- The New Yorker·8h ago
Corruption Toppled Viktor Orbán. Could Donald Trump Be Next?
Skip to main contentNewsletterThe LatestNewsBooks & CultureFiction & PoetryHumor & CartoonsMagazinePuzzles & GamesVideoPodcastsGoings OnShop“Corruption is the Achilles’ heel of autocrats. It’s...
AIApplePoliticsHealth - CNBC Top News·8h ago
AI chipmaker Cerebras files to go public after scrapping IPO plans last year
watch nowCerebras, a producer of chips that run artificial intelligence models, on Friday filed to go public on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CBRS."Cerebras reported a $87.9 million in net income on $510...
AIMarketsPolitics - CNBC Top News·8h ago
Trump says he had 'no idea' Anthropic's Amodei met with White House about Mythos
watch nowThe White House said its meeting with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei was "productive and constructive" on Friday, the latest sign of a potential thaw in the standoff between the government and the...
AIMarketsApplePoliticsHealth - CNBC Top News·8h ago
AMD, Oracle, Microsoft and the IGV lead a monster week for tech stocks
watch nowBig Tech stocks capped a massive week on Friday, with shares of Oracle, Advanced Micro Devices and Microsoft posting historic gains and benchmarks.Oracle climbed 27% this week, its best week since...
AIMarketsPolitics - The Verge·10h ago
OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving
Sora head Bill Peebles, as well as the company’s VP of AI for Science, are departing the company.Sora head Bill Peebles, as well as the company’s VP of AI for Science, are departing the company.by Jay...
AIHealth - 9to5Mac·11h ago
HomeKit Weekly: The Ulticam IQ brings PoE and Gemini AI to a Matter-certified smart camera
Xthings recently released the Ulticam IQ V2, touting it as the first Matter-certified AI security camera. It boasts an impressive list of features that includes Power over Ethernet, 4K resolution, and some...
AIApple - The Verge·11h ago
Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date?
Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.Tinder users who prove they’re a real person by...
AIHealth - TechCrunch·11h ago
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’
OpenAI is losing two of the architects of its most ambitious moonshots. Kevin Weil, who led the company’s science research initiative, and Bill Peebles, the researcher behind AI video tool Sora, both...
AIHealth - CNBC Top News·11h ago
Average tax refund is 11.2% higher, latest IRS filing data shows
Milan Markovic | E+ | Getty ImagesThe average tax refund is 11.2% higher this season, compared with about the same period in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data.As of April 10, the average refund...
AIMarketsClimatePoliticsHealth - The Verge·11h ago
Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces
The Trump administration has spent nearly two months fighting with AI company Anthropic. It’s dubbed the company a “RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY” full of “Leftwing nut jobs” and a menace to national security....
AIMarketsApplePolitics - 9to5Mac·12h ago
Apple to showcase nearly 60 studies and demos at upcoming AI conference
Apple is one of the sponsors of this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations, running April 23 through 27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where it will present dozens of studies. Here’s what to...
AIApple - The New Yorker·12h ago
El retorno de la detención familiar
Durante el gobierno de Trump, miles de niños han sido detenidos y muchos han sufrido de negligencia médica. Sarah Stillman investiga la difícil situación de las familias migrantes retenidas en el Centro de Procesamiento de Inmigrantes de Dilley, en el sur de Texas.
AIMarketsCryptoAppleSpaceClimatePoliticsHealth - TechCrunch·12h ago
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges
AI coding startup Cursor is nearing new funding in which the four-year-old company would raise at least $2 billion in fresh capital, according to four sources familiar with the matter. Returning investors...
AI - CNBC Top News·12h ago
Perspective: AI demand is inflated, and only Anthropic is being realistic
The main demand signal for artificial intelligence looks explosive on paper, but it may be significantly overstated. Anthropic, by pricing its tools for that reality, might be the best-positioned AI company...
AIMarketsAppleHealth - Hacker News (Front Page)·13h ago
"cat readme.txt" is not safe if you use iTerm2
In a previous post about AI-discovered bugs in Vim and Emacs, we looked at how seemingly harmless workflows could cross a surprising line into code execution. This time we wanted to push that idea even...
AI - TechCrunch·13h ago
‘Tokenmaxxing’ is making developers less productive than they think
There’s an old saw in management: What you measure matters. And, typically, you get more of whatever you’re measuring. Software engineers have debated productivity metrics for decades, starting with lines of...
AIClimateHealth - BBC World·13h ago
Thousands celebrate open-air Mass with Pope Leo in Cameroon - in pictures
10 hours agoPaul Njie,BBC Africa, Japoma Stadium, DoualaandHafsa KhalilEPAMore than 120,000 people have joined Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon for an open-air Mass, the biggest crowd so far during his 11-day Africa...
AIHealth - Ars Technica·14h ago
Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much electricity as hundreds of thousands of US homes—but that massive buildout faces...
AISpace - The New Yorker·14h ago
Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death
On The New Yorker Radio Hour, Patrick Radden Keefe, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son.
AIApplePoliticsHealth - Ars Technica·14h ago
Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
In October, an Amazon representative said the company doesn’t have plans to update current Fire OS devices to Vega, German IT publication Heise Online reported. Fire OS blamed for pirating Before Vega,...
AI - The Verge·14h ago
This charming gadget writes bad AI poetry
I’ve never been as charmed and frustrated by one gadget as I have with the Poetry Camera.It’s a delightful object. White and cherry red with a color-matched woven strap, it looks playful and adorably lo-fi....
AIApple - Hacker News (Front Page)·15h ago
Kyber (YC W23) Is Hiring a Head of Engineering
At Kyber, we're building the next-generation document platform for enterprises. Today, our AI-native solution transforms regulatory document workflows, enabling insurance claims organizations to consolidate 80% of their templates, spend 65% less time drafting, and compress overall communication cycle times by 5x. Our vision is for every enterprise to seamlessly leverage AI templates to generate every document. Over the past 18 months, we’ve: - >40x’d revenue and are profitable. - Landed multiple six and seven figure, multi-year contracts with leading insurance enterprises. - Launched strategic partnerships with industry leading software partners like Guidewire, Majesco, and Twilio Sendgrid. Kyber is backed by top Silicon Valley VCs, including Y Combinator and Fellows Fund. We're seeking a hands-on Head of Engineering with a clear line of sight to CTO. This role is ideal for someone who is already operating as a 10x engineer, thrives in early stage environments, and is excited to design and scale mission-critical AI systems from first principles. Responsibilities: - Be the Technical Owner of the Product - Own end-to-end technical decisions across backend, frontend, data, infra. - Ship features personally while keeping the team unblocked. - Prioritize an Aggressive Product Roadmap - Lead sprint/weekly planning and keep priorities tight - Protect focus: decisively manage tradeoffs, push back when needed - Unlock Leverage to Boost Engineering Capacity - Scale adoption of Agentic AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Greptile) into large scale engineering and product workflows to accelerate time to market. - Establish reusable patterns and interfaces so engineers and agents aren’t reinventing everything. - Champion Reliability, Security, and Customer Trust - Own uptime, performance, and incident response. - Implement monitoring/alerts + fast debugging workflows. - Mentor & Raise the Engineering Bar - Set expectations for quality and ownership. - Help recruit and evaluate future hires. What We’re Looking For in You: - 10x Engineer with a love of building - Your raw coding ability should be unmatched and only deeply amplified by AI. - You love to build and relish seeing customers delighted by your work. - Ship first, optimize and harden later - You get something out as quickly as possible, prove it was the right thing to build, and then optimize and harden it. - System Design Mastery - You've architected large scale data-driven applications and have a full E2E understanding of what tradeoffs to make when. - Systems-first thinking - Not just in architecture, but also for how an AI-native engineering team will operate as we continue to grow. - Accountability - You're prepared and have been in roles before where you've had to hold other engineers accountable for their deliverables. - Security and Compliance - You've dealt with enterprise software compliance requirements (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO, etc) and are comfortable incorporating those requirements in tandem with product build out. Our Values - Possible Until Proven Otherwise - Challenge assumptions with evidence. If it’s impossible, show us why. - LOVE Your Customer - Put customers at the heart of everything. Earn trust, deliver value, grow together. - Take Pride In Your Craft - Creating something from nothing is a privilege—embrace the process and perfect the details. - Live Up To Your Expectations - Set your standards high and let’s exceed them together—because no one should expect more of you than yourself. - Have Fun & Nurture Those Around You - The joy of building is amplified when shared. Remember to support, uplift, and celebrate each other as we grow. Benefits - Competitive salary - Generous stock package - 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance Why Kyber? Join us in building and scaling a game-changing enterprise product powered by state-of-the-art AI. At Kyber, your contributions will directly impact how businesses handle some of their most critical workflows and customer interactions. If you’re obsessed with building, AI, and transforming enterprise workflows, we’d love to hear from you! How To Stand Out We want to hear from extraordinary individuals who are ready to shape the future of enterprise documents. To stand out, ask someone you’ve worked with to send your resume or LinkedIn profile, along with a brief 2-3 sentence endorsement, directly to arvind [at] askkyber.com. Referrals matter. They help us understand the impact you’ve already had and the kind of teammate you’ll be. A strong referee can elevate your application, so choose someone who knows your skills and character well. Apply today and help us bring enterprise documents into the AI-native age.
AIHealth - Stratechery·15h ago
2026.16: Servers, Satellites, and Stars
(Amazon) Welcome back to This Week in Stratechery! As a reminder, each week, every Friday, we’re sending out this overview of content in the Stratechery bundle; highlighted links are free for everyone....
AIAppleSpaceHealth - CNBC Top News·15h ago
Why the stock market is hitting records despite Iran war
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on April 16, 2026. NYSEU.S. stocks climbed to record highs on Thursday and continued to rise Friday against a backdrop of war, an oil supply shock and economic...
AIMarketsClimatePolitics - Hacker News (Front Page)·15h ago
Spending 3 months coding by hand
Brooklyn, New York. March 2026.I decided to move to Brooklyn for a coding retreat. There were some personal reasons that brought me back to the US. But rather than heading immediately back to work, I wanted...
AIApplePoliticsHealth - TechCrunch·15h ago
Chef Robotics escaped the robot cooking graveyard and says it’s thriving — here’s why
Chef Robotics CEO Rajat Bhageria likes to tell people — correctly — that his industry is a veritable startup graveyard. Whether you’re talking about Chowbotics, a salad-making startup that was acquired and...
AIMarketsCrypto - Hacker News (Front Page)·16h ago
Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7 migration guide says the new tokenizer uses "roughly 1.0 to 1.35x as many tokens" as 4.6. I measured 1.47x on technical docs. 1.45x on a real CLAUDE.md file. The top of Anthropic's...
AICrypto - 9to5Mac·16h ago
Anthropic launches Claude Design following Opus 4.7 model upgrade
After two previous design-related updates this week, Anthropic is out with a new product today: Claude Design. The new Claude Design joins an existing suite of Mac tools, including Claude Cowork and Claude...
AIApple - Hacker News (Front Page)·17h ago
NIST gives up enriching most CVEs
Risky Bulletin Newsletter April 17, 2026 Written...
AICryptoAppleClimatePoliticsHealth - Hacker News (Front Page)·17h ago
Claude Design
Today, we’re launching Claude Design, a new Anthropic Labs product that lets you collaborate with Claude to create polished visual work like designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more.
AIClimate - TechCrunch·17h ago
Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals
Anthropic announced on Friday that it’s launching Claude Design, a new experimental product that lets users create visuals like prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and more using Claude. The company says Claude...
AIHealth - Hacker News (Front Page)·17h ago
Ban the sale of precise geolocation
It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise GeolocationA recent deep dive into the American adtech surveillance system Webloc highlights the national security and privacy risks of pervasive and easily obtainable...
AIMarketsCryptoApplePoliticsHealth - 9to5Mac·17h ago
Apple’s CarPlay feature now supports multiple AI chatbot apps from iPhone
Starting with iOS 26.4, Apple supports using AI chatbot apps on the iPhone through CarPlay. ChatGPT was the first AI app to arrive shortly after iOS 26.4’s release. Now a second AI chatbot has added support:...
AIApple - 9to5Mac·18h ago
Aqua Voice – the best dictation app I’ve ever used – is now available on iPhone
Back in the summer of last year, I started using Aqua Voice as a replacement for the built-in dictation feature on my Mac. I said then that it showed just how good Mac dictation could be if Apple really...
AIAppleClimateHealth - CNBC Top News·18h ago
Uber Eats has a fix for pesky returns. You can just sit on the couch
An Uber Eats courier is seen in Krakow, Poland, on Aug. 21, 2025.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesReturning packages is a pain. Uber says it can fix that.Uber Eats announced a returns feature on Friday...
AIMarketsPoliticsHealth - TechCrunch·18h ago
With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance
Some lawmakers are calling for widespread reforms following years of surveillance scandals and abuses across successive U.S. administrations. But even if the spy law known as Section 702 expires in April, the government's spy powers will not automatically lapse.
AIPoliticsHealth - TechCrunch·18h ago
Netflix plans to add a vertical video feed, use AI for recommendations
Netflix is going to launch a TikTok-like vertical video feed within its apps this month, and plans to use AI broadly for content creation and recommendations, the company said on Thursday. Netflix has been...
AIHealth - TechCrunch·19h ago
Loop raises $95M to build supply chain AI that predicts disruptions
Supply chains are messy. San Francisco-based startup Loop isn’t content helping companies merely clean up their supply chains. Instead, the startup is using AI to offer companies predictive, and even...
AIClimateHealth - TechCrunch·19h ago
Are we tokenmaxxing our way to nowhere?
The gap between AI insiders and everyone else is widening, and the spending, suspicion, and even new vocabulary are starting to show it. While OpenAI is busy buying up everything from finance apps to talk shows, a certain shoe company just rebranded as an AI infrastructure play, and Anthropic unveiled a model it says is too powerful to release publicly ...but apparently not too powerful to demo to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O'Kane dig into what's actually being built in AI infrastructure, who's winning the enterprise battle between OpenAI and Anthropic, and more of the week's headlines. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:25 Allbirds is now an AI company, apparently 04:48 Why chipmakers are betting on Wayve 12:01 Fluidstack wants $1B to build AI data centers 16:24 OpenAI buys a finance app and a talk show 21:27 Anthropic vs. OpenAI in enterprise 24:15 The Anthropic model they won't release to the public 26:47 Why AI feels so distant to everyone else 30:47 What even is tokenmaxxing? 34:49 Parasail's $32M bet on cheaper AI inference 36:39 Outro
AIMarketsApple - BBC World·21h ago
Finance ministers and top bankers raise serious concerns about Mythos AI model
18 hours agoFaisal Islam,Economics editorandLiv McMahon,Technology reporterMythos AI model could 'create vulnerabilities for security for the entire banking system'Finance ministers, central bankers and...
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