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Plaid ARR surges past $500M in 2025, up from $390M in 2024·Mercor data breach exposes candidate profiles tied to PII and video — national security implications flagged·Google releases Gemma 4 open models in four sizes under Apache license·Two-person telehealth startup Medby hits $1.8B in sales using AI and no outside funding·NASA Artemis 2 launches first crewed moon mission since 1972·Meta quietly forms elite AI recommendations lab 'Rexis' poaching from OpenAI, Google, and Amazon·Valar Atomics raises $450M at $2B valuation to build small nuclear reactor clusters for data centers·OpenAI closes $122B raise at $852B valuation, hits $2B monthly revenue and 900M weekly ChatGPT users·Apple blocks vibe-coding apps from App Store, freezing a $100M-valued startup's updates since December·Microsoft in exclusive talks with Chevron and Engine No. 1 over $7B Texas natural gas power plant for data centers·Nestlé turns 12-metric-ton KitKat heist into viral PR moment as brands pile on·NASA Artemis II uses GoPro Hero 4s, Nikon Z9s, and laser comms for 4K moon livestream·Irenic Capital launches 'Save Snap Now' activist campaign with plan to 7x stock price to $26·Warren Buffett's protégé Todd Combs joins JPMorgan to lead $10B strategic investment group·Jamie Dimon launches 'American Dream Initiative' targeting 10M small business customers and $80B in loans·Artemis II launches, sending astronauts farther from Earth than any humans in 50 years·Allbirds sold for $39M, down from a $4B peak valuation·Google paper warns quantum computers could break Bitcoin encryption with 20x fewer resources than thought·Mercor hit by ransomware attack with candidate data and source code up for sale·Claude Code source code leaked to NPM via accidentally published map file·Axios NPM package hit by sophisticated supply chain attack affecting 300M weekly downloads·
Plaid ARR surges past $500M in 2025, up from $390M in 2024·Mercor data breach exposes candidate profiles tied to PII and video — national security implications flagged·Google releases Gemma 4 open models in four sizes under Apache license·Two-person telehealth startup Medby hits $1.8B in sales using AI and no outside funding·NASA Artemis 2 launches first crewed moon mission since 1972·Meta quietly forms elite AI recommendations lab 'Rexis' poaching from OpenAI, Google, and Amazon·Valar Atomics raises $450M at $2B valuation to build small nuclear reactor clusters for data centers·OpenAI closes $122B raise at $852B valuation, hits $2B monthly revenue and 900M weekly ChatGPT users·Apple blocks vibe-coding apps from App Store, freezing a $100M-valued startup's updates since December·Microsoft in exclusive talks with Chevron and Engine No. 1 over $7B Texas natural gas power plant for data centers·Nestlé turns 12-metric-ton KitKat heist into viral PR moment as brands pile on·NASA Artemis II uses GoPro Hero 4s, Nikon Z9s, and laser comms for 4K moon livestream·Irenic Capital launches 'Save Snap Now' activist campaign with plan to 7x stock price to $26·Warren Buffett's protégé Todd Combs joins JPMorgan to lead $10B strategic investment group·Jamie Dimon launches 'American Dream Initiative' targeting 10M small business customers and $80B in loans·Artemis II launches, sending astronauts farther from Earth than any humans in 50 years·Allbirds sold for $39M, down from a $4B peak valuation·Google paper warns quantum computers could break Bitcoin encryption with 20x fewer resources than thought·Mercor hit by ransomware attack with candidate data and source code up for sale·Claude Code source code leaked to NPM via accidentally published map file·Axios NPM package hit by sophisticated supply chain attack affecting 300M weekly downloads·
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Apr 2, 2026
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