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Q&A with New York Times reporter Tiffany Hsu on AI-generated online influencers, how the volume of synthetic content produces user burnout, and more (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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about 84% said they don’t trust U.S. tech companies with their personal data; 93% don’t trust Chinese companies (Ellen O’Regan/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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Google says Polymarket betting “appeared briefly in Google News by mistake”, after the betting appeared alongside news articles in the ‘For You’ section (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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Investigation details Webloc, an advertising-based geosurveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of recordings from up to 500 million mobile devices (The Citizen Lab)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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How AI is transforming golf: Optimizing course operations, virtual assistants managing tee time reservations, and AI instructor apps improving player performance (Bradley S. Klein/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Bradley S. Klein / Wall Street Journal: How AI is transforming golf: optimizing course operations, virtual assistants managing tee time…

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Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Matthew Martin / Semafor: Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit…

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U.S. CFTC says a district court judge has granted its request for a temporary restraining order barring Arizona from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi (Jack Queen/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

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Amazon Luna drops support for third-party game purchases, game stores and subscriptions; Previously purchased games will be available until June 10 (Michael Kan/PCMag)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 10, 2026

Michael Kan / PCMag: Amazon Luna drops support for third-party game purchases, game stores and subscriptions; previously purchased games will…

‘Seismic shift’ to Australia’s orbit likely under new Solomon Islands PM – Radio Free Asia

The fall of Victory Day in Kazakhstan – The Diplomat

From discreet cooperation to strategic partnership? – The diplomat

Counter-drone efforts in Southeast Asia – The Diplomat

5 years later – The diplomat

Chinese electric vehicles are coming to Canada and dealers are eager to sell them

Family Investors Turn to Old Economy Companies to Avoid AI Disruption

Starbucks to lay off 300 US employees, close some regional offices

Detroit automakers cut more than 20,000 U.S. payroll jobs as AI looms

China to order 200 Boeing planes, Trump tells Fox News

Trump doesn’t have enough votes to get his ballroom money

The war in Iran broke Trump

China humiliated Trump and now he’s in a damage control frenzy

HUD Secretary’s BDS is completely closed

JD Vance Compares Himself to Child Abandoned at Deranged White House Event

Electricity prices on the largest U.S. power grid, operated by PJM, jumped 76% year-over-year to an average of $136.53/MWh in the first quarter due to rampant data center demand (John Ainger/Bloomberg)

Sources: OpenAI acquired Weights.gg, which offered AI tools for creating clones of people’s voices, earlier this year; PitchBook: Weights.gg raised about $4 million (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

How tech companies are using open source initiatives to achieve critical strategic goals and how these efforts are reshaping industries like AI, AV, and more. (Bill Gurley/Bill’s Substack)

Kraken cut about 150 employees after AI tools improved efficiency and its IPO could be delayed until late 2026 or early 2027 due to falling digital asset prices (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

A profile of Runway, an AI video generation startup that trains models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3 billion and added $40 million in ARR in the second quarter (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Browsing: Technology

Q&A with New York Times reporter Tiffany Hsu on AI-generated online influencers, how the volume of synthetic content produces user burnout, and more (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)

about 84% said they don’t trust U.S. tech companies with their personal data; 93% don’t trust Chinese companies (Ellen O’Regan/Politico)

Anthropic met with Christian leaders in March to ask their opinions on Claude’s moral and spiritual development and whether he could be considered a “child of God” (Washington Post)

Google says Polymarket betting “appeared briefly in Google News by mistake”, after the betting appeared alongside news articles in the ‘For You’ section (Terrence O’Brien/The Verge)

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

Investigation details Webloc, an advertising-based geosurveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of recordings from up to 500 million mobile devices (The Citizen Lab)

How AI is transforming golf: Optimizing course operations, virtual assistants managing tee time reservations, and AI instructor apps improving player performance (Bradley S. Klein/Wall Street Journal)

Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

U.S. CFTC says a district court judge has granted its request for a temporary restraining order barring Arizona from pursuing its criminal case against Kalshi (Jack Queen/Reuters)

Amazon Luna drops support for third-party game purchases, game stores and subscriptions; Previously purchased games will be available until June 10 (Michael Kan/PCMag)