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April 2, 2026, 10:15 AM
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The Economic Times:
Image Sources: Oracle has cut ~10,000 jobs in India, or ~20% of its Indian workforce, as part of a restructuring that reportedly affects 30,000 employees globally  —  Oracle has cut around 10,000 jobs in India, sources told ET.  This is part of a global restructuring affecting 30,000 employees.
Cloudflare:
Image Cloudflare debuts EmDash, an MIT-licensed, TypeScript-based CMS built on Astro, designed as a serverless “spiritual successor” to WordPress, available on GitHub  —  The cost of building software has drastically decreased.  We recently rebuilt Next.js in one week using AI coding agents.
Luz Ding / Bloomberg:
Image Alibaba releases Qwen3.6-Plus, its third proprietary, closed-source AI model it launched within three days, saying it has “drastically enhanced” agentic coding  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has released its third proprietary AI model in as many days, reinforcing the company's intent …
Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire:
Image Tim Cook discusses 50 years of Apple and it still being Steve Jobs' company, the “very accessible” Trump administration, his “consistent” values, and more  —  Apple's iconic CEO speaks exclusively with Esquire about fifty years of Apple history—and the future the company is continuing to create.
Dan Milmo / The Guardian:
Image Ofcom: the share of adult UK social media users that actively post, share, or comment falls from 61% in 2024 to 49%, as users say they are being more selective  —  Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life
Helene Braun / CoinDesk:
Image Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data: $250M+ moved from Drift to a wallet, which now holds <$600K  —  The platform halted deposits while it investigates suspicious activity and urges users to proceed with caution.
Julie Bort / TechCrunch:
Image A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a prospect on Pathways, a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio, which would violate the software's license  —  The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve has gone from bad to worse this week.  Among the fresh allegations …
Financial Times:
Image Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar to bolster its low Earth orbit satellite business; Apple's 20% stake in Globalstar is one complicating factor  —  Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX's low Earth orbit internet service  —  Amazon is in talks to acquire …
Sally Weale / The Guardian:
Image UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England have observed their pupils' critical thinking skills decline due to AI usage  —  Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving
Bloomberg:
Image Sources: Chinese optics company and Nvidia supplier Innolight confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $3B+; Innolight is listed in Shenzhen  —  Chinese optics firm Zhongji Innolight Co. has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing, according to people familiar with the development …
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Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Image Google increases the storage of its $19.99-per-month Google AI Pro subscription plan from 2TB to 5TB at no additional cost; the 10TB tier costs $49.99 per month  —  Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage.  —  Previously, subscribers …
Zoho:
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Nicola M White / Bloomberg:
Image In a joint filing, Elon Musk and the US SEC say they are ready to move toward a trial over Musk's alleged failure to disclose his Twitter stake in 2022  —  Elon Musk and the US Securities Exchange Commission told a judge they are heading toward a trial over the regulator's allegations …

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Julia Fanzeres / Bloomberg:
Challenger: US tech sector job cuts rose 24%+ YoY to 18,720 in March, taking Q1's tech total to 52,000+; AI accounted for 25% of layoffs across all industriesFind
1½ hours ago
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Microsoft launches in-house AI models MAI-Transcribe-1, MAI-Voice-1, and MAI-Image-2, built by its superintelligence team, as it pursues “AI self-sufficiency”Find
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Erin Griffith / New York Times:
How AI helped Medvi, a telehealth provider of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs with just two full-time employees, hit $401M in 2025 sales, as it tracks for $1.8B in 2026Find
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Juro Osawa / The Information:
OpenClaw launches an official China mirror, with ByteDance providing the servers to host the Chinese-language service, as OpenClaw explodes in the countryFind
3½ hours ago
Bloomberg:
Sources: Chinese optics company and Nvidia supplier Innolight confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $3B+; Innolight is listed in ShenzhenFind
4 hours ago
Sally Weale / The Guardian:
UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England have observed their pupils' critical thinking skills decline due to AI usageFind
4 hours ago
Cloudflare:
Cloudflare debuts EmDash, an MIT-licensed, TypeScript-based CMS built on Astro, designed as a serverless “spiritual successor” to WordPress, available on GitHubFind
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From Mediagazer

New York Times:
Sources: an Iranian-aligned militia in Iraq is seeking the release of several detained militia members in exchange for freeing journalist Shelly Kittleson

Reuters:
Australia says it will ban gambling ads featuring celebrities and limit online gambling ads to logged-in users over 18 starting in 2027

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wired ends its UK print edition, after reducing from six to four issues per year at the end of 2024; seven London-based journalists left at the end of 2025

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Naga Avan-Nomayo / The Block:
Crypto asset manager CoinShares began trading on the Nasdaq on April 1, marking its entry into US public markets after its $1.2B SPAC merger with Vine Hill

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Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:
Franklin Templeton agrees to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to form Franklin Crypto, which will offer strategies designed for institutional investors
Stevie Bonifield / The Verge:
Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December 2025 and February 2026 hikes, and unveils a 3GB Pi 4 for $83.75
Bloomberg:
Sources: SpaceX has filed confidentially for an IPO, putting it on track for a June listing, and could seek a $1.75T+ valuation; it would reportedly raise ~$75B
Financial Times:
Source: AWS' operation in Bahrain was damaged after an Iranian strike; Bahrain earlier said the civil defence force was “extinguishing a fire in a facility”
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