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Katie Deighton / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI acquires tech news show TBPN; Fidji Simo says the move aims to “help create a space for a real, constructive conversation about the changes AI creates”  —  TBPN staff will help with marketing and communications at OpenAI but keep their editorial independence, the ChatGPT parent says
More: OpenAI, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Information, Forbes, PitchBook, SiliconANGLE, Wired, The Hill, Reuters, Business Insider, New York Times, Agence France-Presse, Tubefilter, TBPN, On my Om, Axios, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Variety, Inc.com, Dow Jones Newswires, Bloomberg, Implicator.ai, ZeroHedge News, The Economic Times, Pulse 2.0, TBPN on YouTube, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter, and Deadline
X: @johncoogan, @sama, @jordihays, @ajs, @jessicalessin, @pkafka, @zebulgar, @kevinakwok, @hshaban, @davidu, @alexweprin, @miles_brundage, @austinc3301, @bdanweiss, @maxwelltani, @jbsdc, @gazorp5, @rpnickson, @pitdesi, @joannastern, @thezvi, @jordihays, @mjnblack, @alexrkonrad, @pkafka, @danshipper, @tbpn, @hadas_gold, @nicholas_shawa, @scobleizer, @willmanidis, @mikebutcher, @ericnewcomer, @mukund, @mikeisaac, @andrewcurran_, @jason, @eric_seufert, @absoluttig, @jaltma, @ericnewcomer, @ricburton, @dylanabruscato, @ericnewcomer, @levie, @mikeisaac, @taylorlorenz, @maxwelltani, @austin_rief, @mikeisaac, @buccocapital, @ti_morse, @mgsiegler, @aagave, @jessicalessin, @lindsmccallum, @eriktorenberg, @edzitron, @shakeelhashim, @neilcybart, @samfbiddle, @mikeisaac, @hadas_gold, @sarafischer, @dylanabruscato, @cjc, and @loudmouthjulia
LinkedIn: Simon Owens, Yossi J Levi, Jaspreet Singh, Dylan Abruscato, and Jordi Hays
Bluesky: @paris.nyc, @brbarrett, @joshsternberg.com, @alexshultz, @doubleohkevin, @neillewisjr, @parkerortolani.com, @harrymccracken.com, @caseynewton, @isolyth.dev, and @katie-drummond.  Threads: @karissabe
Forums: r/OpenAI and Slashdot
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Google launches Gemma 4, its “most intelligent” open model family, purpose-built for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows, under an Apache 2.0 license  —  Today, we are introducing Gemma 4 — our most intelligent open models to date.  Purpose-built for advanced reasoning …
More: NVIDIA, The Register, Ars Technica, Android Developers Blog, The Verge, Google Open Source Blog, Google AI for Developers, Run Gemma 4 locally …, Mashable, TestingCatalog, Simon Willison's Weblog, VentureBeat, The Decoder, The Economic Times, Decrypt, Neowin, Implicator.ai, The Next Web, Constellation Research, SiliconANGLE, The Deep View, MarkTechPost, Thurrott, 9to5Google, PCWorld, Engadget, ZDNET, and Techstrong.ai
X: @cyb3rops, @demishassabis, @measure_plan, @mweinbach, @qualcomm, @clattner_llvm, @googlegemma, @googlegemma, @demishassabis, @docker, @mweinbach, @itspaulai, @androiddev, @kaggle, @simonw, @lmsysorg, @mayhem4markets, @dorialexander, @sriramk, @mweinbach, @googlegemma, @triswarkentin, @nvidiarobotics, @rasbt, @dynamicwebpaige, @osanseviero, @jeffdean, @natolambert, @matvelloso, @googleaidevs, @clementdelangue, @minchoi, @kaggle, @arena, @clementdelangue, @arm, @rseroter, @jacalulu, @osanseviero, @kimmonismus, @xenovacom, @kimmonismus, @mweinbach, @officiallogank, @jeffdean, @googleoss, @artificialanlys, @sundarpichai, @mweinbach, @clmt, @googledeepmind, @googledevs, @ai, @artificialanlys, @thorwebdev, @kakatohesss, @_philschmid, @googledevs, @googlecloudtech, @teksedge, @googleai, @nvidiarobotics, @conorbronsdon, @jocarrasqueira, @preethilahoti, @scaling01, @clementdelangue, @i, and @androidstudio
LinkedIn: Kari Ann Briski, Ed Brandman, Eric Fraser, Ravin Kumar, Gus Martins, and M Mohan.  Bluesky: @timkellogg.me
Forums: r/Android, r/ollama, r/Bard, and Slashdot
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches in-house AI models MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2, built by its superintelligence team, as it pursues “AI self-sufficiency”  —  Microsoft on Wednesday launched three new foundational AI models it built entirely in-house — a state …
Hayden Field / The Verge:
An interview with Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's AI reorg, how revising its OpenAI deal “unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence”, and more
Alex Harring / CNBC:
The CFTC sues Arizona, Connecticut, and Illinois over their actions against prediction markets, saying it has the “exclusive” authority to regulate such markets  —  A federal commission on Wednesday announced lawsuits against three states over its ability to exclusively regulate prediction markets.
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare debuts EmDash, an MIT-licensed, TypeScript-based CMS built on Astro, designed as a serverless “spiritual successor” to WordPress, available on GitHub  —  The cost of building software has drastically decreased.  We recently rebuilt Next.js in one week using AI coding agents.
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
Coinbase says it has won conditional approval from US banking regulators for a national trust company charter, which could let it issue stablecoins and more  —  Coinbase Global Inc., the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, said it has won conditional approval from banking regulators …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources: Meta has told members of its Oversight Board that it may stop funding the board after 2028, though eliminating all funding is not its preferred option  —  Meta has told members of its independent Oversight Board that the company may stop funding it after 2028, sources familiar with the situation told Platformer.
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Alibaba releases Qwen3.6-Plus, its third proprietary, closed-source AI model it launched within three days, saying it has “drastically enhanced” agentic coding  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has released its third proprietary AI model in as many days, reinforcing the company's intent …
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal:
LinkedIn job posting data: companies added 640K AI-related jobs from 2023 to 2025 in the US, including 225K “head of AI” jobs, up 49% from the prior four years  —  AI is raising big fears about employment losses, but it is also giving rise to new engineering and training jobs
David Pierce / The Verge:
Flipboard launches Surf, an app for creating custom feeds from Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, RSS, podcasts, and YouTube, after over a year in beta  —  It combines Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and other content into something that feels entirely new. … Surf is a slightly hard app to explain.

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: David Ellison has asked CNN CEO Mark Thompson to stay on after the WBD acquisition closes; Thompson's current deal extends into 2027

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney plans a TV restructuring that is expected to result in more layoffs and consolidation of divisions as it pivots from linear TV toward streaming

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The UK's Independent reports 2025 revenue up 4% YoY to £55.1M, of which £13.3M is from the US and Canada, and pre-tax profit up 9% YoY to £3.5M

More News

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Amazon adds a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge to fulfillment fees for US and Canadian third-party sellers from April 17, as the Iran war drives up oil prices
Erin Griffith / New York Times:
How AI helped Medvi, a telehealth provider of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs with just two employees, hit $401M in 2025 sales; it's tracking for $1.8B in 2026 sales
Sally Weale / The Guardian:
UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England have observed their pupils' critical thinking skills decline due to AI usage

Earlier Picks

Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Ofcom: the share of adult UK social media users that actively post, share, or comment falls from 61% in 2024 to 49%, as users say they are being more selective
The Economic Times:
Sources: Oracle has cut ~10,000 jobs in India, or ~20% of its Indian workforce, as part of a restructuring that reportedly affects 30,000 employees globally
Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
Tim Cook discusses 50 years of Apple and it still being Steve Jobs' company, the “very accessible” Trump administration, his “consistent” values, and more
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a prospect on Pathways, a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio, which would violate the software's license
Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data: $250M+ moved from Drift to a wallet, which now holds <$600K
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December 2025 and February 2026 hikes, and unveils a 3GB Pi 4 for $83.75
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