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Cracks are starting to form on fusion energy’s funding boom
It happens in every emerging industry: founders and investors push toward a common goal, until the money starts to roll…
Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston
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NIST scientists create ‘any wavelength’ lasers
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Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking
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The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber’s star tracker
The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber’s star tracker Before GPS, how did aircraft navigate? One important technique was…
Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing
Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of the Trump…
SQLite prefixes its temp files with `etilqs_`
Turso is a rewrite of SQLite in Rust, fully compatible with SQLite. I’ve been working on implementing VACUUM and studying…
Once close enough for an acquisition, Stripe and Airwallex are now going after each other
Jack Zhang was 34 years old, three and a half years into running a startup, and sitting across from one…
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.
At a trendy venue near the San Francisco pier, Sam Altman’s verification project World celebrated its next evolution and rapid…
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by “unfriendly states”
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Uber will now pick up your returns from your doorstep
Uber launched a new feature on Friday that lets customers return purchased items without leaving their home. The new returns…
HTTP desync in Discord’s media proxy: Spying on a whole platform
HTTP desync in Discord’s media proxy: Spying on a whole platform 2026-04-16 In 2022, I came across a quirky behavior…
The Best MagSafe Accessories (for Android, Too!): Chargers, Wallets, and More
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A giant cell tower is going to space this weekend
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Recent advances push Big Tech closer to the Q-Day danger zone
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Ada, Its Design, and the Language That Built the Languages
Essay · Software & Ideas The QuietColossus On Ada, the language that the Department of Defense built, the industry ignored,…
New leaders, new fund: Sequoia has raised $7B to expand its AI bets
In Brief Posted: 7:55 PM PDT · April 16, 2026 Image Credits:Dani Padgett/StrictlyVC Connie Loizos New leaders, new fund: Sequoia…
Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon
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Are we getting what we paid for? How to turn AI momentum into measurable value
VB EventVB Staff 12:55 pm, PT, April 16, 2026 Brian Gracely, Director of Portfolio Strategy, Red Hat and Matt Marshall,…