- Sources: AI coding startup Replit is in talks with investors to raise about $200M at a $3B valuation, almost triple its last valuation (Bloomberg)
- Google researchers say DPRK's IT workers are fraudulently securing positions at companies in Germany, Portugal, and the UK, after facing sanctions in the US (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)
- Microsoft says it used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)
- Leaked renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold show a design similar to its predecessor's; sources: it will feature a TSMC-made Tensor G5 chip and 16GB of RAM (Alexander Maxham/Android Headlines)
- Sources: Finland-based IQM, which builds full-stack superconducting quantum computers, is in talks to raise more than €200M; it raised a €128M Series A2 in 2022 (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
- YouTube suspends two major fake movie trailer channels from its partner program, after a report on how the AI-heavy trailers generated millions in ad revenue (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
- Circle files for a US IPO, with plans to list on the NYSE under CRCL; Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, is reportedly seeking a $4B to $5B valuation (CNBC)
- CoreWeave shares close up 41.8% at $52.57 in their third trading day, bouncing back above the $40 IPO price and bringing the company's market cap to ~$24.9B (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
- Sources: WH national security adviser Michael Waltz and other National Security Council members have conducted government affairs over personal Gmail accounts (John Hudson/Washington Post)
- Sources: Visa has offered Apple ~$100M to become the network for the Apple Card; Amex is also competing, while Mastercard tries to keep its role as the network (AnnaMaria Andriotis/Wall Street Journal)
- Mozilla says it's developing Thundermail, an email service similar to Gmail but with a focus on privacy, as part of an upcoming premium Thunderbird Pro suite (Jason Evangelho/Forbes)
- Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first AR glasses with a display, which could be introduced as early as the end of 2025 and cost between $1K and $1,400 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
- Source: Agility Robotics, a maker of humanoid robots led by Peggy Johnson, is raising $400M at a $1.75B pre-money valuation; ~100 of its robots are in the field (Rocket Drew/The Information)
- Similarweb: Gemini's web app had 10.9M average daily visits in March, up 7.4% MoM; Sensor Tower: Claude and Gemini saw activity jump after flagship model debuts (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
- Sources: a16z is in talks to join the Oracle-led frontrunner bid for TikTok's US arm, after being approached along with Blackstone Group and others (Financial Times)