AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict |

AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon’s recent $50 billion investment in OpenAI, after its long partnership including $8 billion of investment in Anthropic, is the…

Amazon to end support for older Kindle devices |

Amazon is preparing to end support for Kindle devices released before 2012 — cutting them off from the Kindle Store and making them virtually unable…

Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a 'ground-up overhaul' of its AI |

11:53 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 Meta released an AI model on Wednesday called Muse Spark, which marks its “first step” toward an “overhaul…

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents |

Cybercriminals have allegedly stolen a large amount of sensitive internal documents from the Los Angeles Police Department and leaked the data online. The stolen data…

Hack-for-hire group caught targeting Android devices and iCloud backups |

Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa. The hackers used…

Databricks co-founder wins prestigious ACM award, says 'AGI is here already' |

Databricks co-founder and CTO Matei Zaharia almost missed the email telling him that he was the 2026 recipient of the ACM Prize in Computing. “Yeah,…

Tubi is the first streamer to launch a native app within ChatGPT |

11:23 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 Tubi, the Fox-owned streaming service, announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, giving viewers an…

Volkswagen begins testing its self-driving microbuses in Los Angeles ahead of launch with Uber |

Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA America and Uber have started testing autonomous microbuses in Los Angeles, the companies announced Wednesday, the latest step as they prepare to…

British cryptographer Adam Back denies NYT report that he is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto |

In Brief Posted: 9:03 AM PDT · April 8, 2026 The identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, remains a long-running…