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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a “slight redesign” for macOS 27 to address Liquid Glass issues, plans a feature to automatically group Safari tabs in “27” OSes — Also: The latest on iOS 27 and the truth about the Vision Pro. — Apple is planning design changes …
More: Thurrott, Digital Trends, iClarified, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, The Mac Observer, iClarified, MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Apple Post, CNET, and Tom's Guide
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Forums: r/mac, r/apple, and MacRumors Forums
| Rick Findlay / Reclaim The Net: |
Google seems to require Google Play Services for passing next-gen reCAPTCHA on Android, denying de-Googled Android phones and creating surveillance issues — Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone …
More: PiunikaWeb, Android Authority, and OSnews
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Forums: Hacker News, r/privacy, and r/Android
| Jennah Haque / Bloomberg: |
Experian says 40% of the 5,000 data breaches it serviced in 2025 were AI-powered, and predicts agentic AI will be the leading cause of data breaches in 2026 — A few months ago, I received a congratulations letter on my upcoming enrollment at the Ultimate Medical Academy in Tampa, Florida.| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
Executives at Palantir, whose stock is up ~16x since its AI platform's 2023 debut, often decry other AI as slop, as competition from frontier AI labs stiffens — Investors and some employees see a real threat of the company ceding business to AI models — Palantir Technologies owes … | Bloomberg: |
Microsoft and G42's $1B geothermal-powered data center in Kenya stalls after the government couldn't provide annual payment guarantees that Microsoft requested — A major Microsoft Corp. data center site in East Africa has been delayed by disagreements with the Kenyan government …
More: Tech in Asia and Reuters
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Digital Asset, which builds Canton Network, a public blockchain with privacy features, is raising a ~$300M round led by a16z crypto at a ~$2B valuation — Digital Asset Holdings LLC, the company behind a blockchain used among several big banks and trading firms …
More: Tech in Asia, The Block, Blockonomi, Crypto Briefing, and Cointelegraph
| Echo Wang / Reuters: |
Sources: Cerebras plans to raise its IPO price range from $115-$125 per share to $150-$160 per share, potentially raising ~$4.8B at the top of the new range — Cerebras Systems is set to raise the size and price of its initial public offering as soon as Monday, as demand …
More: The Information, Tech in Asia, Crypto Briefing, and Bloomberg
| Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: |
A profile of Anduril CEO Brian Schimpf, a Palantir alum and self-identified Democrat, as Anduril's defense tech shakes up the US military-industrial complex — “The question isn't whether we can build the next Lockheed Martin, it's whether we can avoid becoming the thing we're trying to replace … | Anna Tong / Forbes: |
A look at Janitor AI, a romantic fantasy roleplay chatbot site run by three men that claims 2.5M DAUs and 15M total users, with 70% to 80% identifying as women — Despite its name, Janitor AI isn't selling productivity agents or enterprise copilots; it's serving up interactive erotic content …
LinkedIn: Anna Tong
| Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal: |
Most of the tech on display at this year's Border Security Expo was autonomous and AI-equipped, driven by the Trump administration's focus on US border security — Rapid gains in artificial-intelligence technology bring new competitors into the business of securing the border| Ken Macon / Reclaim The Net: |
FCC passed an anti-robocall proposal requiring telecoms, including VoIP providers, to verify user identities before activating service, raising privacy fears — The era of the anonymous phone number could be ending. On April 30, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved …
More: Gizmodo, Mashable, International Business Times, GSMArena.com, and The Parnas Perspective
X: @juliecbarrett, @brendancarrfcc, @reclaimthenethq, @tim_the_sandman, @blkhoih96132, @renztom, @taylorlorenz, @notcapnamerica, and @deephumor. Forums: Hacker News
| Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Consensus Conference, one of the biggest crypto conferences, which had a decidedly corporate sheen in 2026 amid Wall Street's embrace of digital assets — In Miami Beach, one of the biggest crypto conferences had a decidedly corporate sheen this year| Shane Snider / Data Center Knowledge: |
Sydney-based AI data center operator IREN agrees to acquire Mirantis, which offers Kubernetes management and cloud infrastructure software, for $625M in stock — The $625 million deal adds Kubernetes and enterprise ops to help turn deployed GPUs into usable, revenue-generating AI infrastructure.
More: IREN, Mirantis, The Block, SiliconANGLE, DevOps.com, and Coinpedia Fintech News
| Golnar Motevalli / Bloomberg: |
NetBlocks: Iran's 70+ day internet blackout is “the longest recorded national internet shutdown in a connected society”, as businesses warn of layoffs, closures — Iran's record internet blackout is taking a heavy toll on private businesses, with owners and industry officials warning …
More: CNN, Bitcoin News, Seoul Economic Daily, and International Business Times
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