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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
OpenAI closed a $122B funding round led by SoftBank, a16z, and others at an $852B post-money valuation, after previously announcing the round would total $110B — OpenAI on Tuesday announced that it closed a record-breaking funding round at a post-money valuation of $852 billion.
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X: @alexkehr, @scobleizer, @edzitron, @boringbiz_, @dgt10011, @naveengrao, @openai, @reach_vb, @andrewyang, @kimmonismus, @sawyermerritt, @financedircfo, @sherwinwu, and @kimmonismus
Forums: Hacker News, r/accelerate, r/ChatGPT, r/OpenAI, r/singularity, and r/ArtificialInteligence
| Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: |
Claude Code's source code leaked via a misconfigured npm package, revealing internal codenames, a “Self-Healing Memory” architecture, and more — Anthropic appears to have accidentally revealed the inner workings of one of its most popular and lucrative AI products, the agentic AI harness Claude Code, to the public.
More: GitHub, Vineet Agarwal, DEV Community, Ars Technica, The Register, Fortune, Decrypt, The Verge, Security Affairs, Bitcoin News, The Deep View, Cyber Security News, eWeek, Implicator.ai, TestingCatalog, iPhone in Canada, The Information, and The Algorithmic Bridge
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Bluesky: @carnage4life and @markriedl
Mastodon: @peter@thepit.social and @jalcine@todon.eu
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/pwnhub, and Ars OpenForum
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Anthropic confirms it leaked parts of Claude Code's source code, saying the leak was “a release packaging issue caused by human error, not a security breach” — Anthropic leaked part of the internal source code for its popular artificial intelligence coding assistant, Claude Code, the company confirmed on Tuesday.
More: BleepingComputer, Capital Brief, GitHub, Gizmodo, Crypto Briefing, Axios, Techstrong.ai, Livemint, The New Stack, and SiliconANGLE
Bluesky: @metacurity.com, @doublepulsar.com, @markmadsen, and @spavel
| Socket: |
A supply chain attack compromised HTTP client Axios, which has 100M weekly npm downloads, introducing a malicious dependency into specific npm releases — Socket Research Team … Our analysis shows the malicious package deploys a multi-stage payload, including a remote access trojan …
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LinkedIn: Andrew Morgan and Shane Carley
Bluesky: @ernie.tedium.co, @zackwhittaker.com, and @socket.dev
Mastodon: @geerlingguy@mastodon.social and @mttaggart@infosec.exchange
Forums: Hacker News, r/ClaudeAI, r/hacking, r/cybersecurity, and Lobsters
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
Google attributes the supply chain attack on HTTP client Axios to a suspected North Korean threat actor it calls UNC1069 — A suspected North Korean hacker has hijacked and modified a popular open source software development tool to deliver malware that could put millions of developers at risk of being compromised.
More: Reuters, KTVZ, Elastic Security Labs, Google Cloud Blog, and Nextgov/FCW
| Bloomberg: |
Google researchers warn that quantum computers may crack elliptic-curve cryptography, which helps secure crypto wallets, with 20x fewer resources than expected — Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin …
More: Google Research, arXiv.org, Blockchain.News, Decrypt, Ars Technica, Mashable, The Quantum Insider, Forbes, Help Net Security, The Block, CoinMarketCap Academy, Bitcoin News, ZyCrypto, and CryptoSlate
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LinkedIn: Jimmy Vallee, Matteo Lodi, Alejandro Rodríguez …, Simone Montangero, Andrei Faraon, and Jan A. Krzywda
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Sources: Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs in its latest layoffs as the company continues to ramp AI spending; as of May 2025, Oracle employed 162,000 people — Software maker Oracle has started telling employees that it's conducting a round of layoffs, two people familiar with the move told CNBC.
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LinkedIn: Tricia S Marsh, Richard Karb, and Grant Hastin
Forums: r/technology, r/technology, r/wallstreetbets, and r/france
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Google says all users in the US can now change their Google Account username; users are restricted to one username change every 12 months — Your old email will still be available as an alternate address. … Many of us have a poorly chosen email address that's laced with regret, but we're now stuck with it.
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Bluesky: @anildash.com, @permadeath.com, and @quinnypig.com
Threads: @imdavidpierce and @chriswelch
| Julia Shapero / The Hill: |
Iran says it will start targeting US tech companies such as Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla in the Middle East on Wednesday at 8pm local time — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it plans to target major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East …
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X: @rpsagainsttrump, @dna, @ericldaugh, @adamjohnsonchi, @kobeissiletter, @dropsitenews, and @lizmacdonaldfox. Bluesky: @paularmstrongtbd
Forums: r/politics and r/redscarepod
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Meta unveils the $499 Ray-Ban Meta Blayzer Optics and Scriber Optics, with swappable nosepads and compatibility with more prescription lenses, on sale April 14 — Meta is also adding new translation and food-tracking abilities to all its frames. — The latest iteration of Meta's smart glasses …
More: Meta Newsroom, Meta, CNET, MediaPost, Digital Trends, Android Central, iPhone in Canada, TechRadar, PCMag, Android Police, Thurrott, TestingCatalog, and ZDNET
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is testing letting Siri process multiple requests in a single query in iOS 27, and explored a Grammarly-like keyboard that expands autocorrect — Apple Inc. is testing a feature that would let Siri process multiple requests in a single query, according to people familiar with the matter …
More: MacRumors, Redmond Pie, PhoneArena, Android Headlines, SamMobile, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada, TechRadar, The American Bazaar, Cult of Mac, iClarified, and 9to5Mac
Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums
| Dana Wollman / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia invests $2B in chipmaker Marvell and says the two companies plan to work on silicon photonics tech, enabling high-speed data transmission; MRVL jumps 9%+ — Nvidia Corp. is taking a $2 billion stake in Marvell Technology Inc. and opening up its system to allow Marvell …
More: Nvidia Newsroom, Network World, Financial Times, Pulse 2.0, The Next Platform, The Information, Barron's Online, Motley Fool, TheStreet, Techstrong.ai, Barchart.com, and CNBC
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LinkedIn: Rahul Todi and Bill Vass
| Chris Sommerfeldt / Politico: |
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani allows city agencies to use TikTok, with some restrictions, reversing a 2023 ban his predecessor enacted over data security concerns — The @nycmayor handle had been inactive since 2023 when former Mayor Eric Adams banned TikTok from being used on city government devices due …
More: Wired, Livemint, AM New York, Tubefilter, New York City, NY Patch, New York Times, Newsmax, and WNYW-TV
| Sabrina Ortiz / The Deep View: |
Salesforce announces over 30 new features for Slack, including a meeting transcription feature and an operator mode to complete multi-step tasks on the desktop — For years, Slack has been where teams go to communicate. Now, it's setting its sights on something bigger …
More: VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, ITPro, Implicator.ai, and The Economic Times
X: @slackhq and @salesforce
| Samantha Kelly / Bloomberg: |
Source: Google plans to release a screenless Fitbit band later this year; it will include basic features and require a paid subscription for more functionality — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is developing its own fitness band, aiming to compete with screenless wearable devices from upstarts like Whoop Inc. and Oura Health Oy.| Sebastian Mallaby / Colossus: |
An excerpt from the book The Infinity Machine details how DeepMind's early governance battles with Google changed Demis Hassabis from an idealist into a realist — The inside story of how DeepMind's experiments in AI safety governance transformed Demis Hassabis from an idealist into a realist
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Sources: threat actors stole Cisco source code by breaching its internal development environment using credentials from a recent Trivy supply chain attack — Cisco has suffered a cyberattack after threat actors used stolen credentials from the recent Trivy supply chain attack to breach …
X: @dystopiabreaker, @daniellefong, @mattjay, @lukolejnik, and @gbrl_dick
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Veo 3.1 Lite, costing <50% of Veo 3.1 Fast and meant for “high-volume video applications”, and affirms its commitment to video generation tools — Following OpenAI's Sora exit last week, Google today said it's committed to offering video generation while announcing Veo 3.1 Lite.
More: The Keyword, The Verge, The Decoder, Android Authority, and The Deep View
X: @mark_k, @googleaidevs, @flowbygoogle, @vraserx, @googledevs, @bindureddy, and @officiallogank. Forums: r/Bard
| Aarian Marshall / Wired: |
Letters to Sen. Ed Markey: six autonomous vehicle companies say remote assistants don't directly control vehicles; Tesla says its operators are allowed to do so — The electric-car maker says it happens rarely and at speeds below 10 mph. But the disclosure—in response to a US senator's questions …
More: Gizmodo, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Axios, Fast Company, Senator Ed Markey, Edward Markey, and Senator Ed Markey
| Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: AT&T agreed last week to a deal worth up to $2B to upgrade the FirstNet emergency cellular network it runs for the Commerce Department — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick hashed out FirstNet program changes with AT&T CEO — AT&T agreed to a deal worth up to $2 billion … | Lola Murti / CNBC: |
Snap shares climbed 14% on Tuesday after activist investor Irenic suggested changes to boost the stock's value 7x, such as cutting staff by 21% and ending Specs — Shares of Snap climbed 14% Tuesday after shareholder Irenic Capital Management sent a letter to CEO Evan Spiegel outlining changes …
More: Bloomberg, The Information, Barron's Online, Reuters, Blockonomi, The Wrap, Wall Street Journal, and Irenic. Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz
| Samantha Subin / CNBC: |
Austin-based Saronic, which builds military autonomous ships, raised a $1.75B Series D led by Kleiner Perkins at a $9.25B valuation, up from $4B in Feb. 2025 — Autonomous ship startup Saronic said Tuesday that it's raised $1.75 billion as it ramps up production to meet mounting U.S. military demand …
More: Saronic Technologies, SiliconANGLE, Investing.com, The Robot Report, Blockonomi, Defense One, Axios, Barron's Online, and Austin Business Journal
X: @saronic, @ktmboyle, @sourceryy, @varungupta, @jtlonsdale, @mavrookasd, and @sebastiancaliri. LinkedIn: Aaron Berkey
| Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: |
Samsung launches Hearapy, a free Android app to mitigate motion sickness by playing a 100Hz sine wave tone; a 60-second session can provide two hours of relief — Listening to a 100Hz sine wave tone for just 60 seconds could reduce motion sickness symptoms for up to two hours.
More: MobileSyrup and The Indian Express
| Chris Metinko / Axios: |
Kestra, an open-source workflow orchestration startup, raised a $25M Series A led by RTP Global, as Kestra looks to expand its go-to-market strategy — Kestra, an open-source workflow orchestration startup, raised a $25 million Series A led by RTP Global, CEO Emmanuel Darras tells Axios Pro exclusively.
More: Tech.eu, Kestra, FinSMEs, Kestra's Blog, and The Next Web
| Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: |
Mercor confirmed it was affected by a recent supply chain attack involving LiteLLM; hacker group Lapsus$ claims it accessed and stole Mercor's data — Mercor, a popular AI recruiting startup, has confirmed a security incident linked to a supply chain attack involving the open-source project LiteLLM.
X: @archiexzzz
| Iain Martin / Forbes: |
Sequoia says Doug Leone is returning in a newly created role of chairman, after he announced his retirement in 2022 from his role as “senior steward” — Three years after his official retirement, the Midas List investor is back as a partner making active investments at the blue chip Silicon Valley fund.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Depthfirst, which aims to build a “general security intelligence” for finding and fixing company vulnerabilities, raised an $80M Series B at a $580M valuation — AI cybersecurity firm Depthfirst has scored $120 million in funding to build a kind of “general security intelligence” that can defend against malicious AI.
More: SiliconANGLE, depthfirst, FinSMEs, and Pulse 2.0
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly”, following a similar incident in December; the satellite likely exploded — It follows a similar incident from December. … SpaceX says it lost contact with a Starlink satellite after suffering an “anomaly.”
More: Engadget, The Register, Gizmodo, MobileSyrup, and CNET
X: @starlink, @nasaspaceflight, @blobifie, @dpoddolphinpro, @djsnm, and @mcrs987
Forums: r/StockMarket, r/WallStreetbetsELITE, r/technology, and r/spacex
| Vanessa Hand Orellana / CNET: |
Samsung rolls out blood pressure monitoring for Galaxy Watch 4 and newer models in the US, requiring a traditional upper-arm blood pressure cuff and a new app — The globally available feature is finally rolling out in the US, but you'll need to buy extra hardware to use it.
More: Samsung Newsroom, The Verge, TechRadar, Gadgets & Wearables, Android Police, Forbes, and SamMobile. Forums: r/Android
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