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Memo: Alibaba Cloud CTO Jingren Zhou will step down as CTO to focus on leading AI models in the new role of chief AI architect; executive Feifei Li becomes CTO (Juro Osawa/The Information) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Why McCormick’s $65 Billion Deal Might Actually Work Out (wsj.com)
· wsj
The Iran War Is Hitting California Harder Than Any Other State (wsj.com)
· wsj
White House Economists Says Stablecoin Rewards Won’t Harm Banks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The Economic Divide Behind That McDonald’s CEO Viral Video (wsj.com)
· wsj
Eurozone Retail Sales Fell Back Ahead of Iran War Energy-Price Surge (wsj.com)
· wsj
Japan Taps Smaller Ships to Get US Oil Faster on Supply Concerns (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Why Microsoft’s war on Windows’ Control Panel is taking so long (theverge.com)
· theverge
2024 iPad Mini vs. 2026 iPad Air Buyer's Guide: 20+ Differences Compared (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
I've Sold Out (mariozechner.at)
· hn · HN
Virtual SG-41 project brings Nazi cipher machine to life in the browser (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Asus ROG Xbox Ally review: comfortable design, Xbox Full Screen beats Windows 11, and affordable, but sleep/wake issues, weak display, and average performance (Andrew E. Freedman/Tom's Hardware) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Mario and Earendil (lucumr.pocoo.org)
· hn · HN
X is rolling out worldwide automatic post translation powered by xAI's Grok models, and updates its iOS image editor to add tools like drawing and blurring (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Exclusive: Record funding for fusion power lands as Trump eyes cuts (axios.com)
· axios
Simkus Says Situation Is Moving Toward ECB’s Adverse Scenario (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code (piechowski.io)
· hn · HN
Škoda DuoBell: A bicycle bell that penetrates noise-cancelling headphones (skoda-storyboard.com)
· hn · HN
Malaysia Importers Use Ceasefire Window to Buy Dollar, Citi Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
UK's grand plan to fuel AI with public data faces uphill battle (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
UK Builders Hit by Record Pickup in Cost Inflation, PMI Shows (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
UK-based currency hedging platform MillTech raised $60M from Apax Digital Funds at a $325M valuation, and plans to expand in North America and build AI tools (Carter Johnson/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Hesai, Taikang Life Are Said to Plan Investing in Manycore Tech’s Hong Kong IPO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple's Three-Year Plan to 'Reinvent' the iPhone is Underway (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
New Space Intelligence Secures ¥430 Million in Series A Funding for Satellite Data Platform (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
appcycle Conducts Syndicated Loan for Apple-Derived Bio-Based Leather “RINGO-TEX” (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Pickleball One Secures Funding from Five Major Domestic Companies—Integrating Court Management, Tournament Operations, Media, and E-commerce (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
ForestFolks Conducts Seed Round Funding for Forest Asset Management Business (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
China Allows Teapot Refiners More Crude to Cope With Iran Crunch (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Yellow Blue Secures ¥70 Million in Seed Funding for AI Translation Service “Blue One” (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-en
Iran Ceasefire Sparks Huge Market Moves: 3-Minutes MLIV (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Leaker: Apple Will Release iPhone Air 2 No Matter How Badly It May Sell (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Veracrypt Project Update (sourceforge.net)
· hn · HN
Oil Tumbles Below $100 as U.S.-Iran Cease-Fire Agreement Calms Markets (wsj.com)
· wsj
How Fragile Is The US-Iran Ceasefire? | Insight with Haslinda Amin 4/8/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Monte Paschi Fires CEO Lovaglio After Previously Ousting Him (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends (wired.com)
· wired
Iran War: Trump Agrees to Two-Week Iran Ceasefire, Oil Slumps | Daybreak Europe 4/8/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Dubai Stocks Soar Most in a Decade on Iran War Ceasefire Relief (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
A profile of South Korea's Galaxy, which is trying to disrupt K-pop's traditional idol system by blending AI characters and life-size robots, as it plans an IPO (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Sony teases its next-gen 'True RGB' Mini LED TV technology (engadget.com)
· engadget
RBI Governor Says Forex Market Curbs Won’t Remain Forever (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Apple's New M5 MacBook Air Hits $949 Record Low Price on Amazon (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
China’s LNG Demand Won’t Bounce Back From Middle East Turmoil (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Horizons Middle East & Africa 3/8/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Malaysia ‘Corporate Mafia’ Feud Takes New Turn as Key Mogul Sued (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Shell Warns of Hit to Gas Production Due to Middle East Conflict (wsj.com)
· wsj
Sonnet 4.6 Elevated Rate of Errors (status.claude.com)
· hn · HN
German Bonds Jump as Energy Prices Slump on US-Iran Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
E&P of Ghana Wins Bid to Run Damang Mine After Gold Fields Exit (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Iran Ceasefire Fuels Hope of Cheaper Funding for Japanese Firms (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
GoPro says it will cut 23% of its workforce, or 145 employees, starting in Q2 and costing $11.5M to $15M, as the company struggles to return to profitability (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Sustained Rally Hinges on Hormuz Reopening, BNP's Huynh Says (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
MacCarley: Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Control Throttling (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Shell Says Oil Trading Significantly Higher Despite War Woes (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Taiwan’s Foreign Reserves Drop Most Since 2011 on Intervention (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
US and Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire Plan (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
German Factory Orders Showed Small Rebound Ahead of Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Malaysian Glove Maker WRP to Shut Down Over Iran War Disruptions (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI Forensics: in 16 Italian and Spanish Telegram groups, 24K+ men are sharing nonconsensual images of women and girls, buying spyware, and engaging in doxing (Matt Burgess/Wired) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
European Gas Futures Tumble on US-Iran Ceasefire Agreement (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
We moved Railway's frontend off Next.js. Builds went from 10+ mins to under two (blog.railway.com)
· hn · HN
Netanyahu Says Ceasefire Doesn’t Include Lebanon (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
TikTok says ad leader Khartoon Weiss is leaving to pursue a new opportunity after nearly six years at the company, the latest high-profile executive to exit (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Stocks Set to Surge as Two-Week Ceasefire Agreed (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Razor1911 [video] (youtube.com)
· hn · HN
AWS Partner Caylent Acquires AI Contact Center-Focused Consulting Firm (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Dollar Slides as Ceasefire Dents War’s Most High-Profile Haven (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
European Stocks Set for Biggest Gain Since 2022 on Iran-US Deal (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Introduction to Nintendo DS Programming (patater.com)
· hn · HN
Svatantra Microfin Said to Prepare for $250 Million India IPO (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
IATA's Walsh Expects Jet Fuel Prices to Remain Elevated (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Traders Line Up Wagers on Hungary’s Markets as Election Nears (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
CK Hutchison Starts Arbitration Against Maersk Over Panama Ports (wsj.com)
· wsj
Fahmy: Iran Emerged as Global Power Player from War (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
A Civilization Doesn’t Die, and Markets Go Up (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’ (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Stock Futures Jump on US, Iran Agreement for Two-Week Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
The China Show 4/8/2026 (Video) (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Exclusive: How Iran's supreme leader reached a truce with Trump (axios.com)
· axios
Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator (nytimes.com)
· hn · HN
How Pakistan, China Played Roles in US-Iran Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
India Keeps Key Rate Steady as Weak Rupee Takes Center Stage (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI K-Pop Startup Galaxy Aims For IPO in Seoul, New York (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
US, Iran Agree to Two-Week Ceasefire | The Asia Trade 4/8/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Bangladesh Bank Seeks to Calm FX Fears as Taka Hits Record Low (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Japan’s Chiyoda Considers Resuming Work on Qatar LNG Project (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Iran-US Ceasefire Is 'Fragile': Ex-Intelligence Adviser (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Indonesia FX Reserves Hit Nearly Two-Year Low on Rupiah Defence (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
An investigation suggests Blockstream CEO Adam Back, a British cryptographer who invented Hashcash, is Bitcoin's pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto (New York Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Emerging-Market Assets Rally as Iran Ceasefire Spurs Risk Demand (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
China Vanke Seeks to Delay Another Bond Payment to Avoid Default (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
China’s Wasting Too Much Renewable Power as Curtailments Rise (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Protect Your Shed (dylanbutler.dev)
· hn · HN
LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server (acme.com)
· hn · HN
Large-scale oil shipping won't start again quickly after Iran ceasefire (axios.com)
· axios
Apple's Foldable iPhone Will Have a Samsung-Made OLED Display (macrumors.com)
· macrumors
Asian LNG Prices Set to Fall After US, Iran Agree to Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Indian Stocks May Extend 4-Day Winning Run as US, Iran Agree to a Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019) (slate.com)
· hn · HN
Trump Recognized Iran War 'Unwinnable': Analyst (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
RationalFX: tech layoffs totaled 78,557 in Q1 2026, with the US accounting for 76.7%; nearly half were attributed to AI implementation and workflow automation (Nikkei Asia) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Z.ai raises prices for its most advanced AI model, GLM-5.1, by at least 8% compared to GLM-5 Turbo, joining Alibaba and Tencent as demand for agentic AI surges (Luz Ding/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Sam Altman says OpenAI is resetting Codex usage limits "to celebrate 3M weekly codex users" and will reset them for every 1M new users until it reaches 10M (Sam Altman/@sama) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Onshore Yuan Advances to Three-Year High on Iran Ceasefire Boost (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
SpaceX Isn’t Even Public Yet and Investors Are Already Abuzz About a Tesla Merger (wsj.com)
· wsj
Ford Asks Trump Administration for Relief as Tariffs Pummel F-150 (wsj.com)
· wsj
CK Hutchison Starts London Arbitration Against Maersk Over Panama (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Shipowners Eye Hormuz Ceasefire Window for 800 Trapped Vessels (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
CSIS: US-Iran Ceasefire is Welcome Reprieve (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
CBA's Dhar on US-Iran Ceasefire, Impact on Commodities (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
FBI: US victims lost ~$21B to cybercrime in 2025, up 26% YoY, driven by investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
US-Iran Ceasefire Deal Fuels 'Spectacular' Relief Rally (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Korean Stocks, Won Surge After Iran Ceasefire Brings Relief (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
SPA's Fontenrose on US-Iran Two-Week Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Kuka, one of the largest industrial robotics suppliers, says it is prioritizing US and Asia investments, as Europe's industrial companies are slow to adopt AI (Marilen Martin/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
TikTok says it plans to invest €1B to build a second data center in Finland as part of its €12B European data sovereignty initiative for the data of 200M+ users (Reuters) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Copper Advances as Two-Week Hormuz Truce Eases Supply Worries (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Ecuador President: US Troops Could Help Confront Drug Gangs (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
イエローブルー、AI翻訳サービス「Blue One」で7,000万円をシード調達 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
WhatsApp’s improved CarPlay experience is now available to all iPhone users (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
JSIR: A High-Level IR for JavaScript (discourse.llvm.org)
· hn · HN
Iran-Coordinated Safe Passage a 'Concession': Yacoubian (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
AI時代は『ずっと考えられる』ことが唯一の優位性——LayerX福島良典氏が語るAIネイティブ組織変革の実践 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
AI時代は『ずっと考えられる』ことが唯一の優位性——LayerX福島良典氏が語るAIネイティブ組織変革の実践 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
ForestFolks、森林アセットマネジメント事業でシードラウンドの資金調達を実施 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Iran ceasefire fails to quiet Democrats as over 85 lawmakers demand Trump's removal (axios.com)
· axios
ピックルボールワン、国内大手5社から資金調達を実施——コート運営・大会運営・メディア・ECを一体展開 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
appcycle、りんご由来バイオベースレザー「RINGO-TEX」で協調融資を実施 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
New Space Intelligence、衛星データ基盤でシリーズAラウンド4.3億円を調達 (thebridge.jp)
· thebridge-jp
Sources: Perplexity's estimated ARR rose to over $450M in March, jumping 50% in a month after the launch of a new agent tool and a shift to usage-based pricing (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
9to5Mac Overtime 066: Every time I breathe there’s a new Claude update (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Bengaluru-based KreditBee, a digital lending service for personal and business loans and more, raised a $280M Series E at a $1.5B post-money valuation (Harsh Upadhyay/Entrackr) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
US Soybean Oil Futures Sink 5% on Iran Ceasefire Plan (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
FTSE Keeps Indonesia’s Market Status Amid Ongoing Reforms (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
US-Iran Ceasefire to Fuel Asia Relief Rally, Strategists Say (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
US, Iran say they have agreed to a two-week ceasefire (apnews.com)
· hn · HN
Modus, which builds AI agents for audit workflows and invests in established accounting firms, raised a $5M seed and an $80M Series A led by Lightspeed (Ryan Lawler/Axios) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Treasuries Rise as Ceasefire Spurs Oil Drop, Fed Rate-Cut Hopes (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
How Can Everybody Hate Their Weather App When There Are So Many Great Choices? (macstories.net)
· macstories
Anthropic’s Revenue Growth Suggests OpenAI Is Overvalued (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
The next phase of enterprise AI (openai.com)
· openai
Trump Hails Ceasefire, Says US in ‘Heated’ Talks (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
BofA Banker Bettamio to Be CEO Candidate for Brazil’s B3 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Anthropic: All your zero-days are belong to Mythos (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
SEC Fines Surge on Biden Enforcements Now Shifting Under Trump (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
China Bank Stocks Emerge as Haven as Iran War Jolts Markets (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Xilem – An experimental Rust native UI framework (github.com)
· hn · HN
Oil prices plunge following U.S.-Iran ceasefire (axios.com)
· axios
How Anthropic Could Hit $100 Billion in Annualized Revenue This Year (theinformation.com)
· theinformation
Trump Agrees to Two-Week Iran Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
watchOS 26.4 fixes a major Apple Watch Workout app complaint (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Sources: Bain's data center unit cuts ties with Megaspeed, which is under US investigation over if it helped Chinese companies evade Nvidia AI chip export curbs (Kari Soo Lindberg/Bloomberg) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Apple Arcade could use an ‘always allow’ feature that’s separate from App Store (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
U.S.-Iran peace talks expected Friday in Pakistan, sources say (axios.com)
· axios
Nutanix thinks some Azure cloud desktops belong on-prem to make them usable (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
Japan Stocks Set to Gain After Trump Agrees to Iran Ceasefire (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Centerbridge’s KIK Posts 50% Drop in Earnings Amid Plant Issues (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
USCIS.gov sends user/visitor data to Meta and Google (varlog.in)
· hn · HN
Bill Gates is set to appear before the US House Oversight Committee on June 10 about his Epstein ties; he says he's "looking forward" to answering the questions (Ana Faguy/BBC) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
There’s nothing like an RPG over vacation (theverge.com)
· theverge
Trump announces two-week ceasefire as Iran says talks to begin (reuters.com)
· hn · HN
US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire (theguardian.com)
· hn · HN
U.S. AGREES TO 2-WEEK CEASEFIRE WITH IRAN (axios.com)
· axios
Elon Musk wants any damages from his OpenAI lawsuit given to the AI company's nonprofit arm (engadget.com)
· engadget
Apple TV: Six-part Vietnam docuseries picks up 3 News & Documentary Emmy nominations (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Private Credit Worries Result of 'Imbalances,' PIMCO's Karoui (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Solar Eclipse From the Far Side of the Moon (kottke.org)
· daringfireball
Sam Altman, in a Video Released by OpenAI, Apparently Thinks AGI Is Going to Hit Society Like a Once-a-Century Pandemic (x.com)
· daringfireball
Valve brings native Steam Link app to Apple's Vision Pro (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading 30k private Facebook photos (bbc.com)
· hn · HN
Nothing’s noise-canceling CMF Buds 2A are down to $19.99 for the rest of today (theverge.com)
· theverge
Iran Deadline Looms Over Markets | The Close 4/7/2026 (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Oil Falls, US Stock Futures Gain on Ceasefire Bets: Markets Wrap (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Gold Rises as Traders Weigh Last-Minute Diplomacy in Iran War (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
Niantic Spatial launches Scaniverse, a platform that lets companies and individuals create robot-ready 3D maps using phone, 360-degree camera, and drone data (Janko Roettgers/Fast Company) (techmeme.com)
· techmeme
Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds (arstechnica.com)
· arstechnica
★ OpenAI Announces $122 Billion Additional ‘Committed Capital’, and Announces Their ‘Superapp’ Plan for the Future (daringfireball.net)
· daringfireball
Is your app idea worth building? (build-check.com)
· hn · HN
Oil Slumps After Pakistan Seeks Last-Minute Iran Extension (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
9to5Mac Daily: April 7, 2026 – Apple’s MacBook Neo quandary  (9to5mac.com)
· 9to5mac
Pakistan Seeks Two-Week Extension to Trump’s Iran Deadline (wsj.com)
· wsj
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing, an effort to prevent AI cyberattacks with AI (engadget.com)
· engadget
Amazon is ending support for older Kindles and Kindle Fires (theverge.com)
· theverge
Private Credit Experiencing 'Growing Pains,' SLR Capital Partners' Co-CEO Gross (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
GOP dissenters emerge on Trump's threat against Iranian "civilization" (axios.com)
· axios
RSoC 2026: A new CPU scheduler for Redox OS (redox-os.org)
· hn · HN
I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Cloudflare, GoDaddy team up to curb AI bot brigades (go.theregister.com)
· theregister
USD Purchasing Power in Real Time Since 2000 (onedollar.today)
· hn · HN
Opinion | The Democratic Race to the Left (wsj.com)
· wsj
GLM-5.1: Towards Long-Horizon Tasks (simonwillison.net)
· simonw
Opinion | Robert Mueller and Trump II (wsj.com)
· wsj
VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups (techcrunch.com)
· techcrunch
Toilet Paper Facility Fire Risks Disruption to US Market (bloomberg.com)
· bloomberg
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