April 14, 2026

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Amazon to buy Globalstar for $11.57B in bid to flesh out its satellite biz: Amazon on Tuesday agreed to buy satellite company Globalstar, known for powering Apple's "Emergency SOS" feature, for $11.57 billion in cash. Read More

An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility: Though Amazon has faced issues with warehouse safety, the company said that the death was not work related. Read More

OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro: The acquisition indicates a capability that OpenAI is building into ChatGPT: financial planning. Read More

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Lucid Motors names new CEO, lands more money from Uber and Saudis: The search for a new CEO, which lasted over a year following the sudden resignation of Peter Rawlinson, is finally over. Read More

Microsoft is working on yet another OpenClaw-like agent: The new features would be geared toward enterprise customers, with better security controls than the famously risky open source OpenClaw agent. Read More

How vibe coding app Anything is rebuilding after getting booted from the App Store twice: Anything is planning to launch a desktop companion app to aid mobile app development after its App Store removal. Read More

Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco: Uber employees can now hail a Lucid robotaxi as part of the testing. Read More

Adobe fixes PDF zero-day security bug that hackers have exploited for months: It's not clear how many people were compromised by this hacking campaign, but a security researcher said the hackers were targeting victims since at least November 2025. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month: Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections. The app had already been scheduled for retirement. Read More

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