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Images of Samsung's rumored smart glasses have leaked Apr 29, 2026

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They are codenamed "Jinju" and could retail for somewhere between $380 and $500.

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The DoD will soon have unfettered access to Google’s AI models, Snapchat is rolling out sponsored AI agents, and the FTC says Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025 Apr 29, 2026

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-Google has signed a deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for "any lawful government purpose."

-Snapchat rolled out AI Sponsored Snaps, a "new way for brands to show up in Chat through AI agents."

-Most of these scams started on Facebook, with WhatsApp and Instagram in "a distant second and third.” A lawsuit filed against Meta, which owns all three platforms, last week claimed that it misled users about scam ads.

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Joby Aviation is demoing 10-minute air taxi flights Apr 28, 2026

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The flights are part of a 10-day campaign in NYC before Joby launches commercial flights later this year.

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Apple accused of unlawful discrimination against represented workers, YouTube is testing an AI search mode that 'feels more like a conversation', and OpenAI broke its exclusivity agreements with Microsoft Apr 28, 2026

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-The IAM union has accused Apple of unlawfully discriminating against the unionized employees of the company’s Towson, Maryland retail store.

-A new feature called "Ask YouTube" will let you pose complex questions and receive "comprehensive results that include video and text, then ask follow ups to dive deeper."

-OpenAI is opening up its partnership with Microsoft in the latest amendment to the major multi-year collaboration between the two.

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The MacBook Neo is a glimpse into John Ternus's Apple Apr 27, 2026

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The $600 laptop was a design risk that ultimately paid off.

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Maine’s governor vetoed a bill temporarily banning large data centers in the state, a Canadian premier wants to ban social media and AI chatbots for kids in Manitoba, and Ford's Mustang Cobra Jet sets a new EV quarter mile record Apr 27, 2026

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-While the bill passed both houses of Maine's legislature on April 14, and Mills has suggested she'd support a temporary moratorium, the governor wanted a bill that would exempt an existing data center project in the town of Jay.

- The province's premier, Wab Kinew, announced during a fundraiser event on Saturday but didn't elaborate on the ban's crucial details, like the specific age restriction, when it will be introduced nor how it will be enforced.

-Ford Racing's Mustang Cobra Jet 2200 just ran a quarter mile in 6.87 seconds at 221 mph at an NHRA event in Charlotte.

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Musk pledges to fix 2019-2023 Teslas that can't fully self drive Apr 24, 2026

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But the company has yet to announce a concrete plan on how it will replace Hardware 3 cars' computers and cameras.

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DeepSeek's new 'world-class' AI mode, Claude can now connect to lifestyle apps, and a hairdryer was used to rig Polymarket weather bets Apr 24, 2026

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-DeepSeek has released its latest AI models, the V4 Pro and Flash versions, a bit over a year after it went viral and became the top rated free app on Apple's App Store in the US.

-Anthropic can now link up with your accounts on AllTrails, Audible, Booking.com, Instacart, Intuit Credit Karma, Intuit TurboTax, Resy, Spotify, StubHub, Taskrabbit, Thumbtack, TripAdvisor, Uber, Uber Eats and Viator.

-A hairdryer was allegedly used to rig Polymarket bets on the weather at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris

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X finally adds custom timelines Apr 23, 2026

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The new feature is similar to Bluesky's and Threads' custom feeds.

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Meta workers' keystrokes are being used to train AI, Kalshi suspended three political candidates for insider trading, and Elon Musk pledged to fix Teslas that can't fully self drive Apr 23, 2026

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-A report in Reuters alleged that the keystrokes, mouse movements and clicks of Meta's workforce are to be captured for the purposes of training AI — something the company's communications department was happy to confirm as accurate.

-Prediction market Kalshi has taken action against three political candidates, alleging that each was engaged with insider trading of information about their campaigns.

-Tesla still doesn’t have a solid pathway for how to give Hardware 3 cars Full Self-Driving capabilities, based on what Elon Musk said during the company’s latest earnings call.

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