Google unveils a new TPU lineup consisting of the TPU 8t for AI training and the TPU 8i for inference, with general availability scheduled for later in 2026  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud division unveiled the latest generation of its tensor processing unit, or TPU, a homegrown chip that's designed …

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.

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 …

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.

Filing: Tron founder Justin Sun sues the Trump family's World Liberty Financial, alleging it unfairly locked up his WLFI holdings and threatened and defamed him  —  World Liberty unfairly froze Sun's $WLFI tokens and threatened him, the lawsuit alleged. … What to know:

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.

Sony AI says its autonomous ping pong robot is the first robot to attain expert-level performance in a physical sport after beating some top-level human players  —  An autonomous robot ping-pong player dubbed Ace has achieved a milestone for AI and robotics in Tokyo by competing …

Anthropic reverses changes to its website and support documents after users reported Claude Code appeared to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan  —  Executive Summary:  — In the later afternoon of April 21 2026, Anthropic removed access to Claude Code for its $20-a-month “Pro” Plans on various pricing pages.

The UK FCA says it has carried out its first joint operation to disrupt illegal peer-to-peer crypto trading, targeting eight premises across London  —  Quick Take  — The UK's Financial Conduct Authority said it has carried out its first coordinated operation targeting illegal peer …

Air permit docs: new gas projects linked to just 11 US data center campuses could emit 129M+ tons of greenhouse gases per year, more than some small countries  —  A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft …

Sources: Tencent and Alibaba are in talks to invest in DeepSeek at a $20B+ valuation, partly benchmarked against Moonshot's pending round at an $18B valuation  —  Chinese tech giants Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group are in talks to invest in DeepSeek, the AI upstart that recently started fundraising …

Sooth Labs, founded by ex-Meta employees to build AI models that let businesses forecast geopolitical events, is raising ~$50M at a ~$335M valuation  —  Sooth Labs, a new artificial intelligence lab founded by former Meta Platforms Inc. employees, is raising about $50 million in funding …

X launches Custom Timelines, a Grok-powered feature letting users pin any of over 75 topics to their home tab, in early access to Premium subscribers on iOS  —  Ladies and gentlemen, today we're launching one of our biggest changes to 𝕏 Introducing Custom Timelines This feature allows you to pin a specific topic to your home tab. With support for over 75 topics, you can dive deep into your favorite niche on X. It's powered by Grok's [video]

Polymarket says perpetuals are coming to the platform and lets users sign up for early access; it hasn't specified whether crypto perpetual futures are included  —  Prediction markets platform Polymarket is expanding into trading of perpetual futures contacts, the company said Tuesday.

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 …

Source: Mira Murati's TML signed a deal with Google Cloud, valued in single-digit billions, to access Google's latest AI systems built on Nvidia's GB300 chips  —  Former OpenAI executive Mira Murati's startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has signed a new multi-billion-dollar agreement to expand …

Vast Data, which makes software infrastructure for managing large amounts of data with a focus on AI applications, raised a $1B Series F at a $30B valuation  —  Vast Data announced a $1 billion funding round at a $30 billion valuation on Wednesday, with Nvidia among those backing the AI company.

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

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.

Google says Meet's Gemini-powered Take Notes for Me feature can now be used for in-person meetings and adds support for Teams and Zoom  —  Besides Workspace Intelligence, Google announced a suite of new Workspace features across Drive, Sheets, Meet, and more at Cloud Next 2026.

The UK's GCHQ believes ~100 countries have procured cyber intrusion software, such as Pegasus, suggesting the barrier to get access to the tech is dropping  —  GLASGOW — More than half of the world's nation states are believed to have purchased technology that could be capable of hacking …

Sources: Micron is pushing the US Congress to pass the “MATCH Act”, which would put new export restrictions on equipment its Chinese rivals use to make chips  —  Micron Technology (MU.O), the largest U.S. memory chipmaker, is a driving force pushing the U.S. Congress to pass legislation …

Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M+/year collectively  —  Introducing translations and our vision for expanding Substack internationally  —  Who changed your life today?

Anker announces Thus, a compute-in-memory chip it says will bring on-device AI to its products and accessories, starting with its upcoming Soundcore earbuds  —  The Thus chip will come to earbuds first before being rolled out to other Anker products.