Techmeme

A profile of Jeffrey Yan and his startup Hyperliquid, a $10B crypto exchange that never took VC money and generated $900M+ in profit in 2025 with 11 employees (Dom Cooke/Colossus)
OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro Finance for an undisclosed sum; Hiro stops new signups, will shut down on April 20 and delete all data on May 13 (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
Regulators in Europe were largely left out of the loop as Anthropic limited the release of its latest model Mythos to select companies and organizations (Politico)
Voters in Festus, Missouri, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection last week, days after the council's approval of a $6B data center (Jeff Tomich/Politico)
Oracle expands its partnership with fuel cell maker Bloom to procure up to 2.8 GW of capacity, after receiving a warrant to purchase $400M of Bloom stock (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
Daniel Moreno-Gama, a 20-year-old Texas man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home, is charged with attempted murder and attempted arson (Hadas Gold/CNN)
Sources: data labeling startup Handshake's gross annualized revenue hit ~$1B, vs. $550M in January; Mercor hit a $1B+ gross annualized revenue pace this year (The Information)
AI penetration testing company CodeWall says its agent was able to hack into one of Bain's internal AI tools, following a similar hack at McKinsey in March (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)
Roblox says developers will need Roblox Plus, a new $4.99-per-month subscription offering benefits like discounts, to publish games for Kids and Select accounts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
Microsoft raises prices for Surface PCs, with Laptop 7 and Pro 11 now starting at $500 more than at their 2024 launch, citing higher memory and component costs (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)
Filing: Anthropic hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with strong Trump administration ties, days after the DOD designated the startup a supply chain risk (Bloomberg)
Anthropic says its $20M donation to Public First Action is not "to influence federal elections" but is to educate the public on AI policy and promote safe AI (Veronica Irwin/Transformer)
Xbox staff memo: Microsoft's gaming chief Asha Sharma says "Game Pass has become too expensive for players" and that Microsoft needs "a better value equation" (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Amazon unveils the Amazon Leo Aviation Antenna, saying it can deliver up to 1 Gbps download and 400 Mbps upload speeds "simultaneously" for in-flight Wi-Fi (Michael Kan/PCMag)
Internal memo: OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer says Anthropic is "grossing up rev share with Amazon and Google", which overstates its "run rate by roughly $8B" (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Wired

Bremont Is Sending a Watch to the Moon’s Surface
The Most WIRED Watches at Watches and Wonders 2026
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30% Off Samsung Promo Code | April 2026
You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress
What’s in Hasan Piker’s Starter Pack? Creatine, Zyns, Signal
Marine Animals in the Strait of Hormuz Don’t Get a Ceasefire
Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking if He’s the Antichrist
Top iRestore Deals for Hair Growth and LED Therapy Devices
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
What Is the Best Fitness Tracker in 2026? Garmin, Oura, More
You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles
BYD’s Fastest-Charging Car in the World Is Astonishing—in Good and Bad Ways
The 4 Best Water Filter Pitchers (2026): PFAS, Microplastics
The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
The Dumbest Hack of the Year Exposed a Very Real Problem
AI Agents Are Coming for Your Dating Life
‘The Audacity’ Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For
Why Is It So Hard to Fix an Electric Bike? (2026)
Best 2-in-1 Laptops (2026): Microsoft, Lenovo, and the iPad
There’s a Secret Ingredient to Making Luxury Ice at Home
The Screen Time Legends Who Won't Put Down Their Phones
Mammotion Spino E1 Review: A Budget Pool Bot That Comes Up Short
The 3 Best Mug Warmers of 2026: Better Than the Ember Mug?
‘Crimson Desert’ Is a Cat Dad Simulator
Zuvi ColorBox Review: A Hair Dye Printer That Struggles
MacBook Neo vs. MacBook Air: Which One Should You Buy?
Best Electric Cargo Bikes (2026): Urban Arrow, Lectric, Tern, and More
Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI
Flight Path Data Shows How Mosquitoes Target Humans
How the Internet Broke Everyone’s Bullshit Detectors
The All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale Is Back—for Now (2026)
Artemis II Astronauts Safely Return to Earth After Historic Flight Around the Moon
Home Depot Spring Black Friday (2026): Best Tool and Grill Deals
Motorola’s Souped-Up Folding Phone Is Almost Half Off
Anthropic’s Mythos Will Force a Cybersecurity Reckoning—Just Not the One You Think
The Future of the Artemis Program Is Riding on Reentry
Suspect Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Sam Altman’s Home
"Uncanny Valley": OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home
This Clever Bike Bell Can Even Be Heard by People Wearing Noise-Canceling Headphones
This Startup Wants You to Pay Up to Talk With AI Versions of Human Experts
Aventon Current ADV Electric Mountain Bike Review: Feels Just Like the Real Thing
How 'Democracy Now!' Became the Blueprint for Indie Media
Best Smart Shades, Blinds, and Curtains (2026): Motorized, Tailor-Made, and More
AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy
Irrigreen Smart Irrigation System 3.0 (2026) Review: Smart Watering, Less Hassle
No One Knows Where US Vaccine Policy Goes Next
Asus ROG Cetra Open Wireless Earbuds Review: Open Gaming Buds?

Engadget

Two suspects have been arrested for allegedly shooting at Sam Altman's house
Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve 21 takes on Adobe Lightroom with a new Photo page
Xbox CEO called Game Pass 'too expensive for players' in a leaked memo
Games Workshop brings seven classic Warhammer games to Steam for the first time
Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators
Retro handheld maker Anbernic's latest device has a swiveling display
How to de-Gemini your Google apps
Majority of Australian kids are still on banned social media platforms, study finds
Meta is reportedly building an AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg
Roblox introduces mandatory age-gated account tiers
Apple reportedly testing out four different styles for its smart glasses that will rival Meta Ray-Bans
The US government wants Reddit to snitch on one of its users through a grand jury
OpenAI says Elon Musk is orchestrating a last-minute 'legal ambush' before trial
Rockstar Games has confirmed it was hit by third-party data breach
The first European country to get Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Supervised will be the Netherlands
IBM settles its DEI lawsuit with the DOJ for $17 million
Engadget review recap: ASUS ZenBook A16, AirPods Max 2, Sonos Play and LG Sound Suite
X's messaging app, XChat, may be available soon
Marauding minotaurs, more CloverPit and other new indie games worth checking out
The Artemis II astronauts are back after a 10-day journey around the moon
Epic is reportedly building an extraction shooter for Disney
The FAA is encouraging gamers to get jobs in air traffic control
A man allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's house
Estonia is the rare EU country opposing child social media bans
Garmin may be working on a Whoop competitor
Amazon Luna ends support for third-party subscriptions and game purchases
French government says au revoir Windows, bienvenue Linux
Google adds E2E encryption to Gmail for iOS and Android enterprise users
Google has reportedly started to add Polymarket data to News results
How to watch the Artemis II landing
Sony Bravia Theater Bar 5 review: A basic TV sound booster
YouTube Premium’s US pricing is going up
Microsoft starts removing unnecessary Copilot buttons in Windows 11
The Morning After: Amazon pledges its satellite internet starts this year
Google removes Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store
OpenAI has a new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan to better match up with Claude
Apple is closing three US stores, including the first to unionize
The Metal Gear Solid movie is back on, with Final Destination: Bloodlines directors in charge
A maverick hacker got Mac OS X running on a Wii
Instagram comments can now be edited (within 15 minutes)
Jazzy stealth-action game Thick as Thieves hits PC on May 20
Netflix adds three Jackbox games to its TV app
Another Don't Starve game is on the way
Mountain climbing sim Cairn is getting free DLC this summer
Co-op pirate survival game Windrose hits PC in early access on April 14
Tesla may be working on a smaller and cheaper electric SUV
Razer just released some new gaming earbuds with low latency and fast switching between devices
Indie game Neverway will launch this October, just in time for spooky season
1000xResist devs reveal their wild-looking second game about convincing an AI it's not human
Amazon's satellite internet service is scheduled for mid-2026 availability

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