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Seasoned observers of Russia’s space program might question if the drone attacks are a ruse to add another layer of secrecy to the country's launch activity at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

The deals come as the DoD has doubled down on diversifying its exposure to AI vendors in the wake of its controversial dispute with Anthropic over usage terms of its AI models.

Don’t expect product placement in GTA 6 — The CEO of Take-Two says "all the brands are made up." https://bit.ly/4nmsKT7

if you find a cool security bug I bet you could make the most money from it by selling it to an AI startup so they can pretend their tooling found it

gee thanks @papapishu.bsky.social and @aftermath.site now I've gone and reinstalled Vanquish I'LL DO THE LAUNDRY TOMORROW GODDAMNIT

Apple’s iPhone revenue jumps to $57 billion despite chip shortages. Tim Cook says “less flexibility” in the supply chain impacted iPhone sales www.theverge.com/tech/921527/...

The maker of data storage devices has become one of biggest beneficiaries of the AI data center boom. https://sherwood.news/markets/sandisk-quarterly-earnings-report/

Vampire: The Masquerade – Oaths and Ashes is a visual novel set in contemporary Berlin launching later this year. gameinformer.com/2026/04/30/v...

Our position is it's entirely possible this is going to lead to a waterfall of critical vulns, but our job in building general defenses and working towards efficiently doing vulnerability management was already correct and we just proceed like that.

The company racked up an eye-popping $36.9 billion of investment gains during the quarter, largely from its stakes in private companies like Anthropic and SpaceX. https://sherwood.news/tech/googles-business-did-great-its-investment-in-other-businesses-did-even-better/

Finally, the AI feature we all wanted and needed: Amazon now creates an AI “podcast” about products where two AI “hosts” discuss the product and take your questions as if it’s a call-in show. www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ai-ge...

Flatiron Building Thanks to my friend from Derby, England for purchasing this wonderful iconic American art print: buff.ly/Qeode03 If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at troy@troycap.com.

The Boys Season 5 bounces back in a big way with the character-driven and thoroughly entertaining new installment One-Shots. Our review: https://bit.ly/4w5izpS

If you're leaving GitHub, we'd be very happy to chat! We work remotely, pay top-end of European salaries and are hell bent on building the best code forge ever. We're hiring for one intermediate/senior role right now: jobs.tangled.org/software-eng.... Go, Firecracker, distributed systems.

Leonide the Vampyr: The House of Yonda comes to its conclusion today with issue #2, available now! Details: https://bit.ly/4sVGmqf By @mikemignola.bsky.social, @rachelearagno.bsky.social, Dave Stewart, and Clem Robins. With covers from Aragno & Mark László

Frontispiece to Disputationes Theologicae in Primam Partem divi Thomae… Vol I, 1696, engraved by #IsabellaPiccini ( #ElisabettaPiccini, Italian, 1644–1734), who died #otd, Apr 29. Held by Firestone Lib., Princeton Univ, graphicarts.princeton.edu/2021/08/11/e... #womenartists #artherstory #nuntastic

While Apple described the issue as a bug, it is one that the FBI has leveraged multiple times to recover the content of Signal messages, according to records.  It's thanks to subscribers that allow for us to continue to report on these things and push for changes. www.404media.co/apple-fixes-...

ASU Atomic, a new tool in beta at Arizona State University, takes faculty lectures and chops them into extremely short clips, that AI then attempts to turn into learning materials. @samleecole.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/asu-atomic-a...

Just to put it all in one place 1. Posted a picture of Biden hogtied. 2 Mocked Paul Pelosi 3. Said he was glad Mueller died 4. Threatened the entire Iranian civilisation with being wiped out 5. Fomented an actual coup with extreme violence 6. Is a rapist But the left should tone down the rhetoric

Every time I see someone talk about Claude I think about how they switched from female to male names as soon as they wanted the robots to seem like experts vs personal assistants.

Orders for SKTCHD BOOK 2025 close in two days! Have you ordered yours yet? Featuring: A foreword by @kierongillen.bsky.social! A giant Grant Morrison interview! A retrospective on Bone's time in Disney Adventures! A look at the world of comic strips! More! sktchd.bigcartel.com/product/sktc...

After Anthropic refused to allow the DoD to use its AI for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons, Google has signed a new contract with the department.

The Blood of Dawnwalker, the vampire RPG from former Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 devs, will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC this September. gameinformer.com/2026/04/28/t...

Steelrising studio Spiders is reportedly shutting down, just six weeks after the launch of its latest game, GreedFall 2. gameinformer.com/2026/04/28/r...

Claude is better than Demitri but not as good as Edelgard. FIGHT ME.

I am pretty even tempered but the way Buc-ee's is spelled enrages me

The Last Software Engineer www.epicproduct.engineer/the-last-sof...

Crimson Desert has sold so well that its developer, Pearl Abyss, has reportedly given every employee a $3,400 bonus. https://bit.ly/3QpLqVD

Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead. The two companies have re-negotiated their partnership into one that lets OpenAI bring its products to any cloud provider www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Intel warns that CPU prices could be the next to rise due to AI demand, as attention shifts to agentic AI inference. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/intel-w...

Have you visited Git City yet? This open source project turns your GitHub profile into a pixel art city. Your commits, repos, and stars build the skyline. 🌃 https://github.com/srizzon/git-city

Reminder: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Ravenloft is set to kick off this August! Details: https://bit.ly/4vqp0na This four-issue genre-bending comic series unites Rudolph van Richten’s protégés... By @amychu.bsky.social, @arielakris.bsky.social, and team. Cover shown is from @guillemmarch.bsky.social

Dreame’s breakneck growth and ambitious expansion raise more flags than an Olympic opening ceremony. A vacuum company barely through its first decade, expanding into categories like TVs, cars, and appliances, which require a mature corporate infrastructure, feels fragile at best.

Set in the universe of the upcoming He-Man and the Masters of the Universe film, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Wings of Fate launches on June 10th! Details: https://bit.ly/4u2WVSf By @timsheridan.bsky.social, Will Silney, Israel Silva, @andworld.bsky.social. With Mattel #HeMan #MOTU

An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.

I vibe-coded two new projects yesterday in one afternoon/evening… I can see how this can be addicting 😬 First the Messenger wrapper, second one - I'm doing another attempt at making a simplified and cleaned up version of Capistrano v2, stripping a whole bunch of features from it one after another.

The LEGO Shrek BrickHeadz feel like an afterthought in an otherwise exciting new theme launching in June. https://bit.ly/4ubxFbF

Next theme: PRAGMATA! 🌕 Use #CapcomSnapshots in your shares for a chance to be selected for our next spotlight on May 8!

Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.

*sweats in “we gotta launch @ersc.io” Thank you to everyone that’s reached out. We’re working on it…

Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.” www.wired.com/story/wired-...

Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.

We spoke to Peter Molyneux, who led Fable developer Lionhead and has just released his new game, Masters of Albion, into early access, to get his thoughts on the lack of a fan-favorite feature in the Fable reboot. https://bit.ly/3QsJwU4

What this means is that the age of cheap, underpriced AI appears to be ending, or at least the compute crunch means the venture capitalists and investment firms funding OpenAI and Anthropic are going to have to be willing to burn even more cash in order to continue subsidizing their products.

Every week I gather notable links and articles that I think are worth discussing. In today's roundup: Palantir's fascist manifesto, how data center architecture might change in a more dangerous world, how AI might change the news homepage, and building safer creativity at work.

Sweeping federal job cuts and a shrinking hospitality sector have resulted in high unemployment in the nation’s capital. https://sherwood.news/power/washington-dc-most-job-losses-in-2025/

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