Tech

Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-17

Physical Intelligence says its new model, π0.7, can direct robots on tasks they weren't trained on, an “early sign” of generalization, surprising researchers (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-17 Robot Intelligence

Recently leaked Windows zero-days now exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-17

Sources: China mobilizes multiple agencies to probe Meta's $2B Manus deal; some officials worry aggressive measures may send chilling signals to the tech sector (www.ft.com)
2026-4-17 China

OnlyFans is in advanced talks to sell Architect Capital a below 20% stake at a $3B+ valuation, down from a previously reported ~60% stake at a ~$5.5B valuation (www.ft.com)
2026-4-17

Hangzhou-based Manycore shares rose 187% early in its Hong Kong debut after raising $156M in its IPO; it is pivoting to selling AI training data to robot makers (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-17 Hong Kong IPO AI Robot

Sperm Whales' Communication Closely Parallels Human Language, Study Finds (science.slashdot.org)
2026-4-17

Mozilla launches Thunderbolt, an open-source AI client for users and businesses who want to run their own self-hosted AI infrastructure, available on GitHub (arstechnica.com)
2026-4-17 AI Mozilla GitHub

Q&A: Ronan Farrow on his Sam Altman profile in The New Yorker, how Altman changed in 18 months of reporting, OpenAI's board drama and enterprise shift, and more (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-17

Sources: Cerebras plans to make its IPO public as soon as Friday, aiming to raise $3B+ at a $35B+ valuation, a 60% premium to its $22B February valuation (www.theinformation.com)
2026-4-17 IPO

Sources: OpenAI agrees to pay Cerebras $20B+ for its server chips, double the amount previously associated with the deal, and may receive equity in Cerebras (www.theinformation.com)
2026-4-17 Equity

Roblox agrees to pay $12.5M and implement age verification for all users as part of a settlement with Nevada over claims it failed to protect young users (apnews.com)
2026-4-17

Sources: SpaceX told employees that it has moved up the scheduled date for when shares awarded to employees become eligible for sale from May to April (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-17 SpaceX

Alibaba unveils Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, an open-weight MoE model with 35B total and 3B active parameters, saying it rivals larger dense models in agentic coding tasks (qwen.ai)
2026-4-17 Alibaba

IAB and PwC: digital ad revenue hit $294.6B in 2025, up 13.9% YoY; social media advertising hit $117.7B, up 32.6%, and digital video hit $78B, up 25.4% (www.tvtechnology.com)
2026-4-17

The US and the Philippines agree to launch a high-tech industrial hub on the island of Luzon to counter China's supply chains; the US will run it as an SEZ (www.wsj.com)
2026-4-17 China Philippines

'TotalRecall Reloaded' Tool Finds a Side Entrance To Windows 11 Recall Database (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-4-17 Database

NYC-based Nas.com, an AI platform founded by content creator Nas Daily that helps solo entrepreneurs build online stores, raised a $27M Series A led by Khosla (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-4-17 AI Entrepreneur

Operation PowerOFF identifies 75k DDoS users, takes down 53 domains (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-17

ZionSiphon malware designed to sabotage water treatment systems (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-17

OpenAI's Big Codex Update Is a Direct Shot At Claude Code (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-4-17

Netflix says its 2026 ad revenue remains on track to reach $3B, doubling from 2025, and it now works with over 4,000 advertising clients, up 70% YoY (www.adweek.com)
2026-4-17 Netflix

Is Linux Mint In Trouble? (linux.slashdot.org)
2026-4-17 Linux

New Microsoft Defender “RedSun” zero-day PoC grants SYSTEM privileges (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-17 Microsoft

Europe Has 'Maybe 6 Weeks of Jet Fuel Left' (hardware.slashdot.org)
2026-4-17 Europe

Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings will step down from the company's board after his term expires in June to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits (www.wsj.com)
2026-4-17 Netflix

Netflix reports Q1 revenue up 16% YoY to $12.3B, vs. $12.2B est., net income of $5.28B, and forecasts Q2 EPS below estimates; NFLX drops 8%+ after hours (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-17 Netflix

Google updates AI Mode in Chrome, letting users open links side by side with AI Mode on desktop; users can search across multiple tabs on desktop and mobile (techcrunch.com)
2026-4-17 Google Mobile AI Chrome

Sources: Upscale AI, which builds AI networking infrastructure, is in talks to raise $180M to $200M at a $2B valuation, its third funding round in seven months (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-17 AI

AI labs are buying Slack, Jira, and email archives from defunct startups to build “reinforcement learning gyms” and train AI agents in simulated workplaces (www.forbes.com)
2026-4-17 Startup AI Slack

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