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- Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Huawei launches the Pura X Max, a passport-style foldable with a 5.4-inch cover display and a 7.7-inch internal display, in China, starting at ~$1,613 — The Pura X Max launched in China today. The […]
- Jake Rudnitsky / Bloomberg: A Blue Origin rocket failed to correctly place a BlueBird satellite from satellite networking company AST into its intended orbit; ASTS falls 14% pre-market — AST SpaceMobile Inc. shares plunged in early trading on Monday […]
- Nduka Orjinmo / Bloomberg: Nigeria-based Terra, which makes pilotless drones and defense systems, raised $34M from Joe Lonsdale, Lux Capital, and others, as jihadist groups drive demand — Terrahaptix Inc., a Nigerian drone-making startup, will open its first factory […]
- Aditya Kalra / Reuters: Order: India's CCI sets May hearing on penalties after Apple failed to submit info on alleged app market abuse; Apple said it fears it could be fined up to $38B — Apple has not submitted […]
- Danny Park / The Block: LayerZero says North Korea's Lazarus is likely behind the $292M Kelp DAO exploit on April 18, which triggered $10B in outflows from Aave over bad debt concerns — Quick Take — LayerZero said North […]
- Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff dismisses the idea of vibe coded CRM replacing SaaS companies, saying data security and compliance make Salesforce indispensable — ‘People think we have our back against the wall,’ but […]
- The Korea Herald: SK hynix says it has begun mass production of the 192GB SOCAMM2, a next-gen LPDDR5X low-power DRAM module designed particularly for Nvidia's Vera Rubin — SK hynix Inc. said Monday it has begun mass production of […]
- Andreas Rinke / Reuters: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will push to ease the EU's “regulatory burden” on AI and possibly exempt industrial AI to boost productivity — Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday that artificial intelligence […]
- The Information: Sources: Polymarket is in talks to raise $400M at a ~$15B post-money valuation, up from $9B in October 2025, but below Kalshi's $22B valuation from March 2026 — The predictions site Polymarket is talking to investors about […]
- Sneha Kumar / Reuters: Australian data center operator NextDC plans to raise AU$1.5B in equity for its 350MW Sydney site rollout, and raises its FY26 capex by AU$300M to AU$2.7B-AU$3B — Australia's NEXTDC (NXT.AX) said on Monday it plans […]
- Emily Shugerman / The San Francisco Standard: A profile of Maria Davidson, who heads California Renewal, a pro-business political group backed by Silicon Valley power players, seeking to raise $100M in 2026 — Maria Davidson isn't the first name […]
- Kieran Smith / Financial Times: Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff says growing women's share on Tinder is his “primary focus” to stem user declines; Sensor Tower says 75% of Tinder users are men — Match Group boss Spencer Rascoff […]
- Amy Harder / Axios: Fermi CEO Toby Neugebauer is leaving the company, as the data center developer faces issues in securing an anchor tenant and construction delays — The world's largest data center project — backed by Trump allies […]
- Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: Vercel says its internal systems were accessed via a compromised third-party AI tool, after a user with a ShinyHunters handle claimed a breach on BreachForums — Update 4/19/26: Added additional information from Vercel that was […]
- Axios: Sources: the US NSA is using Mythos Preview; one source says Mythos is also being widely used within the DoD, despite Anthropic's supply chain risk designation — – The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and […]
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