With US spy laws set to expire, lawmakers are split over protecting Americans from warrantless surveillance |

A long-running law that has allowed U.S. intelligence agencies to collect and analyze huge amounts of overseas communications without needing search warrants is set to…

Gigs turns your concert history into a personal live music archive |

People always hold up their phones to record special moments at concerts, but they often never revisit those videos. Gigs, a new concert-tracking app launching…

Tesla brings its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston |

Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. The post says simply that “Robotaxi…

VC Ron Conway says he has a ‘rare form of cancer’ |

In Brief Posted: 1:00 PM PDT · April 18, 2026 Longtime venture capitalist Ron Conway said Friday that he was “recently diagnosed with a rare…

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 of the most powerful investors…

Anthropic’s relationship with the Trump administration seems to be thawing |

7:56 AM PDT · April 18, 2026 Despite recently being designated a supply-chain risk by the Pentagon, Anthropic is still talking to high-level members of…

The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why |

Everyone said AI would kill apps. Instead, new app launches are soaring. According to a new analysis from market intelligence provider Appfigures, worldwide app releases…

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 expansion of its ambitions. And…

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed 'side quests' |

1:38 PM PDT · April 17, 2026 OpenAI is losing two of the architects of its most ambitious moonshots. Kevin Weil, who led the company’s…

Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation |

Nicholas Moore, who pleaded guilty to hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months, was sentenced on Friday…