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Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 - Google's is moving to counter AWS and Microsoft in the emerging AI data stack race. Google is recasting its data and analytics portfolio as the Agentic Data Cloud, an architecture it says is aimed at moving enterprise AI from pilot to production by turning fragmented data into a unified semantic layer that agents can reason over and act on more reliably at scale. The new architecture builds on Google's existing ...

Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 - Meta Cutting 10% Of Company In Push For 'Efficiency'—As AI-Related Layoffs Soar --:-- / --:-- This voice experience is generated by AI.  Meta is will layoff 10% of its workforce, the company told employees in a memo Thursday, and won't hire workers for 6,000 open jobs in hopes of offsetting the money it's spending to integrate artificial intelligence into the company in the latest corporate shakeup ...

Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 - Elon Musk's SpaceX announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with coding platform Cursor to build new AI models. As part of this deal, Cursor gave SpaceX the right to acquire the company later this year for $60 billion or to pay $10 billion for their work together. SpaceXAI and @cursor_ai are now working closely together to create the world's best coding and knowledge work AI. The combination of Cursor's leading ...

Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 - Signal "very happy" Apple fixed bug storing private chats after app was deleted. Apple fixed a security bug that made it possible for cops to access content from deleted Signal messages. Vulnerable users hoping to evade law enforcement surveillance often use encrypted apps like Signal to communicate sensitive information. That's why users felt blindsided when 404 Media reported that Apple was unexpectedly storing ...

Thursday, Apr 23rd, 2026 - The Trump administration is finally, slowly, beginning the process of refunding the illegal tariffs it collected over the past year, and some private companies say they will speed those refunds along to consumers. In theory, this is a straightforward act of restitution. In practice, it reveals a more complicated—and, for many consumers, likely less satisfying—truth about tariffs. This week, U.S. Customs ...