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A look at Alibaba's Accio, an AI sourcing tool that helps small online sellers connect with manufacturers, including in China; it exceeded 10M MAUs in March (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/06/1135118/ai-onli…

AI is changing how small online sellers decide what to make
Entrepreneurs based in the US are using tools like Alibaba’s Accio to compress weeks of product research and supplier hunting into a single chat.

«KI als Gott — Wenn Technologie zur Religion wird:
Künstliche Intelligenz kann Menschen in spirituelle Verzückung versetzen. Ist dies das Ende der kritischen Vernunft?»
Die KI ist auch in den Medien eine naive Religion und sollte mMn uns alle schon mal aufgefallen sein. Technologie verstehen die wenigsten aber viele glauben denen blind.
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Wenn Künstliche Intelligenz zur Religion wird
Künstliche Intelligenz kann Menschen in spirituelle Verzückung versetzen. Ist dies das Ende der kritischen Vernunft?

Moltbook was peak AI theater
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1132448/moltbook-was-peak-ai-theater/

Moltbook was peak AI theater
The viral social network for bots reveals as much about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.

Tech-Aktien und Bitcoin ziehen nach starken Verlusten wieder an
Nach drei Tagen mit starken Verlusten gewinnen Anleger wieder Vertrauen in Technologiewerte. Die bisherigen Höchstkurse bleiben unerreicht.
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The rapid adoption of AI coding tools has let workers generate massive volumes of code, leaving companies scrambling to review and secure the AI-generated code (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/technology/ai-code-overload.html

The Big Bang: A.I. Has Created a Code Overload
Companies are scrambling to deal with the glut.

Ahead of the Munich Security Conference, Google issued a call for action to secure the quantum computing era
https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/the-quantum-era-is-coming-are-we-ready-to-secure-…

The quantum era is coming. Are we ready to secure it?
Google shares an update on its work and suggestions for how policymakers can help everyone be more secure in the Quantum Era.

Analysis: Gemini 3-based AI Overviews are accurate ~90% of the time, meaning across 5T searches per year, tens of millions of answers are erroneous every hour (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html

How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
The company’s A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.

I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

‘I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good
Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity

A profile of Apple SVP John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering, who sources say is the front-runner to succeed Tim Cook, who wants to reduce his workload (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/technology/apple-ceo-tim-cook-john-ternus.html…

Apple’s John Ternus Could Be Tim Cook’s Successor as CEO
John Ternus, a low-profile but influential executive at Apple, could be next in line to replace the company’s longtime chief executive, Tim Cook, if he steps aside.

Interviews with Anthropic executives on why Claude Mythos Preview is a cybersecurity "reckoning", not releasing it publicly over misuse concerns, and more (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
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Anthropic Claims Its New A.I. Model, Mythos, Is a Cybersecurity ‘Reckoning’
The company said on Tuesday that it was holding back on releasing the new technology but was working with 40 companies to explore how it could prevent cyberattacks.