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April 2, 2026, 4:26 AM
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The Economic Times:
Sources: Oracle has cut ~10,000 jobs in India, or ~20% of its Indian workforce, as part of a restructuring that has reportedly affected 30,000 staff worldwide  —  Oracle has cut around 10,000 jobs in India, sources told ET.  This is part of a global restructuring affecting 30,000 employees.
Bloomberg:
Sources: SpaceX has filed confidentially for an IPO, putting it on track for a June listing; SpaceX could reportedly seek a $1.75T+ valuation and raise ~$75B  —  SpaceX has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
Tim Cook reflects on 50 years of Apple, Steve Jobs' legacy, reaffirming the company's values, working with a “very accessible” Trump administration, and more  —  Apple's iconic CEO speaks exclusively with Esquire about fifty years of Apple history—and the future the company is continuing to create.
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio as its own, a practice that could violate the software's license  —  The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve has gone from bad to worse this week.  Among the fresh allegations …
Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data says $250M+ moved from Drift's wallet to an interim wallet  —  The platform halted deposits while it investigates suspicious activity and urges users to proceed with caution.
Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Franklin Templeton agrees to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to form Franklin Crypto, which will offer strategies designed for institutional investors  —  Money manager's crypto investment unit will offer strategies designed for institutional investors
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google increases the storage of its $19.99 per month AI Pro subscription plan to 5TB, up from 2TB, at no additional cost; 10TB costs $49.99 per month  —  Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage.  —  Previously, subscribers of the $19.99 per month plan got 2 TB, just like the $9.99 tier.
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December 2025 and February 2026 hikes, and unveils a 3GB Pi 4 for $83.75  —  Prices are going up by over $100 in some cases thanks to those AI fools. … As of today, the price of the 16GB version …
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch:
Cognichip, which is building an AI model for chip design, raised a $60M Series A led by Seligman Ventures, with participation from new board member Lip-Bu Tan  —  The most advanced silicon chips have accelerated the development of artificial intelligence.  Now, can AI return the favor?
Financial Times:
Source: AWS' operation in Bahrain was damaged after an Iranian strike; Bahrain earlier said the civil defence force was “extinguishing a fire in a facility”  —  US president says he would not consider the move unless Strait of Hormuz is reopened  —  Some content could not load.
The Information:
Anthropic's Claude Code leak reveals its “Kairos” updates, including letting Claude work in the background and using a “dream mode” to consolidate its memories  —  Anthropic's cybersecurity employees have probably spent the past week scolding their colleagues.
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic is racing to contain the fallout after accidentally leaking Claude Code's source code, issuing a copyright takedown request to remove 8,000+ copies

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David Ellison / @ellisonskydance:
David Ellison announces that the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance “to preserve what has made each of these studios iconic”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney licenses a large group of titles to Netflix, including all five Ice Age movies, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Felicity, Elio, and more

Scott Nover / Washington Post:
State Dept. inspector general: the Trump administration has been paying about $1.6M a week to keep 420 VOA employees on administrative leave, based on July data

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Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Crypto asset manager CoinShares began trading on the Nasdaq on April 1, marking its entry into US public markets after its $1.2B SPAC merger with Vine Hill

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Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Sources: Paradigm, a major investor in Kalshi, is building its own prediction markets trading terminal that will cater to professional traders and market makers
Hema Parmar / Bloomberg:
Secondary share marketplaces say OpenAI shares have fallen out of favor, in some cases becoming difficult to unload, as investors pivot quickly to Anthropic
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Intel agrees to pay $14.2B to repurchase Apollo's 49% stake in the Fab 34 JV in Ireland, and plans to issue $6.5B in new debt to fund it; INTC closed up 8.84%
Bloomberg:
Google researchers warn that quantum computers may crack elliptic-curve cryptography, which helps secure crypto wallets, with ~20x fewer resources than expected
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