Copenhagen-based Spektr, which develops AI agents for compliance teams in financial services, raised a $20M Series A led by NEA, taking total funding to $26M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Pakistan Army Chief Visits Tehran for Peace Talks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
TSMC reports Q1 revenue up 35.1% YoY to ~$35B, net income up 58.3% YoY to ~$18B, both above est., and says 7nm or smaller chips were ~74% of its wafer revenue (Dylan Butts/CNBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Pimco Sees Opportunity in Europe’s Bonds After Selloff on War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Mark Mobius, Emerging Markets Investing Pioneer, Dies at 89 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
IPv8 Proposal (ietf.org)
· hn · HN
Why Sal Khan's AI revolution hasn't happened yet, according to Sal Khan (chalkbeat.org)
· hn · HN
Zimbabwe’s Upstart Dollar Bourse Overtakes 132-Year-Old Exchange (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Airbnb discloses a billion-series Prometheus metrics pipeline (medium.com)
· hn · HN
Warsaw Bourse Seeks Closer Regional Ties to Stem IPO Exodus (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Birdfy Discount Code: Save Up to 40% on Smart Bird Feeders (wired.com)
· wired
Uplift Desk Coupon Codes & Discounts: Up to $570 Off (wired.com)
· wired
Goldman’s Olson Sees Private Credit Market Growing Despite Fears (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AWS/GCP too expensive? Cloudexit.pro will help you move to bare-metal (cloudexit.pro)
· hn · HN
BlackRock Strategist ‘Definitely’ Likes Korean Stocks on AI (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI-Powered Construction Data Platform “ONESTRUCTION” Secures ¥9.1 Billion in Funding from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital and Others (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Goldman Sachs on Private Credit for Wealth (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
ACG Metals: Upside for Gold Over Trump Presidency (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
CLACK Secures Seed Funding for “Job Transit” Employment Support for Single Mothers (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Apple Was Filming Fatal Aircraft Crash for Vision Pro (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Restore Vision Secures ¥1.3 Billion in Pre-Series B Funding to Accelerate Global Development of Gene Therapy for Retinal Diseases (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Yardeni: Investors Are Looking Past Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
iPresence Secures Funding for Next-Generation Service Development Integrating AI, Digital Twin, and Robots (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Dry-Bulk Shipping Rates Hit Four-Month Peak on Capesize Demand (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Mobility Edition Conducts Angel Round for Mid-to-Long-Term Rental Car Service “Monthly Go”—Participation from Opt Founder Noboru Hachimine and Others (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Forward, the Operator of AI-Generated Recruitment Support Service “Ace Job,” Secures ¥200 Million in Funding to Strengthen Financial Base (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Securing Enterprise Confidential Data in Encrypted Environments: “Almure” Secures Seed Funding for AI Agent Confidential Computing Security Infrastructure (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
“Memoria Pet” Creates Figures from a Single Pet Photo, Secures Funding from Professor Yutaka Matsuo of Next Paradigm2 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
A Look into NaviDial, Japan's Legacy Phone Service (tokyodev.com)
· hn · HN
4 New Apple Intelligence Features Found in Apple Code, Likely in iOS 27 (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Goldman Favors North Asia’s Tech-Heavy Stock Markets Over South (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
A Top Bond Fund Manager Says India Inflation Risk is Overpriced (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Darkbloom – Private inference on idle Macs (darkbloom.dev)
· hn · HN
Iran's So Far Away, Stocks Can Hit a Record (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
RedSun: System user access on Win 11/10 and Server with the April 2026 Update (github.com)
· hn · HN
Canada’s Cineplex Is Gauging Interest From Potential Buyers (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
China's First-Quarter Economic Growth Tops Estimates (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
FSF trying to contact Google about spammer sending 10k+ mails from Gmail account (daedal.io)
· hn · HN
Fire Damages Part of Viva Energy’s Geelong Refinery (wsj.com)
· wsj
North American English Dialects (aschmann.net)
· hn · HN
Stop Using Ollama (sleepingrobots.com)
· hn · HN
Asian Stocks Advance on U.S.-Iran Deal Hopes (wsj.com)
· wsj
Battery Maker CATL’s Profit Climbs Despite Slowing China EV Sales (wsj.com)
· wsj
Dollar’s Real Competition Is Decades Away, Franklin’s Desai Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Set for Record Close, Erasing Iran War Losses (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Voice actors worldwide are mobilizing to protect their livelihoods and personality rights as Hollywood studios push AI dubbing to replace human performances (Rina Chandran/Rest of World) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
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