Appfigures: app releases across the App Store and Google Play grew 60% YoY in Q1, with App Store releases alone up 80%, possibly driven by AI coding tools (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/18/the-app-store-is-booming-again-and-ai-may-…
West Virginia's AG sues Apple for allegedly violating consumer protection laws by failing to implement tools like PhotoDNA to detect CSAM stored on iCloud (Kalley Huang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/technology/apple-w…
Giants have had 'productive' talks with Lawrence https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48487499/giants-had-productive-talks-dexter-lawrence
Am I the only one who finds the sombre, weighty talk of sportscasters talking about a sacked coach or a bemoaning a popular team failing to 'fire on all cylinders' weirdly incongruous coming immediately on the heels of similarly sombre media discussing current events where thousands are dying and world war three is emerging (i.e. actual, real stakes).
MAGA International Goes Down in Flames (Andrew Egger/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-international-goes-down-in-flames-orban-magyar-hungary-trump-elections-iran-war-peace-talks-pakistan-strait-hormuz-blockade
http://www.memeorandum.com/260413/p43#a260413p43
Talks between the US and Iran appeared to have concluded for now,
Following several hours of talks in Pakistan that are aimed at ending the weeks-long war between Washington and Tehran.
Different Iranian media outlets, including Fars news agency and Tasnim news agency,
are reporting that “serious disagreements” remain
but at the suggestion of Pakistan, another round of talks will be held on Sunday morning.
Sources: AI legal software startup Legora is in talks to raise $400M at a $5B valuation, after raising $150M in October 2025 at a $1.8B valuation (Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2026/02/17/legal-…
Glydways, a robocar startup backed by Sam Altman, Khosla, and others, says it is in talks to raise $250M at a $1B valuation, following a ~$170M Series C (Min-Jeong Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04…