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Source: Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire New York-based Stainless, which helps developers generate SDKs from APIs, for at least $300M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-talks-buy-developer-tools-…

Anthropic in Talks to Buy Developer Tools Startup Used by OpenAI, Google
Anthropic is in advanced talks to acquire developer tools startup Stainless for at least $300 million, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The four-year-old Stainless sells software to model makers including Anthropic, OpenAI and Google that helps developers, non-technical people ...

Iran War Live Updates: U.S. And Iran Fail to Agree on Peace Deal After 21 Hours of Talks, Vance Says (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/11/world/iran-war-trump-talks-pakistan
http://www.memeorandum.com/260411/p57#a260411p57

Iran-US talks: no deal reached. One of the key sticking points was the US refusal to agree anything on halting the Israeli attacks in Lebanon.
https://aje.news/x545rk

Iran war live: Vance says no deal reached, US has made ‘best, final offer’
Iranian media say the US was looking for an excuse to leave the talks and that the ‘ball is in America’s court’.

Sources: Cisco is in talks to acquire Tel Aviv-based Astrix Security, which sells software to monitor and secure AI agents, for between $250M and $350M (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cisco-talks-buy-ai-security-s…

Cisco in Talks to Buy AI Security Startup Astrix for at Least $250 Million
Cisco Systems is in talks to acquire Astrix Security, a five-year-old Israeli cybersecurity startup that sells software to monitor and secure AI agents, for between $250 million and $350 million, according to people with knowledge of the deal. That would represent at least a 25% premium to the ...

BBC: US officials present proposal where 3 new military bases in Greenland will be "formally designated as US sovereign territory." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21669452lo
To agree to that formulation would probably be as close as you can get to political suicide -…

US in closely guarded talks to open new bases in Greenland
Negotiations have progressed in recent months, according to multiple officials familiar, with the White House optimistic of reaching a deal.

Great piece of writing : “Let’s talk about LLMs” https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/apr/09/llms/
It reminds me of a time when software development meant that some people had the role of “analyst” and others the role of “programmer”. The expected increase in the volume of generated…

While I mostly agree, it's worth noting that, while "Eighty-five percent of San Francisco is zoned so that it’s illegal to build apartments.", developers are not building them where they are not only allowed, but also approved - because it "doesn't pencil out."
The arguments about homelessness ignore the problem of expecting the market to solve a problem of profit margins.
Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disi…

Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA
The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.

While I mostly agree, it's worth noting that, while "Eighty-five percent of San Francisco is zoned so that it’s illegal to build apartments.", developers are not building them where they are not only allowed, but also approved - because it "doesn't pencil out."
The arguments about homelessness ignore the problem of expecting the market to solve a problem of profit margins.
Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disi…

Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA
The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.

So wonderful when well-meaning people slap Cloudflare in front of their artifact store, so CI fails to retrieve assets.
I assure you, tools in the GitHub actions runner cannot identify the fire hydrants. A http/403 & blob of html imploring them to enable cookies & javascript just isn't a valid manifest list.
This is crap.
#cicd #cloudfare #complaining

Swiss pharmaceutical group Roche agrees to acquire US-based PathAI, which makes AI diagnostic tools, for up to $1.05B, with $750M upfront, closing in H2 2026 (AdriŠ Calatayud/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.