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April 5, 2026, 8:35 PM
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Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Drift details how suspected North Korean attackers stole $270M posing as a quant trading firm in a 6+ month operation with in-person meetings and a $1M+ deposit  —  Attackers posed as a trading firm, met Drift contributors in person across multiple countries, deposited $1 million of their own capital …
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Samsung plans to discontinue its Messages app in the US in July 2026 and offers instructions for users on older Android versions to switch to Google Messages  —  Samsung has shared an “End of Service Announcement” for its Messages app in the US.  Set for July 2026, Google Messages …
Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI:
Medvi, glorified by the NYT as a two-employee startup with $1B+ in revenue, is a warning about how AI can be misused for shady business and marketing practices  —  AI isn't the only thing behind Medvi  —  On Thursday, The New York Times published a thing  —  and it went viral, declared as a victory for AI:
Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs is indefinitely withholding access to imagery of Iran and the conflict region, citing US government's request  —  Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the region of conflict …
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch:
A profile of Mikko Hyppönen, a cybersecurity veteran who pivoted from fighting malware to developing anti-drone systems for law enforcement and the military  —  Mikko Hyppönen is pacing back and forth on the stage, with his trademark dark blonde ponytail resting on an impeccable teal suit.
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:
Research across 1,372 participants and 9K+ trials details “cognitive surrender”, where most subjects had minimal AI skepticism and accepted faulty AI reasoning  —  When it comes to large language model-powered tools, there are generally two broad categories of users.
Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware:
According to Microsoft Copilot Terms of Use, updated in Oct. 2025, “Copilot is for entertainment purposes only” and “Don't rely on Copilot for important advice”  —  These might be boilerplate disclaimers, but they kind of contradict the company's ads and marketing.
Sam Clark / Politico:
Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Snap agreed to keep scanning for CSAM, after EU lawmakers failed to extend a now-lapsed law allowing them to scan for the material  —  Scanning private online spaces for child abuse material becomes illegal in Europe on Saturday.

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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC sues the FCC, claiming the agency's investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump administration “retaliatory campaign” to curb its free speech

Svetlana Shkolnikova / Stars & Stripes:
Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer announces his retirement, saying his understanding of the outlet's “value and mission” differs from DOD plans

Emma Joyce / The Guardian:
Report: changing viewing habits and reduced commissioning by commercial networks have led to significant drops in TV dramas and children's shows in Australia

More News

The Economic Times:
Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following allegations of fake compliance certificates
Anthony Halpin / Bloomberg:
Russian media says attempts to limit VPN use may have triggered a widespread banking outage, as Moscow intensifies a crackdown on internet use and Telegram
Lenny Rachitsky / Lenny's Newsletter:
Q&A with Simon Willison on the November release of GPT-5.1 and Opus 4.5 as the inflection point for coding, exhaustion due to managing coding agents, and more

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Kalley Huang / New York Times:
The Artemis II moon mission is one of the first times NASA has let astronauts fly with smartphones, giving them modified iPhones for taking photos and videos
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