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April 11, 2026, 9:50 AM
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Sam Altman:
Sam Altman reflects on the attack on his house, OpenAI's success, personal regrets, and advocates for de-escalating rhetoric and tactics in the AI industry  —  Here is a photo of my family.  I love them more than anything.  —  Images have power, I hope.  Normally we try to be pretty private …
Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
San Francisco police arrested a suspect for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home and also making threats outside OpenAI's headquarters  —  An attacker allegedly threw a molotov cocktail at the OpenAI CEO's residence before making threats outside of the startup's headquarters.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and other banks are testing Anthropic's Mythos model internally; JPMorgan Chase is the only bank named in Project Glasswing  —  Wall Street banks are starting to test Anthropic PBC's Mythos model internally as Trump administration officials encourage them to use it to detect vulnerabilities.
The Citizen Lab:
An investigation details Webloc, an ad-based geo surveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of records from up to 500M mobile devices  —  Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life.
Michael Kan / PCMag:
Amazon Luna is dropping support for game purchases and third-party game stores and subscriptions; previously purchased games will be accessible until June 10  —  The Luna game-streaming service is getting an overhaul, with Amazon pulling the plug on game purchases and hosting third-party game stores and subscriptions.
Jack Queen / Reuters:
The US CFTC says a district court judge granted its request for a temporary restraining order barring Arizona from continuing its criminal case against Kalshi  —  A federal judge on Friday blocked Arizona from continuing its criminal case against prediction market Kalshi …
Bloomberg:
Sources: three senior executives who helped launch OpenAI's Stargate initiative are leaving the company and joining Meta  —  Three key players in OpenAI's massive effort to set up hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of artificial intelligence data center capacity are joining Meta Platforms Inc. …
Matthew Martin / Semafor:
Alat, a $100B Saudi Arabia PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund, has removed CEO Amit Midha; sources say it has dropped plans to invest in chip production  —  The Scoop  —  Know More  —  Notable  —  THE SCOOP  —  Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has dismissed Alat CEO Amit Midha …

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Washington Post:
Stars and Stripes' publisher Max Lederer, EIC Erik Slavin, and reporter Lara Korte sue the DOD, claiming their firings were retaliatory and broke federal law

Etan Vlessing / The Hollywood Reporter:
The New York Post signs a first-look film and TV deal with Crazy Legs Productions, which will look to adapt material from the outlet's archives

Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
CoComelon parent Moonbug is experimenting with AI; its “Studio AI Bible” notes “we can only own (copyright) what a human has created” so human input is needed

More News

Reuters:
Tesla says Dutch regulators approved the use of its full self-driving software, marking the first regulatory sign-off for the feature in Europe
Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk:
Analysis: Trump's World Liberty Financial used 5B of its WLFI tokens to borrow $75M from a platform its adviser co-founded; WLFI falls to an all-time low
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Source: federal prosecutors have subpoenaed Reddit to appear before a grand jury, to provide personal data on an anonymous user who criticized ICE

Earlier Picks

Ed Bott / ZDNET:
Microsoft unveils plans to streamline the Windows Insider program, offering a simplified channel structure, moving between channels without wiping PCs, and more
Joe Miller / Financial Times:
Trump hails Palantir's “great war fighting capabilities”, days after short seller Michael Burry said the company will lose to AI startups; PLTR is down ~25% YTD
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
France says it plans to move government computers running Windows to Linux, to further reduce its reliance on US technology, without providing a timeline
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
YouTube raises YouTube Premium's prices in the US: Lite is $1 more at $8.99/month, Individual is $2 more at $15.99/month, and Family is $4 more at $26.99/month
Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Google rolls out end-to-end encryption for Gmail on Android and iOS devices for enterprise users, letting them read and compose emails without additional tools
Kiuyan Wong / Bloomberg:
Hong Kong grants its first stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC and Standard Chartered from a pool of 36 applicants; they are set to issue stablecoins in H2 2026
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