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Tim Cook Gives Ternus 10 Major New Product Categories
Apple, led by Tim Cook, is gearing up for a massive product expansion, with Bloomberg citing a pipeline of 10 new categories, AppleInsider noting three AI‑driven hardware lines, and Geeky Gadgets unco
Sources: Tokyo-based humanoid robotics startup Genki Robotics, co-founded by Andy Rubin, raised a Series A at a ~$1B valuation; it raised a ~$50M seed in 2025 (Lucinda Shen/Axios)
Tokyo‑based Genki Robotics, co‑founded by Android’s Andy Rubin, has secured a Series A round that lifts its valuation to roughly $1 billion, building on a $50 million seed raised in 2025. The funding
Tomora Drops 'Come Closer' EP, 90s Dance Homage
Norwegian singer Aurora and Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands debut their joint project Tomora with the "Come Closer" EP, a '90s‑inspired dance homage that blends big‑beat, trip‑hop, and techno, now str
Gen Z Split: Pandemic Cohort Goes Democratic
New data reveal that Gen Z is no longer a monolithic voting bloc but a bifurcated generation split by pandemic experience, with divergent political leanings, trust levels, and cultural attitudes.
Ketchup Buys Coyote v. Acme from Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Discovery’s shelved “Coyote v. Acme” finally found a theatrical home after Ketchup Entertainment bought its distribution rights, a move that unfolds as the studio’s $110 billion Paramount
AI Agent Runs Real Retail Store, Hires Humans
Andon Market, a San Francisco boutique, is now operated entirely by an AI agent based on Claude Sonnet 4.6, marking a live experiment in autonomous retail business management.
Palantir Staff Question ICE, DoD Deals, Firm 'Baddies'
Palantir employees are publicly questioning the ethics of the company’s contracts with ICE and the Department of Defense, describing internal debates as a crisis and even labeling the firm’s trajector
Microsoft Removes Copilot Branding from Notepad
Microsoft has stripped the Copilot brand from Notepad on Windows 11, rebranding the AI feature while keeping its functionality intact. At the same time, the company now lets enterprise administrators
Palantir Staff Admit They Can’t Block Bad Clients
Palantir’s staff are publicly questioning the firm’s role in government surveillance and warfare, sparking an internal ethics crisis that’s being exposed through leaked Slack logs, employee interviews
Anthropic's Project Deal Shows AI Agents Trade Money
Anthropic’s pilot Project Deal turned its internal staff into buyers and sellers represented by AI agents, completing 186 real transactions worth over $4,000. The experiment revealed that agents power
UNC6692 Leverages Teams Phishing and Cloud Malware
A new UNC6692 campaign uses Microsoft Teams impersonation and a modular malware suite to infiltrate enterprises without exploiting vulnerabilities, leveraging cloud services for delivery, command‑and‑
Cohere to Acquire Aleph Alpha in $20B AI Deal
Cohere is acquiring Germany’s Aleph Alpha to form a $20 billion sovereign AI venture backed by Schwarz Group, aiming to serve regulated industries with a Canadian‑German company that runs on STACKIT c
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026: April 27–29, Four Domains
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 will run April 27–29 at Tokyo Big Sight with four defined technology domains—AI, robotics, resilience, and entertainment—featuring speakers from Nvidia, AWS, Trend Micro, and Jap
Vatican Bans AI-Generated Homilies, Issues Framework
The Vatican has rolled out an AI framework that bans AI‑generated homilies and sets guardrails for other AI uses, moving faster than most legacy institutions in shaping AI governance. By establishing
Govee Uplighter Floor Lamp: 3 Lights in 1 for $180
A tech reviewer credits the $179.99 Govee Uplighter Floor Lamp with helping her reclaim her bedroom after two years of broken Ikea lamps and caregiving burnout, though a random shutoff bug prompted a
US Phones Lag Chinese Rivals on Cameras, Batteries
US smartphone buyers are stuck with phones that lag behind Chinese competitors in cameras and batteries, as Apple, Samsung, and Google show no plans to adopt silicon-carbon cells or match rapid Chines
Citizen Lab finds two SS7/Diameter spying schemes
Citizen Lab exposed two covert location‑tracking campaigns that hijack SS7 and Diameter flaws across 2G‑5G networks, using telecom infrastructure and invisible SMS to monitor users worldwide, and reve
Fast16 Malware 2005 Targets Engineering Software
Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne uncovered fast16, a Lua‑based Windows malware dating to 2005 that could corrupt high‑precision engineering calculations, predating the Stuxnet worm by at least five year
Musk sues Altman for $134B over OpenAI nonprofit pledge
Elon Musk has filed a $134 billion lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, accusing him of breaking a promise to keep the organization nonprofit. The case, set to start Monday in Northern California, a
Framework Linux Laptop Outpaces Windows Model
Framework’s Linux-configured Laptop 16 is selling out faster than its Windows counterpart, a trend highlighted by PCWorld. The company’s CEO, speaking to Ars Technica, frames the push as a response to
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