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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-04-10.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ • OpenAI drops a $100/month ChatGPT Pro tier aimed squarely at power coders who need more juice.
▸ • France mandates a massive shift from Windows to Linux for 2.5 million government devices.
▸ • The FBI figures out how to recover deleted Signal messages using iOS notification logs.
OpenAI just dropped a new $100/month tier that sits awkwardly between the $20 Plus and $200 Pro plans. It offers 5x more Codex usage, clearly targeting developers who are tired of hitting rate limits mid-sprint.
In a massive blow to US tech dominance, France is forcing 2.5 million government devices to switch from Windows to Linux by autumn 2026. Digital sovereignty is the new black, and Microsoft is not invited to the runway.
After shoving AI into every conceivable corner of Windows 11, Microsoft is quietly removing Copilot buttons from minimalist apps like Notepad and Snipping Tool. Turns out, we don't need an LLM to help us write a grocery list.
Google is hiking YouTube Premium prices by $2/month for individuals and $4/month for families in the US. Because nothing says 'premium' like paying more to avoid ads for mobile games you'll never play.
Think your disappearing messages are safe? The FBI recently recovered deleted Signal chats from a suspect's phone by tapping into Apple's internal notification storage. Even if you nuke the app, iOS secretly hoards your notification history, turning your lock screen into a forensic goldmine.
A new Gallup report reveals that Gen Z is increasingly disillusioned with the AI hype cycle. They're still using it for school and work, but the magic is gone. It's the digital equivalent of eating your vegetables—necessary, but nobody is excited about it.
When HashiCorp Vault is overkill but you still need encrypted local storage that doesn't suck, Keeper steps in. It's an embeddable secret store for Go featuring Argon2id, XChaCha20-Poly1305, and crash-safe rotation.
NASA is redesigning the Orion spacecraft's valves after pesky helium leaks plagued Artemis I and II. It won't threaten reentry, but it's a reminder that space is hard and plumbing in a vacuum is even harder.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the latest major organization to pack its bags and leave X. When the internet's premier digital rights group decides your platform is no longer a viable source of traffic, it might be time to reevaluate your life choices.
Volkswagen is dropping the all-electric ID.4 in the US market to focus all its factory resources on the gas-powered Atlas SUV. The EV revolution has officially hit a speed bump shaped like a massive American SUV.