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4 April 2026 Vol 19

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Malaysia will require trade permits for U.S. AI chips

Malaysia is taking on a bigger role in helping the U.S. prevent advanced AI chips from ending up in China.…

NotebookLM adds featured notebooks from The Economist, The Atlantic and others

Google is transforming its popular AI-powered research and note-taking assistant, NotebookLM, into more of a destination. The company announced Monday…

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center

Meta is currently building out a data center, called Hyperion, which the company expects to supply its new AI lab…

GM to challenge China’s LFP monopoly with upgraded battery factory

GM said Monday it is working with joint venture partner LG Energy Solution to upgrade its Ultium battery factory to…

Google’s Pixel 8 Pro is $599, and includes a free Pixel Watch 2

The Pixel 9A is a tempting phone for $499, but even more tempting is the 128GB Pixel 8 Pro, which…

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe’s voting control slips following divorce settlement 

Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe has transferred a portion of his ownership stake and voting power as part of…

How AI can make us better decision-makers, with Cassie Kozyrkov

Hello, and welcome to Decoder! This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, cohost of Closing Bell Overtime, and creator and host…

TC All Stage launches tomorrow in Boston, and ticket prices rise

TechCrunch All Stage officially kicks off tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. ET at SoWa Power Station in Boston — and that’s…

Elmo’s X account hacked to publish racist and antisemetic posts

In case it wasn’t obvious, no, that’s not the real Elmo that posted racist and antisemetic posts on Elon Musk’s…

The Download: California’s AI power plans, and and why it’s so hard to make welfare AI fair

California’s statewide power grid operator is poised to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence to manage…