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| 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: The US Sun, The Verge, Newsweek, The Daily Dot, and The Express Tribune
X: @regularaugust, @klobstar, @jaredlholt, @kommiattrition, @duplavortex, @jaredlholt, @agoldmund, and @lumpythecook. Forums: r/4chan
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases GPT‑4.1, GPT‑4.1 mini, and GPT‑4.1 nano, which excel at coding, instruction following, and long context understanding, available via its API — OpenAI on Monday launched a new family of models called GPT-4.1. Yes, “4.1” — as if the company's nomenclature wasn't confusing enough already.
More: OpenAI, The Verge, OpenAI on YouTube, Interconnects, Wired, Tom's Guide, CryptoSlate, Analytics India Magazine, Forbes, Tech in Asia, Digit, Blockchain.News, Neowin, TestingCatalog, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, Simon Willison's Weblog, Research & Development World, and The Information
Bluesky: @quinnypig.com, @timkellogg.me, @timkellogg.me, and @timkellogg.me
Threads: @polynoamial and @mark_r_vickers
X: @sama, @gdb, @azure, @openrouterai, @bindureddy, @swyx, @scaling01, @sarahookr, @garymarcus, @stevesi, @arcprize, @daniel_mac8, @suhail, @ns123abc, @simonw, @iterintellectus, @paulg, @wolframrvnwlf, @sama, @bindureddy, @openrouterai, @openaidevs, @yuchenj_uw, @mariorod1, @silasalberti, @sama, @ilanbigio, @iruletheworldmo, @kevinhou22, @packym, @_kevinlu, @levie, @deedydas, @mattppal, @kevinweil, @natolambert, @sentdex, @adonis_singh, @polynoamial, @aidan_mclau, @_mohansolo, @code, @ashtom, @ericzakariasson, @windsurf_ai, @cursor_ai, @simonw, @itsclivetime, @satyanadella, @levie, @bindureddy, @openrouterai, @sama, @nielsrogge, and @tomwarren
Forums: Hacker News, r/ArtificialInteligence, r/artificial, and Slashdot
| Brendan Bordelon / Politico: |
FTC v. Meta: the US argued Meta has a monopoly in the “personal social networking” market, which it claims includes only Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and MeWe — The government wants to show the Meta CEO bought Instagram and WhatsApp to snuff out social media competition.
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| New York Times: |
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| Financial Times: |
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says “allied western democracies” need to focus on China and those “concerned about Starlink” should be more fearful of a Chinese version — FCC chair Brendan Carr urges ‘western allies’ to pick Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet company
More: Telecoms Tech News. Bluesky: @karlbode.com, @marypcbuk, @smtuffy, and @katjabego
Forums: r/EUSpace, r/eutech, r/europeanunion, and Slashdot
| 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) …
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Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @Bing_Chris@mastodon.social
Forums: r/worldnews and r/Global_News_Hub
| 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: Thurrott, CNET, BleepingComputer, How-To Geek, CyberInsider, Android Police, Android Authority, The Verge, Neowin, Stuff, Cyber Security News, and nextpit. Forums: r/Android
| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: TSMC is close to finalizing specs for a new chip packaging method, known in the industry as “panel-level”, to meet rising demand for powerful AI chips — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is close to finalizing the specifications for a radically new approach …
More: Benzinga, WinBuzzer, TipRanks Financial, and Focus Taiwan
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
More: DatacenterDynamics, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Focus Taiwan, Analytics India Magazine, WinBuzzer, TrendForce News, Ace of Spades HQ, Benzinga, and Wccftech
Forums: r/intelstock, r/hardware, and r/AMD_Stock
| Bloomberg: |
An interview with eFishery CEO Gibran Huzaifah and 20+ sources detail how Gibran's “fake-it-till-you-make-it” deceptions spiraled, losing investors $300M+ — Agritech venture eFishery was one of Asia's brightest startups with money from the likes of SoftBank and Temasek.
More: Tech in Asia. X: @luluyilun, @ecommurz, @nabiylarisfa, @telloglou, @kangrozin, and @oliviasolon
Forums: r/indonesia and r/SingaporeRaw
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Japan's FTC orders Google to stop alleged abuse of its market power over local smartphone manufacturers, ahead of high-stakes US trade negotiations this week — Japan's Fair Trade Commission ordered Alphabet Inc.'s Google to stop alleged abuse of its market power over local smartphone manufacturers … | Melissa Heikkilä / Financial Times: |
An interview with Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid on AI Overviews' launch a year ago, the future of AI search, its impact on the ad revenue model, and more — The search executive behind the push to reinvent the group's core product says users are driving change in how to seek information| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK data-based car insurance startup Marshmallow raised $90M, roughly split 50-50 in equity and debt, at a $2B+ valuation, up from $1.25B in September 2021 — U.K. startup Marshmallow has blown up over the years by using innovations in data science to build car insurance policies for immigrants … | 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: Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, CNBC, and Reuters
| Wall Street Journal: |
Nvidia's $500B US spending plan follows a familiar pattern of companies trying to please President Trump and offers few details on what AI gear would be US-made — The chip maker's plan to build AI tech in Texas comes on the heels of a new tariff threat — Chip maker Nvidia unveiled plans Monday … | Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: NVIDIA, The White House, Tech Monitor, The Verge, Evertiq AB, Reuters, Taiwan News, Gizchina.com, RCR Wireless News, The Guardian, TipRanks Financial, Capacity Media, Lowyat.NET, Tech in Asia, TechInformed, TrendForce News, Benzinga, AIwire, Barron's Online, Engadget, The Information, and Wall Street Journal
Bluesky: @bobbyallyn. X: @dnystedt, @firstadopter, @patrickmoorhead, @kristinaparts, @wenyee_lee, @altcap, @greg_price11, @firstadopter, @edludlow, @rapidresponse47, and @nvidianewsroom. LinkedIn: Jon Stresing
Forums: r/Conservative, r/hardware, r/nvidia, and r/StockMarket
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Nvidia unveils its RTX 5060 family, including the RTX 5060 Ti with 4,608 CUDA cores for $379 with 8GB of VRAM or $429 for 16GB of VRAM, launching on April 16 — The $299 RTX 5060 is also releasing in May to give PC gamers more GPU options. … Nvidia is announcing its RTX 5060 family of GPUs today …
More: VideoCardz.com, PCWorld, Tom's Hardware, Forbes, TechRadar, NVIDIA, Neowin, Eurogamer.net, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Digital Trends, PC Guide, TechSpot, and TechPowerUp
| Sam Sabin / Axios: |
AI safety and security startup Virtue AI raised $30M in seed and Series A funding and says its customers include several frontier labs, Uber, and Glean — Virtue AI has raised a $30 million seed and Series A funding round led by Walden Catalyst Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, the company exclusively shared with Axios.
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