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Vercel says some customer accounts were compromised prior to its early-April breach, potentially through social engineering, malware, or other methods (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/vercel-says-some-…

Vercel says some of its customers' data was stolen prior to its recent hack | TechCrunch
The app and website hosting company has found evidence of a second compromise of customer accounts after expanding its initial investigation following a breach in early April.

A profile of AWS at its 20th anniversary, covering its creation, rise to market dominance, response to the ChatGPT disruption, and the future of its AI bets (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/aws-at-20-inside…

At a town hall, Asha Sharma said Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming, as "Xbox needs to be our identity" (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming
Microsoft is returning to the Xbox division internally, instead of Microsoft Gaming. It’s part of a “return to Xbox” from the new Xbox CEO.

A look at Microsoft's recent wave of executive departures, as it struggles to retain talent and changes its annual rewards and performance programs in response (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/917361/microsoft-executive-departures-notepad…

Inside Microsoft’s wave of executive departures
Microsoft has lost a lot of executives this year already. The company is reshuffling many of its businesses to meet AI demand.

LinkedIn names COO Daniel Shapero as its new CEO, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who will retain his position as EVP at Microsoft (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/microsofts-linkedin-makes-executive-daniel-shapero-its-new-ceo…

Microsoft's LinkedIn names longtime exec Dan Shapero its new CEO
Microsoft said Daniel Shapero will be the new CEO of LinkedIn, reporting to Ryan Roslansky, who held the job since 2020 and now has added responsibility.

Spotify celebrates its 20th anniversary with a first-ever list of its 20 most streamed artists, albums, songs, podcasts, and audiobooks (Gil Kaufman/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-most-stream…

Spotify Reveals First-Ever Most Streamed Artists, Songs and Albums List: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd Are Tops
Spotify celebrated its 20th anniversary on Thursday (Apr. 23) with a first-ever list of most-streamed artists, albums and songs; see the full lists.

Jury deliberations begin in New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta over children's safety risks, after both sides delivered closing arguments (Morgan Lee/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-child-sexual-exploitation-5ad9…

New Mexico trial nears end over children's safety risks on Meta
Closing arguments are underway in a landmark trial where New Mexico prosecutors are accusing social media conglomerate Meta of misleading people about the safety of its platforms for children. Meta denies violating state consumer protection laws. Nationwide, social media companies are contending with lawsuits that allege the platforms harm children. Closing arguments in the New Mexico case were being delivered Monday after six weeks of testimony from scores of witnesses that included teachers, …

Meta says it is pausing teens' access to its AI characters globally across all its apps as it develops a special version of an AI character for teens (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/23/meta-pau…

Meta pauses teen access to AI characters as it develops a specially tailored version | TechCrunch
Meta will developed new versions of AI characters that will give age-appropriate responses

Source: Greenoaks, one of Brex's top investors, will return twice its investment after Capital One's Brex acquisition for $5.15B in a half-cash, half-stock deal (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/exit-brex-investors-rising-zombie…

An Exit for Brex Investors; Rising Zombie Funds
Brex’s $5.15 billion agreement to sell to Capital One isn’t the kind of exit employees or investors would have dreamed of four years ago, when it was valued privately at $12.3 billion. But it appears to be a good enough ending to the corporate credit card startup’s run as a private company.For ...

Sources detail how Elon Musk has de-emphasized SpaceX's original aim of reaching Mars as it prepares to go public, focusing instead on AI and other moonshots (Ryan Mac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/techn…

Musk’s SpaceX Goals Shift Ahead of Its I.P.O.
As SpaceX prepares to go public, Mr. Musk has proposed moonshots that differ from the company’s original aim of reaching Mars.