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John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as Apple's CEO.
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John Ternus will succeed Tim Cook as Apple’s CEO.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook will leave the role effective September 1, 2026. As widely reported, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus is set to become Apple’s new CEO.

Although Cook will step down as CEO, he will remain with the company in a different capacity as executive chairman.

“As executive chairman, Cook will assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world,” Apple says.

In a statement, Cook offered customary praise about his time as CEO:

It has been the highest honor of my life to serve as the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company. I love Apple with all my heart, and I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to work with a team of brilliant, innovative, creative, and deeply caring people who have been unwavering in their dedication to enriching our customers’ lives and building the best products and services in the world

Ternus added his own statement in the announcement: “I am humbled to step into this role, and I promise to lead with the values and vision that have come to define this special place for half a century.”

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US launches refund portal to begin repaying Trump's illegal tariffs
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US launches refund portal to begin repaying Trump’s illegal tariffs

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A coalition of US states brought a lawsuit against Trump over the 10 percent tariff. “After losing the IEEPA fight, the President has turned to a different provision: Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, 19 U.S.C. § 2132, which is another statute that has never been used to impose tariffs. Indeed, it has never been used at all,” the states’ lawsuit said.

The Trump administration also “opened investigations into dozens of other countries’ trade practices” under a separate provision of the Trade Act, and those “inquiries are expected to result in tariffs similar in magnitude to those that the Supreme Court struck down,” The New York Times reported.

Trade association warns of refund system issue

A separate dispute concerns who should receive refunds when surety bonds covered imports but the importer or broker failed to pay the tariff. A trade group representing surety and insurance professionals told the court on Friday that its members have paid millions of dollars to CBP “on entries where importers (or their brokers) have failed to pay estimated or liquidated tariffs issued under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.”

“Customs has not included (or even mentioned) sureties in its development of CAPE and its reports to this Court, despite the fact that limiting refunds to importers and brokers will inevitably lead to IEEPA tariff refunds being issued to importers, instead of to the sureties who actually paid the IEEPA tariffs directly to Customs,” the International Trade Surety Association said in the court filing.

The group said it “advised Customs of the need to include sureties in Phase One of CAPE. While Customs has acknowledged our concerns, they have not indicated to us that the omission will be corrected, nor has Customs mentioned sureties or this issue in its presentations to the Court.”

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American Airlines drops 3% in premarket trading following the rejection of the United megamerger.
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American Airlines drops 3% in premarket trading following the rejection of the United megamerger.

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American Airlines shares dropped in premarket trading on Monday after it dismissed discussions of a potential large-scale merger with United Airlines late in the previous week.

The historic U.S. airline released a statement on Friday, soon after the market closed, to refute speculation about a possible agreement between the two carriers.

“American Airlines is not involved with or interested in any negotiations regarding a merger with United Airlines,” the statement said.

“While adjustments in the wider airline market may be essential, a union with United would harm competition and consumers, which is inconsistent with our interpretation of the Administration’s approach to the industry and principles of antitrust regulations,” it continued.

American’s stock last decreased nearly 3% in premarket trading, reversing the gains made on Friday during a broad market upswing.

United CEO Scott Kirby proposed a possible merger with competitor American to the Trump administration at the White House in February, although it is believed the airline had been contemplating the idea since at least the previous fall.

“Size would enhance” competition on international flights from the U.S., Kirby stated during the “Stratechery” podcast in an episode aired in January.

He noted that when passengers travel to the Middle East, they often opt for airlines from that region.

“[But] if we are larger and have more options for those travelers, perhaps, it…[makes] more sense for them to choose us when traveling to the Middle East.”

A merger would create the world’s largest airline, which raises significant regulatory scrutiny and fears of forming a monopoly in the market.

The two companies, along with Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines, already control around 80% of the domestic market share.

A merger between United and American would lead the two to command approximately 40% of the domestic market, according to airline data analytics firm OAG.

“President Trump has a penchant for seeing major deals come to fruition,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” earlier this month, expressing that there is “opportunity for mergers in the aviation sector.”

Nonetheless, Duffy cautioned: “Should a merger occur between major airlines, they will need to divest certain assets. We do not want to see a single airline controlling vast infrastructure in America; otherwise, it will impact pricing over time, resulting from a lack of competition.”

George Hay, a law professor at Cornell University, previously informed CNBC: “This would be unprecedented. I can’t envision even the faintest possibility that a court would approve it.”

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Chinese technology employees are beginning to educate their AI counterparts—and resisting
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Chinese technology employees are beginning to educate their AI counterparts—and resisting

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In China, tech employees are being directed by their supervisors to prepare AI agents to take their positions—leading to a period of introspection among previously excited early adopters.

Earlier this month, a GitHub initiative known as Colleague Skill, claimed that employees could use it to “distill” the skills and characteristics of their colleagues and recreate them using an AI agent, gained significant traction on Chinese social media. Although the project was intended as a parody, it resonated with tech professionals, many of whom informed MIT Technology Review that their employers are urging them to log their workflows to automate certain tasks and processes using AI agent tools such as OpenClaw or Claude Code. 

To initiate Colleague Skill, a user designates the coworker whose responsibilities they wish to mimic and inputs basic profile information. The tool subsequently imports chat histories and documents from Lark and DingTalk, two widely-used workplace applications in China, generating reusable guides detailing that coworker’s tasks—and even their distinctive quirks—for an AI agent to duplicate. 

Colleague Skill was developed by Tianyi Zhou, an engineer at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Earlier this week, he mentioned to the Chinese publication Southern Metropolis Daily that the project began as a publicity stunt, driven by AI-related job cuts and the increasing trend of companies requesting employees to automate their own roles. He did not reply to further requests for comment.

Internet users have found humor in the concept behind the tool, making light of automating their colleagues before themselves. Nevertheless, the popularity of Colleague Skill has ignited extensive discussions regarding workers’ dignity and individuality in the era of AI.

After encountering Colleague Skill on social platforms, Amber Li, 27, a tech professional in Shanghai, utilized it to replicate a past coworker for a personal experiment. Within moments, the tool produced a document detailing how that individual performed their job. “It is surprisingly good,” Li remarks. “It even captures the person’s little quirks, like how they respond and their punctuation habits.” With this skill, Li can employ an AI agent as a new “coworker” to assist her with debugging her code and providing instant replies. It felt eerie and unsettling, according to Li. 

Nonetheless, substituting coworkers with agents may become a commonplace practice. Following the rise of OpenClaw as a national sensation, employers in China have been urging tech workers to experiment with agents. 

While AI agents can manage your computer, analyze and summarize news, respond to emails, and make restaurant reservations on your behalf, tech workers report that their practical use has, to this point, been limited in professional settings. Asking employees to create manuals outlining the intricacies of their daily tasks, as Colleague Skill does, is one approach to help close that gap. 

Hancheng Cao, an assistant professor at Emory University specializing in AI and labor, posits that companies have justifiable motives for encouraging employees to develop work guides like these, beyond merely following a trend. “Firms gain not only internal experience with the tools, but also richer data on employee expertise, workflows, and decision-making patterns. This enables companies to identify which aspects of work can be systematized or codified and which still rely on human judgment,” he explains.

However, to employees, creating agents or even blueprints for them can feel odd and isolating. One software engineer, who spoke with MIT Technology Review anonymously due to concerns over job security, trained an AI (not Colleague Skill) on their workflow and found the process felt reductive—as if their work had been condensed into modules in a manner that made them simpler to replace. On social media, workers have resorted to dark humor to convey similar sentiments. In one comment on Rednote, a user noted that “a cold farewell can be turned into warm tokens,” humorously suggesting that if they use Colleague Skill to distill their coworkers into tasks first, they themselves might endure a bit longer.

The push for creating agents has also inspired inventive counteractions. Frustrated by the notion of reducing an individual to a skill, Koki Xu, 26, an AI product manager in Beijing, released an “anti-distillation” skill on GitHub on April 4. The tool, which Xu constructed in about an hour, aims to frustrate the process of establishing workflows for agents. Users can select from light, medium, or heavy sabotage modes based on how closely their supervisor is monitoring the process, and the agent reformulates the content into generic, non-actionable language that would yield a less effective AI replacement. A video Xu shared about the project became viral, amassing over 5 million likes across platforms.

Xu informed MIT Technology Review that she has been tracking the Colleague Skill phenomenon from the beginning and that it has prompted her to reflect on alienation, disempowerment, and the wider implications for labor. “I initially considered writing an op-ed, but decided it would be more impactful to create something that counters it,” she states.

Xu, who holds both undergraduate and master’s degrees in law, mentioned that the trend also raises legal issues. While a company might argue that work chat histories and materials produced on a work laptop are corporate assets, a skill like this can also capture aspects of personality, tone, and judgment, making ownership much less clear. She expressed hope that Colleague Skill encourages broader discussions about how to safeguard workers’ dignity and identity in the AI era. “I believe it’s essential to stay informed on these trends so we (employees) can engage in shaping how they are utilized,” she asserts. Xu herself is an enthusiastic AI user, with seven OpenClaw agents established across her personal and work devices.

Li, the tech employee in Shanghai, mentions that her company has not yet developed a method to replace actual workers with AI tools, primarily due to their unreliability and the requirement for constant supervision. “I don’t feel like my job is immediately at risk,” she states. “But I do feel that my value is being degraded, and I’m unsure how to address it.”

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Man murders seven of his offspring, and an eighth child, in mass shooting in Louisiana.
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Man murders seven of his offspring, and an eighth child, in mass shooting in Louisiana.

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Troy Brown, Elkins’s brother-in-law, informed the Washington Post that he cohabited with the assailant, who had been distressed following his wife’s request for a divorce. “Following the initial disagreement regarding the divorce, he seemed to be losing his sanity,” he relayed to the publication.

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A high-ranking Iranian official informs the BBC that Tehran will not relinquish control over the Strait of Hormuz.
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A high-ranking Iranian official informs the BBC that Tehran will not relinquish control over the Strait of Hormuz.

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“They are the marauders who traded our territory to the Americans,” was Azizi’s comeback referencing the US military installations throughout the Middle East that, together with other facilities, were consistently targeted by Iran’s drones and missiles. The US, he remarked, was “the most formidable pirate globally.”

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Blue Origin effectively repurposed its New Glenn rocket
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Blue Origin effectively repurposed its New Glenn rocket

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However, it did not succeed in delivering its space-oriented cell tower cargo.

However, it did not succeed in delivering its space-oriented cell tower cargo.

Apr 19, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC
Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Rocket with Communications Satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Rocket with Communications Satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida
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The launch today of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite via Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket was a partial achievement. The New Glenn landed safely on its target pad, making it the second successful launch and landing of the first stage booster, officially providing Jeff Bezos with a reusable launch vehicle. Regrettably for AST SpaceMobile, the undertaking was not as fruitful. Its space-based cell tower was positioned in a lower orbit than intended by the launch vehicle’s second stage, making it effectively nonoperational.

In a release, the company stated:

Although the satellite detached from the launch vehicle and activated, the altitude is insufficient to operate with its onboard thruster technology, resulting in its deorbit.

Bezos, for his part, shared a video of the landing on X without providing any commentary.

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FBI Director Kash Patel pledges to take legal action against The Atlantic regarding allegations of alcohol misuse.
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FBI Director Kash Patel pledges to take legal action against The Atlantic regarding allegations of alcohol misuse.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel announced on Sunday that he intends to sue The Atlantic magazine for defamation concerning a recent article alleging that he often drinks alcohol excessively.

Patel noted during his appearance on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that he would initiate the lawsuit on Monday.

“We will not accept this without resistance,” Patel stated. “You want to attack my integrity? Bring it on. I will see you in court.”

When pressed about his intentions to sue the magazine, Patel asserted, “Definitely, it’s happening tomorrow.”

“We uphold our reporting on Kash Patel,” stated Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in a response to CNBC.

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On Friday, the magazine released a comprehensive article referencing over two dozen sources that made explosive assertions regarding Patel’s conduct.

The sources indicated to the magazine that Patel often drinks to such an extent that it is visibly noticeable, and that his security team has occasionally struggled to rouse him due to evident drunkenness.

In one case, The Atlantic detailed that a request for “breaching equipment” was made because Patel was inaccessible behind locked doors. The magazine additionally reported that, early in his term, meetings had to be postponed to later times due to his drinking habits.

Current and former officials expressed to The Atlantic their concerns that Patel’s actions pose a risk to national security, particularly as the U.S. engages in military operations against Iran, a key state sponsor of terrorism.

Patel’s attorney, Jesse Binnall, in a letter directed to The Atlantic and shared on X, stated he cautioned the magazine that multiple elements of its reporting were inaccurate.

Binnall urged the magazine not to publicize assertions claiming that Patel drinks excessively at Washington D.C. venue Ned’s and The Poodle Room in Las Vegas, the information regarding his security team’s difficulties waking him, and allegations that his behavior threatened public safety, among other points in the article.

“[S]hould The Atlantic decide to publish this demonstrably false and slanderous article, Director Patel will have no choice but to take immediate legal action to preserve his reputation,” stated the letter signed by attorneys Binnall and Jared Roberts.

In 2025, The Atlantic uncovered that an official from the Trump administration had added its editor, Goldberg, to a Signal messaging group discussing U.S. bombing operations against Houthi targets in Yemen.

Patel, a longstanding Trump supporter, was confirmed as FBI director last year, despite objections from all Democrats and two Republicans, who raised concerns regarding his lack of experience and previously controversial remarks.

Recently, Patel drew attention for downing a beer after Team USA secured the gold medal in ice hockey at the 2026 Olympic Games.

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Cloud development platform Vercel experienced a security breach.
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Cloud development platform Vercel experienced a security breach.

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The organization claims the breach stemmed from an infiltrated ‘third-party AI tool.’

The organization claims the breach stemmed from an infiltrated ‘third-party AI tool.’

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Vercel, a prominent development platform for hosting and deploying web applications, has been breached, and the attackers are trying to sell the compromised data. An individual claiming to be associated with ShinyHunters, responsible for the recent breach of Rockstar Games, shared some data online, revealing employee names, email addresses, and activity timestamps. Vercel acknowledged in a message on X that a “security incident” occurred, affecting a “limited subset” of its clientele. Vercel stated that an infiltrated third-party AI tool was the entry point for the attack, though it did not clarify which third party was implicated.

Vercel advised administrators to check their activity logs for any unusual behavior. The company also recommended taking measures to “review and rotate environmental variables” as an additional safety measure in case API keys, tokens, or other sensitive information were compromised. It concluded its security bulletin with this statement:

Our investigation has shown that the breach originated from a third-party AI tool whose Google Workspace OAuth application was part of a larger compromise, potentially affecting hundreds of users across multiple organizations.

We are releasing the following IOC to assist the broader community in investigating and scrutinizing potential malicious activities within their environments. We recommend that Google Workspace Administrators and Google Account owners verify the use of this app without delay.

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Blue Origin's rocket-reuse achievement tarnished by an upper-stage failure
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Blue Origin’s rocket-reuse achievement tarnished by an upper-stage failure

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Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn made its third flight on Sunday, showcasing the company’s first successful orbital-class booster reflight, but the mission ended with a setback for Jeff Bezos’s flagship rocket — a critical part of NASA’s Artemis lunar program.

The 321-foot-tall (98-meter) New Glenn rocket ignited its seven methane-fueled BE-4 engines at 7:25 a.m. EDT (11:25 UTC) Sunday, commencing a gradual ascent from its pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

The core engines, each delivering more than half a million pounds of thrust, accelerated the vehicle past Mach in roughly a minute and a half. About three minutes into flight, the booster shut down its engines and separated from New Glenn’s upper stage, which continued under two BE-3U engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

The first stage followed a downrange parabolic trajectory, briefly reaching space before steering itself toward Blue Origin’s offshore landing platform about 400 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. It relit its motors for two braking burns and touched down on the ship in a smoky but accurate landing less than 10 minutes after liftoff.

The touchdown completed the booster’s second flight — the vehicle, named Never Tell Me The Odds, made its debut with a successful launch and recovery on Blue Origin’s previous New Glenn mission in November. Blue Origin, founded and owned by Jeff Bezos, has repeatedly landed and reused its smaller New Shepard suborbital booster, but New Glenn is much larger and more demanding. It flies to higher altitudes, reaches greater speeds, and is roughly three times the height of New Shepard.

Technicians installed new engines on the booster for Sunday’s mission, though Blue Origin intends to reuse the engines from the November flight on future New Glenn missions, CEO Dave Limp said.

New Glenn gives Blue Origin access to a broader market for launches to low Earth orbit and beyond. SpaceX has demonstrated it can refurbish and relaunch a Falcon 9 booster in as little as nine days, and can fly Falcon 9s five or more times in a week by operating a fleet of reusable boosters across three active pads. Blue Origin executives expect that reusing New Glenn boosters will allow them to achieve a significantly higher launch tempo.

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