The must-reads<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology.<\/em><\/p>\n 1 China has blocked Meta\u2019s $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus<\/strong> 2 Google is investing up to $40 billion in Anthropic 3 President Trump just fired the entire National Science Board 4 Conspiracy theories about the Washington shooting are proliferating online 5 The AI compute crunch is starting to hit the broader economy.<\/strong> 6 Elon Musk says a new banking tool brings X close to a \u201csuper app\u201d 7 AI optimism is surging across Asia while US sentiment cools<\/strong> 8 Apple is tying its new CEO\u2019s ascent to its first foldable iPhone 9 Twelve firms are developing the Golden Dome\u2019s space-based interceptors<\/strong> 10 NASA has shared promising results from Artemis II<\/strong> Quote of the day<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Amanda Crawford, associate professor at the University of Connecticut, tells the NYT why conspiracy theories are gaining traction online.<\/p>\n One More Thing<\/strong><\/p>\n MIRIAM MARTINCIC<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n Kenya\u2019s Great Rift Valley is home to five geothermal power stations, which harness clouds of steam to generate about a quarter of the country\u2019s electricity. But some of the energy escapes into the atmosphere, while even more remains underground for lack of demand. That\u2019s what brought Octavia Carbon here.<\/p>\n Last year, the startup began harnessing some of that excess energy to remove CO2 from the air. The company says the method is efficient, affordable, and\u2014crucially\u2014scalable. But the project also faces fierce opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n #Download #DeepSeeks #latest #breakthrough #race #build #world #models<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The must-reads I\u2019ve combed the internet to find you today\u2019s most fun\/important\/scary\/fascinating stories about technology….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7245,894,332,7096,803,696,2966,423,7244,920],"class_list":["post-8242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-and-the-race-to-build-world-models","tag-breakthrough","tag-build","tag-deepseeks","tag-download","tag-latest","tag-models","tag-race","tag-the-download-deepseeks-latest-ai-breakthrough","tag-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek.jpg",1200,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek-300x150.jpg",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek-768x384.jpg",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek-1024x512.jpg",640,320,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek.jpg",1200,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek.jpg",1200,600,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek-1024x512.jpg",1024,512,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/260424_deepseek-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Stories","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Regulators cited national security grounds. (WSJ $)
+ Beijing called the deal a \u201cconspiratorial\u201d attempt to hollow out its tech base. <\/em>(FT $)
+ The country is tightening its grip on AI firms that try to leave.<\/em> (TechCrunch)
+ The decision escalates China\u2019s AI rivalry with the US.<\/em> (Bloomberg $)
+ But there will be no winners in their competition.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>In a deal valuing the AI firm at $350 billion. (CNBC)
+ The funding will support the firm’s growing computing needs. <\/em>(TechCrunch)
+ Anthropic and OpenAI are fighting for compute capacity.<\/em> (Axios) <\/p>\n
<\/strong>The NSF has played a crucial role in developing technology. (The Verge)
+ The move heightens fears over political interference in US science. <\/em>(Nature)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Over 300,000 posts appeared on X using the keyword \u201cstaged.\u201d (NYT $)
+ The theories are also swirling on Bluesky and Instagram.<\/em> (Wired)<\/p>\n
It\u2019s affecting jobs, gadgets, and electricity prices. (404 Media)
+ The AI compute explosion is the tech story of our time.<\/em> (MIT Technology Review)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>He\u2019s pledged to launch the tool this month. (Bloomberg)<\/p>\n
The divide could shape where adoption happens fastest. (Rest of World)<\/p>\n
<\/strong>It wants to build the buzz around John Ternus. (Gizmodo)\u00a0<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve won contracts worth up to $3.2 billion. (Ars Technica)<\/p>\n
The spacecraft and rocket fared well. (Engadget)<\/p>\n\u201cGetting out the truth and establishing facts and reliable information takes time. But our audiences really don\u2019t have that kind of patience.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/strong>Welcome to Kenya\u2019s Great Carbon Valley: a bold new gamble to fight climate change<\/strong><\/h4>\n