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Suspect Arrested for Molotov Attack on Altman's Home
San Francisco police arrested a suspect on April 10, 2026, for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home and making threats outside the company's headquarters.
Vance, Bessent Press Altman, Amodei on Mythos Security
A week before the Mythos AI model launch, Treasury officials JD Vance and Scott Bessent pressed AI leaders Sam Altman and Dario Amodei on security safeguards and cyber‑attack response plans.
Molotov Attack on Sam Altman's Home, Suspect Arrested
A suspect was arrested after allegedly hurling a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's San Francisco home, in a violent incident, with additional threats reported outside the company's headquart
TechCrunch Partners with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026
TechCrunch is partnering with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, sending Startup Battlefield program manager Isabelle Johannessen to judge the flagship pitch competition and offering one standout semifinalist a p
Suspect Arrested After Molotov Cocktail Thrown at Sam Altman's Home
San Francisco police arrested a suspect who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home and then made threats outside the company's headquarters, prompting wall-to-wall coverage
GlassWorm Uses Zig Dropper in Fake WakaTime Extension
A new GlassWorm variant leverages a Zig‑compiled binary hidden in a counterfeit WakaTime VS Code extension to silently infect developers’ IDEs, download a malicious extension chain, and exfiltrate dat
NVIDIA N1 SoC with 128 GB LPDDR5X appears on laptop
NVIDIA’s N1 Gaming SoC, equipped with 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory, has been spotted on a laptop motherboard, signaling Dell and Lenovo’s upcoming ARM‑based gaming laptops that will feature up to 6,144 CU
New Yorker Profile Questions Sam Altman's OpenAI Leadership
The New Yorker published a deep profile of Sam Altman examining his turbulent OpenAI tenure — including his brief firing and reinstatement — and questioning whether he's the right person to lead trans
CoreWeave, Anthropic Ink Multiyear Nvidia Chip Deal
CoreWeave has secured a multiyear agreement with Anthropic to provide data center capacity, utilizing a variety of Nvidia chips across its 43 active US data centers. This deal addresses Anthropic's in
Jeff VanderMeer Story & Scary AI Models Released
Today's edition of The Download features an exclusive short story by acclaimed author Jeff VanderMeer, titled 'Constellations,' alongside a discussion about advanced AI models deemed too dangerous for
Fintech Q1 2026 Funding Up 5% YoY, Down 33% From Q4 2025
Global fintech venture funding reached $12 billion across just 751 deals through early April 2026, up 5% year-over-year but down 33% sequentially from Q4 2025's $17.8 billion, as capital concentrates
AI CEOs' Policy Pitches May Go Nowhere in Washington
AI CEOs from OpenAI and Anthropic are rolling out sweeping governance proposals—from four-day workweeks to economic audits—but Washington's history of gridlock on tech policy suggests these ambitious
France Dumps Windows for Linux in Government Shift
France announced plans to migrate government computers from Microsoft Windows to Linux, citing the need to reduce strategic dependence on US technology, though officials did not provide a timeline for
Amazon Reports $15B AI Revenue, $20B+ Chip Sales
Amazon disclosed a $15 billion AI revenue run rate, over $20 billion in chip sales, and a $200 billion AI spend, while eyeing external chip sales that could challenge rivals like Nvidia.
Intel partners with SpaceX, Tesla, xAI; Kluisz.ai
Intel is partnering with Elon Musk's ventures—SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI—to accelerate the production of advanced compute crucial for AI and robotics, signaling a major push in the race for computational
Alibaba Leads $293M Funding for ShengShu AI Video
Alibaba Cloud spearheaded a 2 billion‑yuan ($293 M) financing round for ShengShu Technology, bolstering its AI video platform just two months after the Vidu AI video generator’s maker secured $88 M. T
Black Forest Labs grows as AI image leader
Maxwell Zeff / Wired: How Black Forest Labs, a 70-person startup based in Germany, became a top competitor in AI image g...
OpenAI Launches $100 ChatGPT Pro With 5× Codex Usage
OpenAI launched a $100/month ChatGPT Pro tier with 5x more Codex coding tool usage than the $20 Plus plan, directly price-matching Anthropic's Claude Max to court Claude Code users.
Florida AG probes OpenAI over security, child safety
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a probe into OpenAI, alleging its ChatGPT system poses public‑safety and national‑security threats, including links to child‑abuse material, self‑harm
Florida AG Investigates OpenAI Over FSU Shooting
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched an investigation into OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT was used to plan the April 2025 Florida State University shooting that killed two people, and h
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