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| The Verge: |
Sources: OpenAI is in the early stages of building its own X-like social network, focused on ChatGPT image generation, and is asking some outsiders for feedback — Is Sam Altman ready to up his rivalry with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg? … OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network …
More: The Guardian, TechCrunch, New York Magazine, CNBC, Spyglass, Social Media Today, The Information, Neowin, BGR, Watcher Guru, Dexerto, Windows Central, Mashable, Gizmodo, Thurrott, CoinGape, Tom's Guide, Livemint, PYMNTS.com, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, Reuters, VentureBeat, Fast Company, ZeroHedge News, Business Insider, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Türkiye Today, MakeUseOf, and Interesting Engineering
Bluesky: @prietschka, @lorak, @garymarcus, @snmrrw, @hypervisible, @mantzarlis.com, @caseynewton, @jerthorp, @vortexegg.com, @ernie.tedium.co, @carnage4life, and @karlbode.com. Mastodon: @ben@werd.social. Threads: @the_coach_life
X: @vxunderground, @simonmxtthews, @birdyword, @btibor91, @amir, @raywongy, @zacbowden, @morqon, @andrewcurran_, @bindureddy, @steph_palazzolo, @jukanlosreve, @davewiner, @scottnover, @sirodoht, @danielnewmanuv, @billym2k, @kyliebytes, @banklesshq, @scobleizer, @katienotopoulos, @kyliebytes, @altryne, @krzysztof_lysy, @alexeheath, @restoreorderusa, @garymarcus, @pitdesi, @briansolis, @phantom, @polymarket, @nickadobos, @amitisinvesting, @turnernovak, and @rihardjarc. LinkedIn: Alison McCauley
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta offered $450M in late March to settle the FTC's antitrust case and raised its offer to ~$1B as the trial neared; the FTC had demanded $30B — The FTC wanted $30 billion to drop its case. Zuckerberg offered much less and hoped Trump would back him up.
More: SiliconANGLE, The Verge, The Information, The Information, Newsmax, Platformer, CNET, Entrepreneur, Political Wire, The Straits Times, Semafor, and Axios
X: @matthewstoller, @imkialikethecar, @pkafka, @zamaan_qureshi, and @matthewstoller. Forums: Hacker News
| Bloomberg: |
Email: Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 as he increasingly became concerned that its success was hurting the Facebook social network — Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram into a separate company in 2018 as he increasingly became concerned that the photo …
More: Business Insider, Reuters, CNBC, The Indian Express, Associated Press, The Wrap, Washington Post, The Verge, BBC, Deadline, and CBS News
Bluesky: @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner, @sarahfrier, and @gateklons
Threads: @mike_isaac and @kurtwag8
| Bloomberg: |
FTC v. Meta: Mark Zuckerberg testified about his acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, including a 2012 email exchange rationalizing the apps' acquisition — - Meta CEO asked in email if deal may ‘neutralize a competitor’ — FTC claims acquisitions created a social networking monopoly
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, Reuters, New York Times, AppleInsider, Fresno Bee, Bloomberg Law, San Francisco Chronicle, CBS News, Financial Times, Breitbart, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Thurrott, AzerNews, Los Angeles Times, The Week, CBS News, CBS News, Cryptopolitan, Fast Company, The Economic Times, Quartz, WinBuzzer, Irish Independent, Yahoo Finance, Washingtonian, The Information, MEDIANAMA, Moneycontrol, The Wrap, Meta, Android Headlines, and PhoneArena
Bluesky: @kagrox and @aricohn.com
Threads: @amyklobuchar and @benedictevans
| Business Insider: |
Email: Mark Zuckerberg offered to buy Snapchat for $6B in 2013; Zuckerberg testified that he thought Snapchat “wasn't growing at the potential that it could” — - Mark Zuckerberg's failed Snapchat bid resurfaced in Meta's antitrust trial. — And the Meta boss seems like he hasn't fully moved on.
More: The Verge, Futurism, Vanity Fair, and The Wrap
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
More: TechSpot, Fortune, The Hill, Observer, Japan Today, Proactive, Axios, Android Headlines, Al Jazeera, Nairametrics, Pixel Envy, Spyglass, and Politico
| CNBC: |
Filing: Nvidia says it will record a $5.5B charge after the US said it would require a license to export the H20 chips to China; NVDA drops 6%+ after hours — Nvidia said on Tuesday that it will take a quarterly charge of about $5.5 billion tied to exporting H20 graphics processing units to China and other destinations.
More: Bloomberg, Financial Times, Nvidia, CoinDesk, The Register, MarketWatch, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, Benzinga, Financial Express, Engadget, TrendForce News, Cryptopolitan, The West Australian, Business Insider, Investor's Business Daily, Capital Brief, The Information, Livemint, BBC, Barron's Online, RTHK, Rest of World, Shacknews, Sherwood News, Wall Street Pit, Forexlive, Fortune, ZeroHedge News, and Digital Journal
X: @buccocapital, @divestech, @spencerhakimian, @kobeissiletter, @smartertrader, @geoffreygertz, @thezvi, @tysonbrody, @nikitabier, @divestech, @amitisinvesting, @smartertrader, @riddle245, @tradingthomas3, @donmiami3, @garethsoloway, @stocksavvyshay, @drjstrategy, @steveyonezu, @ns123abc, @divestech, @firstadopter, @tmtbreakout, @rsanti97, @danielnewmanuv, and @mackhawk
Forums: r/China, r/technology, and r/WallStreetbetsELITE
| David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW: |
Mitre, the nonprofit research organization behind the CVE program, says the US government funding needed to develop and operate CVE will expire on April 16 — The U.S. government funding needed for non-profit research giant MITRE to develop, operate and maintain its flagship Common Vulnerabilities …
More: Reuters, CSO, The Register, The Record, SC Media, Cyber Daily, Security Boulevard, PCMag, Forbes, ComputerWeekly.com, The Stack, and Cyber Security News
Bluesky: @slightlyflightyone, @metacurity.com, @waldo.net, and @mmasnick. Mastodon: @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/cybersecurity, and Lobsters
| Reuters: |
Figma confidentially files for a US IPO; the company was valued at $12.5B in a May 2024 tender offer — Cloud-based designer platform Figma on Tuesday confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, more than a year after a $20 billion deal to be acquired by Adobe (ADBE.O) hit regulatory roadblocks.
More: Figma, Tech in Asia, The Information, Financial Times, Fortune, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, and CNBC
X: @bgurley and @alexrkonrad
| Mohar Chatterjee / Politico: |
Sources: the US DOD's Defense Digital Service is effectively shutting down as nearly all staff are resigning, saying they were sidelined by DOGE's efforts — Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
More: The Hill, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Gateway Pundit, and Raw Story
Bluesky: @laurenmeidasa. Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @KimPerales@toad.social. Forums: r/politics
| Jenna McLaughlin / NPR: |
More: Reuters, NBC News, Nextgov/FCW, Alternet.org, FlowingData, HealthcareInfoSecurity.com, Truthout, Gizmodo, and New Republic
Bluesky: @jennamclaughlin, @joemenn, @skiles, @paleofuture, @maxberger, @timmarchman, @charlottegarden, @charlottegarden, @joshkovensky, @emptywheel, and @npr.org
Mastodon: @brian_greenberg@infosec …, @briankrebs@infosec.exchange, @tiffanycli@mastodon.social, @jik@federate.social, @cremevax@infosec.exchange, @Nonilex@masto.ai, @Nonilex@masto.ai, and @Nonilex@masto.ai
X: @shashj, @stphnfwlr, @kevinbankston, @stphnfwlr, @shashj, @garymarcus, @stphnfwlr, @jimprosser, and @stphnfwlr
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Google rolls out its text-to-video AI model Veo 2 to Gemini Advanced subscribers and makes its Whisk Animate tool available for Google One AI Premium users — A new Whisk Animate tool is coming to Google One AI Premium users, as well. … Google is letting Gemini Advanced subscribers try out Veo 2 …
More: The Keyword, 9to5Google, Livemint, Android Central, Android Headlines, AndroidGuys, Social Media Today, Digital Trends, Droid Life, Engadget, ZDNET, CNET, T3, Chrome Unboxed, Android Police, Neowin, Ars Technica, and TechCrunch
X: @nearcyan, @googlelabs, @google, @nearcyan, @googledeepmind, and @sundarpichai. Forums: r/singularity
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google plans to redirect all Search users to google.com over the coming months, saying “country-level domains are no longer necessary” — Historically, Google users around the world have visited country-specific sites like google.com.br (Brazil), google.fr (France), or google.co.uk (UK).
More: The Keyword, The Verge, Lowyat.NET, Search Engine Land, Android Police, Android Central, MakeUseOf, and Engadget
X: @rossstevens_uk and @lilyraynyc
| Ben Sherry / Inc: |
Anthropic's Claude adds Research, capable of searching the web and internal documents to give comprehensive answers, in beta for Max, Team, Enterprise plans — The integration should make Claude even more effective as a virtual assistant. Plus, there's a new ‘Research’ mode.
More: Anthropic, PYMNTS.com, Tech in Asia, Neowin, VentureBeat, Analytics India Magazine, Engadget, and Bloomberg
| Reuters: |
Chinese state media: police in Harbin accuse the NSA of launching “advanced” cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February 2025 and name three agents — Chinese police in the northeastern city of Harbin have accused the United States National Security Agency (NSA) …
More: Xinhua, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, PCMag, CyberScoop, SC Media, The Record, and Bloomberg
Bluesky: @danwblack, @kimzetter, and @campuscodi.risky.biz
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @Bing_Chris@mastodon.social
Forums: r/craftofintelligence, r/espionage, r/worldnews, and r/Global_News_Hub
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: activist investor Elliott has built a position worth $1.5B+ in HPE, making it one of the company's top five shareholders; HPE is down ~30% in 2025 — Elliott Investment Management has built a large position worth more than $1.5 billion in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., according to people familiar with the matter.
More: Reuters, The Information, Financial Times, CNBC, Proactive, Benzinga, Yahoo Finance, and Channel Futures
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
OpenAI is adding an image library to ChatGPT to make it easier for users to access their AI-generated images, rolling out to all Free, Plus, and Pro users — The new Library is rolling out now to all Free, Plus, and Pro users. … OpenAI is adding an image library to ChatGPT to make it easier … | Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
4chan is down after an apparent hack late on April 14; an Imgur post seems to show a hacker gained shell access to 4chan's hosting server and doxxed some users — More like 404chan, amirite? — 4chan, the controversial forum known for birthing early meme culture and Gamergate, is down, following an apparent hack.
More: TechCrunch, The Verge, Reuters, Newsweek, The Daily Dot, The Register, BleepingComputer, PCMag, Hollywood Life, The Sun, and The Express Tribune
Bluesky: @amanda.omg.lol. Mastodon: @dtgeek@mastodon.social, @josephcox@infosec.exchange, and @dsilverman@mastodon.social
X: @kommiattrition, @agoldmund, @klobstar, @jaredlholt, @duplavortex, @lumpythecook, @jaredlholt, and @regularaugust
Forums: r/technews, r/Fauxmoi, and r/technology
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out a Play services update, including an Android security feature to auto-reboot phones and tablets that are “locked for three consecutive days” — With the latest Google Play services update, Android is rolling out a new security feature that automatically restarts …
More: Ars Technica, TechCrunch, BleepingComputer, CyberInsider, MakeUseOf, The Verge, Digital Trends, Android Central, Droid Life, SammyGuru, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Headlines, and Trusted Reviews
Forums: r/Android, Slashdot, and Ars OpenForum
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
A look at the FCC's “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative, meant to identify burdensome rules, as ISPs, broadcasters, and others send in deregulation wishlists — Industry groups have submitted deregulatory wishlists for the Federal Communications Commission's “Delete, Delete … | Justin Dawes / Skift: |
São Paulo-based Onfly, which offers a corporate travel and expense management service, raised a $40M Series B led by Tidemark to expand further into LATAM — SKIFT TAKE — This is the second business travel startup in the last three weeks that has raised money to expand in Latin America.| Max A. Cherney / Reuters: |
Sources: chip industry executives told US officials and lawmakers that Trump's new tariffs could cost US semiconductor equipment makers more than $1B a year — U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariffs could cost U.S. semiconductor equipment makers more than $1 billion a year …
Forums: r/technology
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