TLDR 2026-04-30

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APPLE READIES PHOTO-EDITING OVERHAUL WITH NEW AI TOOLS IN IOS 27

Apple plans to overhaul its built-in photo editing features for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. It is developing a new suite of tools powered by AI to better compete with Android devices. They will allow users to extend, enhance, and reframe images using on-device AI models. Google has offered advanced AI photo-editing capabilities on its Pixel devices for years. Samsung has also aggressively pushed into AI editing with its Galaxy smartphone lineup.

SPACEX BOARD HAS SET A MARS BONUS FOR ELON MUSK

SpaceX's board has approved a compensation plan for Elon Musk that ties his pay directly to the colonization of Mars and the building of data centers in outer space. The pay package awards Musk 200 million super-voting restricted shares if the company hits a $7.5 trillion valuation and helps establish a permanent human settlement or Mars with at least one million residents. He will receive more rewards if he can develop space-based computing infrastructure capable of delivering at least 100 terawatts of processing power.

A FALCON 9 ROCKET WILL HIT THE MOON THIS SUMMER AT SEVEN TIMES THE SPEED OF SOUND

The upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer at about 2.43 kilometers per second. It will likely hit the near side of the Moon at around 2:44 AM ET on August 5. The impact is expected to be too faint to be observed on Earth. There is no risk from the impact on anything on the Moon.

TESLA SEMI: FIRST TRUCK ROLLS OFF HIGH-VOLUME PRODUCTION LINE

Tesla's first Semi truck has rolled off the company's new high-volume production line at Gigafactory Nevada. Volume production is now underway for the long-delayed electric truck. The Long Range version of the truck costs $290,000, while the standard version costs roughly $260,000. The Semi is the lowest-priced Class 8 battery electric tractor in the market.

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BUILD PROGRAMMATIC AGENTS WITH THE CURSOR SDK

The Cursor SDK allows developers to build agents with the same runtime, harness, and models that power Cursor. It makes the agents that run the Cursor desktop app, CLI, and web app accessible with a few lines of TypeScript. The SDK can be run locally or on Cursor's cloud with a dedicated VM and any frontier model. The Cursor SDK is available in public beta for all users.

LINK CLI

Link CLI enables agents to complete purchases on users' behalf without ever storing their real card details by obtaining secure, one-time-use payment credentials from a Link wallet. Users' payment credentials are never exposed. Link can be configured so that every request generates a push notification or email to the user for approval.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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GITHUB IS SINKING

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

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.

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.