RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel’s charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks
As expected, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significantly rewritten the charter for a federal vaccine advisory panel. The edits give him more
Category: Tech
Demis Hassabis says Google DeepMind had to return to its startup roots after the Brain merger
In short: Demis Hassabis, speaking on the 20VC podcast with Harry Stebbings in early April 2026, described how Google DeepMind has accelerated its pace over the
Workday’s CTO traded his C-suite title for a technical staff role at Anthropic
In short: Peter Bailis, who joined Workday as chief technology officer in May 2025, left the company last month and has taken a role as member
Oracle appoints Hilary Maxson as CFO to manage its $50 billion AI data centre push
In short: Oracle has appointed Hilary Maxson, former executive vice president and group chief financial officer at Schneider Electric, as its new chief financial officer, effective
Rethinking Hospitality Operations Through AI Integration While Preserving the Human Experience at Scale
Hospitality has long been defined by human interaction, but the systems that support those interactions have undergone continuous change. Arran Campolucci-Bordi, owner of Casa Italia
FOSS Weekly #26.15: Rollback in apt, bad USB detection, Glass UI in KDE, Linux Kernel dropping older processor support and more
Linus Torvalds created two of the most widely used tools in modern computing: the Linux kernel and Git. Git, of course, is a version control
I Tried Apt Command's New Rollback Feature — Here’s How It Went
APT, or Advanced Package Tool, is the package manager on Debian and its derivatives like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and elementary OS. On these, if you
Meta commits another $21 billion to CoreWeave, bringing total AI cloud spend to $35 billion
In short: Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value
OpenAI pauses Stargate UK as energy costs and copyright rules block the path
In short: OpenAI has paused its Stargate UK data centre project, citing the high cost of industrial electricity in Britain and an unfavourable regulatory environment around
Chrome, Vivaldi, and the challenge of changing browsers
Ahem: My fellow Android-appreciating organisms — I’ve got a confession. After the better part of two decades of personally using Google’s Chrome browser on both
The new M5-based MacBook Air is built to last — and perform
With its powerful M5 chip, the latest iteration of the world’s most popular laptop keeps everything that made the MacBook Air compelling in the first place, while meaningfully
Clinical trial shows gene editing works for β-Thalassaemia, too
Almost as soon as researchers started exploring the capabilities of the CRISPR/Cas9 system, they recognized its potential use in targeted gene editing. But the intervening
“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says
Amid customer dissatisfaction around Broadcom’s VMware takeover, rivals have been trying to lure customers from the leading virtualization firm. One of VMware’s biggest competitors, Nutanix
Volkswagen to End E.V. Production at Tennessee Plant
The German carmaker is the latest to scale back plans for electric vehicles in favor of gasoline models.