The Daily Index — Thursday, April 30, 2026 · TLDR Index

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THE $112 BILLION QUARTER

Google, Amazon, and Microsoft reported a combined capital expenditure of $112 billion in Q1. Google is now outspending Microsoft on capex, and the gap is widening. The Bank of America has forecasted that hyperscaler debt issuance will hit $175 billion in 2026. The hyperscaler that owns the model layer will grow the fastest.

tomtunguz.com · 4 min

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PAYPAL'S NEW CEO MAKES VENMO A STANDALONE BUSINESS UNIT AS POTENTIAL BUYERS CIRCLE

Venmo is being separated into its own standalone unit. PayPal is facing takeover interest, and Venmo is considered the company's most valuable and most acquirable asset. The separation will make it easier to track Venmo's progress or potentially sell the business to another company. PayPal is looking to recruit a digital banking executive to run the new Venmo segment.

cnbc.com · 4 min

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WHITE HOUSE OPPOSES ANTHROPIC'S PLAN TO EXPAND ACCESS TO MYTHOS MODEL

Officials say they oppose the move due to concerns about security, and some are also worried that Anthropic won't have enough computing power to serve more entities without hampering the government's ability to use its services effectively.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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APPLE HAS GIVEN UP ON THE VISION PRO AFTER M5 REFRESH FLOP

Apple has reportedly stopped work on the Vision Pro, and the Vision Pro team has been redistributed to other teams within the company.

macrumors.com · 2 min

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AGENTS CAN NOW CREATE CLOUDFLARE ACCOUNTS, BUY DOMAINS, AND DEPLOY

Humans can be in the loop to grant permission and accept terms of service, but no human steps are otherwise required from start to finish.

blog.cloudflare.com · 6 min

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jobs.ashbyhq.com

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GITHUB IS SINKING

With the introduction of Copilot, GitHub is now effectively DDoS-ing itself with slop.

dbushell.com · 3 min

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ZIG HAS ONE OF THE MOST STRINGENT ANTI-LLM POLICIES OF ANY MAJOR OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

Zig doesn't allow large language models for issues, pull requests, or comments on the bug tracker.

simonwillison.net · 3 min

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AMAZON CHIPS NO LONGER JUST A SIDE DISH, THEY'RE A $20B BIZ

Amazon is now one of the top three data center chip businesses in the world.

theregister.com · 5 min