Thursday

30 April 2026 Vol 19

Category: Tech

The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled

The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled

The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday it has finalized an order that bans General Motors and its OnStar telematics service…
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet

Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House last January, the biggest names in tech have mostly fallen in line…
Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe

Elon Musk said Wednesday he is “not aware of any naked underage images generated by Grok,” hours before the California…
OpenAI signs deal, worth $10 billion, for compute from Cerebras

OpenAI signs deal, worth $10 billion, for compute from Cerebras

OpenAI announced Wednesday that it had reached a multi-year agreement with AI chipmaker Cerebras. The chipmaker will deliver 750 megawatts…
Verizon is down nationwide | The Verge

Verizon is down nationwide | The Verge

The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain…
Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later

Neuroscientists Decipher Procrastination: A Brain Mechanism Explains Why People Leave Certain Tasks for Later

How does procrastination arise? The reason you decide to postpone household chores and spend your time browsing social media could…
Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin

Netflix’s first original video podcasts feature Pete Davidson and Michael Irvin

Netflix is increasing its investment in video podcasts, with its latest projects featuring famous comedian Pete Davidson and Cowboys Hall-of-Famer…
App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B

App downloads declined again in 2025, but consumer spending soared to nearly $156B

The subscription economy helped boost mobile app revenues in 2025, even as app downloads declined for the fifth consecutive year,…
Save Big on One of Our Favorite Desk Lamps from Lume Cube

Save Big on One of Our Favorite Desk Lamps from Lume Cube

Tired of sitting in a dark office while you work from home? You could save over $40 on one of…
AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems 

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems 

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the…