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SpaceX says it's working with Cursor to build “the world's most useful models” and it has the right to acquire Cursor for $60B or pay $10B for the partnership — The potential acquisition comes as Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker, which has been emphasizing artificial intelligence, is preparing to go public.
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Bluesky: @seldo.com and @seanokane
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, and r/spacex
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.0 with new “thinking capabilities”, allowing it to search the web to help it create multiple images from a single prompt — The update allows ChatGPT Images 2.0 to create a series of images based on one prompt.
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Forums: Hacker News and r/codex
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
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| Reuters: |
Meta is installing tracking software on US staffers' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes in work-related apps for use in AI training — Meta (META.O) is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements …
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Bluesky: @jeffhorwitz, @chronotope.aramzs.xyz, @bcmerchant, @porkanoque, @dell, and @hagenblix
Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, r/technology, and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Longtime colleagues say John Ternus will bring back Jobs-era decisiveness, shifting from Cook's era when decisions were made collectively by top executives — When Apple Inc. announced Monday that longtime leader Tim Cook would be replaced by John Ternus, it published an image …
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Forums: r/apple and r/NominativeDeterminism
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
All-hands: Tim Cook said he's stepping down now to ensure the “best-ever transition,” citing strong financials, an “incredible” pipeline, and Ternus' readiness — Apple Inc.'s Tim Cook, who's stepping down as chief executive officer later this year … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's management changes and several key executives' futures; sources say Mike Rockwell has considered leaving or taking an advisory role next year — John Ternus, Apple Inc.'s next chief executive officer, is up against a major challenge as he settles into the role: retaining top talent during a time of historic turnover.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft cuts Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price from $29.99 to $22.99/month and PC Game Pass from $16.49 to $13.99, but both tiers won't get new Call of Duty games — After Xbox CEO Asha Sharma admitted last week that “Game Pass has become too expensive for players,” Microsoft is dropping …
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Forums: r/XboxAlly, r/xcloud, and Slashdot
| Ed Zitron / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At: |
After users reported Claude Code appeared to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan, Anthropic says it's “running a small test on ~2% of new prosumer signups” — Executive Summary: — In the later afternoon of April 21 2026, Anthropic removed access to Claude Code for its $20-a-month …
More: Simon Willison's Weblog, XDA Developers, The New Stack, The Register, Implicator.ai, and Claude
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Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/ClaudeCode, r/Anthropic, r/ClaudeAI, r/BetterOffline, and r/ClaudeAI
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Mozilla says its Firefox 150 release includes fixes for 271 vulnerabilities identified using early access to Anthropic's Mythos Preview — The Firefox team doesn't think emerging AI capabilities will upend cybersecurity long term, but they warn that software developers are likely in for a rocky transition.
More: The Mozilla Blog, Ars Technica, Decrypt, Engadget, and Thurrott
X: @moyix. LinkedIn: Allan Friedman, PhD. Bluesky: @anildash.com, @carnage4life, @marypcbuk, @mackuba.eu, @katie-drummond, @campuscodi.risky.biz, @glinden, @matthew.flux.community, @lhn, @timmarchman, and @caseynewton
Forums: r/InterstellarKinetics, r/Anthropic, r/firefox, r/technology, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| The Keyword: |
Google now offers two research agents: Deep Research, replacing its December preview release, and Deep Research Max, both available via Gemini API paid tiers — Built with Gemini 3.1 Pro, the new Deep Research agents bring MCP support, native visualizations and unprecedented analytical quality …
More: VentureBeat, TestingCatalog, The Decoder, and Crypto Briefing
X: @sundarpichai, @officiallogank, @daniellefong, @thevalueist, @alihcevik, @dmitryrybin1, @officiallogank, @aliceisplaying, and @teortaxestex. LinkedIn: Srinivasan Venkatachary. Forums: r/Bard
| Financial Times: |
Top law firm Sullivan & Cromwell told a US federal bankruptcy court that a major filing it made in a high-profile case contained multiple AI hallucinations — Firm whose partners bill more than $2,000 per hour apologises to judge for software-driven errors in bankruptcy case
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| Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: |
Source: a handful of unauthorized users in a private Discord channel have been accessing Anthropic's Mythos model since the day the company announced it — A small group of unauthorized users have accessed Anthropic PBC's new Mythos AI model, a technology that the company says is so powerful …
More: The Information, TechCrunch, Reuters, Axios, and Financial Times
Forums: r/ClaudeAI and r/ClaudeCode
| Alex Ebert / Bloomberg Law: |
Florida AG James Uthmeier issues criminal subpoenas to OpenAI to investigate if ChatGPT's role in planning a mass shooting constitutes criminal liability — Florida is sending criminal subpoenas to OpenAI, opening a novel investigation into whether a chatbot could be criminally liable for use in a mass shooting.
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X: @agjamesuthmeier. LinkedIn: Cynthia McLaughlin. Bluesky: @tyleraking.com and @hypervisible.blacksky.app
| Core Memory: |
An interview with Sam Altman and Greg Brockman on OpenAI's restructuring, cutting Sora, “personal AGI”, Anthropic's “fear-based marketing” for Mythos, and more — The last two standing - on everything — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman came on Core Memory together for a ten-year look back at OpenAI.
More: Business Insider and TechCrunch
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
The US DOJ says a former ransomware negotiator pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals extort companies in cyberattacks in five different incidents — Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, has pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals extort companies in cyberattacks.
More: US Department of Justice, The Register, and The Hacker News
Bluesky: @lorenzofb and @campuscodi.risky.biz
| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
New York Attorney General Letitia James sues Coinbase and Gemini, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling — New York's attorney general sued Coinbase Financial Markets (COIN.O) and Gemini Titan (GEMI.O) on Tuesday, claiming their prediction markets violate state laws against illegal gambling.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Trump Media & Technology Group names Kevin McGurn as interim CEO, succeeding Devin Nunes; McGurn previously worked as an executive at Hulu, Vevo, and T-Mobile — Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of social-media platform Truth Social and other businesses whose mission is … | Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Filing: SpaceX tells investors that orbital AI data centers use “unproven technologies” and may not achieve “commercial viability” due to space-related risks — SpaceX warned investors that its ambitions to build space-based artificial intelligence data centers … | Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Google's Chief AI Architect Koray Kavukcuoglu is working to unite its internal AI coding tools under the Antigravity platform, to counter Claude Code and Codex — At Google, leaders are anxious about falling behind in the race to offer AI coding tools, especially as rivals like Anthropic PBC offer … | Maddy Varner / Wired: |
The nonprofit Consumer Federation of America sues Meta, accusing it of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scam ads on Facebook and Instagram — A lawsuit from the Consumer Federation of America accuses Meta of misleading consumers about its efforts to combat scams advertisements on its platforms.| Cailley LaPara / Bloomberg: |
Reliable Robotics, which is developing autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160M led by Nimble Partners, pushing its valuation to ~$1B — Reliable Robotics Corp. secured $160 million in new funding — pushing its valuation to nearly $1 billion — as the Silicon Valley startup makes … | Tiffany Ng / Wired: |
How GrapheneOS lead developer Daniel Micay's legal fights with his former partner James Donaldson over CopperheadOS led to the privacy-focused tool's creation — There's a lot of love all over the world for GrapheneOS, the gold standard of mobile security. There's very little love between the two guys at the center of its history.| Brock E.W. Turner / Axios: |
AcuityMD, which provides AI tools that automate sales call recaps, CRM data entry, and more for medtech companies, raised an $80M Series C at a $955M valuation — Medtech software platform AcuityMD raised $80 million in Series C funding at a $955 million valuation, CEO Michael Monovoukas tells Axios Pro exclusively.
More: FinSMEs, Ventureburn, Pulse 2.0, and AcuityMD
| Ashley Gold / Axios: |
Filing: Anthropic spent $1.6M and OpenAI $1M on lobbying in Q1, vs. $360K and $560K in Q1 2025, respectively; Meta topped Big Tech lobbying spending with $7.1M — Both Anthropic and OpenAI posted their biggest-ever lobbying spends in the first quarter of 2026, with Anthropic at $1.6 million …
More: Bloomberg Law and NOTUS
| Washington Post: |
Sources: following Manus probe, Chinese authorities ordered at least one other prominent AI startup, MiroMind, not to send talent and research out of China — A Chinese government probe of a Meta-acquired company, Manus AI, reveals what tech workers see as a new red line. — SummarySponsor Posts
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