Apple Kills the Mac Pro. No Replacement Is Coming.
Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro has been discontinued and removed from their website. No future models are planned. The $6,999 machine hasn't been updated since the M2 Ultra in 2023, while the Mac Studio with M3 Ultra surpassed it at a fraction of the price. Apple's RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 lets you cluster multiple Mac Studios for scaled performance, effectively replacing the Mac Pro's role. End of an era.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/apple-discontinues-mac-pro-no-replacement
Apple confirmed to 9to5Mac that the Mac Pro has been discontinued and removed from their website. No future models are planned. The $6,999 machine hasn't been updated since the M2 Ultra in 2023, while the Mac Studio with M3 Ultra surpassed it at a fraction of the price. Apple's RDMA over Thunderbolt 5 lets you cluster multiple Mac Studios for scaled performance, effectively replacing the Mac Pro's role. End of an era.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/apple-discontinues-mac-pro-no-replacement
All 11 of xAI's Original Co-Founders Have Now Left the Company
Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, the last two remaining co-founders of Elon Musk's AI startup xAI, have both departed. That makes it a clean sweep. All 11 original co-founders are gone. Kroiss led pretraining, Nordeen was Musk's right-hand operator. Musk admitted xAI "was not built right the first time" and is rebuilding it under SpaceX, which acquired xAI in February.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/xai-all-cofounders-departed
Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, the last two remaining co-founders of Elon Musk's AI startup xAI, have both departed. That makes it a clean sweep. All 11 original co-founders are gone. Kroiss led pretraining, Nordeen was Musk's right-hand operator. Musk admitted xAI "was not built right the first time" and is rebuilding it under SpaceX, which acquired xAI in February.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/xai-all-cofounders-departed
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All 11 of xAI's Original Co-Founders Have Now Left the Company
Manuel Kroiss and Ross Nordeen, the last remaining co-founders, have left xAI. All 11 original co-founders are now gone as Musk rebuilds the company under SpaceX.
China Bars Manus AI Founders from Leaving as Meta's $2B Acquisition Goes Under Review
China blocked Manus CEO Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao from leaving the country while regulators review Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup. Manus was dubbed China's next DeepSeek after launching what it called the world's first fully autonomous AI agent. Beijing opened a national security review shortly after the deal was announced, and the travel restrictions signal how seriously they're treating it. Cross-border AI acquisitions are the new front in the US-China tech rivalry.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/china-bars-manus-founders-meta-acquisition
China blocked Manus CEO Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao from leaving the country while regulators review Meta's $2 billion acquisition of the startup. Manus was dubbed China's next DeepSeek after launching what it called the world's first fully autonomous AI agent. Beijing opened a national security review shortly after the deal was announced, and the travel restrictions signal how seriously they're treating it. Cross-border AI acquisitions are the new front in the US-China tech rivalry.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/china-bars-manus-founders-meta-acquisition
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Sony Raises PS5 Prices Again. The PS5 Pro Now Costs $900.
Starting April 2, the PS5 Pro jumps $150 to $900. The standard PS5 disc edition hits $650, and the PlayStation Portal goes up $50. Sony cited "continued pressures in the global economic landscape." The PS5 launched at $499 in 2020. At $900, the Pro is now more expensive than most gaming PCs in the same performance tier.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ps5-pro-price-increase-900-april-2026
Starting April 2, the PS5 Pro jumps $150 to $900. The standard PS5 disc edition hits $650, and the PlayStation Portal goes up $50. Sony cited "continued pressures in the global economic landscape." The PS5 launched at $499 in 2020. At $900, the Pro is now more expensive than most gaming PCs in the same performance tier.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/ps5-pro-price-increase-900-april-2026
Starcloud Raises $170M to Build Data Centers in Orbit. It Hit Unicorn in 17 Months.
Starcloud just closed a $170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation, making it one of the fastest YC startups to reach unicorn status. The company already launched a satellite carrying an Nvidia H100 GPU. Next up: Starcloud 2 with Blackwell chips later this year, and eventually Starcloud 3, a 200kW spacecraft designed to deploy from SpaceX Starship. The pitch: orbital data centers that are cost-competitive with terrestrial ones, once launch costs fall.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/starcloud-170m-series-a-space-data-centers
Starcloud just closed a $170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation, making it one of the fastest YC startups to reach unicorn status. The company already launched a satellite carrying an Nvidia H100 GPU. Next up: Starcloud 2 with Blackwell chips later this year, and eventually Starcloud 3, a 200kW spacecraft designed to deploy from SpaceX Starship. The pitch: orbital data centers that are cost-competitive with terrestrial ones, once launch costs fall.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/starcloud-170m-series-a-space-data-centers
Bethesda Is Shutting Down The Elder Scrolls: Blades on June 30
Bethesda is pulling the plug on the mobile dungeon crawler after more than 6 years. It'''s already been delisted from the App Store, Google Play, and Nintendo Store. As a last hurrah, everything in the in-game store is now one Gem each. The game peaked at 1M iOS downloads in its first week but never became a commercial success. Metacritic: "Generally Unfavorable."
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/elder-scrolls-blades-shutdown-june-2026
Bethesda is pulling the plug on the mobile dungeon crawler after more than 6 years. It'''s already been delisted from the App Store, Google Play, and Nintendo Store. As a last hurrah, everything in the in-game store is now one Gem each. The game peaked at 1M iOS downloads in its first week but never became a commercial success. Metacritic: "Generally Unfavorable."
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/elder-scrolls-blades-shutdown-june-2026
OpenAI Closes a $122 Billion Funding Round. IPO Is Next.
OpenAI just closed the largest startup raise in Silicon Valley history at a $852B valuation. Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank are among the investors. The company earns $2B/month but still loses billions annually and won't be profitable until 2030. Next up: a unified AI superapp (ChatGPT + Codex + browser + agents) and a public listing later this year.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-122-billion-funding-round-2026
OpenAI just closed the largest startup raise in Silicon Valley history at a $852B valuation. Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank are among the investors. The company earns $2B/month but still loses billions annually and won't be profitable until 2030. Next up: a unified AI superapp (ChatGPT + Codex + browser + agents) and a public listing later this year.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/openai-122-billion-funding-round-2026
Meta Launches Ray-Ban Blayzer and Scriber — Prescription Smart Glasses at $499
Meta's first Ray-Ban frames built from the ground up for prescription wearers. Two styles: Blayzer (rectangular) and Scriber (rounded). Adjustable hinges and nose pads for a proper custom fit. Pre-order now at $499, ships to optical retailers April 14. Also adding hands-free nutrition tracking and Meta AI WhatsApp summaries to the broader lineup.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-rayban-blayzer-scriber-prescription-glasses
Meta's first Ray-Ban frames built from the ground up for prescription wearers. Two styles: Blayzer (rectangular) and Scriber (rounded). Adjustable hinges and nose pads for a proper custom fit. Pre-order now at $499, ships to optical retailers April 14. Also adding hands-free nutrition tracking and Meta AI WhatsApp summaries to the broader lineup.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/meta-rayban-blayzer-scriber-prescription-glasses
A Data Leak Revealed Anthropic's Most Powerful AI Yet: Claude Mythos
A misconfigured data store at Anthropic exposed nearly 3,000 internal documents, including a draft announcement for a next-gen model called Claude Mythos (codename: Capybara). Anthropic confirmed it's real — describing it as "a step change" above Opus 4.6, with dramatically higher coding, reasoning, and cybersecurity scores. The draft also flagged "unprecedented cybersecurity risks." The leak came days before a second breach exposed Claude Code's source code.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/anthropic-claude-mythos-data-leak
A misconfigured data store at Anthropic exposed nearly 3,000 internal documents, including a draft announcement for a next-gen model called Claude Mythos (codename: Capybara). Anthropic confirmed it's real — describing it as "a step change" above Opus 4.6, with dramatically higher coding, reasoning, and cybersecurity scores. The draft also flagged "unprecedented cybersecurity risks." The leak came days before a second breach exposed Claude Code's source code.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/anthropic-claude-mythos-data-leak
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A Data Leak Revealed Anthropic's Most Powerful AI Yet: Claude Mythos
A data breach exposed nearly 3,000 internal Anthropic documents, including a draft announcement for Claude Mythos — described as a step change above Opus 4.6 with unprecedented cybersecurity capabilities.
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Replit Tripled Its Valuation to $9B in 6 Months on Vibe Coding Momentum
$400M Series D. 40M users. 85% of Fortune 500 building on it. $1B ARR target by end of 2026. Replit spent years being written off as a "browser toy" — then vibe coding took off and the entire narrative flipped. For context: Cursor is at $29B, Lovable just hit $400M ARR. The vibe coding market is pricing its leaders fast.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/replit-9b-valuation-400m-series-d
$400M Series D. 40M users. 85% of Fortune 500 building on it. $1B ARR target by end of 2026. Replit spent years being written off as a "browser toy" — then vibe coding took off and the entire narrative flipped. For context: Cursor is at $29B, Lovable just hit $400M ARR. The vibe coding market is pricing its leaders fast.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/replit-9b-valuation-400m-series-d
Artemis II Has Launched. Humans Are Heading to the Moon for the First Time Since 1972.
NASA's Artemis II lifted off April 1 with four astronauts aboard — the first crewed moonshot in 53 years. They're not landing; the mission loops around the moon and returns in 10 days, getting farther from Earth than any humans ever have. It's a dress rehearsal for Artemis III (2027), which will actually land on the lunar surface. The launch had been delayed multiple times since late 2024. Wednesday's liftoff ended over a year of waiting.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/artemis-ii-launch-moon-2026
NASA's Artemis II lifted off April 1 with four astronauts aboard — the first crewed moonshot in 53 years. They're not landing; the mission loops around the moon and returns in 10 days, getting farther from Earth than any humans ever have. It's a dress rehearsal for Artemis III (2027), which will actually land on the lunar surface. The launch had been delayed multiple times since late 2024. Wednesday's liftoff ended over a year of waiting.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/artemis-ii-launch-moon-2026
Anthropic Cuts Claude Subscription Coverage for Third-Party AI Tools
From April 4, Claude subscriptions no longer cover usage on third-party agent tools like OpenClaw. Users now need extra usage bundles or a direct API key. The reason: automated agents were making thousands of API calls per day, way beyond what a flat monthly plan was priced for. Anthropic is offering one-time credits to soften the transition.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/anthropic-ends-third-party-claude-subscription
From April 4, Claude subscriptions no longer cover usage on third-party agent tools like OpenClaw. Users now need extra usage bundles or a direct API key. The reason: automated agents were making thousands of API calls per day, way beyond what a flat monthly plan was priced for. Anthropic is offering one-time credits to soften the transition.
https://www.aiandtech.news/article/anthropic-ends-third-party-claude-subscription
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Anthropic Cuts Claude Subscription Coverage for Third-Party AI Tools
Anthropic ended flat-rate subscription coverage for Claude on third-party agent tools like OpenClaw from April 4. Users now pay per usage or via API key.
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