April 07, 2026

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Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn: A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have "escalated" their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Read More

Russian government hackers broke into thousands of home routers to steal passwords: Fancy Bear, also known as APT28, has taken over thousands of residential home routers to steal passwords and authentication tokens in a wide-ranging espionage operation. Read More

Anthropic debuts preview of powerful new AI model Mythos in new cybersecurity initiative: The new model will be used by a small number of high-profile companies to engage in defensive cybersecurity work. Read More

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Afternoon Must-Reads

Chrome finally adds a better way to deal with too many open tabs: Google Chrome's latest update brings vertical tabs and a cleaner Reading Mode to help manage cluttered browsing. Read More

Why a former AirPods engineer is now building heat pumps: Merino Energy has simplified the heat pump dramatically in a quest to make them cheaper and easier to install. Read More

Apple's foldable iPhone is on track to launch in September, report says: The news follows a report from Nikkei Asia on Tuesday that raised concerns the company’s foldable iPhone could be delayed due to challenges during the phone’s engineering test phase. Read More

A 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. Read More

Intel signs on to Elon Musk's Terafab chips project: Intel will join SpaceX and Tesla in an effort to build a new U.S. semiconductor factory in Texas, although the scope of its contributions are unclear. Read More

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Last but Not Least

I can't help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee: Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it's gaining popularity with OpenClaw users. Read More

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