Meta set to begin antitrust trial on April 14
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, former COO Sheryl Sandberg, and other key figures will testify.
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Forerunner’s long game: As startups stall before IPO, all options are on the table
Thirteen years ago, Forerunner Ventures began helping to usher in a new era of consumer startups, including Warby Parker, Bonobos, and Glossier. None has gone through a traditional IPO process. Warby Parker was taken public through a special purpose acquisition vehicle. Bonobos was acquired by Walmart. Glossier is still privately held, along with many other
Spotify & Live Nation Fuel Music Stocks Comeback in Wild Week
Led by Spotify and Live Nation, music stocks surged on Wednesday (April 9) after the U.S. Treasury placed a 90-day pause on most tariffs and recaptured some of the losses from the chaotic previous week.
A week after losing $12 billion in market value, Spotify was one of the top-performing music stocks of the week, gaining 8.0% and offsetting most of the previous week’s 10.3% decline.
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OpenAI Is Reportedly Preparing to Launch GPT-4.1
Evidence is mounting that the newest version of GPT will be released soon.
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Sign Up for Marvel Unlimited to Receive an Exclusive ‘Marvel Rivals’ Skin – Marvel
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Microsoft killed Skype and trapped her money. She is fighting back. – The Washington Post
Microsoft killed Skype and trapped her money. She is fighting back. The Washington PostGoodbye Skype – Here’s 9 Other Calling Options – That’s Sanya Thatsmags.comWill You Miss Skype After Microsoft Kills It Off? MakeUseOfMicrosoft’s Skype shutdown sparks backlash as users lose prepaid funds Moneycontrol
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Microsoft total recalls Recall totally to Copilot+ PCs – theregister.com
Microsoft total recalls Recall totally to Copilot+ PCs theregister.comMicrosoft rolls out AI screenshot tool dubbed ‘privacy nightmare’ BBCMicrosoft starts final Windows Recall testing before rollout BleepingComputerMicrosoft is rolling out its controversial Recall feature to Windows Insiders EngadgetThat groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows Ars Technica
‘Don’t panic, but don’t relax’: Taiwan’s plan ‘to use 7-Eleven chains’ as wartime hubs
If war comes to Taiwan, the local citizens might be sent to their nearest 7-Eleven.
No one knows for sure what a Chinese attack on Taiwan will look like, but there are some assumptions made by government planners. They expect Taiwan’s military and maybe police will be sent to frontlines, leaving civilian first responders in charge of care and control.
‘Don’t panic, but don’t relax’: Taiwan’s plan ‘to use 7-Eleven chains’ as wartime hubs comes via ChinaTechNews.com.
Subaru sticks to its guns against increasing competition
While other established brands are cutting prices and lengthening warranties to fend off increasing Chinese competition, Subaru Australia says its current approach is to stick to its roots.
The Japanese brand will imminently launch its new Forester SUV here, a new generation of its best-selling model.
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Meta’s vanilla Maverick AI model ranks below rivals on a popular chat benchmark
Earlier this week, Meta landed in hot water for using an experimental, unreleased version of its Llama 4 Maverick model to achieve a high score on a crowdsourced benchmark, LM Arena. The incident prompted the maintainers of LM Arena to apologize, change their policies, and score the unmodified, vanilla Maverick. Turns out, it’s not very