How much should Apple pay Google to fix Siri? The two companies are reportedly finalizing a deal for Apple to pay Google about $1 billion per year for a 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini model. The current model that powers Apple Intelligence has 150 billion parameters.

Would you trust Apple with your home security? Apple wants to release at least three new types of devices, including a home security camera for the end of 2026, a home hub display with a 7-inch screen for $350 that has been delayed to spring 2026, and a tabletop robot with a 9-inch screen for 2027.

OpenAI has announced the biggest funding deal yet, again. The AI startup has raised $110 billion at a $730 pre-money billion valuation, up from its secondary sale that let current and former employees sell shares at a $500 billion valuation in October 2025.

Would you use PayPal if it was a bank? Buy now, pay later firms and crypto companies are making moves to become banks, and PayPal wants to join the party. PayPal says it has filed applications with the Utah Department of Financial Institutions and the FDIC to establish PayPal Bank.

SpaceX acquired xAI. After rumors that SpaceX and xAI were in talks to merge and that SpaceX was also considering a potential merger with Tesla, SpaceX yesterday acquired xAI (www.spacex.com/updates#xai-...) “to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth.”

Anthropic is doubling down on Google Cloud. Anthropic and Google have announced an expanded cloud partnership worth tens of billions of dollars, giving Anthropic access to up to 1 million TPUs for over 1 gigawatt of AI compute capacity. Those aren't quite OpenAI-scale numbers, but they’re big.

3 things you need to know about Gemini 3:

Warner Bros. Discovery wants Netflix, not Paramount.

Would you use a browser from OpenAI? The world’s biggest startup has launched ChatGPT Atlas, its web browser available now for macOS and “coming soon” for Windows, iOS, and Android. Atlas has an opt-in browser memories feature that lets ChatGPT remember key details from webpages you browse.

Robots are going to steal Amazon jobs. According to internal Amazon documents, however, the company’s automation team believes Amazon can avoid hiring more than 160,000 people in the US it would otherwise need by 2027 and more than 600,000 people by 2033.

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Democracy is under strain across the U.S. and Europe. What does that mean for our future? Join Daniel Ziblatt, co-author of How Democracies Die, for a conversation on democratic backsliding and what comes next. 📅 April 22 🎟️ RSVP: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/danie... #democracy #politics

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Trump will freeze $10B in funding for ONLY certain states, inc. CA. This will affect Temporary Assistance for NEEDY FAMILIES, #CalWORKs, cutting off access to child care subsidies & a critical line of defense in preventing families from falling even deeper into poverty by enabling parents to work.

Veterans describe the Iran war in one word: "Sadness... Loss of life... Pointless."

3⃣ sixes in the last two overs from Surrey 🚀 We need 40 off 24 balls for victory. 🩵 | #VitalityBlast

THIS OR THAT: Classic video game edition. Do you agree with these choices?

🌻 Is the Green Party blooming? 🌱 Community allotments - which party would get mucked in? 🍏 What fruitful conversations need to be had before 7th May? 👀 @mothinali.bsky.social answers our gardening and politics questions 🍒🍉🫒🌼🌿

@maddow.msnbc.com My first experience helping to coordinate a #NoKings rally as the city manager of Española, NM. The cars kept driving in. We had 100 participants, more than 2x our previous protest and so much supportive honking! #NoKings #Indivisible #resist

My Economic Plan will Unlock Wisconsin to support Wisconsinites and the challenges they face in order to make ends meet. During my first term as Governor, I will build 200K homes, start 50K businesses, and annually train 100K Wisconsinites. #MissyForWI #UnlockWisconsin

Streamer-Felix auf Tiktok: Weil sein Interviewpartner sich als #bundespolizei offenbarte rief der Tiktoker zum Screenshooting auf - Ob der junge Mann tatsächlich ein Bundespolizist ist, ist unklar #advertiseagents #worldnews #polizei #news

𝓞𝓜𝓖 𝓣𝓗𝓘𝓢 𝓘𝓢 𝓓𝓔𝓕 𝓣𝓗𝓘𝓢 𝓜𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓜𝓨 𝓓𝓪𝓭𝓭𝔂, 𝓐𝓼 𝓘 𝓐𝓶 𝓐𝓛𝓦𝓐𝓨𝓢 𝓜𝔂 𝓓𝓪𝓭𝓭𝔂’𝓼 𝓜𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓟𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓟𝓾𝓷𝔃𝓲𝓮 𝓐𝓛𝓦𝓐𝓨𝓢!! & 𝓣𝓗𝓘𝓢 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓜𝓲𝓭𝓭𝓵𝓮 𝓐𝓫𝓼𝓸𝓵𝓾𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓛𝓞𝓥𝓔𝓢 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓜𝔂 𝓓𝓪𝓭𝓭𝔂 𝓚𝓲𝓼𝓼 𝓐𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓼 𝓜𝓮, 𝓖𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓫𝓲𝓷𝓰 ( 𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓐𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 ) 𝓜𝔂 𝓛𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓕𝓪𝓬𝓮 & 𝓒𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓘𝓽 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓚𝓲𝓼𝓼𝓮𝓼 𝓦𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝓘 𝓖𝓲𝓰𝓰𝓵𝓮 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓒𝓻𝓪𝔃𝔂 & “ 𝓟𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽/ 𝓕𝓾𝓼𝓼 “ 𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱……………

Go out and hug someone today!

Banned from his fave Lefty-baiting location of Stirchley, today Ryan Bridge took his Raise the Colours rotters to Harborne, which also rejected his flags in October uk.news.yahoo.com/harborne-inc... But he doesn't care + he's skint. Had to use ladders as his cherry picker is impounded for hit & run

Well, they know what they have to do now.

In DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN AND MOON, Lisa See brings post–Civil War Los Angeles to life through the stories of three Chinese women who defy the odds to survive and thrive. Preorder now: https://bit.ly/4rLSWbc

a little hope, on the house. #imurme #hopecore #goodvibes #wholesome #healing

📺 Un vistazo animado al cuadrangular de Jesús Sánchez

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The great Dana Goldberg and her greatness

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Another WTH moment with creepy RFK Jr who loves yoinking snakes and other critters to torture them.

In this video, Agnese Vilde, Ambassador of Latvia to the Council of Europe, pays tribute to the NGOs working to end violence against women and reminds us of the critical role they play in ensuring women and children can live free from violence. #IstanbulConvention #NoExcuse #16DaysOfActivism

🥳 A small town in #Oregon is celebrating after officially stopping a large data center from being built in their community‼️ The #LaPineCity Council voted unanimously to reject the proposed project 👏

I guess there's a reason his name is abe SIMPson, right? Absolute filth from this old man. #Simpsons #RoadRage #RetroGaming #Gaming

The heaviest I have done on pull down bar at the gym 72.5ibs 32.6kg

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Our spirits are connected to God's, allow the Holy Spirit in & you'll have all the protection you'll ever need! #God #Christian #Bible #Spirit

Some brands try to win Q4… Others get real and plan for January. If your site’s weak, your creative sucks, or you’re late to the party- lean into “New Year, New You” instead. Peak season’s about prep. Missed it? Don’t panic. Pivot.

Being “the strong one” can become a lonely identity. If everyone relies on you, people may stop noticing when you need support too.

@stephenking.bsky.social He's right ! America does have lots of stupid folks ⚠️

Some projects would look interesting with the stylized effect in Umbra Soft Shadows! ► https://kronnect.com/go/umbra #unity3d #indie #indiedev #gamedev #madewithunity #indiegames #assetstore #unity #unitydeveloper #games

Doing a few Moto3 class career races and trying to win the MOTO3 championship in MotoGP 26! #MotoGP26 #NintendoSwitch2 #Nintendo #Switch2 #MotoGP

Tried my hand at @heytibo.bsky.social's MultiMesh+ addon (github.com/gtibo/multim...) to paint a bunch of grass and ivy into the level. While it might take longer than a scatter approach I do like the artistic intent of doing it by hand 🖌️ #GodotEngine #GameDev

"Fusion center databases represent a modern general warrant." The whole point of the Fourth Amendment was to stop the dragnet. These databases are all-encompassing, exist in perpetuity, and anyone can fall in. #Surveillance #Privacy #FusionCenters Full conversation in the thread 👇

Tomorrow, Scotland’s future is in your hands. This is what I offer as your First Minister. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This was diabolical way to close out the show. My guys are back on pure evil. Dax even put on Malachai’s glasses. 😂 #AEWCollision #AEW 🤼

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This is not normal This is the mentality some Israelis show openly

You can design for an ideal community. But you have to moderate the real one. That means moderators need to learn from the community that exists, not necessarily the one they planned for. 🎧 Learn more in our webinar Humans in the Loop: Building Ethical AI for Content Moderation teamthorn.co/3WXqFQZ

We have a bananaquit bird building a nest about two foot away from the railing of our balcony:

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Could the Epstein files trigger the downfall of the UK Prime Minister? #news

Uniter Julie Tsirkin in role of Shocked America #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited 🎥 @newsjul.bsky.social + @corey.marshallsteele

A stretcher cart was run over by a player during an Ecuadorian Serie B game (insert sound effects here)

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We’re demanding the immediate release of Rihan, a Cheshire High School student detained by ICE. Rihan and his family entered the US legally on humanitarian parole. His father helped US troops by working as an interpreter in Afghanistan. They were doing everything by the book to build a life here.

Imagine a horse jumps its fence and joins the crowd when you are in one of France's most prestigious cycling races. This video is from 1997, btw.

🇮🇷🇱🇧Protestas en Teherán en apoyo a la resistencia y al Líbano ➡️Manifestantes en Plaza de Enqelab de Teherán reafirmaron su compromiso con la resistencia regional, coreando: “La resistencia es nuestro camino claro; el Líbano siempre forma parte de nosotros”.

Meanwhile, working families are downsizing just to afford groceries and gas.