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Sources: OpenAI has, in practice, abandoned its Stargate JV in favor of large bilateral deals; execs say its guiding principle remains to “build more compute” (www.ft.com)
2026-4-29

Hightouch, which uses AI to help marketers create and manage campaigns, raised $150M led by Goldman Sachs and Bain at a $2.75B valuation, up from $1.2B in 2025 (www.wsj.com)
2026-4-29 AI Goldman

FDA Grants Quick Review For 3 Psychedelic Drug Trials (science.slashdot.org)
2026-4-29

The Battle of Adwa: Ethiopia's historic victory over European colonialism (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Europe

King Charles jokes about burning of White House (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29

Mayo Clinic researchers detail an AI system called Redmod that identified pancreatic cancer on routine CT scans an average of 475 days before clinical diagnosis (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 AI

A working paper uses an LLM to analyze political discourse on X, finding that anger is the dominant emotion expressed by US users, especially those over 65 (www.ft.com)
2026-4-29

Chinese regulators killed the Manus template by blocking Meta's $2B takeover in a 54-character decree, creating an uncertain era for China's growing AI industry (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 China AI

CISA orders feds to patch Windows flaw exploited as zero-day (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-29

Cognizant agrees to acquire Astreya, which helps manage data center infrastructure, AI lab environments, and enterprise networks, for ~$600M, set to close in Q2 (www.reuters.com)
2026-4-29 AI

Indonesia sentences eFishery founder Gibran Huzaifah to nine years in prison, concluding a $300M scandal that destroyed one of Southeast Asia's top startups (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 Asia Startup Indonesia Southeast Asia

US ‘humiliated' by Iranian leadership – German chancellor (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Germany Iran

Iran using Hormuz as ‘economic nuclear weapon' – Rubio (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Iran

German tabloid publishes nudes of alleged Nord Stream saboteur (PHOTOS) (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Germany

Wired for War: Why is the EU ignoring the Israeli cyber threat? (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Europe Israel

Samsung's Lee family dynasty reached a combined ~$45.5B net worth in March, up from ~$20.1B in 2025, amid the AI boom; they are now Asia's third-richest family (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 Samsung Asia AI

Microsoft says backend change broke Teams Free chat and calls (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-29 Microsoft

Ukraine told to hike taxes to unlock Western aid – media (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Tax Ukraine

Knight Frank: Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies have leased 1M+ square feet of London office space since the start of 2025, or ~7% of all lettings (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 AI London

Cash-rich AI startups fuel a boom in Manhattan's commercial real-estate market; many offices have more vacant desks than workers, as startups prepare to scale (www.wsj.com)
2026-4-29 Startup AI

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube TV is getting “fully customizable” multiview, letting users pin up to four live streams, after a limited rollout in 2023 (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-29 YouTube

US senator claims superpower status depends on Ukraine aid (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Ukraine

Source: China's leverage against Meta in the Manus deal could include 10%+ of its global revenue from Chinese ads and Goertek in Meta AI glasses' supply chain (www.ft.com)
2026-4-29 China AI

Images of Indian man carrying remains of his sister to bank spark outrage (VIDEO) (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 India

Gulf monarchy strips dozens of citizenship over ‘Iran sympathy' (www.rt.com)
2026-4-29 Iran

Trump can't afford the Hormuz Bill for Iran War (www.juancole.com)
2026-4-29 Trump Iran

For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic (www.juancole.com)
2026-4-29 Iran

Putin to Iran: You are fighting Courageously for Independence and Sovereignty (www.juancole.com)
2026-4-29 Putin Iran

Bengaluru-based stock trading platform Sahi raised a $33M Series B led by Accel at a $200M valuation to expand into margin trade funding, commodities, and more (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
2026-4-29 Commodity

The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-29 Europe Facebook Instagram

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