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A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 07:02
Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.
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Tue, 04/07/2026 - 07:00
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Trump administration plans to cut cybersecurity agency’s budget by $700 million

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 06:50
The budget proposal would force CISA to operate with a significantly lower budget than previous years, citing the government's claims that the election misinformation programs were used to "target the President."
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Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 06:00
Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install.
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The AI gold rush is pulling private wealth into riskier, earlier bets 

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 06:00
On a recent episode of Equity, we talked to Arena Private Wealth to explore a growing trend: family offices bypassing VCs to gain direct exposure to AI startups, turning them from passive investors into active participants.
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Adobe launches Acrobat Spaces, a free AI-powered study tool for students

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 06:00
Adobe Acrobat Spaces is a free tool for students to use AI and create different kind of study material from documents
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Waymo opens robotaxi service in Nashville, partners with Lyft

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 06:00
Waymo now operates commercial robotaxi services in 11 cities, with various methods to hail.
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Hermeus raises $350M to build autonomous hypersonic fighters

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 05:30
The defense aviation startup is coming off two successful flight demonstrations, and with the next one, it's aiming to go supersonic.
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Spotify’s prompted playlist feature will now work for podcasts, too

Tue, 04/07/2026 - 05:00
Spotify will now allow users to input natural language prompts to create podcast playlist.
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AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 22:30
Rocket's new AI platform combines strategy, product building, and competitive intelligence, aiming to move beyond code generation.
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AI design platform Picsart launches a creator monetization program

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 21:01
The program invites creators to create original content with Picsart tools for a specific campaign, share it on their social channels, and earn revenue based on how their audience engages.
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OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund 

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 14:54
Zero Shot, a new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI, is aiming to raise $100 million for its first fund. It has already written some checks.
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Gas prices aren’t the only factor fueling used EV sales

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 14:15
The most recent electric vehicle sales data provided a grim picture — at least for new EVs. Used EVs are moving in the opposite direction.
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Google quietly launched an AI dictation app that works offline

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 11:54
Google's new offline-first dictation app uses Gemma AI models to take on the apps like Wispr Flow.
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Netflix is expanding into kids’ games with a new stand-alone app

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 11:21
Netflix says the app gives children access to an "ever-growing" library of games for kids.
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Why safety regulators closed their investigation into Tesla’s remote parking feature

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 11:17
The NHTSA closed its investigation into Tesla's "Actually Smart Summon" feature, saying that only a fraction of cases resulted in an incident and that no incidents resulted in injury. Tesla has also issued a number of software updates.
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Iran threatens ‘Stargate’ AI data centers

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 11:06
Iran said it will target U.S.-linked data centers with new missile strikes, as the war between the U.S. and Iran escalates.
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Apple moves to take its App Store fight back to the Supreme Court

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 10:38
Apple plans to ask the Supreme Court to review its App Store fight with Epic Games, as it challenges a ruling limiting its ability to charge fees on external payments.
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Watch this video of how a job interviewer exposes a North Korean fake IT worker

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 10:00
An apparent North Korean worker was caught visibly stumped during a remote job interview when asked to insult the country's leader.
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North Korea’s hijack of one of the web’s most used open source projects was likely weeks in the making

Mon, 04/06/2026 - 09:43
North Korean hackers pushed out malicious updates to a popular open source project by hacking a top developer's computer in a long-running campaign.
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