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Bill Peebles, the researcher behind Sora, is leaving OpenAI as the company consolidates around enterprise AI and its forthcoming "superapp" (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/kevin-weil-a…

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed 'side quests' | TechCrunch
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team, signaling a sharp pivot away from consumer moonshots toward enterprise AI.

A group of six immigration rights activists and local political figures known as
"The Broadview Six" are calling on a judge to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Justice Department for criminal contempt.
They
According to the Chicago Sun Times federal courts reporter Jon Seidel, the lawyer for the six made the request to U.S. District Judge April Perry, a former federal prosecutor herself.
The six were targeted as part of the arrests around the im…

Activists targeted by DOJ ask judge for special counsel to investigate prosecutors
A group of six immigration rights activists and local political figures known as "The Broadview Six" are calling on a judge to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Justice Department for criminal contempt. According to the Chicago Sun Times federal courts reporter Jon Seidel, the lawyer for ...

Walking around Perth CBD. They're even bigger fans of whipped cream here than in Melbourne!
#nangs #perth #melbourne

Build a #bannedBook library #server on a WiFi #smartLightbulb, that you can leave around anywhere as a dead drop. I personally don’t understand any of the tech but I’m sure someone around here does, and…

Insights from my latest piece of workplace research are now available to download from:
https://ais-interiors.com/the-space-between/
"The Space Between" explores the question whether office design has changed due to the Covid-19 pandemic (or do we simply work different…

A Chinese hacker group posing as a cybersecurity firm called Wuhan Anshun Technology stole around 7 million dollars in digital assets through supply chain attacks, with targets including popular wallet provider Trust Wallet.
https://crypto.news/china-hacker-group

China hacker group leaks $7M crypto theft operation targeting wallet supply chains​
A hacker group from China posing as a cybersecurity firm has allegedly stolen 7 million dollars via wallet supply‑chain attacks

Fox Host: Trump Could Run Around "Dressed As An Ostrich" And His Cabinet Still Wouldn't Remove Him - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/04/fox-host-trump-could-run-around-dressed-as-an-ostrich-and-his-cabinet-still-wouldnt-remove-him/

Around 13,000 years ago,
as the world was emerging from the grip of the last ice age,
much of the North Atlantic region plunged back into near-glacial conditions.
Sea ice expanded across the North Atlantic,
reaching as far south as the Shetland Islands.
Glaciers began to regrow in the Scottish Highlands,
while winter temperatures across Europe and North America plummeted.
⭐️Yet off the coast of Atlantic Canada, the ocean did the opposite.
In ou…

The Gulf Stream suddenly moved north during an ancient cold snap – and it’s a warning for our future
New evidence shows a major climate shift ‘within a lifetime’ 13,000 years ago.

Cybersecurity is now a burning topic in capitals around the globe, so stay ahead of the curve by checking out today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments, including
--Anthropic watch: Congress scrambles, Europe recoils, and Anthropic's halo grows brighter,
--Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel's secretive power network,
--Cybercrime now accounts for a third of crimes in parts of Asia,
--France picks local rival to replace Palantir at spy agency,

Anthropic watch: Congress scrambles, Europe recoils, and Anthropic's halo grows brighter
Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel's secretive power network, Cybercrime now accounts for a third of crimes in parts of Asia, France picks local rival to replace Palantir at spy agency, Americans lost $3.5B to imposter scams last year, Hackers hijack Roblox games by seizing dev accounts, much more

Abdullah Ibrahim, a jazz pianist and composer whose elegant, meditative style mingled the sounds of his native Cape Town with musical traditions from around the world, making him an admired ambassador of the anti-apartheid movement, died on Monday in Prien am Chiemsee, a town south of Munich. He was 91.
His death, at hospital, was confirmed by Jonas Herbsman, his lawyer. He lived in nearby Aschau im Chiemgau.
Mr. Ibrahim — who was known as Dollar Brand before converting to Islam …

Abdullah Ibrahim, Eminent South African Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91
His song “Mannenberg” became the unofficial anthem of the country’s fight against apartheid, with Nelson Mandela calling him “our Mozart.”