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Study: Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis (manchester.ac.uk)
· hn · HN
Allbirds, Inc. Announces Expansion into AI Compute Infrastructure (ir.allbirds.com)
· hn · HN
Vineyard Suit Deepens Crisis for US Offshore Wind (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Headless 360: Salesforce's latest pitch to let AI do the dev work (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Brazil Taps Euro Bond Market for First Time in Over a Decade (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
JPMorgan Starts Marketing New Bonds After Earnings Release (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
South Korea Overtook China as ASML’s Largest Market Last Quarter (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Silver Market Poised for Sixth Straight Annual Deficit This Year (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Is Middle East Unrest Driving Wealth Back to Europe? (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Booking.com customers warned of 'reservation hijacking' after hack (bbc.com)
· bbc-tech
Lenovo brings back Legion Tab with a huge discount ahead of expensive sequel (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
12 Best Standing Desks of 2026, Tested and Reviewed (wired.com)
· wired
Saudi Arabia’s Wealth Fund Unveils New Strategy to Boost Returns (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI-Exposed Lenders Show Early Credit Warning Signs, Moody’s Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Hedge Funds Built for Crypto Turn to Oil and Gold on 24/7 Venues (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Cal.com, which provides scheduling software, is moving its core open-source codebase to a closed repository, citing the dangers of AI hacking its open code (Steven Vaughan-Nichols/ZDNET) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Proliferate (YC S25) Is Hiring Founding Engineers (ycombinator.com)
· hn · HN
Retrofitting JIT Compilers into C Interpreters (tratt.net)
· hn · HN
Fathom adds a bot-less meeting mode in a bid to take on Granola (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows (gothamist.com)
· hn · HN
US Premarket Movers: BRP, Cloudflare, Robinhood, Snap, Webull (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Risky Bond Sales Sweep Europe at Fastest Pace Since War Shock (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Europe’s Once-Hot Luxury Firms Have Shed $180 Billion in 2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Adani Unit Refinances Offshore Bond with Apollo-Backed Funds (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Morgan Stanley Stock Traders See Record-Breaking Quarter (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Ancient Excel bug comes out of retirement for active attacks (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Adobe embraces conversational AI editing, marking a ‘fundamental shift’ in creative work (theverge.com)
· theverge
36M Xfinity customers had their data exposed – here’s how to claim your payout (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Abu Dhabi’s XRG Upbeat on European Prospects, Open to More M&A (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Morgan Stanley Stock Traders Join in Record Wall Street Windfall (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
EU to Give Members Leeway on Fuel, Fertilizer Prices Amid War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Raspberry Pi OS ends open-door policy for sudo (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
AI cloud infrastructure company Parasail raised a $32M Series A led by Touring Capital and Kindred Ventures, bringing its total funding to $42M (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
PNC Profit Rises on Robust Client Activity (wsj.com)
· wsj
Airline mega-merger story is all about Trump (axios.com)
· axios
Stock-Clearing Firm DTCC Taps Amazon to Aid Shift to Cloud (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Best Wi-Fi Routers of 2026 for Working, Gaming, and Streaming (wired.com)
· wired
Best GoPro Camera (2026): Compact, Budget, Accessories (wired.com)
· wired
Snap is laying off 16 percent of its staff as it leans into AI (theverge.com)
· theverge
Filings: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz donated $25M to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, bringing the group's total cash on hand to over $51M (Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Solaria Eyes Stake in €4 Billion Telefónica, ACS Data Center JV (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Gabon Bonds Post Biggest Selloff in Year After IMF Flags Debt Woes (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Hilbert, whose AI software connects data across teams to help companies make decisions from a single system, raised a $28M Series A led by a16z (Madison Mills/Axios) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
BofA Equity Traders Post Record Quarter on Market Volatility (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
BofA Discloses $20 Billion of Loans to Private-Credit Firms (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
PNC Reports $7 Billion of Exposure to Private-Credit Providers (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Smartphone market down and worsening, but Apple’s tactic pays off – IDC (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Academic fraud may be the symptom of a more systemic problem (voxweb.nl)
· hn · HN
Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031 (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Trump Hints End of Iran War in Sight; ASML Raises Sales Forecast | Bloomberg Brief 4/15/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Subscription Housing Service “ADDress” Secures Funding from ANA Future Creation Fund (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
HSBC Turns Bullish on Hungary’s Stocks After ‘Game-Changer’ Vote (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Ludens AI Secures Approximately ¥600 Million in Angel Round Funding for AI Companion Robot Development—Investors Include PKSHA Algorithm Fund (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
The Caves That Could Help Us Find, or Become, Aliens (wired.com)
· wired
AI Slop Is Making the Internet Fake-Happy (wired.com)
· wired
Grok’s sexual deepfakes almost got it banned from Apple’s App Store. Almost.  (theverge.com)
· theverge
Snap to Cut 16% of Workforce as it Seeks Profitability (wsj.com)
· wsj
Hedge Fund Leverage Powered by a Few Key Banks Sparks Concerns (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Gaudiy Group Secures Additional Funding from Shochiku, Toei Animation, and Toho (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Porty Vacant House Bank Raises ¥150 Million in Pre-Series A Funding (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Google Launches Native Gemini AI App for Mac (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Acompany Promotes AI Utilization for Confidential Data, Raises ¥960 Million Through Venture Debt (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Your Backpack Got Worse on Purpose (worseonpurpose.com)
· hn · HN
Trump Says End To Iran War in Sight & Hermès Falls Most on Record | The Pulse 4/15 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns (theverge.com)
· theverge
Thoma Bravo Signs Multiyear Deal With Google for AI Adoption (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
X’s Big Bot Purge Wiped Out a Lot of People’s Secret Porn Feeds (wired.com)
· wired
Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk (wsj.com)
· wsj
Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk (wsj.com)
· wsj
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk (wsj.com)
· wsj
UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
A survey of US teens: ~90% say entertainment is a reason they use TikTok, Instagram, or Snapchat, 57% Snapchat message daily, and 37% say TikTok impacts sleep (Pew Research Center) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Dollar Slump Shows Traders Are Embracing Risk Again (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk (wsj.com)
· wsj
European Luxury Stocks Drop as Iran War Stymies Sector’s Comeback (wsj.com)
· wsj
Google to punish sites that trap people in with back button tricks (bbc.com)
· bbc-tech
Three Major Mistakes That Could Mess Up Your Retirement Plans (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Spotify launches the ability to purchase physical books in the US and UK (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Amazon Buys Globalstar, Delta to Add Leo, The Apple Angle (stratechery.com)
· stratechery
How Airline Passengers Are Being Hit by the Jet-Fuel Crunch (wsj.com)
· wsj
The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought (wired.com)
· wired
The next evolution of the Agents SDK (openai.com)
· openai
Artemis, which aims to replace rule-based cybersecurity systems with an AI-driven centralized "brain", emerges from stealth with a $70M Series A led by Felicis (Sharon Goldman/Fortune) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Mahindra Eyes South Africa Expansion as China Rivals Gain Ground (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
London-based Gizmo, which uses AI to turn young students' notes into gamified study materials, raised a $22M Series A led by Shine Capital and reports 13M users (Natalie Breymeyer/Axios) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
AMD, Arm, and Qualcomm invest $60M in London-based self-driving tech startup Wayve as part of an extension to its $1.2B Series D, announced in February (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Want to Write a Compiler? Just Read These Two Papers (2008) (prog21.dadgum.com)
· hn · HN
Trainer maker Allbirds, which sold last week for $39M after its valuation fell from $4B in 2021, says it aims to become an AI compute provider; BIRD jumps 150%+ (Bryce Elder/Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
India’s Trade Gap Narrows as Middle East Conflict Hits Shipments (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking (theguardian.com)
· hn · HN
Britain's atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Scoop: Vance heading to Iowa for campaign events (axios.com)
· axios
The European Commission issues a supplementary statement of objections threatening Meta with an interim ban on WhatsApp policies that allegedly block rivals (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Wall Street Has an Elite Coffee-Tasting Force. It’s Struggling to Find Recruits. (wsj.com)
· wsj
America’s Self-Storage Craze Has Reached a Tipping Point (wsj.com)
· wsj
Wall Street Goes Bottom Fishing in Beaten-Down Software Stocks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Direct Win32 API, Weird-Shaped Windows, and Why They Mostly Disappeared (warped3.substack.com)
· hn · HN
Iranian Oil Arrives in India Just Ahead of US Waiver Expiry (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Iran War: Trump Says End to War in Sight, Spurring Market Rally | The Opening Trade 4/15/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Rice Prices in Asia Soar as Iran War Fallout Threatens Supply (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
South Korea Secures Extra Oil, Naphtha For Non-Hormuz Delivery (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012) (super-memory.com)
· hn · HN
Greek Government to Reappoint Stournaras as Central Bank Chief (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Exclusive: U.K.-Ukraine duo beats Americans at their own drone game (axios.com)
· axios
Accel raised $5B, including a $4B Leaders fund, focused on writing large checks to late-stage startups globally, and a $650M sidecar fund, taking AUM to $36B (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Hermès Falls Most on Record as War Crimps Sales (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Mobility's new Big Three: Tesla, Waymo and Uber (axios.com)
· axios
Americans grow a bit friendlier toward China (axios.com)
· axios
Scoop: House Democrats introduce 5 articles of impeachment targeting Pete Hegseth (axios.com)
· axios
Survey: only 35% of Virginia voters are comfortable with new data center construction, down from 69% in 2023, and just 37% support data center tax breaks (Washington Post) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Spotify now sells printed books (theverge.com)
· theverge
ByteDance Launches Seedance 2.0 Globally, Excluding the U.S. (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Waymo's self-driving cars face their toughest test yet: London (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Hedge Funds Pivot to Bearish Dollar Bets as Peace Hopes Build (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Evergrande Liquidators Said to Pick State-Owned Tourism Firm for Exclusive Sale Talks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
ASML says South Korea surpassed China as its largest market in Q1 2026, with shipments hitting 45% of net system sales, or €2.84B, up from 22% in Q4 2025 (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
UK Statistics Body Postpones New Jobs Survey Until 2027 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Commerzbank CFO Says UniCredit Deal Would Not Create Value (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation (nature.com)
· hn · HN
China’s State Grid Pledges $4.5 Billion for Pumped Hydro in 2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Rogoff Calls Dollar 20% Overvalued, Warns Markets ‘Naive’ on War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OLED iPad Mini: Release Date, Pricing, and What to Expect (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Trading firm Jane Street takes an additional $1B stake in CoreWeave, and plans to spend ~$6B to access CoreWeave's Vera Rubin chips to build and deploy AI (Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Hungary Will Reclaim Oil, Pharma Shares From Pro-Orban Academy (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anna's Archive Loses $322M Spotify Piracy Case Without a Fight (torrentfreak.com)
· hn · HN
Oil Market Taking 'Some Comfort' From Potential Talks, Analyst Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven't warned users (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
<strong>War in Iran Is Already Reshaping East Asia's Energy Future</strong> (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
War in Iran Is Already Reshaping East Asia’s Energy Future (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The EU unveils an open-source age verification app that requires legal ID to shield minors from harmful content, aiming to standardize verification in the bloc (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
The China Show 4/15/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Pimco Buys All $400 Mln of Bonds Sold by Blue Owl BDC (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Norway’s Crude Exports Hit Record Value as Oil Price Soared (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Chinese Nickel Tycoon Taps Top Global Traders for Aluminum Push (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
EToro to Acquire Crypto Wallet Startup Zengo in $70 Million Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple to Host Free Events in London Ahead of Sunday's Marathon (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Apple Watch Ultra 3 Gets Lowest Prices of 2026 So Far With $99 Off Select Models (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Russia Shuts Down $13 Billion Tax Fraud, Investigators Say (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Trump Says End to Iran War in Sight, Spurring Market Rally (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple Threatened to Pull Grok From App Store Over Sexualized Images (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Analysis: nearly 90 schools and 600 students globally have been impacted by AI-generated deepfake nudes; North America had nearly 30 reported cases since 2023 (Matt Burgess/Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
AI Theme Beginning to Dominate Again: 3-Minutes MLIV (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
My AI-Assisted Workflow (maiobarbero.dev)
· hn · HN
Claude may require identity verification in some cases (support.claude.com)
· hn · HN
Peter Steinberger – WhatsApp CLI: sync, search, send (github.com)
· hn · HN
The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
MDalgorithms (AI Healthcare) – Hiring Growth Marketer – Remote – $80K-$140K (ycombinator.com)
· hn · HN
The Death of an AI Whistleblower (thenation.com)
· hn · HN
Tel Aviv-based eToro agrees to acquire crypto wallet provider Zengo, a source says for ~$70M, mostly in cash; Zengo lets traders swap between tokens and fiat (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Stellantis Shipments Rise on Strong Growth in North America and Europe (wsj.com)
· wsj
French Inflation Was Faster Than Initially Thought in March (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Horizons Middle East & Africa 4/15/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Spotify launches a feature to buy physical books in the US and UK, powered by Bookshop.org, and expands its Page Match tool to support 30 additional languages (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Indian Small-Cap Stocks Outpace Larger Peers to Erase War Losses (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
UK Recruiters Warn of Unclear Outlook as War Hurts Hiring Market (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Hermes Sales Growth Slows Amid Uncertain Recovery Path for Luxury Sector (wsj.com)
· wsj
Memo: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says the company plans to lay off ~1,000 full-time employees, or 16% of its global workforce, to cut costs and achieve profitability (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Viral victory: Iran is beating the land of tech bros in the social media wars (theguardian.com)
· hn · HN
A US judge issues a $322.2M judgment against pirate library Anna's Archive for scraping Spotify, a largely symbolic victory as the site is anonymously operated (Rachel Scharf/Billboard) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Sources: SoftBank invites more banks to join its $40B loan backing its OpenAI investment, requiring them to commit ~$5B each; SoftBank has already invested $30B (Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Gucci Sales Down, Revenue Slides (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Amazon to Acquire Globalstar and Expand Amazon Leo Satellite Network (businesswire.com)
· hn · HN
Indonesia’s Rating Most at Risk in Southeast Asia Amid War, S&P Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
European Stock Rally Halts as Earnings Kick Into Gear (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
YouTube Music rolls out split-view Now Playing redesign on Android, iOS (9to5google.com)
· 9to5mac
YouTube Music rolls out split-view Now Playing redesign on Android, iOS (9to5google.com)
· 9to5google
ByteDance launches its Seedance 2.0 video model to enterprise clients in 100+ countries, excluding the US amid legal disputes, after a February launch in China (Juro Osawa/The Information) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Victory Giant Is Said Set to Price Hong Kong Listing at Top of Range (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Insight with Haslinda Amin 4/15/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Transamerica Owner Aegon to Sell U.K. Unit to Standard Life for $2.7 Billion (wsj.com)
· wsj
Hazardous States and Accidents (entropicthoughts.com)
· hn · HN
Chip-Machine Supplier ASML Lifts Guidance on Strong AI Demand (wsj.com)
· wsj
Google Gemma 4 Runs Natively on iPhone with Full Offline AI Inference (gizmoweek.com)
· hn · HN
US, Iran Consider Second Round of Peace Talks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
eBay Coupon Codes and Deals: Up to 60% Off Select Items (wired.com)
· wired
Total Wireless Promo Codes & Deals: 50% Off Select Plans (wired.com)
· wired
Purple Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 30% Off (wired.com)
· wired
Coleman Promo Codes and Deals: Up to 75% Off in April (wired.com)
· wired
Expedia Coupons and Deals: Up to 75% Off Select Trips (wired.com)
· wired
B&H Photo Promo Codes and Deals This April (wired.com)
· wired
Corsair Discount Code: Save Up to 50% on Gaming Gear in April 2026 (wired.com)
· wired
South Korea’s Naver Prices First Euro Bond Amid Push Into AI (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Fixing a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16 (iczelia.net)
· hn · HN
Saying Goodbye to Agile (lewiscampbell.tech)
· hn · HN
Report: iPad Air to Gain OLED Display Next Year (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Northland Power Says Renewables Key to Energy Security (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Unlocking the Japan Market——シンガポールのスタートアップが東京を目指す理由 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Xi Laments World in 'Disarray' as He Hosts World Leaders (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Asset Management One CEO Says Non-Japan Funds to Double by 2028 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
日本の心を伝えるプレミアムチャイルドケアサービス「Family Concierge」（Synk 菅原沙耶氏） (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Rogoff: Naive to Think Mission Accomplished in Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
クレイスキンケアでニューヨーク進出を果たす（klarm 三嘴香澄氏） (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
HSBC's Roberts Says Deals Are 'Little Slower' (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
PitchBook: US growth and late-stage venture funds raised $23.6B YTD, up from $7.4B in 2025 and above the totals for any of the past 12 years, amid the AI boom (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
For Markets, the War Might as Well Be Over (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
ヘアアイロンのレンタルスポットで「美のインフラ」を目指す（ReCute 山下萌々夏氏） (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Nvidia New AI Models Spark Rally in Quantum Computing Stocks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Danantara Committed to Middle East Investment Despite War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
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