Thursday

23 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’

Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’

On Thursday, Anthropic released the latest version of Opus — its most advanced model and a particularly important model for…
Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools

Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools

In May, AI sales automation startup Clay said it was allowing most of its employees to sell some of their…
Motorola Moto Watch Review: Polar-Powered

Motorola Moto Watch Review: Polar-Powered

However, rendered here in Motorola’s Watch app, everything looks fun and easy! Motorola (and Polar, I guess) uses Apple’s “close…
Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric

Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric

The Trump administration announced this week the U.S. government would work to build a $11.7 billion stockpile of critical minerals.…
Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans

Data breach at govtech giant Conduent balloons, affecting millions more Americans

A data breach at government technology giant Conduent appears to affect far more people than first disclosed, with the number…
Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis

Fundamental raises $255 million Series A with a new take on big data analysis

An AI lab called Fundamental emerged from stealth on Thursday, offering a new foundation model to solve an old problem:…
OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents

OpenAI Frontier is a single platform to control your AI agents

Managing humans is hard. Managing AI agents is… also hard. That’s why OpenAI is launching a new platform called OpenAI…
The Download: Attempting to track AI, and the next generation of nuclear power

The Download: Attempting to track AI, and the next generation of nuclear power

Every time OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic drops a new frontier large language model, the AI community holds its breath. It…
Three questions about next-generation nuclear power, answered

Three questions about next-generation nuclear power, answered

A recent NPR investigation found that the Trump administration had secretly rewritten nuclear rules, stripping environmental protections and loosening safety…
Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue

Google’s subscriptions rise in Q4 as YouTube pulls $60B in yearly revenue

Alphabet-owned YouTube’s subscription and ad revenue is trending upwards. The company on Wednesday said it now has 325 million paying…