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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
More open source AI models from Meta, though not right away.

Meta will “eventually” offer open source versions of its new AI models Alexandr Wang is in charge of, but first, the company “wants to keep some pieces proprietary and to ensure they don’t add new levels of safety risk,” Axios reports.

Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Linux is finally dropping support for Intel’s 486.

The chip that was originally released 37 years ago in 1989 will no longer have kernel support on Linux 7.1, as Phoronix reports. Of course, anyone still hanging onto an i486 can always stick to a long-term support (LTS) Linux kernel version. Meanwhile, Microsoft no longer supports some CPUs from less than a decade ago.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Delve and Y Combinator have “parted ways” amid fraud accusations.

The AI-powered compliance startup is no longer listed on YC’s directory after an anonymous report alleged Delve “fakes compliance” and leaked audit reports, as reported by TechCrunch. Delve responded by claiming a bad actor “maliciously exfiltrated data” as part of a “coordinated, targeted cyberattack.”

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Unrolling LG’s rollable phone.

JerryRigEverything tore down LG’s unreleased rollable smartphone, and seeing the insides of this phone and how it works is just awesome. The teardown proper starts at about 4 minutes and 20 seconds.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
Sam Altman is “unconstrained by truth.”

A long, and at times funny, report in The New Yorker on Altman’s will to power, people-pleasing, and alleged pattern of deceit, compiled from notes, memos, and more than 100 interviews. Altman’s reputation has given rise to grimmer rumors – hiring sex workers, the sexual pursuit of minors, even involvement in murder – that The New Yorker found no evidence for. Increasingly, the question is not whether computers are intelligent but whether OpenAI’s leadership is.

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins wants data centers in space
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The head of the networking giant on energy, infrastructure, and why AI is writing Cisco code.

Nilay Patel
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
YouTube removes Nvidia’s own DLSS 5 trailer after a takedown request from an Italian TV channel.

The channel, La7, reportedly used the DLSS 5 footage in a segment about the upscaling tech. It seemingly issued takedown requests for videos using the same clips, including the original trailer from Nvidia and videos from creators covering DLSS 5’s launch.

Screenshot: The Verge
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Linux usage surged to a new all-time high on Steam in March.

Steam’s hardware and software survey says Linux users more than doubled from 2.23 percent in February, jumping to a record high of 5.33 percent of Steam users. Linux has been steadily gaining popularity on Steam over the past several months, previously peaking at 3.58 percent in December.

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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Samsung Messages is shutting down.

The app will no longer be available on devices with Android 12 or newer in July 2026, according to an update on Samsung’s website. Samsung is encouraging users to switch to Google Messages, which it began shipping as the default messaging app on flagship Galaxy devices in 2024.

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Can AI responses be influenced? The SEO industry is trying

The explosion of AI search has created a gold rush for firms claiming they can change what gets cited.

Mia Sato
Suno is a music copyright nightmare

It makes it easy to flood streaming with AI Beyoncé ripoffs.

Terrence O'Brien
I let Gemini in Google Maps plan my day and it went surprisingly well

It never once told me to walk into a river.

Allison Johnson