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| Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: |
OpenAI plans to discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT — The app, released last year, allowed people to insert themselves into famous movie scenes, among other functions
More: The Hollywood Reporter, NBC News, Bloomberg, Reuters, 9to5Mac, and CBS News
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Forums: r/movies, r/technology, r/BetterOffline, and r/OpenAI
| The Information: |
Sam Altman told staff he has ceded oversight of OpenAI's safety and security teams to focus on fundraising, supply chains, and building data centers at scale — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has relinquished direct oversight of the company's safety and security teams so he can focus on raising capital …
Bluesky: @peark.es and @edzitron.com
| Bloomberg: |
Epic cuts 1,000+ jobs, saying it is “spending significantly more” than it is making and that the layoffs and $500M in savings put it “in a more stable place” — The company is seeing a downturn in engagement on Fortnite — Epic Games Inc. is cutting …
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| Financial Times: |
Arm unveils its own AI chip called the AGI CPU, a departure from its traditional role as a designer of chips for others; Meta and OpenAI will be early customers — SoftBank-owned tech group secures Meta and OpenAI as first customers of its long-awaited new AI processor
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LinkedIn: Bob O'Donnell, Brian Fuller, and Eddie Ramirez
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Two versions of LiteLLM, an interface for accessing LLMs, have been removed from PyPI after a supply chain attack injected them with credential-stealing code — Two versions of LiteLLM, an open source interface for accessing multiple large language models, have been removed from the Python Package Index …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's plans for a Siri reboot include a standalone Siri app, an overhauled interface in the Dynamic Island, and Ask Siri and Write with Siri features — Apple Inc. is testing a standalone app for its Siri voice assistant alongside a new “Ask Siri” feature that will work across …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple plans to launch Apple Business, a free platform that consolidates its business tools, on April 14, and plans Apple Maps ads in summer in the US and Canada — Apple on Tuesday announced that it will begin to allow advertisers to target customers on Apple Maps, starting in the U.S. and Canada later this summer.
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LinkedIn: Jeremy Butcher, Jeevan Kumar Ramakrishna, and Maulik Suchak
Forums: r/gadgets and r/macsysadmin
| Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves behind its USDT stablecoin — Quick Take — Tether says it has engaged a Big Four accounting firm to conduct its first full independent audit of reserves.
More: Tether, DL News, Fortune, Bloomberg, Bitcoin News, Cointelegraph, Blockchain.News, CoinDesk, Crypto Briefing, CryptoNinjas, Yahoo Finance, and crypto.news
| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its “AI for Work” initiative, which aims to drive AI adoption across its workforce, replacing Guy Rosen — Andrew Bosworth, Meta's chief technology officer, will oversee the company's ‘AI For Work’ initiatives as focus shifts away from the metaverse| David Gewirtz / ZDNET: |
Anthropic announces an “auto mode” that enables Claude Code to make permission-level decisions while preventing destructive actions like mass file deletion — ZDNET's key takeaways — Claude's auto mode reduces permission prompts for developers.
More: Claude, 9to5Mac, and The Mac Observer
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra, who apologized for Grammarly's Expert Review feature, on impersonation, attribution, compensating creators, and more — Today, I'm talking with Shishir Mehrotra, who is CEO of Superhuman — that's the company formerly known as Grammarly, which is still its flagship product.
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI revamps ChatGPT's shopping experience by letting users upload images or describe items and include criteria like their budget — OpenAI is rolling out a new shopping experience within ChatGPT to make it easier for users to find and compare products, after its Instant Checkout feature failed to take off.
More: OpenAI, TechCrunch, Adweek, Neowin, Blockonomi, and The Decoder
| Greg Bensinger / Reuters: |
Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month — Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Monday its Amazon Web Services region in Bahrain has been “disrupted” amid the current conflict …
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X: @quinnypig. LinkedIn: Kaan Kıyak. Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz. Forums: r/news and r/technology
| Financial Times: |
How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds — Donald Trump's unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates| Blake Stimac / CNET: |
Anthropic rolls out a computer use feature for Claude Cowork and the Claude Code desktop app, available in research preview on macOS for Pro and Max subscribers — The developer is boosting Claude's agentic capabilities in an apparent effort to compete with platforms like OpenClaw.
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LinkedIn: Raj Amin, Gabriel Omat, Jim Kaskade, and Felix Rieseberg
Forums: r/accelerate, r/InterstellarKinetics, and Slashdot
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Amazon acquired New York-based Fauna Robotics, which is developing a human-like, 42-inch tall robot that can interact with people, walk, grip items, and dance — Amazon.com Inc. acquired New York-based startup Fauna Robotics, becoming the latest technology giant to step into the burgeoning consumer humanoid market.| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Baltimore sues xAI, accusing it of violating consumer protection laws and engaging in deceptive trade practices by marketing Grok as generally safe — Lawsuits against Elon Musk's xAI are piling up, with Baltimore becoming the first major U.S. city to file a complaint against the company concerning issues …
More: The Guardian and Circuit Court For Baltimore City
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 26.4, with Playlist Playground, which generates an Apple Music playlist from a prompt, 8 new emojis, improved keyboard accuracy, and more — Apple has released iOS 26.4, bringing 13 enhancements to your iPhone. The new software update includes 8 new emoji characters …
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X: @betaprofiles, @emojipedia, @applesclubs, and @zollotech
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Microsoft agrees to a deal with Crusoe to lease a data center in Abilene, Texas, representing ~700 MW of capacity, after Oracle and OpenAI walked away — Microsoft Corp. has agreed to rent a data center project in Texas that was originally being developed for Oracle Corp. and OpenAI …
More: Reuters, DatacenterDynamics, Benzinga, Blockonomi, The Decoder, and TechRadar
Bluesky: @dmnd.me and @edzitron.com
| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI releases a set of prompts designed to be used with its open-weight safety model gpt-oss-safeguard that lets developers make their apps safer for teens — OpenAI said Tuesday it is releasing a set of prompts that developers can use to make their apps safer for teens.
More: OpenAI, The Next Web, The Independent, and Mashable
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
The NYSE partners with Securitize to develop the Digital Trading Platform, an alternative 24/7 trading system for tokenized stocks and ETFs on a blockchain — Under the exchange's plan, stocks would trade as digital tokens — The New York Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it was joining …
More: Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Crypto Briefing, Reuters, and The Crypto Basic
LinkedIn: Jorge Serna and Billy Miller
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$8B on cutting-edge EUV lithography chipmaking tools from ASML through 2027, as it competes with Samsung to supply DRAM and HBM — SK Hynix Inc. plans to spend 11.9 trillion won ($7.9 billion) on cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet lithography chipmaking tools … | Anthony Halpin / Bloomberg: |
Russian space startup Bureau 1440 says it launched 16 broadband internet satellites, an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network set to rival SpaceX — Russia's Bureau 1440 space company launched 16 broadband Internet satellites, marking an early operational step in a low-Earth orbit network … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: OpenAI nears a deal to raise ~$10B from Abu Dhabi's MGX, Coatue, and Thrive, bringing its latest funding round to ~$120B at a $730B valuation — OpenAI is nearing a deal to raise about $10 billion from venture investors, according to people familiar with the matter …
Bluesky: @edzitron.com
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo plans to cut its Switch 2 production this quarter by 33%, from 6M to 4M units, after weaker-than-expected holiday demand, especially in the US — Nintendo Co. is cutting back the production of Switch 2 after demand for the $450 gaming console trailed the company's expectations during …
More: HotHardware, Tom's Hardware, Engadget, MobileSyrup, Nintendo Life, Thurrott, GoNintendo, Video Games Chronicle, GamingBolt, iPhone in Canada, Kotaku, and The Shortcut
X: @firstadopter, @nintendeenyt, and @zerohedge. LinkedIn: Viktor Kopylov. Bluesky: @wario64. Mastodon: @djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place
Forums: r/consoles, r/NintendoSwitch, r/fucknintendo, r/nintendo, r/NintendoSwitch2, and r/Games
| CoinDesk: |
Circle shares fell as much as 18%, and Coinbase dropped about 8%, after a draft of the US Clarity Act raised the prospect of strict limits on stablecoin yield — The latest version of the Clarity Act is pressuring stocks as it would restrict stablecoin rewards. — What to know:| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
In a Kleiner podcast interview, DOD official Emil Michael says he will “never forget” nor “forgive” Uber investors that ousted him and Travis Kalanick in 2017 — Emil Michael, who serves as a senior technology official at the Department of Defense … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Google launches Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles, expanding its “open infrastructure” from infotainment to non-safety internal systems — Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles is an ‘open architecture’ for non-safety parts of the car's internal computer.
More: Ars Technica, The Keyword, 9to5Google, PhoneArena, Android Authority, Droid Life, and Podcasts
| Marina Temkin / TechCrunch: |
Doss, which provides an AI-native inventory management layer that integrates with existing accounting systems, raised a $55M Series B — Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often described as a company's ‘central brain’ because the software connects different departments …
More: $55M Series B
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