14 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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    Marty Supreme will stream on HBO Max starting April 24th.

    Been meaning to catch the film, maybe I will once it’s available to stream. My colleague Kevin Nguyen reviewed it last year.

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    Jay Peters
    Two Google Messages updates:
    1. Google is replacing the delete action with a Trash folder, where deleted messages will live for 30 days before being permanently removed.
    2. In Google Messages RCS group chats, you can now use the @ sign to mention somebody so they get a notification.
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    Jay Peters
    Samsung’s Galaxy S26 will support AirDrop.

    Choi Won-joon, COO of Samsung’s Mobile eXperience Business, made the announcement at a press conference in Japan, according to Korean publication EBN.

    Android support for AirDrop has so far been limited to Pixel 10 devices, but Google said in February that it would come to more Android phones “very soon.”

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    Jay Peters
    Signal’s creator is working with Meta on encrypting its AI.

    In a post on the website for his encrypted AI chatbot, Confer, Moxie Marlinspike says he’s working to “integrate Confer’s privacy technology so that it underpins Meta AI.”

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    Jay Peters
    Microsoft launched a second-generation version of its AI image model.

    According to Microsoft, MAI-Image-2 offers improvements like “enhanced photorealism” and more reliable text generation in images. It’s rolling out now in Copilot and the Bing Image Creator.

    A series of images made by Microsoft’s MAI-Image-2 AI image model.
    Image: Microsoft
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    Jay Peters
    Google is reportedly testing a Gemini app for macOS.

    Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has the scoop. Should Google release the app publicly, it will compete with other macOS AI chatbot apps like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude.

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    Jay Peters
    Reddit was down, but seems like it’s back.

    A few of us at The Verge had been seeing issues with Reddit starting a little bit after 3PM ET, including posts not loading on the homepage and a “server error” message, but now the site is loading normally for me.

    Update: Reddit appears to be working again.

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    Jay Peters
    Vampire Survivors’ deckbuilding spinoff launches on April 21st.

    Vampire Crawlers will cost $9.99 on PC and consoles, and it’s coming to mobile later this year. There’s a demo on Steam you can try right now, it’s good!

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