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The 2026 Street Fighter movie trailer is packed with Easter eggs

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White House says a meeting between Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Dario Amodei had been "productive and constructive"; source: Scott Bessent joined the meeting (Axios)

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A deep dive into Dwarkesh Patel's interview with Jensen Huang, including Huang's takes on Nvidia's moat and chip sales to China, and reactions to the interview (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)

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OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving

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Bill Peebles, the researcher behind Sora, is leaving OpenAI, along with Srinivas Narayanan, OpenAI's CTO of enterprise applications (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

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Cerebras files to go public on Nasdaq and reports $510M in 2025 revenue, up 76% YoY, with a net income of $87.9M, up from a $485M net loss in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

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Should you stare into Sam Altman’s orb before your next date?

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Pragmata interactive maps

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Kevin Weil, OpenAI's former CPO who became VP of OpenAI for Science, is leaving the company; Prism, a web app for scientists launched in Jan., will be shuttered (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

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Anthropic’s new cybersecurity model could get it back in the government’s good graces

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Marvel's classic Vampire Tales comics get a gorgeous collection

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All unlockable buildings in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

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Sources: Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, laying off ~10% of its global workforce, or ~8,000 employees (Reuters)

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Best new Xbox Game Pass games to play this weekend (April 17-19)

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Final Fantasy 7 Ascend the Shinra Building board game release date, price, and details

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Figma stock closed down 6.84% on Friday after Anthropic launched Claude Design, a dedicated app powered by its latest model Claude Opus 4.7 (Jon Keegan/Sherwood News)

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In disclosures due to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan's presence on the Meta board, Meta says it paid Broadcom $2.3B in 2025; Tan is leaving the board (Martin Peers/The Information)

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Psychonauts 2's best moment is a single line near the end

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The best new movies on Netflix, HBO and streaming right now (April 17-19)

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Sources: Cursor is in advanced talks to raise about $2B co-led by a16z at a pre-money valuation of more than $50B, with Nvidia participating (Bloomberg)

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