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OpenAI trial recap: Musk concludes testimony, lawyers spar over second witness

Elon Musk sued OpenAI, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman in 2024, claiming they reneged on their promise to keep the artificial intelligence lab a nonprofit.

CNBC - Apr 30, 2026 6:16pm EDT

Elon Musk Says He’s Suing OpenAI Because They Abandoned Their Mission. I Think His Real Reason Is Much More Embarrassing.

This is a master class in being petty and vindictive, and burning tons of cash.

Slate - Apr 30, 2026 6:13pm EDT

Meta threatens to shut down social networks in New Mexico over child safety court case

Guardian UK - Apr 30, 2026 6:07pm EDT

Elon Musk spars with OpenAI attorney, grilled on AI profits

Elon Musk on Thursday sparred with an attorney for OpenAI during his third day of testimony in the contentious trial over the company's pivot from...

Daily Sabah - Apr 30, 2026 5:52pm EDT

Apple revenue guidance tops estimates on booming iPhone, Mac demand

Apple reported 17% revenue growth, topping estimates, even as iPhone sales came up short.

CNBC - Apr 30, 2026 5:46pm EDT

Govern your bots carefully or chaos could ensue

Register UK - Apr 30, 2026 5:39pm EDT

Critical cPanel, WHM flaw probs exploited as 0-day, pros say

Register UK - Apr 30, 2026 5:20pm EDT

Dreame L60 Ultra Robot Vacuum and Mop With 35,000Pa Suction Is Now Over $400 Off as a Launch Exclusive Deal

Gizmodo - Apr 30, 2026 5:01pm EDT

Ambitious Experiment Aims to Test Tiny Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers

Gizmodo - Apr 30, 2026 4:57pm EDT

Tech stocks close out best month since start of Covid pandemic in 2020

The Nasdaq Composite climbed over 15% in April, as strong earnings reports helped fuel the rally.

CNBC - Apr 30, 2026 4:29pm EDT

Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex

Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards."

Ars Technica - Apr 30, 2026 4:10pm EDT

Amazon and OpenAI expand partnership amid enterprise push

Many companies are increasingly looking to agents as a way to boost employee productivity and automate rote chores.

NBC News - Apr 30, 2026 3:58pm EDT

Defying Protocol, Trump Relays Details of Private Conversation with King Charles III

At Tuesday’s state dinner honoring King Charles III and Queen Camilla, U.S. President Donald Trump said that during a private meeting earlier in the day the British monarch had agreed with him that Iran should never be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Military.com - Apr 30, 2026 3:14pm EDT

Finding 'hidden sperm': New technique offers hope to men previously told they were infertile

A new AI-powered technology is locating sperm cells in men who were told they had none – and giving couples who have been trying for years another chance at having children.

BBC News - Apr 30, 2026 2:51pm EDT

AI boom: Big Tech capital expenditures now seen topping $1 trillion in 2027

The overall cost has been causing heads to spin, but analysts say they're seeing flowthrough from investments to revenue.

CNBC - Apr 30, 2026 2:37pm EDT

The Chinese lesson on the human rights approach to AI

The core of the human rights approach to AI should aim at rebalancing the power among the corporate-state, the machine and the people through a decision-making framework.

Global Voices - Apr 30, 2026 2:13pm EDT

Scientists use AI to test whether life can run on only 19 amino acids

An engineered E. coli strain survived after one amino acid was designed out of many of its ribosomal proteins—an early test of whether life’s chemistry can be simplified

Scientific American - Apr 30, 2026 2:13pm EDT

Republicans in Florida again block Ron DeSantis' push to regulate AI

The governor is emerging as a voice of AI skepticism in the Republican Party, but the state Legislature declined to take up DeSantis' push for legislation.

NBC News - Apr 30, 2026 1:59pm EDT

Claude-powered AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

Guardian UK - Apr 30, 2026 1:28pm EDT