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| Christiana Loureiro / The Block: |
Silvergate Capital plans to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate Silvergate Bank, including “full repayment of all deposits” — - Silvergate Capital Corporation said it will wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate Silvergate Bank in accordance with applicable regulatory processes.
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| David Pierce / The Verge: |
Spotify redesigns its app's core homescreen with album and playlist covers and a TikTok-like vertical scroll of playlists, video podcasts, and more — Spotify is redesigning the core homescreen of its app, trying to make it easier for users to find new stuff to listen to — and watch.
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| Dell Cameron / Wired: |
The FBI acknowledges for the first time it bought US location data, director Christopher Wray says for a national security pilot project that's no longer active — Rather than obtaining a warrant, the bureau purchased sensitive data—a controversial practice that privacy advocates say is deeply problematic.
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| Alfred Ng / Politico: |
Ring turned over cam footage of inside a user's home and business after a judge's warrant gave police access to investigate a neighbor, raising privacy concerns — Police were investigating his neighbor. A judge gave officers access to all his security-camera footage, including inside his home.
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
The FBI is probing a data breach of DC Health Link servers impacting thousands, including US House members and staff; some data is already up for sale online — The FBI is investigating a data breach affecting U.S. House of Representatives members and staff after their account …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple re-shuffles management of its international businesses to focus more on India, which will become its own sales region at Apple for the first time — Apple Inc. is reshuffling management of its international businesses to put a bigger focus on India, according to people …
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| Yusuf Mehdi / Bing Blogs: |
Microsoft says it crossed 100M DAUs for Bing and the new Bing preview has millions of active users, of which roughly a third are new to the search engine — It's hard to believe it's been just over a month since we released the new AI-powered Bing and Edge to the world as your copilot for the web.
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The White House's proposed budget will include a provision to close tax loss harvesting on crypto transactions, with the change expected to raise up to $24B — The U.S. President is expected to unveil his budget proposal on Thursday. — U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed budget …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds its VPN service to all Google One plans in 22 countries, starting at $1.99 per month, and dark web monitoring for stolen personal info to Google One — After adding Magic Eraser last month, Google One is significantly expanding the availability of its VPN and introducing dark web monitoring for stolen information.
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| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
Source: JPMorgan is ending its relationship with Gemini; Gemini and Coinbase, JPMorgan's customers since 2020, say their relationship with the bank is intact — Coinbase said its banking relationship with JPMorgan remains intact. — Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.
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| Blake Brittain / Reuters: |
The US bans import of Peloton and iFit's video-streaming fitness devices after an ITC judge found they infringed on Dish Network's streaming technology patents — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Wednesday banned imports of video-streaming fitness devices made by Peloton Interactive Inc …
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| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Elon Musk apologizes after mocking laid-off, disabled Twitter employee Haraldur Thorleifsson, who joined in January 2021 after Twitter acquired his startup Ueno — If you're not told you are fired, are you really fired? At Twitter, probably. And then, sometimes, you get your job back — if you want it.
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| Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: |
Sources: Stripe is raising $6B at a $50B valuation from Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, a16z, and Founders Fund to help early employees exercise their RSUs — Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, and Founders Fund are participating in the round along with Goldman Sachs private wealth clients.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber is exploring whether to spin off its Uber Freight logistics arm, likely via an IPO, to focus on its growing ride hailing and food delivery units — Uber Technologies Inc. is exploring whether to spin off its Uber Freight logistics arm in a sale or as a separate publicly traded company … | Chloe Xiang / VICE: |
Experts criticize Koko, a mental health nonprofit, for directing some at-risk users on Facebook, Tumblr, Discord, and other platforms to a chatbot for a study — Koko, a mental health nonprofit, found at-risk teens on platforms like Facebook and Tumblr, then tested an unproven intervention on them without obtaining informed consent.
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Humane, founded by two former Apple executives, raised a $100M Series C and partners with OpenAI and Microsoft; patents suggest plans to build a wearable device — Humane to launch its first product this spring, with patents suggesting it may be a wearable deviceSponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
UiPath Unveils 10 Innovations that Will Shape the Agentic Future — Orchestration engine, API workflows and agentic testing among key features of new UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation, launched at UiPath DevCon 2025
Zoho:
Zoho Books now enables direct VAT filing with EmaraTax — We're excited to announce that Zoho Books is now recognised as a Digital Tax Integrator by the Federal Tax Authority, enabling direct VAT return filing from within your favorite accounting software.
Zoho Books now enables direct VAT filing with EmaraTax — We're excited to announce that Zoho Books is now recognised as a Digital Tax Integrator by the Federal Tax Authority, enabling direct VAT return filing from within your favorite accounting software.
IDrive:
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