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April 27, 2026, 11:50 AM

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OpenAI:
Microsoft and OpenAI amend their deal to let OpenAI serve all its products across any cloud provider; Microsoft will no longer pay a revenue share to OpenAI  —  Amended agreement provides long-term clarity.  —  The rapid pace of innovation requires us to continue to evolve our partnership to benefit our customers and both companies.
Aaron Holmes / The Information:
Microsoft and OpenAI remove a clause that would have given Microsoft IP rights until OpenAI achieved “AGI”; Microsoft retains use of OpenAI's models until 2032  —  Microsoft and OpenAI amended the terms of their arrangement, allowing OpenAI to sell its models on competing cloud providers, the companies said on Monday.
Financial Times:
China blocks Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, after reviewing whether it violated investment rules, and tells both to cancel it; Manus moved to Singapore in 2025  —  Regulators had reviewed whether deal violated Beijing's investment rules  —  China has ordered Meta to unwind its $2bn acquisition …
@mingchikuo:
Kuo: OpenAI is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop smartphone chips, with Luxshare handling the system co-design; mass production is expected in 2028  —  • Latest industry checks: OpenAI is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop smartphone processors …
Marcus Schuler / Implicator.ai:
OpenAI publishes a five-principle framework for AGI development, pledging to resist concentrating AI power and to collaborate with companies and governments  —  OpenAI published a five-principle framework on Sunday for the development of artificial general intelligence.
Will Knight / Wired:
Ineffable Intelligence, founded by ex-Google DeepMind Principal Scientist David Silver, raised a $1.1B seed at a $5.1B valuation to build AI “superlearners”  —  David Silver has a new billion-dollar company that aims to build AI “superlearners.”  —  David Silver gave the world its very first glimpse of superintelligence.
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Meta says it signed a deal for up to 1GW of space solar energy from Overview Energy, which seeks to collect sunlight in satellites and is planning a 2028 demo  —  Meta Platforms Inc. is looking to power artificial intelligence data centers with solar energy collected in space …
Bloomberg:
Spotify partners with Peloton to offer Premium subscribers access to curated playlists and 1,400+ ad-free fitness classes, its first foray into fitness content  —  Spotify Technology SA is now offering workout classes from Peloton Interactive Inc. to premium subscribers …
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Amazon reaches a multiyear licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey to produce twice-a-week video podcasts starting in July, repurpose The Oprah Winfrey Show, and more  —  The multiyear deal with Ms. Winfrey signifies the tech giant's growing ambitions in video podcasts.
Ivan Levingston / Financial Times:
Vilnius-based Vinted says it closed an ~€880M secondary share sale led by EQT, Teachers' Venture Growth, and Schroders at an €8B valuation, up from €5B in 2024  —  Second-hand marketplace sells €880mn of existing shares to investors including Teachers' Venture Growth and Schroders Capital
Bloomberg:
How Sergey Brin's $58M+ political push against a proposed wealth tax in California has helped mobilize a network of fellow tech leaders to sway state issues  —  In a treehouse nestled in redwoods north of San Francisco, California Governor Gavin Newsom stood cold and hungry as Sergey Brin …
Jer / @lifeof_jer:
Neil Hacker / Works in Progress:
A deep dive into how ASML became a chokepoint for making cutting-edge chips by betting on EUV, closely collaborating with TSMC and the US government, and more  —  By betting on extreme ultraviolet lithography long before it worked, ASML became the chokepoint for cutting-edge chips.
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Truecaller faces mounting pressure as growth slows in India, its largest market, while telcos, Apple, and Google roll out caller ID and spam-blocking features  —  Truecaller is one of the world's most widely used caller identification platforms, with more than 500 million users.

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