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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: TechCrunch, Reuters, BGR, RedState, The New European, The Crypto Times, International Business Times, and Livemint
| 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 Verge, The Daily Dot, Newsweek, Dexerto, Mashable, The Sun, and The Express Tribune
Mastodon: @dsilverman@mastodon.social. X: @regularaugust, @klobstar, @jaredlholt, @kommiattrition, @duplavortex, @jaredlholt, @agoldmund, and @lumpythecook. Forums: r/4chan
| 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.
More: Business Insider, Reuters, Ars Technica, Vanity Fair, MEDIANAMA, Latin Times, Business Standard, The Wrap, CNN, Fox Business, Newser, Associated Press, LBCIV7, CBS News, Deadline, CBS News, Washington Post, The Straits Times, Semafor, and New York Times
Threads: @andymstone and @vishwanathsarangkeller
X: @bbenedict33, @jason_kint, @zamaan_qureshi, @modestproposal1, @mikeisaac, @bbenedict33, @emeraldrobinson, @cernovich, @brianstelter, @matthewstoller, @leehepner, @eric_seufert, @matthewstoller, @matthewstoller, @bbenedict33, @brianstelter, and @matthewstoller
Forums: r/NoShitSherlock, r/technology, and Ars OpenForum
| Bloomberg: |
More: Reuters, New York Times, Axios, Digit, Business Times, BusinessCloud, The Verge, DNA India, Moneycontrol, MEDIANAMA, Associated Press, Livemint, Benzinga, Just The News, India Today, BBC, Le Monde, The Hill, Android Headlines, PhoneArena, and LADbible
X: @jason_kint, @matthewstoller, @nhegde, @bbenedict33, @halsinger, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| New York Times: |
More: The Week, Stratechery, Meta, Deadline, BBC, StrictlyVC, The Indian Express, Trak.in, Quartz, Music Ally, Big Tech on Trial, The Economic Times, The Overspill, MarketWatch, Meta, UPI, Yahoo Finance, The Verge, NPR, Axios, Cryptopolitan, The Post Millennial, Breitbart, Spyglass, NPR, The Information, PetaPixel, Politico, Business Insider, and Semafor
Threads: @firerock31 and @spyglass_feed
X: @alexeheath, @briancalbrecht, @loudmouthjulia, @choprausa, @jeffreywestling, @katienotopoulos, @lukewgoldstein, @andymstone, @amyklobuchar, @joel_kaplan, @jason_kint, @adamkovac, @morningsmaria, @semaforben, @mrddmia, @zamaan_qureshi, @stockmarketnerd, @bbenedict33, @jason_kint, @johnmarknewman, @stephenkentx, @econliberties, and @leehepner. Forums: r/NPR
| 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
| 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, ZDNET, CNET, Thurrott, BleepingComputer, CyberInsider, How-To Geek, Android Police, Android Authority, The Verge, Neowin, Stuff, Cyber Security News, and nextpit. Forums: r/Android
| 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, Metacurity, Associated Press, CSO, CGTN, Wall Street Journal, Nextgov/FCW, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, and BusinessLIVE
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz, @danwblack, and @kimzetter
Mastodon: @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @Bing_Chris@mastodon.social
Forums: r/worldnews and r/Global_News_Hub
| 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: |
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Forums: r/intelstock, r/hardware, and r/AMD_Stock
| 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
| 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| 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 … | 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: |
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
| Anu Adegbola / Search Engine Land: |
Temu shut off Google Shopping ads in the US on April 9; its App Store app ranking then plummeted from around third or fourth place to 58th in three days — The crash of its App Store rank reveals how heavily Temu was reliant on Google advertising for paid acquisiton. — Chat with SearchBot| 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 …
More: Benzinga, TipRanks Financial, The Decoder, Bloomberg, Newsmax, Barron's Online, MarketWatch, Verdict, CoinGape, CNBC, The Register, The Daily Wire, Cryptopolitan, and Axios
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: NVIDIA, The White House, Tech Monitor, Evertiq AB, Reuters, Gizchina.com, RCR Wireless News, The Guardian, Taiwan News, Capacity Media, TipRanks Financial, TechInformed, Lowyat.NET, Tech in Asia, TrendForce News, Benzinga, AIwire, Barron's Online, 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
| 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, Barron's Online, and Reuters
| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
OpenAI plans to wind down the availability of GPT-4.5 via its API on July 14, 2025, after launching the model as a research preview on February 27, 2025 — OpenAI said on Monday that it would soon wind down the availability of GPT-4.5, its largest-ever AI model, via its API.| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
More: OpenAI, The Verge, OpenAI on YouTube, Wired, CryptoSlate, Analytics India Magazine, Forbes, Tom's Guide, Tech in Asia, Digit, Blockchain.News, Neowin, TestingCatalog, iPhone in Canada Blog, 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, @wolframrvnwlf, @sama, @bindureddy, @paulg, @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
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