TECHNOLOGYBezos bets on affordable EVs as Slate Auto tests a crowded marketSlate auto burst onto the scene in April 2025. Here is a timeline that covers its origins, backers, product, and other new details.TechCrunch·April 12, 2026
TECHNOLOGYNew Yorker’s AI art choice reveals deeper risks for legacy publishersThe illustration for The New Yorker's profile of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a jump scare. Altman stands in a blue sweater with a blank expression. Around his head hovers a cluster of disembodied faces - creepy alt-Altmans, their expressions ranging from anger to open-mouthed woe. Some barely look likeThe Verge·April 11, 2026
TECHNOLOGYHow the White House lost the social media war to IranIn the early days of the war on Iran, while the White House was busy posting Call of Duty memes and AI slop of dancing bowling pins, the Iranian regime's state media was flooding the zone with video after video of what was happening on the ground: Explosions over Tehran. Smoke billowing in the sky. The Verge·April 11, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSatire struggles to keep pace with Silicon Valley’s actual chaosHi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 123, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, which Artemis photo did you make your wallpaper, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about Sam Altman andThe Verge·April 11, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMicrosoft formalizes Windows experimental features to reclaim control from ViVeToolMicrosoft is finally allowing Windows 11 testers to get access to experimental features without having to download a third-party app like ViVeTool. The changes are part of making the Windows Insider Program (WIP) less confusing, with Dev and Canary testing rings simplified into a new Experimental ChThe Verge·April 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYHow AI-generated Lego videos became Iran’s viral propaganda toolDonald Trump has spun the recent rescue of a downed airman whose fighter jet was destroyed behind Iranian borders as a resounding success. But the story is very different in one of the many viral, AI-generated Lego videos that have been produced by Iranian content creation group Explosive Media in tThe Verge·April 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYLittle Snitch’s Linux debut exposes default system surveillanceThe popular macOS app Little Snitch brought its network-monitoring tools over to Linux this week. In a blog post announcing the launch, one of the developers at Objective Development shared some early results from using the app on Linux: "On Ubuntu, I found 9 system processes making internet connectThe Verge·April 10, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMicrosoft’s opaque account lockouts threaten developer trust in Windows ecosystemThe popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying him and is blocking their ability to send software updates to users.TechCrunch·April 8, 2026
TECHNOLOGYPoke bets SMS is the missing piece in AI agent adoptionPoke brings AI agents to everyday users via text message by handling tasks and automations without complex setup, apps, or technical know-how.TechCrunch·April 8, 2026
TECHNOLOGYCanva’s marketing suite bet signals shift away from design-only commodityCanva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation, and customer engagement.TechCrunch·April 8, 2026
TECHNOLOGYNvidia’s Asia data center play signals urgent scramble for AI compute capacityNvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months.TechCrunch·April 7, 2026
TECHNOLOGYA teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me.Justin Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as a joke.TechCrunch·April 7, 2026